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Activision has been hit with layoffs, I’m told. FreeStyle Games, creators of Guitar Hero Live, were greatly impacted. “We are refocusing to better align with Activision’s long-term priorities because, as always, our strategy evolves to keep us ahead of a rapidly-changing industry,” a company spokesperson said.

If You Care About How Video Games Are Made, Watch The Double Fine Documentary

There’s a scene in Double Fine Adventure!, a documentary about the making of Broken Age, where designer Tim Schafer visits a mechanic to get his old Barracuda fixed. As it turns out, the repairs will cost double what Schafer expected. Blame inertia—once the mechanic had pried open the car and started assessing the damage, he…

Wrestling With The Witness‘ Most Difficult, Divisive Puzzle

“This piece of the game is supposed to be difficult,” the game designer Jonathan Blow recently said to me as we discussed the hardest puzzle in The Witness, the so-called bonus “Challenge” that only 3.3% of PS4 players and 4% of PC players have managed to complete. He was helping me make peace that I…

Dark Souls will soon be backwards compatible on Xbox One, according to the Australian pre-order page for Dark Souls 3 I’m still waiting on a HD remaster of Demon’s Souls, honestly. Contact the author at [email protected]

Firewatch Developer Offers Classy Response To Steam Refund Request

Last weekend, one Firewatch player was having a monetary dilemma. They’d beaten the game. They liked the game, which tasks players with hiking in the Wyoming wilderness. But they also felt that spending $18 for a 2-3 hour experience might be asking for too much. Over at the Firewatch forums, [RG] Undercover Fish explained the…

Fan Favorite Star Wars Rebel Gets The Action Figure She Deserves

Last year Hasbro let Star Wars fans vote for which character they’d like to see join The Black Series of premium figures. Mandalorian explosives expert and graffiti artist Sabine Wren got second place. Second place is looking pretty good. Not that the first place winner was bad. In fact the character that pulled in the…

Check Out R. Mika’s Backstory In Street Fighter V‘s Story Mode

The version of Street Fighter V that comes out tomorrow isn’t packing a full-fledged story mode. That’s coming later. But the plot-driven vignettes available on launch are still enough to get players to like or loathe some of the game’s cast. Some people think fighting games don’t need story modes. I’m not one of them.…

Game studio Trendy Entertainment (Dungeon Defenders II) laid off a significant number of staff on Friday. “We have made the full resources of our organization available for our departing friends and colleagues to help ease them swiftly through this difficult period of transition,” a spokesperson told Kotaku

Luigi Beats New Smash Bros. DLC Characters By Doing Absolutely Nothing

It is 2016, and the Year of Luigi still hasn’t ended. Once again, Luigi finds a way to destroy the competition without so much as lifting a finger in this video by Omega Tyrant. It’s flipping hilarious to watch all the new DLC characters, from Bayonetta to Mewtwo, destroy themselves in a useless attempt to…

Fan Transforms Ganon Amiibo Into Final Fantasy VII‘s Barret

Here’s an insanely great custom Amiibo Barret from Final Fantasy VII, by artist GandaKris It’s not a 3D-printed model, but a skinned, repainted, remodelled version of the Ganon Amiibo. You can see traces of his beard in the WIP photo below, but otherwise GandaKris did an amazing job, and it’s pretty hard to recognize the…

The Punisher Makes the Man Without Fear Bleed in First Full Trailer for Daredevil Season Two

Daredevil hurts bad guys very badly but lets them live. That’s not good enough for Frank Castle. The sophomore season of Netflix’s series about Marvel’s blind ninja lawyer sets up the core conflicts that will plague Matt Murdock this season and includes snippets from the Punisher’s origin sequence. A certain ex-girlfriend of Matt’s shows up,…

Call of Duty: Black Ops III‘s Flaming Bow As a LEGO Replica

Quite an unusual choice for a LEGO build, ZaziNombies remade the Wrath of the Ancients bow from Call of Duty: Black Ops III’s new zombie map Der Eisendrache. It’s a bow with flaming arrows, so a couple of blocks have been sacrificed on the altar of authenticity. To contact the author of this post, write…

Hitman GO, the mobile, Hitman-themed strategy game, is coming to PC, PS4, and PS Vita next Tuesday. Launching as the “Definitive Edition,” it’ll feature full Steamworks integration on PC and cross-buy/cross-save on PS4 and Vita, with upgraded visuals and all updates from the mobile version intact.

The Joker’s Still Ridiculous In Our First Look At Suicide Squad Action Figures

I wasn’t sure about Jared Leto’s Joker in the early images. The full Suicide Squad movie trailer didn’t help. Today I was there when Mattel debuted the official action figures and nope, still not feelin’ it. I’m keen on the movie as a thing. The Suicide Squad comics have always been a lot of fun,…

The Internet Archive Just Added Over 1000 Windows 3.1 Games To Its Library

There are more than 1000 old Windows 3.1 games available on The Internet Archive, and you can play them all in your browser right now. The gaming library is viewable here, although there’s a separate category for Windows 3.1 programs if you’re into that. Monopoly Deluxe appears to be one of the early favourites, with…

“Wooden” N64 Is Quaint As Hell

Marshall Clark made this N64 console last year. It’s not actually made of wood, but through a careful application of paintwork (and some airbrushing), he got it looking pretty damn close. UPDATE: Looks like he also sent some pics in to Nintendo Life if you want to see things in more detail I have a…

There Are So Many More Yo-Kai Watch Toys Coming You Guys

Back in DecemberI showcased the handful of toys based on Level 5’s Pokemon-esque Yo-Kai Watch game and TV show. Judging from the new figures, plushies, watches and trading card game in Hasbro’s Yo-Kai space at Toy Fair, that was just the tip of a very large iceberg. First off we’ve got the prime collectibles, the…

Marvel’s Obi-Wan & Anakin Star Wars Comic Is Pretty Pointless

Obi-Wan & Anakin is the first real dud of Marvel’s series of new Star Wars comics. Most of Marvel’s new Star Wars stories have focused on the time period between Episode IV and V of the film’s sci-fi universe. Last month saw the debut of Obi-Wan & Anakin, a miniseries that shows the two men…

Five Nights At Freddy‘s Build-A-Horrible-Animatronic-Bear Sets Even Creepier In Person

Earlier this week we gave you a first look at McFarlane Toys’ upcoming Five Nights At Freddy’s building sets, but it wasn’t enough. Where’s Foxy? Where’s the office set? Where’s Golden Freddy? Right here. Step inside, kids. In the Backstage building set Chica takes a load off, in the form of her hands. It’s a…

Destiny Mega Bloks Content Coming This Year

Coming to toy store shelves later this year, Destiny Mega Bloks sets promise physical content fans of the series will enjoy briefly before setting it on the shelf and waiting for more. My friend Andy Robertson of FamilyGamerTV grabbed video of the figures and sets at Toy Fair. Let’s watch! While I was usy running…