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AMD’s Ryzen 7 series of processors is launching on March 2 They range in price from $329 to $499. AMD hopes they’ll be able to directly compete with Intel’s high-performance processors, despite costing a lot less.

Night In The Woods‘ Rhythm Game Is On Point

The dialogue, the animation, the music—so far I am loving everything about Night in the Woods, but as a rhythm game fan there’s one sequence that’s particularly near and dear to my heart. Let’s rock out. Night in the Woods, Infinite Fall’s animated adventure game, tells the story of Mae Borowski, a cool cat who…

Here’s March’s Xbox Live Games With Gold Lineup

If you missed out on Borderlands 2 or have always been a little curious about Evolve, Xbox Live’s Games with Gold will look pretty good to you for March. Paying subscribers to Xbox Live can grab these four games for “free”if they have an Xbox Live Gold subscription. March’s Games with Gold are: Xbox One…

The Best Looks From Season One of Hitman

Agent 47 is many things, but mainly a murderer. However, the eponymous hitman is also living a sartorial dream: everything looks amazing on him, all the time. Here’s a breakdown of some of his best disguises from the first season of 2016’s Hitman Abel de Silva This is about as good an approximation of what…

Hitman’s next Elusive Target, The Surgeons, will be available in Hokkaido for 7 days starting February 24 The optional objective, “eliminate both targets using viral infection,” sounds like a lot of fun.

Lightseekers Could Be The Next Big Thing In Game Connected Toys

Lightseekers isn’t another toys-to-life game. It’s got gorgeous articulated figures that talk, vibrate and evolve, powered by a mini-computer. They play in a Diablo-esque mobile adventure and are augmented by a massive standalone trading card game. It’s very impressive, but are people going to buy it? Don’t even say “toys-to-life” around a member of PlayFusion,…

Dialogue Screw Up Discovered In Latest DLC For WWE 2K17

Bugs and glitches are nothing new. But WWE 2K17‘s just released Hall of Fame Showcase does one better with a dialogue flub. Raw audio of commentator Jerry Lawler flubbing dialogue during the Papa Shango versus The Godfather match ended up in the final DLC. This doesn’t appear in every match (it’s not in this one),…

Turn Cat Doodles Into Horrific Cat Photographs

pix2pix is a program that lets you draw something in a box and have a computer turn it into a photo, using…well, magic. There is now a website version of it, and it’s both the most impressive and horrifying thing I’ve seen today. ThinkGoogle’s Deepdream, only furrier. Just draw a doodle on one side, press…

Watch Blizzard Create An Overwatch Highlight Animation

Overwatch highlight intros are just one small part of a very big game, but that doesn’t mean they’re an afterthought. This one Mei animation, for instance, took four days to make. Highlight intros play, well, before highlights—for instance, when you’ve gotten Play Of The Game. Artist David Gibson, who we’ve featured before, recorded himself making…

Building Chicago In Minecraft

It’s nofantasy landor sci-fi expanse, but it’s still impressive: a teamof Minecraft builders are recreating the centre of Chicago, one block at a time. Their work isn’t done, but what’s there is very impressive, as it captures everything, from building details to street signs to trees on the sidewalk. It’s called The Loop, and if you…

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There’s Already A Game Too Big For The Nintendo Switch’s Built-In Memory

The Nintendo Switch costs $300, and includes all kinds of stuff in the box. Today is a good day to remember that it does not include a microSD card, which you are absolutely going to need if you want to take advantage of the luxuries of 2017 and buy your games digitally. Nintendo Japan revealed…

Australia Is Coming To Civilization VI

For the first time in series history, Australia is going to be a playable faction in a Civilization game. You bloody ripper. I know, Australia isn’t really a Civilization, but if other “new world” countries like the USA and Brazil can get in the game then damn it, we can too. Sorry Canada. Maybe you’re…

Court Throws Out Digital Homicide’s Case Against Critic Jim Sterling

Yesterday, a court dismissed game developer Digital Homicide’s $10 million case against YouTube critic Jim Sterling. Fortunately for those of us who write about video games, Sterling’s scathing critique of Digital Homicide’s game Slaughtering Grounds won’t create precedent for developers slamming critics with million-dollar lawsuits. “I’d say this should at least serve as a warning…

You Will Believe A Mario Can Fly 

Look, up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s $50 or so worth of remote controlled flying Mario, also available in Yoshi. It’s always nice to see a familiar face while scouring the outskirts of the New York Toy Fair. I found Mario here at the Carrera booth, hanging in out in…

I’m Just Saying, Look At How Horizon‘s Protagonist Turns Around On Horseback

I like a lot of things about Horizon: Zero Dawn, but for now let me just say holy shit, look how they animated her legs when you spin the camera while on horseback. Here’s a longer clip: I’m no animation expert, but based on how she’s moving I believe that this is an example of…

Twitch Streamer Dies During 24-Hour Marathon Stream

World of Tanks streamer Brian “Poshybrid” Vigneault died from unknown causes on February 19 after streaming for 22 hours. He was 35 and a father of three. Vigneault was streaming to raise money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Vigneault would spend multiple days in the same week streaming for upward of 20 hours. The charity stream…

Fire Emblem Heroes Update Makes It Harder To Keep Leaning On Takumi

Fire Emblem Heroes added weapon mastery quests recently, which are challenges for characters that wield axes, swords and lances. I quickly found out that these quests highlight weak spots on your team. For me, that’s everyone but Takumi and Ryoma. Dammit. There are three new quest options with the most recent Fire Emblem Heroes update,…

For Honor Gets Female Armor Right

In For Honor, it’s hard to tell you’re fighting a lady until one of you is dead. Helmets and armor are so thick and so full that pausing mid-battle long enough to discern gender clues will probably get you stabbed. Padded leather, full plate, head gear, masks and mud-soaked boots, in the style of medieval…

Which ‘World-Famous Hollywood Actor’ Is Ocarina of Time‘s Link Based On?

A guessing game: Which ‘90s heartthrob actor does this picture most remind you of? Leonardo DiCaprio? Tom Cruise? Keanu Reeves??? In The Legend of Zelda: Art & Artifacts, a new art book based on Nintendo’s iconic franchise that comes out today, there’s an interesting series of interviews with artists Yusuke Nakano, Satoru Takizawa, and Yoshiki…