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Heroes Of The Storm‘s New Brawl Mode Is A Good Reason To Check In Every Week
Heroes of the Storm’s weekly Heroes’ Brawl launched today, bringing a regular rotation of entertaining game variants to Blizzard’s MOBA. I played several rounds of the Punisher Arena mode earlier today, and while I’m not any better than last time I played, I didn’t care nearly as much. Punisher Arena, available for the next week…
By Mike Fahey Published October 18, 2016 -
‘Passion Project’ Dead Star Delisted From PSN, Steam As Studio Plans Server Shutdown
The multiplayer spaceship combat game Dead Star will essentially be shut down on November 1, seven months after launch. Armature Studios, the Austin-based team behind the game, is shutting down the game’s multiplayer servers on that date, leaving only the tutorial playable. Armature has also pulled the PS4 and PC game’s listings from the PlayStation…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 18, 2016 -
Pewdiepie’s New Game Is A Bleak Look At Being A YouTube Star
Earlier this year, the game YouTuber’s Life made the rounds through, well, YouTube. By the time Pewdiepie played the life simulator, he didn’t seem happy about it. “That’s the truth about YouTubers,” he said at one point. “We’re all depressed. Why would anyone want to become a YouTuber? For the fame? For the money? For…
By Gita Jackson Published October 18, 2016 -
American EDM producer and noted Japanophile Porter Robinson just released a short anime film called Shelter, which he made along with A-1 Pictures. It’s about a girl living alone in a simulation that her father created for her. Shelter’s music is a light, synthy pop and the animation is pure delight.
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published October 18, 2016 -
Fans Translate Rare Japanese Zelda Game, Now Everyone Can Play It
The Legend of Zelda: Ancient Stone Tablets is a nearly forgotten spinoff title originally made for the Super Famicom Satellaview but a new fan English translation has brought the game back to the masses. BS Zelda no Densetsu Inishie no Sekiban was a special title for the Satellaview, a Japanese only peripheral that allowed players…
By Heather Alexandra Published October 18, 2016 -
One-Punch Man Sex Game Gets Discounts Right
I always felt that One-Punch Man’s Saitama and his cyborg student Genos were bound by something stronger than fighting together. What I didn’t consider is that it’s a threesome with one of One-Punch Man’s goofiest villains. New Itch.io PC title Deep Discount: Coupon Crisis! is a very NSFW sex game about Saitama’s love affair with…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published October 18, 2016 -
Watch Dogs 2‘s PC launch will be delayed from November 15th to the 29th, Ubisoft announced today, citing the need for “extra polish.” “Watch Dogs 2 features a multitude of PC-specific improvements,” Ubisoft said, “including full 4K support with Ultra Textures and Extra Details options, and uncapped FPS, along with a host of other features…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published October 18, 2016 -
A Look At How No Man’s Sky‘s Procedural Generation Works
No Man’s Sky might not be everyone’s cup of tea but its code is pretty impressive. Blogger gregkwaste outlined exactly how the space exploration game creates its procedurally generated creatures and more. In a post at 3dgamedevblog.com, Greg provides an exhaustive breakdown of the process behind No Man’s Sky’s various monsters and spaceships. Here’s how…
By Heather Alexandra Published October 18, 2016 -
A Candy Crush Saga TV Show Is In The Works
Just when we thought we were over the Candy Crush Saga frenzy, CBS, Lionsgate and King reveal plans to turn the hit mobile game into an hour-long, live-action TV game show. According to the official press release from CBS, 18 billion rounds of Candy Crush Saga and its spin-offs are still played every month around…
By Mike Fahey Published October 18, 2016 -
The Pokémon Sun and Moon Demo Is Out Now, And It’s Worth Playing
Good news, 3DS owners. You can now go into the Nintendo eShop and download a small taste of the upcoming Pokémon games. The demo is not hard to find: it’s currently the first thing that pops up in eShop when you load into it. While much of the content inside of the demo is currently…
By Patricia Hernandez Published October 18, 2016 -
Overwatch Teams Stop Fighting Each Other To Thwart Cheater
Cheating might win you a game, but it won’t win you any friends. In this case, the red-handed dickhead didn’t get either. Overwatch player SixZoSeven recounted a recent incident in which their competitive mode team picked up somebody pretty obviously using an aimbot, a type of cheat that aims for you, as opposed to an…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 18, 2016 -
Rocksteady Hid One Hell Of An Arkham VR Easter Egg In Arkham Knight
A wall covered in writing in Batman Arkham Knight that baffled thousands of players for months was a brazen Easter Egg teasing October’s Arkham VR. It was hiding nearly in plain sight for nine months, ever since development studio Rocksteady snuck it into Arkham Knight via some DLC in January. Spoilers follow, of course. The…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 18, 2016 -
Hearthstone-Style Plants Vs. Zombies Spin-Off Launches
The battle between flora and the undead has taken many forms over the years, from the original flower defense to full-blown third-person shooter. Now we can officially add collectible card game to the list, with the launch of Plants Vs. Zombies Heroes, aka Hearthstone with lanes. The free-to-play card game, now available on iOS and…
By Mike Fahey Published October 18, 2016 -
Who’s Who In Anime Girls That Are Also Sega Game Consoles
This week marks the launch of Superdimension Neptune VS Sega Hard Girls, a game in which one group of anime girls representing Sega game consoles faces off against another group of anime girls representing Sega game consoles. Since 2010, Idea Factory’s Hyperdimension Neptunia series has been acting out the console wars with anime characters representing…
By Mike Fahey Published October 18, 2016 -
Red Dead Redemption 2 Coming Fall 2017
After two days of teasing the internet with images, Rockstar has now come right out with it: Red Dead Redemption 2 is a real thing that is happening, and we can expect a trailer for it on Thursday, October 20th, at 11am. And…that’s it for now. The final image reveal does however give us a…
By Patricia Hernandez Published October 18, 2016 -
Pokémon Sun and Moon Demo Appears to Accidentally Leak Most of The Pokedex
Pokémon Sun and Moon’s special 3DS demo may not be out in all regions yet, but data miners are already hard at work extracting as much information as they can from the uploaded eShop files. (SPOILERS) According to hackers, data miners, and trusted Pokémon sources, the public Sun and Moon demo contains files revealing the…
By Patricia Hernandez Published October 18, 2016
