Jordan Mallory Jul 2, 2019. 2 minute read
Hatsune Miku to Make Nintendo Switch Debut in ‘Project Diva Mega39’s’
Everyone’s favorite digital pop star will make her Nintendo Switch debut early next year, Sega has announced. Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Mega39’s (I’ll explain in a minute) will put 101 of the synthetic singer’s songs onto Nintendo’s wunderkind hybrid console — 11 of these tracks will be new, with the…
READ MORE >Jordan Mallory Jul 1, 2019. 2 minute read
Netflix Drops New Cast Photos for ‘The Witcher’ TV Series
Netflix today released several new photos of its live-action adaptation of the Witcher book series, which give us our first in-canon look at Yennifer and Ciri’s live-action counterparts, Anya Chalotra and Freya Allan (respectively). They also give us a few more angles on Henry Cavill’s Geralt of Rivia, whose poorly…
READ MORE >Jordan Mallory Jun 28, 2019. 2 minute read
Pokemon Sword and Shield Producer Addresses Transfer Controversy
Pokemon Sword and Shield may not support all 807 of your beloved pocket monsters, but that doesn’t mean they’re gone forever, doomed to a lonely eternity at the bottom of a PC box. In “a message for Pokemon video game fans” posted to The Pokemon Company’s official website earlier today,…
READ MORE >Jordan Mallory Jun 27, 2019. 2 minute read
Pokemon Masters Finally Detailed in Lengthy Anime Trailer
We now have actual, honest-to-goodness information about what Pokemon Masters is, thanks to an in-depth trailer released earlier today on The Pokemon Company’s official Youtube channel. The first half of the trailer is just straight-up, undiluted Pokemon anime, featuring male and female versions of what we presume is Pokemon Master‘s…
READ MORE >Jordan Mallory Jun 27, 2019. 2 minute read
Sony Announces Live-Action Final Fantasy XIV Series from ‘The Expanse’ Production Company
Sony today announced a new television project set in the world of Square Enix’s phoenix-like MMO, Final Fantasy XIV. The announcement was extremely light on details, as is typical for this sort of thing, but Sony did include a few crucial tidbits to whet our appetites. Perhaps most importantly, the…
READ MORE >Jordan Mallory Jun 26, 2019. 4 minute read
Trump’s Tariffs Spell Disaster for Video Games, Say Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony
As part of his ongoing trade war with China, President of the United States Donald Trump plans to impose a 25 percent tariff (read: import tax) on $325 billion worth of Chinese goods coming into America — what he calls “Phase 2” of his plan. (Phase 1, if you missed…
READ MORE >Jordan Mallory Jun 26, 2019. 2 minute read
South Korea’s Anti-Account Sharing Law Now in Effect
Bad news for unscrupulous folk in South Korea: As of today, getting paid to improve someone else’s rank in an online game is punishable by law. An amendment to Korea’s “Game Industry Promotion Act,” which was ratified last December and went into effect earlier this week, outlines four distinct types…
READ MORE >Jordan Mallory Jun 25, 2019. 7 minute read
5 Game Streaming Services You Never Knew Existed
The video game industry would very much like for you to believe that streaming/subscription services are the way of the future. Before long, buying individual video games will be a thing of the past! Everyone will travel to work in tubes, and our leisure time will be spent playing games…
READ MORE >Jordan Mallory Jun 21, 2019. 5 minute read
Fortnite 14 Days of Summer Guide: End Date, Leaked Skins, Challenges
With summer in full swing across the northern hemisphere, people everywhere are dousing themselves with tan lotions and bug sprays in a desperate attempt to protect the fragile bodies that they’re also deeply ashamed of. It’s an annual tradition that everyone endures enjoys. Including the Fortnite folk at Epic Games…
READ MORE >Jordan Mallory Jun 21, 2019. 2 minute read
Fortnite Prop Hunt Guide – How to Play & Island Code
If you, like us, have always dreamed of playing Fortnite as a toilet, then today is your lucky day. Thanks to Creative Mode’s new “Prop-o-Matic” gun, transforming into a toilet (or any other prop) is now possible. To showcase the kind of imaginative modes this new item enables, Epic commissioned…
