Zack Snyder and Joss Whedon’s Justice League will be available to purchase on home video this March, and the Blu-ray release contains one bonus feature that may give Snyder fans a little bit of hope. For months, Snyder devotees have theorized about and demanded a second release of Justice League that was more in-tuned to Snyder’s vision. These complaints led to fans tracking down people who worked on the film to ask whether or not a “Snyder cut” of Justice League existed. ScreenCrush reports tha

Dan Slott, whose work has been synonymous with Spider-Man for the past decade, has announced that he will be leaving Marvel’s flagship title The Amazing Spider-Man. In an interview with Vulture, he said that his final issue will be The Amazing Spider-Man #801, likely released in July 2018. “This was a decision that was made way long ago,” Slott told Vulture. Whatever his Iron Man book is, it will likely kick off right around the time his run on The Amazing Spider-Man comes to a close this summer

If you played Destiny, you may be familiar with Xur, the weekly exotic item merchant. Its exotic perk, Repulsor Force, causes the weapon to fire powerful impulses that push enemies away from the user. Its exotic perk, Upgraded Sensor Pack, will constantly provide you with a radar, even while aiming down sites. Its exotic perk, Auto-loading Link, will constantly reload your auto rifles as you fire them. Their exotic perk, Strange Protractor, increases your sprint speed and automatically reloads y

As the proud owner of several curious, industrious children I shed a literal tear when I learned about Nintendo Labo, the line of custom-made cardboard contraptions for the Nintendo Switch. If you have children under the age of eight, your first purchase should absolutely be the Nintendo Labo Variety Kit. Anticipate that your first few hours with the Nintendo Labo, whatever kit you get off the bat, will be frustrating for everyone involved. What I haven’t seen yet from Nintendo is a commitment t

These are the building blocks for experience-based progression systems within which endless loot boxes, microtransactions, skill trees, cosmetics and mechanics can be unlocked. It’s also why the much-lauded 2017 Class of AAA Games are remarkably self-similar. I’ve taken to observing the ways in which these progression systems affect how I play. For many, the earliest example of shit happening in Divinity: Original Sin 2 comes in combat. Original Sin 2 required me to let go of expectations for pr

In 2015, after he finished writing the screenplay for Bright, writer Max Landis announced on Twitter that he believed he’d written his Star Wars. Modern Christianity, as it exists today, is all but impossible in the world of Bright. A magic wand, in this world, is “a nuclear bomb that grants wishes.” As one character explains it, magic is “whatever you want. If the Aztecs had their own magic wands, couldn’t they have fought off the conquistadors? And what could this task force do if it turned ou

Dan Slott, whose work has been synonymous with Spider-Man for the past decade, has announced that he will be leaving Marvel’s flagship title The Amazing Spider-Man. In an interview with Vulture, he said that his final issue will be The Amazing Spider-Man #801, likely released in July 2018. “This was a decision that was made way long ago,” Slott told Vulture. Whatever his Iron Man book is, it will likely kick off right around the time his run on The Amazing Spider-Man comes to a close this summer

After last weekend’s grueling qualification stage, the ELeague Major: Boston is finally ready to begin. The first big Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament of the year, the ELeague Major will pit 16 of the game’s best teams against each other for their share of the $1 million prize pool. The group stage starts on Jan. 19, and every match will be broadcast live on the ELeague Twitch channel. Why you should watchThis being the first major group stage of 2018, every team is likely to have a f

As the internet’s leading “Steamed Hams” beat reporter (self-appointed, naturally), I am pleased to inform you all that there are now two playable versions of this wonderful Simpsons meme. “Steamed Hams but it’s a playable 2D indie game” is a pixelated recreation of the short’s entirety. There’s an interactive portion here, however — which means, for the first time, we get to create our own “Steamed Hams” storyline. Yet if you’re like me, a begrudging Mac user, “Steamed Hams but it’s a playable

