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The making of Final Fantasy 12, critiques and comparisons of the 3D Mario games, Battlefront 2 hero leak and beta, Game Score Fanfare on the story in the score of Journey, hbomberguy looks at cases of Youtube plagiarism and at how his own Bloodoborne video was ripped off, Icewind Dale 2 source code missing, best runs from SGDQ, why everyone still loves Sega, Total War Saga, Warframe gets an open world area, why a gamer was duct-taped to a ceiling, Writing on Games on how The New Order is about more than just killing Nazis, oral history of NBA Jam, Doomfist added to Overwatch, Extra Credits on getting started as a freelance game journalist, Joseph Anderson finds the villain of Edith Finch, Steam UI overhaul, BAFTA Young Game Designers and Games For Change awards, and more.
 
Gaming News (Announcements, previews, release dates, interviews and writing on upcoming games, DLC, game updates, company and developer news, country news, mods)
 
Steam UI overhaul incoming, Valve presentation confirms

More than 40,000 Steam users were banned the day after the Summer Sale
 
Total War Saga is a spin-off series that will 'follow-on from previous games'

 
Sea of Thieves teases its terrifying and mesmerizing storm system
 
Destiny 2 will have locked loadouts and public event timers
Destiny 2: Tour of the New Social Space "The Farm" - IGN First
Destiny 2: A Tour of the New Crucible Map Endless Vale - IGN First
Destiny 2: A Tour of the New Control and Its Changes - IGN First
5 Minutes of Destiny 2 Sentinel Titan Gameplay on Endless Vale - IGN First
4 Minutes of Destiny 2 Void Warlock Gameplay on Endless Vale - IGN First
Destiny 2: Creating the Story of a Lightless World - IGN First
 
Star Citizen shows off procedural planets with unique weather and atmospheres
 
Layton’s Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaires’ Conspiracy Official Trailer
 
Kentucky Route Zero continues string of weird videos, promises 'busy summer yet'

 
Star Wars Battlefront 2 leak hints at hero roster

Star Wars Battlefront 2 multiplayer beta is coming in October
 
Agents of Mayhem - Magnum Sized Action
 
XCOM 2 Expansion - Inside Look: The Skirmisher
XCOM 2: War of the Chosen - Inside Look: The Warlock
 
How Assassin's Creed Origins Is Recreating Egypt's Greatest Wonders
Ubisoft’s Quest To Make Assassin’s Creed Origins’ World Their Most Dynamic
 
Difficulties with the CryEngine may kill TimeSplitters Rewind

 
Hell Let Loose reveal trailer promises 100-player WW2 battles
 
David Cage's Message Is That David Cage Is a Bad Writer

 
Sonic Forces recruits Hoobastank for its perfectly on-brand theme song
 
Super Mario Odyssey ditches the ‘game over’ screen completely
Touring Super Mario Odyssey's New Donk City
 
You Can Import Your Old Shadow of Mordor Nemesis Into The Sequel
I can bring back the one guy who killed me while I was glitched into a wall.
Middle-earth: Shadow Of War Voice Cast And SDCC Panel Announced
 
23 Minutes of Monster Hunter World Single-Player Gameplay
 
Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux second trailer
 
Watch a Phoenix rain fire on warrior lizards in new Total War: Warhammer II gameplay
 
Mineko's Night Market is a gorgeous adventure inspired by Japanese folklore

 
Splatoon 2 is getting a multiplayer demo on July 15

Splatoon 2 Looks Noticeably Richer In Head-To-Head Comparison With The First Game
Splatoon's Creepy Boss Sounds Are Back In The Sequel
 
Blue Reflection looks a bit Sailor Moon and a lot Persona
 
 
Redeemer, the top-down brawler about a murderer-turned-monk, will be out in August
 
Fallen Legion moved up to July 18 in the Americas
 
Here’s when we’ll get to break out of The Escapists 2
 
Warframe is getting an open world, MMO-like area, here's everything you need to know
 
Get a flavour of Fortnite with this cinematic short
 
Vampire ’em up Dead of Night looks specdracula
 
City of Brass is a BioShock-inspired Arabian Nights-meets-Indiana Jones rogue-lite
 
The Bard's Tale 4 first look: Reinventing the dungeon crawler

 
Nobody Can Find The Source Code For Icewind Dale II

 
Shakedown: Hawaii full reveal trailer, PS4 and PS Vita physical editions announced
 
An Open World Game About Building The Best Workshop

 
Wild West Online showcases bounties, saloons, forested base-camps
 
Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth ‘New Features’ trailer
 
Growbot gets a new trailer, looks as charming as ever
 
Barbaric First-Look Gameplay: Its Like Diablo + a Roguelike
 
Tikipod’s twin-stick shooter Iron Crypticle out next week
 
Watch 23 minutes of West of Loathing in 37 seconds
 
Fire Emblem Warriors trailer adds magic and axes to the fray
 
Studio Wildcard doubles Ark price “to ensure retail parity”

Dean Hall criticizes Ark's price increase as "****ing OUTRAGEOUS"
 
Project Cars 2 reveals all 180 of its fully-licensed vehicles

Project Cars 2 reveals all 60 'live' tracks and 139 layouts
 
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds 'guaranteed' to leave Early Access by October
PUBG announces weekly Facebook livestream series to 'bring fan base closer to development team'
 
Doomfist, the legendary Overwatch bad guy, is now live on the PTR
Overwatch update reduces loot crate duplicates, adds improved Highlight features
Jeff Kaplan says Overwatch is balanced, and he likes the "dive meta" just fine
Doomfist's rocket punch is the target of one of Overwatch's quickest nerfs
 
Blizzard may have just leaked the location of World of Warcraft's next expansion

 
Hearthstone's Next Expansion Is All About The Lich King
Hearthstone update suggests 'Appear Offline' mode is finally on its way
 
Mass Effect: Andromeda teases Batarians and a new 'Platinum' Apex mission difficulty
Mass Effect Andromeda’s latest patch sheds DRM
 
Crypt of the NecroDancer's prequel DLC is coming out of Early Access on July 12
 
Conan Exiles update adds climbing mechanics
 
The Elder Scrolls Online’s Horns of the Reach DLC is out next month

 
Hitman outlines monthly roadmap, appears to hint at continued episodic release format

 
Mafia III's DLC Wraps Up With A Cult-Fueled Adventure
 
 
Horizon Zero Dawn adds New Game Plus mode and ‘Ultra Hard’ difficulty

 
Rainbow Six Siege's loot boxes start rolling out today

 
Sony’s shutting down The Tomorrow Children

 
How THQ Nordic will build a successful brand out of a failed one

 
Paradox offers free games to compensate for bungled price increase

 
Firewatch fan ordered a fake novel from an in-game prop, so the studio made him one

 
Ubisoft's Jason VandenBerghe joins ArenaNet

 
Fallout 4 under fire for ‘repugnant’ ads as ‘The Wanderer’ singer files suit

 
Psyonix: "We see Rocket League as a platform, not as a franchise"

 
Duelyst developer partners with Bandai Namco

 
Nintendo dismisses idea of entering resurgent PC market

 
You can now play God of War III and Killzone Shadow Fall on PC

 
Riot Games sues mobile game developer for producing alleged League of Legends knockoffs

 
Sega embraces "grassroots" games-as-a-service

 
Crecente out!
 
A Bunch of Dicks Ruined This Wonderfully Creepy Indie Game

 
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD is being removed from Steam

 
Summer Games Done Quick 2017 is over, having raised over $1.7 million for charity
One Titanfall 2 developer shared secrets of how enemies spawn to help out speedrunners
The Best Speedruns From SGDQ 2017
Games Done Quick Is a Modern Day Olympics
 
The BAFTA Young Game Designers Awards 2017

 
14th Annual Games for Change Award Finalists Announced

 
You can get a two thousand dollar scholarship just by writing about Minecraft

 
‘Mario Maker’ Player Has Spent 1,500 Hours Trying to Beat His Own Level
 
Mega Maker is a neat looking, unofficial Mega Man level editor
 
A mod that promises to be the "definitive Deus Ex experience" just released its final version
 
Top Fallout 4 and Skyrim modders weigh in on Bethesda's Creation Club

 
This Japanese XCOM-like mecha strategy game has been translated to English after 23 years
 
Esports News
 
The Weekend In Esports: ESL One Cologne, Dota 2, And ARMS

 
Plan your next weekend now, as the Evo 2017 schedule is out

 
Angela Merkel’s Party Offers Support for Esports

 
Matcherino Raises $1.5 Million Investment for Tournament Crowdfunding Platform

 
For Honor Gains ‘Hero Series’ Esports Tournament Following Ubisoft and ESL Partnership

 
University of California Irvine will soon offer Overwatch scholarships

ESPN reports Blizzard has six Overwatch League teams lined up
 
The Coolest Techniques From Arms' First Major Tournament

 
An Australian Quake Player with 200+ ping beat out the competition to qualify for US tournament

 
Top Pro Dominates Tournament With Street Fighter V’s Newest Character

 
Crowdfunding News (not sharing everything I find, just ones that look interesting, have known talent behind them, and a chance to succeed)
 
FANTASY STRIKE
 
ARCANA HEART 3 LOVE MAX SIX STARS!!!!!! | 2D fighting game
 
Dress to kill
 
Content I found interesting this week (interviews, think pieces, history, music, culture, design, art, documentaries, criticism, etc)
 
The making of Final Fantasy 12

Final Fantasy XII Is Way Better Than I Remembered
Final Fantasy XII’s New Fast-Forward Feature Is A Godsend
 
NBA Jam Oral History

 
Blue Sky Thinking: Why Everybody Still Loves Sega

 
Why former Sega president Bernie Stolar is still proud of the Dreamcast

 
10 Years Ago, I Almost Got Someone Fired While Reporting a Story

 
Why PUBG’s rickety deathtraps are among the best vehicles in gaming

 
Five Years Later, 'Spec Ops: The Line' Still Hates Military Bullshit

 
Ghosts of Neoliberalism | The Signal From Tölva

 
Why people are still making NES games

 
Austin Wintory on composing Absolver, a game about 'friendship through fighting'

 
Composer and director of Rakuen on crafting an evocative soundtrack

 
My 5-year-old has learned more from playing video games than from watching ‘Sesame Street’

 
Despite a Cold Shoulder at E3, Sony Isn't Turning Its Back on Indies

 
Designing each of the 50 weapons in Dead Cells to feel distinctive

 
Opinion: A requiem for Mass Effect: Andromeda

 
Discover the Creators: Yoko Taro’s Favorite PS4 Games

 
The history and future of Fire Pro Wrestling, as told by Tomoyuki Matsumoto

 
How A Designer Accidentally Opened Every Door In The Witcher 3

 
Naughty Dog
 
What developers are saying about the design of Nintendo's Arms

 
Japanese game translations honored in new book

 
Spinning beats with Yuzo Koshiro
 
Convince This Giant Eyeball Of Your Own Self-Worth

 
A New Game That Captures The Cringe Of Middle School Romance

Nina Freeman’s Games Really Get Millennial Romance
 
Killer Goat Man Chases You In This Puzzle Based Visual Novel

 
Here's Three Stories About YouTube Plagiarism
  3D Mario Games: Critique and Comparison
 
Journey: The Story in the Score | Game Score Fanfare
 
Superposition: The Genre of Life is Strange
 
The Villain of Edith Finch
 
Wolfenstein: The New Order Is About More Than Defeating the Nazis
 
4 Good Game Design INNOVATIONS of 2017
 
Miyamoto REALLY Likes Pikmin | Mini Mortem [SSFF]
 
Level up Screens: Design by Division
 
How To Write A Song From The Mega Man 2 Soundtrack
 
Getting Started as a Game Journalist - Practice, Prepare, and Pitch - Extra Credits
One Million Subs - Thank YOU for Supporting Extra Credits!
 
The 2017 Failure Workshop
 
The Sound of No Man's Sky
 
Crush the Norm: Diversity Rules (At King)
 
A Study of Creature Animation in Film and Games
 
You Look Smashing: The Procedural Art Direction of We Happy Few
 
Things I found entertaining throughout the week relating to video games, game communities, or game companies
 
15 Years Later, Here's Why A Gamer Was Duct-Taped To A Ceiling

 
Devs Conspire With Twitch Viewers To Troll Clustertruck Speedrun

 
Platinum's Hideki Kamiya Just "Confirmed" Okami 2, Viewtiful Joe 3
 
Ubisoft Removes Fourth Of July Fireworks From Watch Dogs 2 After 'Noise Complaints'

 
50 Battlegrounds Players Band Together To Test The Game's Limits
 
Watch a 'SUPERHOT VR' Speedrunner Demolish the Game In 8 Minutes
 
Things I Missed From Previous Weeks
 
Metro Exodus and the developer that won’t stop fighting


Kotaro Uchikoshi VS Kazutaka Kodaka: Adventure Game Courtroom Battle

Harry Potter and the 3,000-player battle royale, how the original X-COM was cancelled and development continued in secret, the invention of the D-Pad, Nintendo's Genyo Takeda retiring, the future of dialogue in games, a Wii Ulogy, XSEED localizer wants name removed from product after localization team and developer won't allow KKK joke, Darkest Dungeon mods, the making of StarCraft, list of good Youtubers to follow for games and gaming history, Prey is getting DLC and likely not getting early or release day reviews, Superhot design competition winners announced, how we frame and describe games in a way that leads us to ignore what the game says and does on its own terms, Darksiders 3 reveal, how Origin went from Wingleader to Wing Commander, Ashes of Creation launches Kickstarter, and more.
 
 
Gaming News (Announcements, release dates, previews, interviews, expansions, DLC, updates, company news, new tech, mods)
 
Prey is 'absolutely' getting DLC, 'impossible' to see all alien powers in one playthrough

Pre-review: Prey
Prey devs 'double thoroughness' in testing following Dishonored 2's PC problems
 
Call of Duty: WWII release date set for November, watch the first trailer
Call of Duty: WWII will highlight the vulnerability of its heroes
'Call of Duty: WWII' Explained
Don't try to sell Call of Duty to us as anti-war
 
Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 - Zombies Chronicles confirmed by ESRB website

 
Abandon Ship's weather system is as deadly as its seafaring foes
 
Dirt 4 trailer shows muddy cars, weather conditions, and exuberant soundtrack
 
Rising Storm 2: Vietnam system requirements released, deluxe edition detailed

 
Savage: The Shard of Gosen is a sidescrolling RPG inspired by the worst Zelda game
 
Quake Champions trailer showcases the verdant Ruins of Sarnath
Quake Champions is looking good, but mods are still in doubt
 
The Edgelands is a quirky narrative adventure that echoes Infocom era gamebooks
 
Combat Commentary & Brian DiDomenico Joins the Team
 
Yomawari: Midnight Shadows first details, screenshots

 
Operation Babel: New Tokyo Legacy character trailer
 
Bethesda might be teasing a couple E3 reveals

 
Sea of Thieves trailers show ship battles, scouting and skeletons
 
Shenmue III - Story Building Developer Diary
 
Gundam Versus will finally bring the Japanese fighting series to western consoles
 
Lethis: Daring Discoverers looks like a charming sci-fi adventure
 
Source: The Rumored Mario x Rabbids RPG Is Real, Coming To Switch

 
Haunted house-a-thon Perception release date set
 
A Game About Syrian Refugees and WhatsApp

 
Middle-earth: Shadow of War showcases new Nemesis system
Shadow of War: Weapons and Gear Detailed - IGN First
 
The Town of Light on researching its sensitive themes and Volterra asylum setting
 
Unexplored: a real-time roguelike with advanced dungeon design
 
Darksiders 3 trailer reveals Fury, the whip-wielding Sister of the Apocalypse
 
God Wars: Future Past sixth trailer
 
Code Vein's debut trailer is post-apocalyptic anime Dark Souls
 
The Occupation is a politically-charged thriller that pits you against the clock

 
Valkyrie Drive: Bhikkhuni coming to PC via Steam this summer
 
Martian survive ’em up Rokh hitting early access in May
 
Halo 6 will be all about Master Chief, no new playable characters

The Lack Of Master Chief Was The Least Of Halo 5’s Campaign Problems
 
Battlefield 1 spring update brings Platoons to the fight, makes life better for Medics

I have started an Angry Army Platoon on the PC, RuneX has started one for the Xbox One, and WITHASTICK has started one for the PS4, we will all be hosting an event for the game on the 13th.
 
Hearts of Iron IV’s Death or Dishonor DLC will release alongside free overhaul of air gameplay
 
For Honor Season Two, Shadow and Might, adds the Centurion and Shinobi on May 16
 
Nioh DLC “Dragon of the North” Out May 2

 
Zelda: Breath Of The Wild's First DLC Adds Some Very Cool Stuff

 
Watch Motörhead 'unleash the Ironfist' in the none more metal Victor Vran trailer
 
Forza Horizon 3 is getting loop-de-loops and a giant T-rex in new Hot Wheels DLC
 
Street Fighter V Temporarily Pulling New DLC Offline To Remove Unintentional Religious References
 
Overwatch’s Heroes of the Storm skins will come to loot boxes, eventually

Overwatch surpasses 30 million players
Overwatch audio files suggest a space map could be coming
Overwatch’s cutest voice line was a recording booth accident
Overwatch ‘Uprising’ event extended after accidental early end
 
Hearthstone celebrates 70 million player milestone with free pack giveaway

 
Localizer Asks To Be Removed From Game's Credits After Developers Erase KKK Reference
Localization Isn't Censorship, And The Difference Is Important
 
Nintendo veteran Genyo Takeda retiring
Fire Emblem Heroes bests Super Mario Run profits, despite 10 times fewer downloads
Nintendo predicts next year’s profits to reach its highest in six years
Nintendo not holding E3 press conference in 2017
Nintendo Finally Says Goodbye To 3D
 
Students can now learn how to code directly in Minecraft
 
New Chinese law forces Riot to publish League of Legends loot box drop rates

 
Chet Faliszek leaves Valve

 
Atlus Is Letting People Stream More, But Not All, 'Persona 5'

 
PS4 shipments reach 60 million units worldwide

 
Battlegrounds doubles its playerbase in less than a month, now with 2 million sales

 
AbleGamers opens new facility to help those with disabilities get back in the game

Little Girl Finally Gets To Play Mario Kart 8 Thanks To Smart Steering
 
Superhot design competition winners announced

 
Brutal Doom is getting new guns, dual wielding, and the option to remove vertical axis aiming
 
Mod for The Witcher 3 lets Geralt use shields
 
The best Darkest Dungeon mods
 
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Lost Alpha Developer’s Cut released
 
Star Wars: X-Wing 'XWVM' mod video shows off updated visual effects
 
Zelda Fan Game Changes Course After Nintendo Issues Takedown
 
Esports News
 
The Weekend In Esports: Dota 2, DreamHack Austin, And Splatoon

 
As Esports Explodes, Will Valve's 'Dota 2' Be Left for Dead?

'Dota 2' Owes Its Success to Fans, Not Investors and Owners, and That's Okay
 
What Makes Gamer-Tags and Team Names Such Valuable Trademarks?

 
Tencent Conference Reveals Chinese Franchising Plans, Esports Television Channel
 
Blizzard announces Hearthstone Wild tournament

 
CS:GO player banned for cheating returns to sport, new teammates promptly quit in protest

 
Fans Keep Trying To Revive Smash Bros. Brawl's Competitive Scene

 
HONOR OF KINGS DOMINATES MOBILE ESPORTS IN CHINA
 
Smash 'God' Drops Out Of Tournament Because His Controller Isn't Properly Malfunctioning
Hungrybox Wins Melee Finals By Running Out The Clock
 
The Late Team Fight That Spun The Dota 2 Kiev Finals On Their Head

 
Overwatch Pro Sets Up Surprise Attack By Balancing Winston On A Roof
 
Not Even Excellent Outfits Can Save Overwatch Pros From Other Team's Genji
 
Crowdfunding News
 
Ashes of Creation ~ New MMORPG by Intrepid Studios
 
EXO ONE
 
Eagle Island
Eagle Island is a falconry-based, procedural platformer
 
Content I found interesting this week (interviews, reviews, think pieces, history, music, culture, design, art, criticism, etc)
 
Good Game/Tech/History Youtubers
 
From Wingleader to Wing Commander

 
Picture in a Frame

 
Why the hell do they have mouths: a Final Fantasy 7 PC retrospective

 
Famitsu Special Report – The Mystery of TOSE

 
The future of dialogue in games

 
The Last Guardian contains a beautiful lesson about animals’ ability to forgive

 
We Need More Games Where Animals Don't Just Die or Carry Us Around

 
“The Erotic Death Drive of Nier: Automata,” by Julie Muncy

 
‘What Remains of Edith Finch’ Perfectly Illustrates Gaming’s Storytelling Power

 
Making StarCraft, 'we just threw a bunch of crap at the wall and saw what stuck'

 
The Next Wave of Games Don't Need Screens

 
Officer Benny and Characterisation in Stealth

 
EVE Online's latest war is being fought over anime

 
The Success of 'Mario Kart 8 Deluxe' Underscores How Badly Wii U Flopped

 
Elite: Dangerous' 3,000-player battle royale
 
Flashback: Returning to 'Morrowind'

 
Kojima Tries To Explain Naked Norman Reedus At Tribeca
 
When Fans Take Their Love For Twitch Streamers Too Far

 
This revelation about 50 Cent's 7-year old making executive decisions for 2009's Blood on the Sand is too good

 
Guest Column: Let's Hear It for the Game Givers

 
Outlast 2 And The Realism Of Survival Horror Motivation

Why horror games need to quit killing us
 
How the CS:GO community's compassion changed the life of a disabled CS:GO streamer

 
Night in the Woods is Important // HeavyEyed
 
The original X-COM was cancelled, but development continued in secret - Here's A Thing
Long-lost X-COM reboot would have played a lot like Valkyria Chronicles
 
Localize Everything - Finding Hardcore Fans Worldwide - Extra Credits
 
Kingdom and Player Attention
 
Who Invented the D-Pad? | Gaming Historian
 
Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV and the Curse of Bad Video Game Movies - Renegade Cut
 
The Design of Dead Space - Part 2 | Game Maker's Toolkit
 
Bravely Default's Empowering Music | Game Score Fanfare
 
Conversations: Patrice Désilets (Creator of Assassin's Creed)
Conversation with Patrice Désilets (Creator of Assassin's Creed)
 
How Does Mass Effect: Andromeda Compare to Previous Mass Effects? [Spoilers]
 
Matt Chat 374: Tim Lang Part One
 
A Wii Ulogy
 
Dark Souls 3 Critique: Bosses and Glorified Hallways (Part 2)
 
Scanner Sombre
 
Farlands - Relationship Between the Player and the Game through Controls
 
Bayonetta's Enemy Design - Dancing with Danger
 
Things I found entertaining throughout the week relating to video games, game communities, or game companies
 
Someone Bought The Most Depressing Top Gun Game Collection
 
Pretending To Be Yoko Taro Is Hard Work
 
When you (and 50,000 other people) try to own Polygon but you don't understand what words or sales are
First article was correct in that it sold significantly worse than all but the Gamecube version which it only slightly beat, Deluxe is also a new updated version for a system not announced at the time making the articles not even connected. You are supposed to do article side by side comparisons like this when they are written by the same person not two different people, and "life comes at you fast" is for things that happen around three days later not three years later. Pewdiepie also shared a stolen version of the tweet giving this a total of about 50,000 people whose brains have been so rotted by memes that they don't even know how the memes work anymore.
 
