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Rogue One’s LEGO Trailer Is As Good As The Real One
The Star Wars: Rogue One trailer was released on April 7. That’s less than a month ago, and already, a team of fans have gone and made something that actual LEGO game developers Traveller’s Tales would be proud of. The clip was a collaboration between nine of the internet’s best LEGO animators (full list here),…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 5, 2016 -
Uncharted: Fortune Hunter Is A Puzzle Game Worthy Of Nathan Drake
Once again, Nathan Drake is following in Lara Croft’s footsteps. Released today ahead of the much-anticipated debut of Uncharted 4 next week, Uncharted: Fortune Hunter gives players a new perspective from which to control Naughty Dog’s iconic hero. Much like Hitman Go and Lara Croft Go, Fortune Hunter places Nathan on a grid-based puzzle environment…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 5, 2016 -
The Nostalgic Moment In Dark Souls 3 That Made Me Go ‘Oh, Shit’
If you’ve played the whole Dark Souls series, you know what I’m talking about. If you haven’t played Dark Souls 3 yet, there are huge spoilers ahead. Again, I’m about to spoil a huge reveal in Dark Souls 3. Reader beware! Pontiff Sulyvahn proved to be one of the toughest fights for me in all…
By Patrick Klepek Published May 5, 2016 -
Samurai Showdown 2, Runner 2, Phantasy Star 2, and Sonic & Knuckles are now backwards compatible on Xbox One, Microsoft announced today. Even if people aren’t really using backwards compatibility, it’s nice to see the library getting updated every few days. Do you use it?
By Patrick Klepek Published May 5, 2016 -
The Witcher 3’s Big Battle Sounded Like A Nightmare To Make
The Witcher 3 is an incredible video game, one I’m still playing a year after release. One of the main reasons it’s so good is that, for a big open-world game, everything actually comes together and works You take that for granted while playing, but considering the scale of the map, the way combat is…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 5, 2016 -
The Life of Undertale’s Flowey, in GIF Form
Flowey is the first character you see in Undertale, and his story… let’s just say it’s unique. Also, turns out, it translates well to digital flipbook, or at least animated GIF form. Note: Heavy Undertale spoilers follow. The 53-frame animation, or rather the 53-part image series, depicts Flowey’s life, starting with his suicide and his…
By András Neltz Published May 5, 2016 -
Persona 5 Looks As Incredible As Ever
You thought the last Persona 5 trailer was amazing? It was. Ditto for this latest one. Check out this new gameplay, new characters, and sweet, sweet user interface. Today, Atlus revealed that Persona 5 will be out September 15 in Japan on the PS3 and PS4.
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 5, 2016 -
Pokémon Battles Are Pretty Messed Up In Halo 5
The creative stuff people come up with in Halo 5‘s Forge almost reach Garry’s Mod levels of silliness. Here’s, for example, a very well designed map for Pokémon battles. It’s a rock-paper-scissors type map with Blastoise, Venosaur and Charizard, where the winner can eliminate the other player with a powerful weapon. It’s made by CaptainDireWolf,…
By Gergo Vas Published May 5, 2016 -
Nintendo Is Using Their E3 Press Conference Slot For A Zelda Event
When Nintendo announced last week that Zelda will be the only playable game at this year’s E3, they left the door open for a press conference or Direct where they could announce other non-playable games. Seems like that ain’t happening, either. On Tuesday, June 14, rather than hold some sort of blowout event full of…
By Jason Schreier Published May 5, 2016 -
VR Lets You Wait For A Catbus With Totoro
For the past couple of years, British studio Fire Panda have been working on something that might just sell a few VR headsets to those not currently interested in games: small virtual tours through some of Studio Ghibli’s most famous movies. Via The Daily Dot, they’ve got one for Totoro (the famous bus stop scene),…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 4, 2016 -
Lock Xbox Controller In Attack Position
To ring in this most special of marketing holidays, End Of Line Designs built this incredible X-Wing pilot-themed Xbox One controller. You can’t buy it—it’s a one-off custom—but don’t let that stop you wondering what it’d be like for Microsoft to put the same effort into custom Elite controllers (oh for that to be a…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 4, 2016 -
Some Great Plays From Overwatch‘s Open Beta
Overwatch’s open beta has been running for a day, and even then, this is only the early access portion of the show. Still, there’s been an unusually high concentration of excellent moments. First, here’s Harumiura with a textbook example of how to use Reinhardt. Set ‘em up, knock ‘em down. Really, really far down: Next,…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 4, 2016 -
Dark Souls 3 Player Wrecks One Of The Hardest Bosses In A Single Hit
Holy crap. Take a look at this. Yes, that’s someone beating Pontiff Sulyvahn in one hit. It’s one of the more impressive things I’ve seen someone pull off in Dark Souls 3 so far. This clip comes courtesy of neptunusequester on YouTube: They claim it’s part of the 1HKO Challenge, aka one-hit knockout. I suspected…
By Patrick Klepek Published May 4, 2016 -
Seven-Year-Old Mario Maker Creator Just Hopes Nintendo Won’t Delete His Levels Again
My heart broke after reading a letter from a seven year old fan named Daniel, who was hoping I’d play his Mario Maker stage. The problem? He feared Nintendo would delete it before I had a chance to check it out. I play new Mario Maker stages every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday on Twitchand YouTube.…
By Patrick Klepek Published May 4, 2016 -
I Can Finally Play Star Wars: Shadows Of The Empire Whenever I Want
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire, much like the recently re-released Star Wars: Rogue Squadron, used to be a pain to get your hands on. Now, though, it’s just a few clicks away. Shadows of the Empire was a sort of Star Wars mid-quel, an attempt at bridging the gap between Empire Strikes Back and…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 4, 2016 -
People Are Mass-Disliking The Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Trailer
It may surprise you to hear that YouTube, a place well-known for civility and intelligent discussions, is full of people saying mean things about the new Call of Duty trailer. As of right now, the video has 221,657 dislikes, and that number is going up by a few hundred every minute. This mass-dislike campaign has…
By Jason Schreier Published May 4, 2016
