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Dark Souls As A 1996 PlayStation Game

The graphics would be simpler, but the aesthetics, boss tactics and the overall experience would be similarly painful. Or at least that’s what Veselekov and his friends imagined, if Dark Souls III was released back in 1996, after the first PlayStation’s launch. To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]

Diablo III’s Skeleton King is Ready to Pound You Into the Floor

His Majesty King Leoric of Khanduras was already a decently badass-looking boss in Diablo III, especially considering his lowly status as the game’s first unique boss. Well, here, he’s on a whole other level. This piece of 3D fan art was done using… Zbrush for modeling, maya for retopology and rigging, substance painter for textures…

The biggest change in World of Warcraft: Legion? No, it’s not the redesigned PvP system. There’ll be a new gold cap, increased from 999,999 gold to 9,999,999. That applies to guild banks and AH transactions as well. Good news for everyone sitting on 11 characters already and not-so-good news for people trying to bid on…

A modder added The Predator to XCOM 2. That’s right: the game is now Aliens vs Predator. Or Aliens vs A Whole, Whole Lot of Predators. Or Aliens vs One Last Predator Who’s Panicked And Mourning His Predator Pals While Getting Strangled To Death By A Snake Monster. Here’s a video:

A Truly Honest Video Game Commercial

This is “E3 stage presentation” meets “those neat sunglasses from They Live.” Nice job, Cracked

That Time Ridge Racer Got Its Own Super Weird Controller

There have been some weird controllers made for video games over the years. Namco’s NeGcon was one of the strangest, but it was awesome. It’s been a long time since Ridge Racer was a definitive franchise, but it used to be that a new Ridge Racer was a platform-defining moment. The series was no stranger…

Fallout 4 Prank Call Has Preston Garvey Asking Strangers For Help

So many settlements need our help that Preston Garvey is hilariously bleeding out into the real world now. Watch as YouTuber ICEnJAM uses a Preston Garvey soundboard to prank call real-life social services while asking for help with ghouls, raiders, and other post-apocalyptic things that don’t exist in real life. It’s kind of a dick…

Star Wars: Galaxy Of Heroes Gets Guilds, Raids And Huge PvPness

After spending several months sitting alone in the bathroom clicking Star Wars themed things on my phone, Galaxy of Heroes gives players the ability to sit together in the bathroom clicking Star Wars themed things, complete with horrible guild names. Three months after reporting playing EA’s free-to-play mobile Star Wars collectible RPG every day for…

A Dark Souls 3 Checklist For Finding The Biggest Secrets

There are so many tiny details you can miss while playing Dark Souls 3, from elaborate side quests to hilarious gestures for use during multiplayer. Thankfully, one player crafted a meticulous checklist to help guide you Dark Souls 3, like the Souls games before it, are okay with players missing out on huge chunks of…

Assassin’s Creed designer Patrice Desilets has settled his legal dispute with Ubisoft, he announced today. Ubisoft has given Desilets back the rights to the game that they cancelled, Project 1666. Full statement in the comments.

Pewdiepie Talks About How Horrible He Used To Be

Pewdiepie has been on YouTube for about five years now. Inevitably, some fans who have stuck with him the entire way through now think they miss the “old” Pewdiepie. That’s why Pewdiepie took to YouTube last weekend to talk about how awful and amateurish his early days actually were. “Obviously, I’ve undergone a massive change…

Preacher Writer Garth Ennis Will Write A New World of Tanks Comic Book

Most fans know Garth Ennis as the co-creator of signature series like Preacher or killer runs on the Punisher. But he’s also written a slew of crackin’ good war comics as well. His next return to battlefield-centered sequential storytelling comes via the biggest military video game in the world. Starting this fall, Dark Horse Comics…

Even Fox News Is Mad About The Division

Everyone’s bummed out about The Division these days, from internet message boards to cable news channels. Ubisoft’s online shooter is going through some growing pains, and although the folks at developer Massive have been updating the game on a regular basis, they can’t seem to stop all the exploits. People have been complaining rather loudly…

Blackroom is the new shooter teased by John Romero last week, and he’s trying to raise $700,000 on Kickstarter. Romero describes Blackroom as a “return to fast, violent and masterful play on the PC.” If funded, they’re aiming to release in “winter 2018.”

Aliens Is Not Nearly As Scary In Pinball Form 

The movie Aliens scared me almost as much as the first film back when I was a kid. Alien Vs. Predator wasn’t so bad as I was much older and immune to fear, at least until Alien: Isolation proved otherwise. Now all three are digital pinball tables. These I can handle. The Aliens Vs. Pinball…

Someone Pranked The Hell Out Of Persona Fans

Over the weekend, Persona fans got some tremendous news: the next game in Atlus’s quirky series would be out in July, not just for PS4 but for PC as well. Then they found out it was all a big lie. It all started Friday, when Atlus launched a Persona teaser page that’s been counting down…

Technically The Worst Game Of This Console Generation

Frame rates in the low teens with frequent stutter. Loading times upwards of two and a half minutes. Persistent screen tearing. Lichdom: Battlemage is a fun game on PC, but on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One it’s the worst. Originally posted 4/23/16 The animated GIF atop this post is running at 10 frames per second.…

Things To Do In World of Warcraft Before Legion Comes Out

World of Warcraft: Legion comes out on August 30, which means we won’t see a new update in the coming months. But that doesn’t mean there’s nothing to do in WoW. It’s the perfect time to prepare for all the gameplay changes. We collected the achievements and content that will be removed from the game…

The Stylish Way To Win A Hearthstone Match In One Turn

Here’s Crypt with a quite classy Hearthstone one turn kill. He manages to defeat his opponent with pirates, an almost too perfect symmetry on board, parrots, a funny friend request at the end, pirates and more pirates. And even though it’s not a ranked game, pulling a combo like this looks pretty effective and fun.…