Fyrefestival
 
Zombies Are Real
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Things I Missed From Previous Weeks
 
Interview with Jessica Curry — Video Game Composer

 
On Endings: What Games Are, and What They Could Be

 
How Trans Consultants Saved Dragon Age: Inquisition

 

The storytelling philosophies behind Oddworld, the rise and fall of Command & Conquer, X-COM creator crowdfunds his next game Phoenix Point, Chrono trilogy retrospective, Call of Duty WWII, G2A holds a live Q&A, the kids who translated FFV before Square and did a better job of it, Cliff Bleszinski on AAA development as an unsustainable model, Summer Games Done Quick schedule, Joe and Tons0fun preview Star Trek Bridge Crew, the history of Origin Systems and the creation of Wing Commander, the moments that make Planescape Torment a masterpiece, Night Trap 25th Anniversary for PS4 and Xbox One, Vivendi still planning Ubisoft takeover, Sega hints at another PC port, Timmy learns not to fix matches, the design of Dead Space, Red Dead Redemption GTAV mod shut down, and more.
 
 
Gaming News (Announcements, release dates, previews, interviews, expansions, DLC, updates, company news, new tech, mods)
 
Summer Games Done Quick announces its full schedule

 
Riot owners Tencent get exclusive Chinese rights to Rocket League and other hit games
Steam games in China: Making the most of a lucrative opportunity
 
Dawn of War 3 dev diary talks tactics ahead of this weekend's open beta
39 minutes of Dawn of War 3 Campaign Gameplay - Is the singleplayer any good?
Dawn of War III - Fragments of War - PEGI
 
Total War: WARHAMMER 2 – Into the Vortex
 
AngryJoe Previews Star Trek Bridge Crew
 
Hellblade's Director On Why Games Can Be More Than "Fun"
 
Sylvio 2 grabs a camera for more spooking in autumn
 
Activision Announces Call of Duty: WWII

 
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 3rd Preview – The Wait Was Worth It

 
‘Roguevania’ Dead Cells comes to Steam Early Access on May 10
 
Shadow of War: Unlocking the Predator Skill Tree - IGN First
Shadow of War: Meet Mordor's Fiery Drakes and Feral Beasts - IGN First
 
Home Is Where the Horror Is In 'Little Nightmares'

 
Friday the 13th: The Game Release Date Announcement Trailer
 
Green Hill Zone's Looking Good In Sonic Forces
 
Spike Chunsoft announces survival RPG Zanki Zero for PS4, PS Vita

 
Collar X Malice launches this summer in the west

 
A Wargaming Titan of the 90s Is Finally Making Its Return

 
See the "Uncomfortable" New Game From the Makers of 'Prison Architect'
 
Disgaea 5 Complete second character trailer
 
10 Minutes Of Story Gameplay - Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows Of Valentia
Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia - 'A Master Class in Strategy'
 
Is Sega teasing a Vanquish port for PC?

 
Night Trap: 25th Anniversary Edition announced for PS4, Xbox One
 
Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite biffing into September
Eight new characters confirmed for Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite
 
Injustice 2 - Shattered Alliances Part 5
Injustice 2 - Official Catwoman Moveset and Breakdown
Injustice 2 - Offiicial Poison Ivy Moveset and Breakdown
Injustice 2 - Deadshot Moveset and Breakdown
Injustice 2 - Brainiac Reveal Trailer
 
Here’s a look at Code Vein, Bandai Namco’s new anime vampire action RPG

 
Baobab’s Mausoleum is a JRPG inspired by Twin Peaks
 
Beholder DLC Trailer [English]
 
N++ Ultimate Edition update adds gobs more levels
 
Steep Teaser - Winter Fest Pack (DLC)
 
Six-Year-Old RPG Two Worlds II Continues In May

 
In A Three Minute Clip, Capcom Explains Why It's Delaying The Not A Hero DLC
 
Get 20 Free Heroes for 'Heroes of the Storm' Starting Next Week

Overwatch’s D.Va is coming to Heroes of the Storm
 
 
Sudden wins in Overwatch to be addressed in next patch: victory threshold raised to 33%

Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan hints at upcoming subtitle support
 
Rami Ismail at G2A Talk
(Technically saying TB is solely responsible for it is extremely disingenuous as his information and sources were from years of blog posts, Polygon, Kotaku, PCGamer, devs, etc he can just make use of his large social media following for Gearbox to notice)
G2A rep does live Q&A at Reboot conference, gets blasted by developers
G2A rep roasted by developers during live Q&A
 
Swery's new game will be "perverted, violent and crazy"
Swery and Suda
 
23 year-old game studio grow faster than 100s of startups: they are CD Projekt
 
Beloved World Of Warcraft YouTuber Dies At Age 26

 
We’ve been missing a big part of game industry’s digital revolution

 
New Persona domain names have fans hoping for Persona 5 spinoffs
 
Report: Vivendi's takeover of Ubisoft planned for this year

 
Russian internet giant Mail.ru opens $100M games investment division

 
Days Gone has driven Sony Bend to more than double in size

 
SteamSpy estimate Bayonetta has sold 100k on PC - Sega say they’re “overwhelmed by support”

 
Breath of the Wild goes 2D with free, retro-style fan game
 
Modders Are Tweaking Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 In Clever Ways

 
Modder Is Building New Vegas Inside of Fallout 4
 
Rockstar Rains Down on Red Dead Redemption’s GTAV PC Mod, Crushing Plenty of Dreams

 
Esports News
 
The Weekend In Esports: FIFA, The League Spring Finals, And More

 
Team Coach And Manager Charged With Match Fixing In Overwatch Qualifier

Former Counter-Strike Pro: Don't Fix Matches, Timmy
 
Faker Keeps His Throne In Korean League Finals

 
North American League Finals End In A Barnburner

 
Tekken Player Survives With A Sliver Of Health

 
Overwatch Pro's Racist Tirade Ends His Career

Honorable Overwatch Pro Spares Apparently Lagging Opponent
 
Esports Will Become A Medal Event At The 2022 Asian Games

 
First All-Women's College to Offer Varsity Esports Program

 
Crowdfunding News
 
PHOENIX POINT
Phoenix Point's Fig campaign promises new take on classic X-COM formula
'X-COM' Designer Julian Gollop Talks Spiritual Successor, 'Phoenix Point'
 
Astrobase Command - 70's Space Station Builder & Crew Sim
 
Content I found interesting this week (interviews, reviews, think pieces, history, music, culture, design, art, criticism, etc)
 
From Squadron to Wingleader

 
How the Novigrad of ‘The Witcher 3’ Measures Up to the Original Fiction

 
How Three Kids With No Experience Beat Square And Translated Final Fantasy V Into English

 
The Monster at the End of Capitalism
 
What makes Oddworld tick

 
Guild Wars 2’s art style passes from father to son

 
Battlefield 1 and how to treat war with respect in videogames

 
Frustrated GTA Online Players Want Much Better Clothes For Women

 
How Ghosts ’N Goblins helped video games find comedy in failure

 
Composing video game music to build suspense, part 4: drones of dread

 
'Rogue One' Star Alan Tudyk on Playing 'Halo' with Nathan Fillion

 
‘Grand Theft Auto IV’ Shows the Importance of Outsider Perspective

 
The Virtual Life – The Unsettling Humanity Of Nina Freeman's Kimmy

 
Meet the most honest man in EVE Online

 
Highlighting History's First Female Game Designers

 
A Day in the Life of Meathead, the Face of 'World of Tanks'

 
Bleszinski: “AAA is a nearly unsustainable model”

 
I Can't Stop Feeling Guilty For Dicking Around In Breath Of The Wild

 
Duke Nukem’s Dystopian Fantasies

 
Making Horizon Zero Dawn's Machines feel like living creatures
 
How An Offbeat Video Game Got 100 Japanese Bands To Write Its Soundtrack

 
An Interview With One of Those Hackers Screwing With Your 'Black Ops 2' Games

Hacker Jailed Two Years For Making Software That Causes DDoS Attacks
 
Persona 5 deserved better: a translator's take on a subpar script
Persona 5: Phantoms of Translation
Persona 5 review
Style is the substance of Persona 5
 
How Persona 5's Story Goes Deeper Than You Think (No Spoilers)
 
A Tale Of Casinos And SEO Juice (The Jimquisition)
 
Classic Game Postmortem: Deus Ex
 
The Real Stories of Peter Molyneux's Canceled Games B.C. and Milo & Kate (Unfiltered #18, Episode 3)
 
The Two Moments That Make Planescape: Torment A Masterpiece
 
The Design of Dead Space - Part 1 | Game Maker's Toolkit
 
Nier Automata & How We Define Meaning in Video Games (SPOILERS) - [game array]
 
The Signal From Tolva: The Best Game Ever
 
Dark Souls 3 Critique: Class Balance
 
Chrono Trigger / Cross / Break Retrospective | Chrono Trilogy | Chrono Break, What Happened?
 
A Case for Cutscenes - Everything Old is New Again - Extra Credits
 
The Rise and Fall of Command & Conquer
 
P90.
 
Things I found entertaining throughout the week relating to video games, game communities, or game companies
 
Jeff Kaplan Responds to IGN's Overwatch Comments
 
Mario Kart has invaded Target, and it’s stressing me out
 
South Korean presidential candidate treats StarCraft fans to some free maps
 
Things I Missed From Previous Weeks
 
Understanding Why Scholars Hold Different Views on the Influences of Video Games on Public Health

 
The Field of Dreams Approach: On Writing About Video Games

 

EGX reveals and interviews, Brenda Romero to receive BAFTA award, April Fools roundup, how Newgrounds acted as the foundation for the future of animation, Mad Catz enters bankruptcy, mind games in competitive gaming, TW Warhammer 2 trailer and information, history of Persona, the generation gap of Night in the Woods, how 1997 changed video games, Street Fighter 5 coaches, history of cancelled Star Wars games, Youtubers share slanderous conspiracy theory video on WSJ editor that is shortly after taken down as a mistake, Firewatch team talk next project, Atlus to go after people that stream too much of Persona 5, Andromeda team reveals big changes coming, The Witness documentary, toco toco tv spends the day with Yoko Taro, Ken Levine's next game draws inspiration from Shadow of Mordor Nemesis system, and more.
 
 
Gaming News (Announcements, release dates, previews, interviews, expansions, DLC, updates, company news, new tech, mods)
 
Valve Says They're Making Big Changes To Steam To Stomp Out 'Fake Games'

 
Game sales on Twitch are now live, offering free "Twitch Crate" rewards and more

 
Windows 10 Creators Update goes live April 11

 
Vive launching subscription service for VR apps

 
[Rumor] Project Scorpio leak possibly reveals upcoming optimizations and launch titles

 
Brenda Romero To Receive BAFTA Special Award

BAFTA-winning Brenda Romero: “We need to expand the range of voices making games”
 
Star Wars Battlefront 2 will be revealed next month at Star Wars Celebration
 
Battle Chasers: Nightwar flaunts its stylish dungeon crawling at the PC Gamer Weekender
 
Taking to the Sunless Skies
 
Ken Levine's next game draws inspiration from Shadow of Mordor's Nemesis system

Ken Levine talks about his career and new game
 
Knights & Bikes with Rock, Paper, Shotgun
 
Destiny 2 is coming to PC
Rumor: Destiny 2 expansion pass DLC will arrive late this year and in early 2018
 
Creative Assembly announces Total War: WARHAMMER 2
Total War: Warhammer 2 announced with epic three-way battle trailer
How Total War: Warhammer 2 aims to fix the strategy genre's endgame fatigue
Total War: Warhammer 2 - Creative Assembly answers the big questions
 
How What Remains of Edith Finch Smartly Embraces the Walking Simulator

A Video Game That Finally Engages with Death and Succeeds
 
Swen Vincke discusses Divinity: Original Sin 2
 
WW2 RTS Steel Division: Normandy 44 gets an action-packed in-engine trailer
Steel Division: Normandy 44 - Battle groups
Replays of live streamed multiplayer games from EGX can be found here.
 
Gearbox says a Bulletstorm sequel 'definitely, probably' could happen

 
From stage to outer space with Tacoma's Steve Gaynor

 
Star Citizen developer gives in-depth progress report at the PC Gamer Weekender
 
Cities: Skylines comes to Xbox One this month

 
Terraria: Otherworld update reveals a new 'development partner'

 
Geneshift promises multiplayer vehicular mayhem when it launches on April 27
 
Britishisms and Bird Jokes: How Yooka-Laylee is Shaped by the Legacy of Banjo Kazooie

Exclusive Yooka-Laylee gameplay & Playtonic interview
 
Play as Juno and lead a caravan without a banner in The Banner Saga 3

 
Outlast 2 Hands-On Preview
 
Watch The Trailer For 'Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series'
 
Sega’s hinting at something, and it sure looks like Bayonetta

 
Cyberbam! Cyberbif! Batman: Arkham VR swinging to PC
 
Injustice 2 adds Scarecrow and Captain Cold
Injustice 2 Official Introducing Catwoman Trailer
 
Splatoon 2 Makes Sure That Almost Anybody Can Jump In And Play
 
Megaquarium – a theme park management with FISH!
 
Xenonauts-2
 
Dean Hall presents his brand new game Stationeers
 
Watch The New 'A-Team' Inspired Trailer For 'Agents Of Mayhem'
Agents of Mayhem first impressions: a disappointing hero shooter in a generic open world
Agents of Mayhem might be the sleeper hit of 2017
Hands-On With Agents of Mayhem's Ensemble Action
 
Shin Megami Tensei: Deep Strange Journey first details, screenshots

 
Quake Champions shows off two minutes of raw gameplay footage in frag-happy trailer
 
New Prey trailer highlights the benefits of stabbing yourself in the eye
New Prey gameplay
Prey 'Hardware' trailer pores over the tools you'll employ on Talos 1
 
StarCrawlers Launch Announcement - May16th, 2017
 
Run from your problems and get a knife in the latest Knuckle Sandwich trailer
 
A Hat in Time developer reveals mountainous Chapter 4 environment

 
Outcast - Second Contact has been delayed, but here's the debut trailer
 
A year after Firewatch

 
'The Fall: Unbound' Looks Every Bit As Ambitious As We'd Hoped
 
Here's our first look at the Phantom Dust re-release and, well, at least it's something

 
Funcom Relaunches The Secret World As A Free-To-Play Action RPG

 
Pick your premium friends to play on Battlefield 1's DLC maps without a season pass

 
We Happy Few update adds an island and new gameplay varieties
 
New Zelda: Breath of the Wild Patch Fixes Frame Rate Issues

 
New vehicles stomp, roll, and hover into Brigador

 
Stellaris: Utopia developer diary breaks down the incoming expansion
 
BioWare Promises Big Changes For Mass Effect: Andromeda, Starting Thursday

 
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare’s Continuum DLC adds disco zombies, a reimagined Rust, more
 
Overwatch's Orisa Isn't Living Up To Expectations

Overwatch teases big announcement coming next week
Overwatch Director Talks Abandoned Cat Hero, Patching Out Genji, And More
 
As For Honor Players Threaten A Boycott, Ubisoft Offers Some Changes

 
Heroes of the Storm is taking its cosmetics out from behind a paywall

 
Dota 2 Skin Creators Say Valve Is Ripping Them Off

 
Women in Games launches Ambassador program to encourage diversity

 
Diego Maradona Wants To Sue Konami

 
40 Percent Of UK Game Developers Contemplating Relocation Over Brexit

 
In Their War With The Wall Street Journal, Top YouTubers Just Played Themselves

Of course many YT fans are idol worshipers so they are praising him for doing "real investigative journalism" by taking the word of a guy who edits videos to make people dance to Alabama ******" and praising him for admitting that the video that he got shared 10s of thousands of times, leading to harassment of the WSJ author, could be wrong before making it private.
I probably wouldn't try to convince people that journalists are trying to destroy Youtubers, by reporting on the things Youtubers say, and to only trust me while I upload incorrect information I have to quickly remove. Than again, I don't live in a conspiracy filled pretend land where everyone is out to get me (except for my legion of fans who would likely still find a way to praise me if I live-streamed myself murdering someone).
 
Atlus Threatens To Go After People Who Stream Too Far Into Persona 5
 
Double Fine devs embark on another public Amnesia Fortnight game jam
 
Mad Catz enters bankruptcy

 
Blizzard Beats “Cheat” Maker, Wins $8.5 Million Copyright Damages

 
DDR5 memory will provide twice the bandwidth of DDR4

 
The Witcher series has now sold more than 25 million copies

CD Projekt calls Cyberpunk 2077 development 'quite advanced,' but release is still a ways off
 
Nier: Automata ships one million copies - the weirdness of Taro Yoko is now mainstream

 
Blizzard shuts down WoW mod that sought to overhaul the original quests

 
Esports News
 
Finalists Named for 2017 Cynopsis Esports Awards

 
Blizzard eStadium Opens, Will Host the Overwatch Pacific Championship

 
RFRSH’s Astralis/Audi Campaign Reports Valuation: 25 Million Social Media Impressions, 12 Million Stream/TV Views

 
Blind Player Racks Up A Win At His First Street Fighter V Tournament
 
Madden Pro Trips Over His Own Players

 
TBS's Eleague Takes the Life Out of Fighting Games

 
Pro Overwatch Team Known For Wild Plays Finally Meet Their Match

 
Street Fighter V's Most Heated Rivalry Intensified Last Night

 
Blizzard bans controversial Hearthstone streamer from Global Games

 
Smash Pros Do IRL Taunts For Charity
 
Crowdfunding News
 
Pine - An action adventure game that adapts to you
 
Content I found interesting this week (interviews, reviews, think pieces, history, music, culture, design, art, criticism, etc)
 
Death or Glory: How 1997 Changed Video Games Forever

 
The Human Cost of the Millennial Generation Gap in Night in the Woods

 
Meet the Street Fighter 5 coaches

 
The Mysterious World of Game Budgets

 
The Game Beat Weekly: The pressure to stay in line

 
Writing Indie Games Is Like Being a Musician. In the Bad Way.

 
Flashback: 'Oni', Bungie's Cult Classic Inspired by 'Ghost in the Shell'

 
Best Game Soundtracks March 2017
 
After tragedy strikes, a dev's friends strive to complete his game

 
'Battlefield 1' and 'Verdun' Celebrate the Unsung Heroes of WW1

 
Mages Like Me: Dragon Age, Magic and Mental Hospitals

 
Replaying ‘The Story of Thor’, Sega’s Own Zelda

 
1975-2015 - Building a timeline of computer and video game history

 
Fighting a Refreshingly Honest Evil in ‘Baldur’s Gate’

 
The Worlds of ‘Mass Effect: Andromeda’ Aren’t Worth Saving

 
Game Design Deep Dive: Watch Dogs 2's Invasion of Privacy missions

 
Retro City Rampage

 
'A Normal Lost Phone' Is Anything But a Normal Dive Into Video Game Storytelling

 
Kevin Horton Is a Cryogenics Engineer Turned Retro Gaming Savior

 
The People Who Translate Japanese Sex Games For Millions of Horny Fans

 
Reviving 'River City Ransom' and Reinventing the Brawler

 
Legendary Game Maker Peter Molyneux Talks Regrets and What's Next

 
A Short Conversation About 'Everything' with Creator David OReilly

 
Horizon Zero Dawn's Lead Writer Says They Spent 'Hundreds' Of Hours Rewriting The Story

 
Mass Effect: Andromeda's Best Writing Is In Its Emails

 
toco toco ep.49, Yoko Taro, Game Creator
 
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks' dungeon design | Boss Keys
 
Analysis: Taunting and Mind Games
 
Newgrounds - The Foundation of the Future of Animation
 
The History of Persona
Precious Moments, Hype and High School: A Conversation with 'Persona 5' Director Katsura Hashino
 
Dark Souls 3: The Best Game Ever
Matt talks about dressing up and role playing in Dark Souls 3.
 
Mass Effect: Andromeda's Models/Animations - What Went Wrong?
Apparently most people didn't focus on the logical talking point of an over reliance on scanning tech and management not communicating well and instead focused on a thing pretty much all AAA games do (outsourcing), ranting about the women being ugly, using it as reasons to justify threatening developers, and trying to make clickbait articles or posts out of Liam's video (the same guy who I mentioned was lying about a Kotaku article he didn't read a few weeks ago).
 
That Time Richard Garriott Pointed an Uzi at a Guy - IGN Unfiltered #17, Episode 2
How Ultima Online Changed RPGs Forever and the Future of RPGs (IGN Unfiltered #17, Episode 3)
Forgot to include episode two last week.
 
How 1968 Shaped the Characters and World of Mafia III
 
The Witness - Noclip Documentary
 
Games as Lit. 101 - Literary Analysis: Dust An Elysian Tail
 
Here are all the canceled Star Wars video games
 
Grant Kirkhope vs. the Nintendo 64 | Game Score Fanfare
 
The Stress of Game Development - Tips for Survival - Extra Credits
 
Things I found entertaining throughout the week relating to video games, game communities, or game companies
 
Yoko Taro
 
Crusade to destroy Youtube
 
Sonic
 
Reviewer Scammers
 
Spontaneous Battlegrounds Friendship Ends In Tragedy, Revenge
 
YouTube comedy series Freeman's Mind arrives in Half-Life 2
 
Things I Missed From Previous Weeks
 
How Hitman’s Hokkaido level was made

 
The Music of Castlevania 1 to Bloodlines

 
An Empty Artifice | NieR Automata

 
The Growing Indie Game Development Scene of South Africa

 
April Fools Roundup
 
Top Games That Copied Shovel Knight!

 
Take A Moment To Remember One Of The Best April Fools' Gaming Hoaxes Of All Time

 
DOOM Floppy
 
Armello Hero
 
Kratos Bound

I guess they deleted the joke but here is a picture from it
 
PCGamer would buy it
 
Bear Party
 
INTRODUCING THE TURTLE BEACH FEED BAG

 
Mittens the Kitten!

 
Mass Effect: Andromeda animation lead confesses: "This one does not understand your human mouths"

 
TALKING UNICORNS - Battlefield 1 Easter Egg
 
Introducing GeForce GTX G-Assist
 
Helmut Kruger's Fashion Show Funtime
 
World of Warships April Fool's submarine [2017]
 
Overwatch Reinhardt April Fools Text Changing
 
AMC's Grand Theft Auto - Official Trailer (April Fools' 2017)
 
S.A.i.S.O. - Artificial Intelligence; Real Friendship
 
Tactics Alexander
 
Stronghold: Drawbridge - Announcement Trailer
 
The Yooka-Laylee Rap!
Based on the Donkey Kong 64 rap.
 
World of Tanks Console - Mars Mode
 
April Fools’ Day 2017 compilation
Gematsu did a great roundup that has a lot of the single picture or website gags developers and publishers did that I didn't see until checking their site.

PAX East, Herald's journey into the heart of oppression and bold design choices, MS will not allow penis slider, how Quadrilateral Cowboy creates relationships between characters, developers on the past and future of the immersive sim genre, music of Bastion & Transistor, developing games in Pakistan, Zelda BotW developers talk about implementing convention breaking mechanics, the fierce and justifiable anger of Night In the Woods, Hello Games to fund indie studios, Oculus to fund VR devs, IGN Brazil editor resigns after plagiarizing video, 12 Smash tournament organizers quit amid allegations of sexual harassment and misuse of funds, the creation of Monkey Island and Ron GIlbert talks about his career, Jim Sterling DDoS'd over review, Skylines celebrates 3.5 million sales, Swedish politician who streams Hearthstone, and more.
 
