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Fighting Games Have Come A Long Way
14.1.2021
It’s common knowledge that fighting game sprites have grown larger and more refined as technology has improved, at least in those rare few games that still use them. But I never truly appreciated how big of a difference there is between the classics and their modern counterparts before now.Read more
Fans Finally Crack Made-Up Assassin's Creed Language
13.1.2021
Assassin’s Creed is a neverending series of mysteries and puzzles, the most enduring of which is the Isu language. While it was first introduced in 2009’s Assassin’s Creed II, it wasn’t until last year’s Assassin’s Creed Valhalla provided substantial clues that fans were finally able to crack...
Hogwarts Legacy Delayed To 2022
13.1.2021
WB Games’ upcoming open-world Harry Potter game Hogwarts Legacy has been pushed back to 2022. It was originally scheduled to arrive on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and PC sometime this year.Read more
ESA Halts Political Donations After U.S. Capitol Storming
13.1.2021
The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) plans to stop political donations in the wake of the storming of the United States’ capitol building by a right-wing, insurrectionist mob hellbent on keeping Donald Trump in power, GamesIndustry.biz reports.Read more
Grand Theft Auto V Actors Recreate 'Lamar Roasts Franklin' Scene
12.1.2021
Grand Theft Auto V, now available across two platform generations with a version for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S on the way, refuses to die. The game’s latest contribution to the online zeitgeist is the brief scene where side character Lamar Davis roasts protagonist Franklin Clinton, which...
Japan-Exclusive Yakuza PSP Game Gets Fan Translation
12.1.2021
The popularity of the Yakuza franchise has exploded in the United States over the last few years, but we’ve mostly been getting games in the main series. Japan, on the other hand, has enjoyed a fair few exclusive spin-offs since the first game launched in 2005, one of which just got a...
Breath Of The Wild Player Snipes Guardian From Over 1,400 Meters Away
11.1.2021
Although The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild came out almost four years ago, folks continue to pull off incredible feats in the game. Case in point: this player nailing a Guardian with an arrow from over 1,400 meters away.Read more
Mod Puts Gilmore Girls In Fire Emblem
8.1.2021
Okay, I’ll admit that my only exposure to the show is listening to it in the background while my sister binge-watched it years back, but this mod that adds elements of Gilmore Girls to Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones is just too incredible for words.Read more
A Final Fantasy XIV Player Paid It Forward By Giving Me Money For New Clothes
8.1.2021
Speaking to people online can be fraught with miscommunication, but a recent interaction in Final Fantasy XIV made my week. A much more experienced player, out of nowhere, dropped a few thousand gil in my pockets to upgrade my wardrobe.Read more
PlayStation Store Pricing Error Lists Greedfall At £10,000
8.1.2021
Greedfall is one of three games available to PlayStation Plus subscribers this month, but you wouldn’t know it by looking at social media.Read more
SNK Devs Once Put Goku In King Of Fighters 98
7.1.2021
In the latest installment of Polygon’s ongoing deep dive series on the making of classic fighting games, veteran developer Toyohisa Tanabe revealed that his team at SNK was experimenting with crossovers as far back as King of Fighters 98.Read more
Fumito Ueda’s New Year Celebration Included Teasing His Studio’s Next Game
6.1.2021
Although our world continues on its hellish course, a new year represents a time to refresh and renew efforts on future projects. Fumito Ueda and his studio genDESIGN felt it was the perfect time to remind everyone they’re still working on a new game.Read more
Various Persona Soundtracks Now Available On Spotify, Apple Music
5.1.2021
The video game discographies of Spotify and Apple Music got significantly better outside of Japan today with the addition of soundtracks from the Persona series.Read more
Minecraft Earth Ends This Summer
5.1.2021
Augmented reality mobile game Minecraft Earth is shutting down in June, developer Mojang Studios announced this morning.Read more
The Medium Finally Has The Hardware To Match Its Ambition
5.1.2021
Upcoming horror game The Medium is about a psychic trying to solve a crime. Developers at Polish game studio Bloober Team tell me it’s also about breaking down player’s preconceived notions about the world.Read more
The Gamers Of The Year, 2020
30.12.2020
As many year-end articles will remind you—not that you needed reminding—2020's been rough. That made it harder than usual to pick specific people for our annual list of influential game-players. Anyone who brought a smile to a friend, a loved one, or even a stranger this year by playing a game...
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla’s Drunk Glitch Keeps Making My Game Weirder
29.12.2020
Every time my viking hero Eivor dies in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, she returns to life drunk. This is a known bug that the developers appear primed to patch, but in trying to just bear with it last night, I somehow made it worse. Though, in this case, “worse” also means “better.” And now...
Dragon Quest Speedrunners Are Roasting Their Classic Consoles To Trigger Glitches
28.12.2020
A group of Japanese speedrunners have discovered that the key to getting faster times in all-time RPG classic Dragon Quest III is to literally control the temperature of their Famicom systems with hot plates and ice packs.Read more
Super Mario Sunshine Mod Turns Every NPC Into A Chuckster
28.12.2020
Indie game developer Bread released a very special Super Mario Sunshine mod over the holidays that makes every NPC in the game able to heave Mario over their heads with no regard for his safety. What a great gift!Read more
The Year In Fighting Game Competition
28.12.2020
2020 sucked. You know it, I know it. It was amid this chaotic year that the fighting game community found itself pushed out of the arcades, hotels, and convention centers to which competitors had grown accustomed and into the unpredictable world of online play. Early on, organizers were unsure...