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The Level That Proves How Special Alan Wake Was

Horror games have one simple purpose: scaring you. They’re fueled by long moments of tension which erupt in a brief explosion of fright, before it recedes and the terror sets in again. My favorite horror game ever, 2010’s Alan Wake, does things differently. It throws fright out the window, gives you every gun imaginable, and…

When One Teammate Takes The Division Too Seriously

Role-playing as a tough military officer in The Division, while the other players have no idea what’s going on? That could end up really badly, or it could be a fun run. It’s the latter in StoneMountain64‘s video. He’s really good at using military slang and his tone fits the scenario well, so no one…

Nintendo Characters As Football Players

A pretty great concept. SyBro imagined an American football game with Super Mario characters and made some 3D renders for it. Too bad it’s just fan-art. The Mushroom Kingdom and arcade-y gameplay (NFL Blitz style!) could indeed spice up a football game, and both the sideline and the character selection screen look awesome. To contact…

Doom with Mechs, Tanks and Helicopters Looks Like a Fun Time

SGtMarkIV, the creator of the Brutal Doom mod, has posted a new video where he demos another Doom mod of his. It features vehicular (and mecha) combat. This is the video. You might wanna lower your volume a bit ‘cause it’s super loud: There sure is a lot you can still do with the nearly…

The First Trailer for Jason Bourne

After a hiatus, Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass are again teaming up on a new Bourne film. It’s titled Jason Bourne, features Tommy Lee Jones, and will be out this summer.

YIIK was one of our “most anticipated titles of 2015“. It’s actually coming out this year, so make that 2016 instead. YIIK is coming to PC, PS4, Vita, Wii U and maybe the Xbox One as well.

Bring Me The Heads Of Street Fighter II’s Defeated Characters

Not the most obvious choice for some collectible statues, these, but then sometimes the best ideas are the ones that take 25 years to come about. These little toys come random-packed, so you don’t know who you’re getting, but when they look this good who cares which one you get. You can pick them up…

Watch The Official Star Fox Anime

It’s short, coming in at around 13 minutes, but remember: this is a team effort between Production I.G. (Ghost in the Shell), WIT Studios (Attack on Titan) and Shigeru Miyamoto. And it’s pretty damn cool.

Happy 10th Birthday, Pirate Baby’s Cabana Battle Street Fight 2006

On April 20, 2006, artist Paul Robertson released a video. It was like nothing any of us had ever seen before. Inspired by the frantic energy of retro video games, the clip’s style was…well, I dunno, like someone injected an old SNK game with anime and then took a load of acid. If you’ve never…

While it’s just a teaser for another announcement, DOOM co-creator John Romero has announced he’s working on a new shooter He’s working on it with Adrian Carmack. The game will be formally unveiled on April 25. Here’s hoping it’s not another F2P shooter!

The Contentious Debate Over Whether To Make Hyper Light Drifter Easier

Hyper Light Drifter is beautiful, mysterious, and hard as hell. To some, that difficulty is central to its design. To others, it’s an obstacle preventing them from enjoying its other parts. Since release, the developers have tried to patch the game to appease both audiences, but it’s been a challenge. You can’t talk about Hyper…

Smite Caster Resigns Following Insensitive Suicide Comments 

Pro Smite streamer and commentator Brandon “DM Brandon” Nance is resigning from his position with developer Hi-Rez Studios after reacting to a viewer’s donation message with a acerbic rant about suicide and depression. Brandon Nance has been a tournament caster for Hi-Rez Studios since March of 2013, regularly streaming the game via Twitch. He’s built…

Turns Out, You Can Counter Hanzo’s Ultimate In Overwatch

Overwatch is a game about interplay between many different heroes, some of whom represent entirely different subgenres of FPS. Despite the potential for unbalanced chaos, it all clicks. The reason? Details like this one. I’ve logged quite a few hours in Overwatch’s closed beta at this point, and until today, even I didn’t know about…

Metroid Prime: Federation Force for 3DS will arrive on August 19, Nintendo announced today. It may not be the Metroid game we all want, but hey, it’s a Metroid game…?

Blizzard Is Nerfing A Bunch Of Hearthstone Cards

Druid combos will be a little less powerful in Hearthstone pretty soon, as Blizzard prepares to nerf a number of classic cards alongside the newest expansion. Newly nerfed classic cards include some core favorites like Ironbeak Owl, Leper Gnome, and Knife Juggler. Powerful Druid cards like Keeper of the Grove and Force of Nature will…

Judging by this tweet, and confirmed by an official statement to Polygon, it looks like Sony’s starting to roll out two-factor verification for PSN accounts.

Mario Maker Stage Forces Players To Beat It Without Jumping

When I started a Mario Maker level that claimed I wouldn’t be able to jump, I thought the designer was kidding. They weren’t. As part of my Mario Maker Morning series on YouTube, viewers send me letters with their level codes. Given that I can’t play every single stage, I’ve asked people to clear a…

Disastrous New Division Exploit Lets Players Do Unlimited Damage [Update]

The Division has already beenhaving a rough week, and things just keep getting rougher: A newly found exploit lets players temporarily boost their gun’s damage output to game-breaking levels. Update 4/21: Ubisoft has issued a couple of hotfixes, the second of which removed the talent-stacking bug from the game. Original story follows. The exploit requires…

Disney Theme Park Designer Imagines A Totoro Ride

Despite Disney and Ghibli being close, this isn’t an official thing. But it’s not strictly a “fan” pipe dream, either. John Ramirez (whose art we showed off this morning) is an artist at Disney, where he hasn’t just worked on movies like The Lion King and Aladdin, but as a theme park designer as well.…

Why It Took Two Years To Finish Making DLC For A Rambo Game Nobody Liked

Rambo: The Video Game wasn’t a good game when it came out in February 2014, and not much has changed in the last two years. So when the game’s publisher quietly stopped talking about DLC, it wasn’t surprising. But lo and behold, that DLC is coming out. Why’d it take two years? I asked. Chances…