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Doom Becomes Latest Game To Drop Anti-Piracy Tech Denuvo

A couple weeks ago, Playdead removed Denuvo’s anti-piracy tech from the Steam version of Inside. They did so in typical Playdead fashion, which is to say without using words to explain any of it. Now id Software’s done the same with Doom. Sadly, they didn’t make the announcement with heavy metal. As part of a…

Hip-Hop Producer Shows Possible Wii Kanye Track List We Hope Is Real

Kanye West is a mercurial man: remember how many times he changed the title for the album that eventually became The Life of Pablo? Earlier this year, he claimed thathis next album would be titled “Turbo Grafx 16.” Judging from some recent Instagram posts, it’s possible that Kanye wasn’t joking about hitting some “super nerd…

Elite: Dangerous warps to PlayStation 4 in 2017. Slated for a second quarter release, the PS4 version of Frontier Developments’ popular space sim will come with all expansions to date, the Horizons season pass and additional control options that take advantage of the Dual Shock 4 touch pad.

Team Skull Are The Best Villains In Any Pokémon Game

Team Skull are rapscallions who wear all black and adorn themselves with skulls. When I started Sun and Moon, I looked forward to kicking their asses repeatedly. But as the game goes on I realized that actually, Team Skull are the best characters in the entire game. The goals of Team Skull are kinda vague.…

Bully Arrives On iOS And Android With Multiplayer Extras 

Combining all of the extra content for Rockstar’s classic school days adventure that came in the Scholarship Edition with all-new asynchronous multiplayer arcade challenges, Bully: Anniversary Edition is available today for iOS and Android devices. I’ve fiddled around with theAndroid versionof the game on my Galaxy S7, and it runs pretty well, especially considering it’s…

Patches We’d Like To See In Old Final Fantasy Games

In the wake of yesterday’s news that Final Fantasy XV will get patches to add cutscenes and fill in some plot holes, we started thinking: What if older Final Fantasy games got patches, too? Surely there are some things about old Final Fantasy games we could go back and fix, George Lucas style? Let’s brainstorm.…

China Will Force Games With Loot Boxes To Disclose Odds

I fucking hate loot boxes, but there’s no denying that they work. I can’t count the number of times I’ve played two or three more Overwatch matches than I was planning to because I was so close to the chance to click on another crate full of confetti and disappointment. China just passed a law…

DayZ Creator On VR Development: ‘There Is No Money In It’

In a lengthy Reddit post last night, DayZ creator and Out of Ammo developer Dean Hall sounded off on the “terrible assumptions” he sees VR enthusiasts making about subsidized development deals and VR development in general. Virtual reality is not yet profitable, he says, and developers should have the right to take any help they…

Ronda Rousey Says She Played World of Warcraft With Vin Diesel

Rejoice, nerds: The blood elf rogue you’re raiding with in World of Warcraft could, in fact, be famed MMA fighter and noted babe Ronda Rousey. On Conan last night, Rousey opened up about her WoW habit. It wasn’t a stretch from her 19-year-long Pokemon hobby, she said. At first, she started off as a night…

For Those Of You Who Really Want To Know If Anybody Dies In The Last Guardian

Since the reveal of The Last Guardian, folks have been speculating about which one of the two main characters would be sacrificed to the god of emotional impact. Some have told us they can’t play the game until they know. Fine. SPOILER INCOMING It’s partlyPenny Arcade’s fault But the real blame lies in a pattern…

New Book Compares Earthbound With Mother 2 [UPDATED]

Clyde Mandelin, a professional translator who runs the excellent Legends of Localization, has released a new book entirely about quirks and cool little features found in Earthbound, aka Mother 2 It’s the second book he’s done with Fangamer. It’s an extremely in-depth comparison of the Japanese and English-language versions of the game, showing where their…

Dragon Quest Heroes II is coming to North America for PS4 on April 25, 2017, Square Enix said today. This is the sequel to last year’s Dragon Quest Heroes, which was an enjoyable, slime-filled take on Dynasty Warriors

Judy Hopps Would Kick Gandhi’s Ass

This isn’t a screenshot from a functional game of Civilization V, thereare modsat workbehind the scenes to capture this image. But the idea of leading Zootopia’s animals from their original “savage” condition into the film’s more, ahem, civilized state would make for a great Civ mod.

Super Mario Run demos will be playable at Apple Stores starting this Thursday, said Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aimé on The Tonight Show. Super Mario Run will be released on December 15.

Here’s Zelda: Breath of the Wild Running On The Nintendo Switch

On the Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon just got debut hands on with the Nintendo Switch. The clip is nine minutes and forty seconds long. It starts off with Super Mario Run, but skip to around 4:55 to see Fallon play The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild on the Switch. The Nintendo Switch will…

Shigeru Miyamoto Performing The Super Mario Theme With The Roots

Miyamoto doesn’t only make video games. He plays guitar as well as the banjo. On The Tonight Show, he played the Super Mario theme with the Roots. In the clip below, you can also hear him play some bluegrass and some ragtime.

2016’s Most Popular Game Trailers, According To YouTube

As it does every December, Google is in the process of posting some data-filled 2016 recaps. One that’s got our interest is YouTube’s official“top ten” of video game trailers for the year, ranked according to views. Some entries, like #1, will not surprise you. Others, like the Clash games, will…probably not surprise you either. One…

A Cosmic Forest Is A Surreal Exploration Game

A Cosmic Forest is a free game by Titouan Millet. Filled with pillars of pure color, drifting creatures, and calm ambience, it is probably one of the most relaxing games ever created. It is this week’s Cool Indie Game. This title has been around for a while but I always find myself returning to it.…

Nicki Minaj Has A New Game Where People Actually Rap For Her

While anything with Nicki Minaj in it oozes personality, her app, Nicki Minaj: The Empire, really doesn’t differ too much from Glu’s other games, except in one major way. This one allows you to write lyrics, share them, and also record your own raps. The result is just as fun as it sounds. Whenever you…

Report: Nintendo Switch Will Get GameCube Games

Nintendo will bring GameCube games including Super Smash Bros. Melee and Luigi’s Mansion to the Switch via Virtual Console, Eurogamer reports today, citing anonymous sources. The report, by Tom Phillips, notes that those two games along with Super Mario Sunshine are already scheduled for Nintendo’s new system. Phillips also cites Animal Crossing as a game…