Star Wars: Battlefront II Level Turned Into Giant LEGO Set

Taking a corner of the Yavin IV map as inspiration, First Order LEGO have built an enormous playset based on EA’s 2017 shooter. Look at those trees! And vines! And general haphazard but perfectly-implemented foliage! Via Brothers Brick

Unknown NES Game, Lost For 30 Years, Has Now Been Digitized And Finished

When UWC—a NES game that had been hidden from the world for 30 years—was uncovered last week, one of the first orders of business was getting the game off a cartridge and into the digital realm so that it could be properly preserved. The new owner of the game, Stephan Reese, aka Archon 1981, said…

It’s Episode I: Racer, Remade In Unreal Engine 4

A fan of both Star Wars and the finest sci-fi racing game this side of Wipeout has gone and got some of Star Wars Episode 1: Racer running in Unreal Engine 4, bringing the 1999 game well and truly into the 21st century. It was made by CG artist Rob Jin, and is the result…

Strange Man Lures Unsuspecting Fallout 76 Players Into Deadly Labyrinth

Role-play has always been where Fallout 76 has shown the most promise, and nothing better illustrates that than some stranger in a nightgown wandering around Appalachia searching for fresh victims to bring back to his homemade labyrinth. As spotted by Gamesradar, a player named Korindabar has constructed a maze in Fallout 76 out of concrete…

Devil May Cry 5 Slightly Censored, But Only On PS4

Devil May Cry is known for many things: great combat, cheesy one-liners, devils that rarely, if ever, actually cry. But it’s not known for nudity. That’s made the occasional flashes of forbidden flesh all the more noticeable in Devil May Cry 5, especially given that how much nudity you see is determined by the platform…

Teenagers Say EA Brushed Off Reports Of Sexual Harassment By Sims Influencer

Last week, a Sims streamer and YouTuber in EA’s Game Changer program was accused by several people in the community of sexually harassing minors online. Although he stepped down as a Game Changer on March 5, people in the Sims community are still left wondering why this wasn’t addressed months ago, because some of the…

Modern Warfare Remastered Did Call of Duty Loot Boxes The Right Way

Since Modern Warfare Remastered is free this month on PlayStation Plus, I decided to revisit some classic Call of Duty. This remake of 2007’s groundbreaking shooter is reminding me how a Call of Duty game can make a loot box system feel more rewarding and less like a money grab. It’s no secret that as…

Legend Of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Looks Weirdly Gritty Without Cel-Shading

Two years after its release, Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild remains a near-perfect game. It’s also still easy on the eyes, thanks to a cartoony style that’ll stand the test of time for years, if not decades to come. So what happens when you strip away that candy-colored exterior? It looks pretty grim,…

Left Alive Isn’t Fun But Its Depiction Of Mechs Is Great

Left Alive is not a very fun game to play. Its mashup of stealth gameplay and mech combat is clunky and frustrating. But these gameplay shifts do create spectacular contrasts that capture one of the most important features of the giant robot genre: the human costs of mech combat. In Left Alive, the outbreak of…

Smash Pros Bid Farewell To The Wii U With Interstellar Parody

While the majority of people who tune into Super Smash Bros. tournaments are in it for the nasty spikes and pop-offs, this fighting game’s grassroots community also has some comedy chops to offer. The best surprise from last weekend’s Smash Ultimate Summit tournament was a hilarious, Interstellar-inspired skit from some beloved pros about the difficulty…

Fortnite Dance Lawsuits Dropped, At Least For Now

On March 4 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that people must complete their registration with the Copyright Office before they can sue for copyright infringement. As a result, lawsuits against the makers of Fortnite, Epic Games, over certain dance emotes available in the game have been dropped until the Copyright Office’s review of the dances…

Here’s a great respawn animation from Xbox One/PC game Sunset Overdrive. Why show a clip of it now? I found it in my collection of captured footage while looking up clips from The Division, and it’s too fun not to share. What a fun game.

The Samurai Pizza Cats Official Fanbook Explores The Series’ Japanese Roots

Back in the mid-’90s, a trio of anthropomorphic cybernetic pizza-delivering felines introduced Western audiences to the sillier side of Japanese anime. Samurai Pizza Cats is a wonderful mix of pop culture references, absurd humor, and fourth-wall breaking. Due out later this month from Udon Publishing, The Samurai Pizza Cats Official Fanbook celebrates the Japanese roots…

The Best Stories Hidden In The Division

The Division 2 launches this week, and I can’t wait to hear its audio logs. I mean, sure, the rest of the game might be good, but did you know that the first Division had some great audio logs? The serious, politically fraught main story of Tom Clancy’s The Division is the only narrative element…

For A Brief Period, Anthem‘s Loot System Was Much Better–Then BioWare Fixed A Bug

For a short while over the weekend, Anthem was practically showering players with loot. Players thought this might be the result of changes that came in Saturday’s big 1.0.3 patch, but it turned out it was a bug. Now, despite welcome improvements from the new update, players are back to the same toilsome grind, with…

New Harry Potter Game From Pokémon Go Creators Shows Portkeys, Giant Spider

Pokémon Go developer Niantic and WB Games just gave us our first in-depth look at the gameplay for their next augmented reality game, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, slated for release sometime this year. From the screenshots and videos Niantic dropped today, it’s immediately apparent that Harry Potter: Wizards Unite’s beta looks a lot better than its…