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Zelda’s Labyrinths Are Some Bullshit

Over the weekend I downloaded Breath of the Wild’s first batch of DLC. There were new quests, new gear and a whole new mode. Great. But I didn’t care. I wanted one thing and one thing only. Proof that Zelda’s labyrinths were bullshit. Thankfully I got that proof. Breath of the Wild has an insanely…

Here’s A Closer Look At That Nuclear Bunker Filled With Mario Murals

Foxtrot-01 is one of several Minuteman Missile Launch Sites, a series of facilities dedicated to launching inter-continental nukes in the event that the U.S. comes under attack. It’s also filled with Mario murals. The bunker’s fascination with Mario first surfaced (as far as I can tell) back in 2014 after it was pointed out in…

FLCL is getting two new seasons to air on Toonami in 2018. It will be twelve episodes total, split across FLCL 2 and FLCL 3 with the news and teaser coming out of this year’s Anime Expo. If you like puberty, aliens, and giant robots, the original series is streaming at on various platforms.

A Prototype Build Of The Never Completed SNES Rayman Game Is Now On The Internet 

Once upon a time there was going to be a Rayman game for the SNES. Series creator Michel Ancel was one of two people working on it, but the project never came to fruition. A prototype build of the game that surfaced last fall, however, has finally made it onto the Internet thanks to game…

Five Nights At Freddy’s Fans Are Convinced Its Creator Is Trolling Them Again

Scott Cawthon is the creator of Five Nights at Freddy’s a series of horror games with a big cult following behind them. His latest game was expected to be the sixth main entry in the series, but now Cawthon says he’s canceled the project and turning to work on other things. Nobody believes him, of…

That Is One Fancy Zelda-Themed Switch 

The people over at MakoMod have put together a Switch that looks like it came straight out of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. It’s pretty meta. In the game, Link uses the Sheikah Slate to take pictures, look at maps, and figure out where he needs to go. It was pretty clearly…

There will be a Nintendo Direct July 6 at 10am Eastern focusing on Splatoon 2 ahead of the game’s July 21 release. Nintendo says the stream will show off features new to the game.

Popular GTA V Modding Tool OpenIV Is Once Again Being Distributed [UPDATE]

OpenIV, the popular modding tool for games like Grand Theft Auto V, appears to be getting back to business as usual weeks after it was shutdown due to a cease and desist letter issued by Take-Two, GTA’s publisher. Over the weekend, a download button for the software returned to OpenIV’s website. First removed on June…

Bayonetta On The Switch Would Be Great

This is an image the newly opened Platinum Games Twitter account put out earlier today, compliments of artist and designer Yusuke Hashimoto. It shows Bayonetta 1 & 2 split into what looks like the Nintendo Switch’s neon-colored Joy-Con. Or maybe we’re just seeing things. Bayonetta 2 did’n sell all that well. Mostly because it was…

Studio Trigger Announces Three New Anime Projects

Trigger, the anime studio best known for Kill la Kill and Little Witch Academia, just announced three new anime series. The studio was founded in August 2011 by former Gainax staffers Masahiko Otsuka and Hiroyuki Imashi At Anime Expo, Trigger revealed the following anime projects: Promare, Gridman, and a co-production with A-1 Pictures called Darling…

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Look At This Bloodborne Action Figure

Good Smile Company, creators of the excellent Figma series, showed this off over the weekend. There were no other details but there doesn’t really need to be. He’ll cost around $50, like any other Figma, and might come with some extra gear. Or might not! He’s already got two weapons here, and it’s not like…

Modders Add China To Red Alert 3

Red Alert 3, the game with the greatest cast and FMV cutscenes of all time, has three factions: the Allies, the Soviet Union and Japan. A team of Chinese modders have been working for years to add to that roster. The Eastern Loong mod, first released in Chinese in 2012, adds China as an entirely…

A Good Way To Play The Nintendo Switch

Here’s a little arcade cabinet housing for the Nintendo Switch, so you can play Street Fighter II as nature intended. We saw one of these recently that didn’t work, so here’s one that actually does. Shea Silverman made this by ripping the guts out of an 8Bitdo SNES pad, building a housing then getting that…

Player Clips Through Wall In Breath Of The Wild DLC And Discovers Hidden Area

Included in the first Zelda: Breath of the Wild DLC are the Master Trials, a sixty level challenge where players fight enemies in search of an upgrade for the Master Sword. That’s what Reddit user Sharkystheshotty was doing when they unexpectedly stumbled into an alternate, lo-res world. “Was on trial three on the Medium trials…

Nobody Thought Competitive Pokémon Player Would Win A 4 vs 1, But He Did

Competitive Pokémon players usually forfeit matches with seemingly unbeatable odds. But the first day of the North American Pokémon International Championships is a perfect lesson in why never giving up can pay off. Giovanni Costa, this season’s consummate Eevee player, found himself facing down one of the most talented players from Germany, Tobias Koschitzki, in…

Anime Expo 2017 Is This Weekend And The Line To Get In Is A Special Kind Of Hell [UPDATE]

E3 was just a few weeks ago at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Open to the public for the first time this year, there were reports of people standing in line for hours just to demo games like Super Mario Odyssey. At this weekend’s Anime Expo 2017 being held at the same place, attendees are…

Gundam Versus Has Big-Ass Swords, Comes To PS4 September 29

Gundam Versus is an arcade fighting where giant anime mechs demolish one another with building-sized laser swords and blasters and it’s finally coming to North America for the first time on September 29 on PS4. Bandai Namco announced the news earlier today at Anime Expo 2017. While the series has existed for years in Japanese…

Here’s the trailer for Max Brass, the first DLC character coming to ARMS who we originally learned about thanks to Nintendo’s livestream during E3. The Roman Centurion-inspired will be free when the DLC finally arrives, although Nintendo hasn’t yet revealed when that will be.

All Wild sets will return to the Hearthstone shop this week, thanks to the inaugural Hearthstone Wild Open. If you’re interested by the format or just never played Blackrock Mountain, now’s your chance to grab them before they disappear into the Wild once more.