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CodeMiko Is The Future Of Streaming, Unless Twitch Bans Her First
4.3.2021
CodeMiko is nervous. I can tell because she tells me. “This is, like, my first interview ever,” she says over a Discord call. “I’m sorry, I’m a little shy.” It’s December of 2020, and Miko’s entire life is about to change.Read more
Sakurai Hides Figures Of Unreleased Smash Bros. Fighters In His Desk At Work
4.3.2021
In his latest episode of “Mr. Sakurai Presents”, Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai revealed that he often keeps figures of upcoming fighters locked away in a drawer at work while developing them. Not just Amiibo either, but the good stuff. Read more
The Avengers Grind Is About To Become More Of A Grind
4.3.2021
On March 18, Marvel’s Avengers will receive some much-needed new content when Hawkeye joins the roster. But that’s not all. In that same update, the game’s XP system will receive a major overhaul, developer Crystal Dynamics announced today.Read more
These Final Fantasy XIV Characters Ain’t Sh*t
4.3.2021
Last night, I finished the true ending of A Realm Reborn and made it, at long last, to Heavensward. This means yes, I saw the event that was basically FF14’s equivalent of the Red Wedding (refresh your memory here), Instead of discussing my feelings regarding what the absolute flying fuck I just...
Pyra And Mythra Join Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Later Today
4.3.2021
Nintendo provided a deeper look at the latest fighters, Pyra and Mythra, getting added to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on later today, during a new presentation by director Masahiro Sakurai today. Yes, they might be yet another set of sword fighters, but the duo’s complimentary move sets look like...
The PlayStation 2 Is Now 21 Years Old
4.3.2021
Can you believe it? The PlayStation 2 was first released in Japan on March 4, 2000.Read more
Official Pokémon-Themed...Fishing Lures
4.3.2021
The amount of Pokémon branding in Japan is intense. You’d think Pocket Monsters can be slapped on anything—maybe not anything, but as this fishing lures show, almost anything.Read more
Giant Attack On Titan Manga Weighs 30 Pounds And Costs $1,400
4.3.2021
Are you a big Attack on Titan fan? Like a really big one? Well, enjoy this enormous version of the popular manga.Read more
Report: New Nintendo Switch With 4K Output, OLED Screen Will Release Before Christmas
4.3.2021
Last year, Bloomberg reported that a new model of the Nintendo Switch would be out sometime in 2021. Today, they’re reporting some more specific details, like the size of the screen and some 4K news.Read more
Hell Yeah, A Coffee Shop Tycoon Game
4.3.2021
I am an absolute sucker for specialist tycoon games, whether you’re running a football team, game studio, bus company or emergency service. So my next indulgence may well be Espresso Tycoon, a game about building some coffee shops.Read more
Inspiring: This Valheim Player Built A Greyling Torture Factory
4.3.2021
If you’ve played even just several seconds of Valheim, you despise Greylings. They’re awful little tree stump goblins who smack you once, then run away with an infuriating spring in their step, like they’ve stolen candy from your pockets. In the game’s early goings, they’re everywhere. One brave...
Man Charged, Banned From FIFA After Sending Racist DMs To Actual, Legendary Player
4.3.2021
Last May Irish teenager Patrick O’Brien was playing a game of FIFA, and one of the players he was controlling was Arsenal and England legend Ian Wright. O’Brien lost that match, and so decided to jump into Wright’s DMs and send a succession of disgustingly racist attacks.Read more
Blockchain Losers Are Spending Millions On What Are Basically Useless Loot Boxes
4.3.2021
While gamers rail against loot boxes and governments around the world edge ever closer to regulating them, connoisseurs of blockchain bullshit are falling over themselves trying to buy digital highlights of basketball players from a platform called “NBA Top Shot”, in effect spending their money...
Sony Imagines A Future Where A Banana Is A Video Game Controller
3.3.2021
Gamers love making weird shit into controllers, including but not limited to pomegranates, light sabers, bananas, and bread. Apparently, Sony wants to get in on that action, according to a patent recently surfaced by GamesIndustry.biz that details a method for turning household objects into...
Maquette's Love Story Has Already Broken My Heart
3.3.2021
Ever listen to a song so powerful you stop, drop, and roll to frantically figure out what it is? That’s what happened to me last night while playing Maquette, a puzzle game out this week for PC, PS4, and PS5. Yes, the game’s fantastic, which we’ll get to in a moment, but first: that song.Read more
Damn You, Fortnite Butter Barn Song
3.3.2021
This season of Fortnite has been a whirlwind of crossover skins and deranged players hoping that Epic puts Family Guy’s Peter Griffin in the game. But the latest in-demand item is a possible music track—the song “Butter Barn Hoedown.” The supposedly leaked track somehow, impossibly, rules?Read more
Activision Blizzard Hires Bush-Era Torture Apologist As Chief Compliance Officer
3.3.2021
Activision Blizzard announced yesterday that Frances F. Townsend, a former George W. Bush-era counterterrorism appointee and torture apologist, would become its new head of compliance, in charge of making sure the company doesn’t run afoul of the varying laws and regulations throughout all of...
How Persona 5 Strikers Did (And Didn’t) Steal Our Hearts
3.3.2021
At long last, the Phantom Thieves ride again as Persona 5 Strikers—the Atlus RPG turned Koei Tecmo hack and slash—is out in North America. I’m a big Persona 5 nerd and I’ve been anxiously waiting for fellow nerd Luke Plunkett to get far enough into the game that I could finally have someone with...
PSA: The Witcher 3 Is Leaving Game Pass
3.3.2021
The cycle of Game Pass continues unabated. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt will depart Microsoft’s games-on-demand service in the next two weeks.Read more
5TH Cell's Latest Is A Bite-Sized Deck-Building Game You Can Play Right Now
3.3.2021
Launching today on Steam from Scribblenauts and Lock’s Quest creators 5TH Cell, Castlehold is a free-to-play deck-building strategy game that manages to cram a ton of strategy fun into battles that last under 10 minutes. Read more