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Why Overwatch Players Hate Genji Now

Some relatively minor tweaks aside, Overwatch’s cyborg ninja dragon blender Genji hasn’t changed much since launch. Over the past few weeks, though, I’ve come across dozens of threads begging Blizzard to nerf Genji so hard he starts throwing rubber ducks instead of ninja stars. What happened? In hero-based games like Overwatch, there’s always a “nerf…

Five Great Books About Video Game Culture

Probably my favorite hobby next to playing video games is reading about people who love and design them. And I’m not talking licensed-by-Nintendo glory stories about CEOs overcoming their mistrust of Crash Bandicoot to make millions—I’m talking books about the rest of us, lovers on MMORPGs, struggling indie devs, self-hating gaming addicts, virtuous guild leaders,…

World Of Warcraft Expansions Revisited: Shadows Of The Pandaclysm

As the sixth expansion to World of Warcraft looms ever closer, our Gnome Hunter-led tour through the previous five takes us to post-draconic apocalypse Azeroth and an ancient land filled with beautiful sights and ridiculous pandas. Given the speed of even the most casual leveling in World of Warcraft these days, I’ve decided to double…

Cartoon Network Gets Everybody Together For A Old School Sidescrolling Brawler

It’s Steven Universe meets Adventure Time meets The Amazing World of Gumball meets The Regular Show meets Clarence meets Uncle Grandpa. Basically Cartoon Network: Battle Crashers is a whole lot of meeting followed by a whole lot of hitting. The Cartoon Network folks have been publishing some pretty amazing licensed games lately, fromthe Steven Universe…

The Witcher 3’s New Screenshot Tools Are So Good

The Witcher 3 is the latest game to see Nvidia’s fancy new Ansel screenshot technology implemented. Which means users can now not only take very high resolution screens, but panoramic 360-degree shots of their gameplay as well. The necessary upgrades and patches for the tech went live earlier this week. I’ve been testing it out…

Minecraft’s ‘Infinite World’ Versus No Man’s Sky‘s ‘Infinite World’

After enjoying years of undisputed dominance as the king of unlimited exploration, Minecraft has a new challenger in—you guessed it—indie darling/gaming messiah/space sim extraordinaire, No Man’s Sky. Boasting an explorable universe with an inconceivably large number of planets (2^64, or 18 quintillion, but who’s counting?), it seems that No Man’s Sky has seized the title…

Announced previously for an early 2017 release on PlayStation 4, Square Enix and Platinum Games’ action-RPG Nier: Automata will be launching on PC via Steam early next year as well.

Overwatch Heroes Look Sharp In Their Street Clothes

What, you think Widowmaker buys bread and milk in that skinsuit? Korean artist YD has drawn these images of some of Overwatch’s cast looking very cool on their days off, just hanging out, enjoying each other’s company, maybe taking in a movie, maybe doing some shopping.

Nice Try Deadshot, But This Is Harley Quinn’s Injustice 2 Trailer

Deadshot being upstaged by Harley Quinn? That’s something you only see in movies. Or comics. Or incredibly brief cameos on Arrow. Poor Deadshot. It’s nice to see Floyd Lawton getting a little video game love in the second iteration of Netherrealm Studios’ DC Comics fighting game, but he is still Floyd Lawton, the really good…

There’s An Entire Level’s Worth Of Crash Bandicoot In The New Skylanders 

At E3 2016 Activision revealed that one-time Sony mascot character Crash Bandicoot would be appearing in Skylanders Imaginators this fall. Announced during Gamescom, Crash is also bringing his best enemy along for the ride, along with an entire level set in the Wumpa Islands. Crash gets a toy! Dr. Neo Cortex gets a toy! Even…

Olympic Athlete Races With Sonic The Hedgehog Tattoo

Javier Culson is once again competing in the Olympic Games for Puerto Rico. And he is once again showing off his cleverly themed Olympic Sonic tattoo During the 2012 Olympics, people noticed Javier’s ink, and during this summer’s games, they’re noticing it, again. Thematically, the tattoo is smart for a handful of reasons. One is…

Konami Releasing New Metal Gear Game

Konami isn’tgoing to let the loss of Hideo Kojima stop them from using the Metal Gear license, announcing today an all-new game in the franchise: Metal Gear Survive It’s coming in 2017 for PC, Xbox One and PS4, and is described as a “co-op survival game”. Apparently it’s set straight after MSG V prologue Ground…

Look At This $480 Wind Waker Statue

Even these guys are like “OK maybe we should have made this smaller”. This upcoming statue from First 4 Figures recreates Wind Waker’s King of Red Lions (with Link sailing him) in a piece that’s 25 inches tall and costs $480. It’ll be out next year. There’s a limited edition model that lights up. Good…

All Hail Team Mystic

By Miguel Mercado

GTA V Mods Just Keep Looking Better

The PC version of Grand Theft Auto V looked good enough as it was. Mods improved things. Mods continue to improve things. This is the newest trailer for GTA 5 Redux, a “graphics and world enhancer” mod package that will bring new weather effects, new visual tweaks, real-world ads and company logos (like Netflix and…

No Man’s Sky Mods Are Here On PC

Got some stuff you want to fix/mess around with in the PC version of No Man’s Sky? Mods for the game are now out, letting you adjust everything from the game’s visuals to your suit’s audio files. Here are some of the best ones released so far on Video Game Mods. Note that there aren’t…

Enderal Is More Than A Mod, It’s A Whole New Skyrim

Enderal is a Skyrim mod that’s been in development for years. I’ve been playing for hours, and I feel like I’ve barely scratched the surface. Enderal is a total conversion mod that adds a new, nearly-Skyrim-sized continent, loads of sidequests and secrets, and a whole new plot with its own lore and Chosen One. It…

Nothing Brings World Of Warcraft Together Like The Invading Demonic Horde

For the past week players of all levels, races and factions have been joining forces to try and stem the tide of soul-hungry demons spilling into our lands, determined to end life as we know it. I’ve not had this much fun with other players in ages. Since last Tuesday up until this morning’s maintenance,…

The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II comes to North America on September 6, publisher XSEED said today. It’ll be out on PS3 and Vita. This is the direct sequel to Cold Steel, which you should play. I’m hoping to have a more timely review this time around.

Look At This $200 Game Of Thrones Action Figure

Hong Kong toy company threezero will be releasing this 33cm Sandor Clegane figure later this year. There will be two models: a standard one for $195, and at $210 a “Threezero Store Deluxe Pack”, which will also come with The Hound’s fancy helmet. Salesgo live on August 18, with the figures shipping later in 2016.…