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The Zelda Arcade Cabinet We Deserved
But the one we never got. Here’s a spectacular fan-made Legend of Zelda cabinet that shows what could have been, but what wasn’t. Wyo over on the Arcade Museum forums made this beauty, outfitting the cabinet with a NES and 20-inch cathode ray tube. It’s about 95 percent done with some side art and instruction…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 18, 2016 -
Pokémon Sun and Moon’s Alolan Dugtrio Has Fabulous Hair [UPDATE]
Now that the special demo for Pokémon Sun and Moon has dropped for some regions, players are making some incredible discoveries—including what may be the best Alolan form of any Pokémon we’ve seen so far. Yes, that’s Dugtrio with blonde hair. I know, I know. It looks fake. My initial reaction was that it must…
By Patricia Hernandez Published October 17, 2016 -
The Studio Behind Sleeping Dogs Has Shut Down
United Front Games, the studio best known for developing Sleeping Dogs, has today closed its doors. And it seems the move was sudden The team were currently working on Smash+Grab, an online “gang warfare” title that only just hit Early Access. It also just had a free weekend on Steam. In 2014, United Front signed…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 17, 2016 -
Endless Legend’s New Expansion Is Pretty Good
Endless Legend, a very good 4X strategy game for the PC, got a new expansion last week. It’s a good time. The expansion is called Tempest, and like the best expansions for strategy games it doesn’t just add, it changes. OK, yes, it adds—the game has a new faction and a ton of new quests—but…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 17, 2016 -
Red Dead Redemption Fans Turn Rockstar’s Tease Into Comedy Gold
Rockstar’s been teasing the crap out of a big reveal for the past couple days. Their tease medium of choice? Images of stars and cowboys. Obviously, they’re either about to announce a new Red Dead game, or a gripping open-world narrative experience about sports teams from Dallas, Texas. Where some fans see pictures of Cool…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 17, 2016 -
World Of Final Fantasy’s Standalone Demo Is Worth Playing
If you were worried the World of Final Fantasy PlayStation 4 (and Vita) demo would spoil the full game experience, you can stop. The standalone demo is just a quick romp through the game’s mechanics with a special treat at the end. Rather than give players the first level or specific scenario from the upcoming…
By Mike Fahey Published October 17, 2016 -
Flip Flappers Is A Tender Spin On Magical Girl Anime
Flip Flappers is a new magical girl anime bursting with charisma. It’s an ebullient story of female companionship and vulnerability that, after two episodes, has me hooked on its delights. -Spoilers Ahead- Cocona is a diligent student who keeps her problems to herself. She lives with her aged grandmother in a typical Japanese town. On…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published October 17, 2016 -
New River City Ransom Password Discovered After 27 Years
River City Ransom has a pretty intense password system. With so many symbols and combinations, it’s not surprising that players might have missed a password or two. One of those hidden passwords was recently found. The process is pretty intense but YouTuber Bisqwit did some serious code cracking to find a lost password that turns…
By Heather Alexandra Published October 17, 2016 -
StarCraft II‘s Next Announcer Is Overwatch‘s D.Va
Time to raise your APM. D.Va is coming to StarCraft II as an announcer. She’s the first from outside StarCraft lore, and she’ll be available to folks who attend BlizzCon. You can listen to a bunch of clips where she says things like, “Your base is under attack!” and “Your SCV has been interrupted, stupid…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 17, 2016 -
Overwatch Animation Perfectly Captures Pre-Game Ridiculousness
In Overwatch, a bunch of elite superheroes team up to absolutely kick the shit out of arcade cabinets around the world. This animated short comes from Brian Calland, aka Wronchi, an animator whose workwe’ve featured before. It’s about as spot-on as Overwatch humor gets, from the sneaky tag warfare to the unfortunate Hanzo-ness of it…
By Kirk Hamilton Published October 17, 2016 -
Nostalgia sells, and Emily Is Away Too is selling it, again. The bing of AOL Instant Messenger loading up, the door-opening creak of a friend logging on (or a special sound for your crush)—the facets of our youth that live on in outdated software are re-livable in the upcoming 2017 sequel to interactive fiction title Emily…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published October 17, 2016 -
If There’s A Game Making PSVR Users Nauseous, It’s Probably Driveclub
A Twitter search for the terms “PSVR” and “sick” occasionally brings up people saying things like “PSVR Thumper the game is so sick!!!” and “PSVR is so sick.” But the more common usage is from people complaining that Sony’s new virtual reality system at some point made them feel sick. Since PSVR’s launch on Thursday,…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 17, 2016 -
Video Game Actors Once Again Threaten To Strike [UPDATE]
Members of the Screen Actors Guild‐American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) are threatening to strike against eleven game industry employers in a protest seeking changes to their contracts. According to a post from the guild, unless changes are made to voice acting contracts, members will start a strike on Friday against the following…
By Heather Alexandra Published October 17, 2016 -
Gonner Is A Punishing Platformer That’s Hard To Put Down
Gonner is a roguelike-inspired platformer that does not care if you think it’s too hard. When you’re playing, you tend not to care, either. It’s so damn cute and smart that every punishment, even the ones you might not deserve, is easily forgiven. The goal of Gonner (on Steam) is cheer up your floating whale…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published October 17, 2016 -
Infinite Warfare Multiplayer Isn’t New, But It’s Still A Good Time
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare hasn’t particularly had my interest but after playing a weekend of its multiplayer, I’m impressed. Running around as a machine gun armed robo-soldier was a damn good time. I don’t know if Infinite Warfare dazzles the same way that larger scale shooters like Titanfall 2 or Battlefield 1 do but…
By Heather Alexandra Published October 17, 2016 -
World Of Warcraft: Legion Hidden Artifact Skins Are Hard To Get, Except When They’re Not
Behold the owlcat hidden skin for the Fangs of Ashamane, the Feral Druid artifact weapon introduced in World of Warcraft: Legion. To obtain it I had to spend nearly two weeks on research and another two weeks waiting on randomly occurring quest objectives. Meanwhile, on my Gnome Hunter… Artifact weapons are essentially how players gain…
By Mike Fahey Published October 17, 2016