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CCP has announced it’s shutting down Dust 514, its FPS set in the EVE Online universe, on May 30. The company is currently developing a follow-up, but unlike Dust 514, it’ll be PC-only. Contact the author at [email protected]

Hideo Kojima And Guillermo Del Toro Will Reunite This Month (For A Speech)

Silent Hills may be dead, but even that can’t stop Metal Gear Solid designer Hideo Kojima and filmmaker Guillermo del Toro from reuniting this February at the DICE summit in Las Vegas. The two iconic creators will speak during the summit’s keynote, which will be moderated by our buddy Geoff Keighley and held on Thursday,…

That’s Not How Motorcycles Work, Just Cause 3

YouTuber ShockNAwe pulled off a truly remarkable motorcycle stunt in Just Cause 3. A few carefully placed boosters, and everything’s set for Moon landing. To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]

Now This Is Halo 5 Podracing

Star Wars podracing and Halo? Sounds like a weird combination. But modder CaptainDireWolf was able to make a really funny Forge Map based on Episode I’s podracing scene. It was great scene (well, compared to the rest of the movie), but with a little Halo fun, it’s even better. The folks over at The Epidemic…

Minecrafter Builds Extremely Detailed Replica of Disney Cruise Ship

Can’t afford, or don’t have time for an actual cruise? Spend a couple minutes exploring this 1:1 scale recreation of a cruise ship. In Minecraft, of course. The subject of the recreation is Disney Cruise Line’s second ship, the Disney Wonder. Its recreator is CharlesGoldburn of Planet Minecraft, who ensures that the ship was crafted…

The Biggest Selling Amiibos of 2015, Ranked By Region

Wonder what the most popular Amiibo in Japan is? What people are buying in Europe? Or in the United States? Nintendo releasedthe 2015 sales rankings for the top ten Amiibos in those three regions. Let’s see how they stack up during that calendar year. Japan 1. Inkling Girl (Splatoon) 2. Ika (Splatoon) 3. Inkling Boy…

“A co-op adventure about childhood inspired by The Goonies & Earthbound, from developers on Tearaway, LittleBigPlanet, Ratchet & Clank.” That’sa good Kickstarter pitch right there Knights and Bikes islooking for £100,000 on Kickstarter. Looks cool!

Games Event Moved Over Zika Virus Fears

Fans of Google’s mobile game Ingress were supposed to be getting together at the end of the month in Rio for the latest Anomaly, a thing where Ingress players meet up and play/hang out together. Instead, because of fears over the spread of the Zika virus, the bulk of the event has been moved to…

Microsoft’s Vision Of Future NFL Fans Is A Cold, Gimmicky Nightmare

This is how Microsoft wants you to consume the National Football League in the near future. With Hololens goggles, and pinching, and holographic Russell Wilsons (Russell Wilsi?). It’s the kind of future that only someone working for a giant tech company would want to see. The kind of future that ignores the reality of modern…

Fallout 4, You Valentine’s Day Sweetheart

What do you love more: Fallout 4, or your special someone? Why not love both, and hand out these Fallout 4 Valentine’s Day cards. They’re the work of artist Jillian Bakos, and you can see the whole range of them (most are big enough to print off) here

Here’s A PS3 Game, Emulated And Running On A PC

This is After Burner Climax, a PlayStation 3 game, running on a PC courtesy of the RPCS3 emulator. And running pretty damn well, all things considered. OK, so it’s not perfect. And it’s far from the most technically taxing game on the PS3, so it’s not like you’ll be seeing big blockbusters like Uncharted or…

Last Night’s X-Files Episode Made The Whole Revival Worth It

The X-Files didn’t get off to a promising start, but if the disappointing premiere scared you off, it’s time to come back. Last night’s episode, “Mulder & Scully Meet the Were-Monster,” was the series at its best. “I forgot how much fun these cases can be,” muses Scully at one point. You and me both,…

In Space, Venom Is Much More Than A Tired Spider-Man Villain

Between the glut of appearances following the debut of Spider-Man’s nemesis in the late ‘80s and his mediocre appearance in 2007’s Spider-Man 3, Venom was all but dead to me. But now he’s Venom: Space Knight, and I can’t get enough. If you had told me six months ago my second favorite (Squirrel Girl forever)…

Tales of Symphonia Is Busted On PC

Publisher Bandai Namco released Tales of Symphonia on PC yesterday, which would be good news if it weren’t such a disaster. This version of the classic action-RPG is plagued with issues, following in the grand tradition of PC ports for games like Batman: Arkham Knight. The problems, as neatly rounded up in this NeoGAF thread,…

The Skyrim Porn That Has Millions Of Views On Pornhub

For some Skyrim players, reading about the Lusty Argonian Maid simply isn’t enough. While Pornhub might be best known for porn that features human actors, those aren’t the only videos the website hosts. Along with cartoon porn and hentai videos, Pornhub has a fair amount of machinima—movies made using digital character models from video games.…

One Man’s Five-Year Quest To Find A Shiny Pokémon

Under normal circumstances, there is only a one in four thousand ninety six chance you’ll find a shiny Pokémon out in the wild. Some people have played Pokémon all their lives and have never actually encountered a shiny, one of those fabled Pokémon that comes in a special, rare color. [This post was originally published…

Five Mods That Improve Fallout 4 Without Changing Everything

My approach to modding Fallout 4 is laid-back: I want to make the game better, but I don’t want to fundamentally change it all that much. I haven’t actually “finished” the game yet, by which I mean I haven’t seen the main narrative questline through to its conclusion. I lost interest in the story soon…

Hearthstone Is Getting Some Big Changes (And More Deck Slots)

Blizzard is overhauling some core features of Hearthstone, adding a new format to their addictive digital card game and, perhaps most importantly, giving players more deck slots. In short, Hearthstone multiplayer games will now be separated into two modes. There’s “Standard” mode, which will require players to use decks built from cards released in the…

Nearly A Decade Later, Twisted Metal Black Online Is Back From The Dead

Every online game dies eventually. Twisted Metal Black, the gold standard of Twisted Metal games, officially went offline in 2008. But some fans weren’t willing to accept that, and recently, they managed to bring it back. Online multiplayer was old hat to PC players, but it wasn’t until the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube that…

It’s Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth day, at least for folks able to grab a PS4 or Vita copy. I’ve not gotten the chance yet, so in the meantime might I direct you to Richard Eisenbeis’excellent impressions of the Japanese version. It’s the same thing, only with squiggles.