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Destiny 2’s Warmind Expansion Is Both Disappointing and Promising

This week, Destiny 2 got its second major expansion since it came out last September. It’s called Warmind, and in many respects, it’s a disappointment. However, it benefits from the many small changes Bungie is making to the game more broadly, and succeeds in setting up a long, demanding grind that could keep some players…

New Book Chronicles The Continuing History Of EVE Online

“I love reading stories about EVE, but I just can’t get into the game.” That’s the quintessential response any time EVE Online is mentioned. The spacefaring MMO has a legendary barrier to entry, but those who manage to break through find a world of stellar empires, pirate warlords, intrigue and betrayal. A new book will…

It Took Battlefield 1 Players A Year To Open This Door [Updated]

Over a year after its discovery, a long-locked puzzle door in Battlefield 1 is finally open. Inside? Why, more puzzles, of course. The so-called “Zombie Door” was discovered shortly after the release of a map called Fort Vaux in March 2017. In real life, Fort de Vaux was attacked by the Germans during World War…

Cheaters, Conspiracies, And Miffed Girlfriends: What It’s Like Doing Fortnite Customer Support

Working customer support for Fortnite Battle Royale, the biggest game in the world, means sorting through a lot of salt. “It’s always the shotguns,” said Randi, a customer support specialist for Fortnite who asked that we not use their real name. Randi has received countless tickets from Fortnite players complaining that the game’s shotgun is…

Shadow Of War‘s Expansion Adds Some Of The Best Zelda-Style Items

The ship may have sailed on Shadow of War, a messy sequel received angrily by fans and a game that has taken six months to start removing its controversial microtransactions. But, hey, this game just got a new expansion that adds a hookshot and a glider. That’s cool at least. As a fan of weird…

Overwatch Fans React To The New Pink Mercy Skin

Blizzard is releasing a special Mercy skin where all the proceeds go to breast cancer research. Fans are in love with it, and have been drawing it non-stop. This skin is part of a breast cancer awareness charity event that Blizzard is running through May 21st. Although there’s also a t-shirt, new sprays and charity…

God of War’s photo mode is coming today with patch 1.20! You’ll be able to change Kratos and Atreus’ expressions, as well as fiddle with the aperture, add some borders and throw on a filter. Some God Of War emoji stickers are also hitting the app store today, and yes, one of them is just…

Star Wars: Battlefront II’s long delayed second season of new content kicks off on May 16th. The Han Solo inspired season brings back Jabba’s Palace and adds bounty hunter inspired skins for heroes. Additional content based on Solo: A Star Wars Story will come in June.

Super Smash Bros. Switch Tournament Competitors Announced

Eight players from around the world will face off on the Nintendo Switch in a Super Smash Bros. tournament during the week of E3. Here are those eight. Nintendo will host the livestreamed Smash Switch tournament on June 11-12. The announcement trailer’s title “Introducing: The Players! – Super Smash Bros. Invitational 2018″ has some YouTuber…

Peanuts Hotel Opening In Japan This Summer

Considering how Japan already has Snoopy themed teahouses, a Peanuts cafe and a Peanuts museum, a Peanuts hotel was inevitable. Located in Kobe, the hotel’s concept is “It’s nice to have a home where your guests feel comfortable.” That quote is from a Peanuts comic strip quote when a flock of birds takes a temporary…

Tiger and Bunny Hollywood film has been announced! Earlier this year, there was word of a new animation project. Now, there is a live-action movie coming from Weed Road Pictures and Ron Howard and Brian Grazer’s Imagine Entertainment. The director is still TBA.

Japanese Reaction To Israel Serving Its Prime Minister A Shoe With Chocolate

During Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s recent trip to Israel, he and his wife Akie dined with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara. Desert was chocolate served in what appeared to be shoes. They were not real shoes, but metal ones created by British product designer Tom Dixon Studio. Israeli celebrity chef…

Dotonbori. Osaka, Japan. By James Uy. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line! 

Darwin’s Choice, a card game where you build your own animals and have to guide them through millions of years of evolution, is now up on Kickstarter. I’ve actually played a bit of it and it’s great fun. Plus the hand-painted art is gorgeous

Now DOTA 2 Has A Battle Royale Mode

At this rate, Civilization VI will have one by the end of the year. As part of Dota 2’s International 2018 Battle Pass, players are getting access to a new game mode called The Underhollow, which will be available soon: Battle through a labyrinth filled with monsters, marvels, and many other three-player enemy squads as…

Mercy’s New Pink Skin a) Is For Charity And b) Looks Amazing

Look at this new Mercy skin. Look at it. Available for purchase from now until May 21, it’s been designed to help raise money for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, who will receive “100% the proceeds” Blizzard makes from sales. There’s a bunch of other pink stuff on sale too, like sprays and icons, as…

Nintendo Can Do So Much Better Than Virtual Console

Virtual Console is no more, but that doesn’t mean that Switch won’t become the best place to play classic games. It’ll just be done in a different way than what Nintendo’s tried in the past. And that’s a good thing, because Virtual Console kinda sucked. Now, by “Virtual Console kinda sucked” I do not mean…

Well, Destiny 2 Definitely Made This One Gun A Lot Better

It is still too early for me to say whether or not Destiny 2’s new Warmind is the breath of fresh Martian air that the game so desperately needs. But I can confidently report that the Graviton Lance pulse rifle is now really fun to use. Graviton Lance is an exotic rifle that causes enemies…

Fortnite Players Are Having Fun Trolling Thanos

Don’t let his superpowers fool you: Thanos’ arrival in Fortnite is surprisingly silly. Players are taking advantage of Thanos in the best ways, or using Thanos to spread cheer. Given that Thanos is supposed to be a homicidal villain, seeing him in Fortnite’s ridiculous world has been amazing. The main thing that makes any antics…

World Of Warcraft Player Gets Year In Prison For DDoSing Servers

In 2010, a Romanian man used denial of service attacks to overwhelm World of Warcraft’s European servers, causing them to crash. Now, eight years later, he’s gonna serve time. The man, 38 year-old Calin Mateias of Romania, was sentenced to one year in a US federal prison yesterday after being extradited last November. He was…