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A Look Back At Fez‘s Unsolvable “Black Monolith” Puzzle 

Vibrantly-pixelated indie darling Fez turned five years old this week, so it’s the perfect time to celebrate the game’s strangest puzzle and the community of players who devoted themselves to solving it. Released in April of 2012 on Xbox Live Arcade, Fez seemed like a retro-throwback from an alternate reality; the kind of made-up game…

Star Citizen 3.0 Update Coming In June, Will Add Moons You Can Land On

The giant space-sim is getting its next big update on June 29 which will include, among a litany of other stuff, the ability for players to take their ships out into space and dock on of a handful of moons. The addition of this new “Planetary Tech” will help expand what players can do in…

TumbleSeed is coming to the Nintendo Switch, PS4, and Steam on May 2. The procedurally generated roguelike involves trying to balance a seed as untold horrors scroll on by. As you roll from side to side you’ll acquire different powers that can be used to defeat the weird creatures blocking your path.

EA Officially Reveals Star Wars Battlefront II, Single-Player And All

Star Wars: Battlefront II is definitely happening and it will have a single-player story (if you still had any doubts). EA officially “announced” the game at this year’s Star Wars Celebration, showing off the game’s protagonist and aerial combat. It’ll be out this year on November 17 for PS4, Xbox One, and PC. The trailer…

Overwatch‘s Skill Rating System Is Busted For Healers

In the world of video games, healing isn’t a glamorous gig. It’s hard enough to get people to do it when everybody’s on equal footing. And when they’re not? Well, then you’ve got a problem on your gnarled, pock-marked, and thoroughly un-healed hands. When you finish an Overwatch competitive mode match, you gain points toward…

NES Classic’s Ebay Price Triples, Surprising No One

Yesterday, Nintendo announced they were discontinuing production of the NES Classic within North America. With demand high, I was curious to see how things were playing out on eBay. Turns out, it’s a lot like when Michael Jackson died. Slightly baffled by Nintendo’s business decision, I took a look at how the NES Classic’s value…

Here Is Some Really Good Music From The Legend of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild

You ever fight a video game boss where the music is so good, you draw the fight out so you can keep listening? In The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, there’s this mini-boss you can go fight in the desert. It’s called Molduga, and if you’re playing the game normally, you’ll probably just…

The 17 Moments That Defined The Fast And The Furious

The eighth of the Fast & Furious movies is upon us. This is an exciting, nerve-wracking time. If you’re only just tuning into the Fast & Furious franchise today, you might think that the series is—and always has been—a raucous series of action-movie epics, each new one trying to out-class its predecessors with bigger explosions…

Lego City Undercover Runs Almost As Well On Switch As On PS4

Nintendo’s Switch is a lovely system, but from a pure power standpoint it’s no PlayStation 4. Even so, a Digital Foundry reportreveals the two consoles’ versions of Lego City Undercover aren’t too far apart performance-wise. While Lego City Undercover might not be the most demanding game, it is one of the first instances of a…

Horizon Zero Dawn’s Best Armor Makes The Game Even More Fun

One set of armor in Horizon Zero Dawn stands above the others: The shield-weaver armor. It’s really good, and pretty hard to get. It’s also totally worth it. Most of the armor in Horizon has a specific application. This armor protects against fire, this armor against melee attacks. This armor gives you a stealth bonus.…

Storage Wars Buyer Finds $45,000 Worth of Classic Games

One of the stars of A&E’s Storage Wars, a reality show about storage locker auctions, just landed an incredible deal on a locker stuffed full to bursting with vintage video game hardware and cartridges. It’s a small fortune in games, over $50,000 worth, enough for the buyer to call it one of his “best ever”…

Everyone Is Apparently Playing A Game Called ‘Ballz‘

One of the hottest new mobile games going is a clever take on the brick-busting genre called Ballz. Go ahead, get it out of your system. I still haven’t. Available as a free download oniTunesand Google Play from the folks at Ketchapp, Ballz is one of those quick and dirty (shush) games that’s easy to…

The Gentleman Thief Who Inspired Persona 5‘s Killer Look

Persona 5 stars a group of Phantom Thieves who go on heists to steal the twisted desires of targets in the land of Tokyo’s collective unconscious, the Metaverse. The main characters also get a costume change in these heists. Persona 5’s protagonist doesn’t talk in the game, but they say everything you need to know…

A Very Anime Love Story

The anime Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood is full of perfect moments. And buried in it is a very, very anime love story. Protagonist Edward’s martial arts trainer is a woman named Izumi. She’s tough as nails. And how she got that way is revealed in the bonus episode “Tales of the Master.” When she was 18,…

Pokémon Hunter Gets Rare Shiny On First Try, Freaks The Hell Out

In modern Pokémon games, there is only a 1 in 4,096 chance you’ll find a monster in a special coloring. People can spend hours, days, weeks, sometimes even years searching for shiny Pokémon to no avail, just resetting a game over and over again. Here’s what happens when you find a legendary shiny on your…

Here’s The First Trailer For Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Straight out of the Star Wars Celebration in Orlando, Florida today, here’s the first trailer for the next Star Wars film, The Last Jedi, which comes out on December 15. It’s an excellent teaser, one that will no doubt be endlessly dissected for the next eight months. It hints at, among other things, some Rey…

Bayonetta, As Told By Steam Reviews

Bayonetta is on Steam, and Steam users have absolutely no chill about it. Following an April Fool’s joke and a mysterious countdown clock, the beloved action game Bayonetta finally landed on Steam. If you’ve never played the game, it’s like Devil May Cry, but instead of a very pretty man you’re a witch with guns…

Hoo Boy Look At This Zelda Shield Parry

This is some anime superweapon-ass shit. Shot, parry and video by GirKart64. Today, I have learned many things about Breath of the Wild’s draw distance and enemy AI, and they are all good.

Nintendo Sells Nearly A Million Switches In The United States

Nintendo sold over 906,000 Switch units in the United States alone last month, making it, as they bragged in a press release tonight, the fastest-selling video game system in the company’s long history. Combine that with half a million in Japan and you’ve already got nearly 1.5 million of these things, not counting Europe (where…

The Next Professor Layton Is Coming to America This July

Following yesterday evening’s news that the next game in the Professor Layton series will hit Japan on July 20, publisher Level-5 has now revealed that the new game starring the professor’s daughter will be available worldwide that very day—on iOS and Android, but not Nintendo 3DS. Layton’s Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaire’s Conspiracy, formerly…