 
Gaming News (Announcements, release dates, previews, interviews, expansions, DLC, updates, company news, new tech, mods)
 
Inside and Firewatch lead PC BAFTA nominations

 
Steam review scores will no longer include unpaid games of any kind

 
PS4 games will come to PC soon via PS Now

 
Twitch Desktop App announced, open beta testing begins later this month

 
Seven Cool Games From PAX East To Watch Out For

The Coolest Games of PAX East
 
System Shock remake is made for PC gamers first, says game director

 
System Shock 3 signs up with Starbreeze

 
Official Middle-earth: Shadow of War™ Gameplay Walkthrough
Middle-Earth: Shadow Of War's Nemesis System Is About Friends As Well As Foes
A Very Serious Conversation About Orc Romance In Shadow Of War
Middle-Earth: Shadow of War builds on the best part of Shadow of Mordor: the stories
 
Tale of Ronin is a Game Where You Face the Dishonour of Losing Your Master
 
The retro-FPS Strafe has been delayed until May
 
Exploring 3 of Mass Effect: Andromeda's Vast Worlds - IGN First
Mass Effect: Andromeda launch trailer arrives a little early
Mass Effect: Andromeda Multiplayer Hands-on Impressions - PAX East 2017
Mass Effect: Andromeda - Touring the Tempest and Meeting the Crew - IGN First
I tried to ask the important question
But I have not received an answer.
Mass Effect Andromeda: Driving and Upgrading The Nomad - IGN First
Mass Effect: Andromeda - Introducing Jaal Your Angara Teammate (4K) - IGN First
Mass Effect: Andromeda character creation
Mass Effect Andromeda: A Detailed Look at Eos
Mass Effect Andromeda: Full PAX East Single Player Panel
Mass Effect: Andromeda's 'recommended' system predicted to run 30 fps at 1080p
Mass Effect: Andromeda's multiplayer closely mirrors ME3's frantic wave battles
Mass Effect: Andromeda contains over 1,200 speaking characters
Five Hours In, Mass Effect: Andromeda Is Overwhelming
 
Undead Cafe Game Necrobarista Was Made Out Of Frustration With The State Of Anime
 
The Franz Kafka Videogame emerging in April
 
A Musical Indie Game Starring A Teen With A Cosmic Guitar

 
Sci-fi Show 'Orphan Black' Gets Puzzle Game Clone
 
What Remains of Edith Finch comes out April 25
 
Fire Emblem 3DS Remake Features Some Major Changes
Fire Emblem Echoes introduces two new characters, unit movement rewind system
 
Story details, screens, and the cast have been revealed for Telltale’s Guardians of the Galaxy
 
Shared Universes, New Stories, And The Future For Marvel In Games

 
Steven Universe RPG Coming To Consoles This Summer
 
The American Dream is a satire about gun culture
 
Nex Machina is coming to Steam
 
Metroidvania Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight is getting a PS4 and Xbox One release
 
PC’s Monster Hunter, Dauntless, gets a new gameplay trailer
 
StarCraft Remastered rumored to be coming this summer

 
Styx: Shards of Darkness' launch trailer makes time for a dig at Assassin's Creed
 
Stage an ape escape with simian smash ‘em up Ape Out
 
Mirage: Arcane Warfare - PAX East 2017 Gameplay
 
New Friday the 13th trailer is like an '80s-style montage of brutal murder
 
Starting as a survival game, Tequila Works discuss Rime's design process
 
Yonder looks a bit Zelda, a bit Stardew Valley, all lovely
 
14 Minutes of Hob Gameplay - PAX East 2017
 
Full Throttle Remastered rides again in April
 
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy debut Crash Bandicoot 2 gameplay
 
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds will hit Early Access on March 23, and here's the official trailer
 
Panzer Corps 2 is in production using Unreal Engine 4, due out 2018
 
There’s a new Reservoir Dogs video game, and it actually looks cool
 
Quake Champions demos debut Blood Covenant arena
 
FTL and Borderlands crash together in this co-op VR game from the makers of Chronos
 
Soulstorm is darker, more sinister and goes places other games haven't, says Oddworld Inhabitants

 
Action MMO Tera Coming To Xbox One And PS4
 
Take down the Nazi war machine in co-op shooter Raid: World War 2
 
Quake Champions trailer reveals its first champ, the stealthy assassin Nyx
 
The Banner Saga 3 Kickstarter is over, is funded with over double its $200,000 goal

 
Rain World, the survival-platforming story of Slugcat, comes out this month
 
Everything new in Stellaris: Utopia, one of Paradox's biggest game updates ever

 
THE DIVISION CELEBRATES ANNIVERSARY, FREE YEAR 2 CONTENT PLANS REVEALED
 
Victor Vran: Fractured Worlds expansion is coming this spring, so here's a new trailer
 
Cities: Skylines sells over 3.5 million copies, free Pearls from the East DLC planned in celebration

 
Duelyst is getting its third expansion next week, here's a first look at six new cards

 
Elite: Dangerous video teases an alien base and more terrifying-sounding ships
 
Gears of War 4's developers have worked out why the Gnasher sometimes misses point blank
 
Space Hulk: Deathwing’s road to recovery

 
Ubisoft just banned thousands of For Honor AFK farmers

 
New Torment Tides of Numenera Content - Updated Our Journal (66): Beyond the Beyond

 
Battlefield 1's first expansion is a promising start
 
Hands-On With Final Fantasy XV: Episode Gladiolus
 
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Teaming Up With Monster Hunter XX
 
Planet Coaster free spring update adds vandals, pickpockets, CCTV

 
Rocket League hits 10.5 million sales, has no plans for sequel

 
Halo Wars 2 gets a 9.9GB performance patch

 
Penis slider will be removed from Conan Exiles on Xbox One

 
Why No Man’s Sky’s creators are funding other game studios

 
Oculus spending $500M+ on funding VR devs because 'we don't want this to take decades'

 
Legal feud over Facebook-owned Oculus has another Dallas chapter

 
Command & Conquer co-creator Louis Castle to head Amazon Game Studios Seattle

 
NAUGHTY DOG CO-PRESIDENT CHRISTOPHE BALESTRA ANNOUNCES DEPARTURE FROM STUDIO
 
Unity to sponsor 50 developers affected by the Trump travel ban to attend Unite Europe

 
Arma 3 celebrates four-year anniversary with machinima contest
 
Blizzard Bans Top World Of Warcraft Players For Trading Dungeon Runs For Cash

 
IGN Brazil Plagiarized Writing On Games Video and Resigns
&lt;br /&gt;
 
Popular YouTuber JonTron Has Some Batshit Crazy Thoughts on Immigration He'd Like to Share
 
Let’s talk about that ‘bad review’ of Breath of the Wild
 
Report: China halts licensing for South Korea-made games amid political turmoil

 
Sony PlayStation is hosting a summer camp for young girls interested in game dev
 
Morrowind fan remake Skywind teases majestic Silt Striders in new trailer
 
The Modders Who Decided To Fix Skyrim's Bad Romance
 
Fallout 4 mod lets you export and share your settlements with other players
 
Civilization VI Is Already So Much Better
 
Pokemon Red has been 'fully recreated' in Minecraft with 357,000 command blocks
 
Esports News
 
The Weekend In Esports: The World Cup Of Killer Instinct Returns

 
Meet the Swedish Politician Who Streams 'Hearthstone'

 
Washington D.C. sponsoring major esports team, and building esports arena

 
12 Smash Tournament Organizers Quit After Leader Accused Of Multiple Acts Of Sexual Harassment

 
Indonesia Esports Media Company, RevivaLTV, Scores Funding

 
INSIDE THE STREET FIGHTER FIGHT CLUB - IGN'S ESPORTS STORIES
 
The Qualifiers For Dota 2's Kiev Major Have Been A Mess So Far

 
American Dota 2 Team Moves To Southeast Asia For Qualifier, Loses Every Match

 
Team Liquid Brings In League Star To Try And Avoid Relegation

 
BlazBlue Player Makes 100% Sure He Won Before Celebrating

 
Player Becomes First Woman To Win International Pokémon Tournament
 
Street Fighter V Player Delivers Epic Pop-Off After Crushing Rival
 
Collegiate StarLeague Reveals $100,000 North American Grand Finals Event to be Held in Toronto

 
New Zealand High School Esports League Launches, Includes 50 Teams

 
Another day, another Esports mismanagement scandal

 
Smash Bros. Community Raises Over $23,000 For Sick Player's Hospital Bills
 
Crowdfunding News
 
Mordhau
 
Spectrum Vega+ funding halted by Indiegogo, backers are demanding refunds

 
Content I found interesting this week (interviews, reviews, think pieces, history, music, culture, design, art, criticism, etc)
 
Herald journeys into the heart of injustice and oppression

 
What it’s like making games in Pakistan

 
A Day With Grammy Nominated Video Game Composer Austin Wintory

 
Crafting the unique, genre-defying horror of Stories Untold

 
For three years, the only copy of the Oregon Trail source code was printed on a stack of paper

 
You Can Make A Game About Government Surveillance, But You Can’t Make People Care

 
Elite Dangerous player uses Commander Creator and VR to stand next to his deceased brother once again

 
What Lies Beneath: On the Love and Anger of Night in the Woods

'Rust Belt Gothic': lead writer Scott Benson unpacks the art that inspired Night in the Woods
 
The Game Developers Who Are Also Witches

 
The designers of Dishonored, Bioshock 2 and Deus Ex swap stories about making PC's most complex games

 
Slouching toward relevant video games
 
The Horizon Zero Dawn Real-World Road Trip Challenge

Assembling Aloy: How 'Horizon Zero Dawn' Is Built Around Its Hero
'Horizon Zero Dawn' Is the Young Adult Novel I’ve Always Wanted to Play
 
'Stories Untold' Is an Expression of Anti-Nostalgia

 
'Quadrilateral Cowboy' Points to a Different Kind of Intimacy in Games

 
The 'Destiny' Fans Who Helped a Dying Man Achieve His Dream

 
Under the sea: The art of creating Subnautica’s flora

 
A Game Jam About Watermelons All Started Because Of A Joke

 
There's A Difficult Decision At The End Of Nier: Automata

Yoko Taro on Why NieR: Automata Protagonist 2B Wears High Heels: “I Just Really Like Girls”
 
Monkey Island (or, How Ron Gilbert Made an Adventure Game That Didn’t Suck)

 
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands Is a Frightening Mess

 
&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; “Letters From the Wildlands” by Bullet Points
'Ghost Recon: Wildlands' Can Feel Like 'XCOM' in Real Time
 
For Honor's Environmental Hazards Are a Game-Spoiling Mistake

 
Learning Japanese board game culture from Yakuza 0

 
GDC Showed Me That 2017 Is the Year of Cuteness

 
The tricky business of making modern adventure games

 
An erratic journey to the moon in Space Engineers

 
Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Is Full Of Amazing Little Details
Tired game tropes that Zelda: Breath of the Wild made me love again
Zelda: Breath of the Wild has the courage to assume you’re not stupid
Zelda's Sword Breakage Is Some Bullshit
Someone Has Found All 900 Korok Seeds In Zelda
 
Why, Nearly a Year Later, 'Homefront: The Revolution' Is Still Getting Updated

 
The end of Xbox Live Indie Games

 
I Took Gamer Drugs For A Week And This Is What They Did To My Body

 
Designer Interview: Getting Titanfall's controls just right

 
5 Reasons Why Overwatch’s Orisa Is Accidentally An Afrofuturist Icon

Overwatch fan theory about Symmetra finally confirmed by Blizzard
 
Dick Joke
 
Frog Fractions 2: The Most Absurd Game Ever Made - Noclip Documentary
 
Building a Supergiant Soundtrack (The music of Bastion & Transistor) | Game Score Fanfare
 
De-Gamification - Flexibility to Play Your Way - Extra Credits
 
Ron Gilbert: "From Maniac Mansion to Thimbleweed Park" | Talks at Google
 
Nick Plays with Weird Controllers @ alt.ctrl.GDC
 
VATS, What Are You Doing? | Field Notes for Play: Fallout 4 Edition
 
Video: Designing Zelda: Breath of the Wild's unconventional mechanics
 
The Legend of Zelda Game You've Never Played
 
Things I found entertaining throughout the week relating to video games
 
Dan Ryckert at PAX
 
Hail To the King
 
Things I Missed From Previous Weeks
 
Flashback: How 'A Mind Forever Voyaging' Took Aim at Right-Wing Politics

 
Game Design Deep Dive: Decisions that matter in Orwell

 
Balancing Metas // HeavyEyed
 
The Gaming Symposium - Transistor
 

Super Bunnyhop talks about NieR, designer's ideas on the industry and politics that lead to NieR and Drakengard, the stage play, and what lead to a sequel. Night in the Woods creator and Carolyn Petit on "Does this have to be a game", new Overwatch character, how game design has to improve at representing darker skin tones, Newgrounds foretold indie experimentalism, beta news for Quake/Battletech/LawBreakers, Train Jam capturing magic of travel and development, Frog Fractions documentary, another Uncharted is unlikely, Narcissa Wright out of retirement, talks and games from GDC, SSFF looks at the history of Marvel vs Capcom, how games end and the progress of progress, rise of the talking simulator, the wide open spaces of Breath of the Wild, how Cities Skylines modders turned a hobby into a career, and more.
 
 
Gaming News (Announcements, release dates, previews, interviews, expansions, DLC, updates, company news, new tech, mods)
 
Indie Devs Are Taking Over: The 10 Hottest Indie Games From GDC 2017

The 10 Best Games of GDC 2017

More GDC Games
 
Steel Division: Normandy 44 is a realistic WW2 RTS coming this year
 
'A Mortician's Tale' Has Something to Say About Death
 
Watch us play Prey with the developers from Arkane
 
Ion, the space survival game by Dean Hall and Improbable, is dead

 
Preside over court cases during the Reign of Terror in Polyslash’s We The Revolution

 
RPG Codex Preview: No Truce with the Furies

 
These new Agony trailers show demons behaving (very) badly
 
Mass Effect: Andromeda's Exploration trailer highlights 'the heart' of the game
The First 13 Minutes of Mass Effect Andromeda (4K 60fps) - IGN First
Kumail Nanjiani as Jarun Tann
Check out Mass Effect: Andromeda's 'Golden Worlds' in this new trailer
Mass Effect: Andromeda won’t be getting a multiplayer betaMass Effect Andromeda: Exploration and Discovery Trailer
Mass Effect: Andromeda features over 100 planets, but only ‘a handful’ can be explored
Mass Effect Andromeda: How To Skip Multiplayer Missions And Still Get Rewarded
Mass Effect: Andromeda multiplayer maps will be free
 
Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds launches May 16 in North America, May 19 in Europe

 
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III introduces prologue, first characters

 
Murder time! Danganronpa V3 PC release confirmed
 
Persona 5 ‘Sizzle’ trailer
Persona 5 - 15 Minutes of ENGLISH GAMEPLAY
 
God Wars: Future Past delayed to June 20 in North America, June 16 in Europe

 
NIDHOGG 2 OFFERS THE SAME FRANTIC FUN, WITH A BIZARRE NEW STYLE

 
One of the best, weirdest visual novels is finally coming West

 
Kalypso turns its attention to railroad sims with Railway Empire

 
English Blue Reflection trophies surface

 
Voodoo Vince Remastered is coming to the PC in April
 
Channeling the 1970s in The Church in the Darkness

 
The Battletech backer beta and launch target have been pushed back

 
Styx: Shards of Darkness trailer shows off co-op kills
 
Dawn of War 3 is a best-of mashup of Warhammer 40k

Dawn of War 3 multiplayer hands-on: tough, complicated, spectacular
Dawn of War 3 release date set, pre-orders detailed with trailer
Dawn of War 3 Full Faction Overview
Dawn of War 3 - 8 Minutes of Intense Multiplayer Action
 
'Tacoma' Makes Space Feel Personal

 
Outlast 2 is coming in April
 
9 new things in Middle-earth: Shadow of War
 
Slowly, quietly: Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 delayed again

 
Premature Evaluation: For The King

 
2Dark trailer sneaks out ahead of next week's release
 
Colourful Wii oddity de Blob coming to PC next month

 
This Isn't An Operating System, It's An RPG
 
LawBreakers smashes into closed beta this month

 
On the spattered line: Quake Champions beta signups
 
The First 23 Minutes Of Nier: Automata
Nier Automata Lets Players Buy PSN Trophies With In-Game Money
 
Zero Escape director teases next project

 
System Shock remaster gets unsettling new gameplay trailer, switches to Unreal 4 engine
 
Lucasfilm issues informal cease and desist order to fan-made Indiana Jones remake

 
Riot Risks Stifling Creativity In League By Banning Players With Unconventional Strategies

 
New Overwatch hero Orisa introduced
Overwatch Team Will Roll Back Bastion’s Unpopular Buff
Overwatch patch 1.9 notes - new tank hero Orisa, Bastion nerf, Zarya nerf, and more
Orisa abilities list: here's what Overwatch's new tank can do
Orisa skins: here are all the looks for Overwatch's newest hero
Blizzard Talks About How They Came Up With Overwatch's New Hero, Orisa
Overwatch Players Are Abusing Custom Games To Farm XP
 
Battlefield 1’s They Shall Not Pass DLC detailed: 4 new maps, French army, Frontlines
 
Ubisoft announce free PVP update for Ghost Recon Wildlands, alongside its season pass
Ghost Recon Wildlands' portrayal of Bolivia prompts government complaint
 
Naughty Dog: Another Uncharted After The Lost Legacy Is Unlikely

 
No Man’s Sky’s next update is imminent, adds a planetary vehicle

 
Leak suggests Ninja and Centurion are coming in For Honor's first DLC release

 
Meet Heroes of the Storm's newest character, Probius
 
Some YouTubers Are Overjoyed That Maker Studios Is Firing Them
 
Feud between G2A and Tiny Build sparks up during GDC panel

 
Wargaming CEO accepts blame, vows renewed focus on World of Tanks

 
SEGA and Creative Assembly acquire Crytek Black Sea, forming Creative Assembly Sofia

 
Riot awarded $10 million in Leaguesharp lawsuit settlement

Riot Games accuses Arizona man of trafficking stolen League of Legends accounts
 
Nintendo says the Switch outsold the Wii at launch
Switch Owners Report Hardware Problems, Though It's Tough To Tell How Many
Nintendo Flags YouTuber For Using Switch Sound
Nintendo awarded $9.5M in case against flashcart distributor
 
Fan-Made Mother 4 Is No Longer 'Mother 4'

 
How two Cities: Skylines modders turned hobbyist work into life-changing careers

 
Halo 5 Skee Ball Games Keep Getting Better

 
How the Cemu emulator's devs got Zelda: Breath of the Wild running in just a few hours

 
Esports News
 
Dota 2's Kiev Major gets its first contenders

 
The Weekend In Esports: Counter-Strike Pros Light Up Poland

 
Astralis Maintain Dominant Streak With Win In Katowice

 
StarCraft Pro Topples Number One Player To Win IEM Katowice Championships

 
Dota 2 Teams, Tournament Organizer, And Production Staff Say They're Being Stiffed

 
Pro Esports Team Analyst Caught Betting On His Own Team's Matches, Which Is Somehow Legal

 
Piglet Takes Over Team Liquid Mid Role In Push To Reach League Playoffs

 
Team Wins In League Series Despite Picking A Bug-Ridden Champion

 
Stadium Concepts in Esports

 
Crowdfunding News
 
ANTEGODS
 
Content I found interesting this week (interviews, reviews, think pieces, history, music, culture, design, art, criticism, etc)
 
The Secret Shame of Steam Cheaters That Lasts Seven Years

 
Horizon Zero Dawn Players Are Using Photo Mode To Take Some Killer Pictures

'Horizon Zero Dawn' Star Ashly Burch on Her Voice Acting Heroes and Playing Aloy
Horizon Zero Dawn's Little Details Are Polished And Well-Styled
 
When Miyamoto First Played Zelda: Breath of the Wild, He Wouldn't Stop Climbing Trees


Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Gets Video Game Collectibles Right
'Breath of the Wild' Solves Zelda’s Wacky Pacing Problems
 
Torment: Tides of Numenera is beautifully detailed

 
The Genie Level In Aladdin Is Unadulterated Disney Magic

 
Hey Video Games, What’s the Problem with Dicks?

 
Frustration Can Improve Video Games, Designer Found

 
For Hidden Folks Designer Adriaan de Jongh, Games Are About People

Building thousands of tiny interactions into Hidden Folks
 
Meet the World's Most-Watched 'Hearthstone' Streamer Octavian 'Kripparrian' Morosan

 
Train Jam perfectly captures the magic of both traveling and game dev

Two Minutes With 10 Train Jam Games at GDC 2017
 
The For Honor community is divided over what honor really means

 
Speedrunners Compete To See Who Can Beat Samurai Pizza Cats And Other NES Games The Fastest

 
Famous Speedrunner Narcissa Wright Is Back From Retirement, But Still Worried About Health
 
There’s No Reason for 'No Russian' to Exist in ‘Modern Warfare 2’

 
Thief: tense narrative through level design and mechanics

 
The Balance of Power: Progression and Equilibrium in Real-Time Strategy Games

 
Hollow Knight's charming art sets the bar for hand drawn games

 
How things end

 
Why math is strangling videogame morality

 
Nintendo Flashback: The Disastrous Power Glove

 
How one man lost over 50 pounds playing a VR game

 
Narrative Sorcery: Coherent Storytelling in an Open World
Creating Interactive Film Scripts For 3D Adventures With Ink
Snap to Character: Building Strong Player Attachment Through Narrative
Designing System Driven Dialogue in Mafia III
The Freedom Fallacy: Why A Precise Understanding of Player Autonomy Matters
Systems Make Statements: Simulations and Intentional Design
 
Breathing life into Seaman

 
Tips for writing better marginalized characters
 
Unreal’s updated VR editor is set to launch on April 17
 
Oregon Trail creator wants to see game reimagined from the Native American perspective

 
Remembering the Identity Crisis of Licensed Video Games, Through the Lens of ‘Alien 3’

 
The awful thing that happens to you at the start of Resident Evil 7 was almost much, much worse

 
Black Skin Is Still A Radical Concept in Video Games

 
‘Night in the Woods’ Is Soulful, Empathetic, and Too Real

"Does this Have to be a game"

Falling Upwards: Gravity Rush as guide for the complex intersections of women’s lives

 
In Praise of the Impressive Impatience of ‘Nier: Automata’

 
As CRT Supplies Vanish the Classic Arcade Machine is Virtually Dead

 
How Flash Games and Newgrounds Foretold Today’s Indie Experimentalism

 
OUR FIRST EVER GDC!

 
Battlefield 1's voice actors played catch with cinderblocks while recording their lines
 
‘Breath of the Wild’ is the Zelda Adventure I've Always Wanted

 
How Torbjörn became the art inspiration for all of Overwatch

 
Zelda on Switch runs more smoothly in portable mode
 
'Spelunky' Is Obsessed With Death

 
The Invaluable Rise of the Talking Simulator

 
Eleven Essential Books that will help shape your Game City

 
Developing Crashlands while facing a terminal cancer diagnosis

 
Sean Murray compares No Man's Sky development to a rocketship ‘being fired into the sun’

 
Writing Mafia 3: 'We had a lot of very uncomfortable conversations'

 
Lessons learned by an 'art-house indie' who joined a F2P game studio

 
How Prompto's AI-driven selfie system in Final Fantasy XV was built

 
Warren Spector traces Deus Ex's development back to a game of D&D

 
Mods are (not) blasphemy! | Field Notes for Play: Fallout 4 Edition
 
History Respawned: This War of Mine
 
[SSFF] Past Mortem | The History of Marvel vs Capcom
 
Noclip Turns 6 Months Old! (A Postmortem & Request)
 
Frog Fractions: Lesson 1 - Noclip Documentary
 
Why Breath of the Wild's Empty Space is So Important - Writing on Games
 
Games as Lit. 101 - Interactive Temptation
 
The Shadow of Mordor you never knew existed
 
alt.ctrl | Hands-On | GDC 2017
 
How the GTA Hot Coffee Scandal changed age ratings forever - Here's A Thing
 
What You Missed From NieR
Something in the Direction of Exhibition - Nier, Part 1
 
Things I found entertaining throughout the week relating to video games
 
Hearthstone Developer Records a Rap About Journey to Un'Goro Expansion
 
Stardew Valley (IGF) - Hey Ash Whatcha Playin'?
 
