At first, this week’s Nintendo Switch eShop update looks like one of the emptiest ever. A Nintendo Switch port of Don’t Starve, an eerie, artsy survival game from 2013, seemingly leads a pack of relative unknowns. Buried within the list, however, is a lovely game that’s perfectly pocket-sized, and one you may have missed after it first launched. But Nintendo Switch seems like the perfect fit for this game, which first launched on iOS and Android. Here’s the full list of new games on Nintendo Swi

All of the high scores of Billy Mitchell, the longtime Donkey Kong and Pac-Man champion, have been thrown out by Twin Galaxies, following a review of seven-year-old footage that determined three of his million-point high scores had been falsified. Twin Galaxies, the high score-sanctioning authority whose history practically begins with Mitchell’s career in the early 1980s, announced the decision early this morning. “Based on the complete body of evidence presented in this official dispute thread

All of the high scores of Billy Mitchell, the longtime Donkey Kong and Pac-Man champion, have been thrown out by Twin Galaxies, following a review of seven-year-old footage that determined three of his million-point high scores had been falsified. Twin Galaxies, the high score-sanctioning authority whose history practically begins with Mitchell’s career in the early 1980s, announced the decision early this morning. “Based on the complete body of evidence presented in this official dispute thread

For all the changes to tone and ethos, this is still a God of War game, and you can feel that in the joy of the combat. In the early hours, God of War feels, if not like a follow-up to the original game, then a creative revamping. As the 2005 God of War took the individual great combat ideas from its time and blended them together, so does the new God of War for a new era. And like that book, God of War does it with wit and grace. A decade ago, director Cory Barlog helped establish the God of Wa

For all the changes to tone and ethos, this is still a God of War game, and you can feel that in the joy of the combat. In the early hours, God of War feels, if not like a follow-up to the original game, then a creative revamping. As the 2005 God of War took the individual great combat ideas from its time and blended them together, so does the new God of War for a new era. And like that book, God of War does it with wit and grace. A decade ago, director Cory Barlog helped establish the God of Wa

Fortnite Battle Royale’s Week 8 challenges for Season 2 are live, and one of the trickier challenges tells you to “visit different taco shops in a single match.” Unlike last week’s gnomes, this all has to be done in one go, and the taco shops are surprisingly few and far apart. TACO SHOP 1 (West of Tilted Towers)The first taco shop you should go for is just west of Tilted Towers, in a small village next to a gas station. TACO SHOP 2 (TILTED TOWERS)After you’ve visited the first taco shop, head d

PS4 Pro users have two different rendering options for God of War: “Favor Resolution,” which runs the game at 4K resolution using checkerboard rendering, and “Favor Performance,” which displays the game at 1080p resolution. The Resolution mode targets a frame rate of 30 fps, while the Performance mode unlocks the frame rate with a cap of 60 fps. In God of War’s case, the increased resolution isn’t worth the frame rate trade-off. Here are some comparison screenshots, with Performance mode (native

PS4 Pro users have two different rendering options for God of War: “Favor Resolution,” which runs the game at 4K resolution using checkerboard rendering, and “Favor Performance,” which displays the game at 1080p resolution. The Resolution mode targets a frame rate of 30 fps, while the Performance mode unlocks the frame rate with a cap of 60 fps. In God of War’s case, the increased resolution isn’t worth the frame rate trade-off. Here are some comparison screenshots, with Performance mode (native

This month’s Overboard has everything: betrayal, houses, hills and Clayton Ashley doing a very convincing little boy voice. Betrayal at House on the Hill is a game from Wizards of the Coast that involves a ragtag group making their way through a spooky mansion that grows as it’s explored. Then it’s a race against time to see who can make it out of the house alive. Which haunt you play depends on the room and omen you discover, meaning you can play the game dozens of times without replaying the s

Epic’s team will then go through the submissions and pick the best dance to officially add as an emote. For others, however, the contest lets them embrace a lighthearted challenge that, in many ways, feels reminiscent of a culture Vine made popular years ago. Search the #Boogiedown challenge on Twitter, and the results are all remarkably similar. Bottle flipping, for example, which is practically prehistoric by now, makes a comeback in this #BoogieDown challenge. Much like Vine culture, #BoogieD

