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How A Designer Accidentally Opened Every Door In The Witcher 3
Video games like The Witcher 3 are enormous, complicated pieces of machinery with thousands upon thousands of moving parts. Make one mistake and you can break everything—or, as one developer discovered, you can accidentally unlock every door in the game. In October, I visited CD Projekt Red’s offices in Warsaw, Poland, for my book on…
By Jason Schreier Published July 6, 2017 -
The Nintendo Switch Phone App Goes Live With Splatoon 2
During today’s Nintendo Direct, Splatoon 2 showcased a mobile feature called SplatNet 2. It will be available as part of the Nintendo Switch Online phone app coming alongside the game on July 21st. SplatNet 2 is a mobile phone feature that connects players to the game while they’re on the go. Here’s what we know:…
By Heather Alexandra Published July 6, 2017 -
Pokémon Go’s Anniversary Event Will Let You Capture Ash’s Pikachu
One of the biggest gaming phenomenons in recent memory was released exactly a year ago. Pokémon Go will celebrate the occasion with Pikachu, of course. Today Niantic announced a new event that will run from July 6th to July 24th. In it, players will be able to acquire a special Pikachu wearing Ash’s hat, along…
By Patricia Hernandez Published July 6, 2017 -
Splatoon 2 Has A New Pair Of Squid Idols And They Are Perfect
Given that Marie and Callie have split, squid kids need new pop singers. Enter Pearl and Marina, Splatoon 2’s freshest new sound. Like the first game, Splatoon 2 will feature “Splatfests” where players can join teams based on voting preferences. During these events, the common square lights up, and music booms through the streets—all courtesy…
By Patricia Hernandez Published July 6, 2017 -
Corsair Gaming K95 RPG Platinum Review: A Very Gaming Keyboard
Many of today’s mechanical “gaming” keyboards are innocuous devices that are just at home in an office as they are a game room. Corsair’s K95 RGB Platinum is not one of those. It’s a brushed aluminium boat of a keyboard with dedicated macro keys, a silver volume wheel and extra RGB lighting, just in case.…
By Mike Fahey Published July 6, 2017 -
Horizon Zero Dawn‘s New Game+ Lets You Keep Your Gear But Skip The Kid Stuff
A new patch for Horizon Zero Dawn adds an Ultra Hard difficulty mode and New Game+, in case you feel like playing through Aloy’s adventures yet again before the expansion hits. Horizon, which came out for PS4 in February, remains one of the best games of 2017. We just tried to boot up the New…
By Jason Schreier Published July 6, 2017 -
Candy Crush TV Show Leads To In-Game Mario Lopez
The live-action Candy Crush game show debuts Sunday at 9PM Eastern on CBS. Along with guiding show contestants through the live-action casual puzzle game on the show, host Mario Lopez will also be appearing in each of the three Candy Crush Saga games for weekly TV tie-in events. Yeah, it’s Candy Crush Saga, one…
By Mike Fahey Published July 6, 2017 -
Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds, Explained In One Map
There’s a lot to learn when you’re first starting out in Battlegrounds. Where you’re more likely to find guns, where you should look for cars, etc. And while there are some very good tips out there, none are as concise as this map. Done by Gett_Got, it’s 50% comedy, 50% genuinely useful guide on where…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 5, 2017 -
Ubisoft Removes Fourth Of July Fireworks From Watch Dogs 2 After ‘Noise Complaints’
A temporary Independence Day celebration in Watch Dogs 2 was suspended early on July 4 because it was enraging too many people who still play Ubisoft’s late 2016 open-world game. The fireworks had been added to the game as part of the 1.16 title update that also added a four-player party mode. They were set…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 5, 2017 -
Of Course There’s A Reason Why Tekken 7‘s Android Has Breast Physics
Tekken 7’s Alisa Bosconovitch looks like a woman, but she is certainly a robot. So recently, a confused player asked Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada why, despite being synthetic, Alisa’s breasts bounce. Most people might assume the design is to turn people on. But Harada actually attributed some essential functionality to those jiggly robot breasts: Huh!…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published July 5, 2017 -
Nintendo Has Now Been Making Video Games For 40 Years
July 2017 marks a big anniversary for Nintendo: The company has now been producing video game hardware and software for 40 years, beginning with the Color TV Game 6 and Color TV Game 15 in July 1977. Like most game hardware of the 1970s, Nintendo’s first two machines were Pong clones. In fact, they were…
By Chris Kohler Published July 5, 2017 -
Solve Puzzles (And Sometimes Crime) In Picross Dating Sim
Picross Makeout League tests your love of picross through puzzle-themed dates. Picross Makeout League is a short visual novel about a group of superheroes called the Puzzle League, who are all themed after various kinds of puzzles. You play as Picross Girl, whose superpower is to be really good at picross, a puzzle in which…
By Gita Jackson Published July 5, 2017 -
Killer Goat Man Chases You In This Puzzle Based Visual Novel
When you think of a visual novel, you probably think of pursuing super sexy romantic interests (or pigeons). Most of the interactions in these games involve choosing which way to compliment your virtual crush. At first I thought Let’s Meat Adam would be another dating simulator (only this time with goats). But it’s actually a…
By Chloe Spencer Published July 5, 2017 -
Arms Players Are Fed Up With Throw Spammers
Nintendo’s slinky boxing game Arms has come down with a cheese plague. A popular, cheesy playstyle of Arms’ (probably) most popular fighter is pissing off a lot of players in the game’s Ranked mode. Ninjara is Arms’ chain-clad ninja. When his chain throw attack is paired with a jump and his Teleport dodge, Ninjara’s speedy…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published July 5, 2017
