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You Can Import Your Old Shadow of Mordor Nemesis Into The Sequel

Do you really hate your Shadow of Mordor nemesis and wish you could kick their ass again? The newly launched Nemesis Forge will let players import their orc rivals to fight once more in Shadow of War. The most memorable feature of Shadow of Mordor was the nemesis system, which dynamically created orc baddies for…

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…

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:…

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…

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…

What goes together better than Tekken and bowling? Nothing. Everything? I don’t know. Either way, fighting game characters bowling returns in Tekken 7‘s Ultimate Tekken Bowl DLC, coming in August.

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.…

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…

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…

Two Hours Before Sunset. Djursland, Denmark. By Robbert Vervuurt. 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!  

Those who prefer Total War’s historical games to its Warhammer outing should keep an eye on Total War Saga, a new series of “standalone spin-off titles focusing on exciting pivotal moments in history.”

Ever wondered what’s going on inside the head of a Hanzo main? This video by dopatwo will tell you everything you need to know. If that’s not enough for you, here’s Genji, too.

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…

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…

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!…

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…

We played more of Super Mario Odyssey’s demo and performed some great tricks, including this death-defying leap into a swimming pool. We’ll share more over the next few days.

Snorlax Wins International Pokémon Tournament By Eating A Ton

Last weekend’s North American International Championships had two big surprises: not only did Australians sweep the tournament, a Snorlax dodged more than half a dozen chances to be paralyzed or flinched. And, in classic Snorlax fashion, it won a tournament by eating. As one of the smaller and newer regions to Pokémon’s Video Game Championship…

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…

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…