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Epic’s Co-Founder Has Saved A 7000-Acre Forest

If you play video games, you’ve got Tim Sweeney—co-founder of Epic Games—to thank for everything from the Unreal Engine to Gears of War. If you live in North Carolina, though, you can thank him for something a bit more substantive. See, in addition to his work in video games, Sweeney is also one of the…

Overwatch’s Voice Actors Hang Out, Are Cute As Hell

Lucio’s voice actor Jonny Cruz got together with the Overwatch cast recently, and the result is almost too much to handle. Oh my god: So much chemistry between all the voice actors, it’s no wonder the fandom has latched on the way it has. Important questions to consider: Who is D.VA’s boyfriend? And how do…

Four Long Lost Kirby Games Found At Auction

Four lost Kirby minigames from the Super Famicom’s Satellaview have made their way into the hands of preservationists after a surprise auction and some help from fans. Kirby no Omocha Hako (「カービィのおもちゃ箱 or “Kirby’s Toy Box”) was a Satellaview title consisting of 10 mini-games. The Japanese only peripheral allowed players to download games via a…

It’s Real Hard Making An Indie Game In Cuba

It will take game developer Josuhe H. Pagliery thirty minutes to load this article in Cuba, where he’s making an indie game. Savior is an artistically ambitious 2D platformer where the protagonist, Little God, realizes it is in a “collapsing video game.” And the challenges Pagliery and his partner Johann Armenteros must face to develop…

Gandhi Is Still An Asshole In Civilization VI

Gandhi’s been a notorious asshole in Sid Meier’s Civilization, first as a result of a bug and later because that bug was hilarious. Seeing the leader, a longstanding image of peace and pacifism, threaten players with nuclear weapons is a staple of the franchise. It’s not surprising that Gandhi is still an asshole in Civilization…

We Are Simulating Today’s Election Using A Video Game

We have let too many other people have all the fun of predicting the outcome of the election. It’s our turn. Using the video game The Political Machine 2016 and the power of Facebook Live streaming, we are pitting Hillary Clinton against Donald Trump and seeing who wins. You can watch the contest (and some…

Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare‘s Throwback Reload Animations Are Great

Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare didn’t impress me too much but there is one thing the game gets right: reloading. With guns that feel like they were lifted from Perfect Dark, one little touch brings a lot of charm. I was raised on a steady diet of first person shooters. Doom was a highlight of…

‘Exclusive’ Pre-Order Offer Turns Out To Not Be Exclusive

Often in gaming, what’s “exclusive” isn’t really exclusive. Here is exhibit #1564. After five months of telling gamers to pre-order WWE 2K17 to play the wrestling game as former WCW star Bill Goldberg, as if that was the only way to play as him, publisher 2K Games is now letting everyone else play as him,…

Overwatch‘s New Arcade Mode Wants To Make You A Better Team Player

Overwatch’s new “Arcade” mode wants to make you a better team player. Announced at BlizzCon last week, the mode features five ways to play Overwatch that will make you a versatile teammate in a way that maining Bastion will not, ever. Arcade mode is currently available on the PTR and is comprised of “1v1 Mystery…

Final Fantasy XV Has 16 Different Pre-Order DLC Trailers

While tens of millions of Americans decide who should be their next president, Square Enix is offering a far more crucial choice: Where should you pre-order Final Fantasy XV? The above image is not some sort of twisted parody. It’s an actual screencap of Square Enix’s YouTube page, where they’ve got 16—16!—different pre-order DLC trailers.…

Dev Turns Minecraft Into Level Editor For An Indie Game

A creative game developer has worked out a way to incorporate Minecraft builds into his game, turning the blocky builder into a level editor of sorts. As you can see in this short video, the developer, r00nk, is able to place blocks into a configuration that matches the level size in his game, Back Into…

GTA Online, Now With Tron-Style Lightcycle Battles

Today’s Deadline update for Grant Theft Auto’s ever-expanding multiplayer component transforms GTA Online into GTA Tronline, with futuristic light-trailing motorcycles and a new adversary mode in which to crash them. At the center of the Deadline update is the Nagasaki Shotaro, a decidedly Tron-looking machine that comes in a variety of glowing neon colors. The…

Fruit Ninja’s Creators Have Been Split By An Identity Crisis

In years gone by Halfbrick had a tradition. When an employee decided to leave there was a farewell. A slideshow, a card signed by everyone. A speech — a celebration — topped off by a ceremonial bag stuffed full of marshmallows. Weird, flippant. By design. A sense of closure to dedicated service in pursuit of…

Cat Collecting Game Neko Atsume Gets A Live-Action Movie 

The game about putting food out to attract stray cats is getting the live-action movie treatment in Japan. As long as the real cats receive adorable little x-shaped buttholes in post-production, how can a Neko Atsume movie possibly fail? Produced by MediAnd and directed by Masatoshi Kurakata, the live-action version of Hit-Point’s stupidly addictive cat…

Brace Yourselves, Pokémon Sun and Moon Are Leaking Everywhere Right Now

If you’re a Pokémon fan who wants to get to November 18th unspoiled, now would be a great time to unplug from the internet. Leaks are happening in a major way right now. MASSIVE SPOILER WARNING Yesterday, some Pokémon Sun and Moon details started surfacing on 4chan from an anonymous user who acquired the game…

Buying Nintendo 3DS Games In Japan Feels Like The Future

If you live in Japan, you can buy use Nintendo 3DS games with your smartphone. Like this. In Japan, IC cards, such as Suica, are used as train passes or for e-money payments. You can also use these cards to add funds for Nintendo eShop purchases. Here’s Monster Hunter YouTuber Gaijin Hunter: Since the New…

Speed Cap Ruins Pokémon Go For Commuters

A recent update put a speed cap on Pokémon Go. Meaning? If you play while riding on the train or bus, you might want to find something else to do. The Mainichi Shimbun, one of Japan’s largest newspapers, reports that the update is global and that The Pokémon Company is not disclosing details about the…

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A Good Book About The Guys Who Made Speedball

My copy of The Bitmap Brothers: Universe, an exhaustive (and gorgeous) history of the British studio behind games like Speedball and The Chaos Engine, arrived last week. And it’s awesome. While serving primarily as an account of the company’s life and death—which is fascinating, since they were one of the first studios to produce genuinely…

Blizzard Won’t Remaster Old Warcraft Games Because They’re ‘Just Not That Fun Anymore’

With the original Diablo getting the necromancy treatment (not to be confused with the Necromancer treatment) in Diablo III, fans of other Blizzard series are wondering when they’re gonna get theirs. The answer for Warcraft? Not any time soon, unfortunately. During a Q&A at BlizzCon (via Eurogamer), Blizzard co-founder Frank Pearce fielded a question about…