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Llama Fetus Leads Ghost Recon: Wildlands Players On a Literal Witch Hunt

The latest update for Ghost Recon: Wildlands contains a creepy Easter Egg that promises to send players on a witch hunt (literally). Ubisoft’s open-world Tom Clancy shooter received a massive 8 GB update on June 30. “Title Update 5″ brought several fixes and the introduction of the Tier 1 leveling feature. The patch notes also…

In a sign of just how hot the Switch is or just how in need of more releases publisher Take Two is this year, WWE 2K18 is coming to Nintendo’s newest console. A 10am ET press release said October 17, same as Xbox One and PS4; a corrected release changed that to “fall.” First in…

Quiz: Which Adult Skyrim Mod Are You?

There are thousands of “adult” mods for Skyrim. Find out which one you are in this quiz. As you may have guessed, this quiz is NSFW

It’s the 30th anniversary of Doki Doki Panic, the Famicom Disk System game that would get reskinned and released as Super Mario Bros. 2 in the U.S. But what exactly was Doki Doki Panic, anyway? That question is answered in this brilliant historical video from YouTuber “Gajillionaire.”

Star Wars Battlefront 2 will get a multiplayer beta in October, EA said today. It’ll be on all three platforms starting October 4 for pre-orderers (and October 6 for everyone else).

A Game Where You Starve For Your Art

In this indie game, you play as a rejected Muppet named Passpartout that aspires to rise to the top of the art world through painting. You must sell your paintings for cash in order to pay your bills… otherwise, you’ll have to give up on your dream. You begin your journey in a cramped garage.…

Here’s the story behind Windows XP’s iconic default wallpaper, whose photographer says he was paid “the second-largest sum received by a living photographer for a single photograph” when he signed its rights away to Microsoft.

Sports Illustrated have published a great oral history of the original NBA Jam’s development, which includes gems like “I was down on the monster dunks, I have to admit. I loved the NBA for what it was; I didn’t want to turn this into a clown show.”

“Morally Indefensible” Fallout 4 Commercial Leads To Lawsuit

Singer Dion DiMucci, best known for 60s hits like Runaround Sue and The Wanderer, is taking the parent company of Fallout 4 developer Bethesda to court over the use of one of his songs in a commercial, which he found “repugnant”. The commercial in question is this one, which features DiMucci’s The Wanderer playing over…

Fan-Made Mega Man Game Will Let You Create Your Own Levels

There’s a trailer out for a fan project called Mega Maker that aims to do what Nintendo’s Super Mario Maker did for Capcom’s little blue bomber. It’s aimed for release on July 15, if it somehow doesn’t get shutdown before then. The project uses assets collected from Mega Man 1 through 6 and boasts over…

Fable Fortune has been delayed until July 25. It was originally due out this Tuesday on July 11. I know I was looking forward to it (seriously!) but due to an “unexpected administration hiccup” we’ll have to bide our time. How is Fable Fortune still even a thing? Your guess is as good as mine

Splatoon 2 Looks Noticeably Richer In Head-To-Head Comparison With The First Game

We’ve heard it a bunch. I’ve said it a bunch. “Splatoon 2 looks like more Splatoon.” But side-by-side it’s clear the sequel is a lot more polished looking. In his latest video, YouTuber NomComms took a look at both games based on their lobbies and the results are a bit jarring. While Splatoon 2 doesn’t…

Seven Neo Geo Games That Need To Get Ported To Modern Consoles 

Every month a smattering of classic Neo Geo games comes to modern consoles thanks to Hamster Corporation’s Arcade Archives program, but some of the system’s most unique and unusual games have yet to make the leap. I pour over the lists of upcoming games every week, and I know full well how easy it is…

Tetsuya Nomura’s Character Designs For Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Were 20 Years In The Making

Last month, fans following the development of Xenoblade Chronicles 2 spotted something strange. Tetsuya Nomura, Square Enix artist and director of Kingdom Hearts III, was being listed in the game’s credits. It turned out that the creator of some of Final Fantasy’s most iconic characters was designing Xenoblade Chronicles 2‘s Torna organization, a mysterious group…

We’re locked and loaded with frying pan in hand as we try to win a few rounds of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds right now on Twitch

The UFC Needs To Figure Out Life After Ronda Rousey

After two nasty losses and more than a year out of the spotlight, Ronda Rousey has likely retired from UFC. Once upon a time, this would have been a death knell for women’s MMA in the UFC, but now the UFC’s got an amazing crop of talent ready to get on with the show. Unfortunately,…

Top Minecraft YouTuber Quits Channel Because He Doesn’t Want To Be A “Fake Piece of Shit”

Over the last six years, Adam ‘SkyDoesMinecraft’ Dahlberg made a name for himself through Minecraft videos, amassing 11 million subscribers on YouTube. He’s now done with it and is retiring from making Minecraft videos. In two notably different videos, one kid-friendly and one not, he said he no longer enjoys the game, has become disaffected…

Final Fantasy XII’s New Fast-Forward Feature Is A Godsend

After several hours playing Square Enix’s new Final Fantasy XII remaster, I can confidently say I like it. I can just as confidently say that I like it a lot more because I can fast-forward through it. The remaster’s full title is Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age. It’s out on PS4 on July 11,…

GTA Online’s New Battlegrounds-Style Mode Is A Lot of Fun

With GTA Online’s July update,Rockstar has added a new mode that seems partially inspired by Battlegrounds, some new (and REALLY expensive) skins, and a super car. In the new game mode, Dawn Raid, players are split into two teams who have to track down a supply crate and deliver it to a capture point. Like…

Nobody Can Find The Source Code For Icewind Dale II

The people who make enhanced editions of old role-playing games like Baldur’s Gate and Planescape: Torment want to do the same thing for Icewind Dale II. There’s just one problem: nobody knows where to find the code. Beamdog, a Canadian publisher best known for releasing snazzy new versions of old Infinity Engine RPGs like the…