As the internet’s leading “Steamed Hams” beat reporter (self-appointed, naturally), I am pleased to inform you all that there are now two playable versions of this wonderful Simpsons meme. “Steamed Hams but it’s a playable 2D indie game” is a pixelated recreation of the short’s entirety. There’s an interactive portion here, however — which means, for the first time, we get to create our own “Steamed Hams” storyline. Yet if you’re like me, a begrudging Mac user, “Steamed Hams but it’s a playable

VRChat Inc. is threatening to ban players who download unofficial versions of VRChat that are floating around amidst growing security concerns over malware. VRChat Inc. published a statement on Medium last night regarding the use of unofficial versions of VRChat and the security risk of malware spreading from those users who decide not to use the version of VRChat available through Steam. Players are reporting that the game feels “sloppy and slow,” adding that attempting to play the game is met

VRChat Inc. is threatening to ban players who download unofficial versions of VRChat that are floating around amidst growing security concerns over malware. VRChat Inc. published a statement on Medium last night regarding the use of unofficial versions of VRChat and the security risk of malware spreading from those users who decide not to use the version of VRChat available through Steam. Players are reporting that the game feels “sloppy and slow,” adding that attempting to play the game is met

This 18-minute look at the dungeon design of Breath of the Wild focuses on the divine beasts, which present a pretty major change when it comes to the Legend of Zelda series. There are no keys to find and rarely any doors to open, and you can manipulate your surroundings at any time. It’s a good fit for what Breath of the Wild is trying to do, but there’s a reason that Zelda purists are kind of appalled by this approach to dungeon design. It jettisons most of what makes the dungeons in past Zeld

This 18-minute look at the dungeon design of Breath of the Wild focuses on the divine beasts, which present a pretty major change when it comes to the Legend of Zelda series. There are no keys to find and rarely any doors to open, and you can manipulate your surroundings at any time. It’s a good fit for what Breath of the Wild is trying to do, but there’s a reason that Zelda purists are kind of appalled by this approach to dungeon design. It jettisons most of what makes the dungeons in past Zeld

We Happy Few, the psychedelic horror survival game set in 1960’s-era England, has been delayed once again. In an exceptionally candid YouTube video, the team at Compulsion Games said they are taking the time to rebuild the first few hours of the game. We Happy Few: What Is It? The second major update is now live for We Happy Few, a survival-horror game set in a dystopian 1960s Britain. The current gameplay blends elements of the survival genre with open-world exploration games, but the title wil

We Happy Few, the psychedelic horror survival game set in 1960’s-era England, has been delayed once again. In an exceptionally candid YouTube video, the team at Compulsion Games said they are taking the time to rebuild the first few hours of the game. We Happy Few: What Is It? The second major update is now live for We Happy Few, a survival-horror game set in a dystopian 1960s Britain. The current gameplay blends elements of the survival genre with open-world exploration games, but the title wil

Publisher Cygames and developer PlatinumGames announced in summer 2016 that they were working on an action role-playing game based on Granblue Fantasy, the popular mobile fantasy RPG, for PlayStation 4. Today, we get a very good look at that game, Granblue Fantasy: Project Re:Link, in action. Cygames released a new gameplay video that starts off slowly — there’s a good two minutes of Granblue Fantasy: Project Re:Link’s main character just strolling around a colorful village. Granblue Fantasy: Pr

Publisher Cygames and developer PlatinumGames announced in summer 2016 that they were working on an action role-playing game based on Granblue Fantasy, the popular mobile fantasy RPG, for PlayStation 4. Today, we get a very good look at that game, Granblue Fantasy: Project Re:Link, in action. Cygames released a new gameplay video that starts off slowly — there’s a good two minutes of Granblue Fantasy: Project Re:Link’s main character just strolling around a colorful village. Granblue Fantasy: Pr

Last weekend, for the first time ever, I won a Raid Battle in Pokémon Go. And it wasn’t just a standard Raid, but a legendary Pokémon battle — the most anxiety-inducing, important Raid battles of all. Imagine how stoked I was to be surrounded by enough high-level trainers to actually defeat Kyogre, the legendary Pokémon featured in Raid battles nationwide for a limited time. After winning a Raid battle, everyone is given the chance to capture the legendary Pokémon. And I missed Kyogre seven time

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