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Microsoft’s Twitch competitor Beam just got some new bells and whistles. Now rebranded as “Mixer,” the platform now offers co-streaming, which lets up to 4 streamers combine their streams into one broadcast, and a mobile streaming app, currently in beta.

A Cinematic Trailer For A Fan-Made Halo Game

This is the world we live in now. Where even fan-made, multiplayer-only Halo games get four-minute cinematic trailers. This clip is for Installation 01, a back-to-basics Halo fan game for the PC that we first took a look at last year Looks like things are coming along nicely. Installation 01 is an attempt to get…

Kong: Skull Island Is Full Of Cute Video Game Easter Eggs

Jordan Vogt-Roberts, director of Kong: Skull Island, hid a bunch of video game tributes and influences throughout the movie so well that nobody noticed. So he’s now pointing them out. Some of the homages made it into the finished film: And some stuff didn’t: If you were going to ask “well why isn’t this guy…

Killers & Thieves Is A Game About Medieval Burglary

This is one of the nicest video game surprises I’ve had in a long time. Stoic, creators of the excellent Banner Saga, dropped a game on Steam this week out of almost nowhere. And it’s pretty good! Killers & Thieves is a game made by Stoic co-founder Alex Thomas, and is all about the daily…

First Trailer For Netflix’s Castlevania Animated Series

Announced earlier this year, here’s the first trailer for Netflix’s animated Castlevania series. There are whips and skulls, so it’s got that going for it. The series is due on July 7.

Oh Hey, There’s A New Micro Machines Game Coming Out Next Month

Speaking of small worlds, June 23 marks the return of the tiniest toy cars in Micro Machines World Series. It’s miniature racing with an incredibly healthy heaping of Hasbro product placement. How much can you spot in the latest trailer? Has it really been nearly 11 years since the last Micro Machines video game? Codemasters…

I Got Internet Famous Leaking Gaming Info From Toys “R” Us

In the 15 years I worked at Toys “R” Us, I sometimes leaked information about video game sales and posted them on message boards. I even took games home early to try them and then post impressions, which was very much against the rules. I did this because I’ve always been excited about video games…

Sam Fisher Would Not Approve Of Ghost Recon’s Night Vision Goggles

Last night I decided to purchase a custom Splinter Cell outfit for Ghost Recon: Wildlands. I mostly bought it because of the cool night vision goggles. As you make your way through Wildlands’ Bolivian countryside, you can choose to switch on night vision. Of course you can; it’s a Tom Clancy game. With the press…

Overwatch Players Are Throwing In-Game Dance Parties

Overwatch’s new anniversary event, which kicked off yesterday, is a pinata explosion of celebration and glee. But who actually cares about that? The only thing that matters is dance emotes. Now Overwatch has turned into a giant dance floor. Overwatch players have started using the game’s custom match tools to host dance parties. A lot…

CW’s Riverdale: Gossip Girl by way of Twin Peaks. Half as good as you think it might be and twice as watchable. What it is: A sexed-up reimagining of Archie. Yeah, that Archie. What I’ve watched: The first five episodes. I’m doing my best to take my time. Is it good? I would never do…

Call of Duty Streamer Gets 2.5 Million XP In Single Match

It’s like the Call of Duty version of extreme couponing. Last weekend, Infinite Warfare’s Double XP weekend allowed many players to stack up bonuses and challenges to snag over a million XP from just one multiplayer match. One enterprising streamer even racked up 2.5 million XP in a single game. First, players save up the…

In Praise Of Games That Make Us Small 

Video games can make us feel large and powerful, but they also have the ability to make us very small, granting us a unique perspective on everyday life. Here’s to the games and multiplayer maps that turn us into tiny people in a big, big world. Humanity yearns to explore the dark reaches of space…

Divinity: Original Sin 2 will get a full release on September 14. I played a ton of the first game in early access and wound up not finishing the final version. This time around, I’m waiting. Hope it’s as good as it looks!

Let’s Talk About Lucio’s New Overwatch Skin, Which Is Bad

Lucio’s new legendary skin for the Overwatch one year anniversary is causing me physical pain. Lucio, unfortunately, has a history of questionable skins. If you’re a Lucio player, you have the exciting potential of being a soccer player, a hockey player, a DJ in a frog mask, or a DJ in a golden frog mask.…

Ubisoft is showing off this “key art” for the upcoming Far Cry 5 today. They showed us the game a couple of weeks ago, made us sign our life away. But we can share more by week’s end. It’s set in Montana, as you’ve probably heard.

Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun is coming to PS4 and Xbox One on August 1 (July 28 for Europe). We loved it on PC.

Everyone Can Now Play Gwent

The open beta for Gwent, CD Projekt Red’s standalone version of The Witcher 3‘s card game, starts today for PC, PS4, and Xbox One. In my time with the closed beta I found the game to move a little too fast sometimes, but overall it’s a richer, deeper take on the minigame my Geralt lost all…

Xbox Game Pass, Microsoft’s $10 monthly gaming subscription program, will go live on June 1, the company said today. Unlike Sony’s streaming service, PlayStation Now, Xbox Game Pass will let you download its games. It’ll be fascinating to see whether Microsoft can amass a library big enough to create gaming’s version of Netflix.

If You Like Rhythm Games, You Should Play Neon FM

Neon FM is an EDM-packed arcade rhythm game that’s so good Konami made its own version, but finding an arcade to play it in can be kind of tricky. Fortunately it’s now also a free-to-play mobile game for iOS and Android, which sure beats spending $8,000 on an arcade cabinet. In many ways the Neon…

Hugh Jackman Discovers Real-Life Mario Kart, Gets Really Excited

This is probably the closest we’ll get to a Wolverine appearance in Mario Kart 8 Hugh Jackman didn’t stumble upon some ambitious street performers; he found what appears to be MariKart, a company in Tokyo that allows attendees to recreate their own Wario vs. Wario racing battles. MariKart provides go-karts, costumes, and even accessories to…