Our latest act is inspired by the final moments of 1998’s House of the Dead 2. Eagle-eyed viewers may notice House of the Dead 2’s climactic scene contains neither houses nor the dead — but it does contain a sobering message about mortality, science and acceptance. I play Goldman, the powerful industrialist who has taken up this noble quest. I think they’d say that while sitting down.”Anyways, I hope you enjoy this scene. If you do, check out our deep backlog of other classic video game moments

Our latest act is inspired by the final moments of 1998’s House of the Dead 2. Eagle-eyed viewers may notice House of the Dead 2’s climactic scene contains neither houses nor the dead — but it does contain a sobering message about mortality, science and acceptance. I play Goldman, the powerful industrialist who has taken up this noble quest. I think they’d say that while sitting down.”Anyways, I hope you enjoy this scene. If you do, check out our deep backlog of other classic video game moments

An event running in Pokémon Go is causing a stir in the player base, which hyped up the promotion as the possible release of several new Pokémon variations. The Kanto-themed campaign seemed like a good time for Niantic to disperse at least some of the shiny Pokémon; first-generation Pokémon make up the majority of the shiny variations found in the datamine. Instead, Pokémon Go got … more of the same Pokémon players have been catching since launch and a pair of new Raid Battle bosses. “Verdict:

This Fortnite trick is going around Reddit, and it’s both simple and incredibly clever. They know you’re there, which is fine. It’s important that you make sure they know you’re in there, and are watching you. Build a door in the wall behind you, and then jump out of your structure without using said door so they can see you leave. They’re going to assume you’re running around to try to flank them, and they’ll move forward.

Epic Games has temporarily disabled one of Fortnite Battle Royale’s most popular and absurd weapons, the guided missile, due to a bug found in the game’s latest patch. “Due to an animation issue with the Guided Missile, we’re temporarily disabling it until we have a fix,” Epic wrote. It could take a while for the developer to implement a fix; we’ve reached out to Epic Games for comment. The guided missiles won’t be reactivated until the bug is gone, according to Epic — although some fans on Twit

Epic Games has temporarily disabled one of Fortnite Battle Royale’s most popular and absurd weapons, the guided missile, due to a bug found in the game’s latest patch. “Due to an animation issue with the Guided Missile, we’re temporarily disabling it until we have a fix,” Epic wrote. It could take a while for the developer to implement a fix; we’ve reached out to Epic Games for comment. The guided missiles won’t be reactivated until the bug is gone, according to Epic — although some fans on Twit

In every battle royale-style game, there’s a zone of death that constantly creeps in from the edge of the map. In Battlegrounds, that outside force is called the “blue zone,” which constantly pushes heavily armed players closer and closer together to give the game its trademark, pulse-pounding tension. Today’s patch slows the rate at which the blue zone contracts during the mid- and late-games, while slightly increasing its speed in the early game. There’s a catch, however: The damage caused by

In every battle royale-style game, there’s a zone of death that constantly creeps in from the edge of the map. In Battlegrounds, that outside force is called the “blue zone,” which constantly pushes heavily armed players closer and closer together to give the game its trademark, pulse-pounding tension. Today’s patch slows the rate at which the blue zone contracts during the mid- and late-games, while slightly increasing its speed in the early game. There’s a catch, however: The damage caused by

Epic’s team will then go through the submissions and pick the best dance to officially add as an emote. For others, however, the contest lets them embrace a lighthearted challenge that, in many ways, feels reminiscent of a culture Vine made popular years ago. Search the #Boogiedown challenge on Twitter, and the results are all remarkably similar. Bottle flipping, for example, which is practically prehistoric by now, makes a comeback in this #BoogieDown challenge. Much like Vine culture, #BoogieD

Bungie will release the second expansion for Destiny 2, an update to the game titled Warmind, on May 8. The developer announced the Warmind expansion’s release date and name in a very low-key fashion — as part of an updated development roadmap that covers seasons three and four of Destiny 2. Destiny 2 season three will kick off with the release of the Warmind expansion. Here’s a look at Bungie’s updated development roadmap. The updated development roadmap moves a couple items out from the 1.2.0