Destiny’s New Multiplayer Changes Sound Pretty Great

As someone who is a competitive multiplayer nut, I’m not too miffed about the lack of a raid in the upcoming Destiny expansion, House of Wolves. Today, Bungie revealed all the PvP changes and additions coming to Destiny, and they sound rad as hell. First off, let’s talk big picture changes. PVP as a whole…

How A Five Nights at Freddy’s Conspiracy Theory Got Out of Control

Five Nights at Freddy’s fans are big on mysteries; they love gathering clues and evidence that might shed some light on an otherwise cryptic horror game. But in the last few days, the fandom’s tendency to read too much into things got way out of hand. As we reported yesterday, following the reveal of Five…

The Messy Story Behind A Game Clone

Developer Matt Akins published a scathing piece yesterday that accused a company of stealing his video game. I’ve spent the last day looking into his claims, and the truth is…well, what’s your definition of truth? Let’s go down the rabbit hole together. Akins looked at how much money was being made on the mobile market…

Mario Kart 8 Courses, Ranked

48: Excitebike Arena 47: Sweet Sweet Canyon 46: Electrodome 45: Dry Dry Desert 44: Wario Stadium 43: Donut Plains 3 42: Rainbow Road (SNES) 41: Bone-Dry Dunes 40: Ice Ice Outpost 39: Wario’s Gold Mine 38: Moo Moo Meadows 37: Royal Raceway 36: Wild Woods 35: Music Park 34: Animal Crossing 33: Water Park 32:…

Could The Metal Gear Solid Lookalike Doctor Really Sue Konami?

As Kotaku UK reported a few days ago, an Italian doctor called Sergio Canavero is currently at the centre of an insane internet-generated conspiracy involving Metal Gear Solid V, head transplants, and a whole host of other mad ideas. To cut a long story short, because of his strong resemblance to a doctor who appears…

League Of Legends Is Completely Rebuilding Two Of Its Original Champions

Bits and pieces of any big multiplayer game start to gather dust over the years. For League of Legends, the game’s age reveals itself in champion characters who become less and less interesting—and therefore less popular—with time. Over the past few weeks, Riot has introduced a number of major updates for two of the very…

The First Video Game I’ll Let My Four-Year-Old Kid Play All By Herself

I play with my four-year-old daughter a lot. I’m the parent that sets up playdates, sits down with puzzles and board games, and takes her to the playground for a few hours. But I’ve never let her venture into a video game on her lonesome. That all changed this weekend. [Note: This piece originally ran…

Come On, Disney, Hip-Hop Stormtrooper Needs to Be Star Wars Canon

“Can I walk onto a Star Wars set and fit into the background?” A lot of the costumes on display here could do exactly that. Probably not Hip-Hip Trooper, though. He’s definitely Expanded Universe… unless things change. Thousands of Star Wars fans converged on Anaheim more than a week ago for the annual Celebration fan-fest.…

MechWarrior Makes Kerbal Space Program Intense

Using various mods, allmhuran built a pretty neat drivable mech from MechWarrior in Kerbal Space Program. Yes, dropships included. The best thing in this is that Kerbal’s graphics are not that different from classic 90s MechWarrior games, and it totally reminds me of classic stuff that could barely run on my old PC back then.…

Someone Made A Cool Browser Version of A Link To The Past‘s Map

It’s a live HTML5 version for browsers and everything from the classic SNES game’s overworld is there. Here’s the whole map, made by the folks at “Jadsdsengine” (via r/nintendo). It might take a few seconds to load. But after that you can zoom in to see every animation, NPC and enemy closely or zoom out…

Nothing Says “Gundam” Like a Gundam Hair Salon

When you think of Mobile Suit Gundam, you think of giant mecha. You do not think of hair cuts. But you should. [Photo: G_Mahler] The window reads “ガンダム カット” or, literally, “Gundam Cut.” It is a Gundam-themed barber shop in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. Don’t expect styles like this: [Photo: Pancho_Gamer] The reason for the name…

One Piece Trick Art Might Fool You

The first ever One Piece 3D art exhibit is getting underway in Hong Kong. If you’re into optical illusions and straw hat pirates, this is probably for you. This week, websites Hopetrip, New Monday, and Daliulian checked out the exhibit at the Hong Kong 3D Museum. You can see photos of the exhibit below. [Photo:…

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