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Temporary Tournament Teabagging Ban Splits Some of Killer Instinct’s Community

Teabagging is a relatively new phenomenon in the fighting game community, but recently it has caused a stir among Killer Instinct competitors following a temporary tournament ban on the taunt. Prior to 2017, the Killer Instinct World Cup’s rules included an unspoken teabagging ban as a way to ensure a measure of respect was kept…

The Invisible Bunnies That Power World of Warcraft

Yesterday, I posted about a Fallout 4 mod that uses a complex, intertwining network of, er, kitties to make radios work. Turns out, game development is full of stories like that. World of Warcraft, for instance, is overrun with ghost bunnies. WoW encounter designer Nathaniel Chapman explained it to me via Twitter “A lot of…

Surgeon Simulator Devs Announce Ridiculous New Skateboarding Game

Bossa Studios, creators of Surgeon Simulator and I am Bread, announced their new game today, the competitive multiplayer skateboarding game Decksplash “X meets Y,” descriptions are kinda passé, but really, this looks like Tony Hawk meets Splatoon. Decksplash is centered on 3v3 multiplayer battles where you paint the turf the color of your team using…

You Should Watch This HBO Documentary On The Slenderman Murder Trial

HBO’s documentary Beware The Slenderman doesn’t offer easy answers about the attempted murder of Payton “Bella” Luetner by two 12 year-old girls, Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier. They believed that by sacrificing their friend, they could save their families from a monster named Slenderman, who has appeared in countless games and internet short stories. While…

Sex Game Removes Intense BDSM Scene Following Fan Feedback 

Kinky at face, Ladykiller in a Bind is not fucking around about fucking. But it’s also not kidding about consent. Yesterday, developer Christine Love removed sex from a potential plot branch after players expressed discomfort. Ladykiller in a Bind is an uncensored, queer, BDSM sex game that is now sold on Steam. Its alternate title…

Overwatch‘s Lunar New Year Event Is Now Live, Here’s What’s In It

Overwatch is celebrating the Chinese New Year in style, from the 24th of January to the 13th of February. Expect lots of skins, sprays, as well as a new Capture-The-Flag Brawl mode. Here’s the trailer: Blizzard notes that this event will come with 100 cosmetic themed items, along with LOTS of fireworks. Said items will…

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided’s Breach mode is now available as a free-to-play standalone game on Steam Breach is an arcade-style spinoff of Mankind Divided’s stealth and hacking mechanics.

Banner Saga Returns To Kickstarter To Finish Off The Trilogy

Nearly five years afterfunding the first installment of its hand-animated turn-based tactics game on Kickstarter, indie studio Stoic returns to the crowdfunding site to help finish the final game in the trilogy, The Banner Saga 3 Stoic wound up scoring more than seven times the $100,000 they were asking for the first Banner Saga game,…

Five Hours In, Resident Evil 7 Is A Bloody Nightmare

I’ve been sneaking and shooting my way through Resident Evil 7 for the last day and loving it. It’s a big breath of fresh air that’s pretty damn terrifying. Here are some early thoughts on what works and what doesn’t. There’s very minor spoilers below and at least one image of dismemberment. 1. This game…

I Went To Final Fantasy XV‘s Moogle Chocobo Carnival So You Don’t Have To

I don’t know if the Moogle Chocobo Carnival, a limited time special event in Final Fantasy XV, is good. I don’t even know if I enjoyed it. All I know was that last night, I was determined to win a prize, god dammit. The Moogle Chocobo Carnival is a lot like a county fair, and…

At long last, the beloved 2005 action/tactics game Swat 4 is available on GOG. The folks at GOG have also posted an interview with two of the core designers, Paul Hellquist and Bill Gardner.

The Iron Giant Looks Right At Home In This Fallout 4 Mod

The star of 1999 animated classic The Iron Giant is a 50-foot-tall robot with a heart of gold, a taste for scrap metal and some serious hidden firepower. Sounds like perfect Fallout 4 material to me. 3D artist Matthew Swanton made it happen. Swanton’s mod, available at NexusMods, replaces Fallout 4’s Liberty Prime with a…

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

There’s a mix of newer and older games in Xbox Live’s Games with Gold this month. Paying subscribers to Xbox Live can grab these four games for “free”if they have an Xbox Live Gold subscription. February’s Games With Gold are: Xbox One Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime (February 1-28) Project Cars Digital Edition (February 16-March…

Razer’s Most Popular Gaming Keyboard Gets A Wrist Rest And Fancy New Switches

If you’re into keyboard switches, you’ll appreciate news that the latest version of Razer’s BlackWidow gaming keyboard adds a third option—the silent, low-travel Razer Yellow switch. Me, I’m just excited about the magnetic wrist rest. Riding on the success of the dual mechanical/membrane Razer Ornata, the new BlackWidow V2 is sporting a padded wrist rest…

Released in Japan last year as Pokémon Co-Master, free-to-play strategy board game Pokémon Duel is now available on iOS and Android, though servers are under maintenance until 4 PM Eastern. Check out our impressions of the Japanese release while we wait.

Resident Evil 7 will release its first DLC ‘Banned Footage Vol. 1′ next week on the Playstation 4 on January 31st. The DLC will contain a room escape mode, horde-like survival mode, and a new difficulty: “Ethan Must Die.” An additional DLC, ‘Banned Footage Vol. 2′ will release on February 14th and will feature a…

Hitman’s next Elusive Target, The Blackmailer, will be in Paris for 10 days starting January 27 I like the Goth look going on here.

Kingdom Hearts 2.8 Gives Us A Taste of Kingdom Hearts III, And It’s Good

While the Dream Drop Distance HD remake is nice, and the extended cutscene for Kingdom Hearts χ is something you can watch, the real reason to pick up Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue is the three hours we get to spend playing a big teaser for Kingdom Hearts III Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8…

You Will Never Look At The Resident Evil 7 Logo The Same

While the RE6 logo looked like a pink giraffe getting a blow job, the Resident Evil 7 logo looks like a confused bear. This was pointedout by Redditor SupJamChan, ruining yet another Resident Evil logo for all of us. Cannot unsee. Thanks, internet.

The Xbox One is getting an update soon, and one of the more interesting changes is the addition of a “copilot” mode, which will let two controllers be assigned to one player. This is great news for disabled and young gamers especially, who can use the feature to assign controls or have someone help them…