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What Are You Playing This Weekend?
12.2.2021
The weekend is for getting together with the family for a nice meal, preferably without being stuffed and posed around the table by a deranged maniac. It’s also for having some little nightmares, as a treat. Read more
Destiny 2's Cosmodrome Isn't Getting Any Bigger
12.2.2021
Bungie announced yesterday that Destiny 2's partial Cosmodrome, which was brought over from the first game last November, won’t be expanding to reach its original size and scope. The studio says its part of a trade-off to focus on making new content.Read more
Just say no: Video game romantic rejection is far too rare
12.2.2021
Every Friday, A.V. Club staffers kick off our weekly open thread for the discussion of gaming plans and recent gaming glories, but of course, the real action is down in the comments, where we invite you to answer our eternal question: What Are You Playing This Weekend? Read more
Here's Dan's Legendary Taunt In Street Fighter V
12.2.2021
Dan Hibiki is back in Street Fighter V, which means we now have a new incarnation of his legendary taunt to appreciate. Let’s take a look.Read more
Borderlands Movie Casts Actor Who's Actually Funny To Play Claptrap, Which Feels Off
11.2.2021
Jumanji and Orange County star Jack Black has joined the cast of the Borderlands movie, The Hollywood Reporter reports.Read more
Axiom Verge 2 is coming to PC as an Epic Games Store exclusive, as revealed during a buggy Epic Game
11.2.2021
Axiom Verge 2 is coming to PC as an Epic Games Store exclusive, as revealed during a buggy Epic Games Store digital showcase. Before today, the highly anticipated Metroidvania was only confirmed for a Switch release.Read more
Praise Be Unto Zeus, Immortals Fenyx Rising Finally Has Loadouts
11.2.2021
Ubisoft released an update for Immortals Fenyx Rising today, resolving known issues, adding key stability improvements, and... blah, blah, blah. Forget about all that! The game is (finally!) getting loadouts!Read more
CD Projekt Red Resorting To Kickstarter To Launch New Witcher Board Game
11.2.2021
CD Projekt Red, one of the biggest video game developers in Europe, is teaming up with board game makers Go On Board to produce a deck-building game based on The Witcher. It’s called The Witcher: Old World, and it’s going to use the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter to do it.Read more
Get EA's Greatest Hits for Dirt Cheap in Massive PC Publisher Sale
11.2.2021
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I Am Oddly Compelled By This Children's Vet Game
11.2.2021
I wasn’t planning on spending several hours over the past month performing simplistic mini-games in order to level up my imaginary vet office, but there’s something about the mindless repetition of Pet Clinic Cats & Dogs that I find so soothing. Read more
Twitch Leaks New (And Final) Street Fighter V Character
11.2.2021
Eleven will be the final character to join the Street Fighter V roster, according to new details accidentally sent to Twitch users by the streaming platform itself.Read more
Hitman Is Video Gaming's Greatest Thrill
11.2.2021
The Hitman series is famous for its Rube Goldberg-style assassination plots, and is sold as a cold and calculating murder game, but most of my time spent in Hitman 3 has been with my heart in my mouth, which I mean in all the best ways.Read more
Lara, You're Drunk
11.2.2021
When Core Design and Eidos Interactive were getting ready to ship Tomb Raider III in 1998, they recruited Lara Croft herself to promote the game. The resulting animation was...something else.Read more
Something’s Fishy About This Steam Game’s ‘Very Positive’ Reviews
10.2.2021
Emoji Evolution is a simple-looking puzzle game in which you “combine different elements to find a new one” in order to—and wow, this really escalates—“solve the main dilemma of humanity.” It seems like Steam users like it pretty well...or do they?Read more
CD Projekt Red Hackers Allegedly Ready To Auction Stolen Data
10.2.2021
Earlier this week, Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt Red announced that its cybersecurity had been compromised, resulting in attackers gaining access to various internal files. Now, it appears as if those hackers are ready to cash out with a big-money auction of the data, which allegedly includes...
Epic’s MetaHuman Creator Helps Devs Pump Out Fancy ‘Digital Humans’
10.2.2021
Today, Epic Games launched a sneak peek at its newest Unreal Engine creation tool that promises to drastically cut down on the time needed to create realistic-looking digital humans.Read more
The Blizzconline 2021 Schedule Is Available And God, I’m Going To Miss The Overwatch World Cup
10.2.2021
Blizzconline 2021, Blizzard Entertainment’s digital answer to their yearly in-person Blizzcon event, posted its schedule today.Read more
Borderlands 3's Directors Cut DLC Out March 18, Adds New Raid Boss
10.2.2021
Like its own boss fights, Borderlands 3 keeps going. Today, Gearbox revealed details about Director’s Cut, an upcoming DLC for the looter-shooter out March 18.Read more
Tales From The Borderlands Returns To Digital Storefronts On February 17
10.2.2021
During today’s Borderlands presentation, the folks at Gearbox revealed that Telltale Games’ excellent Tales from the Borderlands will be returning to digital storefronts next Wednesday, February 17.Read more
Epic Games Settles Lawsuit Against 14-Year-Old Fortnite Player
10.2.2021
Epic Games has settled a 2017 lawsuit against a 14-year-old Fortnite player who allegedly made YouTube videos of himself using cheating software.Read more