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NeoGAF Goes Dark After Sexual Misconduct Allegation Against Owner [UPDATE]

The influential gaming forum NeoGAF is imploding in the wake of an accusation of sexual misconduct against the long-running site’s owner. Yesterday, around a dozen of NeoGAF’s moderators—more than half, according to two sources—quit their posts there, and the website has been down for over half a day following a string of threads in which…

Doabearandroll and Varghon are two musicians who got to know each other through Twitch, but had never played together before. Outside TwitchCon, they finally jammed for the first time, putting a new spin on an original song by Doabearandroll (Varghon, a professional cellist, improv-ed his part). The modern world is strange and frightening, but sometimes it’s…

Gears of War 4‘s latest update drops October 23 and adds two new maps and Xbox One X support. It adds Fuel Depot from the first Gears game as well as Lift Apex, an evolution of the existing Gears 4 map. It will also pave the way for the Halloween event later this month that…

Wulverblade Is A Brutal But Irresistible Brawler On The Switch

The feel is instantly recognizable. Whether the phrase “beat-em up” takes you back to Castle Crashers, The Death and Return of Superman, or the original Double Dragon, Wulverblade will channel your nostalgia and love for those games, but in a way that remains distinctly its own. Fully Illustrated’s game hit my radar back at the…

At Long Last, Two Classic Psychedelic Shooters Are Coming To The Atari Jaguar

Llamatron 2112 and Revenge of the Mutant Camels are finally getting proper re-releases. It just happens to be on a system that came out nearly a quarter century ago. Jeff Minter has been designing games for over three decades. Odds are you’ve played, or at least laid eyes on, some of his work, including Tempest…

Nexon’s booth at TwitchCon has the largest variety of booth foliage I’ve ever seen. So many different kinds of fake trees! Spring trees, fall trees, palm trees, and even bamboo. I counted six different types in total, all to promote a game called Durango: Wildlands. As a booth foliage aficionado, I’m impressed.

TwitchCon’s Glass ‘Streamer Zones’ Make Streaming Nerve-Wracking

This year at TwitchCon, the show floor is playing host to a handful of box-shaped, see-through “Streamer Zones” where people can stream for their usual online audiences and also a real life one sitting mere feet away. If you’re used to streaming from the comfort of your own bedroom, it can be terrifying. It’s one…

Mario Odyssey Comes With Its Theme Song Lyrics Printed On The Inside Of The Case

“Jump Up, Super Star!” is both incredibly corny and hard not to love. Nintendo is apparently in love with it as well, having not only made it available to download on iTunes but also gone to the trouble of printing all the words to it on the inside of the game’s case. The game, which…

The tactical-RPG, card game hybrid Duelyst has a new expansion coming November 14. It’s called Immortal Vanguard and will introduce one new General for each faction as well as over 100 additional cards. The expansion will also include new mechanics.

We’re charging into battle and beating up thousands of dudes in Fire Emblem Warriors right now on Twitch

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Is Getting A New Four Player Arcade Game 

Arcade cabinet maker Raw Thrills has confirmed it’s currently working on a new machine featuring the heroes in a half shell as depicted in the Nickelodeon cartoon currently in its fifth season. The new game is apparently being built from scratch with new assets to mirror the current TV show and with an eye toward…

TwitchCon Has Some Amazing World Of Warcraft Paintings

World of Warcraft community artists are collaborating on pieces while at TwitchCon.  Maliveth, a streamer and illustrator, told me she’s part of a five-person group who planned out this (in-progress) painting a week in advance. It’s part of a big wall of community illustrations, all of which are very impressive.

Bungie Explains How Destiny 2 ‘Seasons’ Will Work

Today at TwitchCon, a trio of Bungie developers hosted a panel about the future of Destiny 2. It wasn’t all that exciting, but they did share some new information about how the game’s “seasons” system will work. The panel was hosted by Destiny community manager David “DeeJ” Dague, who was joined by two designers from…

The meet-and-greet lines at TwitchCon are so long that not even a perfect cosplayer could get face time with Dr Disrespect. WiiMoon, a partnered Twitch streamer herself, told me she didn’t even know what she’d say to the Doc, but was sure it’d come to her in the moment. It’ll be a crime if they…

Doki Doki Literature Club‘s Horror Was Born From A Love-Hate Relationship With Anime

Doki Doki Literature Club snuck up on everyone and became a cult hit. Dan Salvato, its writer and lead developer, played on the anime tropes present in its pink and cheery exterior to trick players into experiencing an unsettling story. “People might go into Doki Doki Literature Club making fun of it as a tropey…

To kick off TwitchCon, Twitch just announced a bunch of upcoming features. Some of them, like “raids,” which occur when a bunch of viewers from one stream join another (and can, it should be noted, be used abusively), are beefed up versions of things people already do, while others, like “achievements” for building up your…

Rick and Morty’s Most Recent Season Didn’t Have Much To Say

Rick and Morty is in crisis, and we’re not just talking about the few intense fans who make the show look bad. The show, as a whole, already seems to be running out of steam. (Spoilers ahead!) (Get the MP3 here.) No wonder, then, that the latest season ended with the promise of a more…

The Runescape Players Who Farm Gold So They Don’t Starve To Death

Venezuela is in the midst of an economic collapse. What was once the wealthiest major economy in Latin America is now suffering from shortages of essential goods like food and electricity, as well as spikes in crime and unemployment. To put dinner on the table, many are turning to unconventional jobs. Like gold farming. In…

What Destiny 2 and Overwatch Animations Tell Us About Their Characters

Even if we can’t see out character’s face and body, animation tells us a lot about characters in first person games. Heather takes a look in this critical video. Transcript: I was playing Destiny 2 and running public events for my weekly. After a while, I decided to punch every enemy I came across and…

Bungie Cancels Destiny 2‘s Trials For Two Weeks Because Of Glitches

Destiny 2’s competitive Trials of the Nine multiplayer mode will be delayed for two weeks after a glitch involving emotes allowed players to hide out of bounds. Earlier this week, Bungie removed players’ ability to purchase the ‘bureaucratic walk’ emote after discovering they could could use it to clip out of bounds. Players who previously…