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EA Sports UFC 2 Feels Great, But It Lacks Substance

Meet Brock “The Problem” Kucao, aka Spider “The Spider” Spider. He may not look like much with his neon wildman hairdo and 29 instances of the same tattoo, but he’s gonna win the crap out of the UFC featherweight title. I’ve played about seven hours of EA Sports UFC 2 now, and I’m digging it……

PlayStation VR Will Be Out This October For $400 [UPDATE: More Like $460]

Sony’s PlayStation VR virtual reality device will be $400 and out this October, the publisher announced today. That’s $200 less than the competing Oculus Rift, which launches later this month. Sony’s device will work directly with the PS4, which also lowers the price point; no need for an expensive PC to get this one running.…

EA has settled a class action lawsuit over the likenesses of college athletes being in the company’s games without permission for $60 million, reports ESPN. As the lawsuit moved forward, EA killed off its NCAA Football franchise in 2011. NCAA Basketball was discontinued in 2010.

Twitch’s New Way Of Playing Video Games Is A Bit Limited Right Now

Yesterday, Twitch announced a new initiative to involve developers in designing games specifically for streaming: Stream First. The idea is that Twitch will work with developers to create games where streamers and their viewers can play together in different ways, as an alternative to the passive watching experience. This article originally appeared on Kotaku UK.…

Crytek’s Video Game Engine Is Now Free

CryEngine is adopting “pay what you want” model, allowing users access to the engine and source code without dishing out any money, the game company Crytek announced today. The news follows last month’s unveiling of Lumberyard, the Amazon-developed game engine that’s built on a modified version of CryEngine. Lumberyard is free, following in the footsteps…

Getting Out Alive Is The Coolest Part Of Hitman

Today is the Ides of March, the day when Brutus and a bunch of other Romans stood around bragging after they stabbed Caesar to death in front of a big crowd. You know who would never do that? Agent 47. Hitman gives you all the tools you need to be the ultimate stealth assassin: disguises,…

Nintendo Still Won’t Explain Why They’re Deleting People’s Mario Maker Levels

Nintendo is still deleting levels from Super Mario Maker’s online community for mysterious reasons. The latest victim? Mario’s youngest fans, apparently. BakeToRise, a Mario Maker creator and father of a designer-in-training daughter, posted a distressing story on reddit today. His daughter spent three hours putting together a level called Maria Cake Yoshi. After receiving a…

Vampire Counts In Large Amounts

It’s a competitive game.

Exactly Why I’m Scared Of VR

While playing through the Vive VR demo for Budget Cuts, theguys over at Tested came face to floor with one of the many ways virtual reality makes my head hurt. An excellentGfycat of the impromptu headbanging session has been making the Reddit rounds, but for the best effect check it out in Tested’s video below,…

The Terrifying Experience of Building A PC For The First Time

As someone that primarily gamed on consoles for most of her life, there’s nothing quite like watching your old gaming rig die a slow, agonizing death. This article originally appeared June, 2014. I got my old computer sometime in 2011 or so, back when I was in college. That’s not that long ago, but the…

What’s The Video Game You Just Keep Going Back To?

Every once in a while, when I’ve got a couple hours to kill or just feel a certain craving, there’s always one game I’ll pick up: Sid Meier’s Colonization This unlikely 1994 Civilization spinoff, which Luke has written about at length, is a top-down strategy game set in the 16th and 17th centuries. As an…

New Hearthstone Hero Requires A World of Warcraft Character To Use

This week’s shining example of Cross-Brand Synergy Optimization comes via Blizzard, who announced yesterday that the new Hearthstone hero Liadrin will only be obtainable if you have a World of Warcraft character. Liadrin, who is a cosmetic upgrade and doesn’t add new abilities to the popular digital card game, will be unlocked for anyone who…

Razer’s Latest Blade Laptop Is Lighter, Faster, Cheaper, Stronger 

Announced today using the same Fallout 4 screenshot they used while announcing the Razer Blade Stealth ultrabook earlier this year, the new 14-inch Razer Blade ultra-skinny gaming notebook is packing a lot more power than its predecessor at a slightly better price. Before we get to the less important aspects of the new 14-inch Blade,…

The Final LEGO Dimensions Level Pack Is Out Today, And It’s A Doozy

Superman, Aquaman and the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man join the ranks of LEGO Dimensions’ cross-property cavalcade today, but the biggest addition is the Midway Arcade Level Pack, loaded with 20 playable LEGO-ized arcade classics. Did you know Warner Bros. owns the rights to all of Midway’s classic arcade games? They do, which explains the inclusion…

Gears of War 4 is getting a beta next month. It’ll start on April 18 for those of you who bought the Gears of War Ultimate Edition; for other Xbox Live members, it’ll go live on April 25. More details over on the Xbox Wire

Star Wars Comes To Valve’s Virtual Reality Headset

Trials on Tatooine is an upcoming “virtual reality experience” for the Valve/HTC Vive. If ever a tech demo was going to sell expensive VR units, it may well be this one. Made by ILM, it looks like a little guided tour kinda deal, where you’re dropped in the Star Wars universe, shown some sights, subjected…

Twitch Is Helping Build Games An Audience Can Play Too

Twitch, long a service for people watching video games, is getting more active in the process of making them, teaming up with a number of studios to help develop titles built with streaming as part of the game It’s doing this by launching two things: Developer Success (a program of working with devs) and Stream…

A Very Different Look At Old Games Mags

Thank You For Playing: Iconic Video Game Magazines is a documentary that just hit Steam. It looks fascinating, since it’s not just about old game magazines, but old Polish mags in particular, tracking their explosive rise in the wake of the Iron Curtain coming down. In addition to covering the mags themselves, it’s also cool…

A Children’s Bedtime Story, Courtesy of Fallout 4

Have you heard of a tale called “The New Squirrel”? It’s a good one! Most Fallout 4 holotapes contain diaries, notes, or chronicles of past events. The New Squirrel is not like most holotapes, however, because it seems directed entirely at children. While I never found these tapes in my own playthrough, listening to them…

11 Years Later, GTA San Andreas Is Still Being Modded

Looks like the HD version of GTA San Andreas has been blown out of the water. Thanks, mods! What you’re looking at above is a screenshot of 2004’s San Andreas, tweaked for better graphical output. Over at the GTA Forums, a few players have shared screenshots of the ways they are keeping this classic alive…