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Movie Tie-In Games Sure Are Getting Fancy

Would you believe this lovely hand-drawn collectible card-based role-playing game is based on the upcoming prequel/sequel to Snow White and the Huntsman? We don’t get movie tie-in games on PC and console much these days. It’s normally something cheap and derivative for mobile phones and tablets, little more than digital advertisements pasted over popular existing…

Remedy says it’s working on patches for the kinda broken PC version of Quantum Break. They outlined all the issues they’re trying to address, from the frame rate stuttering, crashing, and inability to disable v-sync. It doesn’t sound like things are going to be fixed overnight, though.

After Seven Years, Homestuck Comes To An End

Homestuck, an interactive comic that spawned a massive, dedicated fan-base, came to an end today after seven years. You can watch the last animated episode of Andrew Hussie’s sprawling series right here (h/t Elanor): It’s a fitting end-date for the longrunning project—Homestuck first launched on April 13, 2009. Since it went live, the comic has…

Unknown Neo Geo Game Discovered (And Now Playable)

Last month, NeoTurfMastabought an old Neo Geo test board for $750. After messing around with it for a while, he made one hell of a discovery: lurking inside was a prototype version of an unknown, unreleased Neo Geo fighting game. It’s far from complete—there’s no UI or sound, and not all the character art is…

Earthbound‘s Intro Has A Tiny Secret Most People Don’t Know About

You might think that by now, most Earthbound fans know everything there is to know about the iconic SNES game. You’d be wrong. Even the most hardcore of hardcore likely don’t know about this tiny easter egg, brought to my attention this week by Clyde “Mato” Mandelin (best known for leading the fan translation of…

The Zelda CD-i Games, Remade In 3D

The HD remakes no one ever asked for. Back in the 90s, not every Legend of Zelda game was made by Nintendo: The games for the Philips CD-i, for example, were developed by others and, well, they were a bit disappointing The world should forget that Link: The Faces of Evil and Zelda: The Wand…

Someone Ported Flappy Bird To An E-Cigarette

The cyberpunk dystopian future of Blade Runner, with its artificial landscapes, might never become a reality. We’re heading into a much weirder version of the future. To prove this, here’s an e-cigarette, for example, made recently by Balázs Bánk, that can also run Flappy Bird on its tiny screen. So, vaping and playing Flappy Bird…

A Salt Portrait of Daenerys Targaryen

As in, a portrait made of actual table salt. Of Game of Thrones’s Daenerys, Mother of Dragons. Neat! The portrait was crafted by artist DinoTomic, also known as AtomiccircuS on DeviantArt. It’s his third piece of salt artwork overall, but his first salt portrait (the other two, here and here, were a pair of mandalas.)…

The Truth Behind The Division’s Bioterrorist Apocalypse

There’s something uniquely horrid about the prospect of biological warfare. There’s the obvious: diseases like ebola are strong candidates for the very worst way a person can die. Then there’s the careless, wanton nature of the destruction: unlike other weapons, you can’t ‘aim’ a plague. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK, on June 3,…

The First Doctor Strange Trailer Makes Magic Trippy in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Tilda Swinton punching Benedict Cumberbatch’s soul out of his body? Teach me, indeed. The first clip of the upcoming Sorcerer Supreme shows the familiar beats from the origin story of Marvel’s magical superhero, along with glimpses of the reality-warping power that he’ll come into contact with. Feel a little like Inception by way of Ditko.…

This Is Windows Solitaire In 2016

Welcome to tonight’s instalment of “Game Ads For Dads”. Actually, Granddads might be closer to the mark here. Good on Microsoft for trying to explain all this shit in a uniquely (for video games) clear and concise way, but the fact this promo takes two minutes to explain what’s going on—or needs explaining at all—is…

Look At This Box Art

It’s for the Super Famicom-themed 3DS that Japan is getting. As if the handheld itself wasn’t beautiful enough, now this? This should be on a gallery wall, not a retail shelf. For reference, like the 3DS itself, the box is a homage to the Super Famicom’s packaging: (via Tiny Cartridge)

Players Report The Division Is Wiping Characters On Xbox One [Update]

There are multiple reports popping up this evening that the latest patch for Ubisoft’s The Division has, for an unlucky few on Xbox One, resulted in the demise of their character. All the reports are similar; some players on Xbox One (PS4 and PC seem unaffected) log into the game following the update only to…

Last Minute Ratchet & Clank Patch Stops Streamers From Spoiling The Movie

Today’s new Ratchet & Clank game is a re-imagining of the first game in the series, but it’s also a tie-in with an animated movie that doesn’t hit theaters until April 29. Sony disabled sharing late game movie cinematics just in the nick of time. Sony deployed patch 1.02 to Ratchet & Clank at around…

Catching A Deathclaw In Fallout 4’s New Wasteland Workshop DLC

With the right tools, you can capture some of Fallout 4′s most fearsome foes and use them for your amusement in the Wasteland Workshop DLC, out today for $4.99. Almost anything can be captured, too. Looking through the available cages, I saw options for things like cats, Raiders, Yao Guais, and everything in between. Putting…

Oculus has finally updated the shipping estimates for lots of Rift pre-orders, and it’s not good news: lots of people have been delayed by a month or more. Personally, my “April” order suddenly jumped to “mid-June.” Bummer.

Destiny‘s Spring Update Is Live And Full Of Cool Swords

Today marks 2016’s first major update in Destiny, a video game in which players travel through space watching their weapons get nerfed. For the first time in a long time, there’s new stuff for PVE players to do. Also, there’s a Taken sword, which you can get by beating the main quest in this update…

It’s 2016 And I’m Starting World Of Warcraft

Before this weekend, I hadn’t played World of Warcraft since a Saturday afternoon in late 2005. That was the only day of my life I spent playing one of history’s most successful video games. A WoW-free decade later and with an archaeological curiosity, I’m giving it a fresh try. I’ve merely put my toe in…

Custom Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts Amiibo Are Terrific

Nintendo have released a lot of Amiibo by now, but they’ll never make everyone happy with their character selections. Which is why there’ll always be room for custom builders like GandaKris. We featured her Detective Pikachu a while back, but some of her latest work is so good that it’s worth looking at her whole…

VR Game At A Glance: Adventuring Through Call Of The Starseed

Valve and HTC’s Vive is the most impressive VR experience out there, but the majority of its games feel like glorified tech demos. Mystery adventure The Gallery—Episode 1: Call of the Starseed is a bit meatier. Here’s a video of me playing the game: What it is: The Gallery—Episode 1: Call of the Starseed is…