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The Ratchet & Clank Movie Is A 90 Minute Cutscene Looking For A Game

What works as a series of video game cutscenes doesn’t necessarily work as a feature film. The Ratchet & Clank movie is living proof. “The movie is going to be amazing,” I thought to myself as I played through theexcellent film-based Ratchet & Clank game earlier this month. Snippets from the movie sprinkled between the…

The Splatoon Amiibo We’ve Been Waiting For

Unlocking new in-game challenges is nice and all, but where are the Amiibo that unlock new musical numbers? They’re Callie and Marie, Splatoon’s Squid Sisters, and they’ll be hitting stores on July 8. They’re in-game TV personalities. They’re virtual idols. They’redelicious-looking food. The Squid Sisters are the best thing to come out of Splatoon besides…

It’s Cool When A Multiplayer Game Breaks A Language Barrier 

One of the great things about multiplayer games is how effectively you can communicate with people, even when you don’t speak each other’s language. You can race over sand dunes together in Journey. You can clear bounties in Destiny. Or take the moment the clip above. In that short video, you’ve got me, an American,…

Better Hope Batman Doesn’t Find Out Who Your Dad Is, Kid

It’s going to be interesting to see what transpires when Batman finds out the identity of this particular teen vigilante. This unauthorized Robin will be lucky if getting fired is the only thing that happens to him. Ever since it launched last summer, DC Comics’ We Are Robin series has been concerned with picking up…

How A Mario Maker Rivalry Got Me Punched In The Balls

I’ve been fending off the diabolical Mario Maker creations by Giant Bomb editor Dan Ryckert for months now. Our rivalry has always taken place over the Internet, however. At PAX East, it was a face-to-face showdown. Mario Maker has captivated my attention longer than any other game, fueled by imaginative levels crafted by its players.…

Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 Map Teases Infinite Warfare

It’s almost May, which means it’s time for your annual dose of leaks and teases leading up to the yearly Call of Duty reveal. As of today, Call of Duty: Black Ops 3‘s Nuketown map has a teaser for this year’s game, which isn’t announced yet but will be called Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare…

It’s Friday, So Watch This Silly Video Of Disney Characters Singing Smash Mouth

I’ve watched this like ten times today already. It’s both brilliant and unsettling. Happy weekend.

Total War: Warhammer had previously locked an entire race, the Chaos Warriors, behind pre-order DLC, but the developer has since reversed its position. Now, the Chaos Warriors will be free for anyone who pre-orders or buys the game—until a week after release. It’s a good compromise.

How The Beautiful Space Game Astroneer Works

Astroneer is an open-world game about exploring some of the coolest-looking low-polygon planets you’ve ever seen. It turned heads at PAX East in Boston, where we spoke to the game’s ex-AAA developers at System Era and secured some direct feed footage. Enjoy what may be the best-looking gaming footage you see today. The video shows…

Ubisoft Says They’re Getting Tougher On Division Cheaters

Tom Clancy’s The Division has been having a rough go of it lately, with cheaters and exploiters toppling its endgame balance and leaving legit players feeling burned. In a new post on the company blog, Ubisoft Massive has outlined new detection methods and increased punishments for cheaters and exploiters alike. “We have great plans for…

The Arguments For And Against A Dark Souls Easy Mode

It’s been a few weeks since Worth Reading, your weekly guide to the best writing in video games, but we’re back. Hey, You Should Read These “The Story of Fumito Ueda” by game no ryuugi (translated by Shmuplations) Though we haven’t heard a lick about The Last Guardian since Sony re-premiered the game for PlayStation…

Drake Looks Like He’s About To Run A Heist In GTA V

Drake finally released his latest album last night, and fans were quick to point out something funny about the accompanying artwork: the pictures totally look like GTA loading screens. Take the picture above, for example. Kind of similar to this GTA artwork, no? Lets take a closer look. Yeah, I totally see it. GTA V…

DC Universe Online is available for Xbox One today. The superhero MMO launched five years ago on the PS3 and PC; today’s debut marks the first time that it’s been playable on a Xbox platform. (Disclosure: Daybreak owner Columbus Nova has a minority stake in our parent company, Gawker Media.)

Microsoft Officially Kills Lionhead

In early March, Microsoft announced plans to cancel Fable Legends and put forth a “proposed closure” of the iconic studio Lionhead. Today, it’s official: Lionhead is no more. “We can confirm that after much consideration over the six week consultation period with Lionhead employees, we have reached the decision to close Lionhead Studios,” Microsoft told…

The crowdfunding campaign for Blackroom—a new shooter being developed by Doom co-creator John Romero—has been cancelled so developers can work on a demo. Once the demo is out, the funding efforts will be relaunched.

120-Sided Dice, For Your Most Hardcore RPG Sessions

There’s now a d120 out there, made by the folks over at The Dice Lab, and while it’d be interesting to see what it could be used for during an RPG session, it certainly looks like a fun gimmick. The d120 is based on a polyhedron known as the disdyakis triacontahedron. Each face is an…

World of Warcraft‘s Duskwood is Chilling in Unreal Engine 4

Duskwood, a World of Warcraft zone almost all Alliance players visit while leveling, got the Unreal Engine treatment by Daniel L, who’s slowly recreating all the classic Eastern Kingdoms zones. It’s a cursed, foggy realm of horror, inhabited by ghouls, ghosts and skeletal warriors. Even with 2006 graphics, it’s a chilling zone, and it just…

Thank God Minecraft Doesn’t Really Have Physics

In Minecraft, a few block types like sand, gravel, or water are affected by gravity, and that’s mostly it for the in-game physics. In this animation, however, it takes very little for a painstakingly built mansion to totally and utterly collapse. The animation, “Home Sweet Home,” was made by Poland-based 3D artist Michał Mroszczak (via…

Yokai Watch Is Coming to Final Fantasy XIV

In a somewhat unexpected move, Yokai Watch characters are coming to Final Fantasy XIV in a future update. According to Famitsu, further details are to come, but footage released today at a Nico Nico event outside Tokyo show popular Yokai Watch characters like Jibanyan, Komasan, and Whisper. Here’s a full list of all the characters:…

Drawing Dicks on Conan’s Face When He Loses at Mario Kart

Seth Rogen and Zac Efron race Conan O’Brien in Mario Kart 8, with the loser getting covered in weenies. Conan is terrible at Mario Kart, meaning he got covered in dong doodles, including a teardrop drawing for the dick he killed in prison. Rest in peace, prison penis.