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Watch The Head of Gearbox and Penn Jillette Kick Off DICE 2016 With Magic Tricks
The annual DICE Summit begins today in Las Vegas, where hundreds of developers, publishers and other gaming titans gather to network, talk and be merry. Kicking things off at 1pm ET will be Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford and Penn Jillette talking…magic. Watch the stream live right here. Here’s the rest of today’s schedule, times converted…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 17, 2016 -
Marvel Comics Just Changed S.H.I.E.L.D in a Big, Scary Way
10 years ago, Marvel’s superheroes split into factions and pounded each other in the face because they disagreed over whether their world-saving should be regulated by the government. The spark that will ignite the upcoming Avengers Standoff crossover is a lot more sinister. Spoilers follow. Avengers Standoff: Welcome to Pleasant Hill is a one-shot by…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 17, 2016 -
The Anti-Piracy Tech That’s Giving Hackers Fits
More than two months after release, it’s still not possible to pirate Just Cause 3. The same is true for Rise of the Tomb Raider, released for PC in late January. Cracking computer games used to be measured in hours or days, but now, it’s turning into weeks and months. The nature of piracy is…
By Patrick Klepek Published February 17, 2016 -
Watch As A Master Rust Troll Makes People Lose Their Shit
DanielFromSL is the sort of guy who hops into online games with the sole purpose of wreaking havoc. This time, he’s brought his trollish antics to Rust, and the result is hilarious. It takes some serious skills to get people mad because you’re pronouncing a word sliiiightly wrong. And that bit with the NPC, holy…
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 17, 2016 -
Capcom’s Trying to Fix Street Fighter V
It’s been a rocky 24 hours for the first day of Street Fighter V’s release. Capcom says that they’re working on making the experience better. Slow matchmaking, random disconnections and server outages have all plagued players who flocked to the newest entry in Capcom’s fighting game franchise. In an update released last night, the publisher…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 17, 2016 -
Perfect Rainbow Six Siege Teamwork
One player watches and coordinates. A second one distracts the enemy team and a third one takes down all of them. BWOxide’s short Rainbow Six Siege clip shows us how quickly a match can be ended when everyone’s doing their best and there’s one guy hiding in the elevator with explosives. Teamwork! To contact the…
By Gergo Vas Published February 17, 2016 -
LEGO Predecessors, Compared
The history of building brick toys goes way back and as Jangbricks’ video shows, LEGO was actually quite late to the party. Some of these proto-LEGO bricks were hollow on the inside, and the truly early ones were made of compressed wood and even rubber. Still, not too much different from LEGO bricks, just a…
By Gergo Vas Published February 17, 2016 -
Street Fighter V, As Told by Steam Reviews
As with many online game releases, Street Fighter V’s rollout has been somewhat rocky. Know what that means? Cue the funny Steam reviews. With Street Fighter V, Capcom is making a huge departure from the way it’s conceived previous SF titles. Sure, it’s still a Street Fighter game, but it’s aimed at online play in…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 17, 2016 -
XCOM 2’s Ambushes Are So Badass
GTFO here, Advent. Of all the things XCOM 2 does better than its predecessor, the thing I like the best is when the series’ penchant for cinematic camera shots meets the sequel’s cooler additions to the formula. Like the way enemy reinforcement drops are telegraphed one turn in advance, so you can (if you’re lucky)…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 16, 2016 -
Goofy Dad Recreates Final Fantasy VII Summons With His Butt
My five-year-old daughter, just now: “I like it when he was shaking his tush-tush.” Papa Luciano is at it again. After hilarious turns making his body a vessel for Smash Bros.’ taunts and Street Fighter victory poses, the middle-aged man is interpreting the summons from the beloved JRPG. You will believe a man can chocobo,…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 16, 2016 -
Street Fighter V’s Ridiculous Breast Physics Are Still In The Game
Last year, Capcom (hilariously) assured us that the bouncy jiggle of Chun Li’s breasts was actually just a glitch.Eventually, Capcom said, they’d fix it. Well, now the game is out, and… uh, the exaggerated breast physics are still in there, as you can see in this video by Eurogamer: As we reported in 2015, the…
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 16, 2016 -
When Cosplay Saved Doctor Doom’s Life
Frank Castle was cruising through New York City looking for criminals to kill, as he does. Hey, look, it’s the Supreme Monarch of Latveria! Time for some punishment! Or is it? The current storyline in Squirrel Girl has the title character stuck in the past trying to foil the world-conquering machinations of Dr. Doom. (This…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 16, 2016 -
The Witness Puzzle That Broke My Spirit
I spent three hours staring at this puzzle, wondering if I was losing my mind. Warning: We’re going to spoil a single puzzle in The Witness, but this puzzle sucks, so whatever. If there’s a single refrain in people’s observations about The Witness, it’s that you shouldn’t look up solutions to the puzzles. Walk away,…
By Patrick Klepek Published February 16, 2016 -
Smart Way To Keep Players From Getting Lost Underwater, Dying Light
It’s easy to get lost when you’re swimming underwater in a video game. You’re moving in the right direction, but you look down for a moment, lose your bearings, swim some more and wind up back where you started. I guess you accidentally turned yourself around. Whoops! Come on, that never happened to you? Not…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 16, 2016 -
Everything You Need To Know About Fallout 4’s DLC, Which Starts In March
Robots, monsters, and mysteries are all coming to Fallout 4 as DLC—and the added content looks pretty sweet. First, we’ve got “Automatron,” which will retail for 9.99 and will have a launch window of March 2016. Per the Bethesda blog: The mysterious Mechanist has unleashed a horde of evil robots into the Commonwealth, including the…
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 16, 2016