Ron Gilbert
 
'Horizon Zero Dawn' and 'The Witcher' Share Beautiful Twitter Moment
 
There's no hookshot
 
Things I Missed From Previous Weeks
 
Why I love Peggle and hate Peggle: Blast

 

Rami Ismail asks devs and players to share stories of how games effected or helped people, Youtuber gives reasons why they keep imploding, Centipede programmer Dona Bailey holds AMA, Steven Messner looks into an Ark roleplaying server, how the Yakuza helped sell Nintendo's first game, Colin Campbell writes about what Gabe Newell is like during a press event and how he answers questions, Payday 3 in production, visual essay jam, variety of Japanese titles get western release dates, how "games as a service" delayed Owlboy, what developers think of Steam Spy, Folding Ideas and Linkara discuss Youtuber Life Tycoon game and state of Youtube, Bethesda working on three new games, interview with the devs of Nier Automata, Zelda community talks about giving Link a voice, and more.
 
 
Gaming News (Announcements, release dates, previews, interviews, expansions, DLC, updates, company news, new tech, mods)
 
Watch the trailer for the 2017 Independent Games Festival Awards!
 
Raw Fury offer to pay indies' Steam Direct fees for any game they deem good enough
 
Valve won't automatically detect cheaters for fear of "an arms race" with cheat makers

 
Are You Making Nintendo Switch Games? Japanese Developers Answer That And More

Hands-On Nintendo Switch Impressions From A Dream I Had Last Night
Nintendo eShop purchases will finally be tied to Nintendo Accounts
Leaked Switch Was Stolen, Nintendo Says
Nintendo Switch launch lineup includes Zelda, 1-2-Switch
Nintendo Switch download sizes revealed, making extra memory a must
Claim Your Nintendo Switch Account ID
 
Banana Peels, Nasty Aliens, and Brain Hacking in 'Prey'

An hour with Prey
‘Prey’ Is More Freaky Sci-fi, Less Horror
 
Dropzone is a competitive RTS for the modern era
 
My Memory of Us teaser tells a tale of children trapped in a war-time ghetto
 
The Black Death Spreads to Videogames With A Plague Tale: Innocence

 
A special message from YOKO TARO
 
MASS EFFECT™: ANDROMEDA – Gameplay Series #1: Combat
 
Hardcore Girls and Bullet Hell: A Conversation with the Makers of 'Nier: Automata'

 
Kona, the snowy supernatural mystery set in Canada's north, is coming in March
 
Sea of Thieves Technical Alpha 0.1.1. gameplay video released – Taming New Seas
 
NIS America is localizing Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana, and it's coming to Steam

 
Talking Dreams and Nausea-Free VR with Tim Schafer

 
Bard's Tale remastered trilogy will be finished, Olde Skuul boss says

 
Watch 15 minutes of sci-fi zombie beatdowns in a new trailer for The Surge
 
Bethesda's Todd Howard Hints at 3 New Games

 
Oops! Game developers forget to hit the submit button and miss scheduled release date
 
Dawn of War 3 trailer battles over mythical pointy stick
 
Choice, Consequence and Vampires Power the Next Game From 'Life Is Strange' Studio

 
Square Enix Announces New RPG Called Project Prelude Rune

 
Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s best trailer yet has fans crying ‘spoilers’
 
Danganronpa V3 And A Bunch Of Other Japanese Games Get Western Release Dates
 
Payday 3 is in production, but could be a long way off

 
Songbringer is a Zelda-like with galactic war and hallucinogenic cacti
 
Redeemer is an action slasher that's like God of War meets Hotline Miami
 
A Game About Houses Of Cards, Without Any Politics
 
Stranger of Sword City Revisited first English trailer, eight-hour free trial announced
 
New Persona 5 Trailer Features This Returning Character
 
Rogue Legacy devs announce Full Metal Furies, a four-player co-op brawler
 
Touhou Kobuto V coming west this summer
 
Tokyo Tattoo Girls for PS Vita, PC coming west this summer
 
RPG Maker Fes coming west this summer
 
Operation Abyss: New Tokyo Legacy for PC launches March 27

 
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire - Backer Update 14 - Neketaka
Pillars of Eternity 2's overhauled weather system will affect player status and NPC routines
 
Redeemer is an action slasher that's like God of War meets Hotline Miami
 
Ghost Recon Wildlands open beta starts Feb 23, tontos

 
Final Fantasy VII Remake's Director Shows Screenshots Of The Game's First Boss Fight

 
The Gardens Between Looks Just Lovely
 
Isabella von Carstein heads to Total War: Warhammer as another Legendary Lord
Total War: Warhammer's free Bretonnia faction lands on February 28 - here's a trailer
Warhammer News: Bretonnia Update 19th Feb
Total War: Warhammer - Full Bretonnia Army Roster (Battle Gameplay)
 
Nioh to add high-difficulty missions in late March, PvP in late April; first DLC details

 
Homefront: The Revolution’s final expansion coming in March

 
Valve Fixes Accuracy Bug That's Been In Team Fortress 2 For Ten Years

 
Blizzard Retires Classic Cards In Anticipation Of New Hearthstone Season

Is this really the worst Hearthstone meta we’ve ever had?
 
Blood Bowl 2 introduces Chaos Dwarfs and Khemri teams to its bloody roster

 
Watch Dogs 2 “Human Conditions” DLC due to release on PC on March 23
 
Kolin is Street Fighter 5’s next character. Here’s why you should play her.
 
War Thunder gets new Japanese tanks in impending update
 
Final Fantasy 15’s PS4 Pro patch does more harm than good
 
Conan Exiles' new region lock has prevented some regions from playing on official servers

 
Final Fantasy XIV’s New Expansion “Stormblood” Gets Plenty Info on New Areas, Features and Much More
 
Civilization 6 Free Update And New Australia Civ DLC Announced
 
First For Honor patch will buff Valkyrie, nerf Conquerer and Berserker, fix guard breaks

 
Watch the world end in Defcon VR’s virtual war room
 
Overwatch game director Jeff Kaplan trolls fans who are begging for Valentine’s content

The Overwatch Playboy parody 'Playwatch Magazine' has been shut down by a copyright claim
Crafty Overwatch Players Are Staying Up Late To Get Better Ranks
Overwatch's next hero may not be Doomfist, suggests Jeff Kaplan
Is this Overwatch’s next hero?
See Overwatch devs answer your questions in last weekend's PC Gamer Weekender Q&A
 
What do developers and publishers really think of Steam Spy?

 
Portal writer Erik Wolpaw leaves Valve

 
Humble Bundle raises more than $6.5M for charity

 
EA's Origin Access subscription service is running a limited time free trial

 
PewDiePie versus the media: Why he’s so mad to be losing the fight

I remember last time he was complaining about Polygon and another site talking about him that he lied about their articles and said they used him as clickbait, when he wasn't mentioned in the header, as the picture, and was the focus for maybe part of a sentence in the middle of the articles.
PewDiePie Is Only Part of the ProblemPew
 
The three reasons YouTubers keep imploding, from a YouTuber

 
Twitch Streamer Dies During 24-Hour Marathon Stream

 
Court Throws Out Digital Homicide's Case Against Critic Jim Sterling

 
The ‘Stardew Valley’ Modder Who Added Jerk Off Schedules For Every Guy

 
Esports News
 
Riot's New Replay Tool Could Seriously Affect League Matches

 
Counter-Strike Pro Promises To "Crush" Opponent, Backs It Up In Dominating Fashion
 
FIFA Pro Puts Away Two Goals In Under A Minute At Miami Regionals
 
League of Legends Pro Dances Before Pushing For The Win
 
In Guilty Gear It's Never Over Until The Vampire Sings

 
North Seizes Double Overtime Win At DreamHack Masters Las Vegas

 
Pro Overwatch Player Wrecks Entire Team's Defense With Sneaky Lucio Boop

 
This Is Why You Don't Challenge The Street Fighter V Champ

 
Nazara will invest $20 million in eSports for India

 
Danish CS:GO Players Barred from Competing at Copenhagen Games LAN

 
The Rise in College Esports Scholarships

 
Crowdfunding News
 
Fig kicks off $500k funding initiative aimed at late-stage game dev woes

 
Shardbound

 
Content I found interesting this week (interviews, reviews, think pieces, history, music, culture, design, art, criticism, etc)
 
Rami Ismail asks devs and players to share stories of how games effected or helped people
Some of the responses
 
Gabe Newell isn't really here

Gabe Newell discusses the downsides of working at Valve
 
Video Game Tries To Tackle Gang Violence In Chicago, Fails

 
Grandia – 1998 Developer Interviews, originally featured in Sega Saturn Magazine (jp)

 
Centipede Programmer, Dona Bailey, holds AMA
 
VISUAL ESSAY JAM ROUNDUP

 
How Sega Brought Yakuza 0 To The West

 
I was drugged, forced to sing, and accused of murder in one night on an Ark roleplaying server

 
Raising Questions of Power in Reigns

 
Portal 2’s Co-Op Was Perfect

 
How 'Memoranda' Successfully Brings Haruki Murakami's Surrealism into a Video Game

 
For Honor Gets Female Armor Right

 
Meet the superfans who spent a decade bringing Daikatana back to life

 
The dark art of creating gorgeous death animations

 
'Freelancer' Was the Original Open-World Space Opera

 
Devs discuss the history and the future of so-called 'walking sims'

 
Road to the IGF: The Molasses Flood's The Flame in the Flood

Road to the IGF: Ocelot Society's Event[0]
 
Games As Service - How it delayed Owlboy for nearly a year

 
‘Horizon: Zero Dawn' is ‘The Witcher 3’ for the ‘Avatar’ Generation

'Horizon Zero Dawn' made me fall in love with open-world RPGs
Gender, Race, and Robot Dinos in Horizon Zero Dawn
 
Let's Talk About How 'Resident Evil 7' Falls Apart at the End

 
How The Zelda Community Finally Gave Link a Voice

 
How to Make the Best of Working on Licensed Video Games

 
Youtubers Life and the State of YouTube (w/ Linkara)
 
How the Yakuza helped sell Nintendo's first game - Here's A Thing
 
Guide to Games: Valkyria Chronicles
 
The Magic of the First Legend of Zelda | Game Maker's Toolkit
 
Sierra's Lost Gem - The Dagger of Amon Ra
 
#GLG29: Diversity in Watch Dogs 2
 
Noclip Project 4 Teaser
 
Advanced Game Literacy - Finding Meaning in Games - Extra Credits
 
Things I found entertaining throughout the week relating to video games
 
Game Industry Valentines
 
FFXV Ignis Dishes
 
DeMarcus Cousins' Trade Was So Shitty NBA 2K17 Won't Let You Do It
 
Things I Missed From Previous Weeks
 
'Metacritic' Still Matters, But For How Long?

 
HOW CHICAGO'S OVERLOOKED VIDEO GAME CREATORS SCORED AN EXTRA LIFE

 
Not Forgotten - Hellgate: London (Innovative Diablo Successor / Looter Shooter)
 
Other Places: Hitman
 

Richard Garriott interviewed about his book, working with EA, current game, and getting older and making changes. RE7 producer and director talk about making the game feel more realistic and scarier, new Bioware game, Pillars of Eternity 2 crowdfunding campaign, effects of cutting art funding and travel bans on the industry, final moments of Asheron's Call, Ni No Kuni 2 coming to PC, interviews with Geralt's voice actor, hbomberguy talks about why Mario Odyssey is uncanny, footage from the first E3, Battlefront 2 will have a campaign, Noah Caldwell-Gervais dissects the Dishonored games, Noclip profiles John Romero, future of Deus Ex in question, why Sega games focused on environmentalism, Yakuza 0's localization and being a postcard from 80s Japan, Writing On Games analyzes every episode of Hitman 2016, and more.
 
 
Gaming News (Announcements, release dates, previews, interviews, expansions, DLC, updates, company news, new tech, mods)
 
QuakeCon 2017 dates announced, new venue confirmed

 
GDC travel plans snared by anti-Muslim immigration order
Shahid Ahmad is one of the biggest reasons why Sony had so many games from Indie developers and started to develop good relationships with them as a publisher.
 
How closing borders kills understanding, and censors art

 
Microsoft explains how Windows 10 Game Mode will improve performance in UWP and Win32 games

Windows 10 Game Mode goes live in latest Insider build
 
Ni No Kuni 2 is looking just as sweet as the original
 
Star Wars Battlefront sequel will release this year with a campaign mode

 
Breath of The Wild is Beatable in 15 minutes! Interview with Miyamoto & Aonuma
 
Eldar domination: hands-on with Dawn of War 3's space elves

 
Loot Rascals, the deck-building hexplorer with a Glaswegian genie, release date set
 
Seven: The Days Long Gone teases isometric stealth in latest trailer
 
Stealth, silencers and drug syndicates in Ghost Recon Wildlands

 
Hand-drawn puzzler Gorogoa has a new trailer, and a 2017 release date
The ineffable loveliness of Gorogoa
 
Horizon Zero Dawn hands-on

 
Dauntless is the PC Monster Hunter game we've all been waiting for
 
AJ's Torment Tides of Numenera Preview
'Torment: Tides of Numenera' Has More Words Than the Bible
Torment: Tides of Numenera dev issues apology for missed stretch goals
 
BioWare’s next new series launches by March 2018

 
Ace Combat 7 now coming to PC and Xbox One as well as PS4
 
Final Fantasy 12: The Zodiac Age gets a launch date

 
MASS EFFECT™: ANDROMEDA – Official Cinematic Trailer #2
Meet the Mass Effect: Andromeda Pathfinder team in a new briefing video
A Small Detail You Might Have Missed About Mass Effect: Andromeda's New Trailer
Does our dad die in Mass Effect: Andromeda?
Mass Effect: Andromeda -- No Crossplay, PC Version Has Uncapped Frame Rate
The characters of Mass Effect: Andromeda - who you can batter, befriend and boink
 
Injustice 2 - Robin Gameplay Trailer
 
New Need for Speed game coming soon

 
Double Dragon IV is a retro sequel releasing next week
 
Sniper Elite 4’s 101 trailer shows there’s more to the game than just nut shots
 
NBA Live pushed back to fall 2017, new UFC game on the way

 
“There is a very high possibility” of a NieR remaster if Automata “sells like hotcakes”

 
Romero family’s Gunman Taco Truck out, designed by 9-year-old
 
The Nilfgaard faction shows Gwent has a life after The Witcher 3

 
Fire Emblem Heroes: hands-on with Nintendo’s next mobile game
 
Mobius Final Fantasy announced for PC with FF7 remake tie-in

 
Conan Exiles drops cinematic trailer and sets price ahead of launch next week
New Conan Game Sure Has Dicks In It
 
Former Grand Theft Auto producer Leslie Benzies has a new project called Everywhere

‘Everywhere’ is ‘very different from GTA,’ but still about freedom
 
The Surge CGI trailer features an ominous sci-fi corporation, and a release date
 
Avengers Project announced, start of a new Marvel series from the Deus Ex and Tomb Raider devs
Sources: Eidos Working On Guardians of the Galaxy Game, Future of Deus Ex Murky
 
Commander creator and multicrew land in the Elite: Dangerous 2.3 beta on February 26

 
Blizzard Says Overwatch Skins Accidentally Made Mei Look Thinner

Blizzard is working on changes for Overwatch's Bastion
D.Va's Defense Matrix to get a small buff in next Overwatch patch
Overwatch now has more than 25 million players
 
Total War: Arena dev diary offers peek at rework
 
Stardock releases Galactic Civilizations 3 2.0 update

 
Ark's Tek Tier update adds laser-equipped dinosaurs and power armor next week
Eight burning questions about Ark's growable beards, answered
 
Stellaris Dev Diary #58: Habitats
 
Hitman's "Professional" difficulty level promises new challenges and rewards

Hitman's Landslide bonus mission out next week, 19th elusive target revealed
 
Endless Space 2 welcomes the Horatio in second major update
 
March update for Titanfall 2 includes Colony map, new weapon, Pilot execution, more

 
Call of Duty’s latest trailer shows off Infinite Warfare’s four new maps
 
Enter the Gungeon welcomes new weapons, enemies and 200 levels in free update
 
Rainbow Six Siege's Next Character Revealed
Play Rainbow Six Siege for free this weekend
 
Battlefield 1 is getting a Community Test Environment

 
Final Fantasy 15’s first DLC episode launches in March

 
Gears of War 4 gets permanent cross-platform play

 
The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind is coming in June
 
Sunless Sea’s Pirate-Poet, Cladery Heir free to all players

 
Dead Rising 4 is getting new two new difficulty modes and a timed demo

 
Thousands of People Get Banned From Pokémon Sun and Moon For Cheating

 
Mad Catz in danger of being dropped from the New York Stock Exchange

 
Oculus VR case goes to jury with a $4B request

 
Digital Card Games Will Yield $1.4 Billion in Revenue This Year, per SuperData

 
Hideo Kojima shows off his fancy new studio

 
As ‘Muslim ban’ rattles nation, game developers take action
Here's what the big businesses of video games have to say about Trump's immigration ban
 
Developer Admits He 'Deserved' To Have Game Removed From Steam After Fake Reviews

 
Shadow Warrior 2 pricing error briefly drops it to $4
 
Namco's Founder Has Died At Age 91

 
Game Developers Mourn Sudden Passing Of Ex-Harmonix Dev Roger Hanna Morash

 
Good but not good enough: shares in Capcom fall despite Resident Evil 7 selling 2.5 million
 
Some Persona 5 Fans Are Annoying Local Tokyo Residents

 
The Death Star becomes a roller coaster in this amazing Planet Coaster mod
 
Civilization 6 mod tools and Steam Workshop support are still in the works

 
The best mods to use with The Long War 2

 
The best Civilization 6 mods

 
Resident Evil 4 HD Project’s Castle chapter due March
 
Total War's latest Game of Thrones mod looks fantastic
 
Esports News
 
The Weekend In Esports: The ELEAGUE Major 2017 Hunts For A Champion

 
Trump’s Muslim Ban Is Already Having a Serious Impact on the Esports Industry
 
What does the start of the spring split tell us about the state of NA League of Legends?

 
Canal+ Will Stream the Parisian Finals of the FIFA 17 Ultimate Team Championship Series

 
A 16-Year-Old Smash Bros. Player Is Beating The Biggest Pros On The Scene

 
Top Smash Players Want Duck Hunt's Stage Banned

 
The Vote Over Evo 2017's Ninth Fighting Game Is Reopening Old Wounds

 
The Fight for eSports Recognition, Respect, and Money at the University of Washington

 
Massachusetts Gaming Commission Takes Aim at Esports, State Online Gambling Legalization Could be on the Horizon

 
The case for taunts: feeding the fighting game community's love of drama

 
Rocket League Esports Community Raises $3500 in Second Charity Fundraiser

 
Crowdfunding News
 
PILLARS OF ETERNITY II: DEADFIRE
Obsidian Announces Pillars Of Eternity II
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire - Backer Update 1 - Thank You!
 
SOLO
 
Sunless Skies Kickstarter Begins Tomorrow!
 
Banner Saga 3 Kickstarter funded in less than a week, playable Dredge now a stretch goal

 
Apocalypse Now - the Game
Francis Ford Coppola Announces Apocalypse Now Video Game
 
Southern Monsters
Promising monster-hunting IF game Southern Monsters now on Kickstarter
 
LITTLE BUG
 
Content I found interesting this week (interviews, reviews, think pieces, history, music, culture, design, art, criticism, etc)
 
Richard Garriott: the man, the myth, the mischief

 
How the Rise of Narrative Design is Revolutionizing the Craft of Video Game Storytelling

 
What It's Like To Be An Iranian Game Creator in Trump's America

 
Interview: Localizing Yakuza with Scott Strichart

 
Family Matters: How Humans Became the Real Horrors of ‘Resident Evil 7’

Everyone In Resident Evil 7 Has Amazing Teeth
Appreciating the Funny Side of ‘Resident Evil 7’
Resident Evil 7's New DLC Has One Of The Series' Best Puzzles
 
SAG-AFTRA president: Voice actor strike entering 'crucial phase'

 
Discussing the SAG-AFTRA Strikes with Geralt of Rivia

The voice behind The Witcher
 
As 'Asheron's Call' Nears Death, One Designer Looks Back

The Final Moments Of Asheron's Call

 
Cutting Arts Funding Will Imperil Video Game Projects

 
'Yakuza 0' is A Postcard from Another Time

 
We asked developers how they would fix Early Access

 
A closer look at the League of Legends map that didn't make it

 
VHS, Resident Evil, and the Found Footage Tradition

 
‘Ladykiller in a Bind’ Gets That Sex Shouldn’t Be a ‘Win State’

 
SONIC MEDITATION HOW SOUND DESIGN IN INSIDE CREATES A MINDFUL EXPERIENCE

 
Meet the People Keeping the Original Xbox Online

 
Road to the IGF: David O'Reilly's Everything

Road to the IGF: Titouan Millet's Mu Cartographer
Road to the IGF: Clever Endeavour Games' Ultimate Chicken Horse
Road to the IGF: Jumpsuit Entertainment's She Remembered Caterpillars
Road to the IGF: Variable State's Virginia
 
Exploring real-life protests in Riot: Civil Unrest

 
The Undeniable Beauty of Low-Fi Gaming

 
Your Worthless Old Sports Games Could Be Priceless Time Capsules

 
Research Resource: Gallery of 16,000+ RPG screenshots.

 
A Deeper Conversation About Class and Inequality in 'Gravity Rush 2'

 
Most Inspiring Game Animation Tech Talks of 2016

 
‘Punch Club 3DS’ is My Favorite New Training Buddy

 
SOMA's designer on the Exorcist of video games and the future of horror

 
A Normal Lost Phone Tries To Explore Trans Identity And Falls Short

 
Review scores
 
Becoming A Headline
 
Why ‘SWAT 4’ Remains a Shooter That Compellingly Plays Against Type

 
Overwatch’s gamer girl hero inspires a feminist movement

 
Welcome to The Zero: the making of Kentucky Route Zero's open road

 
The forgotten joys of turtling in strategy games

 
Exploring The Quiet Downfall of a Nation in 'Kingdom: New Lands'

 
One-Armed Overwatch Player Is A Hell Of A Pharah Main
 
 
The Radical Environmentalism of the Sega Genesis

 
Even the Blankest Slates Don’t Stay That Way

 
It’s a Glorious Time for Japanese Video Games

 
Analysing Every Episode of Hitman's First Season - Writing on Games
 
Why Is New Donk City Uncanny? - SERIOUS LORE ANALYSIS
 
Dissecting Dishonored [Spoilers]
 
‘Morrowind’ is the Best Bethesda Game
 
John Romero's Irish Adventure - Noclip Profiles
 
Bow & Arrow.
 
Global Game Jam 2017: Keynote Address - Extra Credits
 
Video Games and Gambling - When Does a Game Cross the Line? - Extra Credits
 
An Appreciation Of Pixel Art, Gaming's Most Beautiful Style
 
Did Moon Logic Kill Adventure Games?
 
