[Warning: The following contains spoilers for Ready Player One.] It’s challenging to find a reason to exist in the real world when the OASIS offers everything. Still, Ready Player One acknowledges that parts of the real world I personally hold dear still exist in 2044. Ready Player One is a story about staving off destruction; of being reborn from the ashes of cruelty and change. I’m just happy that according to Ready Player One, I’ll still be reading Wired in 36 years time.

100 Thieves’ coach, Neil “pr0lly” Hammad, has been named NA LCS Coach of the Split for Spring 2018, Riot announced during this weekend’s broadcast of the semifinal matches playoff matches. This is Hammad’s first split coaching in North America, where he took 100 Thieves, one of the league’s newest teams, to a first place finish in the regular season, as well as Finals appearance next week, where they will play for the title of Spring Split Champions in Miami. In the winter of 2014, Hammad join t

After a grueling, five game series against Echo Fox Academy that lasted a little over three hours, FlyQuest Academy became the first ever champions of the NA LCS Academy League. Jang’s Echo Fox Academy counterpart, Tanner Damonte also put up an impressive showing, but it was the team’s AD Carry Lawrence “Lost” Hui who proved to be the real star. While both FlyQuest Academy and Echo Fox Academy performed well during the regular season, the two teams finished third and fourth respectively, while T

I enjoyed myself for the vast majority of Far Cry 5. Contrary to the exceedingly well-honed dialogue and character arcs of Far Cry 4, this game is just filled to the brim with obnoxious monsters lacking any semblance of charisma or motivation. [Warning: The following contains major spoilers about the end of the campaign in Far Cry 5.] There are actually two endings to Far Cry 5 (not counting the Easter egg alternate ending at the beginning). The cynical part of me thinks this is an unfortunate s

Johnnemann Nordhagen, the story-based adventure game’s independent, primary designer, opened up about how many benchmarks it failed to clear — including its astoundingly poor first-month sales. “The game has not performed as well as I had hoped or expected,” Nordhagen wrote, breaking down the PC game’s post-launch success and failures. Here’s the heartbreaker, speaking of money: Nordhagen has made a total of $0 off Where the Water Tastes Like Wine. The developer’s takeaway isn’t that this is a s

Johnnemann Nordhagen, the story-based adventure game’s independent, primary designer, opened up about how many benchmarks it failed to clear — including its astoundingly poor first-month sales. “The game has not performed as well as I had hoped or expected,” Nordhagen wrote, breaking down the PC game’s post-launch success and failures. Here’s the heartbreaker, speaking of money: Nordhagen has made a total of $0 off Where the Water Tastes Like Wine. The developer’s takeaway isn’t that this is a s

The early alpha of the Star Citizen team’s persistent universe game has received its first quarterly upgrade. Called Alpha 3.1, it is the first of four promised upgrades for Star Citizen planned for this year. “These are important updates and our fans should see some significant improvements to Star Citizen’s overall experience.“The Star Citizen project is an ambitious collection of spacefaring games. Roberts Space IndustriesThe Star Citizen project is the single most heavily-funded crowdfunding

The early alpha of the Star Citizen team’s persistent universe game has received its first quarterly upgrade. Called Alpha 3.1, it is the first of four promised upgrades for Star Citizen planned for this year. “These are important updates and our fans should see some significant improvements to Star Citizen’s overall experience.“The Star Citizen project is an ambitious collection of spacefaring games. Roberts Space IndustriesThe Star Citizen project is the single most heavily-funded crowdfunding

By my count, I died at least 240 times before I got to the end of Minit, a quirky adventure game from publisher Devolver Digital. And all 200-plus of those minute-long lives, about four hours worth, add up to one of the most daring adventure games I’ve played in a long while. In Minit, a curse has befallen your little town, where a single day repeats on a 60-second loop. Because there’s no time to waste in Minit, there’s little opportunity to stop and admiring the scenery — from lakeside hotels,

SpyParty, developer Chris Hecker’s competitive 1v1 game that pits spy against sniper, is coming to Steam Early Access on April 12. In addition to bringing SpyParty to a much wider audience — the game has been available for sale primarily on SpyParty’s website for the past half-decade — the Steam Early Access release has a few other important development milestones. SpyParty’s Early Access release will also include six new playable venues, now built out with the game’s final artistic style. Grid

