Kris Ligman

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League of Legends goes full anime with new Star Guardian skins

You gotta hand it to League of Legends, it just takes a theme and runs with it. The previously released Star Guardian Lux skin now has a whole team of offbrand Sailor Scouts to call her own,...

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No Man's Sky patch recovers corrupted save files

Both PlayStation 4 and PC versions of No Man’s Sky received a quiet update earlier this week, but development studio Hello Games only just released detailed patch notes explaining what w...

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Blizzard moves away from the 'Battle.net' name

Many of us have spent a better part of our lives with Battle.net somewhere in our periphery. I can still fondly recall playing a few matches of the original StarCraft with my brothers over th...

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Got a jailbroken phone? Don't get the latest Pokemon Go update

The recent Pokemon Go update (1.7.0 on iOS; 0.37.0 on Android) introduces the Buddy System, and it’s pretty cute! Unfortunately, if you have a jailbroken, rooted, or otherwise unlocked smartp...

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Pikachu can ride on your shoulder in Pokemon Go's new buddy system

Pokemon Go will soon release a new update (ver 1.7.0 on iOS; ver 0.37 on Android), which introduces the cute new Pokemon buddy system. Intrepid dataminers, however, have discovered a cute lit...

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Five years late, 3DS StreetPass finally accepts more than 10 Miis at a time

As someone with a chunky, small, first generation 3DS, I have put a lot of time and attention into this little handheld console. I used to carry it with me on walks for no other reason than to make us...

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The floor is ACTUALLY LAVA in Klei's newest game

Ah, “the floor is lava,” that most sacred of childhood games. As a reliable cure for boredom while your parents are mattress shopping, there really was no better — and now it’s getting the ultimate ra...

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No one likes a gloater: Overwatch now turns 'gg ez' messages into hilarious self-owns

In online games, ‘gg’ (‘good game’) is considered a sign of good sportspersonship, but ‘gg ez’ (‘good game, easy [to win]’) is just bragging. Clearly, as a big name in the online multiplayer space,

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Overwatch's newest battleground is a fairy tale castle

Blizzard has unveiled its latest all-new map for Overwatch: the German castle of Eichenwalde, with village streets, castle ramparts and royal throne rooms ready to be shot up with reckle...

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Niantic is struggling to stamp out Pokemon Go cheaters

Software development is an arms race, fought between developers and the various hackers, crackers, exploiters, and cheaters who see any brick wall as an invitation to grab a sledgehammer. It’s no...

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Pokemon Go's catch rate deemed a 'bug,' will be addressed

One of the subtler changes introduced with last week’s updates to Pokemon Go has made catching the little ‘Mons a lot harder. This affects even extremely weak Pokemon, and as a result, p...

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Pokemon Go has reached Brazil, just in time for the Olympics

Pokemon Go continues to transfix the world, and as we head into 2016’s Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, the city’s mayor has appealed directly to the app’s developer to launch the game in B...

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Someone's already reached the level cap in Pokemon Go... but they had to cheat to get there

Reddit user _problemz claims to have become the world’s first Pokemon Go player to hit the game’s highest level, but don’t worry — they needed cheating software to get there, and even then, i...

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Blizzard has restored Overwatch accounts hit with progress loss bug on PS4

Last week, a number of PlayStation 4 users reported seeing their levels, stats, and skill ratings reduced or even reset while playing Blizzard’s mega-successful team shooter, Overwatch. While...

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Overwatch's newest heroine is now available to all on PC

Ana Amari has been in public beta testing for a few days now, but as of today Blizzard has officially added her to Overwatch‘s character roster on PC!

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Overwatch players on PS4 are falling prey to a mysterious bug

Overwatch players on PlayStation 4 have run afoul of a bug which can revert or even reset their accounts, costing them experience points, levels, competitive ranking, and unlockable rewa...

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Oh the places you will (Pokemon) Go

Despite continued server problems and even a denial-of-service attack over the weekend, Niantic’s popular Nintendo-branded augmented reality game Pokemon Go has rolled out for an additional 2...

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A year after its Japanese release, Mobius Final Fantasy is finally headed West

I always forget about Mobius Final Fantasy (previously Mevius) until I see a picture of its protagonist and go “ohh, the guy with the skimpy outfit.” It was so skimpy it app...

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The father of Final Fantasy is founding (another) game studio

Here’s a factoid: Hironobu Sakaguchi, lead designer of the original Final Fantasy and design lead for many of the games that would follow under that title, is only 53. If he seems like a...

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Fallout 4 modders in uproar over rampant theft

One of Fallout 4‘s most popular mods, Caliente’s Beautiful Bodies Enhancer (CBBE), will not be headed to consoles. That’s not because CBBE supports nude character mods — the author was m...