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Overwatch Player Uses Actual Turntable To Control Lucio
Video games have a long and sordid history of using various objects as controllers: guns, peripherals shaped like penises, and hell, even fruit. So it’s only natural that some of the weirder ones be put to more sensible use. That’s what YouTuber Whybeare did a couple weeks ago when he tried to play Overwatch’s Lucio…
By Ethan Gach Published September 17, 2016 -
Halo 5 Forge Maps Get Some Polish With New Update
According to 343 Industries, Halo 5‘s Big Team Battle (BTB) community refresh is now up and running The update is a collaboration with Halo 5‘s community to improve a number of different multiplayer maps made in Forge, the game’s level editor. Those of you who have been around since the early aughts will remember that…
By Ethan Gach Published September 17, 2016 -
Gorgeous New GTA V Mod Is The Work of One Person
Grand Theft Auto V, already one of the prettiest, most immersive sandbox games to-date, now has a mod that turns everything up to 11. The GTA 5 Redux mod not only improves things like lighting and contrast, but also little, slightly more morose details like how NPCs act as they’re falling to the ground after…
By Ethan Gach Published September 17, 2016 -
FIFA YouTuber Prosecuted Under New Gambling Law
NepentheZ is a popular YouTuber known for his FIFA videos featuring things like “#Top20 Fastest Players in #FIFA #17″ and “FUTGALAXY – FIFA BETS, FIFA PACKS & FIFA 16 COINS!” where he does breakdowns of player abilities, stat comparisons, and also promotes gambling sites. Now, he could become well known as being one of the…
By Ethan Gach Published September 17, 2016 -
Konami’s Latest PC Port Is Terrible
What is going on here. The PC versions of multiplatform games are supposed to look better, not worse. As you may remember from last year, Konami’s big sports series Pro Evolution Soccer now runs on the Fox Engine. As you may also remember from last year, for reasons unknown, the PC version of PES 2016…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 16, 2016 -
The PC Version Of BioShock Remastered Has Issues
Continuing a grand tradition that began when BioShock first came out in 2007, the remastered versions of BioShock 1 and 2 did not emerge from the bathysphere plunge to PC unscathed. On the upside, the remastered BioShocks are functional, albeit janky in places. The most overt issue is a lack of graphical options that would’ve…
By Nathan Grayson Published September 16, 2016 -
Someone Put Harambe In Street Fighter, Because Why Not
Harambe vs Capcom is a real video game that you can play. Not only does HvC bizarrely place everyone’s favorite gorilla (RIP) in a fighting game, it also gives the crossover a story to go along with it. In this rendition of reality, a shadow agency wants to kill Harambe because he has psychic powers.…
By Patricia Hernandez Published September 16, 2016 -
A Closer Look At The Best Mission In Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Adam Jensen has a lot of work to do in Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. Side quests and smaller stories are where the game really shines. “The Harvester” questline has all the things required for a great experience. We take a closer look in this video. On a whole, I have very mixed feelings about Mankind…
By Heather Alexandra Published September 16, 2016 -
Poland Makes An Official Witcher Postage Stamp
Hey, I know that guy! The Witcher, a series about a monster hunter who’s perpetually dour because Obama won’t play his video game, is a bit of A Thing over in its native land of Poland. Poctza Polska, Poland’s biggest postal operator, is collaborating with Witcher developer CD Projekt to turn Geralt’s lusty mug into…
By Nathan Grayson Published September 16, 2016 -
In upcoming anime movie A Silent Voice, a deaf girl and the boy who bullied her meet again after many years. Premiering in Japanese theaters tomorrow, A Silent Voice looks like a beautiful story of isolation, empathy and redemption. Subtitles for the deaf will accompany the film in select Japanese theaters. Check out the latest…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published September 16, 2016 -
Team Rocket’s Boss Is Hunted In The First Installment Of Pokémon Generations
Pokémon Generations is a new weekly animated series that aims to flesh out the events from 20 years of Pokémon games. In the first full episode, the international police track mysterious Team Rocket leader Giovanni to the Viridian City gym. Technically this is the second episode of the new animated series. The first, also released…
By Mike Fahey Published September 16, 2016 -
Game Developer Sues 100 Anonymous Steam Users For $18 Million [UPDATE]
When we last saw the game studio Digital Homicide, they were suing game critic Jim Sterling for $10 million, charging him with libel and slander for harshly criticizing their games. Now they’re pursuing legal action against 100 anonymous Steam users, calling them a “hate and harassment group” in recent court filings. UPDATE – 9/17, 2:01pm:…
By Jason Schreier Published September 16, 2016 -
Rage Was Actually Pretty Damn Good
I’ve been thinking a lot about Rage lately. Last week, I dove back in. Minutes became hours, and I soon realized I was having a blast. When I was finally done, I had to ask: why doesn’t Rage get the love it deserves? This post originally appeared 7/2/15. When Rage was released in 2011, it…
GB Burford Published September 16, 2016 -
The Heroic Lengths You Have To Walk To Evolve Buddy Pokémon
The buddy system is Pokémon Go’s latest cloying grab at my ‘90s kid nostalgia. Think about it: you, your favorite Pokémon, together, walking into the sunset; growing as one and traversing the unknown. It’s just like Ash’s journey in the Pokémon TV show, except if you’re attempting it with the IRL buddy system, you might…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published September 16, 2016 -
World Of Warcraft: Legion Progress Report: Ever Questing
Three weeks into World of Warcraft’s Legion expansion, and I’m still logging into my Druid every day to go on adventures. It’s nice when daily questing doesn’t mean doing the same quests every day, isn’t it? The idea of dailies, repeatable quests players perform every day in order to grind reputation and earn faction-exclusive gear,…
By Mike Fahey Published September 16, 2016 -
Sony Boss On No Man’s Sky: ‘It Wasn’t A Great PR Strategy’
Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida knows how you feel, No Man’s Sky players. He says he enjoyed the game, but understands why people are so upset about director Sean Murray’s tendency to over-promise and under-deliver. No Man’s Sky, which came out in early August, immediately drew controversy when players discovered that features Murray had…
By Jason Schreier Published September 16, 2016