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The beta for the next PS4 system software (version 3.50) begins tomorrow. Today, however, Sony has posted a list of key features on the PlayStation Blog.

Donald Trump Makes Civilization V Great Again

If you think Donald Trump would be a disaster for the USA/world given 4-8 years of leadership, imagine the devastation if he was allowed to reign for millennia Welcome to Donald Trump’s America, a mod for Civilization V that turns the coiffured spud into one of the game’s immortal leaders, granting America a new set…

The Most Awkward High-Five Disasters

Two people coming together and sharing hands (or bumping fists) is a fundamental human act, a near-universal sign of greeting and/or friendship. Why, then, do people keep fucking it up so badly? THIS IS YOUR SLOW CONNECTION/BROWSER WARNING A succession of video game people killing us with their awkward touching recently has led me down…

No, Animal Crossing Did Not Forget It’s A Leap Year

Happy Leap Day! Now get back to work.

That Time Burnout‘s Developers Made A First Person Shooter

In retrospect, it made complete sense. Too bad it never happened again! Through Criterion has been making games since 1996’s PC-only action game Scorched Planet, the studio really made a name for itself when Burnout was released in 2001. The frantic racer was defined by its technical prowess and tight gameplay, prompting Criterion to release…

A Pro Fighter’s Best Friend Is The Guy Who Stops The Bleeding

The cutman is indispensable to combat sports. A good one adds a veneer of civility to a brutal affair by reducing swells and stopping blood. He can extend a fight for an extra round or more, armed with nothing but vaseline, a cold piece of metal called an enswell, and a chemically soaked Q-Tip. But…

 A Very Mean Mario Maker Checkpoint 

Checkpoints are usually handed out as a reward for progress, but in this Mario Maker stage, the creator decided players needed to earn it. Not everyone is a fan of the 100 Mario Challenge mode in Mario Maker; there’s no guarantee you’re actually going to play a “good” level. Thankfully, I’m more interested in finding…

Modern Video Games, Reviewed Based On How Hard It Is To Find The Credits

Usually, we evaluate video games based on how they play, look, and make us feel. Today, we’ll be critiquing them based on entirely different criteria. See, we want to know exactly who made some of the biggest games of 2015 and 2016. And we want to know just how easy it is to find that…

‘Morality Holds Progress Back’: Inside The World of Nintendo Hackers

I recently listened to someone explain why they felt no guilt about hacking Mario Kart so that they could cheat in it. “Morality holds progress back,” he said. Huntereb has been uploading proof of his various Nintendo hacks for the past year or so. His most notable hacks involved the 2011 3DS game Mario Kart…

The Goofy Reason DC Comics Says Today Is Superman’s Birthday

Over the decades, DC Comics has given the Man of Steel several different dates of birth. But the weirdest one is February 29, because it’s supposed to explain why a 78-year-old character only looks like he’s in his late twenties. If Superman was 29 (an age often cited for the character) when he first appeared…

Pokémon Red, Blue and Yellow’s Miiverse Is Amazing

Fantastic illustrations. Hilarious screenshots. Nostalgia. Pokémon’s Miiverse has it all—including, surprisingly enough, players who are experiencing Red/Blue/Yellow for the very first time. It’s one of the most heartening things I’ve seen this year. Here’s the best of the original Pokémon’s Miiverse. Kanto is a funny place Stand-out illustrations The newbies Celebrations

The Secret History Of A 1999 Mad Max Video Game

The year was 1999. The dream: simple. Make a new Mad Max game. Make the kind of Mad Max game Australians could be proud of. This post originally appeared on Kotaku Australia That dream never came to pass. But for three short months a small team of Australian developers gave it their best shot. This…

The Mechanics Behind Satisfying 2D Jumping

The simple act of jumping can make or break a 2D platformer. In the first episode of Mechanically Speaking, Game Array explores how developers balance responsiveness and fairness to the player to make these movements magical. It’s much more than simply having the on screen character go up and come down. That worked for the…

Oscars 2016 Best Picture Nominees In LEGO

Leo and the CGI bear are having a rematch, this time, in a LEGO environment. Toscano Bricks remade scenes from this year’s Best Picture nominees (Mad Max: Fury Road, The Revenant, The Martian, Brooklyn, Spotlight, Bridge of Spies, The Big Short, Room) and compiled them into a pretty well-made brickfilm montage. To contact the author…

Minecraft’s Combat Update Changes the Game in a Big Way

Minecraft’s 1.9 patch—known as the Combat Update—has been in development at Mojang for well over year, and it’s arriving on PC today. So what exactly does it bring to the table? Let’s take a look. Once you start playing, the first new thing you’ll notice will likely be the off-hand slot. This is a new…

The Original Starter Pokémon, Re-Imagined

“What would the first Pokémon generation look like if they were introduced today?” To answer that question, Pokéfans infinipede and ShedSimas embarked on a project to redesign the original 151 Pokémon, with their first targets being, of course, the original starters. As the introductory post on the New 151 Tumblr blog states, the pair of…

Oh What A Shot From Curry

Steph Curry, who continues to ball like he’s cheating in a video game, now has a very fitting video game tribute for his heroics against the Thunder on Saturday night. (via Polygon)

Report: HoloLens Dev Unit Includes Conker Game

It looks like Fortune broke an embargo a little early today and released details on the first Microsoft HoloLens unit that humans can actually buy. While Fortune’s original story has been pulled, the information was picked up and posted by Redditor Shooob. The gist is this: the first development kit for the HoloLens will not…

Slap That Ass, Ryu

Turns out the same animation meddling thatallowed the return of R. Mika’s butt slap in Street Fighter V also lets Ryu (and anyone else, I guess) get all slap-happy on their own derrière. This swapping of models also allows for wonderful scenes like this, where Ryu’s character model is used for both Laura and R.…

Fallout 4, You Are Now Terminator 2

Killer robots, an apocalyptic wasteland, explosions…yeah, it’s not much of a stretch taking Fallout 4 and turning it into Terminator. All that was needed was some neon lasers, and boy does this video have neon lasers. It’s by Cosmic Contrarian, no stranger to these kind of arrangements, and while the initial battle is impressive please…