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Fortnite‘s Shopping Cart Woes: A Timeline

Shopping carts are, at this point, Fortnite’s only vehicle. You can ride on them solo or with a friend, and they give you a slight speed boost. Simple enough, right? Wrong. Epic has now pulled them temporarily from the game three different times. Today, just when you thought they were in, Epic pulled them back…

NBA Rookie Also Video Game Marketing Rookie

DeAndre Ayton is projected to be the #1 pick in this year’s NBA draft. He’s going to have all summer to get ready for the 2018-19 season, but he (or his social media person) might also take that time to put in some work on their video game marketing skills. Earlier today, doing some promo…

Empires Apart Is Basically Age Of Empires Lite

Empires Apart is a game you play when you want to play Age of Empires, but not the actual Age of Empires Developed by DESTINYbit and published by military specialists Slitherine, it takes the era advancement, resource gathering and real-time combat of Age of Empires and…copies it wholesale, reskinning the entire experience in a low-fi…

Coder Spends 1,200 Hours Piecing Together Diablo‘s Source Code

If not for a few oversights on Blizzard’s part, the original Diablo’s source code would likely be lost to time. However, thanks to those oversights and some serious dedication from one coder, people can now see (and tinker around with) what makes Diablo tick. Diablo, of course, basically birthed the PC action-RPG genre as we…

Ever wanted to play games you could also eat? A new Kickstarter for the Edible Games Cookbook, by Jenn Sandercock, could provide some tasty options. Kirk and I played one of Sandercock’s games at GDC earlier this year and had a blast eating pastries and solving riddles.

Once upon a time, the makers of Minecraft worked on a card-based strategy game called Scrolls. Today, Mojang re-named it Caller’s Bane and made it free. While the new title isn’t as cool (Bethesda sued over the original) the game is still a unique mix that’s worth checking out.

Cayde-6’s Death Has Destiny Players Fired Up

For the past week, Destiny fans have been furiously posting to message boards and making Reddit threads, venting, posting theories, and working out how best to focus their anger. They’ve been doing that for months, of course, but what’s different now is that they’re mad because the developers at Bungie want them to be. Cayde-6…

Cyberpunk 2077‘s E3 Demo Left Me a Little Cold

Sometimes you go into a game demo, and it’s just absolutely not what you were expecting. After a trailer for CD Projekt Red’s next game, Cyberpunk 2077, appeared at the end of Xbox’s E3 press conference, I agreed with the author William Gibson,who said that it looked like GTA in an 80s retro-future. Where he…

Fans Are Using Every Clue To Piece Together A Map Of Fallout 76

We know that Fallout 76, the latest in Bethesda’s post-apocalyptic shooter series, will be an always-online multiplayer game set in West Virginia. Beyond that, how the game’s open world will be laid out and what exactly it will look like remains a mystery. But that hasn’t stopped fans from combing through every little detail currently…

Fallout Fans Continue To Struggle With The Company That Hosts Their Wiki

Last year Nukapedia, the fan-run Fallout wiki, fought against the for-profit wiki hosting company Fandom adding video ads to their pages and won. Now the videos are back, and these fans are considering leaving the platform entirely. When you hop over to the fan-run Stardew Valley wiki to check out what gifts your future spouse…

Behold Anodyne 2: Return to Dust, the follow-up to 2013’s Anodyne, a delightful Zelda-like. Ditching the gorgeous pixel art of the original, the sequel looks a lot grimier. Coming to PC in 2019, the game will include both 3D areas reminiscent of a PS2 game and 2D segments that look more like the first game.

PSA: Back Up Your Dark Souls: Remastered PC Save

You know what would really suck? Playing a bunch of Dark Souls: Remastered and then losing all your progress due to a corrupted save. As you play Dark Souls, the game is constantly saving. Your save is tied to your progress and equipment, of course. It’s also tied more invisibly to your reputation in the…

LonelyStreams Shows You What Happens In Twitch Streams With Zero Viewers

Many stories about Twitch revolve around celebrities, the influencers and tastemakers who have “made it” to a career of all-day gameplay streaming. But Twitch isn’t just star gamers; it’s pirate streams, bizarre Tim and Eric-style broadcasts, and average Joes just streaming their Overwatch matches. Many do so without anyone watching. LonelyStreams is the best tool…

Mario Tennis On Switch Is Mostly Fun (But Frustrating)

If you have ever wanted to play a tennis game in which you have a better chance of breaking your racket than hitting the ball out of bounds, then Mario Tennis Aces is for you. Just get ready for some frustrating matches. This new Mario Tennis, which comes out Friday for Nintendo Switch, is yet…

How The MOBA Crash Led To One Of E3’s Most Punk Looking Indie Games

At first glance, the PC game Black Future ‘88 looks like too many other indie games, with its pixel art, synth music, and neon-infused cyberpunk aesthetic. But below the familiar surface is a well-defined roguelike with a surprisingly distinct identity forged in large part by the sheer force of creative will imposed by its maker,…

Skull & Bones Is More Of A Pirate Version Of Destiny Than It Initially Appeared

For the last year, I’ve been confused about Ubisoft’s upcoming pirate game. Perhaps you have been as well. Skull & Bones, to be released in 2019 on PC, PS4 and Xbox One, debuted at last year’s E3 as an apparent offshoot of the pirate adventures in 2013’s Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, except without the…

Father And Grown Son Arrested After Pokémon Go Fight 

A 71-year-old man and his adult son were arrested for allegedly assaulting another player they claimed had stolen their Gym and threw a Gatorade bottle at their car. The father, Robert Matteuzzi, tracked down the man and then allegedly chucked back the Gatorade bottle, hitting him in the face. All three men reportedly got in…

Neon Genesis Evangelion Theme Gets An Official HD Music Video 

Neon Genesis Evangelion’s opening theme is one of the best and most iconic tunes to ever grace anime. Initially, Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno wanted classical music for the anime’s opening theme but decided an upbeat pop song might have a wider appeal. The result was “A Cruel Angel’s Thesis,” sung by Yoko Takahashi The song…

Japanese Clean-Up Manners Are Spreading To Other Soccer Fans

After yesterday’s Japan vs. Colombia World Cup game, it wasn’t only Japanese soccer fans who were cleaning up after themselves. Colombian fans were, too. Back in 2014, the world really started to notice the tidying up habits of Japanese soccer fans. Certainly, while there are Japanese people who litter (they’re jerks!), folks are taught from…

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