Finding the Fun in FPS Campaigns | Game Maker's Toolkit
 
Playing the Scripted Set Piece
 
Footage From The First-Ever E3 Is A Real Trip
 
Resident Evil 7 Bravely Defaulted (The Jimquisition)
 
Players Are Already Fearlessly Speedrunning Resident Evil 7
 
The Fallout Sex Formula - Here's A Thing
 
Video: Examining the health risks of game dev (beyond carpal tunnel)
 
Things I found entertaining throughout the week relating to video games
 
This diary of a low-level orc brings the joy back into WoW's early zones
 
Things I Missed From Previous Weeks
 
Building Peace with Programming

 

Indie developer tries to pull a Bethesda, Felipe Pepe writes about learning over 40 years of game history, Mike Diver speaks to Zelda series producer and director Eiji Aonuma, negative effects of health care repeal on developers, UN is getting interested in games, Kickstarter for Banner Saga 3, Joseph Anderson talks about Fallout 4 and how to better realize the game's potential, the cost of developing Easter eggs, writing on relationships between characters in FFXV and Last Guardian, South Sudan gets its first Global Game Jam, new trailer for Call of Cthulhu and developers working on a Werewolf The Apocalypse game, road to IGF developer interviews, interview with the man that fixed Fallout 4's toilet paper, a look at the influence glitches have had on the fighting game genre, the story of the Sega SG-1000, and more.
 
 
Gaming News (Announcements, release dates, previews, interviews, expansions, DLC, updates, company news, new tech, mods)
 
GDC State of the Game Industry 2017

 
Tim Sweeney earns the Game Developers Choice Lifetime Achievement Award

 
Nintendo Switch Won't Support Netflix at Launch - Report

The Switch’s Launch Lineup Is Getting Beefier
Japanese Nintendo Switch buyers can customize their console’s colors
Nintendo Switch UI gets new close-up in deleted tweet
Totaling the hidden costs of owning a Nintendo Switch
Nintendo Switch is leaving these Wii U features behind
Nintendo Answers (And Avoids) Our Switch Questions
Nintendo Switch: Everything we still don’t know
Nintendo Switch Predicted To Sell 40 Million Systems By End Of 2020
Nintendo Switch Ain’t for Mom and Pop—It’s for Die-Hard Fans
 
Xbox One's upcoming copilot feature will let two players share one controller online
 
Mordheim: City of the Damned developer to bring Necromunda to PC

 
Obsidian teases something called "Project Louisiana"
 
Call of Cthulhu trailer is crazy in the coconut
 
White Wolf bringing Werewolf: The Apocalypse to PC

 
Atlus Brings Two Utawarerumono Games West In 2017
 
Torment: Tides of Numenera trailer teases choice-heavy combat
9 minutes of Torment: Tides of Numenera PS4 Gameplay
Torment: Tides of Numenera preview – A classic series reborn for Xbox One
TORMENT: TIDES OF NUMENARA PREVIEW - 2017'S MOST PROMISING RPG YET?
Three bizarre sci-fi tales from Torment: Tides of Numenera
 
Dead Cells - Reveal Trailer
 
Take me on: Take On Mars official release 9 Feb
 
World of Horror, A Scary Game For The 1980s
 
Halo Wars 2 feels like a return to the C&C era of real-time strategy
 
We Are Chicago, a game about living in a tough neighborhood, will be out on Feb. 9
 
Injustice 2 is getting an online beta
 
Ex-BioShock dev's horror game Perception is coming to PS4
 
Zelda fans uncover Breath of the Wild backstory from Special Edition map
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Will Require a 3GB Install on Wii U
A Conversation with Zelda Veteran and ‘Breath of the Wild’ Producer Eiji Aonuma
 
Nostalgic shooter Strafe gets a March release date
 
Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 release date set for PC
 
Inside and Limbo developer's next game looks as dark as its forerunners
 
Watch a grown man kick a child in the face in the Tekken 7 release date trailer
 
NieR: Automata details amusement park, submerged city, unarmed motions, mounts, fishing, and jukebox

 
Necrobarista is about hipsters, baristas, and death
 
For Honor: Viking Gameplay Intro (Classes, Controls, and More)
 
Might & Magic Showdown lets you paint your champs
I'd rather paint Might & Magic: Showdown's figurines than play the game
 
Hunt those monsters with Toukiden 2 on PC in March
 
Malicious Fallen launches February 21 in the west

 
Berserk and the Band of the Hawk details 'awakening' abilities alongside new screens

 
SWAT 4: Gold Edition is now on GOG
 
Mass Effect: Andromeda "Running Awesome" Right Now, BioWare Says
 
Murder puzzle game The Sexy Brutale coming in April
 
Cultist Simulator Makes Running A Cult Into A Fun Time

 
PS4 Fans Are Baffled As To Why Sony Is Promoting Crappy-Looking Games

 
The 3DS Is Getting A New Fire Emblem Game
Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia may have a big learning curve for modern fans
Doubt I would be a fan of the other changes but I would love to see the marriage feature removed from the series.
Fire Emblem: Heroes Is A Collectible Character Strategy Game For iOS And Android [UPDATE]
Nintendo's Mobile 'Fire Emblem' Is a 'Gacha' Game, Here's What That Means
 
Endless Space 2 - The Horatio - Prologue
 
Yooka-Laylee unveils local co-op and multiplayer in-game footage
 
Bossa's new game Decksplash promises a 3-on-3 mix of skateboarding and Splatoon
 
Ghost Recon: Going to war against a devout drug cartel
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands Gameplay: Single Player Walkthrough (Feat. 3 AI Teammates)
 
The Division: Last Stand trailer teases livestreamed reveal coming tomorrow
 
Mon then! Total Warhammer unleashes The White Dwarf
 
Duelyst is getting singleplayer boss battles

 
Dishonored 2’s New Custom Difficulties Give You A Lot Of Options

 
The Division 1.6 update will nearly double the size of the Dark Zone

The Division's next big expansion is coming to PS4 and Xbox One at the same time
 
Battlefield 1 DLC Reveal Coming Next Week, Watch A Teaser Now
Battlefield 1's first DLC revealed: four maps, two vehicles, and a new mode
 
Dark Souls III: The Ringed City DLC Announcement Trailer | PS4, XB1, PC
 
Resident Evil 7 DLC begins rolling out next week on PS4

 
Overwatch 'Year of the Rooster' is coming next week
Bringing Capture the Flag to Overwatch was harder than you think
The Woes of An Overwatch Player Who Keeps Getting Reported For Playing Widowmaker
Nerfs to Ana and D.Va finalized, will hit Overwatch soon
 
Sex Game Removes Intense BDSM Scene Following Fan Feedback

 
Ubisoft teases Rainbow Six Siege DLC Operation Velvet Shell
 
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided DLC A Criminal Past is coming in February

 
Final Fantasy XV update to add monster enyclopedia

Final Fantasy 15 Director Discusses Upcoming Single-Player Updates And DLC
 
Dying Light adds eye-tracking for extended views, auto-climbing and zombie awareness
 
Announcing our next FREE DLC - Lorebook!

 
Russian publishing giant picks up Crytek's FPS Warface

 
Xbox One Sales Are At 26 Million Units Worldwide, SuperData Estimates

 
Oculus lawsuit may undercut VR industry, not just Facebook's bottom line

Oculus lawsuit drops Palmer Luckey on stand to defend story of Rift’s inception
 
Electronic Arts announces dates for EA Play 2017

Portal, Left 4 Dead Developer Kim Swift Joins EA
 
On its 10th birthday, Viking Squad dev Slick joins forces with Klei

 
As 'Games Done Quick' Gets Bigger, So Do Its Controversies

 
The U.S. video game industry pulled $30.4B in revenue last year

 
Co-Founder Of Inside Creators Gets $7 Million After Business Breakup
 
Former Disney studio Avalanche Software re-opens under Warner Bros.

 
DEVELOPER THREATENS TO BLACKBALL MEDIA OUTLETS THAT GIVE NEGATIVE REVIEWS
Developer admits "we screwed it" after game website exposes review blacklist threat
 
GDC State of the Industry: For the first time, devs favor Android over iOS

 
Here’s why the UN is getting interested in video games

 
War-torn South Sudan gets its very first Global Game Jam, despite UN warnings of genocide

 
PlayStation is sponsoring a Liverpool-based bootcamp to get young girls into tech

 
Streamer numbers and incomes are rising healthily, according to data from popular tool

 
The flawed report that made erroneous claims about violent video games

 
XCOM 2: The Long War mod is bigger than we thought

The Long War 2 mod is a must-play reinvention of XCOM 2
 
Superhot meets Portal in the wonderful PORTALHOT mod
 
 
Esports News
 
The Weekend In Esports: League of Legends and Genesis 4 Return

 
Smash Bros. Players Infuriated Over Surprise Rule Tweak At Big Tournament

 
Assessing the impact of League of Legends' new ban system

 
Fighting game community in a flap over Killer Instinct teabagging ban
 
Why You Should Care About Rocket League as an Esport

 
UCypher from USports Will Be India’s First Major Esports League, Uses Franchised Team Structure

 
Big Ten Collegiate Sports Conference Announces Riot Partnership, Championship

 
Cloud Gaming Service LiquidSky Takes Aim at Esports: ‘We’re Prepared to Meet Pro Gamers’ Needs’

 
Dota 2 Pro Makes Clutch Play From Beyond The Grave
 
Crowdfunding News
 
Banner Saga 3
 
BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION - Isometric Post-apocalyptic Adventure
 
Hellpoint Teaser - A Dark Sci fi Action RPG soon on Kickstarter
 
Fig raises $7.8 million to expand game crowdfunding platform

 
Content I found interesting this week (interviews, reviews, think pieces, history, music, culture, design, art, criticism, etc)
 
Game Developers Speak Up in the Face of Obamacare Repeal
More Stories of How Obamacare Has Affected Game Developers
 
Learning the Video Game Canon - How to deal with over 40 years of backlog?

 
The costs of developing Easter eggs

 
Games of 2017
Looking at the tweet chain, Chris has been adding new games throughout the month and is at 46 last time I checked. Some interesting looking titles, many with beautiful and atmospheric art.
 
Here’s How to Create a Convincing Constructed Language for Your Video Game

 
Study Shows Which Video Game Genres Women Play Most

 
The Scary Political Relevance of 'Metal Gear Solid 2'

 
You Guys Are the Best: Friendship and Grieving in Final Fantasy XV

2nd page link is below an advertisement box.
 
Leaping Across the Spaces Between Us: On Relationships in Final Fantasy XV and The Last Guardian

 
Preserving video game history is about more than nostalgia

 
I Love Astroneer For Its Optimism

 
Video games owe a lot to President Obama's administration

 
For Brian Fargo, making games is all about 'finding your way through the darkness'

 
How Stardew Valley inspired the creator of Ooblets to quit her job
 
A Q&A With the Creator of a 'Fallout 4' Mod That Flips the Toilet Paper Around

This just shows why I can't get into Bethesda games or the worlds they create, can't even place toilet paper properly without modder help.
 
I Fell In Love with Video Games By Playing ‘Harry Potter’ on the Game Boy Color

 
Do You Have Something To Say? Make a Game

 
THE DIVISION – AESTHETIC REVIEW

 
The Invisible Bunnies That Power World of Warcraft
 
Rez’s Trance Vibrator Changed the Conversation About Women’s Sexuality in Games

 
Guest Column: Creative Block

 
Road to the IGF: Student project Lily - Colors of Santa Luz

Road to the IGF: Heart Machine's Hyper Light Drifter
Road to the IGF: Michael Brough's Imbroglio
Road to the IGF: Raw Fury's GoNNER
Road to the IGF: Sokpop Collective's Bamboo Heart
Road to the IGF: Osmotic Studios' Orwell
 
My tortured quest to become the bunny whisperer in Ultima Online's spiritual successor

 
Postmortem: Rayhouse Productions' Kalaban

 
Making of Pillars of Eternity documentary is well worth a watch
 
The Story of Sega's First Console, Which Was Not The Master System
 
Playing the Nintendo Playstation Prototype
 
Guide to Games: Watch Dogs
 
The Tragedy of 'This Is the Police'

 
When violent games want you to play nice

 
Skyrim helped me fix my relationship with food

 
The Sin City game that never was

 
Why I'm Still Playing A Game I Don't Like, 700 Hours Later

 
Detention is a beautiful, creepy Taiwanese horror adventure

 
Crucial lessons from 7 game jam prototypes that went commercial

 
How Resident Evil became the "guiding light" for SOMA and Amnesia

 
William Pugh's journey from The Stanley Parable into Crows Crows Crows

 
Game Design Deep Dive: Dynamic audio in destructible levels in Rainbow Six: Siege

 
Why I love the sense of regret in Life is Strange

 
Fallout 4 - One Year Later
 
Inspiring documentary on Crashlands’ development is out now
 
Cool Ghosts: An Important Update
Matt Lees and Quintin Smith of Cool Ghosts talk about the humor and the satisfaction of leaving the site after a completed job that makes Hitman great.
 
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess's dungeon design | Boss Keys
 
Best???/Recommended Games of 2016!
 
Strategic Uncertainty - Keeping Strategy Games Fresh - Extra Credits
 
Classic Game Postmortem - Marble Madness
 
The Art Direction of No Man's Sky
 
How a disabled gamer uses his feet to play Final Fantasy 14
 
Did Nintendo download a Mario ROM and sell it back to us? - Here's A Thing
 
Overwatch Players Honor Fallen Friend With 12-Gun Salute
 
Things I found entertaining throughout the week relating to video games
 
Guillermo del Toro continues Konami posts
 
When you create an account pretend to like a game developer and their work
 
Apple
 
Things I Missed From Previous Weeks
 
Finding Beauty in the Weirdest Fighting Game Glitches

 
AUTISM & EMPOWERMENT: WHAT GAMING MEANS TO ME

 
The visual power of pure form

 
FIGHT | League of Legends Documentary
 

Nintendo Switch information and game reveals, 100+ short developer interviews, both plenty and pretty good banging to be in Mass Effect Andromeda, Swery65 creates indie studio White Owls, Microsoft confirms Game Mode for Windows 10, how Resident Evil 4 turned System Shock 3 into Dead Space, the introductory levels that developers should learn from, writing Lara Croft, Games Journalism Awards, how the Prison Architect developers broke the Geneva Conventions, Games Done Quick raises over 2.2 million for the Prevent Cancer Foundation, closing Vancouver’s Indie House, an interview with the original Princess Maker 2 localizer, the best quest in Dragon Age Origins, how small changes in Bloodborne make a big difference in gameplay and themes, and more.
 
 
Gaming News (Announcements, release dates, previews, interviews, expansions, DLC, updates, company news, new tech, mods)
 
Games Journalism Awards
All excellent choices for writing and at least one video, by Errant Signal, two of the written ones I also had in my Best Game's Writing of 2016 list.
 
Everything We Know About Nintendo Switch
Nintendo Switch Translator Struggled to Translate Suda51, and for Good Reason
Nintendo Exec on NES Classic Shortages, Nintendo Switch Supply
Nintendo Offers Metroid, Mother 3 Fans a Glimmer of Hope
Why Switch Doesn't Include Any Bundled Games
Will the Switch outsell the Wii U? Gamasutra staff weighs in
Handicapping the Switch's chances: Industry analysts weigh in
Hands On With The Nintendo Switch
Nintendo Switch: The Size Comparison
The Nintendo Switch Feels High Quality, But the Games Aren’t Ready Yet
Nintendo Switch online service's 'free' monthly games come with a huge catch
NINTENDO TALKS VOICE CHAT, ONLINE APPROACH FOR SWITCH
Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto Didn't Lead Switch Development
What Nintendo Fucked Up With The Switch So Far (The Jimquisition)
 
Microsoft Confirms Game Mode for Windows 10 That Improves Performance

 
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Nintendo Switch Presentation 2017 Trailer
Let's Talk About Princess Zelda's New Look
 
Splatoon 2 - Nintendo Switch Presentation 2017 Trailer
 
Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord creators give update on development progress

 
Shovel Knight Is Coming To Switch, Getting A New Structure And Price

 
Nioh Goes Gold, Release Date Confirmed
Nioh to add free PvP mode after launch
‘Nioh’ Is a Richly Detailed, Devilishly Challenging RPG That’s Just Too Tough for Me
 
Diluvion gameplay demo - The PC Gamer Show
 
GEARBOX CEO DOESN'T SEE BORDERLANDS 3 COMING TO NINTENDO SWITCH
 
'Prey for the Gods' Stands out from 'Shadow of the Colossus'

 
Malicious Fallen debut English trailer
 
Horizon Zero Dawn trailer reveals formidable foes, friendly Lance Reddick
 
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 - Nintendo Switch Presentation 2017 Trailer
 
New Shin Megami Tensei Switch and 3DS titles announced
 
Night in the Woods launching in late February
 
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - Nintendo Switch Presentation 2017 Trailer
 
Torment: Tides of Numenera interactive trailer demonstrates a quest in action
 
Rain World GIFs show gorgeous world and a giant bird of prey

 
Watch an assassination spin out of control in the new Hitman 101 trailer
 
Super Robot Wars V second trailer
Hopefully they won't just run it through Google translate like they seemed to have done for Moon Dwellers.
 
Resident Evil 7 trailer blatantly lies about a creepy old mansion being nice
Resident Evil 7 free ‘Not A Hero’ scenario DLC launches this spring
 
New Friday the 13th trailer shows off Jason's morph ability
 
ARMS - Nintendo Switch Presentation 2017 Trailer
 
Troll and I story trailer has forest fires, harpoon guns and invisibility magic
 
Explore Mass Effect: Andromeda’s new space home and space car
"The banging" in Mass Effect: Andromeda will be plentiful and good, producer says
Mass Effect Andromeda crafting is 'quite a bit different' to Dragon Age: Inquisition
 
Will Dad Quest explain the mystery of where all these dads keep coming from?
 
Trine dev Frozenbyte announces Has-Been Heroes
 
Guilty Gear’s newest fighter is a ninja businessman
 
A Game Where You Play As The Boss In Classic Boss Fights
 
After Halo Megabloks leak, 343 Studios teases a game "along these lines" could happen
 
Super Mario Odyssey Is on the "Core Side," Like Super Mario 64, Miyamoto Says
 
Conan Exiles to get full mod support on PC

 
SUNLESS SEA WILL WASH UP TERROR AND CANNIBALISM ON YOUR IPAD THIS SPRING

 
Fire Emblem Warriors - Nintendo Switch Presentation 2017 Trailer
 
For Honor season pass listing leaks onto the Ubisoft store

For Honor trailer shows powerful naginata-wielding Nobushi
For Honor: Lawbringer Hero Profile - Exclusive Trailer
For Honor: Valkyrie Hero Profile - Exclusive Trailer
 
Little Nightmares release date slated for April, the cruelest month
 
Tangiers developer posts hopeful update, teases new in-game footage

 
 
Super Bomberman R - Official Nintendo Switch Trailer
 
Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls is coming to PS4
 
Puyo Puyo Tetris - Official Nintendo Switch Trailer
 
Sonic Mania - Official Nintendo Switch Trailer
 
1-2 Switch - Nintendo Switch Presentation 2017 Trailer
 
Darkseid is an Injustice 2 pre-order incentive
 
WWE 2K17 rumbling onto PC February 7th
 
Star Citizen has a "xenolinguistics specialist", and here's an interview with him
 
Verdun adds ruthless kilt-wearing Scotsmen in free update
 
Rainbow Six Siege update ushers in a bunch of requested fixes

 
Darkest Dungeon's Radiant mode detailed, should arrive early Feb

 
New Titanfall 2 Multiplayer Mode Gives Teams Only a Minute to Complete Their Goal

 
Atlas Reactor goes free-to-play, adds new character

 
Dishonored 2's next update finally lets you replay missions

 
Battlefield 1 Players Are Getting Banned For Playing Too Well

 
'Elite: Dangerous' Is Headed for a Galactic Arms Race

 
Blizzard Banning Players Who 'Nuke' Overwatch Matches
Blizzard Responds To Ongoing Fan Anger Surrounding The Overwatch Test Server
Overwatch adds health bars to spectator mode
 
D4 director Swery goes indie with his new studio White Owls
 
'I'll work extra hard to never let you down like this again,' says Scalebound director after cancelled game
 
Epic and Microsoft sued over Gears of War by man who claims to be the "real" Cole Train

I thought this already happened, maybe something was mentioned by the guy back in January of 2015.
 
Frostbite engine to blame for Dragon Age 2 Exalted March expansion cancellation
 
Sony shuts down 20-year-old studio in European restructuring

 
Wizards of the Coast makes a show of opening new digital game studio

 
Titanfall Twitter Spams Random People Who Tweet They Want New Games

 
Valve still working on single-player games — and those Half-Life and Portal movies

 
Steam Removes Game After Developer Posts Fake Reviews
 
How the Prison Architect developers broke the Geneva Conventions
 
Oculus-Zenimax trial kicks off with final salvo of accusations

 
Awesome Games Done Quick raises $2.2 million, smashing a record

 
Contest offers $10K prize for a game about migration

 
Superhot design competition offers publishing contract worth $50,000 as top prize

 
 
Esports News
 
Unlikely Street Fighter III Character Wins First Major Tournament
 
Three legends, a pubstar, and their boss: what's up with China's new Dota 2 squad?

Here's Why A Newly Formed Pro Dota 2 Team In China Has People Excited
 
The Winner Of Last Weekend's Smash Wii U Tournament Won A Giant Cup Of Noodles

 
LCS Player Survey Reveals High Salaries, Shocking Views About Women

 
Alibaba Investing in World Electronics Sports Games Tournament as Part of Three Year Commitment to Esports

 
Halo World Championship 2017 Qualifiers To Be Hosted By Millennial Esports, LAN Event in Las Vegas

 
French Esports Streaming Company Eclypsia Launches Dedicated FIFA Channel Sponsored by Betclic

 
Crowdfunding News
 
UnDungeon - pixelart Action/RPG with Roguelike elements
 
Sundered - A horrifying fight for survival and sanity
 
Content I found interesting this week (interviews, reviews, think pieces, history, music, culture, design, art, criticism, etc)
 
2017 NEW YEAR’S CARDS FROM AROUND THE JAPANESE GAMING INDUSTRY

 
CRITICAL PATH /// CONVERSATIONS
Critical Path has added around 100 videos to their Youtube channel this week of short interviews with different developers. Developers talk about a subject for under a minute to around five minutes depending on the video.
 
Closing Vancouver’s Indie House

 
74-Year-Old Grandpa Says Goodbye To MMO He's Played Since 1999
 
Writing Lara Croft

 
Suda 51 wants to make a game as distinctive as No More Heroes for Nintendo’s Switch

One from last Monday that I missed for last week's article.
 
THE SECRETS OF DISHONORED 2’S MONGREL CITY

 
A 1973 ORIGINAL: TANYA DEPASS EXPLAINS WHY YOU AND I NEED DIVERSE GAMES

 
Yooka-Laylee devs: 7 biggest game design changes since the N64 era

 
The Best Quest In Dragon Age: Origins Was All About Dwarves and Politics
 
The Beauty of Permanent Death - BoukenJima
 
Why doesn’t Sid Meier still make Sid Meier’s Civilization? - Here's A Thing
 
Cancelled Version Of Resident Evil 4 Gets Playable Demo
 
How Resident Evil 4 turned System Shock 3 into Dead Space

 
How Bloodborne's Small Changes Make a BIG Difference - Writing on Games
 
How games helped me deal with Tourette's

 
Daughter sims and Clinton jokes: a conversation with the original localizer behind Princess Maker 2

 
7 introductory levels that all game developers should study

 
Watch Doom brought to its knees in this speedrun

 
We Asked a Transit Planner How to Up Our 'Mini Metro' Game

 
Classic Game Postmortem: Ms. Pac-Man
 
Classic Game Postmortem - Populous
 
Things I found entertaining throughout the week relating to video games
 
Real Surgeons Are Just As Bad At Surgeon Simulator As You Are
 
Making Battleborn Competitive
Watch Enchanting 'Undertale' Concept Trailer
 
Watch Super Mario Odyssey's trailer remade in GTA IV
 

With winter finally coming to us all, it is time to turn our attention to the months of November and December. As many of you probably know, these two months are filled with a myriad of different holidays across the different cultures, including (but not limited to) Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Eve. Aside from that, many people spend this time of the year with their family and/or travelling. As such, we, the Expeditionary Conclave, felt it best not to host new games during these two months. Rather we will dedicate this time to do a recap of the more popular games we hosted during the last year and as such, we will spend the nine weekends of these two months revisiting nine of our games (the last two events will be held on the last two Fridays of December, as to not interfere with Christmas and New Year's celebrations). 
This weeks game will be Rising Storm/ Red Orchestra 2!
 
