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Popular World of Warcraft Legacy Community Shutting Down Again To Avoid Being A ‘Pirate Server’
What goes up must come down. This indelible law of nature applies to precisely two things: gravity, which you may have heard of, and World of Warcraft legacy community Nostalrius. While the servers that hosted the new Nostalrius remain, all Nostalrius data is being removed from them. After Blizzard dropped the hammer on Nostalrius earlier…
By Nathan Grayson Published January 17, 2017 -
The Last Guardian Players Are Looking For A Final Big Secret
Ico and Shadow of the Colossus had deviously hidden secrets. Hidden areas and special weapons awaited players who explore those games to the fullest. But where are the secrets for The Last Guardian? A detailed blog post by user Nomad Colossus compares The Last Guardian to previous games by creator Fumito Ueda. The post looks…
By Heather Alexandra Published January 17, 2017 -
I Just Returned To The Witness And Boy Am I Lost
A year ago, I played around six hours of the brilliant puzzle game The Witness. Then I stopped. Last weekend, I decided to go back and play some more. It’s been a rude awakening. My memory of those first six hours is pretty hazy. (My memory of everything from January 2016 is pretty hazy.) What…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 17, 2017 -
Some Of The Best Gaming Vines Because We Can’t Have Nice Things
Ding, dong, Vine is dead at the hands of its owner, Twitter. In the next few months, the four-year-old video service will be discontinued, it announced today. Luckily, everyone’s Vines—including ours—will stay up for the foreseeable future. (Originally published 10/27/16) Update—1/17/17: Twitter officially shutters Vine today and will replace it with Vine Camera. Users can…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published January 17, 2017 -
Heads Up: Resident Evil 7 Ending Spoilers Have Leaked
Resident Evil 7 won’t be out for another week, but it appears to have leaked in some parts of the world. People have already finished the game. You know what that means: the internet has transformed into a pukey, undead pile of spoilers. According to Eurogamer, the first spoiler virus outbreak came from 4chan, because…
By Nathan Grayson Published January 17, 2017 -
Anime movie Your Name is the highest-grossing anime worldwide, and finally, it’s getting a wide theatrical release in the U.S. and Canada. On April 7th, a dubbed and subtitled version of Your Name will be in theaters in every U.S. state. Read our impressions of it here
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published January 17, 2017 -
Netflix’s A Series Of Unfortunate Events: The funniest show about newly orphaned children you’ll ever watch What it is: A television show based on the book series by Lemony Snicket (well, actually by Daniel Handler—it’s a whole thing). Despite being literally a series of unfortunate events, it’s a comedy series! Neil Patrick Harris sings a…
By Gita Jackson Published January 17, 2017 -
If Super Mario Odyssey Had The Realism of Grand Theft Auto
Super Mario Odyssey’s trailer was only a couple minutes long, but it was enough to get everyone hung up on was Mario’s bizarre appearance in a fictionalized version of NYC. The immediate comparison was that Odyssey reminded people of GTA, so it was only a matter of time before mods mashed together the whimsy of…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 17, 2017 -
Legendary StarCraft Players Flash And Jaedong Battle In Brood War
Last night during the Afreeca Starleague semifinals in South Korea, iconic StarCraft: Brood War players Flash and Jaedong matched up once again for what turned out to be an incredibly thrilling series. Yes, it’s 2017 and StarCraft: Brood War is still an active esport. What does that say about StarCraft II? Flash (Terran) and Jaedong…
By Jason Schreier Published January 17, 2017 -
Bubsy Is The Perfect Addition To Streets Of Rage 2
If any video game character has the right to be angry, it’s oft-maligned platformer hero Bubsy. Thanks to the power of ROM hacking, the bobcat mascot finally has an appropriate outlet for his righteous rage. Before his first game, Bubsy in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind, came out for the Super Nintendo and Sega…
By Mike Fahey Published January 17, 2017 -
Final Fantasy XIV‘s 3.5 Patch Adds A Ton Of New Party Options
A substantial patch for Final Fantasy XIV just went live, changing up the MMORPG’s party system in a big way. Players had complained that it was a little sterile, with minimal options for customization. Now, players can recruit each other for cross-server parties, form password-protected private parties and keep their Chocobo companions summoned when they’ve…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published January 17, 2017 -
Gabe Newell Is Worth More Than Donald Trump–Sad!
Donald Trump? Let me tell you about Donald Trump. Did you know that Donald Trump only has ONE type of hat? Sad! No wonder Gabe Newell beat him on this week’s Forbes billionaire list As of this week, the lovable Valve CEO is ranked at #134, with $4.1 billion, beating out the likes of Trump…
By Jason Schreier Published January 17, 2017 -
Brainiac Makes Everything Worse In Injustice 2
As if having DC Comics’ most powerful heroes at each other’s throats wasn’t bad enough, now alien android mastermind Brainiac wants a piece of the action in the story trailer for Injustice 2. Following the events of Netherrealm’s first Injustice game, Batman and friends struggle to repair the damage done to society by the grief-crazed…
By Mike Fahey Published January 17, 2017 -
Drone Parkour Footage Looks Like A Video Game
These are people running around on real ground, not characters in a video game. Crazy what a certain, familiar perspective does to your feelings on some footage. The creators (it’s a collaboration between Diffraction, Astro Kit and LEAP) obviously know this, with the nods and graphics to games found in the clip, but still. It’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 16, 2017 -
Video Games Aren’t Allowed To Use The “Red Cross” Symbol For Health
The developers of Prison Architect found themselves in a pinch of legal trouble recently when they were contacted by the British Red Cross over the game’s use of a red cross on a white background to denote health. While that may seem harmless, turns out it’s not allowed. As PC Gamer report, the famous symbol…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 16, 2017 -
Having Splatoon characters in Mario Kart on the Switch is causing problems. Comic by Meteor Maiden
By Luke Plunkett Published January 16, 2017 -
Whale Falls From The Sky In Witcher 3
Did you know there are whales in The Witcher 3? Well there are and they’re huge. Sometime yesterday, a prolific YouTuber, who goes by the name Blah Blah, uploaded one of the strangest gameplay videos of The Witcher 3 I’ve ever seen. Geralt appears to be walking along the top of a tower for the…
By Ethan Gach Published January 16, 2017 -
Mod Letting Players Hunt Pokémon In Ark: Survival Evolved Gets Hit With DMCA
Ark: Survival Evolved now has Pokémon in it thanks to a mod by Mystic Academy. But who knows how long it will last since, as per the Steam Workshop page, a DMCA notice of copyright infringement has already been filed against the item. The mod in question replaces all of the dinosaurs in Survival Evolved…
By Ethan Gach Published January 16, 2017