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Overwatch Players Are Sick Of Mei’s Ice Wall Exploit

If you’re a frequent player of Overwatch’s 3v3 mode, you’ve probably experienced the Mei ice wall glitch. It allows players to get outside the level, at which point they can shoot you, but you can’t shoot them. It is, in short, total bullshit. The glitch has been an issue for weeks now, but it only…

Here’s A Zombie Game About Sitting At A Dinner Table

In The Chinese Room, a game developed for Ludum Dare 37, a zombified human has to infiltrate a triad and steal their crime secrets. But pretending to be alive is a lot harder than it looks. The Chinese Room gives you a simple set of controls to do something we all do unconsciously every day:…

Mafia III’s Story Works Because Of The Open World

Mafia III’s perspective on racial tensions in the United States is something rarely seen in games. Accordingly, somereviewers haveargued that the actual gameplay of Mafia III wasn’t nearly as innovative as the narrative. While I agree that Mafia III’s narrative takes more risks than the gameplay, the two function as a whole. The open-world setting…

Overwatch’s latest map, Oasis, is now live to the public. It is a control point map set in an advanced city in Iraq. Among some of its major features are jump pads and a bustling street full of traffic.

YouTuber Beats Final Fantasy XV At Level One With No Items

A determined player has beaten Final Fantasy XV without gaining a single level or using items. YouTuber BOYvsVIDEOGAME played through the entire game with nothing other than his skills and obsessive perseverance to sustain him. This isn’t the first time that BOYvsVIDEOGAME has completed a game under extreme conditions. He’scleared Dragon Age: Inquisition solo on…

Adventure Game Rime Now Coming To PS4, Xbox, PC and Switch

Action-puzzle game Rime was today re-revealed for the PS4, Xbox One, PC and Switch after over a year of silence from developer Tequila Works. Rime, slated for May, was previously a PS4 exclusive. Here’s the new trailer: Rime is an anticipated open-world indie game set on an island from which a boy is trying to…

Planet Coaster Developer Sues Atari Over Unpaid Royalty Claim

Planet Coaster developer Frontier Developments is suing Atari over alleged millions in unpaid royalties from 2004’s RollerCoaster Tycoon 3, TMZ reports RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 was developed by Frontier and published by Atari. According to TMZ, Frontier claims that they received only $1.17 million in royalties for the game. Allegedly, sales figures were higher than they…

After My Dad Died, He Left Behind Thousands of Hours of Civilization Save Files

Thomas Barber Coberly died, without warning, on May 1st, 2016, at exactly 7:04 in the morning. A heart attack, or maybe an aneurysm. It really doesn’t matter, at this point. The ambulance came promptly, but he died shortly after arriving at the hospital. Unexpected deaths leave behind a mess. Unfinished projects and obligations and all…

Pokemon Sun and Moon‘s Thick Villain, Wicke, Got Modded Into Smash Bros

There’s a Wicke skin for Super Smash for Wii U. If there’s anything that game definitely needed, it was everyone’s favorite Aether Foundation member crushing people with her thighs. You never fight Wicke in Pokémon Sun and Moon, so this model is taken from her overworld sprite, which seems to have taken some work. Modder…

Our Favorite Games From December

Video game releases tend to slow down in December, but there were still plenty of ones to love. Here are our favorite games from December. Steep It’s been ages since we got a big winter sports sim, and Steep scratched that itch nicely You can get the game for PS4, Xbox One, and PC Hearthstone…

By Heri Shinato

CNN Shows Fallout Computer Terminal In A Video About Russian Hacking

In a video from December 30, 2016, CNN used footage from Fallout’s hacking mini-game as B-roll to illustrate reports of recent, real-life hacks committed by the Russian government. Update 1/4/2016: As pointed out by reader Dustin Nikolich, it appears the footage in question was derived from flash game based on Fallout 3‘s terminal hacking created…

Modders Are Adding The Entirety Of Liberty City Into GTA V

OpenIV was used to start cracking open Grand Theft Auto V back in 2015, and now the Russian developers behind the modding tool have set their sites on bringing GTA IV’s Liberty City into the series’ latest entry. The group made the announcement yesterday, stating, “The Liberty City will not replace Los Santos or Blaine…

The Japanese Predecessor To E.V.O.: Search for Eden Now Has A Full English Translation

Released in Japan for the PC-98 back in 1990, 46 Okunen Monogatari: The Shinka Ron was a game developed by Almanic Corporation and published by Enix that hasn’t had a complete, playable English translation until now. The project officially completed at the end of last year by 46 OkuMen. It takes the game that would…

The Year In JRPGs, 2016

I don’t think it’s too much of a stretch to say that this was one of the most significant years for Japanese role-playing games in recent history, first and foremost because one of this fall’s biggest games was a brand new Final Fantasy This piece was originally published on December 24, 2016. Final Fantasy XV…

Epitasis Looks Like One Of Tycho’s Songs Reimagined In Unreal Engine 4

Epitasis is a new project being worked on by Lucas Govatos. It’s a puzzle exploration game in the mold of Myst that was inspired by the soundscapes of electronic musicians like Tycho. It’s also being made entirely in Unreal Engine 4. The game, whose name is Greek for the main action in a play, grew…

We wrote about the Earthbound-ish Omori a bit in 2014. Some technical mishaps have caused delays in the game’s development since then, but work continues, and here’s a fresh 2017 trailer showing how it’s all coming along.

Ariana Grande Is In A Final Fantasy Game

Welcome to 2017. The pop star will be a character in free-to-play mobile title Final Fantasy Brave Exvius, which was released on iOS and Android around six months ago. Here’s some footage of the character: And here is a very strange photo: And here’s Grande cosplaying as…herself, I guess. Note that this kind of cultural…

The Gamers Of The Year, 2016

The people who play video games have an impact on what we play and the gaming culture at large. Since 2012, that premise has informed our annual listingof the Gamers of the Year. This piece originally appeared December 22, 2016. There’s no one achievement that can put someone on the list. Some are champions of…

2016 Has Been A Golden Year For Strategy Games

As you may have noticed from being on the internet or talking to other human beings, 2016 has been a bit of a shitshow. But if there’s one piece of solace to be found in the flaming wreckage of this orbital rotation, it’s been the quality of its video games. Strategy ones in particular. This…