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Putting Games On Mute Might Make It Harder To Play Well

From the limited findings based on a recent experiment, researchers at Brandeis University found that sounds can affect how we interpret visual cues. Participants in an experiment found it more difficult to score points in a simple game when its audio was messed with or turned off entirely. More proof that listening to podcasts while…

Following the controversy surrounding this year’s voice-acting strike,Hannah Telle and Ashly Burch will be returning to Life is Strange via the prequel Before The Storm, Deck Nine Games says. The pair will reprise their roles solely for a bonus episode available in Before The Storm’s Deluxe Edition, which releases in early 2018.

Cobalt WASD Is 2-D Counter-Strike With Time Grenades And Super Suits

There’s only one member of the enemy team left as I leap down to Cobalt WASD’s bomb site. They open fire with their shotgun, but I activate my slow motion power before firing a teleporter round behind them. I zap past and rush with my spear, dispatching my foe with just enough time to defuse…

Furi is a boss battler that some people like but some people did not like(guilty) and, early in 2018, it is coming to the Nintendo Switch.

Jazz Jackrabbit and Jazz Jackrabbit 2, a pair of gamesnear and dear to my arm, are now available for purchase on GOG.com, optimized to play on these newfangled modern computers. The hare pair are joined by Epic Pinball: The Complete Collection, another game that helped me while away the mid-’90s.

KOS-MOS Re: Coming To Xenoblade Chronicles 2 

On the eve of Xenoblade Chronicles 2‘s worldwide release, the game’s official Twitter announced that KOS-MOS Re: will make an appearance as a Rare Blade. Here is the character’s introduction clip, which is in Japanese. (However, it does not state whether or not this is a Japan-only exclusive.) Android KOS-MOS appeared in the Xenosaga games,…

First Look At The Horror Anime From Japan’s Creepiest Manga Artist

Junji Ito is famous for freaky anime like Tomie and Uzumaki. His creepy manga stylings are coming to life as an anime next year. Dubbed Junji Ito Collection, the show is an adaptation of his work and begins airing in Japan this January. Studio Deen is handling the animation duties, while Ito’s original manga is…

12+ Mobile Game Giving Away Porn Star Panties

Never mind that the game has nothing to do with pornography or that it’s rated 12-years-old-and-up, but in South Korea, mobile game Sam Kook Ji Live (“Romance of Three Kingdoms Live” in English) is giving away a pair of underwear worn by Japanese adult film star Kirara Asuka. Besides adult films, Asuka has started in…

Brand New Pokémon Cafe Opening In Tokyo

In 2015, a Pokémon Cafe opened in Tokyo. That cafe, like the one before it, was only temporary. Next March, a new Pokémon Cafe begins serving customers, and best of all, it’s permanent. The cafe is connected to an upcoming Pokémon Center shop in the Takashimaya Department Store Nihonbashi, hence the name “Pokémon Center DX…

Kurama no Hi-Matsuri. Kyoto, Japan. By Marshall M. 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! 

After Outrage, Bungie Promises To Do Better, Lays Out Plans For Destiny 2

In a lengthy blog post today, Bungie outlined future content plans for Destiny 2, including a new tier of weapons, private matches for player vs. player battles, and better rewards for Strikes, Adventures, and Lost Sectors. The blog post, attributed to the Destiny dev team and introduced by directors Luke Smith and Chris Barrett, comes…

Hidden Character Customization Menu Found In Star Wars: Battlefront II

It’s not in the game as of today, but a dataminer has found evidence that a character customisation system for Star Wars: Battlefront II is probably on the way. uninspired_zebra—who has also found a bunch of other stuff digging through the game’s code—recorded video of the menu in action, showing how you’re able to apply…

Overwatch‘s Little Onion Octopus Has Become A Sensation

Some Overwatch fans might argue that the first-person shooter’s darling isn’t any of its heroes. It may be an onion-headed cephalopod that, initially, was nothing more than an innocuous background object. In the year and a half since Overwatch’s release, Pachimari’s fandom has outshone some of the games’ actual heroes’. In Overwatch’s early days, Pachimari…

Meet The 19-Year-Old Who Spent Over $10,000 On Microtransactions

At the height of the controversy surrounding microtransactions in Star Wars Battlefront II, a Reddit user who goes by the name Kensgold posted an open letter to publisher EA and other developers in the video game industry. “I am 19 and addicted to gambling,” he wrote. Kensgold wasn’t talking about roulette tables or online poker.…

Fuck Pikachu

Seriously. Twenty one years ago, the original Pokémon Red and Green released in Japan for the Game Boy. Since then, this small electrical rat has become the face of Pokémon: When people see Pikachu, they think Pokémon—in the same way that Mickey Mouse conveys “Disney.” Hell, some might argue that Pikachu might soon become more…

Final Fantasy VII, As Told By Steam Reviews

People who review Final Fantasy VII on Steam aren’t really there to tell you about the game’s quality. They’re there to reminisce about their childhoods, and to shitpost. Final Fantasy VII came out in 1997. Since then, it’s been heralded as one of the best games of all time and has an almost cultish set…

Star Wars Battlefront II’s Post-Game Stats Are Busted

The end of a match in multiplayer shooters is usually when players can look at stats and see how other people performed. In Star Wars Battlefront II, many matches end with a single player receiving recognition over and over again. Battlefront II matches end by awarding different things to players, with categories including most valuable…

In-Game Purchases Poison The Well

Video games will always manipulate us. Each challenge and scenario in a game has been carefully engineered to make us react a certain way. Most of the time, that’s what we sign up for. But the moment real money enters the equation, something changes. In-game purchases, also known as microtransactions, have been at the heart…

Many Assassin’s Creed Origins Players Aren’t Ready For The Game’s First Post-Release Boss Battles

A couple times over the past few weeks, a giant Egyptian deity has sprung up in Assassin’s Creed Origins for players to fight. In early November, it was Anubis, god of the dead. Around Thanksgiving it was Sobek, the crocodile god. The gods weren’t accessible when the game launched in late October and they each…

Come On, Anime

In the category of “gross anime things,” let’s talk a little about an increasingly popular gross anime thing commonly referred to as “Really 700 years old.” That’s when a 700-year-old demon with the body of a young girl who, somehow, finds herself in a sexually compromising position. Yep. Historically, the trope has referred to otherworldly…