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Video Game Companies Vow Action On Climate Change, But Critics Say They Need To Do More

Within a couple generations, after climate change has more visibly ravaged the Earth, the easiest way for humanity to interact with lush forests and icy glaciers might be video games. It’s a bleak, maybe science-fiction potential future, but not an improbable one; according to some analyses, we have just 12 years to suppress catastrophic climate…

Heather and Chris using the Force and sneaking through Imperial bases right now. Come join chat, buds!

Final Fantasy VII Remake‘s Box Art Sure Is Misleading

This is the box art, released this morning, for the upcoming Final Fantasy VII Remake, which is out March 3, 2020. It’s killer art. But if you saw it on a store shelf, you would have absolutely no idea that it’s actually just part one of the remake. The game that publisher Square Enix is…

Because one can never have too many ominous characters wearing horned helmets, Final Fantasy XII’s Gabranth joins the roster of Dissidia Final Fantasy NT on October 10. Out of curiosity, who is still playing Dissidia? Why? Where? How?

Police Investigating More Match Fixing, Organized Crime Links To Australian Overwatch Team

The crackdown on Australian esports has already begun, but a report from the ABC this morning has raised the stakes several notches after questioning the ownership of a local Overwatch Contenders team. The report from ABC’s 7.30, which went online early Tuesday morning, touches on the ongoing investigation from Victoria Police that resulted in the…

Speedrunner Blazes Through Untitled Goose Game In Four Honking Minutes

What do you do when a goose is on the loose? Your best bet, according to Untitled Goose Game, is to try and go about your daily business despite the knowledge that society’s rickety scaffolding will soon crumble in the wake of that most foul of fowl. But what if that goose can defy the…

Fantasy General 2 Is The Perfect Post-Fire Emblem Strategy Game

I finished Fire Emblem last week, and instead of jumping straight back into it and playing as another house, I wanted to let it rest for a while. While it simmers and I build myself up for a Blue Lions playthrough, I’ve been playing some Fantasy General 2 on PC, and really liking it. Some…

Blizzard, Please Put Link In Overwatch

While this animation video looks exactly like something Blizzard would release, as part of some dream Zelda x Overwatch crossover event for the upcoming Switch version, it’s amazingly/sadly just the work of some fans instead. This is actually the third time I’ve posted about this design, imagining Link as a playable character in Overwatch. The…

Tekken 7 Match Between Friends Ends In Tears

The return of fall also means the return of MASTERCUP, an annual team-based Tekken competition that often provides some of the scene’s greatest moments of the year. As a prelude, the organizers held a special event called MASTERCUP Try that allowed players to compete for the chance to get a professional esports license via Japan’s…

Destiny 2 advice needed, please. It’s a week from the new expansion, which I’m interested in playing. But I only just finished Destiny 2‘s campaign and am ready to play more this week. I tend to like PvE, don’t like grinding, like seeing new areas, going on fun quests and sidequests. So… what should I…

Korn’s Frontman Wishes More Games Had Easy Modes

Jonathan Davis, the lead singer of metal band Korn, doesn’t drink alcohol, go to big parties or do any drugs. Instead, he has one vice: video games. His love of video games led to him and his band recently being featured in an MMORPG event. It also means that his crew lug around giant boxes…

Slice and dice! I am playing the nanotech-infused action game The Surge 2 right now on Twitch. Come join chat for Dark Souls chat, some mild dismemberment, and chunky robot exoskeletons.

The Long Dark’s third story episode, “Crossroads Elegy,” will release October 22. The announcement coincides with the five-year anniversary of the game’s early access release, which the developers reflect on in a blog post

Epic Paid The Makers Of Control A $10.5 Million Advance For Exclusivity

Many game developers have shifted to release their games on the Epic Games Store, but the upstart platform has proven surprisingly controversial. A report outlining Control developer Remedy Entertainment’s deal with Epic grants a clearer picture into the money and percentages that draw in high profile games. A financial report from Digital Bros (via gamedaily.biz)…

The name might not be known to most readers, but the trajectory of the move is eye-catching. Dan Hewitt, who has spent over a decade as the top media communications person for the Entertainment Software Association (the industry lobby that also runs E3) is taking on the top communications role at Borderlands studio Gearbox next…

Nintendo Was Founded 130 Years Ago Today

On September 23, 1889, Fusajiro Yamauchi founded Nintendo Koppai (koppai means “cards”) in Kyoto, Japan. Originally a playing card company, the company would go on to revolutionize video games forever. When the company was first founded, Nintendo made hanafuda playing cards. It was only three years earlier that the Japanese government legalized the cards, which…

Hideo Kojima’s Controversial Tweets Are Different In Japanese

Over the past few years, Hideo Kojima’s Twitter accounts have been tweeting in Japanese, his native language, and English, his second language. While it’s unclear whether or not Kojima is doing the English tweeting himself, he’s not a native speaker. There are mistakes in his English tweets, and for a non-native speaker, that happens. No…

2D Cafe Looks Like A Manga Drawing

Last month, a monochrome cafe opened in Tokyo’s Shin-Okubo neighborhood. Called the 2D Cafe, it looks like a manga drawing brought to life. A 2D Cafe opened in South Korea a few years back, quickly becoming a popular spot to grab snacks and take Instagram photos. This latest 2D cafe in Tokyo is not connected…

Just How Accurate Were All Those GTA V Rumors And Leaks?

Grand Theft Auto V turned six years old this past weekand to celebrate it I wanted to take a look back at some of the rumors that existed about the game before it was released. How accurate were they and what, if anything, did they correctly predict? Six years is a long time and fans…

Borderlands 3 Finally Gives The Series Good Shotguns

Shotguns in previous Borderlands games could be great weapons to use, but even some of the better shotguns in the game didn’t feel satisfying in a fight. They were loud and did a lot of damage, sure, but they didn’t feel like powerful cannons of death. Borderlands 3 changes this and finally gives the series…