Event layout
Saturday, the 5th of November, at 9pm GMT/ 5pm EDT: Speed Runners
Saturday, the 12th of November, at 9pm GMT/ 4pm EDT: Team Fortress 2
Saturday, the 19th of November, at 9pm GMT/ 4pm EDT: MechWarrior Online
Saturday, the 26th of November, at 9pm GMT/ 4pm EDT: Rising Storm/ Red Orchestra 2
Saturday, the 3rd of December, at 9pm GMT/ 4pm EDT: Tabletop Simulator
Saturday, the 10th of December, at 9pm GMT/ 4pm EDT: Guns of Icarus Online
Saturday, the 17th of December, at 9pm GMT/ 4pm EDT: Payday 2
Friday, the 23rd of December, at 9pm GMT/ 4pm EDT: Dungeon Defenders 2
Friday, the 30th of December, at 9pm GMT/ 4pm EDT: Burnout: Paradise
 
And just to make things even more fun, we'll put those of you who manage to attend all events in their entire duration down for one of our rare contest pips, for when forum awards make a return.
 
                    
 
Dedicated Players
We encourage commitment and attendance within the EF, this we offer attendance pips for those players, who attend at least 50% of the events. For which you will receive said pip, once awards made their return.
                         
 
If you want to suggest ideas, discuss the game or make other recommendations, then feel free to do so in the PC Gaming Forum. If you have any questions, then please do not hesitate to contact the EF leaders, namely Acepilot666, Brandykins1982, Conan, Digs or Jayson's Rage.

IGF 2017 submission trailers, Metro 2035 release timeline adjusted, Watch Dogs 2 will patch out one case of particularly explicit genitalia, how games, piracy, and religion come together in Saudi Arabia, Total War Warhammer adding Bretonnia and getting a physical release, industry veterans help to build Pakistan's first game conference, the sound design of Battlefield 1, discussing the appeal of Abe with Oddworld creator Lorne Lanning, a look at 20 years of Tomb Raider, Battlefield 1 and Overwatch get big updates, This War of Mine adds new free content, 5 pillars & pitfalls of indie games PR, and more.
 
 
AJSA Youtube's Angry Army Weekly
 
Will be added on Wednesday, check back then or check our Youtube channel.
 
Gaming News (Announcements, release dates, previews, interviews, expansions, DLC, updates, company news, new tech, mods)
 
Here's all the IGF 2017 trailers in one single playlist
 
Standout titles from Melbourne International Games Week
 
The First 33 Minutes of Dead Rising 4 - IGN First
 
Metro 2035 release date timeline adjusted, Deep Silver issues statement

 
The Mandate: Dev Talk with Greg and Amelie
 
New Walking Dead Game Is An Arcade Shooter
 
Hellion Wants You To Die In Cold Space Next Year
 
The Last Guardian is getting PS4 Pro support
 
Exclusive Look At The Kett, Mass Effect Andromeda's New Race

 
Hatsune Miku's Biggest Rhythm Game Comes West In January

 
Even The Ocean Is Being Released Next Week
 
Final Fantasy XV director on Judgment Disc bugs, amendment patch
 
Telltale reportedly making Guardians of the Galaxy game for Marvel

 
RollerCoaster Tycoon World release date announced, and it's one day before Planet Coaster's launch
 
Sega hands over Total War: Arena to Wargaming under new publishing label

 
Total War: Warhammer to add Bretonnia faction in physical Old World Edition next year

In their announcement they also mentioned more free and paid content due before the years end.
 
Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide to add free standalone VR level

 
R6 Siege Gets Free Weekend Now, Update Next Week
Rainbow Six Siege will be supported with new content for another year
 
Overwatch's next patch might allow Pharah to fly forever
Overwatch's Sombra update is now live for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC
 
This War Of Mine Adds New Ending In Birthday Update
 
Firewatch's "free-roam" mode goes live today

 
PS4 Pro gives Battlefield 1 gamers a multiplayer advantage
Battlefield 1 Fall Update Notes 11152016
 
ARK: Survival Evolved TEK Tier reveal trailer
 
Warframe gets huge new PC update The War Within
 
Plague Inc: Evolved adds Brexit and vampires in latest update

 
Heroes of the Storm designer invites the community to help design a Deckard Cain character

 
Pakistan's First Games Conference is Coming in December

 
Hideo Kojima is Heading to RTX Sydney 2017

 
Ubisoft Executives Accused Of Insider Trading

 
Blizzard On Overwatch's Sombra, Roadhog's Hook, And Gay Characters

 
FBI Says Alleged Hackers Used FIFA To Steal Millions From EA

 
Sharing pics of Watch Dogs 2’s genitals could get you kicked off PSN
Watch Dogs 2 Will Patch Out 'Particularly Explicit' Genitalia
Watch Dogs 2’s ‘seamless online multiplayer’ is broken at launch
 
Alienware manager on Steam Machines lull: Windows 10 changed everything

 
Dishonored 2 launch sales down 38% on Dishonored

 
CD Projekt denies hostile takeover rumor

Strong The Witcher 3 sales free up CD Projekt Red to focus on game dev
 
The HTC Vive Is Getting An Official Wireless Add-on
 
The best XCOM 2 mods

 
Esports News
 
The Weekend In Esports: Rocket League Regional Championships Are Here

Shaq's Rocket League Team Wins North American Championship
 
League Of Legends Teams Call For Changes In New Letter To Riot

 
Crowdfunding News
 
Shattered - Tale of the Forgotten King
 
Get The Heart of Gaming beating again!
 
Content I found interesting this week (interviews, reviews, think pieces, history, music, culture, design, art, criticism, etc)
 
How Games, Piracy, and Religion Come Together in Saudi Arabia

 
20 Years of Tomb Raider: Starring Lara Croft

 
Kazuma Kaneko x Tomomi Kobayashi – Designer Interview originally featured in Game Hihyou magazine in 1996

 
It’s Time To Relive Waypoint’s 72-Hour Livestream

I mentioned the livestream that launched Waypoint two weeks ago and the guests they had on from many other gaming sites, roll20, crunchyroll, musicians, etc at the time they had some highlights being shown but now they are uploading the entire thing for people to watch.
A Note on Trump, Waypoint, and Why We Play
 
I MISS THE SUMMERS IN JAPAN: HOW VIDEOGAMES OVERCOME LANGUAGE BARRIERS

 
Animal Crossing Helps Me Cope On A Day Like Today

 
BEING BANNED IN IRAN ISN’T STOPPING 1979 REVOLUTION REACHING IRANIANS

 
How Crusader Kings 2 Makes People Out Of Opinions

 
Tyranny Makes It Fun To Be Evil

 
SOLVE A MURDER MYSTERY DESIGNED BY MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS
Mentioned an article about the Girls Make Games camps back on the 18th.
 
THE INFLUENCE OF BLAME! ON VIDEOGAME ARCHITECTURE IS RISING

 
Making 100 Games in 5 Years: The Final Year

 
Some Game Devs Took Nine Days To Make A Bunch of 'Endless' Games

 
PLAYING FOR REAL: HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO

 
Discussing the Enduring Appeal of Abe with Oddworld Creator Lorne Lanning

 
BEHIND THE INCREDIBLE SOUND OF ‘BATTLEFIELD 1

 
When Play Embraces the Nihilist: The Power of Console Commands

 
The Coulda, Shoulda, Woulda of Warhammer 40000: Eternal Crusade

 
Red Alert 2 looks great in VR
 
'Dear Esther' Offers A Different, Romantic Sort of Apocalypse

 
A Critique of SOMA
 
A Thorough Look at Mafia
 
Game Length & Mafia III (Spoilers?)
 
Best Portrayals of Death - Video Games
 
Nintendo - Putting Play First | Game Maker's Toolkit
 
Review: Owlboy
 
Games You Might Not Have Tried #11 - Find New Games - Extra Credits
 
Fans Race To See Who Can Beat NES Classic Games The Fastest

 
The Original ‘Deus Ex’ Design Document Is Fascinating Reading

 
The 5 Pillars & Pitfalls of Indie Games PR
 
Choice, Consequence and Complicity
 
The challenges of porting XCOM 2 to consoles

 
Things I found entertaining throughout the week relating to video games
 
Dishonored 2
Watch Dishonored 2 Speedrunner Beat Game in 32 Minutes
  Reviews

With winter finally coming to us all, it is time to turn our attention to the months of November and December. As many of you probably know, these two months are filled with a myriad of different holidays across the different cultures, including (but not limited to) Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Eve. Aside from that, many people spend this time of the year with their family and/or travelling. As such, we, the Expeditionary Conclave, felt it best not to host new games during these two months. Rather we will dedicate this time to do a recap of the more popular games we hosted during the last year and as such, we will spend the nine weekends of these two months revisiting nine of our games (the last two events will be held on the last two Fridays of December, as to not interfere with Christmas and New Year's celebrations). 
 
Event layout
Saturday, the 5th of November, at 9pm GMT/ 5pm EDT: Speed Runners
Saturday, the 12th of November, at 9pm GMT/ 4pm EDT: Team Fortress 2
Saturday, the 19th of November, at 9pm GMT/ 4pm EDT: MechWarrior Online
Saturday, the 26th of November, at 9pm GMT/ 4pm EDT: Rising Storm/ Red Orchestra 2
Saturday, the 3rd of December, at 9pm GMT/ 4pm EDT: Tabletop Simulator
Saturday, the 10th of December, at 9pm GMT/ 4pm EDT: Guns of Icarus Online
Saturday, the 17th of December, at 9pm GMT/ 4pm EDT: Payday 2
Friday, the 23rd of December, at 9pm GMT/ 4pm EDT: Dungeon Defenders 2
Friday, the 30th of December, at 9pm GMT/ 4pm EDT: Burnout: Paradise
 
And just to make things even more fun, we'll put those of you who manage to attend all events in their entire duration down for one of our rare contest pips, for when forum awards make a return.
 
                    
 
Dedicated Players
We encourage commitment and attendance within the EF, this we offer attendance pips for those players, who attend at least 50% of the events. For which you will receive said pip, once awards made their return.
                         
 
If you want to suggest ideas, discuss the game or make other recommendations, then feel free to do so in the PC Gaming Forum. If you have any questions, then please do not hesitate to contact the EF leaders, namely Acepilot666, Brandykins1982, Conan, Digs or Jayson's Rage.

Steve Blum talks about why voice actors are going on strike, Nintendo Switch, The Last Guardian goes gold, why it's hard to make a video game, how Doom 2 helped Patrick Klepek understand technology, getting internet famous by leaking Toys "R" Us gaming information, lost SNES Rayman game discovered, Watchdogs 2 should be more humorous than the original, Bungie helps developer propose to boyfriend with custom Destiny content, Shadow Warrior 2 getting free content, a look at Overwatch and asymmetric level design, and more.
 
 
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    Gaming News  
Game Actors For All
The Biggest Video Games Don't Tell Voice Actors What Game They're Working On
Voice actors' union strike brings 250+ picketers to EA's front door
Game companies, industry members respond to voice actors strike
 
Chat service Discord gets enhanced security after vulnerabilities discovered

 
First Look at Nintendo Switch
How will the Nintendo Switch measure up to the PS4 and Xbox One?
The Internet Reacts To The Nintendo Switch
Nintendo Mum On Switch's Battery Life, Whether It Has A Touchscreen
Nintendo Switch doesn’t support Wii U discs or 3DS cartridges
A Breakdown Of The Nintendo Switch’s New Controllers
Switched off: out-of-touch Nintendo’s going at it arse-backwards again
THE NINTENDO SWITCH WANTS TO BE YOUR NEW, FAVORITE STALKER
Devs React: Nintendo unveils its hybrid-handheld console Switch
Nintendo shares tumble following Switch reveal
 
Red Dead Redemption 2 Trailer
 
The Last Guardian Has Finally Gone Gold
 
Wolfenstein: The New Order sequel teased again, this time by B.J. voice actor

 
Beyond Good & Evil 2 boss explains the delays: it needs "planet exploration, space travel, cities"

 
Watch Dogs 2 Trailer - Welcome to San Francisco Gameplay [US]
Killing in Watch Dogs 2 "wouldn't be Marcus" - so what's it like to play non-lethally?
Watch Dogs 2 parodies Trump, Martin Shkreli, Kinect
Watch Dogs 2, revenge of the nerds
 
The Creators of Pokémon Explain Why Sun and Moon Has Ridiculous Monster Designs

 
From Darkness is a single-player interactive documentary about African refugees
 
Watch 40 beautiful minutes of Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild running on a Wii U
 
Dishonored 2 Live Action Trailer - Take Back What's Yours
 
Titanfall 2 goes live-action for a launch trailer
Titanfall 2 on PS4 Pro runs at higher resolution, more stable frame rate
Titanfall 2 has something special for Battlefield 1 players
Stand by: Titanfall 2 day one patch requires 88... megabytes
 
EL HIJO COULD BE THE SPAGHETTI-WESTERN OF YOUR DREAMS

 
JRPG Xanadu Next and cooking rhythm game Senran Kagura Bon Appétit! coming in November

 
Nintendo Shows Off New Splatoon Footage, Unclear If It's A New Game

 
Battlefield 1 server rental prices revealed

Top 10 UK Sales Chart: Battlefield 1 Outperforms Battlefield 4 and Hardline's First Week Sales
Battlefield 1 patch 1.02 fixes crashes, freezing, and controller bugs
 
Shadow Warrior 2 getting free updates that add new missions, modes, and weapons
 
Gal*Gun DLC Lets You See Through Clothes For Just $90

 
Dead Rising 4 DLC brings back timer-based missions, adds mini golf

 
The Division 1.4 update is scheduled for release next week

 
Total War: Warhammer teases brilliantly bearded Grombrindal
 
Dark Souls 3 DLC Released Early on Xbox One by Accident

 
Hearthstone patch adds more player-friendly quests, tweaks murlocs

 
NYU Game Center Announces New Scholarship for Women Game Designers

 
Blizzard won't talk WoW legacy servers at Blizzcon, despite Nostalrius campaigns

 
Overwatch director says "troll pick" heroes are sometimes inevitable

Overwatch Skill Ratings are changing again and Competitive Play should feel nicer
 
DFC INTELLIGENCE ISSUES LATEST FORECASTS ON GLOBAL VIDEO GAME MARKET, ESTIMATES SOFTWARE TO REACH $98B BY 2020

 
Watch what happens when Michael gains Superman's powers in this GTA 5 mod
 
Esports News
 
The Weekend In Esports: Fakest Of Them All

 
Civilization 6 makes big push into esports as major organization starts new team

 
Activision Blizzard will support a professional Overwatch league

Overwatch's Upcoming Esports League May Struggle Against Disruptive Patches
 
Major League Gaming announces major esports event MLG Vegas

 
Big Risks Don't Pay Off In Last Night's League Semifinals

 
When An Unstoppable Force Meets An Immovable Object, SK Telecom T1 Wins

 
Crowdfunding News
 
Gamers for Good Presents: Undertale Charity Fanart Book
 
Other content I found interesting this week
 
Why It’s So Hard to Make a Video Game

 
"It's not the game, it's the gun"

 
Virtual Reality Gaming Isn’t so Great if You’re Disabled

 
How 'Doom 2' Helped Me Understand Technology
 
I Got Internet Famous Leaking Gaming Info From Toys "R" Us

 
EVE Online player fakes suicide attempt as part of an elaborate scheme for revenge and money

 
‘Eternal Champions’ Is the Game That Quenched a Teenage Thirst for Gore

 
A BDSM Game That Let Me Explore A New Type Of Sexual Experience

 
VIDEOGAMES COULD DO A LOT MORE WITH THE VENETIAN MASK

 
Errant Signal - Anatomy (Spoilers)
 
Overwatch and Asymmetric Level Design - What Makes the Maps Fun? - Extra Credits
 
Long Lost SNES Rayman Game Discovered After 24 Years

 
Mafia III is just a game, but it shines a spotlight on the reality of racism

 
Bungie Helps Two Game Devs Get Engaged With Custom Destiny Content
 
How Civilization 6 changes war for the better

 
Something in the Direction of Exhibition

 
Masks, Identity, and the Horror of Our Own Reflection

 
The making of The Witcher 3's greatest villain

 
Probability Problems in Game Design
 
Music Game Plan: Tactics for the Video Game Composer (Part Two)

 
Things I found entertaining throughout the week relating to video games
 
Guy Plays Overwatch Using Bow As Controller

 
Overwatch Player Shoutcasts During His Own Matches
 
The Real Reinhardt Meets A Giant Reinhardt
 
Battlefield 1 Players Are Encountering A Spectacular Airship Glitch
 
Cities Skylines Player Spends Hundreds Of Hours Building A Near-Perfect San Francisco

 

Voice actor strike against video game companies, Valve adds new controller options, how consoles broke the 'play now' promise, EVE player offers $75,000 bounty on enemy corporation, are bullshots illegal (look at game advertisement), why game trailers never show the actual game, Sleeping Dogs' developer closes, short documentary on international video game development summer camps, fifth annual Game Boy Jam, Rockstar announces Red Dead Redemption 2, the life and achievements of Satoru Iwata, a look at some cancelled games, the subtlety of Thief, English voice cast of Final fantasy XV talks about working on the game, the 4X game that is right for you, and more.
 
 
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Gaming News
 
Video Game Actors Once Again Threaten To Strike

 
Phil Spencer Wants Xbox One To Play Original Xbox Games
 
Valve Is Adding Native DualShock 4 Support To Steam

Valve Is Making A New Vive Controller
 
GOG is turning on two-step logins for everyone next week

 
Rockstar teases Red Dead artwork
Red Dead Redemption 2 announced, but no PC confirmation for the time being
Red Dead Redemption 2 Will Sell at Least 15 Million Copies, Analyst Says
 
The Civilization 6 launch trailer is an inspirational tale of Sean Bean's family
Civilization 6 will allow multiple leaders to represent the same civilizations
 
Battlefield 1's War Stories might be the best campaign DICE has made
Battlefield 1's Tiny Gun Is Ineffective But Glorious
Battlefield 1 isn't out yet, but it already has hackers
 
TITANFALL 2 CAMPAIGN HANDS-ON PREVIEW: THE FIRST 3 HOURS ARE INTENSE
More Titanfall Games Could Come After Titanfall 2
 
The Pokémon Sun and Moon Demo Is Out Now, And It's Worth Playing
Pokémon Sun and Moon Demo Appears to Accidentally Leak Most of The Pokedex
 
Tyranny, the be-the-bad-guy fantasy RPG, is coming in November
Some of Tyranny's biggest decisions are in its first 10 minutes
 
PS4/PS3/PS Vita『ベルセルク無双』オープニングムービー (Berserk Opening)
 
Prey – The History of TranStar
 
Watch Dogs 2 is delayed on PC, system requirements are out

 
‘Star Trek: Bridge Crew’ Is My Favourite Multiplayer VR Experience So Far

 
Sci-fi strategy reboot Star Control: Origins is scheduled for a 2017 release
 
The surreal, spooky adventure Rusty Lake: Roots comes out this week

FINAL FANTASY XV: The English Voice Cast Pt. 3
 
Brexit Is Going To Make A Sports Game Awesome

 
Resident Evil 7 teaser videos reveal item boxes, inventory, shotgun
 
Hitman heads to Hokkaido on Halloween, for Episode 6
 
Friday the 13th: The Game delayed so developer can add single-player modes

 
Meet Silvally, Kommo-o, and Other Stunning Pokémon in Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon!
 
King's Quest finale to launch this month

 
Inside the hardcore fanbase keeping the Star Citizen dream alive

 
FIGMENT WILL TURN DREAM SPACES INTO AN INTERACTIVE PLAYGROUND
 
Dark Souls 3 is getting a dedicated PvP arena, here's a trailer about it
The latest Dark Souls 3 update aims to make poise matter
 
StarCraft II's Next Announcer Is Overwatch's D.Va

 
Riot has begun work on a League of Legends "practice tool"

 
Total War: Warhammer's second Lords pack shores up the Greenkins and Dwarfs
Total War: WARHAMMER - Belegar Ironhammer Quest Battle Let's Play
Total War: WARHAMMER - Introducing... Squigs
Free DLC
Free DLC will also release, Wurrzag, adding a new Legendary Lord for the Greenskins as well as adding three new units for the Chaos faction.
 
Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide | Quests & Contracts DLC
 
Stellaris' Leviathans story pack explored in feature spotlight
 
Final Fantasy 14: Stormblood is slated for a summer 2017 release
Final Fantasy 14 will end PlayStation 3 support with its next expansion
 
Lord of the Rings Online Adding Mordor Expansion Next Year
 
FIFA 17 title update gives much-needed buff to AI players

 
Overwatch Players Calling for a Tweak to Mercy's Halloween Skin Get Their Wish

 
The Studio Behind Sleeping Dogs Has Shut Down

 
Many skin gambling sites still violating Valve’s terms of service

Faced With Criminal Charges, Valve Denies Facilitating Illegal Counter-Strike Gambling
 
World of Warcraft game director is moving to another Blizzard project

 
Xbox Exec Celebrates Xbox One's Win Streak -- "Don't Call It a Comeback"
 
Esports News
 
The End Of An Era For StarCraft and South Korea

 
South Korea Still The Best At League Of Legends According To World Championships

 
Daigo Uses Sixth Sense To Block Sonic Booms, Wins Tournament
 
Esports Exchange: Kim Rom on “The Next Phase of Esports: Audience”
 
Pro Overwatch Player Fined For 'Lewd Comment' About Interviewer

 
Brand new gaming center opening on University of British Columbia campus

 
Crowdfunding News
 
LOST EMBER
 
Wasteland 3: Let’s Talk Multiplayer

 
Other content I found interesting this week
 
PC Game Developers Say Anti-Piracy Tech Would Make Their Game Worse

 
GAMEPLAY ANIMATION - Showreel Review: Aidan Connolly -- October 2016
 
Guest Column: Accepting the Suck

 
Enraged EVE Online Player Offers $75,000 Bounty On Enemy Corporation

 
Thief's brilliant subtlety is still unmatched 18 years later

 
I'd Ship It: Ladykiller in a Bind's use of BDSM
 
Errant Signal - Oxenfree
 
The Overwatch kid who challenged ageist stereotypes

 
A SHORT DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE FUTURE OF WOMEN IN VIDEOGAMES
 
Game Boy Jam Shows Everything That Made The Handheld Special

 
Satoru Iwata: CEO, Game Developer, Gamer - Did You Know Gaming? Feat. Furst
 
Inside A Nintendo Storage Room, Where They Keep Their Old Stuff

 
Are Bullshots Illegal?
 
