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Why The FGC Won’t Stop Talking About Melty Blood: Type Lumina
22.9.2021
Fighting game YouTubers (like JMSCrofts, Jiyuna, and Rooflemonger) are talking a lot about Melty Blood: Type Lumina. This is not a complaint. As someone very new to fighting games it has been great to watch people absolutely lose their minds over an upcoming release (while still expressing...
Final Fantasy XIV Players Mourn Voice Actor’s Death With In-Game Vigils
22.9.2021
If you’ve visited Final Fantasy XIV city-state Ishgard recently, you might have noticed a throng of players surrounding the home of Ishgardian noble Count Edmont de Fortemps. Over the last several days, mourners have turned Fortemps Manor into a makeshift vigil for voice actor Stephen Critchlow...
Pokémon Unite Just Massively Leveled The Playing Field Against 'Pay To Win'
22.9.2021
Since release, it’s been difficult to talk about the merits of pocket monster MOBA Pokémon Unite. The fun factor was there, though largely obscured by TiMi Studio Group’s monetization practices, which allow you to boost items with real-world money. But with Wednesday’s big new patch, Pokémon Unite...
Nintendo Announces Surprise 40-Minute Direct For Thursday
22.9.2021
Pour one out for every gamer who had plans after work tomorrow. Nintendo will host a Nintendo Direct at 6:00 p.m. ET sharp, it announced today in a tweet. The showcase, which will cover Switch games “launching this winter,” is slated to last about 40 minutes.Read more
Even Sonic Dad Yuji Naka Is Shocked At Game’s $430,000 Auction Price
22.9.2021
The rivalry between Mario and Sonic goes back for decades, but even one of Sonic’s creators was stunned to see the blue hedgehog apparently giving chase to Mario in a whole new realm: that of outrageously priced video game auctions.Read more
Pokémon Unite's New Season Is Space-Themed, Will Bring Squad Features
21.9.2021
Pokémon Unite finally arrives in its natural home on mobile on Wednesday, and it’s bringing with it a few new neat bits and bobs. There’s a new battle pass called Galactic Ghost 094 that’s adding space-themed items to the game, the arrival of Mamoswine and Sylveon, and a new feature called Unite...
Billy Mitchell’s Old Website Now Debunks His Controversial Pac-Man High Scores
21.9.2021
If nothing else, you’ve gotta respect the bit. Billy Mitchell, the so-called “video game player of the century,” appears to have let ownership over his old website, perfectpacman.com, lapse some years ago. Now someone else has commandeered the domain, and is using it to publish a multipart...
Neon Signs Have Been Vanishing In Japan For Years
21.9.2021
Instagram and Pinterest are full of “neon Japan” photos. Neon or neon lighting certainly still exists in Japan, especially Tokyo or Osaka, but it’s prevalence is nowhere near decades past. Read more
Fans Gather To Say Goodbye To A Legendary Sega Arcade
21.9.2021
Last month, Sega announced that its Sega Ikebukuro Gigo arcade would be closing on September 20. Yesterday, fans gathered to say goodbye to the legendary game center at a ceremony Sega held to mark the end of its 28-year-run. Read more
Guilty Gear Player Wins Match During Earthquake
20.9.2021
Fighting games are tough even in the best of conditions, but what about competing in one during an earthquake?Read more
Genshin Impact Character That Isn't Even Out Yet Already Causing Fan Turmoil
20.9.2021
It’s been a rough week for anyone who’s looking forward to playing Kokomi, a new healer coming to Genshin Impact tomorrow. Ever since leakers revealed that her passive talent boosts her healing abilities in exchange for completely nuking her critical hit rate (severely limiting her ability to deal...
Action Game Shows BOTW Up, Has A Great Weapon Durability System
20.9.2021
Weapon durability in video games carries a semblance of realism, illustrating that nothing lasts forever no matter how well it’s built. Still, having my shiny new sword break in something like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is some bullshit. It not only disrupts game flow when I’m pulling...
Almost 500 ‘New’ Xbox, Dreamcast Prototypes Just Got Released
20.9.2021
Project Deluge, a video game archival project from The Hidden Palace, may be the single biggest game preservation effort yet undertaken. Since March, this dedicated group of video game archivists has been releasing many hundreds of unreleased prototypes for classic systems, and now, it’s...
Luigi Discovered In Sega Dreamcast Prototype
19.9.2021
Nintendo’s famous Mario has a brother named Luigi and for some reason, the taller of the bros has been found in a prototype build of the Sega Dreamcast racing game Sega GT. Luigi was found in a prototype that’s part of a massive release of over 40o Xbox and Dreamcast prototypes and unreleased...
Zedd Just Showed How Unfair Japan's Travel Ban Is
17.9.2021
Right now, nineteen prefectures in Japan are under a state of emergency until September 30. But one of them, Chiba Prefecture, will host the Supersonic music festival at a baseball stadium this weekend. Zedd, along with Alan Walker and Steve Aoki, are among the international DJs flown in for...
Konami Rolls Out Loot Box Pre-Orders
16.9.2021
Over the summer, Konami announced its killing of the Pro Evolution Soccer brand (known as Winning Eleven in Japan) by morphing the popular franchise into the free-to-play eFootball.Read more
Bitcoin Pay: Why it’s No Longer Big in Japan
16.9.2021
rywhere-in-el-salvador.htm">pay for everything from dental care to recording studio time in BTC. But once upon a time, Japan was the country everyone in the crypto world looked to with envy.Roger Ve
Genshin Impact Fan Says They're Suing Devs For Changing A Character
16.9.2021
Genshin Impact got a strong new character in September, Raiden Shogun, and she’s already sending waves through the player community. While most of the reception has been positive, a vocal minority believe that developer miHoYo misled fans expecting Raiden to work well with an existing playable...
YouTube Duo Find $100,000 Of Vintage Games In Hoarder’s Abandoned House
16.9.2021
Like a real-life Tomb Raider run sans picturesque vistas from an ancient civilization, a pair of YouTuber game hunters found themselves in an extremely messy room that had been locked for close to 20 years. But amid the filth, they found a treasure trove of factory-sealed video games, including...
Nier Fan Game Wins Official Contest, Still Becomes Legal Headache
16.9.2021
Cogito is the NieR game that Square Enix doesn’t want you to know about.Read more