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David Hayter Returns To Metal Gear For A Bomberman Game
Super Bomberman R kinda came and went last year, but Konami have since decided to go the Smash Bros. route with the game and start hyping up post-release guest appearances like wrestler Xavier Woods and some guys from Metal Gear, including Snake, who will be voiced be series stalwart David Hayter. Hayter—synonymous with the role,…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 26, 2018 -
Kingdom Come Gets Town-Building Expansion, Hardcore Mode
Kingdom Come: Deliverance is a game you can have a tough time with, partly because of its difficult approach to “realism”, partly because it’s a very busted video game. As of today, anyone looking to make the former even tougher can play through a new “hardcore” mode. It does all of these very fun and…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 26, 2018 -
Nintendo Made Some Labo-Themed Switches, And I Want One Real Bad
Starting next month, Nintendo is running a contest for people to design their own Labo creations, and the prizes include these very nice custom Switch units. Painted in a pale shade of cardboard brown, and with a docking base to match, it’s one of the most unique—and gorgeous—custom consoles I’ve seen from a platform holder…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 26, 2018 -
Deadly Standing Is The Next Masterpiece From Genius Developer Kojumbo
Hideo Kojima? Never heard of him. Now, Hodeo Kojumbo—that guy’s a legend. This is what I would say if the only video game I’d ever played was Deadly Standing, an unbelievable but somehow extremely real mobile game that’s clearly parodying the upcoming game Death Stranding You might be thinking to yourself, “But wait, how can…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 26, 2018 -
Lumines Remastered Feels Better Than Ever On Switch
Lumines Remastered takes the puzzle game classic that debuted in 2004 and brings it into 2018 for pretty much every platform out there. What makes Lumines so fun to play is the way it remixes the puzzle format and introduces rhythm game elements. Blocks are comprised of four squares in one of two colors, and…
By Paul Tamayo Published June 26, 2018 -
Captain Spirit Is A Two-Hour Gut Punch
In The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit, nine-year-old Chris Eriksen sets up a tower of his father’s beer cans for his superhero alter-ego, Captain Spirit, to blast into the abyss. He had to practice his aim for that day’s big, imminent fight against his arch nemesis, Mantroid. While his dad slept in a drunken stupor,…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published June 26, 2018 -
EVE Online Elections Probably Involved Vote-Buying, But That’s OK
Players suspect that the election results for EVE Online’s thirteenth Council of Stellar Management may have been tainted by dirty tricks, including out-and-out vote buying. Of course, this being EVE, dirty tricks are perfectly legal. Players from all over the world recently cast their votes to elect representatives from amongst their ranks to sit on…
By Lee Yancy Published June 26, 2018 -
It seems like Fortnite is gonna have a missile launch in the near future. Players have been setting their clocks forward to July 1 and finding that in-game TVs display the word “launch,” among other telltale signs. If leaks are any indication, the missile could modify the map, like the comet at the start of…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 26, 2018 -
Let Queer Characters Be Happy
When The Last Of Us Part II’s new trailer debuted at this year’s E3, protagonist Ellie enjoyed a slow dance and kiss with another woman. My queer friends and I confessed to one another that we were assuming the worst. That happy girl will probably die, because while games allow us to be many things—space…
By Heather Alexandra Published June 26, 2018 -
How Final Fantasy XIV‘s Giant Moogle Boss Came To Be
One of Final Fantasy XIV’s most memorable bosses is Good King Moggle Mog, a giant demonic moogle whose Tim Burton-inspired theme song has been haunting players since the game’s earliest days. As it turns out, the king of the Moogles has an unlikely origin: one of Japan’s biggest natural disasters. At E3 in Los Angeles…
By Jason Schreier Published June 26, 2018 -
PUBG‘s Event Pass Drops, Lands Badly [UPDATE]
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds players have been through a lot since the game’s release early 2017. Although the survival shooter went viral and earned the love of millions of fans, players had, and still have, lots of complaints. The game’s been buggy. It’s been full of cheaters. And now, the rollout of a $10 Event Pass has…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published June 26, 2018 -
That Floor Is Lava Game We Played As Kids Works Really Well As A Video Game
At first glance, Hot Lava seems little more than YouTube reaction fodder, a tricky platformer with plenty of things to make entertainers mug and scream for their audience. But playing reveals a movement-based game as fun as Mirror’s Edge or Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater. It’s silly. but the thrill of completing a level really does…
By Heather Alexandra Published June 26, 2018 -
Getting Bored And Walking Away Is How Most Games End For Me Now
Last week, I realized I have a problem. I’d just finished browsing the Nintendo Switch’s entire eShop for a second time in search of a new game. That’s a weird thing to do, especially considering that I still haven’t finished Breath of the Wild. I should finish it, but I can’t bring myself to do…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 26, 2018 -
Ubisoft has finally fixed the deadzone issue in Far Cry 3 Classic Edition just in time for its standalone release today It was my only major complaint when playing the port last month, with a lack of analog stick sensitivity making precise aiming extremely difficult. That’s no longer the case.
By Ethan Gach Published June 26, 2018