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Twitch is streaming former FBI Director James Comey’s testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee right now on Russian election interference. Twitch chat, as it does, is spamming “FAKE NEWS” and “LIES” as Comey takes his oath. As Comey discusses hacking, Twitch chat filled up with Overwatch Sombra memes.

Circular Rhythm Game Superbeat: Xonic Is So Good On Xbox One And PS4

Originally released in 2015 for the PlayStation Vita, Superbeat: Xonic is a hardcore rhythm game that’s only real failing was being released during one of the Vita’s rocky patches (i.e., post launch). Now it’s out on Xbox One and PlayStation 4, ready to show a much bigger audience around some great music. Developed by Nurijoy,…

Racing sequel Project Cars 2 will be released in North America on September 22 for Xbox One, PC and PlayStation 4. That doesn’t leave us much time to write about how pretty it is over and over again. Here’s the game’s E3 trailer. It’s nice.

Pokémon GO Gets First Real-World Event And More 

To celebrate the one-year anniversary of Pokémon GO, the app is getting both in-game events and a real-world festival in Chicago. The in-game Solstice Event starts June 13, 2017 and will feature XP bonuses for accurate throws, discounted Lucky Eggs, and Fire-type and Ice-type Pokémon. A new collaborative group gameplay-centric update will follow. Then on…

Shenmue III Delayed To Second Half Of 2018

The long-awaited Shenmue III is going to make you wait a little longer. The game won’t make its December 2017 release date and has been moved to the second half of 2018. “By utilizing new technologies, we have been able to discover new possibilities and expressions,” Shenmue creator Yu Suzuki said in an official announcement.…

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Nintendo’s Theme Park Teased In Cute New Trailer

The big Nintendo section of Universal Studios Japan is still years away from being finished, but the park is already hyping up the attraction. Here’s a trailer giving hints at what we can expect when it opens in 2020. Explains why that stage was being built yesterday If you look at the big reveal of…

Here’s a clip of Overwatch’s most popular player, Seagull, absolutely tearing through a team while barely even paying attention. He’s angrily venting about a previous encounter, and then he just chops the wings off a strong Pharah/Mercy combo like it’s nothing. Even as a Pharah main, I have to admit that this is just great.…

Binding Of Isaac Creator’s New Game Is A Post-Apocalyptic Platformer For PC And Switch

After much waiting and a little teasing, Binding of Isaac creator/Super Meat Boy co-creator Edmund McMillen has announced a new game. It’s a collaboration with Closure creator Tyler Glaiel called The End Is Nigh Together, they’re making an adventure-platformer where you die “a lot.” Between that and the odd row of insta-death spikes, there are…

Yeah, GTA V Fidget Spinner Mods 

There are countless videos on YouTube right now of people running around Los Santos with fidget spinners, which can be modded into the game. This is the best one.

The YouTuber Trying To Introduce Hearthstone Players To Poetry

For some, the soothing dulcet tones of Bob Ross is a great way to unwind after a bad dose of Hearthstone RNG. For others, a stiff drink. But one YouTuber has another idea: poetry. The project, called “Life on Hearthstone”, started out year ago. It starts out as a vignette about playing Hearthstone: picking a…

A History Of Kirby Death Animations

Need to scrub the sight of Kirby’s human feet from your eyes? YouTube’s MasterofHyrule has compiled a ten minute video history of the pink puffball’s death animations and game over screens. It might help. Is this video really necessary? You tell me. Yes, I could have just linked it and left it at that, but…

A Cartoon Action RPG With Adventure Time Vibes

The trailer for The Swords of Ditto is adorable enough that I can’t wait to see more of this game. The Swords of Ditto is a newly-announced action RPG that takes place in a charming fantasy world Developed by One Bit Beyond and to be published by Devolver Digital, it’s slated for an early 2018…

Having trouble connecting to other players online in Tekken 7? Bandai Namco is working on a patchto fix those issues. The PlayStation 4 patch should be out by the end of this week, with the Xbox One and PC versions arriving next week.

Secret of Mana Collection Proves Switch Is Awesome For Retro Gaming

I’ve been playing Super Nintendo games on my Switch all week, and it is a glorious thing. Virtual Console might be MIA on Switch thus far, possibly due to Nintendo wanting to roll out a Netflix-type catalog alongside its paid online service in 2018. But Square Enix ain’t got time for that, and has rolled…

Data Shows Xbox Gamers Aren’t Using Backward Compatibility Much [Update: Microsoft Contests]

Backward compatibility is a big draw for console gamers nostalgic for older titles, but new data shows that Xbox One players don’t spend much time revisiting backward-compatible Xbox 360 games. A new Ars Technica report that grabbed stats from nearly a million Xbox Live users showed that, on the Xbox One, only 1.5 percent of…

The New Crazy Taxi Mobile Game Gets By On Personality

Crazy Taxi Gazillionaire’s gameplay is pretty run of the mill, but it’s fun and charming regardless. Crazy Taxi Gazillionaire is a clicker game for iOS and Android, based on the arcade driving game that released on the Dreamcast in 2000. It does nothing to pretend it is not a clicker game. In the game you…

The Story Behind Mass Effect: Andromeda‘s Troubled Five-Year Development

In 2012, as work on Mass Effect 3 came to a close, a small group of top BioWare employees huddled to talk about the next entry in their epic sci-fi franchise. Their goal, they decided, was to make a game about exploration—one that would dig into the untapped potential of the first three games. Instead…

GTA Online’s “Gunrunning” update drops on June 13th, and here’s the trailer. Things to spot: new bunkers, weaponized vehicles, and a “mobile operations center.” Also, guns. Obviously.

Atlus Announces A Trio Of 3DS RPGs For North America

In case you were worried about the state of JRPGs on the Nintendo 3DS, Atlus just announced not one but three new games coming to the console in late 2017/early 2018—Etrian Odyssey V: Beyond the Myth, Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology, and Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux. The fifth main installment of the Etrian Odyssey…