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Celebrate Sonic‘s 26th Birthday With A Little Traveling Music
Just in time to kick off Sonic the Hedgehog’s 26th year, the folks at Overclocked Remix release Speeding Towards Adventure, a free 23-track album celebrating a quarter of a century that went by in a blue blur. The great thing about the Sonic franchise is that no matter how good or bad the games released…
By Mike Fahey Published June 23, 2017 -
Gainax Loses Lawsuit, Must Pay Hideaki Anno’s Studio $900,000
Last year, Hideaki Anno’s Studio Khara sued Gainax of Evangelion fame for unpaid royalities. A Tokyo District court has ruled in Anno’s favor, with a judge ordering Gainax to pay the full 100 million yen (around US$900,000). Anno co-founded Gainax in 1984 with fellow students he met at Osaka University of Arts, including current Gainax…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 23, 2017 -
Cops Deliver Awkward Update On Controversial Shooting Death Via Destiny Livestream [Update]
In addition to regular channels, the Seattle Police Department has a unique approach to communicating with the public. On Twitch, they play Destiny and talk about everything from graffiti to protests to their own investigation processes. Recently, however, they used it to give an update on the controversial shooting of Charleena Lyles. Lyles, a black…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 23, 2017 -
Mighty Gunvolt Burst Is A Mega Man-like That Lets You Make Your Own Bullets
Me (Tim Rogers) and Stephen Totilo played Inti Creates’s new Mega Man-like retro shooting platform action game Mighty Gunvolt Burst yesterday on a live-stream. We delved into the game’s core system: bullet customization. Unlike in, say, an Actual Mega Man Game, in Mighty Gunvolt Burst you pick up various little trinkets and items which contribute…
By Tim Rogers Published June 22, 2017 -
Here Is A Very Sweet Kirby Action Figure
Figma will be releasing a couple of Kirby Nendoroid figures later this year, one a re-release of their original Kirby, the other a brand new Ice Kirby. They’ve got umbrellas, Link’s hat and one is either sucking in or throwing up a star, and it looks kinda gross. Both come with alternate facial expressions and…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 22, 2017 -
Final Fantasy XIV‘s Director Says There’s Still So Much More To Do
Naoki Yoshida just wouldn’t stop looking at his computer. The beloved producer, credited with transforming Final Fantasy XIV from disaster to dream MMORPG, kept typing and clicking as I spoke to him last week in a private room at E3, frowning occasionally. So I asked what he was looking at. “Because we’re under maintenance right…
By Jason Schreier Published June 22, 2017 -
Blizzard Says It’s ‘Drastically’ Reducing Overwatch Loot Box Dupes
Loot boxes are bullshit. Overwatch’s are about to become a bit less bullshit. In a new video, Jeff “JKap” Kaplan revealed his sweet new D.Va jersey—flaunted it, really—and also talked about some stuff. The most interesting detail is a long-requested change to how likely players are to get duplicate items in loot boxes. “One of…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 22, 2017 -
The New Pokémon Go Gyms Are Live Now, Here’s What You Need To Know [Update]
After days of having gyms “under construction,” Pokémon Go’s biggest overhaul is now available to all players. Not only that, but players logging in today may also find new gyms in areas that used to be Pokestops. Neat. Here’s how it works, per our preview of the feature from earlier in the month: Gyms will soon…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 22, 2017 -
YouTuber Reminds Fans How Much Fake Donations Can Hurt
In a heated video yesterday, professional streamer and YouTuber Desmond Etika Amofah issued a warning against against viewers who “fuck with me, fuck with my money, or fuck with my life.” Amofah, a big personality in the Nintendo community, displayed five recent donations to his Twitch stream, each in quantities of $50 or $100. Then,…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published June 22, 2017 -
We saw it. Now you can see it. Today, Ubisoft put out a video of Michel Ancel playing the Beyond Good & Evil 2 tech demo shown behind closed doors at E3. Look for radical zooming from planet surface to space, and planet-spanning flight. For more about what the game is supposed to be, read…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 22, 2017 -
Normally you’d expect a video game event to be ceremonially opened by, say, a video game executive, but Europe’s big 2017 show—GamesCom, in Köln—will be kicked off on August 22 by none other than the Leader Of The Free World herself, German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
By Luke Plunkett Published June 22, 2017 -
My Favorite Game of E3 2017 Combines Fighting And Farming
E3 was full of massive AAA titles like God of War, Assassin’s Creed, and Call of Duty. But the one game that’s stuck in my mind the most is Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin. It’s half brawler, half farming sim—it’s a weird combination, but I can’t stop thinking about it. Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin…
By Heather Alexandra Published June 22, 2017 -
The 2017 Steam Summer Sale Is Now Live
It is time once again for the annual ritual of buying PC games you’re never going to play—welcome to the 2017 Steam summer sale. The sale is live on Steam right now and includes major discounts on the Final Fantasy, Ghost Recon, and Call of Duty franchises. Today’s highlights include Shadow of Mordor for $4,…
By Jason Schreier Published June 22, 2017 -
Surprise, A Long-Lost Homeworld Game Is Now For Sale Again
Homeworld, a space strategy game that is almost perfect, was just the first of three releases in the series around the turn of the millennium. The first two games have been remastered and re-released for a while now, but the third and I think best—Homeworld: Cataclysm—has long been assumed lost. Until now. Gearbox and GOG…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 22, 2017
