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Japan’s new Super Mario Happy Meal toys look awesome. They went on sale last Friday. Please come to the West. UPDATE: Oh hey, looks like they go on sale in the UK this week!

The Nintendo Switch’s Logo Is Not Symmetrical, And Arrrrgghhh

Games artist David Hellman pointed this out on Twitter over the weekend. I will never unsee it, and I’m not sure how I’m going to reconcile this over the years to come. As someone who craves order in my product and logo design I was already uneasy about the two dots not being symmetrical, but…

The Uncharted Movie That Was Supposed To Come Out This Year Now Has A Script

Joe Carnahan, the writer currently attached to a film adaptation of Uncharted, just finished the most current draft of its screenplay according to a recent post he made on Instagram Carnahan, best known for directing The Grey, a movie in which Liam Neesons punches wolves, was revealed to be penning words for Sony’s blockbuster third-person…

Mark Hamill Reads Joker-Like Donald Trump Tweet As The Joker

When writer Matt Oswalt pointed out that president-elect Donald Trump’s recent New Year’s Eve tweet sounded like something the Joker would say, the Joker rose to the occasion. The tweet in question: And here’s actor Mark Hamill, known not just for playing Luke Skywalker but for voicing the Joker in the Batman Arkham video game series…

Apparent Leaked Footage Reveals Cancelled Mega Bloks Halo Game [Updated]

It seems that Master Chief almost ended up blasting Covenant made of Mega Bloks. After showing the Diddy Kong racing sequel that never was and a scrapped sequel to Oni, archivist Andrew Borman is now reporting on the prototype for Mega Bloks Halo in a new video on his YouTube channel Borman reports that the…

Why A Bunch Of Fighting Game Fans Are Trying To Do Exactly 310 Damage Combos

During the holidays, a hashtag titled #310さんおめでとうコンボ started proliferating among fighting game fans. The tweet identifier, which roughly translates to “310 congratulations combo,” celebrates the wedding of Hikaru “310” Sato, a Japanese competitor known for his play in Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR-. The challenge: perform a combo dealing exactly 310 damage on Sato’s preferred character,…

People Have Started Hacking Nintendo’s NES Classic And Adding More Games To It

It was only a matter of time before people found a way to hack Nintendo’s NES Classic, and that time has come. Earlier this week, modders trading tips on a Russian forum discovered a way to add ROMs to add extra games to the system that was previously limited to only thirty A modder going…

Square Enix released a new trailer for Final Fantasy XIV’s upcoming Patch 3.5, “The Far Edge of Fate,” the first part of which is due to release January 17. The update will include a new Feast map, a couple dungeons, side quests, and new gear. The game’s next major expansion is Stormblood, set to launch…

Steam Reaches 14 Million Concurrent Users For First Time In Its History 

Earlier today, Valve’s digital distribution platform reached a new peak of just over 14.2 million simultaneous users. It’s the latest milestone in the platform’s 13 year history and comes shortly after its most recent winter sale concluded earlier this week. Perhaps not unexpectedly, many of the same games that led Steam in revenue for 2016…

Injustice 2 comes out on May 16, according to creative director Ed Boon. The sequel to Netherrealm’s 2013 fighting game will feature, as you might expect, a whole bunch of superheroes beating one another up

Diablo‘s Killer Cows Are All Our Fault

Diablo III’s anniversary update delivers some good, clean old-school fun, but one of its reward pets, the Royal Calf, suggests our trip to Old Tristram may have been the reason the series’ bovines have been so damn angry for the past two decades. One of several secrets hidden within the Darkening of Tristram event in…

Overwatch Players Are Already Salty About Roadhog’s New Hook

We’re at the dawn of a new era for Overwatch’s Roadhog. No longer will his hook plunge through walls with no resistance. No longer will it magically dragenemies who are clearly in front of us back around behind us. It’s time for Hook 2.0, Overwatch principal designer Geoff Goodmanannounced yesterday But before we can enter…

The Best Moments From A Twitch Conversation Between Two Google Robots

Two Google Homes argue with each other on Twitch, and it’s amazing. Vladimir and Estragon have been sitting next to each other having a somewhat coherent conversation since this morning. It’s riveting—here are some highlights. When they argue about whether or not they’re in love, it has the same dramatic peaks and valleys as the…

A HUD Mod That Let Me Rediscover The Witcher 3

I’ve played a lot of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Like, a LOT. My Steam counter just cracked 200 hours, and that’s not counting the first time I played the game on PS4. I figured I’d seen everything there was to see, but a mod I recently installed has proved me wrong. That mod is…

Up Close With The Nier Automata Demo’s Constantly Surprising Combat

Nier Automata put out one hell of a demo. Even though it is only around half an hour, it has better design that most full length titles from last year. The combat is a highlight and a few simple design techniques keep it fresh throughout. We take a closer look in this video. Transcript: NieR…

The Sims 4 Celebrity House Update: Kim Kardashian Set The House On Fire

Things haven’t been going awesome for Kim Kardashian recently, what with the robbery and her husband’s psychotic break. Hey, she’s taking selfies again, at least! Kim, if you’re reading this, take solace in the fact that the version of you in my game of The Sims is having a much, much worse time. Last week…

Resident Evil 7 USB Doll Finger Looks Like A Burnt Penis

If you’re going to make a finger-shaped souvenir for a horror video game, you’ve really got to sell the body part—a well-defined nail area, proper coloration and the like. The more you obscure a fake finger prop with unnecessary details, the more it looks like a horrifying dick. The key to one of the biggest…

Conan’s “Clueless Gamer” Could Get Its Own TV Show

Oh, good. TBS may turn Conan O’Brien’s “Clueless Gamer” sketch into a whole TV show. “Clueless Gamer” is a Conan segment in which O’Brien and a grab-bag celebrity mock popular video games like Overwatch and Fallout 4. Recently, Conan and Elijah Wood tried out Final Fantasy XV, which Conan compares to “Middle-Earth Entourage.” The Hollywood…

Look At This Official KOTOR Action Figure

Last year, Star Wars/toy fans were asked which character they’d like to see turned into one of the series’ fancy Black Series action figures. The winner: Darth Revan from Knights of the Old Republic, who is now finished and for sale…if you can find him. If you’re thinking, well, he doesn’t look very detailed, that’s…

Square Enix Europe’s Twitter Account Was Hacked

Today, it appears Square Enix Europe found itself the victim of a Twitter hack. The account’s bio was changed to #cyberwolfgang, and it began tweeting out messages such as this:  Just Cause’s official account was also hacked, it seems. Which is, of course, published by Square Enix. After tweeting for nearly thirty minutes, the Square…