If you played Destiny, you may be familiar with Xur, the weekly exotic item merchant. This scales to your character’s power level, so make sure you’re buying Xur exotics on your highest level character. Ophidian AspectThe Ophidian Aspect gauntlets are new to Destiny 2, first released with the Curse of Osiris DLC. Their exotic perk is Cobra Totemic, which causes weapons handled by the wearer to ready and reload faster than normal. Three of CoinsThis old farming buff has returned from the Destiny

If you don’t follow CEO Kaz Hirai on Twitter, you should. Even the actual Kaz Hirai is a fan of the Twitter account; he referenced it in his Consumer Electronics Show keynote in 2016. We’re lucky to still have the parody version of the longtime Sony CEO as we trudge ahead into a post-Hirai haze. “While I still spend plenty of time playing video games, I spend a lot less time following video game news,” Fake Kaz Hirai wrote. Fake Kaz promises that he’ll stick around to commentate this year’s E3 c

YouTube’s Creator Awards, given to channels that hit certain subscriber milestones, have become a point of controversy for being given out inconsistently. Now YouTube is finally acknowledging what some creators have long suspected: Reaching a milestone doesn’t guarantee that you’ll receive an award. After numerous creators came forth, and popular YouTube drama channel Drama Alert reported on it, the company issued a statement. “Creator Awards are benefits that creators can apply for when they re

Going through the replay in an early match of EA Sports UFC 3, I caught a look I’d never seen before in a sports video game: hate. Inside the octagon, regardless of mode, UFC 3 enforces its uncompromising, hard-hitting action and a genuine struggle when the combatants close in or go to the ground. In UFC 2, EA Vancouver tried to simplify moves within the clinch — the state where two standing fighters lock up — and ground wrestling. Women fighters have been in EA Sports UFC from the first game in

Yakuza 6: The Song of Life publisher Sega has pushed back the game’s Western launch to April 17, the company announced today on Twitter. That’s about a month after the game’s originally scheduled release date of March 20, which Sega announced back in August. Yakuza 6, a PlayStation 4 exclusive, debuted in Japan in December 2016. An important update on Yakuza 6 : The Song of Life pic.twitter.com/8MILlBPI4x — Yakuza Game (@yakuzagame) February 2, 2018Sega’s announcement of the delay on Twitter rol

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Their upcoming game, whose working title is Project X, aims to rebuild the modern survival shooter from the ground up by putting the game world itself into the cloud. What they claim to have done is built a game map bigger than The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim and mounted it in Google’s SpatialOS cloud platform. By doing so, said computer scientist James Thompson, they’ve managed to free up a lot of computational overhead to make dramatic improvements to the quality of the game world. When they say t

Their upcoming game, whose working title is Project X, aims to rebuild the modern survival shooter from the ground up by putting the game world itself into the cloud. What they claim to have done is built a game map bigger than The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim and mounted it in Google’s SpatialOS cloud platform. By doing so, said computer scientist James Thompson, they’ve managed to free up a lot of computational overhead to make dramatic improvements to the quality of the game world. When they say t

Rotten Tomatoes has issued a statement in wake of an anti-Disney fringe group threatening to use the site as a platform for review bombing Black Panther later this month. Rotten Tomatoes told The Wrap that while the company respects “fans’ diverse opinions” on the movies they’re watching, it will not condone hate speech on the platform. Its members took credit in December for an attack on Rotten Tomatoes’ audience score for the movie. Rotten Tomatoes does have ways with tracking review bombing a

Rotten Tomatoes has issued a statement in wake of an anti-Disney fringe group threatening to use the site as a platform for review bombing Black Panther later this month. Rotten Tomatoes told The Wrap that while the company respects “fans’ diverse opinions” on the movies they’re watching, it will not condone hate speech on the platform. Its members took credit in December for an attack on Rotten Tomatoes’ audience score for the movie. Rotten Tomatoes does have ways with tracking review bombing a

