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Day Of The Devs Festival Is Full Of Rad Indie Games

Hosted jointly by Double Fine and iam8bit, Day of the Devs is like E3 but inverted. Instead of big press conferences blasting commercials and talking points at an audience composed of journalists and industry enthusiasts, the event is small and interactive; a place for people to gather and talk about their pet projects and creative…

Overwatch‘s Play Of The Game Feature Is Gonna Get An Overhaul

Overwatch’s Play of the Game feature is iconic as it is infamous. On one hand, it gives big moments a few seconds of fame and encourages friends and foes alike to say, “OK yeah, that was pretty cool.” But it goes against the grain of Overwatch’s team focus, and it misfires. A lot. In the…

Hand-painted Knights and Bikes will be published by Double Fine and has a new trailer. The game, originally Kickstarted earlier this year, tells the tale of two children exploring crazy shit on there bikes kind of like the Goonies. Its two creators previously worked on games like Tearaway and LittleBigPlanet. 

Modern Warfare Remastered Sticks “Caution” Sign Over Old Glitch

Despite being the platonic ideal of a big budget, blockbuster video games, the Call of Duty series has had its fair share of glitches, and the first Modern Warfare was no exception. Many of them included ways to escape multiplayer maps entirely, falling out of the levels into strange and bizarre mirror universes bereft of…

Blizzard Wants To Know If Google’s DeepMind AI Can Conquer StarCraft II

Although competitive StarCraft is in decline, Blizzard is still trying to breathe some new life into its decades old RTS series. During the company’s keynote presentation yesterday at BlizzCon 2016, Blizzard’s president, Michael Morhaime announced, announced new co-op missions and a new co-op commander would be added to the game on November 22. More unexpectedly,…

Blaster Master Zero will release on the Nintendo 3DS eshop in Spring 2017 according to an announcement by Inti Creates. The company acquired the license to the original game from Sunsoft and has been working on remastering and expanding it, adding new levels, enemies, etc.

This Week In The Business: “Less Poking, More Stroking”

QUOTE | “My motto is less poking, more stroking.” – Funomena CEO Robin Hunicke addressing the problem of the “power grip” configuration in VR controllers like Vive and how there needs to be a more relaxed, finesse or “precision grip.” QUOTE | “In a way, The Last of Us really got us thinking about systems.”…

Nintendo Throws Some Shade With New Animal Crossing Update

The update for Animal Crossing: New Leaf has added a range of new Nintendo themed Fortune Cookie prizes, including a Wii U. While game consoles have been present as items in Animal Crossing since the 2001 Gamecube release, the wording on the fortune that nets you a Wii U is pointed, to say the least.…

Overwatch‘s Sombra Is Fun To Play And Very Powerful

Sombra is basically the Overwatch version of the DDOS script kiddies who bring down services like Steam and PSN. She takes shit you rely on, she breaks it, and then she disappears. In the right hands, I think she’s gonna be devastating. During BlizzCon in Anaheim, California, I got to play a couple games as…

Overwatch‘s Arcade Mode Will Balance Quick Play’s New Single-Hero Limit

Overwatch will soon get a new “Arcade” mode, Overwatch’s Game Director Jeff Kaplan announced at Blizzcon today. It offers five new and—ever-changing—ways to play Overwatch and will be available on the PTR early next week. Now that Quick Play will get a single-hero limit on Monday, I say, burying the lede, this is where you’ll…

EA Is Having A Really Bad Week On Twitter

Fresh off the Battlefield 1 Twitter snafu, EA’s back with another hot dumb tweet just for us. This morning, the official Titanfall account tweeted this: That link leads to an IGN review-in-progress of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, a competitor to Titanfall 2. It’s a boring tweet that wouldn’t be worth noting if not for…

The Terror Of Returning To Animal Crossing After Nearly A Year

Before the Welcome amiibo update dropped earlier this week, I hadn’t played Animal Crossing: New Leaf in seven months. I was nervous to go back in. Would my town be in shambles? Would everyone have left? In an act of kindness, Isabelle didn’t guilt me over abandoning my town, Dogma, when I returned. Instead, she…

Who is Sombra? Blizzard just released her origin video, which describes how she became one of the world’s best hackers after investigating the Mexican government, as well as greater Overwatch universe conspiracies.

Diablo III Brings Back The Necromancer

Diablo II’s Necromancer is returning to Diablo III in Rise of the Necromancer, a new pack that will come out next year. There’s no word on price yet, but the pack will include the Necromancer as well as two character slots and some other cosmetic boosts. Specifically: In addition to unlocking the Necromancer as a…

Blizzard Is Remaking Diablo Inside Of Diablo III

Blizzard will release a remake of Diablo inside of Diablo III as part of an upcoming “20th anniversary” patch, the company said today. It’ll include a 16-level dungeon and the four main bosses from the first Diablo. The patch, The Darkening of Tristam, will be free to Reaper of Souls owners on both PC and…

Hearthstone’s Next Expansion Is Mean Streets Of Gadgetzan

Revealed today during Blizzcon, here’s your first look at the new content coming to Hearthstone. The expansion is out in December, and it will add 132 new cards. From the official website: Some of the cards you can expect:

Varian and Ragnaros are coming to Heroes of the Storm, Blizzard announced today. Both World of Warcraft characters are playable at BlizzCon and will join the MOBA by the end of the year, with Varian in November and Ragnaros in December.

Blizzard Reveals Sombra, Finally

Today, at BlizzCon, Blizzard unveiled Sombra, Overwatch’s newest hero. The announcement comes after apparently endless wild goose chase for information about her that has left fans exhausted. Sombra is a stealth hacker offense hero who infiltrates other players’ heroes. “Her hacking can disrupt her enemies, ensuring they’re easier to take out, while her EMP provides…

New York Times Publishes Intense Game About Voter Suppression

Yesterday, the New York Times released The Voter Suppression Trail. The politically-charged Oregon Trail-inspired mini-game has players fight off long lines and intimidating “observers” to finally vote and describes certain hurdles some voters will face on November 8th. In the game, you can go vote as a white programmer from California, a Latina nurse from…

Call Of Duty: Infinite Warfare’s Dumbest ‘Press X To Feel’ Moment

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’s “Press X To Pay Respects” is a infamous example of the series use of button prompts as a narrative device. Infinite Warfare has a couple as well, including this scene, in which a character’s life fades away as you hold the shoulder buttons. SPOILERS AHEAD. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. Late…