Uncategorized

Resident Evil 7 In VR Is A Nauseating Mess [UPDATE]

I literally gasped when the Resident Evil logo came up at Sony’s E3 press conference. A big budget horror game in VR?! My dreams came crashing down to Earth after playing it in VR, unfortunately. Right now, it’s a mess. This isn’t a critical analysis of the demo’s content, or a musing on what it…

Popular Fallout 4 Body Mod Won’t Be On Consoles Until Bethesda Gets Its Act Together

The most famous mod for both Fallout and Skyrim has to be Caliente’s Beautiful Bodies Enhancer (CBBE), the enhancement known for making Bethesda games synonymous with naked ladies. You won’t find it on consoles, however. There’s a reason for that. While Bethesda made it clear that straight-up nudity mods would not be allowed on PS4…

Look At These Amiibo Stands

Shelves? We’re well past shelves here. Because the average Amiibo spends 99.99-100% of its life on display, there’s a growing market in making sure they’re on display and looking good. We’ve had cute Mario platforms and Smash stages, but this new stuff from PDP (via Tiny Cartridge) is even better. The Donkey Kong stage looks…

An In-Depth Q&A With The Director of Final Fantasy XV

We’re nearly three months away from the launch of Final Fantasy XV, which means there’s a whole lot of pressure on director Hajime Tabata. This summer, Tabata and his large crew at Square Enix will spend their waking hours optimizing and polishing the fifteenth Final Fantasy in hopes of getting everything as stable as possible…

Six Generations Of Nvidia GeForce Graphics Compared

With the GeForce GTX 980 celebrating its second birthday soon, in the world of GPUs that puts it squarely over the hill. To further confirm that notion, we have its successor: the new GeForce GTX 1080 offers 60% more performance at what should eventually be a $50 price premium. This feature is a follow up…

PewDiePie And Teens React Help Revive Interest In Bayonetta 2

Just because a game was released in 2014 that doesn’t mean it’s undiscoverable in 2016. Thank YouTube for that. Thanks, YouTube! Late last month, PewDiePie began playing through Bayonetta 2, racking up millions of views, as he does, in the process. And just like when he does pretty much anything on YouTube, the clip seems…

Blizzard Decorated A Children’s Hospital In South Korea

This is called using your powers for good. As tipster Sang points out, Blizzard Korea recently unveiled “Blizzard i-Room” at a children hospital in Seoul. Jonathan Burton, the creator of Carbot, was on hand as part of an opening ceremony for the room, which features Carbot versions of popular Blizzard characters. Below are images fromKorean…

E3 2016: Which Games Are Coming This Year?

Last week was a whirlwind of newly-announced titles and fresh looks at games we already knew about. Now comes the important question—when will we get to play them? We’ve compiled a list of games shown at E3 2016 and arranged them by year of release. The idea is to give you guys an idea of…

Convention Circuit: Let’s Get Ready To Mingle

There’s a lot of gaming and cosplay coming up in next weekend’s convention schedule. And if you’re into a cosplay-themed wrestling match (that’s what you’re looking at above), you’re in luck. We post a roundup of upcoming conventions featuring cosplay, gaming or anything we find cool every weekend. We’ve linked the websites, venues, and ticket…

The Beautiful Exploration Game Abzu Flew Under The Radar At E3

Giant Squid brought a new trailer for Abzu to E3 2016, but it didn’t get a lot of attention. That’s too bad, because from the trailer, it looks like Abzu is going to be gorgeous, thoughtful, and immersive. Abzu has been in the works for a while—it first showed up at E3 2014. The trailer…

To All The Dads, Of War And Otherwise

Today we celebrate the men who sit beside us in the snow over the carcass of a freshly-killed stag, almost but not quite lending a comforting hand. And the other kinds of dads too, I suppose. Having been a father for five years running, the trailer for the new God of War really kicked me…

Neverwinter Nights Made Me Love Games

I was a little kid whose favorite game for a solid eleven years was “pretend.” Neverwinter Nights was an early RPG that gave your character absolutely no backstory and encouraged you to fill in the gaps. Clearly, a match made in heaven. Last year, I flew to Atlanta to attend DragonCon. On the first of…

When Jeff Goldblum Told Us To Stop Playing And Enjoy Life

Or at least those of us who gathered every DNA sample in 1997’s The Lost World: Jurassic Park video game. We scored a very special message from Mr. Goldblum, urging us to “call a member of the opposite sex” and “Get the stink off.” I was watching Jeff Goldblum on a post-Orphan Black episode of…

Final Fantasy XV‘s Director Says He Found Out About Scorpio At Microsoft’s Conference

The director of Final Fantasy XV says they haven’t worked with the new consoles from Microsoft or Sony yet. In fact, he says he found out about the upcoming Project Scorpio while sitting in Microsoft’s green room. During an interview at E3 earlier this week, FFXV director Hajime Tabata told me he got to find…

We’re Getting A Spyro The Dragon Cartoon, Sort Of

Poor Spyro might have gotten a little lost in the crowd in the Skylanders video game series, but he’ll be at the head of his class in Skylanders Academy, a new animated series coming to Netflix this fall. Look how happy he is! As upset as hardcore Spyro the Dragon fans (I just typed that)…

“Yay! We finally settled with Sky (they own the word “Sky”). We can call our game No Man’s Sky. 3 years of secret stupid legal nonsense over.” Hello Games’ Sean Murray via Twitter yesterday, celebrating not having to change his game’s name to No Man’s One or something.

Street Fighter Mod Lets You Play As Tracer From Overwatch 

PC gaming continues to bring us ridiculous crossovers, this time mixing a little Street Fighter V with Overwatch. As showcased by PC Best Mods, you’ll note that this version of Tracer drops her guns in favor of hand-to-hand combat. Really, the Tracer model is just skin over Cammy, so she can’t do any of her…

Finally, A Batman Game With A Lot Of Bruce Wayne In It

“We believe Bruce Wayne is just as important as the Batman,” a Telltale rep said at E3 this week as he began playing through a demo of his company’s new Batman game. What followed was proof that Batman The Telltale Series may have more Bruce Wayne in it than any prior interactive Dark Knight adventure.…

Overwatch’s Competitive Mode Will Let You Earn Golden Guns, Other Special Rewards

Overwatch’s ranked mode will hit sometime later this summer, and it will be pretty different from what was in the beta. Here’s what you can expect. In a developer update, Overwatch game director Jeff Kaplan talks about some of the changes players can expect in the new, reworked version of competitive play: Some highlights: The…

Horizon Zero Dawn Has A Smart Solution To A Common Video Game Problem

Whenever I see a new trailer for Horizon Zero Dawn, I mutter to myself: “please don’t suck.” Based on the 30 minutes I played this week, things are looking promising, and it’s not just the big stuff: it’s the game’s smaller details, too. My favorite a-ha moment happened when the developers were guiding us through…