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The FBI Made A Video Game And It Sucks

This might look like a cute video game about a goat dodging objects, but it’s actually a video game made by the FBI to (apparently) help educate people about “the slippery slope to violent extremism.” Gizmodo wrote about the “Don’t Be A Puppet” website yesterday, comparing it to an “awful, out-of-touch 90s educational game.” I’m…

David Gaider, who left BioWare after 17 years at the company, is now creative director at Beamdog. Given that Gaider used to work on the Baldur’s Gate games, maybe he’s going to be working on the long-rumored Baldur’s Gate 3? Contact the author at [email protected]

The New Fire Emblem Is Still Pretty Saucy

You might have heard that Fire Emblem Fates is getting rid of the infamous ‘petting’ mini game for western shores. But even with that aspect of the game gone, much of the experience is still brimming with suggestive content. As you might already know, Fire Emblem Fates has a feature that lets you build a…

Destiny‘s Valentine’s Day Event Is Full Of Love And Murder

Today, Bungie released another update for Destiny, a video game in which players travel through space imagining new content. The update comes with a few interesting tweaks—no more starting special ammo in 3v3!—but most importantly, it toggles a temporary new Valentine’s Day event called Crimson Days. Unlike previous events, this one doesn’t have much to…

Here’s All The New Stuff In Overwatch Today

After a two-month-long hiatus, Blizzard just released their first-person shooter named after an XCOM defensive technique back into the wild. Good timing. Though Overwatch was already pretty great during its initial beta, it definitely needed… more. A winter slumber in the Blizzard video game development cave appears to be just what the doctor (who I…

Even Obscure Anime Can Become A Good Dynasty Warriors Game

Released today for the Xbox One and PlayStation 4, Arslan: The Warriors of Legend is based on the anime of a manga adaptation of a series of Japanese fantasy novels that themselves are based on a Persian epic. None of that matters as long as you enjoy Dynasty Warriors games. If you’re not sure, watch…

What XCOM 2’s Evil Aliens Are Really Saying

Any time an alien commander spots you in XCOM 2, it yells some garbled junk in its stupid alien language and deploys troops in your direction. So, what is it really saying? Eurogamer takes a crack at answering that question in a very silly new video: I will not be able to unhear any of…

One Guy Is Documenting Every Secret Fallout 4 Location

Even if you’ve spent hundreds of hours within Fallout 4, chances are pretty slim that you’ll see everything within the game. There are hundreds of smaller locales hiding within the Commonwealth, all of which aren’t actually marked on your Pip-Boy’s map. One YouTuber, The LAWD, has spent the last few months visiting every single one…

IS Defense, a turret game in which players fight a rapidly expanding ISIS in 2020, is from Destructive Creations, the developers behind the controversial overhead shooter Hatred The developers are calling this a “side project” that is their “personal veto against what is happening in the Middle East nowadays.”

One Comic That Explains Why Superheroes Didn’t Just Immediately Win World War II

The first time I read All-Star Squadron #20, somewhere in my pre-teens, it blew me away. There it was, the answer to the question I didn’t even know I had: how come superheroes don’t just fix everything? Reading All-Star Squadron was like getting an undergraduate degree in comics history. Written by Roy Thomas with art…

Name reservations for Black Desert Online preorder customers kick off today at 1 PM Eastern, giving folks a chance to secure a handle prior to the MMORPG’s March 3 launch. Thousands of hopeful Narutos are refreshing the hell out of the reserve page as I type. Best of luck.

The Division is getting another beta this month, Ubisoft announced today. This time, it’ll be open to everyone. It’ll be live from February 19-21 on PS4, PC, and Xbox One. (Like last time, Xbox players can start 24 hours early, on February 18.)

Surprise: Final Fantasy IX Is Out Now On Phones

Stealthy Square Enix snuck Final Fantasy IX out on iOS and Android this morning, and presumably it’ll be on Steam soon too This new version of the ninth Final Fantasy has high-res character models, touch controls, and a set of new cheats like a “no random encounters” mode and a fast-forward button. You can also…

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The ultimate crossover, courtesy of GAME store shelf placement. Spotted by Redditort3hOutlaw

Look At What The Witness Made Me Do

Do you see this? This is what madness looks like. Thank you, The Witness, for driving me truly insane. Pictured above is my notebook, covered with shapes I cut out last night while trying to solve a particularly gruesome late-game puzzle in Jonathan Blow’s new game, which came out last month for PC and PS4.…

Extremely hard/fun vertical shooter Downwell will be coming to PS4 and Vita soon, according to the Japanese PlayStation site. Contact the author at [email protected]

Five Nights At Freddy’s Building Sets Coming From Exactly The Right Toy Company

Which company does a creator like Scott Cawthon turn to for toys based on a property with powerful mass appeal but tons of creepy evil? Five Nights at Freddy’s had McFarlane Toys written all over it, and so will the boxes of the upcoming construction sets. Makers of the creepy action figures my wife keeps…

Nice Aiming, XCOM 2 Soldier

An XCOM soldier missing a nearby target? No way! The series changed a lot over the years, but it’s good to see some of the basics remained the same in XCOM 2: Even with high chance to hit, soldiers still miss enemies right in front of them easily. via r/gaming To contact the author of…

Metal Gear Online’s getting a new DLC update this March. First mentioned here, the upcoming Cloaked in Silence add-on will add Quiet as a playable character and three maps to the game’s multiplayer component while a separate free update introduces a competitive mission called Sabotage. Pricing details are below. Expansion Pack: ‘Cloaked in Silence’ (3…