Over at Kotaku UK, Julian Benson conducted interviews about what the UK leaving the European Union could mean for game developers. Developers expressed concerns about hiring and their studios’ financial futures. It’s an on-the-ground look that’s worth reading in full.
Quake celebrated its 20th anniversary this week, and the developers behind Wolfenstein: The New Order released a new expansion pack. What?! Yes, I’m serious. Here’s a tweet from MachineGames, the folks who made the excellent Wolfenstein revivals The New Order and The Old Blood Quake is only $2.50 on Steam right now, so if you’re…
Did you grow up with games like Monkey Island? Does the name Fred Edison conjure fond memories? Do you often wonder whether Zak McKracken was underrated or just not very good? Thimbleweed Park is probably the video game for you. Designed by Maniac Mansion creators and OG LucasArts employees Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick, Thimbleweed…
Oculus has been under enormous pressure in recent weeks over an unexpected decision to prevent competing headsets from playing Oculus games, but the company appears to have reversed course. Games bought through the Oculus store don’t natively support Valve and HTC’s Vive headset, but user-developed piece of software called Revive allowed Vive owners to buy…
Prison servers are some of the most popular game modes in Minecraft: every day, tens of thousands of people wade through anarchy, murder, and lots of grinding. It is a dystopian experience unlike anything I’ve ever experienced in a video game. Unlike most Minecraft servers, where you can jump into the action right away, prison…
Another giant JRPG is out for the Wii U today. Is Atlus and Nintendo’s mash-up of Shin Megami Tensei and Fire Emblem any good? We’ve got positive impressions of the Japanese version of the game and video of the first hour of the Western version to help you decide. Called Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE in…
From the creator of viral manga/anime One-Punch Man, the anime adaption of Mob Psycho 100 is slated for release on July 11th. And it’s shaping up to be just as visually stunning and hilarious as its predecessor. Mark my words: This is the anime you’ll be watching this summer. With an all-star cast of artists,…
Oculus didn’t just launch their Rift VR headset back in March—they also launched a software interface and an online store. The software functions similarly to Steam or GOG, working as a store, a social network, a game library and launching pad. It desperately needs an upgrade. Oculus’ software interface can be accessed either on your…
Say goodbye to one-tile cities. The newest Civilization game is totally overhauling the city system from previous games, transforming cities into sprawling horizontal territories that take up multiple hexes on the map. It’s a totally new approach that should drastically change how Civ is played. The developers at Firaxis are calling this new mechanic the…
Turrets. They’re the bane of many Overwatch players’ existence. While a solid Genji, D.Va, or Widowmaker (or two) can negate them, there’s also something to be said for more vengeful tactics. Fallout Plays put together a team configuration that tears through turrets on levels like Hanamura. It’s damn satisfying to watch, in a way where,…
“First of all, it would be great if I didn’t have to put a release date out at all,” Nintendo’s longtime chief game designer Shigeru Miyamoto recently told me when I asked him about the tendency for Zelda games to be late. “But I have to.” We both laughed. Nearly every major Zelda console game…
Just when it seems like Mario Maker creators shouldn’t be able to surprise me anymore, along comes a clever level like Get the Ball into the Goal likandooTV on YouTube recently played through the whole stage, which he appropriately dubbed “Super Fifa maker” in his video. To recreate soccer within the limitations of Mario Maker,…
The popular Firefight mode is finally coming to Halo 5 multiplayer on June 29, Microsoft announced today. It’s part of a large package of content that’ll include new maps, Forge options, and more.
On Tuesday, publisher Aksys Games will release Zero Time Dilemma, the third and perhaps final entry in the Zero Escape series. You probably fall into one of two camps: Either you’re breathlessly counting down the days until then, or you’ve never played Zero Escape If you’re in the former group, know this: I beat Zero…
Bungie has issued a Destiny hotfix that they say should fix the bug in the “Players In Activity” feature that forced them to cancel multiplayer events like the Trials of Osiris and this week’s Iron Banner. Both events “may” return this weekend (Trials) and next week (Iron Banner), provided everything checks out post-hotfix. More info…
Every single one of Mighty No. 9‘s backers on Kickstarter are listed in the credits, and a whopping 67,226 different people helped fund the game. In order to watch the whole credits scroll by—I feel bad for anyone whose name is towards the bottom—you’ll need almost four hours take it all in. If you don’t…
A Georgia judge sentenced 18-year-old Kayla Dixon to 40 years jailtime this week after she pled guilty to shooting a man over his PlayStation 4. In September of 2014, 28-year-old Daniel Zeitz had put up a Craigslist post in hopes of selling his PS4. According to the police, Dixon and her boyfriend, Nathaniel Vivian, responded…
Goombas are pretty much at the bottom of the food chain in the Mushroom Kingdom—it never takes much to kill them in a Mario game. But there’s one particular Goomba in Super Mario 64 that can’t be defeated, no matter how good your platforming skills are. This post originally appeared 8/8/14. Fun fact: Super Mario…
Fallout New Vegas is now backwards compatible on Xbox One, which is great timing really, because this summer heat sure does make me wish for a nuclear winter.
The video that led me to Nick, known on YouTube as the ASMRnerd, was “Soft-Spoken ASMR: Elder Scrolls Maps.” I have no idea how I found it–probably late at night in a semi-conscious YouTube trance. “Join me for a relaxing cartographic journey across Tamriel and its provinces,” the description reads. “Triggers include paper sounds, pointing…
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