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Images Of Apparent Life Is Strange Prequel Pop Up 

We’re just over a week away from E3, and video game companies everywhere are leaking like ships in a hurricane. Today’s rumor is an apparent prequel to Life is Strange, made by a new developer and scheduled to be revealed within the next couple of weeks. Our story starts with this press release, which revealed…

What are the best Twitter accounts to follow if you’re into video games? We ran what is now an amusingly dated list back in 2014. Who would you list these days? “No one” would be a funny answer, but we’ll take real suggestions in the comments, too.

Ghost Recon: Wildlands‘ Final Story DLC Is Brutal And Fun

A second major expansion has arrived for Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands, one in which players will go from the hunters to the hunted. “Fallen Ghosts” went live May 30 for Season Pass holders, and will become available as a solo DLC purchase on June 6 for PS4, Xbox One, and PC. The expansion is…

Funimation plans to bring the upcoming live-action Tokyo Ghoul movie to North American theaters, Crunchyroll reports It will be released in Japan late July.

One Year Later, Did Sony Keep Their E3 2016 Promises?

To what lengths do you go to introduce the return of one of your biggest franchises? If it’s for God of War, you bust out a full orchestra. Sony’s E3 2016 press conference began with a spectacle—but impressive showpieces aside, did the company meet its E3 2016 promises? Let’s find out. Sony’s press conference was…

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Face Masks Are Also A Bizarre Adventure

These JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure face masks are more fanservice than beauty product, but they’re loads of fun. JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure is one of my favorite series, and it’s also a foundational text for many adventure shows targeted at a male audience. Hirohiko Araki’s art for the original manga is striking and full of personality, and…

Warner Bros. has delayed Middle-earth: Shadow of War two months. It’ll now be out on October 10. Yes, yes, it’s all my fault. Read about why video games are delayed so often

New Star Trek VR Game Really Is Like Manning Your Own Starfleet Vessel 

There are better Star Trek video games out there, but none that come close to delivering the immersive cooperative experience offered by Ubisoft’s virtual reality-powered Star Trek: Bridge Crew. It’s the closest you can get to being on the bridge of a Federation starship. Announced at E3 2016 and delayed a couple of times since,…

Even with their future in question, Hitman developer Io Interactive is still adding new content to the game. This months, Hitman will get several new contracts and elusive targets as well as a “game update” that the studio’s being vague about. You can read all the details on their website

Breath of the Wild Helped Me Beat The Legend of Zelda’s Second Quest

My childhood friends thought the original The Legend of Zelda for the NES was easy: just gather the eight triforces and defeat Ganon. I had a hard time just finding the second labyrinth. I eventually learned that my trek through Hyrule at the age of seven was actually the Second Quest, a remixed journey with…

Studio Ghibli Getting Its Own Theme Park In Japan 

“Ghibli Park,” a Studio Ghibli theme park, is slated to open outside Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. According to Chunichi Web, the park is set in the world of My Neighbor Totoro and will allow visitors to enjoy flowers and trees during each of the four seasons. Don’t expect rides per se, but rather, a…

Destiny Action Figures Are Like Fancy Dress GI Joes

There’s a new line of Destiny figures coming from McFarlane, and these ones are both smaller and a lot less expensive than the current option. Out later this year, the figures will be 7″ tall (except for Lord Saladin, who is 10″), very articulated and come with a range of the original game’s most famous…

Nintendo Switch Survives 1,000 Foot Drop

Nintendo products are primarily known for two things: functioning as portals to wonderlands of whimsy, and being so durable that they can survive being hit by trucks, or more dangerously, children. The Switch is a worthy heir to that legacy. Thin, glossy, and fragile as it looks, Nintendo’s console/portable hybrid is a damn brick. UnlockRiver…

Here’s pixel artist Paul Conway with an excellent Lucasarts x The Thing mashup. Because SCUMM always needed the option to tie someone to that fucking couch Bonus: here’s a WIP.

Those Prey Tracking Bracelets Were Junk All Along

Prey is filled with mysteries. What’s going on aboard Talos-1? Who is Morgan Yu, and how did she get into this mess? And most importantly, should I hold on to this tracking bracelet I’ve been carrying around for the past six hours? That third mystery has been solved, at long last. The patch notes for…

Killing Jason Is Possible In The Friday the 13th Game, But It’s Not Easy

Killing Jason in Friday the 13th is a complicated process that’s easy to mess up. Watching people attempt it is thrilling, even when they fail. Since it’s possible for counselors to escape on their own, and because running into Jason can often lead to getting impaled on a tree branch, you might be tempted to…

The Weirdness Of Fire Emblem Heroes‘ Bride Class

While Fire Emblem has had “Brides” for years now, their recent inclusion in a seasonal Heroes event makes the label “waifu simulator” feel less like a joke and more of a staple of the series’ identity. I’ve learned to love the sillier side of Fire Emblem Heroes and the franchise as a whole. A funny…

Programmer Puts $50,000 On Stock Market, Lets Twitch Decide What To Do

Yesterday, “playing the stock market” took on a whole new meaning. On new Twitch channel Stock Stream, Amazon engineer Mike Roberts entrusted his $50,000 savings to the chaos that is Twitch chat, where thousands of anonymous users invest it in what they please. Roberts says it’s the world’s first co-op, multiplayer game that uses real…

Our First Impressions Of Tekken 7: Satisfying, Difficult

Early on in Tekken 7’s story mode, I’m told to throw Heihachi’s five-year-old son off a cliff. It’s canon in the Tekken series, typically a drama saved for cut scenes. Here, it’s flippant—push the square and triangle buttons and, buh-bye, kid Tekken 7, which will release on June 2nd, entices players who, like me, fell…

Overwatch‘s New Map Is On The Moon

Overwatch just premiered its newest map, which is set on the moon circa 2060. It’s Horizon Lunar Colony, an assault map where players battle it out to capture the point while discovering clues from the former scientific base. Check it out: Of course, it’s a map for Overwatch’s beloved Winston, a genetically-engineered gorilla who used…