READ MORE >Jordan Mallory Jun 20, 2019. 4 minute read
How to Enable Fortnite Two-Factor Authentication (Fortnite 2FA)
Two-factor authentication, often referred to as “2FA” by hip internet kids, is one of (if not the) strongest tools available for protecting your Fortnite account. By requiring an additional login confirmation from a secondary account and/or device, 2FA systems prevent nefarious actors from remotely accessing your bank account, email inbox,…
READ MORE >Jordan Mallory Jun 19, 2019. 5 minute read
5 Quick and Easy Gooigi Meal Ideas
So in Luigi’s Mansion 3, the new “Poltergust G-00” backpack can create a duplicate Luigi out of spectral goop. This entity is known as Gooigi, and according to producer Kensuke Tanabe, you could eat Gooigi if you wanted to. “It’s probably like gummies, so you could eat it,” Tanabe told…
READ MORE >Jordan Mallory Jun 14, 2019. 7 minute read
10 Games That Must Be on the Turbografx-16 Mini
Sometimes, dear reader, dreams do come true. Earlier this week, Konami shocked everyone in the whole world (read: me) by announcing the Turbografx-16 mini, a microconsole version of Hudson Soft and NEC’s 16-bit underdog. If this sounds somewhat familiar, you may remember when I said this exact thing should happen…
READ MORE >Jordan Mallory Jun 11, 2019. 3 minute read
3 Fun Facts About Ikumi Nakamura, E3 2019’s Brightest Star
E3 2019 didn’t officially start until this morning, but the internet has already granted every possible award to Tango Gameworks’ Creative Director, Ikumi Nakamura. Nakamura won the heart/mind of anyone with a pulse during Sunday’s Bethesda press conference, where she unveiled Ghostwire: Tokyo. In case you missed it, I sincerely…
READ MORE >Jordan Mallory Jun 5, 2019. 3 minute read
Fortnite Burst SMG Guide – Stats, Tips
The Fortnite v9.10 Content Update crowned a new king of burst DPS. The Suppressed SMG is dead — long live the Burst SMG! (Until it’s vaulted, at least.) Getting the hang of a new weapon can be tricky, especially in a game that evolves as often as Fortnite does. How much…
READ MORE >Jordan Mallory Jun 3, 2019. 4 minute read
5 Things to (Not) Expect at E3 2019
The 2019 Electronic Entertainment Expo blood letting festivities unofficially kick off this weekend, with Microsoft and Bethesda’s respective press conferences taking place this Sunday, June 9. Ubisoft, Square Enix, and Nintendo will follow suit over the next couple of days, and even though Sony isn’t technically at E3 this year,…
READ MORE >Jordan Mallory Jun 1, 2019. 2 minute read
3 Alternative Batmans for Your Consideration
By all accounts, it sounds like Robert Pattinson of Twilight fame is going to be the next Batman. Well, the next actor to play Batman in a film, at least — no one knows who the real Batman currently is, let alone who the next one will be. According to…
READ MORE >Jordan Mallory May 30, 2019. 1 minute read
Fortnite Season 9 Week 4: Visit 5 Different Named Locations
Do not, under any circumstances, confuse this with the other Fortnite Season 9 Week 4 Battle Pass challenge that requires you to visit five named locations. This one is completely different!! The penalty for conflating this challenge with that challenge is a fortnite in Epic’s temp hole, the hole where the…
READ MORE >Jordan Mallory May 30, 2019. 1 minute read
Fortnite Holgraphic Tomato Head, Durrr Burger Head, & Giant Dumpling Head Locations
I’ve seen Fortnite Season 9 Battle Pass Weekly Challenges you people wouldn’t believe. A holographic tomato burning out the shoulder of Mega Mall. I watched 12-year-olds dance in the glimmer of a floating hamburger. A big-ass dumpling man that definitely won’t become a skin at some point. All those Battle…
READ MORE >Jordan Mallory May 30, 2019. 1 minute read
Fortnite Location Landing Order for the Season 9 Week 4 Challenges
It’s that time again, true beliebers. Another week’s worth of Fortnite Season 9 Battle Pass challenges are upon us, and Epic has decreed that you must land in these five locations, in this order. You may land in other locations if you wish, but doing so will be to go…
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