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Nobody Understands The People Who Use Discord’s ‘Light’ Theme

The long, contentious list of things that divide us—dogs vs. cats, Democrat vs. Republication, ketchup vs. mayo—has an entry just for gamer aesthetes. There’s a war among Discord users over whether people who use the gaming chat app’s “light” theme are wicked, infernal hellbeasts or normal humans who like white backgrounds. Discord’s signature look is…

Dark Souls: Remastered for the Switch has been delayed. It was originally due out May 25, which is when the game comes to PS4, Xbox One, and PC, but will now be coming sometime “later this summer” according to Bandai Namco.

Blizzard sneakily announced a short Competitive 6 vs. 6 Elimination season for Overwatch’s arcade mode, which lasts until May 7. First team to win three times—that is, eliminate the enemy team—wins. Once a player wins with a hero, that hero is locked for the remaining rounds. Players have wanted this forever

Konami Is Making A New Castlevania Game For iOS

It’s called Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls and going into closed beta in Japan. No word yet on a release date or if the action game will get an international release. The game is set in a world in which Dracula seems to have been completely erased and peace has descended until… someone decides to resurrect…

YouTuber Apologizes For Seven Minutes After Tournament Loss

Last Saturday, YouTuber Mokou posted a video in which he said he’d retire from pro gaming if he didn’t win any prize money at this past Sunday’s Puyo Puyo tournament. He lost and now he’s really sorry. In the earlier clip (below), Mokou came across as rather cocky as he claimed defeat would mean retirement.…

Arcade scrolling shooter Psyvariar is coming to the Nintendo Switch and PS4 in Japan as Psyvariar: Delta. According to Famitsu, the new release is based on a previous Psyvariar iteration and features improved graphics and new modes. No word on an international release.

Flipping Middle Fingers Becomes A Photo Trend Among Pop Team Epic Fans 

People in Japan have long known what flipping the bird means. But recently, it’s become more prevalent among Pop Team Epic fans. Of course, this doesn’t mean everyone is doing it. But fans are certainly striking “Pop Team Epic-style pose” (ポプテピピック風ポーズ or “Poptepipic-fuu poozu”) or simply “Pop Team Epic pose” (ポプテピピックのポーズ or “Poptepipic-fuu poozu”). While…

Mobile Suit Gundam 00 is being turned into a stage production. Decants are scant, but it’s slated to debut in February 2019. Should be interesting to see how Gundam comes to life in the theater.

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Man Breaks Into GameStop Wearing Plastic Bag On His Head

A man broke into a GameStop in St. Marys, Georgia last week at 1:39 in the morning, having decided that the best way to disguise his features would be to try and cover his face in what’s left of the plastic bag that packs of water bottles come in. The break-in occurred in the early…

Celeste Taught Fans And Its Own Creator To Take Better Care Of Themselves

For game developer Matt Thorson, tough-as-nails yet kind-as-kittens platformer Celeste represented a breaking point. His depression and anxiety had gotten so severe that he had no choice but to face them head-on. Thorson says the process was “painful,” but it’s also when Celeste’s story began to take shape. Warning: this post contains spoilers for Celeste…

The Handful Of People Still Playing LawBreakers On PC Aren’t Giving Up On It

If you ask Boss Key Productions, LawBreakers isn’t dead yet. Talk to the game’s most dedicated players, and some will tell you the online shooter is ready for the big dirt nap. And, unlikely as it may be, some are clinging to hope that it will one day rise from its ashes. Boss Key, the…

Google’s New Word Game Is Fun, But Weirdly Into Brands

You know the romantic cliche, “We’re so in love, we can finish each other’s sentences”? Last week, Google made a game just like that, except instead of being romantic, it’s a little creepy. Semantrisis a fun, addictive game that asks players to come up with a word that relates most specifically to another word. The…

The Curse Of Fortnite’s Rarest Items

Every week or so, Fortnite gets new weapons and items. They sound cool as hell, and some even radically alter the game in novel ways. Notice my use of “sound” here, though. I wouldn’t really know. I am suffering through an agonizing Fortnite curse that always keeps these fabled items just out of my reach,…

Dusk Gets What Made Classic Shooters Great

Dusk is a throwback first-person shooter that released earlier this year. Comparing it with another shooter, Strafe, shows that one of the most important factors in recapturing classic FPS magic is memorable level design. Dusk has everything you’d expect from a Doom tribute game: chunky shotguns, secret rooms, and waves of demonic monsters eager to…

‘Bully Hunters’ Organization Claims To Hunt Down Harassers In Games, Stirs Controversy [UPDATE]

Everybody’s fantasized about owning jerks in games so hard that they drop off the face of the internet. It’s an appealing idea, but Bully Hunters, a group that’s trying to fight harassment by diving into games and killing harassers, has become an object lesson in why that idea works better as an idle fantasy. Last…

As Tornado Closes In, North Carolina Teen Just Keeps Playing Fortnite 

Last night, as a tornado ravaged Greensboro, North Carolina, a local teen was just staying put trying to survive the storm in Fortnite Battle Royale, he told local news station WXII 12 The 135 mile-per-hour tornado, which prompted a state of emergency, did significant damage to Greensboro homes and has claimed one life. Tens of…

At BioWare’s blog, studio head Casey Hudson writes that the lack of story DLC for Mass Effect: Andromeda is a problem the company will have to fix for future games like Anthem. Players expected Andromeda to address questions teased about the Quarians in story DLC, but the studio never released any

Halo 5 Players Can Now Shoot Each Other On Board The Titanic

There’s a somewhat lesser known corollary to the “If you build it, they will come” line from the baseball movie Field of Dreams. It goes: “If you build it, someone will also build it in Halo 5.” Thanks to the game’s Forge map editor, players have been pumping out all sorts of creations inspired by…

A Ton Of Classic Sega Games Are Coming To The Switch

Sega is bringing a library of its classic games to Switch as individual downloads, including Sonic The Hedgehog, Phantasy Star, and Alex Kidd The collection will be released worldwide beginning in the summer, all under the banner of “Sega Ages.” The games will be developed by M2, the developer of the Sega 3D Classics releases…