In Streets of Red, once you die, that’s it: Game over. ”True permadeath like this might sound a little daunting at first,” says Secret Base developer Tobe, “but the game is really designed around it. In a sense, Red sits squarely between those two points of inspiration… and then, for modernity’s sake, adds lively sprite animations, internet pop culture references and cooperative play. While the permadeath idea isn’t new to games, Tobe says he doesn’t know of any other recent brawlers to have ado

In Streets of Red, once you die, that’s it: Game over. ”True permadeath like this might sound a little daunting at first,” says Secret Base developer Tobe, “but the game is really designed around it. In a sense, Red sits squarely between those two points of inspiration… and then, for modernity’s sake, adds lively sprite animations, internet pop culture references and cooperative play. While the permadeath idea isn’t new to games, Tobe says he doesn’t know of any other recent brawlers to have ado

If you played Destiny, you may be familiar with Xur, the weekly exotic item merchant. This scales to your character’s power level, so make sure you’re buying Xur exotics on your highest level character. Ophidian AspectThe Ophidian Aspect gauntlets are new to Destiny 2, first released with the Curse of Osiris DLC. Their exotic perk is Cobra Totemic, which causes weapons handled by the wearer to ready and reload faster than normal. Three of CoinsThis old farming buff has returned from the Destiny

The link between hip-hop and Dragon Ball Z has existed almost as long as Dragon Ball Z has. Kotaku ran a great story about the love many black men have for Dragon Ball Z, which helps to explain how lyrics inspired by the show became so common and land with such weight. To reference Dragon Ball Z is to reference a piece of shared history, while also hinting at a set of shared dreams and values. If we accept that Dragon Ball Z is a show whose characters are aspirational figures, these lyrics have

Many VRChat players took on the form of a 3D Ugandan Knuckles avatar and ran around, pestering other players. It’s a post-Pepe world, and these are questions we need to ask.”Is Ugandan Knuckles the new Pepe? There are big differences between Pepe the Frog and Ugandan Knuckles. Despite those rallying cries, the Ugandan Knuckles meme isn’t dying. Ugandan Knuckles will continue to rise in popularity until its creator, Gregzilla, essentially has to disown it and potentially kill it.

The Switch versions don’t feature the most significant changes over the originals — but that’s not a bad thing. The biggest change for the Switch versions of the Bayonetta games is the frame rate, with both games running at 60 fps. They still run at 720p, but the upgrade allows them to reach the better frame rate when the Switch is both docked and in handheld mode. Obviously the Bayonetta amiibo will work, but players can also unlock costumes based on other Nintendo characters with their corresp

A pre-release look at the Owlboy icon, which is now available for pre-load on Switch, began to make the rounds yesterday. A Reddit thread called “Can we start complaining about the Owlboy icon now?” summarizes the issue. “I am really looking forward to this game, but this is just too bad,” wrote original poster tbritoamorim alongside a screenshot of the icon. From the sounds of the studio’s responses, it may be that the Owlboy icon was just a placeholder until the Switch version actually arrives

A pre-release look at the Owlboy icon, which is now available for pre-load on Switch, began to make the rounds yesterday. A Reddit thread called “Can we start complaining about the Owlboy icon now?” summarizes the issue. “I am really looking forward to this game, but this is just too bad,” wrote original poster tbritoamorim alongside a screenshot of the icon. From the sounds of the studio’s responses, it may be that the Owlboy icon was just a placeholder until the Switch version actually arrives

Today, Ubisoft announced the details of the Far Cry 5 season pass. The upgrade will include an updated version of Far Cry 3 as well as three bizarre new pieces of downloadable content. All three experiences stand in stark contrast to Far Cry 5’s controversial take on right-wing extremism in rural Montana. As it turns out, the included Far Cry 3 Classic Edition will also be a stand-alone game sold separately. Those who pre-order the Far Cry 5 season pass will get access to it four weeks early.

Today, Ubisoft announced the details of the Far Cry 5 season pass. The upgrade will include an updated version of Far Cry 3 as well as three bizarre new pieces of downloadable content. All three experiences stand in stark contrast to Far Cry 5’s controversial take on right-wing extremism in rural Montana. As it turns out, the included Far Cry 3 Classic Edition will also be a stand-alone game sold separately. Those who pre-order the Far Cry 5 season pass will get access to it four weeks early.