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Walmart Cancels SNES Classic Pre-Orders, Citing A ‘Glitch’

Oops! If you breathed a sigh of relief as you locked down your SNES Classic pre-order on Walmart.com Friday night, it’s time to start hyperventilating again, because the retailer has just canceled the orders en masse “Unfortunately, due to a technical glitch, the Super Nintendo Classic Edition was mistakenly made available last Friday evening ahead…

The Sims 4 is coming to Playstation 4 and Xbox One on November 17th. If you’ve ever wanted to watch a sim burn to death from the comfort of your couch, you’re in luck.

Some Battlegrounds Players Aren’t Thrilled That The Game Is Charging For Cosmetics

Yesterday, the developers of Battlegrounds announced plans to start charging for in-game clothing through a crate that can only be unlocked by a key that costs real money. The move has led to controversy, with some players declaring it “anti-consumer,” among other labels, in angry threads across the internet. Since Battlegrounds’ early access release in…

Inside The Weird World Of EVE Online‘s Corpse Collectors

EVE Online players can choose to be many things. Fighter pilots, diplomats, corpse peddlers, even admirals of massive fleets. Most player engagements in EVE are led by players who use th… Wait a minute. Corpse peddlers?! Yes, it’s true: There exists a small fraction of the EVE player base that chooses to take part in…

Blizzard announced increased penalties for toxic Overwatch players yesterday, effective immediately. Kotaku has reported that Overwatch’s previous reporting system was toothless, which may have inspired the game’s recent toxicity epidemic. We’re monitoring to see whether Blizzard will take real action

Here’s August’s PlayStation Plus Lineup

I’m excited to see Just Cause 3 on August’s PS Plus lineup, since I always meant to check it out. There’s also Downwell for the Vita with crossbuy on PS4, bringing my total ways to play Downwell to three, which is not nearly enough. Remember, these games are only free if you have an active…

How I Put My Face In Splatoon 2 

Hyper-realistic images are becoming a thing in Splatoon 2, so I decided to make my very own. All it took was an image editor and five hours of squinting, cursing and hand cramps. In Splatoon 2, players can create image messages that appear over their heads when their characters show up in other people’s games.…

We’ll Be Able To Play Final Fantasy XV‘s Multiplayer Expansion Next Week

It’s not clear why Final Fantasy XV, a game about the power of male friendship and good hair, is getting a multiplayer expansion. But it’s happening, it’s called Comrades, and next week you’ll be able to get a taste of it. The Comrades DLC, which has no release date yet but will enter a “closed…

Bayonetta, Slime Rancher Headline August’s Xbox Live Games With Gold

There’s a range of games available on Xbox Live Games with Gold this month. As always, these games are only “free” if you have an active Xbox Live Games with Gold subscription. August’s Games with Gold are: Xbox One Slime Rancher (August 1-31) Trials Fusion (August 16-September 15) Xbox 360 (compatible with Xbox One) Bayonetta…

The Problem With Mighty No. 9‘s Game Manuals [Update]

Up to the very end, Mighty No. 9 can’t stop pulling a Mighty No. 9. It took over a year for Kickstarter backers to get their physical game boxes and accompanying game manuals, which are too big to fit inside some of the boxes. Update July 26 – 9:26am: As Twitter user Gregory Walsh points…

Completing Portal Without Moving The Camera

Here is Imanex with today’s instalment of Video Game Things I Never Even Thought Of But Are Very Impressive Now That I’ve Seen Them This is a complete playthrough of the first Portal game, with the catch that the mouse is not moved once to adjust the camera. What’s cool about this is the absolute…

Civilization VI’s Newest Leader Seems Overpowered

Civilization VI has had a quiet few months, interrupted today by the announcement of the game’s newest leader: Amanitore, a Nubian Queen. She marks the debut of both the person and the faction in the Civilization series, and aside from the expected level of amazing character design and animation present in Amanitore herself, what she…

Pokémon Go’s Next Two Legendaries Are Moltres And Zapdos

Pokémon Go Fest may have been a disaster, but if there was one bright spot to be found in the weekend’s events, it was the unlocking of a couple of Legendary Pokémon for folks to catch. Over the next couple of weeks, there’ll be two more. Niantic announced today that Moltres will be available between…

We’re starting up our playthrough of crime thriller and overenthusiastic lie detector L.A. Noire right now on our Twitch channel Admit it, punk, you’re gonna watch it!

Friday the 13th Studio Says It Hasn’t ‘Abandoned’ The Game

Yesterday, Friday the 13th fans collectively yelped in terror when they discovered that developer Illfonic is working on a new game. They presumed this meant that Illfonic had moved on from the most popular game in the emerging “getting axe-murdered by 12 year-olds” genre. Not true, the studio says. “We assure you, continued support for…

Blasting Across Wildlands On A Rainbow-Powered Llama

I was originally disappointed with Ghost Recon: Wildlands’ first expansion, “Narco Road,” but I recently decided to give it another shot. I spent most of my evening riding an unexplainable hybrid of dirt bike and llama. Is it a llama? Is it a bike? I’m not sure what to call it, but it makes nervous…

Real-Life Baby Terrifies Outlast 2 Player And Becomes Most-Watched Twitch Clip of All Time

Within a few days, footage of streamer JurassicJunkieLive screaming in terror as his toddler daughter, Jessica, pops up behind him has become the most viewed clip on Twitch of all time. Jurassic was playing Outlast 2 when the now-famous moment was recorded. He had just finished the part of the game where Marta, the lady…

Curling With Flying Cars Is The New Best Thing In GTA Online

Shuffleboard and curling are way more exciting when you throw cars and ramps into the mix. GTA Online’s new mode, Overtime Rumble, does exactly that—and the community loves it. In Overtime Rumble, instead of sliding a smooth stone on ice, you speed off a ramp in a car. Then, while still in the air, you…

Lego Worlds‘ Space Expansion Is So Damn Cheerful

Sandbox building adventure Lego Worlds gets its first expansion today, taking players into the classic Space setting, where millions of Lego fans have gone before. It’s all good futuristic fun, even the moon spiders. Players who download the $3.99 expansion pack for Lego Worlds on Xbox One, PC or PlayStation 4 gain instant access to…

Pokémon YouTuber Feels Need To Drop Diss Track

A Pokémon YouTuber dropped a diss track against another Pokémon YouTuber, and the weirdest thing about all this is that the track is kinda good. “Verlisify” is a track from Pokémon YouTuber Shofu’s upcoming mixtape, Trap Ketchum. It’s also, kind of, a diss track about the controversial Pokémon YouTuber Verlisify. It’s not exactly Nas’s “Ether,”…