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Valve’s Decision To Charge For Limited-Use Sprays In Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Infuriates Fans

The latest patch for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive brings back a long absent feature: graffiti and sprays. They are now a consumable item that can be purchased. Fans lobbying for their return are displeased to say the least. Sprays have existed in Valve based shooters as far back as the original Team Fortress Classic and Counter-Strike.…

I Keep Going Back To The First Forza Horizon

Do you have a game you regularly return to, just because you like how it feels? For me, that game is Forza Horizon I love hopping into a car and zipping my way through Horizon’s Colorado to the tune of pulsing music and the roar of the engine. I also like zipping my way through…

The New Power Rangers Game Sure Looks Like It’s From The ’90s

Fans of the rainbow rangers have been eagerly awaiting the reveal of Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers: Mega Battle since the name was leaked earlier this year. Well here it is, and it’s exactly the sort of game we’d have been playing when the show first launched. Arriving digitally for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One…

League of Legends released its anime-inspired Star Guardian skins along with a new mini-cinematic. 

There’s A DC Comics RPG Coming Out Next Month

Back inJuly of last year I shared the first five minutes or so of a game called DC Comics Legends, a turn-based mobile RPG that I said should be hitting North America soon. By soon, I meant this November. Oops. DC Comics Legends is basically DC’s answer to Marvel Avengers Alliance, which is nice because…

Classic Kojima Game Policenauts Now In English (Again)

In 2009, a team of fans released an English translation for cult Hideo Kojima joint Policenauts, which was never officially released in the West. Now, in 2016, fans have released an English language translation for the superior Sega Saturn version of the game. See, the original translation was for the PS1 version, which is fine,…

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Metro 2033’s Studio Is Releasing A VR Shooter

4A Games, the team behind the Metro series, are working on something similar for VR. It’s called Arktika.1, and it’s “exclusively for Oculus Touch”.

100 Turns With Endless Space 2, A Game About Problems In Space

I reviewed the original Endless Space back in 2012, and found it a pretty snappy little 4X game, albeit one with a distinct lack of personality. From what I’ve played so far of Endless Space 2, we won’t be suffering through that again. Four years ago, developers Amplitude were virtual unknowns. Today, they’re a big-time…

Sounds Like Naughty Dog’s Uncharted Crunch Was Brutal

Crunch, or the process of video game developers working very long hours for a very long time, is a big problem. I mean, look at your job: can you imagine working 80 hours a week, every week, for over ten years? Because that’s what former Uncharted writer and director Amy Hennig did. In an interview…

Gears Of War 4 Runs Like It Was Made For PC

Earlier this year Microsoft released the DX12-powered Gears of War: Ultimate Edition on PC, and it was a stuttering mess. Looks like Microsoft and developer The Coalition learned a lot from that debacle, because the Windows 10 version of Gears of War 4 runs like a proper PC release should. Now keep in mind that I…

Overwatch Player Dies Twice During Play Of The Game

If you play a lot of Overwatch, you’ve probably seen someone get POTG for Hulking out with their ult, stomping tons of enemies, and then getting smashed themselves. Dying twice in a single POTG, though? That’s an accomplishment! As Symmetra, navigatingboats began their moment of glory… dead. Upon respawning, they hurried through their teleporter, right…

Watch Us Play The First Hour Of Mafia III

We’re playing the first hour of Mafia III over on Facebook. You can watch it here too:

Gears of War 4’s Horde Mode Is A Blast 

One of the most surprising things about Gears of War 4 for me was the discovery that, after all these years, shooting wave after wave of increasingly difficult enemies could still be really fun. To the franchise’s credit, Gears of War has steadily introduced complexities to the basic idea to keep it fresh. In Gears…

Inside’s evocative soundtrack was recorded using a human skull. Seriously? Yes, seriously. Composer/sound designer Martin Stig Andersen has written a fascinating post-mortem for Gamasutra detailing how he gave Playdead’s game its distinctive, otherworldly sound. Give it a read.

Feds Charge Alleged PoodleCorp And Lizard Squad DDoS Attackers

Two members of hacking groups Lizard Squad and PoodleCorp were charged yesterday with “conspiring to cause damage to protected computers,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois said in a statement. Both hacking groups have taken credit for temporarily bringing down online gaming services Xbox Live, PSN, Battle.net and more. Zachary Buchta…

Mafia III‘s Framerate Is Capped On PC, But Devs Say That Will Change ‘Soon’

Mafia III is just hours away from launching, but it’s already in the hands of reviewers. Unfortunately, they’ve discovered that the PC version’s framerate is capped at 30 FPS. Now 2K’s dealing with one hell of an angry mob—and not the organized, suit-wearing kind. As a rule, PC gamers prefer un-capped framerates, given that their…

How The UFC’s Most Dominant Champ Makes Time To Stream Video Games

Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson is easily the UFC’s most dominant champion right now. He blends speed and technique with sublime precision, beating some of the best fighters in the world and making it look easy. He also probably plays more video games than you When he’s not training, Mighty Mouse streams for his adoring Mighty…

Robo Recall Is Epic’s First Full VR Game, And It’s Free

Here’s our first look at Robo Recall, a virtual reality robot shooter built for Oculus Touch that Epic Games will be releasing for free in early 2017. It’s pretty shiny. Announced today at Oculus Connect 3, Robo Recall is the spiritual successor to the Bullet Train demo Epic released at last year’s Oculus showcase. The…

The eagerly-anticipated Oculus Touch controllers begin shipping on December 6 worldwide, with a price tag of $199. Combined with an array of three Oculus sensors ($79 for the third), Touch will support room-scale VR.