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Sources: WB Montreal Cancels Unannounced Suicide Squad Game, Shifts To Batman

Warner Bros. Montreal has cancelled their long-rumored Suicide Squad video game, sources tell Kotaku. The studio will now focus mainly on their other big project, a Batman game starring Damian Wayne Executives at Warner Bros. decided to axe the Suicide Squad game earlier this month following a long period of turbulence at WB Montreal, according…

The Internet Reacts To The Hollywood Naruto Movie Announcement

This should end well. Over the weekend, it was announced that Hollywood is moving forward with its live-action Naruto Michael Gracey first made his name in visual effects and is currently directing The Greatest Showman with Zac Efron and Hugh Jackman. As ANN points out, Lionsgate secured the film rights to Naruto back in 2015.…

And Here’s Wolfenstein 3D On A Game Boy

When you think about it, it’s amazing this didn’t pop up earlier. Swedish programmer and enthusiast Anders Granlund has been working on a little pet project: getting Wolfenstein 3D to work on a Game Boy Colour. There’s no way to actually just port a file of the game over, so he’s had to build his…

Koreans Are Building A Real Mech

Vitaly Bulgarov is a concept artist who used to work at Blizzard on stuff like StarCraft. He’s now working on something a lot cooler. Bulgarov has been helping out a company called Korea Future Technology on their latest project, which is called METHOD-1: a big, real, functioning mech. Not a stage prop, not a promotional…

Nappa’s Beard Totally Does Grow When He Goes Super Saiyan

Almost a decade since Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 was released, we now know the answer to an age old question, originally poised by Nappa, of whether the big, burly, bald fighter’s goatee would grow if he went Super Saiyan. The answer, of course, is yes. The revelation comes by way of Twitter user MrTrikey…

Redditor Signs Up For Secret Santa, Gets Bill Gates

A few days ago, user Aerrix posted on Reddit that she had won Secret Santa. That’s because she had taken part in Reddit’s annual gift exchange, and instead of receiving a nice holiday gift from just any old stranger on the Internet, she got a package in the mail from the richest person in the…

We Almost Got A Watchmen Game From The Designers Of The Mark Of Kri

You might remember that the Watchmen movie was accompanied by a video game tie-in. It was called Watchmen: The End Is Nigh, and it was terrible. But Warner Bros. Interactive was apparently also pitched on a number of other possibilities, including one from the developers who worked on 2002’s The Mark of Kri The latest…

Night In The Woods has a new trailer ahead of its January 10, 2017 release. Maybe you already saw it. Maybe you didn’t. Either way, you should watch it, again, or for a third time, or however many times it takes to soak up all of its precious little details

Overwatch Doesn’t Like It When You Stack Mei’s Ice Walls

We all knew Mei’s ice walls could be deadly as hell, but what happens when multiple Meis start placing frozen barriers one on top of the other in rapid succession? A short video uploaded to Reddit by user Mitsiee explores the issue in the interest of science and furthering the understanding of human kind. You…

Original The Legend of Zelda Map Gets Printed In 3D

The Legend of Zelda on NES had a sprawling world by the standards of 1980s console games. While decades ago people used to draw their own maps to try and keep track of where each dungeon and secret, alternative methods now exist. Like, for instance, 3D printing a replica of the game’s entire overworld. Willard…

Our First Good Look At Dragon Quest XI

An opening cinematic for Dragon Quest XI as well as some gameplay were both shown off by Square Enix at this year’s Jump Festa. The company also confirmed that the game is scheduled to release in Japan sometime in 2017. The above trailer shows what the Dragon Quest XI world, called “Lotozetasia,” will look like…

The State Of Virtual Reality In 2016

In truth, 2016 was not “The Year of VR.” It was the year of the start of VR. Multiple major tech companies released impressive VR systems that were clearly the first of their kind; flawed and fascinating, destined to be improved upon and replaced. The age of immersive technology is upon us, but its future…

Space Survival Game Astroneer Will Kill You In All The Best Ways

While playing Astroneer, I kept messaging my colleagues about cool ways it had killed me. It was a morbid thing to be excited about. But a satisfying death is the hallmark of a good survival game, and, even in its early stages, Astroneer has a lot of them. Astroneer is a space survival game that’s…

Overwatch Players Band Together To Send Cookies To Blizzard

You might not always agree with the choices the developers of your favorite games make, but they work hard, dammit. As a show of gratitude, a bunch of Overwatch players have pooled their resources to buy cookies for the development team. Christopher Culley started the Blizzard Cookies Project on Indiegogo yesterday with the goal of…

What Makes Final Fantasy XV‘s Aranea Highwind Boss Fight Great

Final Fantasy XV has some wonderful boss fights. Aranea Highwind offers an memorable encounter thanks to an onslaught of smart design choices. We take a closer look in this video. Transcript: The combat system in Final Fantasy XV lends itself to some grand moments. More often than not, you’re battling hoards of monsters or clashing…

Denuvo Says Doom Dropped Their Anti-Piracy Tech Because It Got The Job Done

Denuvo, once the iron-clad terror of pirates everywhere, was recently removed from two high-profile games, Doom and Inside. Why? After more than a week of speculation, Denuvo’s decided to clarify things. “The simple reason why Denuvo Anti Tamper was removed from Doom was because it had accomplished its purpose by keeping the game safe from…

It’s Not Every Decade A New Surfing Video Game Is Announced

In honor of today’s announcement of Climax Studios’ Surf World Series, coming to the Xbox One, PC and PS4 next year, I decided to explore the history of surfing video games, starting with the nine listed on Wikipedia. This won’t take long. I suppose they’ll be adding Surf World Series to the list soon enough,…

Visual novel Rose of Winter is now available on iOS Time to fall in love with Crow all over again.

Why Arby’s Twitter Is All Over Gaming Right Now

With many popular brands struggling to find a voice on social media, Arby’s spent 2016 charming an entirely new audience via gaming and pop culture papercraft creations. I spoke to Arby’s senior director of social and digital media about how they went from pictures of curly fries to cardboard chocobos. I follow a lot of…

Farewell, Weird-Faced Assassin’s Creed NPC

Last month, this dear precious boy appeared in Assassin’s Creed Ezio Collection and immediately became an Internet sensation. It is with great and terrible regret that I now inform you of his passing. A patch (spotted by Eurogamer) did the deed. Have a look: The NPC could show up in Sequence 1, Memory 1 of…