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Welcome To City 17. It’s Safer Here.
By Luke Plunkett Published February 21, 2016 -
One Final Twilight Princess HD Comparison Vid Before Our Memories Get Muddled
With the high definition remaster of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess less than two weeks away, Nintendo UK releases a final comparison between Gamecube and Wii U before the jaggy lines go all blurry in our heads. One good thing about Nintendo’s baby-stepping graphics hardware upgrades over the past few consoles is that HD…
By Mike Fahey Published February 21, 2016 -
The Legend Of Zelda Was Born 30 Years Ago Today On An Ugly Little Floppy Disk
On February 21, 1986, Japan got its first taste of the magical land of Hyrule, though not on the famous gold cartridge Western gamers are familiar with. In early 1986, while gamers in the U.S. were getting acquainted with the Western version of Nintendo’s Family Computer (Famicom), the Japanese original got an upgrade in the…
By Mike Fahey Published February 21, 2016 -
LEGO Gaming PC Runs Much Cooler Than It Looks
Building a gaming PC out of standard hardware and LEGO bricks is pretty impressive. Integrating an all new method of air-based graphics card cooling that delivers water cooling performance, Mike Schropp’s LEGO Gaming PC is a mechanical marvel. Constructed of around 2,280 LEGO pieces, Schropp’s distinctive X-shaped gaming system consists of three different sections. In…
By Mike Fahey Published February 20, 2016 -
Marvel’s Best Superhero Friendship Comes Back This Week
A big black ex-con with unbreakable skin. A rich white kung-fu master who can punch things really hard. 30 years ago, they starred in Power Man and Iron Fist, one of the unlikeliest creative successes Marvel ever published. Today, they’re back. Thank God. Originally published 2/18/16 A few months ago, Marvel announced a new Power…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 20, 2016 -
Smite‘s God Battles Spill Over Onto The PlayStation 4
Now that last month’s Smite World Championship presented by Xbox One is good and done, it’s time for Hi-Rez Studios to bring its god-based third-person MOBA to not-so-greener game consoles. Closed beta for the PS4 version of Smite kicks off next month. While many higher level PC players turn up their noses at the console…
By Mike Fahey Published February 20, 2016 -
Well? Would you?
By Mike Fahey Published February 20, 2016 -
Playing Street Fighter IV And V At The Same Time With One Controller
The folks at Eurogamer’s Digital Foundry hooked up Street Fighter V and its predecessor to the same game controller and started playing. The sync is mesmerizing at first, but then it all starts to fall apart. As explained in the Eurogamer article, Digital Foundry’s “dual wielding” system of controller syncing only goes so far while…
By Mike Fahey Published February 20, 2016 -
High-Level Player Talks About Being Trans in the Fighting Game Community
XCOM 2? Fire Emblem? Street Fighter V? There’s so many games right now, which only helps Worth Reading, our weekly guide to the best games writing around. Photo Credit: David Zhou Hey, You Should Read These “The Struggles and Victories of the First Transgender Fighting Game Champion” by Michael Martin (Note: This link takes you…
By Patrick Klepek Published February 19, 2016 -
Street Fighter V‘s Launch Sure Has Been a Bummer
On February 16th, Street Fighter V came out at a full price of $60. The big problem with that is Street Fighter V is not, by any stretch of the imagination, a fully finished game. The just-released version of Street Fighter V feels like it was rushed out the door. The Battle Lounge multiplayer lobbies…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 19, 2016 -
An Eight-Year-Old Just Wrecked Me In Mario Maker
Every few days, I stream Mario Maker on Twitch, and sometimes people send me the levels they’ve made. I was not prepared for young Tristan’s creation. I don’t have time to play everything, so I told people the way to guarantee I’d play a level is by sending me a letter with a Mario-related drawing.…
By Patrick Klepek Published February 19, 2016 -
The Hunt For A Fallout 4 Secret That Might Not Exist
Yesterday, Fallout 4 game director Todd Howard teased everyone watching this year’s DICE summit. During an interview with comedian Pete Holmes, Howard was asked if there was anything hiding in Fallout 4 that people hadn’t found yet. “There’s a couple of things, but I don’t want to say em,” Howard replied. “[Players] eventually will find…
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 19, 2016 -
Final Fantasy IX Can Be Silly
“Emoticons are unavailable,” the mobile version of Final Fantasy IX tells you when you name a new character. WELL, WE’LL SEE ABOUT THAT. Meet one of Alexandria’s finest soldiers, Captain :(. When you’ve played an RPG like Final Fantasy IX over and over again more times than you can count, sometimes you’ve just gotta spice things…
By Jason Schreier Published February 19, 2016 -
No Lawyer Could Stop This Standing Ovation For Hideo Kojima
Hideo Kojima was fucked over at last year’s Video Game Awards, reportedly prevented from getting up on stage as his Metal Gear Solid V won awards. Last night at the DICE awards, a free man with a new studio, nothing was going to stop him getting his dues. This is Kojima’s reception having got up…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 19, 2016 -
Firewatch developers Campo Santo just released a patch for PS4 that promises to fix the framerate issues and other instabilities that people have reported over the past few days. Say the devs: “You should make sure your copy of the game is fully updated, as this patch significantly improves the experience across many aspects of…
By Jason Schreier Published February 19, 2016 -
Huge Elite Dangerous Fleet Leaves Galactic Center In a Classy Way
Traveling to the center of the galaxy in Elite Dangerous takes time. A lot of time. 52 players of the Distant Worlds fleet made it there together and the moment they all jumped into hyperspace next to Sagittarius A*, one of the largest objects in the game, looked pretty damn awesome. Here are some more…
By Gergo Vas Published February 19, 2016 -
Snake, Running On A Keyboard
Not Solid Snake but the classic arcade and mobile game Snake, ported to a… Corsair K70 RGB keyboard by Mythic Maniac It’s a small thing he made in C#, and all the rules are the same as in other versions of Snake: The red snake gets longer as it moves and grabs yellow dots, and…
By Gergo Vas Published February 19, 2016 -
Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright vs Conquest: Which To Buy
Fire Emblem Fates is out today, and it comes in two different versions: Birthright and Conquest. Which one should you play first? Fire Emblem Fates is not a Pokemon-type situation where no matter what game you pick, you more or less get the same experience. Birthright and Conquest are two very different games, with different…
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 19, 2016
