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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
I Killed A Dancing Bear In Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Feel Terrible, And Would Do It Again
12.2.2021
Lurking out in the fields and forests of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla are immensely powerful beasts. The kind of animals that people tell stories about. Dangerous, killer monsters that only a hardy, brave, and perhaps foolish warrior could...Oh wait, never mind. It got stuck in the ground like...
Mario Kart 64 Speedrunner Sets New World Record By Repeatedly Slamming Into Wall
12.2.2021
It’s usually pretty obvious that video game speedruns are things of finesse and precision. But sometimes, they just look like a guy is running into a wall over and over again before completely demolishing a single-track record in Mario Kart 64.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
Kingdom Hearts Series Coming To PC On March 30, Exclusive To Epic Games Store
11.2.2021
A handful of Kingdom Hearts games are coming to PC on March 30, and will be exclusive to the Epic Games Store.Read more
Lance Reddick Is Now Voice Acting Destiny Memes
11.2.2021
Lance Reddick is a famous actor, with major roles in The Wire and John Wick, among other things. He’s also the voice of Destiny’s Commander Zavala, and apparently not above granting fan requests to voice act the memes they send him.Read more
Nintendo Launches Service To Teach You About Your Switch
11.2.2021
Nintendo has launched Nintendo Switch Concierge, a program designed to familiarize those who “recently purchased a Nintendo Switch system” with the console.Read more
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Comes Out This June
11.2.2021
Next-gen exclusive Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart releases on PS5 on June 11, Insomniac Games announced over on the PlayStation Blog today. Read more
A Pokémon And Post Malone Concert Is--Wait, Why Are You Laughing?
11.2.2021
Pokémon and Post Malone sounds like the follow-up album to Post Malone’s 2018 Beerbongs & Bentleys, but it is a real thing that is actually happening because 2020 isn’t done fucking with us I guess. The “Circles” rapper is teaming up with The Pokémon Company to put on a concert this month...
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
EA Games Sale (PC) | AmazonRead more
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
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