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This Might Be Persona 5‘s Biggest Localization Fail [Update]

Persona 5, an otherwise wonderful game, definitely has some localization issues. You can find many examples of clunky writing and awkward translation decisions, but this one might be the biggest flub of them all, for a variety of reasons. Nathaniel Chapman, a senior encounter designer for World of Warcraft, pointed out the particular spot on…

Four Real-World Games Designed To Be Played At Protests

Want to make your next protest more effective? Paolo Pedercini and Harry Josephine Giles say games are the key. The two activists are building a list of “Casual Games for Protesters” that they think protesters should incorporate into their demonstrations. These games can serve as icebreakers, teach valuable protest tactics to newbies, and encourage civil…

Few People Will Ever Know How Great Rock Band VR Is

Rock Band was great, but Rock Band was also awkward and cumbersome. Now here comes Rock Band VR, a few years after most of us got rid of our last plastic instrument. It’s also cumbersome, and it’s also great. In fact, it’s the most fun I’ve had with Rock Band in years. Rock Band VR…

Overwatch‘s ‘Uprising’ Event Adds New Co-Op Brawl, 100 New Items

Overwatch’s latest event takes us back to simpler times: when robots tried to take over London. Ah, the good ol’ days. The event is called Uprising, and it adds a new co-op brawl (think: the Junkenstein’s Revenge Halloween event) about Tracer’s first mission. Here’s Blizzard’s description of the brawl: “Journey seven years into the past…

Persona 5 Menus Make Everything Better

Persona 5‘s user interface is so beautiful and distinctive that the internet is now plastering it on nearly everything as a joke. In his review of the game, editor-at-large Kirk Hamilton says, “Persona 5 is one of the most stylish video games I’ve ever played. It restlessly pulses toward the corners of your TV screen,…

Elite: Dangerous’ latest update brings multi-crew, commander creation, and a whole lot more. Also, “new mysterious things added.” The best type of things are the mysterious type.

Dragon Quest XI Has Three Different Graphical Styles

After years of teasing, Square Enix announced last night that the next big Dragon Quest will be out in Japan on July 29. What’s fascinating about Dragon Quest XI isn’t just that it’s got a PS4/3DS special bundle. It’s that you can play the game in one of three different aesthetic styles. On PS4, Dragon…

That Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic Rumor Isn’t Quite True

By now you may have seen a rumor floating around about BioWare Austin developing a new Knights of the Old Republic game. Don’t get your hopes up too much: It’s based on old info. If BioWare ever does make a new KOTOR, it won’t be for a very long time. The rumors originated from Liam…

Call of Duty: Black Ops II is now available for play on the Xbox One via the magic of selective backwards compatibility. The shooter has been topping BC request chartssince Xbox One backwards compatibility became a thing.

Famous Super Mario 64 Trick Involving Parallel Universes Finally Becomes Real

Earlier this week, an infamous Super Mario 64 trick discovered last year was finally accomplished on actual N64 hardware with the help of a bot that worked for over thirteen hours. Scott “pannenkoek2012″ Buchanan is a Mario 64 expert who has discovered hidden coins and an unkillable goomba nestled within the Nintendo 64 classic. Last…

Alan Wake and Quantum Break studio Remedy Entertainment is planning to put its next game “on a wider range of platforms,” including PS4, according to a company post. This is a shift. Since 2010, Remedy’s big games have only hit PC and Xbox consoles. The most recent Remedy game on a PlayStation was 2003’s Max…

Uncharted: The Lost Legacy comes to PS4 on August 22, developer Naughty Dog said today. It’ll cost $40, so clearly they see this as something more than DLC (but less than a full game). Who’s stoked for more Chloe?

Surprise: Sega Releases Bayonetta On PC

Bayonetta is out on PC today, following an April Fool’s joke and a teaser clockdown that led up to today’s surprise release. The Steam release will cost you $20 and run at 60fps at various HD resolutions, including 4K.

A Game That Lets You Summon The Power of Anime George Washington

Ever wondered what George Washington would look like as a pretty anime boy? Wonder no longer! Otogi Spirit Agents is a mobile game similar to Fire Emblem Heroes. You summon spirits in order to fight battles, there’s a light plot, and while you’re supposed to exchange currency for more units to do battle for you,…

The Switch Can Be A Good Gaming Tablet, Too

You don’t need Joy-Cons or a plastic dock to have fun with the Switch. Lately I’ve been playing a whole lot of Voez, a rhythm game that shows off how good a gaming tablet the Switch can be. Voez is a rhythm game from mobile developer Rayark, originally released for iOS and Android in 2016.…

Sunset. Daanbantayan, Cebu, Philippines. By Martin Tan. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line! 

Anyone still doubting Planet Coaster’s almost limitless sandbox possibilities, look at this Tron ride and remember it was 100% made by a fan

GameCube Games, Running On A Samsung Phone

Take a look at this video by GuruAidTechSupport, showing a new Samsung Galaxy S8 running the Dolphin emulator (for GameCube and Wii games) almost flawlessly. Dolphin has been available on Android for a while now, but mostly as an experimental/developmental tool, not as a practical way to play games (mostly because performance was completely garbage).…

Look At This Little Mei Action Figure

Good Smile Company’s Tracer Nendoroid now has some company: this Mei figure, who is cute as a forzen lil’ button. She’s $50, and will be out in November. Just like the Tracer one, this figure’s official name is “Nendoroid Mei: Classic Skin Edition”, so we’re surely not far off from a skin-variant bonanza on some…

YouTube hero Dinoflask has released another video of Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan saying stuff he never actually said, and it’s a masterpiece. This one involves a song you might recognize. Maybe. Kaplan recently (actually) said that he finds Dinoflask’s videos to be super funny… and also very embarrassing.