It’s Wild Out There

Geoffrey Bire is an artist at Ubisoft, where he’s worked on games like Ghost Recon: Wildlands and The Division You can see more of Geoffrey’s work at his ArtStation page To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is a celebration of the work…

EA UFC 3‘s Beta Has Brutal Striking, But Falls Apart On The Ground

Playing as UFC interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson, I walk down Conor McGregor and chop away at his resolve (and face) with a blender of punches and elbows. He tries to move off the fence, but ends up walking right into a cracking blow. He’s practically out on his feet. Then I knock him unconscious…

Call Of Duty Loot Box Eats Man

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It’s 2017, Here’s A New Game Boy Game

Tangram Games have released a new title for the Game Boy called Tobu Tobu Girl. You can download it and play it on your PC via an emulatoror, if you’d prefer to do things the old-fashioned way, you can buy a boxed copy that includes a copy on cartridge. The game itself looks cool! Your…

Here’s What Professional World of Warcraft Cosplay Looks Like

Henchmen Studios, some of the best cosplay builders on the planet, worked with Blizzard earlier this year for PAX West to construct two incredible World of Warcraft outfits. Alleria Windrunner and High Exarch Turalyon were worn by Bubbles Cosplay and Snowdinson Cosplay respectively. The build took ten people almost a month to complete, and involved…

Alien DLC Crash Lands In Darkest Dungeon

Darkest Dungeon, a depression + anxiety simulation platform, is getting some new DLC next year called The Colour Of Madness Here’s the story pitch: Some hateful shard of alien origin has streaked through the night sky, crashing into the old Miller’s farm on the outskirts of the Hamlet! Those unfortunate enough to witness the Comet’s…

Video Game Characters Who Should Go On Mute

While playing through a recently-released role-playing game for the Nintendo Switch, I got to thinking. Wouldn’t it be great if, instead of simply turning voice-over on or off, we could selectively mute individual characters? Who would you silence? Aside from Tidus. Some characters are just too damn annoying to speak. Sometimes it’s about bad voice…

Battlerite Is A True MOBA, And Thank God

Games like League of Legends and Dota, because they cover a lot of ground, are loosely termed Multiplayer Online Battle Arena games. But Battlerite, which left early access in November, is one of the few games to actually meet the technical definition of MOBA, and that’s what makes it such a compelling alternative to the…

New Hearthstone Expansion Could Make Things Harder On New Players

Hearthstone’s treasure and adventure-themed Kobolds and Catacombs expansion will be available December 7, and so far it looks like we’re in for some treats: high-powered cards, exciting new mechanics, and more deck options. But it might also be making Hearthstone more impenetrable for new players. Let’s start with the good. So far, the cards that…

Overwatch Gets Separate Currency For League Skins

The moment Blizzard announced team-specific Overwatch skins as part of its effort to make the game more watchable, it was pretty much inevitable that they’d become available to the game’s skin-starved general populace as well. You won’t be unlocking them the normal way, though. In a video released today, OWL commissioner Nate Nanzer explained that…

This Week’s EVE Expansion Adds Major Free-to-Play Features

When the Arms Race expansion for EVE Online drops tomorrow, players using the free-to-play option will be able to do a lot more in the game. The first time I ever logged into EVE, I found myself browsing the game’s ship tree, a massive visual layout of the nearly 200 ships that you could fly…

Three Ways Ultra Sun and Moon Is Shaking Up Competitive Pokémon

Pokémon’s new competitive rule-set goes live in January 2018, meaning that players everywhere are devising strategies based on the new monsters and movesets available in Ultra Sun and Moon. Let’s talk about some of the biggest additions that will have a major impact on the way competitors approach tournaments. Pokémon that are out of this…

What Remains of Edith Finch Does Dreams Right

What Remains Of Edith Finch is a game about exploring an abandoned house, placing players in a curious world where everything has a deeper meaning. This already mysterious world goes a step further in including several dream and fantasy sequences, which capture the feelings of real-life dreams and help players feel what the characters are…

Capcom Announces Mega Man 11

Mighty No. what? Mega Man 11 is coming, Capcom said today. It looks beautiful and will be out in late 2018 for PS4, PC, Xbox, and Switch. This is the first proper new Mega Man game since the retro-styled Mega Man 10, which came out in 2010. Rather than recreate the 8-bit style of the…

Mega Man X Games Coming To PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC

All eight Mega Man X games are coming to current-gen platforms, Capcom said today on a stream celebrating the 30th anniversary of Mega Man. The publisher later added that all of the games will be coming to Switch, PS4, Xbox One, and PC in the summer of 2018. Mega Man X, which started on the Super…

A List Of Old Games That I Would Definitely Buy Again On Switch

Here I am, thinking about buying Skyrim again on Switch. Yes, Skyrim. A game I’ve played for 197 hours on Steam in addition to God knows how many on console. I’ve already made the case for why the Switch is so good for playing old games. Look no further than the impressive number of hours I’ve…

Deciding to go up against Destiny 2‘s first expansion for some reason, The Division’s huge and excellent-sounding free 1.8 update will be out tomorrow. Check out detailed patch notes (including radical changes to Underground). The game and its DLC will be free this weekend.

StarCraft Pro Wins With His Foot, Naps Mid-Match, Thinks He’s The Shit (Update)

Lim “Larva” Hong Gyu proved last night that he can win a StarCraft: Remastered match with his foot. During the finals of the Zotac Cup Masters Showmatch, Larva made quick work of his opponent’s base, and in the game’s final moments, he lifted his bare left foot onto the keyboard to tap in a few…

Latest Google Doodle Game Celebrates 50 Years Of Teaching Kids To Code

Way back in the 1960s, researchers at MIT created Logo, an early programming language designed to teach children the basics of instruction-based coding. In honor of 50 years of teaching kids to code, Google has transformed its logo into a fun little rabbit-based coding game. Designed in 1967 by Wally Feurzeig, Seymour Papert and Cynthia…