Many Robots Die In The First Episode Of Transformers: Combiner Wars 

When calculating robot body count, do combiners count as one or five? Either way, a ton of sentient machinery is decommissioned in the first episode of Machinima and Hasbro’s Transformers: Combiner Wars. Death is not a spoiler in the adult-aimed series, having pretty much been part of the push from the beginning. The first episode…

Niantic Explains Pokémon Go Changes

With players turning on Pokémon Go, Niantic just put out a statement explaining why certain changes were made. As Kotaku reported yesterday, much of the controversy has been over the three-step “Nearby” feature. Niantic addresses that in today’s statement, which can be read in full below: Trainers, As many of you know, we recently made…

Temporary Power Outage At Tokyo Disneyland And DisneySea

Heavy rain and thunderstorms battered the Happiest Place in Japan earlier today, seeming to cause the theme parks to temporarily lose power. During the downpour and the lightning, people headed for cover. The weather also impacted the attractions. The water stopped flowing at Splash Mountain. Aquatopia at Tokyo DisneySea dried up too during the momentary…

Isshiki beach in Hayama. Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. By Judd Abramson. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!

How The Controversial Steam Key Marketplace G2A Got So Big

There’s a few reasons you might have heard of G2A, one of the Internet’s most popular spots to sell an extra Steam key. One, it’s been the subject of intense criticism for not doing enough about fraud. Two, you can’t watch a YouTube video or a Twitch stream without running into someone who’s taking money…

Death Road To Canada Makes Driving And Zombies Fun

When games let me roll a character before I start, I always make someone who seems cool, rather than min-maxing stats. In Death Road to Canada, I wanted someone who’d be fun to hang around with in a zombie apocalypse, rather than a simple zombie-clobbering machine. Given this, it’s probably no surprise most of my…

Even Pokémon Go’s Biggest Fans Are Turning Against It Right Now [Update]

In the course of a few weeks, Pokémon Go has gone from a mega hit, to a broken game even its most ardent fans cannot defend. This shift in the community is due to mostly one thing: a lack of communication from Niantic. It’s been like this since the beginning, really. When Pokémon Go originally…

Lucasfilm Gently Removes The Star Wars From Popular Battlefront Fan Project

Mod team turned development studio Frontwire Games been making a lot of noise over its free fan recreation of the cancelled Star Wars: Battlefront 3. Turns out Lucasfilm is fine with them making the game, as long as there’s no Star Wars in it. Back in June, Frontwire announced its fan-crafted version of the cancelled…

Tiny Man, Or Giant Cliff?

Daniel Schmelling is an artist from Germany who has worked across video games, books and graphic design. You can see more of Daniel’s work at his personal site and 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…

Pokémon Fans Think Sun and Moon’s New Exeggutor Is Hilarious

Given that its first evolutionary form is literally just a bunch of eggs, Exeggutor has always been one of the sillier Pokémon designs in the compendium. But the introduction of Sun and Moon’s new Alola Form takes things to a whole new level. Meet Sun and Moon’s version of Exeggutor, which turns the critter into…

Artist Re-imagines Smash 4 Characters In Mayan Style

Tucson-based artist Sita Navas has given Super Smash Bros. 4 the Mayan makeover. Since 2014, Navas has been re-imagining her favorite video games in ancient Mesoamerican art styles. The results are stunning. These 2D prints featuring Smash 4 heroes like Mega Man, Pac Man and Ganondorf were originally printed on wood panels with acrylic paint.…