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Conan Exiles Devs Want To Add A Castration Mechanic
Conan Exiles’ gleefully dangling unmentionables could one day become a hot in-game collectible. During a Reddit AMA session held over the weekend, developer Funcom put ritual castration on the table. Along with promising to continue to tweak performance and working to make combat in the open-world survival game more enjoyable in the early access game,…
By Mike Fahey Published February 6, 2017 -
Nintendo Literally Switched The Super Bowl
Nine minutes and 40 seconds before the end of Super Bowl 51, the Atlanta Falcons were about to cap off what had until then been a snoozer. Leading 28-12, the Falcons had a 99.9% win probability and had just gotten the ball back, giving them the chance to truly heal America by defeating the New…
By Jason Schreier Published February 6, 2017 -
Rainbow Six: Siege Revamping Competitive Play, Deemphasizing Pesky Microtransactions
In a new dev diary, Ubisoft Montreal outlined changes for Rainbow Six: Siege’s second year. Alongside plans to revamp the roster of operators, competitive leagues will be restructured and cash-free loot provided to all players. Years in Siege have four seasons that add eight new operators and at least four new maps. However, some of…
By Heather Alexandra Published February 6, 2017 -
You Can’t Kill A Good Star Wars Game
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy, known by regular humans just as Jedi Academy, is a shooter that was released back in 2003. Part of a series that originated with the best Star Wars game of all time, it’s being kept alive by mods like Movie Battles, which “lets players play and fight in the…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 6, 2017 -
Report: Denuvo Website Leaks Private, Company Emails
Theft protection company Denuvo is not having a good week. First Resident Evil 7, which employs Denuvo’s once-unassailable anti-tamper tech, was cracked in just five days. Now folks have discovered a bunch of unprotected content on the company’s website, including what are reportedly emails from companies like Capcom and Google. TorrentFreak reports that the company…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 5, 2017 -
Star Wars: Battlefront III Lives On In Battlefront II Mod
While we wait forthe full fan-made remake of the cancelled Star Wars: Battlefront III, another team is already releasing betas for a similar project. Only theirs is about modding Battlefront II and adding in a bunch of Battlefront III stuff in over the top of it. Star Wars Battlefront III Legacy is a mod for…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 5, 2017 -
Making Minecraft Maps Beautiful
Minecraft may be practical, but its simple visuals can also be, for some folks, a bit gross. Which is why things like Chunkyexist, to help make blocky maps beautiful. Here’s what a “realistic” map looks like in vanilla Minecraft: It looks like Civilization II with the UI turned off. Here, though, Darastlix has shared an…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 5, 2017 -
Another Game Based On An Old WarCraft III Mod
DOTA might be the most high profile WarCraft III mod to be turned into an actual video game, but it’s not the only one. There’s also Ruin, a “top-down arcade style arena brawler” based on apopular old WCIII mod called Warlock Brawl It’s kind of like DOTA (as you’d expect, given their shared lineage), only…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 5, 2017 -
Katana Zero has a new trailer that shows off some of the game’s story in addition to fast-paced “neo-noir” action shown previously. Being developed by Askiisoft with a release targeted for sometime later this year, the game features time-dilation and a synth-80s vibe that still feels fresh.
By Ethan Gach Published February 5, 2017 -
Mod Builds An Entire Pokemon Game In Minecraft
Pokémon Cobalt and Amethyst is a new Minecraft mod that takes the intersection of the two gaming worlds to an entirely new level. If a game allows mods, you can be sure a fair share of them will be Pokémon-inspired. And while there are no shortage of similar projects created using Minecraft, Cobalt and Amethyst…
By Ethan Gach Published February 5, 2017 -
Here’s What One Gym Class Looks Like In 2017
The Interactive Gym, the latest project from the Canadian tech company SAGA, takes the traditional idea of gym class and adds a layer of augmented reality, turning the walls into giant games of skee-ball. Videos of the collaboration recently posted on Youtube give a basic demonstration of how it works. Images of floating shapes are…
By Ethan Gach Published February 4, 2017 -
Hideo Kojima Calls The Nintendo Switch An ‘Extension’ Of ‘Transfarring’
It’s 2017 and Hideo Kojima is still talking about “Transfarring.” Speaking at RTX Sydney, a two-day video game convention hosted by Rooster Teeth!, the creator of the Metal Gear series told IGN that he sees Nintendo’s upcoming Switch gaming console as the next step in an evolution he imagined years ago with the feature known…
By Ethan Gach Published February 4, 2017 -
Angela Hill, an MMA fighter I interviewed about cosplay and video games, returns to the UFC this weekend. While the UFC’s weigh-in dress code doesn’t allow for as elaborate of cosplay as Invicta, Hill made up for it by doing a great impersonation of Street Fighter’s Sagat.
By Nathan Grayson Published February 3, 2017 -
What It’s Like To Be An Iranian Game Developer In Trump’s America
Navid Khonsari has been a legal resident of the United States for 17 years. He’s worked on games like Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Resident Evil 7, and an interactive story about the Iranian Revolution called 1979 Revolution: Black Friday. These days, though, he doesn’t feel entirely welcome in the US or Iran, and he’s…
By Nathan Grayson Published February 3, 2017 -
Scum’s Wish Is A Disturbing Anime About Lovers Who Love Other People
In media, teenagers often possess a delicate balance of callousness and narcissism. In CW dramas like Gossip Girl, producers lean into their more sociopathic tendencies, not considering the emotional debates that lead them to cheat, steal or hurt others, all well-trod stereotypes of teenagers discovering themselves. Often, in real life, it is self-preservation driving these…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published February 3, 2017 -
What’s The Best D&D Character You’ve Ever Made?
Rare are the opportunities for Dungeons & Dragons fans to geek out about their favorite character. It’s like explaining your dream to someone. A few seconds in, your poor non-D&D-playing friend’s eyes glaze over in a bored daze. Really, who can blame them? Unlike Fire Emblem’s cast, your character is yours from top to bottom.…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published February 3, 2017