Why Game Trailers Never Show the Actual Game

 
The PS4 Pro - Changing the Console Market - Extra Credits
 
Why ‘Skyrim’ Forever Remains in the Shadow of ‘Morrowind’

 
Less Than Human: Why More Games Should Humanize the “Bad Guys”

 
#GLG26: Diversity in #Mafia3 pt2 #GamingLooksGood
 
Mafia III Review: Following Mafia II Ain't Easy - Writing on Games
 
Designing for One to One Million: The Choice Chamber Postmortem

How Consoles Broke The 'Play Now' Promise (The Jimquisition)
 
First Look At The Cancelled Metallica Video Game In Action

6 Abandoned Games From Nintendo, Marvel, EA, FOX, Warner Bros. & Factor 5 - Unseen64
 
PlayStation VR Turns Rez Infinite Into a Science-Fiction Epiphany

 
Blood in the gutter

 
The Hero's Journey of Journey

 
Titanfall Dev Recalls Pitching Its Star Wars Game to EA
 
‘Lego Dimensions’ Is a Gaming Dad’s Best Friend

 
How to pick the 4X game that's right for you

 
KNOTTING INTO DISHONORED’S DECAYING CITY

 
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker's dungeon design | Boss Keys
 
Why We Remember Bioshock's Fort Frolic | Game Maker's Toolkit
 
IN PRAISE OF CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE’S MOST UNUSUAL LEVEL

 
Alex Hunter, You Are My Son

 
15 of Gamasutra's best articles over the last quarter

 
Things I found entertaining throughout the week relating to video games
 
Keep It Portable
Deus Ex Developers Confused By Mafia 3: “I Didn’t Realise You Could Use Race To Make A Political Statement”

 
WWE 2K17 Glitches Are A Good Time

 
The 2 Most Popular Gaming Sites Go to War in Battlefield 1
DOSGaming

Welcome to Hanamura: An Overwatch Cartoon
 
A Kill with the Smallest Gun in Battlefield 1
 
Battlefield 1 Death

Burnout Paradise
 
 
Burnout Paradise is an open-world and highly acclaimed racing game, released in 2008. The games open world features several different setting to race in, from the heart of the city to highways and country roads and in addition to racing with cars, the game also offers the opportunity to race motorcycles. Overall the price tag is quite reasonable, so the EC felt this would be a wonderful game for the month of October.
As such we will host the first EF Burnout Paradise event this Saturday, the 8th of October at 4pm EDT/ 9pm BST. For this event we will be using Discord.
 
Dedicated Players

We encourage commitment and attendance within the EF, thus we offer attendance pips for those players who register themselves as dedicated players (You can still attend all events without making this commitment). As such dedicated players promise to attend at least 50% of the events, for which they will receive said attendance pip at the end of the month.
 
                         
 
If you want to suggest ideas, discuss the game or make other recommendations, then feel free to do so in the EF forum here: http://angryjoeshow.com/ajsa/forums/topic/31185-future-ef-games-post-your-suggestions-here/   If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact any of the EF leaders, namely Acepilot666, ArisingFlame, Brandykins1982, Conan or Digs.

PS4 Pro, PAX interviews and gameplay, Bethesda won't have mods on PS4, Overwatch's high-bandwidth update releases, historical accuracy and highlighting lesser known troops and campaigns in Battlefield 1, how a frame is rendered in Doom, Bloodstained delayed until 2018, a look at Endless Space 2 and Civilization VI, Danny O'Dwyer visits New York to explore his favorite areas from video games and starts a Patreon for crowdfunded video game documentaries, Bioware hires Sunless Sea writer to work on unannounced project, popular Youtuber is arrested, Swery talks about becoming a Buddhist Monk, graphic novel covering the story of Tetris, why you should not skip the side missions in Mankind Divided, interview with Myst creator Rand Miller, XSEED and Marvelous Europe plan to bring more niche Japanese games to Steam, and more.
 
 
 
AJSA Commander Jayson's Rage has started a video news series on the AJSA Youtube where he will be covering some of the news mentioned here, his videos will be featured with these updates from now on. Here is his first episode
 
 
Gaming News
 
PS4 Pro: The Ultimate FAQ

Why PS4 Pro Doesn't Have a 4K Blu-Ray Player
All the PS4 Pro Games Getting Upgrades
PlayStation boss on PS4 Pro: our approach isn't reactive this time around
Why developers love HDR more than anything else in the PS4 Pro
Your original PS4 now supports HDR, but no games currently make use of it
PlayStation Vita isn't dead, in Japan anyway
Final Fantasy 15 is getting its own PlayStation 4 slim hardware
PlayStation 4 Pro: Hands-On First Impressions
 
Microsoft announces military green 1TB Xbox One S Battlefield 1 console
Report: Xbox Live faster, more reliable than PlayStation Network
 
Devs react: Valve's Steam key crackdown
Surprising effect of Steam's latest review system change
 
Watch 'Mass Effect: Andromeda' running on the PS4 Pro
Mass Effect: Andromeda's Male and Female Characters Both Exist In-Game, Are Family
Mass Effect: Andromeda Is 30 FPS on PS4 and PS4 Pro
 
Horizon Zero Dawn - PS4 Pro Gameplay Reveal
 
PS4 Pro Gameplay Trailer - Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
 
HOW RESIDENT EVIL 7’S GROSSEST MONSTERS ARE MADE

 
CIVILIZATION VI - Devs Show Off Religion
Civilization 6 welcomes Norway’s Harald Hardrada in latest trailer
 
AJ's Endless Space 2 Developer Preview
Endless Space 2 gameplay - the first 40 turns as the Sophons
 
Seraph release date set, dual pistols at the ready
 
New Prey trailer explains the retro-future style of the Talos 1 station
 
Earth Defense Force 5 for PS4 announcement leaked

 
ARCHITECTURE FANS WILL WANT TO WATCH OUT FOR PAVILION NEXT WEEK

 
The Last Guardian gets (the last) delay

 
Torment: Tides of Numenera - Legacy & Meaning Trailer
 
Into the Black is a VR survival game with echoes of Firewatch

 
7 Things To Know About Mafia

MAFIA 3 LIVE - 2 Hours of New Gameplay! Full Map! Walkthrough of Free Roam, Customization & More!
Mafia 3: Take Down "Handsome" Harry - Full Mission
 
WWE 2K17 - Who's Next Gameplay Trailer
 
The Stanley Parable’s designer lied to Rick and Morty’s creator — and now they’re making a game together
 
Squanchtendo interview - Talent from Rick & Morty and Epic Games on their wacky VR dreams
 
16 Disgustingly Awesome Kills in Sniper Elite 4
 
Nier: Automata gets a new trailer, release date for Tokyo Game Show

Osiris: New Dawn gameplay - marooned on an arid alien planet
 
LET IT DIE: Dev Diary #1
 
Resident Evil 2 Fan Remake Dev Working on New Survival Horror Game
 
Now there's a Titanfall card battler
 
Miyamoto Proves His Point, Eats a Hamburger While Playing Super Mario Run
 
Space Hulk: Deathwing teases co-op details, new screens

 
THE CHALLENGING DESIGN OF EVENT[0]’S INSECURE AI

 
Kojima's Death Stranding is an action game in an open world

 
Dead Rising 4 Cinematic – “Black Friday”
 
Assassin's Creed Ezio Trilogy Pack Confirmed for PS4 and Xbox One, Watch First Trailer
 
Cloud Imperium Games denies Squadron 42 delay report

 
Hyper Light Drifter won’t be coming to Vita and Wii U
 
DRIVE THROUGH THE ROARING ITALIAN 70S WHEN WHEELS OF AURELIA ARRIVES THIS MONTH
 
For Honor Alpha Test's Game Modes and Characters Detailed
 
 
AKIBA'S BEAT - Yamato Character Trailer
 
Bandai Namco celebrates 15th anniversary of Gundam Vs. with new PlayStation 4 game
One day I hope for a less cheap and generic game based on a Gundam series.
 
Dishonored 2 interview - Harvey Smith on man-sized vents and giving their silent protagonist a voice
Dishonored 2 trailer features story, stabbing, The Outsider
 
This Kingdom Hearts trailer is baffling, but it has nice music and a release date
 
Koei Tecmo's Ninja Gaiden, Toukiden and Atelier cross over in Musou Stars

 
Kingdom Come: Deliverance - Gamescom gameplay with Tobi and Ondra
 
BattleTech Interview - the mech strategy game we’ve all been waiting for
BattleTech gameplay - 30 minutes of the super pre-alpha demo
This is the same demo I posted a few weeks ago, although it does play out differently.
 
Secret Legend gameplay and interview - a gorgeous game inspired by Zelda
 
Thimbleweed Park interview - steaming stamps and bailing on the pillow factory
 
Duke Nukem 3D 20th Anniversary Edition World Tour interview - a look at the improved visuals
 
Duelyst interview - Keith Lee and Eric Lang talk Denizens of Shimzar and what’s next
 
Sonic Mania interview - Sega lets independent developers take the reigns
 
The Elder Scrolls: Legends interview with Pete Hines of Bethesda
 
Diluvion interview - open ocean sub exploration and FTL crew management
 
20XX Interview - why Mighty No. 9 made people flock to 20XX
 
The Church in the Darkness interview - infiltrating a 1970s religious cult
The Church in the Darkness gameplay - exploring a 1970s religious cult campsite
 
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Delayed
 
12 Minutes of Cyber Wang - Official Shadow Warrior 2 Gameplay
 
Fallout 4 and Skyrim aren’t getting mods on PS4

 
Rocket League officially goes off the rails, adds random power-ups
 
Overwatch 'high-bandwidth' update is live for PC, here's what it does
 
Blizzard's solution to Arena balance in Hearthstone: remove the cards that suck

 
Battlefleet Gothic: Armada brings the Tau Empire to open beta tomorrow

 
Shovel Knight's Specter Knight campaign out Spring 2017
 
Big Rainbow Six Siege Patch Adjusts Operators, Provides New Gadgets

 
Facepunch don't know how to fix Rust's broken XP system so they're getting rid of it

 
The Sims 4 gets metropolitan with City Living expansion
 
 
GOG offer refunds on year-old game, Armello, because DLC is only for the Steam version

 
Around 100 people are now working on Overwatch

 
Sunless Sea writer signs up for BioWare project

 
Deadly Premonition director Swery becomes a Buddhist Monk. What does this mean for his games?

 
Interplay Sells Off Descent, Kingpin, Earthworm Jim Etc

 
No fan left behind

 
Obsidian devs recreate Star Wars Mos Eisley spaceport in Unreal Engine 4
 
Blizzard's Chris Metzen Retires

 
WoW’s lead designer and some of Blizzard’s biggest names start new studio with Riot Games funding

 
Riot Games Korea begins testing a new system to fight toxicity in League of Legends

 
AIAS chief Martin Rae is stepping down to work in VR

 
YouTuber Arrested For Allegedly Intending To Have Sexual Relations With Minor

 
Taming SOMA’s monsters with the Wuss Mode mod

 
Esports News
 
Focus Wins Over Flair In This Morning’s StarCraft II Tournament

 
MSI to hold international Overwatch tournament this year

 
DreamHack Austin to return in 2017, two other U.S. dates to be revealed

 
Racial slurs mar Call of Duty World Championships

 
Na'Vi dumps its successful Hearthstone team

 
Smash Player Wins Tournament, Is Awarded Bag Of Rice
 
Small Fries: How one player banned from a lifetime of CS:GO is trying to make things right
 
Rumor: FIFA Interactive World Cup to add “Club World Cup” featuring top football clubs with esports teams

 
The ‘Sensible Soccer’ World Cup Is an eSport Event Like No Other
 
Crowdfunding News
 
Dual Universe :: Civilization Building Sci-Fi MMORPG
 
Dawn of the Devs
Sums up my thoughts
 
Rad Rodgers - The return of the 90's era Apogee platformer!
 
AWW, A GAME ABOUT LONELY ROBOTS EVOKES THE BEST CHILDREN’S ANIMATION

 
Other content I found interesting this week
 
Shigeki Toyama and Namco Arcade Machines

 
6 historical details you might have missed in the Battlefield 1 beta

 
DOOM (2016) - Graphics Study

 
The extraordinary Tetris story is a parable about genius and deception

 
The Tomorrow Children: A riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma

 
Farewell Danny O'Dwyer - The Lobby
Noclip Patreon Trailer - Crowdfunded Video Game Documentaries
Here is a link to his new Patreon. Very happy to see it doing so well.


Meet Kotaku's New Staff Writer, Heather Alexandra

 
The Sega Dreamcast Changed My Life

The Rise And Fall Of The Dreamcast
 
Baldur's Gate: Durlag's Tower - #3: Dungeon Master's Guide - Design Club
 
SQUASH & STRETCH: The Animation of Jak & Daxter - Extra Frames
 
Notes from an indie cross-platform launch
 
 
How Blind Players Made a Text-Only RPG More Accessible

 
The Story Behind Hue's Brilliant Soundtrack
 
Phoenix Enduring: How the ‘Law and Order’ of Gaming Has Lasted for 15 Years

 
One Man's Maddening Quest To Walk Across An Entire No Man's Sky Planet
 
Exploring The Real Liberty City - The Point
 
How Trans Players Find Support from the Gaming Community
 
PAX West Panel - Heroes, Villains, and You: Player Choice in Game Design
 
Myst creator Rand Miller on his favorite puzzle that everybody hates

 
No Man's Sky In Close Critique [Deep Spoilers]
 
Folding Ideas Goes to PAX West 2016 and Comes Home With an Existential Hangover
 
The Adorable Robots of ‘ReCore’ are the Stars of an Otherwise Average Video Game

 
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Narrative Review - DON'T SKIP THE SIDE MISSIONS, DAMNIT (Writing on Games)
 
Futurism, Realism, Racism: Deus Ex & the Quest For Credible Science Fiction

 
Ross's Game Dungeon: Deus Ex - Human Revolution
 
Steam's Latest Hit Is A Great Mix Of FTL And XCOM
 
Guest Column: On the Overwatch Matchmaker as a Trolley Problem

 
Meet the first person to reach level 1000 in Overwatch
 
Things I found entertaining throughout the week relating to video games
 
For those who remember the Ace Attorney localization (here is an article on the games localization process)
Guy Tries To Play Battlefield 1 With Voice Commands, Gets Absolutely Wrecked
 
PLAY DATE! - Mega64
 
【MAD】Titanfall - Anime Style 「Opening」
 
Career change after realizing how little effort it takes to make money by pandering to the lowest common denominator
Amusing before as a self-own but also a good example of why I don't source or share anything anything from Gameranx after seeing he's lying about people and taking Twitter quotes from them after they have blocked him.
 
Overwatch Player Never Touches The Ground In The Game's New Level
 
A Ridiculous Recap Of Deus Ex Human Revolution
The recap that Mankind Divided should have used.

News and gameplay from PAX, Jim Sterling talks about how a contact told him about Square Enix's meddling with Deus Ex, ModDB aquires GameFront, YouTube reveals confusing policy on monetizing video, Cyberpunk 2077 in full development, Amy Hennig talks about her Star Wars project, Football commenter Chris Kamara tries out Call of Duty shoutcasting, an analysis of Undertale, a thorough look at the Baldurs Gate series and looking at one of the dungeons of Baldurs Gate as a teaching example of game design, EA employees talk about why they make games, designing multiplayer games and a look at lag compensating weapons in MechWarrior Online, what it's like to work on a video game flop, and more.
 
 
Gaming News
 
What it's Like to Review a Console That Hasn't Even Been Announced

Looks Like The Unannounced PS4 Slim Already Has A Teardown
Sony CEO, citing Pokémon Go, says they're 'aggressively' pushing into mobile gaming
 
Report: Nintendo NX will use cartridges, not discs

 
Cyberpunk 2077 May Feature Driving/Flying Vehicles

The Witcher Dev's Cyberpunk 2077 Is Now in Full Development
Cyberpunk 2077 Development Team Is Bigger Than The Witcher 3's
 
Echo is a third person sci-fi action puzzler with evil clones
 
BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION
 
Titanfall 2 introduces six new playable Titans
 
Firewatch is coming to Xbox One on September 21st!
 
H1Z1: King of the Kill will leave Early Access on September 20
 
Gandhi returns to lead India in Civilization 6
 
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare multiplayer beta not happening on the PC
See First Multiplayer for Call of Duty 4 Remaster, Infinite Warfare Right Here
Modern Warfare Remastered will have all of the original maps, after all
Reaper Blade Action - Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Gameplay
 
Battlefield 1 Beta, Other EA Games' Server Issues Ironed Out
 
Exclusive Escape From Tarkov Weapon Customisation Gameplay
 
I Like Big Gods: No Place For Bravery Announced
 
Serial Cleaner - PAX West 2016 Trailer
 
Friday the 13th Game's New Trailer Shows Off Brutal Executions
 
Twit-Twhen? Owlboy Release Date Announced
 
Hitman: The Complete First Season will be out at the end of January

 
Shadow Warrior 2 release date set, trailer shows chainsaws and selfie sticks
Shadow Warrior 2: Crazy Action and Boss Fight
 
Amy Hennig Talks About Her Mysterious Star Wars Game and What it Means to Write a Star Wars Story

 
Super sentai RPG Chroma Squad is coming to consoles
 
Silence, formerly The Whispered World 2, is coming in November

 
The new Mirage: Arcane Warfare gameplay trailer is a 12-minute massacre
 
Gearbox's Duke Nukem 3D remake is a remix of new and old Duke Nukem
So that's why the Megaton Edition was delisted from Steam/PSN. At least the people working on Shadow Warrior games know what they are doing.
 
After Konami Feud, Beloved Train Game Gets Sequel

 
FIFA 17 reveals top 10 best-rated players
 
Redout Gameplay - A Full High Speed Time Trial Race - PAX West 2016
 
Pokemon Sun and Moon Trailer: Ultra Beasts and Aether Foundation
Pokémon Sun and Moon is basically bringing back Pokémon Snap
 
Forza 6 Apex Launches Leaves Beta With Wheel Support

 
New Sea of Thieves Video Shows Off the Game's Gorgeous Water

Virginia - Trailer [HD]
 
7 Minutes of Sonic Mania Gameplay - PAX West 2016
 
8 Minutes of Viking Squad Gameplay - PAX West 2016
 
Batman: Return to Arkham out this October
 
Watch six minutes of Hot Lava, Klei's scorching parkour game
 
4 Fantastic Indie Games - PAX West 2016
 
New Halo Wars 2 Gameplay Footage Arrives, As Dev Teases "Completely New" Mode

15 Minutes of Tacoma Gameplay - IGN First
 
Gears of War 4: Horde 3.0 - 11 Minutes of Scout Gameplay
 
See the first gameplay footage from Klei’s Oxygen Not Included
 
Watch six minutes of Cuphead gameplay from PAX
 
Tokyo 42's open world of blocky assassination coming to PC, Xbox One and PS4
 
4 Minutes of Bleed 2 Gameplay - PAX West 2016
 
5 Minutes of Rive Gameplay - PAX West 2016
 
NEW TEASER FOR WHERE CARDS FALL DOESN’T SHOW MUCH, BUT IT’S ENOUGH
 
Mafia 3 details its DLC expansion plans

 
The new Titan Quest Anniversary Edition is free on Steam for owners of the original

 
This is what really happens when swords hit armour
 
Yakuza 6 Will Let Kiryu Go Online To Chat With Cam Girls

Yakuza 6's Arcades Let You Play Virtua Fighter 5
 
Two Surprisingly Good Hours With Final Fantasy XV

 
Streets of Rogue is a fun procedural city-based free-for-all roguelike
 
Blackwood Crossing will pull on your heartstrings
 
Sega’s Space Channel 5 coming to VR

 
Toejam and Earl: Back in the Groove - New Environments and Ghost Cows Gameplay
 
Three New For Honor Trailers Show Off Samurai, Viking, and Knight Warriors
 
 
Developer: Madden Review Scores Are Going up Because of Improved Realism

 
The Walking Dead Season 3 gets title and release date

Batman: The Telltale Series Episode 2 release date set
 
Torment: Tides of Numenera trailer shows Earth one billion years from now
 
Divinity Original Sin 2 - First Look #3 - Arena Warfare
 
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero pulls a Final Fantasy XV

Some more information can be found in their Kickstarter update.
 
Paradox shares more Stellaris Heinlein 1.3 patch and DLC details
As an obvious Babylon 5 fan, I like the sound of this update.
 
Europa Universalis 4’s Rights of Man release date set for October
 
Hitman Episode 5 Release Date and Mission Details Revealed

 
Rainbow Six Siege Could Get Another Season Pass

 
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided sees the return of Frank Pritchard in first story DLC

 
Armello DLC Not Coming To GOG Version

 
Ark: Survival Evolved Players Not Pleased With Decision To Charge For Early Access DLC

Ark Dev Responds Concerns About "Finished" Expansion
ARK: SURVIVAL EVOLVED UNVEILS A WHOLE NEW WORLD
 
The new Overwatch update is live, deploys Eichenwald map, Season Two, and more

Looks like a lot of good changes.
Overwatch's Mei Buff Is Useful, But Only If You're Smart
 
Enter the Gungeon update adds: "a gun shaped like a bullet that shoots guns"

 
ModDB pulls GameFront back from the brink

 
How Square Enix Kept Meddling With Deus Ex (The Jimquisition)
 
Metal Gear Solid 5’s cancelled Mission 51 ‘definitely not the ending’, says Konami
 
Nintendo Shuts Down "No Mario's Sky," But the Game Still Lives on Kind of

Nintendo Took Down No Mario's Sky Fan Game, So Creators Renamed It DMCA's Sky
 
Fallout 4 pays tribute to player who passed away
What Happens If You Wear The Silver Shroud Costume In Fallout 4's Nuka World DLC
 
EA admits remastering Mass Effect would be a way to earn an 'easy buck,' but won't remaster them
 
Sega explains why Shenmue remakes haven't happened yet

 
Guillemots increase stake in Ubisoft to fend off Vivendi takeover

 
New lawsuit targets Steam, alleges patent infringement

 
The battle to fix Britain's internet heats up

 
Esports News
 
Death Threats, Doubt & Victory: This Player has Seen It All

 
Riot Games bans European Challenger Series team HUMA for not paying its players

 
Funding Your Fiancé's Esports Team Is Romantic And Expensive

 
Football commentator Chris Kamara tries out Call of Duty shoutcasting
 
CD Projekt RED is making Gwent, once just a minigame, into a serious esports contender

 
Crowdfunding News
 
Eisenwald: Blood of November
Eisenwald: Blood of November hits Kickstarter
 
Other content I found interesting this week
 
YouTubers Are Freaking Out About Money and 'Censorship'
YOUTUBE DEAD!? AD-FRIENDLY CENSORSHIP $$$$ IN CS:GO! (The Jimquisition)
 
Shovel Knight and Nailing Nostalgia | Game Maker's Toolkit
 
MY EXPERIENCE AS A VIRTUAL WAR PHOTOGRAPHER IN BATTLEFIELD 1

 
Former film animator discusses making the gorgeous Ghost of a Tale

 
WHY I MAKE GAMES: COURTNEY WOODS - Meet Courtney Woods, Writer at BioWare

Other interviews are linked to on the bottom with people working on Battlefield 1, FIFA, and NHL.
 
PAX Developers
That seems to be in line with what developers were saying in the Vice article I linked two weeks ago.
 
What It’s Like to Work On a Video Game Flop

 
Lost Castle and the increasing viability of Chinese indie games
 
Madden's announcers avoided mentioning Kaepernick's protest. Here's why.

 
How I Learned to Love the ‘Bad’ Ending in Video Games

The Witcher 3 saved its best trick for last
 
'Real world issues' in games like Deus Ex are there for marketing reasons, not for art

 
“The Failure of Masculinity in Red Dead Redemption,” by Jess Joho

 
Rainbow Six Siege Has Turned Into One Of The Best Shooters Around
 
Duelyst: The Best Game Ever
 
Perverted Sentimentality: An Analysis of UNDERTALE
 
A Thorough Look at Baldur's Gate
 
Baldur's Gate: Durlag's Tower - #1 - Design Club
 
Is There Room for Couch Co-Op in a World Obsessed with Online Multiplayer?