SpyParty, developer Chris Hecker’s competitive 1v1 game that pits spy against sniper, is coming to Steam Early Access on April 12. In addition to bringing SpyParty to a much wider audience — the game has been available for sale primarily on SpyParty’s website for the past half-decade — the Steam Early Access release has a few other important development milestones. SpyParty’s Early Access release will also include six new playable venues, now built out with the game’s final artistic style. Grid

Two beloved legendary Pokémon can be found in Pokémon Go starting today, April 2. Latias and Latios, the complementary dragon- and psychic-type monsters from the Hoenn region, are posting up at gyms worldwide and for a limited time. The two Pokémon are known to travel in different directions and on their own paths, and Pokémon Go honors that by making the pair available in separate regions. Players in Europe and Asia will be able to fight Latias, the smaller of the two, in Raid Battles, while No

Invitations to the mobile version of Fortnite, which includes the Battle Royale game mode, began trickling out just a few weeks ago. Now the free-to-play title is available to anyone with a compatible iOS device. Developer Epic Games made the announcement this morning on the game’s official Twitter feed. The game requires an internet connection and iOS 11. Related Fortnite on iOS runs like a dreamPrior to today, fans needed a special link or an invitation from a friend to play Fortnite’s last-ma

Invitations to the mobile version of Fortnite, which includes the Battle Royale game mode, began trickling out just a few weeks ago. Now the free-to-play title is available to anyone with a compatible iOS device. Developer Epic Games made the announcement this morning on the game’s official Twitter feed. The game requires an internet connection and iOS 11. Related Fortnite on iOS runs like a dreamPrior to today, fans needed a special link or an invitation from a friend to play Fortnite’s last-ma

I enjoyed myself for the vast majority of Far Cry 5. Contrary to the exceedingly well-honed dialogue and character arcs of Far Cry 4, this game is just filled to the brim with obnoxious monsters lacking any semblance of charisma or motivation. [Warning: The following contains major spoilers about the end of the campaign in Far Cry 5.] There are actually two endings to Far Cry 5 (not counting the Easter egg alternate ending at the beginning). The cynical part of me thinks this is an unfortunate s

Amazon’s in-house game studio has put an end to development on Breakaway, the competitive fantasy sport brawler that Amazon Game Studios announced in 2016. Here’s Amazon Game Studios’ update on Breakaway from the game’s subreddit:Since our last announcement, we have worked to implement community feedback and iterate on Breakaway’s core gameplay. We played Breakaway at Amazon Game Studios in 2016. Breakaway was one of three announced projects in development at Amazon Game Studios. Amazon announce

Amazon’s in-house game studio has put an end to development on Breakaway, the competitive fantasy sport brawler that Amazon Game Studios announced in 2016. Here’s Amazon Game Studios’ update on Breakaway from the game’s subreddit:Since our last announcement, we have worked to implement community feedback and iterate on Breakaway’s core gameplay. We played Breakaway at Amazon Game Studios in 2016. Breakaway was one of three announced projects in development at Amazon Game Studios. Amazon announce

Calvin and Hobbes and Bloom County crossed over today in a throwback comics-page mega-team-up 30 years in the making. The strip, titled “Calvin County,” ran today on Bloom County creator Berke Breathed’s Facebook page. Bloom County, syndicated by the Washington Post Writer’s Group, began in late 1980 and ran until August 6, 1989. At its peak, Calvin and Hobbes doubled the readership of Bloom County, appearing in 2,400 newspapers. I really admired Richard Craver and how cool he was and I vowed we

Calvin and Hobbes and Bloom County crossed over today in a throwback comics-page mega-team-up 30 years in the making. The strip, titled “Calvin County,” ran today on Bloom County creator Berke Breathed’s Facebook page. Bloom County, syndicated by the Washington Post Writer’s Group, began in late 1980 and ran until August 6, 1989. At its peak, Calvin and Hobbes doubled the readership of Bloom County, appearing in 2,400 newspapers. I really admired Richard Craver and how cool he was and I vowed we

Fortnite Battle Royale looks like it is due for some kind of cosmic event. But a comet in the sky over Tilted Towers has been confirmed by multiple eyewitnesses and there are numerous fan theories flying about might go down. From there, people think this may be a way to close out the current season of Fortnite Battle Royale and introduce some space-themed content. Fortnite Battle Royale is on its third “season,” which began in February. D 5 may reference the portion of the map where Tilted Tower