 
Why Making Multiplayer Games is Hard: Lag Compensating Weapons in MechWarrior Online

 
STALKER is the Last-Gen's Greatest Hero

 
Errant Signal - No Man's Sky
 
Modern Warfare 2 Deserves More Credit

 
3 Lessons FPS can Learn from Hardcore Henry

 
Your Shooter Deserves Better Enemies

 
Why Horror Is Scarier With Weapons
 
Distilling A Franchise: The Lara Croft GO Postmortem
 
Things I found entertaining throughout the week relating to video games
 
Heavy Rain Chase Fail (Hilarious Laughter)
Not new but something I go back and watch every now and then, and something everyone should see. Heavy Rain is always an amazing display of incompetent design choices.
 
THE NO MAN'S SKY RANT
 
Deus Ex Mankind Divided Review Roundup: All The Scores In One Place

Parody with short reviews written in the "style" of other sites.
 
Battlefield 1 reveal trailer remade with Team Fortress characters is awesome
 

*To those members in the U.S. and Canada regions, hope you enjoying your Labor Day. Be safe!*
 
One of the hardest things about being a Commander is watching time go by and seeing those who latch on with it. In my short time as being Commander I’ve see many come, and just as many go. Some with big impacts to myself and this community, others impact big behind scenes only to have no one notice. Today we celebrate a Commander who will be stepping down, who may think he didn’t make much of an impact but that’s so wrong. He’s help more of us in ways he might not even know and in other ways he does know. Early on Wildfox help tackle the giant that was known as Planetside 2 during the time that our Lord Commander made a mistake. And because of guidance, strength, and idiotic determination to not stop help Planetside 2 become a hallmark in our AJSA history. And while we may never see the fabled Minecraft AJSA pc server (All those minigames), we must honor the same idiotic determination to help spawn such a dream.
 
He may not known this, infact this is the first time I am admitting it but he helped me without knowing. When myself and Doshka were made Commanders we both were a bit shocked. Both didn’t know how to process it at all. But those first few months hearing Wildfox cracking jokes and poking fun at Doctor_Evil and Tons0fun really helped get that weight off my shoulders. Had me lighten up a bit and now with him gonna looks like I got to be the one cracking the jokes and poking fun. I think I might manage though.
 
Today we’re saying goodbye to Wildfox, a Commander who did so much and needs to be remember for it. However small it may have been or as large it has been. Life continues forward, and we have to make choices. Some choices will force us to step away from other things. But doesn’t mean it was a wrong choice or a right choice. Many of us chose to be apart of this community, and however big or small of a role you think you may play is overshadowed by how much it meant. Wildfox is simply stepping down, and will be around time to time. Below I got the chance to do an one-to-one interview with Wildfox, as well as get a few Commanders to say a few words.
 

*Updated: I have went through and updated the interview to include screencaps of Wildfox's legendary grammar and spelling for all to see. And for those to see the level I had to go to in cleaning up his reply for the interview. I mean look at it! It's like decoding a dead language!*
 
WITHASTICK: Firstly thanks Wildfox for taking the time to do this one-to-one interview. Honestly wish it was for different reasons. However, to the many of member of the AJSA Community may not you tell them a brief introduction of who you are and what you did? Also if you want to share this, possibly what you may do for a living?
 
WILDFOX: Ah, well for for a long time it was just Planetside 2 and the RTS games with Beef until I started on the Minecraft server. As for what I do I’m a U.S. Soldier with the guard as an 11B1P.
Original unedited reply:

 
WITHASTICK: Can you tell us a little about how you came to be a Commander within the AJSA Community?
 
WILDFOX: Lol, ah well my first day with AJSA was the day Planetside 2 started up. They asked for help leading, so being in the U.S. Army I’m like “Ya I can do that, sure!” Turns out that’s how you get promoted about 2-3 weeks after I’m an Officer. Than incharge of the game itself and after what Joe did with the event I was made Commander to better lead the once largest AJSA game we had going at the time.
Original unedited reply:

 
WITHASTICK: What history of Planetside 2 and yourself may members might not have known?
 
WILDFOX: Hmmm I did a lot of work getting the rest of the PlanetSide 2 groups to like us, like TRAF and BWC. At the start both groups were like the rest of the player base of Planetside 2, who at the time hate the AJSA for being nothing but fanboys and all around bad players. It took a lot of work to get them to start seeing us as a group who were better than the stigma given to us. However in the end that stigma is what killed the game for the AJSA.
Original unedited reply:

 
WITHASTICK: What are one of the best memories you have from when you were leading Planetside 2.
 
WILDFOX: Has to be the 24 hour event. So much work, but I loved it.
Original unedited reply:

 
WITHASTICK: To the Planetside 2 veterans who maybe reading this do you have anything to say to them?
 
WILDFOX:  to Yes! Go play with TRAF. We as the AJSA may not play as a group anymore. But, we still have guys who running with TRAF, who we’re on good pals with and work well together. We have AJSA members playing with them all the time.
Original unedited reply:

 
WITHASTICK: I know may be swore to speak on, but can you explain what the fabled AJSA Minecraft server to the members who might’ve not known of it?
 
WILDFOX: Ah right, well at the start Tons always wanted one and I’ve had some ideas. I could say it was going well, but we never really had a big team and I could only do so much. I can build with the best of them, but I can’t do command warps and the plugins all that well. We also got hung up on the 3rd world which was going to be the mini-game world. After a lot of time trying to look for someone to help, we with no luck pulled the plug. That being said it’s not dead it’s simply just going to be some time before we can finish it.
Original unedited reply:

 
WITHASTICK: What are one of the perks of being a Commander will you miss?
 
WILDFOX: Pfft, perks? Doc locked me in a room and said “here ya go!” I’ve just now got out and I’m on the run… if you see him I wasn't here!
Original unedited reply:

 
WITHASTICK: What are one of the best memories you have from when you were a Commander?
 
WILDFOX: Hmmm, just palling around playing games. Really that’s what they AJSA was for. It’s not about Joe, Tons, or Doc it’s for all of us to get on and find some random guy off the site  to play games with that you’ve never seen before. I’ve met so many people that I still play today I’ve helped people find others who even if they don’t play with the AJSA anymore still talk to those people. That’s what I leave behind those ties are what I look back on.
Original unedited reply:

 
WITHASTICK: What’s your favorite video game?
 
WILDFOX: Oh boy, here we go. Well, Legend of Zelda. It was my first game and still is such an amazing game even after all this time.
Original unedited reply:

 
WITHASTICK: Final question, well not really a question. More of a moment for you to speak. I know you’re only simply stepping down from your duties, and you’ll be around time to time. But the floor is yours sir to say anything you may want too.
 
WILDFOX: Hmmm, well in the end it was fun even with all the problems the AJSA might’ve had. Like the kidnapping (Tons and Doc), and the forced labor (Tons and Doc). It was fun and yes I will be around still willing to help out. I just can’t focus as much as I could back then. So if you guys ever need help and you see me on I’m more than happy to have a chat!
Original unedited reply:



As a final jester to Wildfox, I’ve linked the video of the 2014 Game Awards Legend of Zelda theme performance by Imagine Dragons and Koji Kondo. As Legend of Zelda is his favorite game of all time, and this hands down is the best musical performance at any Game Show we’ve seen thus far. While it may be a goodbye look at like this. It’s a hero taking a new path, that’ll lead to new journeys. While time may past and he may come back from the path looking different. He is the same… as he always been and always will be.
 
 
...

Dungeon Defenders 2
 
 
Dungeon Defenders 2 is a free to play tower defence co-op game that incorporates RPG elements. Although it does contain micro transactions, it is not pay to win, as any gameplay advantage can also be unlocked by playing the game.
As such we will host the first EF Dungeon Defenders 2 event this Saturday, the 3rd of September at 4pm EDT/ 9pm BST. As players will be limited to 4 player sessions, we will split the attendees into groups of corresponding sizes.
 
 
Dedicated Players

We encourage commitment and attendance within the EF, thus we offer attendance pips for those players who register themselves as dedicated players (You can still attend all events without making this commitment). As such dedicated players promise to attend at least 50% of the events, for which they will receive said attendance pip at the end of the month.
 
                         
 
If you want to suggest ideas, discuss the game or make other recommendations, then feel free to do so in the EF forum here: http://angryjoeshow.com/ajsa/forums/topic/31185-future-ef-games-post-your-suggestions-here/   If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact any of the EF leaders, namely Acepilot666, ArisingFlame, Brandykins1982, Conan or Digs.

This week in gaming; Jim Sterling does excellent video based around No Man's Sky and the fanbase and hype culture that surrounded it, Final Fantasy XV delayed and causes hilarious outrage in the same way No Man's Sky delay did (no one threatened to kill Jason this time), Gamescom trailers and information, Danny O'dwyer talks about the games we play to disconnect and Cara Ellison talks about the escapism games offer during times of tragedy, high-bandwidth support being added to Overwatch, David Gaider talks about writing for video games, Gamespot looks at the history of Resident Evil, why Criminal Girls 2 won't be sold in Germany, Gita Jackson talks to two of her friends about why they write about games, a look at cancelled Star Wars games, and more.
 
 
Gaming News
 
Titanfall 2’s matchmaking is based on skill and contribution to matches
Titanfall 2 Single Player Gameplay Quick Look
Does Titanfall 2 Need a Single-Player Campaign?
Titanfall 2's Surprising Multiplayer Shift
Titanfall 2: A Full Match of Pilots v Pilots Gameplay
Titanfall 2: 6 Minutes of 'Scorch' Titan Gameplay
Titanfall 2: 6 Minutes of 'Ion' Titan Gameplay
Titanfall 2 Beta Not Coming to PC, Dates Teased
 
Final Fantasy XV Officially Delayed To November 29
Final Fantasy XV Delay Rumors Trigger Fan Meltdowns

At least no one threatened to kill him this time.
Square Releases An Hour Of New Final Fantasy XV Footage
 
Paragon now free to all as open beta goes live
 
Dishonored 2 Designer Dives Deep Into Assassin Abilities

 
Mafia III – The World of New Bordeaux: City Districts Trailer
Mafia 3 spotlights untrustworthy ally Cassandra
New Bordeaux, bank robbing and bad guy blasting in Mafia 3’s Gamescom trailer
 
Battlefield 1 open beta launches this month
What Did You Miss? Battlefield 1 Teaser Trailer #3 Breakdown and Analysis
 
Gears of War 4 'Impact' Multiplayer Map Gameplay 1080p 60fps – IGN First
Gears of War 4 'Impact' Multiplayer Map Flythrough – IGN First
Gears of War 4 PC Minimum Specs, New 4K Gameplay Video Revealed
 
 
Watch the trailer for Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare's 'Zombies in Spaceland' mode
 
Shroud of the Avatar nears a 'real life' launch with stricter guidelines

 
SLAYAWAY CAMP TURNS VHS HORROR INTO A CUTE, MURDEROUS PUZZLE
 
Dawn of War 3 is Bigger and Deeper Than Ever
 
Ace Attorney: Spirit of Justice launches September 8 in the west
 
ORWELL WILL HAVE YOU PLAY AS THE SURVEILLANCE STATE FOR ONCE

 
Hatsune Miku: Project Diva X for PS4 ‘Elegant Medley: Glossy Mixture’ trailer
 
New Warhammer 40K: Inquisitor-Martyr trailer showcases "Blood and Gore"
 
Deus Ex Go Release Date Announced, Is Very Soon
 
Zelda-Like Adventure Game Oceanhorn Coming to PS4 and Xbox One
 
Dragon Quest VII for 3DS ‘Discover Tactics’ trailer
 
Shadow Warrior 2 release date set for October
 
Inkle's Sorcery! concludes in September with The Crown of Kings
 
DUTCH VIDEOGAME MAKER AIMS TO CONFRONT EUROPE’S COLONIAL PAST

 
Grow Up - Flight Gameplay
'Grow Up' Makes the Simple Act of Climbing a Joy
 
Raiders of the Broken Planet Gamescom 2016 teaser trailer
 
Frozenbyte announces co-op twin-stick wizardry game Nine Parchments
 
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II launches September 6 in North America

 
Halo Wars 2: Rift Map Reveal Gameplay - Gamescom 2016
 
Broken Sword creator and Pewter Games unveil The Little Acre
 
Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse - Strategy Trailer
 
ReCore Trailer - Gamescom 2016
Keiji Inafune on the Shadow of Mega Man and Burdens of the Past
 
Outcast - Second Contact coming in March 2017, first screens released

 
Seasons After Fall Official Trailer - Gamescom 2016
 
Endless Space 2 gunning for Early Access this summer
 
Master of Orion will leave Early Access later this month
 
Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom Official Gamescom 2016 Trailer
 
Bound - Hidden Savior Gameplay
 
Football, Powered by Frostbite - FIFA 17 Official Gameplay Trailer
FIFA 17 at Gamescom 2016
 
FIFA 17 partners with Man United, so PES 2017 partners with Liverpool
 
Hitman Episode 4 Out Now, Sees You Killing a Rock Star
 
Lichtspeer trailer reveals penguin Vikings, wurst zombies, and Das Walrus
 
Watch 15 minutes of sci-fi Souls-like The Surge
 
Special Edition of Quantum Break for PC Hitting Retail and Steam on September 14

 
10 Minutes of Dead Rising 4 Gameplay - Gamescom 2016
 
ROME: Total War™ for iPad – Announcement trailer
 
Killing Floor 2 Shows Off Next Update
Killing Floor 2 lines up for a full release in November
 
The Witcher 3: Game of the Year Edition is out this month
The Witcher 3 GOTY Version Doesn't Let You Carry Over Save Data on Consoles
 
How the Japanese Video Game 'Criminal Girls 2' Came to Be Banned in Germany
 
Destiny: The Collection Official Trailer
Destiny: Rise of Iron Trailer Shows Off Everything New
 
212,620 people playing No Man's Sky at once makes it the biggest Steam launch this year

No Man's Sky will be patched in the near future to address launch concerns
No Man's Sky Sony's 2nd biggest ever PS4 launch in UK
No Man's Sky Could Get Paid DLC
 
[COMING SOON] Eichenwalde | New Map Preview | Overwatch
High-bandwidth support is being rolled out to Overwatch at this very moment
How Overwatch’s second competitive season is changing
 
Total War: Warhammer to add Regiments of Renown in DLC

 
Fallout 4's Final DLC Release Date and New Trailer Revealed
 
Path of Exile: Atlas of Worlds Expansion Preview
 
Sunless Sea’s Zubmariner expansion release date set for October
 
Next Halo 5 DLC Teased, New Halo Wars 2 Image Released

 
16 Minutes of Killer Instinct's Shadow Lords Story Mode - Gamescom 2016
 
Valve announce Monkey King, the first Dota 2 hero that isn’t a port from DotA
New Dota 2 hero Underlord revealed at The International
They got a fast answer to that question.
 
Major StarCraft 2 Multiplayer Balance Changes Outlined

 
Rainbow Six Siege player base has almost doubled since launch

 
Nvidia's new Indie Spotlight program aims to boost devs' discoverability

 
EA Strongly Hints That Mass Effect Games Will Get Remastered
 
THQ Is Back From The Dead (Sort Of)

 
Riot Sues Makers of League of Legends Cheating Software

 
Fan-made Pokémon Uranium pulled after 1.5m downloads
Despite Takedown, Pokémon Uranium Creators Say It's 'More Alive Than Ever'
 
Esports News
 
We have seen the future of watching esports, and it is good
 
One Of The Best Pro DOTA 2 Matches In Years
Here are the winners of Valve’s $20+ million 2016 International Dota 2 Championships
Wings becomes a top-earning esports team after winning The International
 
Team Chiefs Win League of Legends OPL Final

 
Brazilian LoL final attracts larger viewership on TV than internet

 
Esports are a threat to traditional sports, Premier League exec says

 
Why aren’t more women in esports? Blame 1984

 
Metagame looks to raise the bar on esports documentaries
 
California will get another dedicated esports arena

 
A very brief history of awkward esports champagne ceremonies
 
Crowdfunding News
 
GLITCHED
 
Other content I found interesting this week
 
“I Want to Write Video Games”

Former Bioware lead writer David Gaider talks about writing for video games.
 
Why Video Game Scores are Useless
The video was part of the attached article.
 
The Makers of ‘Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture’ Reflect on Happiness and Horrors

 
No Man's Sky: A Walk in the Digital Woods - The Point
A Pitching Masterclass Through No Mans Sky
My First Three Hours of ‘No Man’s Sky’ Have Been Dark, and Full of Terrors
People Are Using 'No Man’s Sky' to Commemorate Lost Relatives
No Man's Sky. (Emphasis on "Man")
What No Man's Sky means for the future of open world games
Postcards from the Edge of the Universe: A ‘No Man’s Sky’ Gallery
 
Sky Hype (The Jimquisition)
Video on the hype culture, marketing, fan bases, censoring criticism, threats surrounding No Man's Sky's release and how odd it is that No Man's Sky has attracted so many angry people to defend it when its most positive elements are its calming and meditative qualities.
 
THE UNSTEADY STEADYING THE UNSTEADY

 
The History of Resident Evil
Missed last weeks look at a franchise
The History of The Elder Scrolls
 
How SWERY’s Reactive Hypoglycaemia Manifests Itself In His Video Games

 
Why We Write About Games

Gita Jackson, Amr Al-Aaser, and Dante Douglas talk about why they write about games.
 
Guest Column: On Monsters, Role Playing, and Blackness

 
A Melancholy Journey Through the Lost American Dream

 
VLAMBEER HAS WRITTEN A BOOK ABOUT SIX YEARS OF MAKING VIDEOGAMES

 
Is ‘Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare’ Signalling America’s Wartime Fatigue?

 
This could be the first code Satoru Iwata ever wrote for Nintendo
 
The Players Who Have Spent Years Hunting GTA V's Cut Content
 
The Elusive Targets of 'Hitman' Transform It into Transient Art

 
‘Mafia II’ Is the Game That Made Being In the Mob Brilliantly Mundane

 
Writing Romance in (non-Romance) Games: Branching Romances

 
Episode 300: Letters to My Nephews - Never Giving Up - Extra Credits
"If anyone ever gives you a hard time and says that there is nothing to learn from playing games, show them these."

Cancelled Star Wars Games You've Never Seen Before - Unseen64
 
Putting the magic back into magic in fantasy games

 
Shin Megami Tensei - Did You Know Gaming? Feat. Gaijin Goombah
 
[SSFF] What Ever Happened to Pokemon Snap?
 
The Game Design Challenge: Making a Thirty-Year Game
 
Star Wars: Battlefront and the Art of Photogrammetry
 
Things I found entertaining throughout the week relating to video games
 
South Park: The Fractured But Whole demos nose-mounted Nosulus Rift
 
No Man's Sky
  WE WROTE AN ODE FOR EVERY CHARACTER IN OVERWATCH
 
Stranger Things
  Trolling Gamescom With "Half-Life: 3"

So the last few months I’ve stumbled into a bit of a writer's block, and sadly to admit been going through the motions to keep putting up Community Spotlights. Now before we continue on, let me make something very clear. This not me making a plea for help or people to feel sorry for me. This is just me trying to reach out and explain something about how I feel with Community Spotlight. In hopes to possibly find something out, to find the correct path around this block. Think of it like an exercise for the creative mind (Maybe).
 
Like I said, I’ve been in this block for the last few months and mostly going through the motions when making these articles. That’s not to say anything I’ve made was meaningless or the people featured in them were not worth wild. It’s more in the sense that I struggle to understand what is interesting and what is not as a reader. But why, do I struggle with that? Well what creative feedback can I get from what I’ve been doing. From what I’ve seen even if it’s me going through the motions or me creating an interesting interview with a community member the same amount of feedback is there. The same amount of interest is there. What do I learn from that? That no matter what I write I’ll get the same feedback? If I just upload an article that features me just sitting here rambling on about a writer’s block, will I see the same kind of feedback?
 
Do I try to create a Community Spotlight for the people or for myself? What I find interesting may not seem interesting to others (Again from the same amount of feedback). Possibly the style needs to change, the approach needs to change? But again how do I know which way to change it? What do I change… do I change for the feedback that hasn’t change or do I change for myself. Maybe that is where my writer's blocks has come to. Maybe I need to go back to the idea that I am making Community Spotlight the way I want it. The way I know is interesting and different from before, at least to myself it is.
 
So that’s it, starting next week we’ll get back on track (for real) and do things my why (again). And hey! I can't really complain all too much can I? I get to do something that even lets me openly talk about a trouble to it's Community (If they read it that is). I know I rambled around the idea that the feedback hasn’t changed… but hey why not change that and leave feedback. And just so that this Community Spotlight isn't "First world problems, the article" let's get some Spotlights in here.
 



Not gonna lie, I have a soft spot for Alexander452 videos. By soft spot I mean where my laughter hurts the most, in my soul. Anyway! Alexander sneaks out yet another funny video from another Expeditionary Force event, which this time was centered around PayDay 2. It’s as if he sells the idea of Expeditionary Force being a fun event (And not a Game Nights knock off) better. Maybe Commander Conan (You know the Commander I called Scottish, when he is German) should showcase these videos? Maybe he reads this and takes notes? Maybe he gives me that FUCKING SANDWICH HE OWES ME! Sorry there, don’t know what came over me… what sandwi- anyway! Check out the video and leave some love for Alexander!
 
 
Bamboe (The Xbox Minecraft Game Officer) uploaded a video showcasing highlights from Xbox One events of Battlefield 4, Battlefield Hardline, and Rocket League (Again the Minecraft guy) with some… let's say elegant music. Showing that hey, everyone on their platforms can have some fun right? It’s not just PC and PS4 knocking head back and forth all the time. Check out the video if you ever curious on how a Xbox One event might look like.
 

Last we have another of Wade D McGinnis reviews “The Good, The Bad, The OMG” this time for Headlander. Again another soft spot for Wade, as his reviews are great pieces of content. Informative, short to the point, and doesn’t sacrifice any moment to throw or say something that doesn’t need to be said (While still finding ways to insert short one liners of concerns, positives, or negatives if that makes sense?) I know myself and many of the Commanders watch your content Wade for games that we are unsure of. Definitely be sure to check Wade’s content out if you haven’t, it’s worth that watch.
 
 

No Man’s Sky takes a fantasy that many of us all share, exploring a universe freely and venture to discover; Galaxies, systems, planets, geographical wonders, creatures, aliens, items, ships, space stations, space battles, and more. You can venture from any mountain you see on a planet, to any star in the sky you spot in the entire universe. That’s the beauty of it, sure there is shooting and destruction. But for the first time in a long time we are being given a chance in a game to explore space. Just as we imagine it when we were children, to even right now whenever we see a beautiful star lit night sky. You’re the navigator of your own dreams, placed in a ocean of endless expanding stars.
 
Challenge: Discover something/anything new first and claim it (Galaxies, systems, planets, creatures, etc). Take a screenshot and share your discovery to the community (possibly share of a story about what you've discovered fictional or nonfictional). Discover more and interesting things to claim Champion of this challenge.
 

Enter your No Man’s Sky Discoveries here: http://angryjoeshow.com/ajsa/forums/topic/35982-august-community-challenge-no-our-sky/?do=edit
Enter your No Man’s Sky Discoveries 8/29/16
Both PlayStation 4 and PC gamers are allowed to enter your No Man’s Sky Discoveries (Sorry Xbox One gamers).
You may enter as many of your No Man’s Sky Discoveries to this challenge.
Your No Man’s Sky Discoveries can be uploaded and linked from any source (Imgur, Twitter, Facebook, etc).
OPTIONAL: You may give your No Man’s Sky Discoveries stories fictional or nonfictional.

Payday 2
 
Payday 2 is a co-op FPS, allowing up to four people to work together to rob a myriad of different targets, from banks, to jewellery stores, armoured cars and many more targets. The game received generally positive reviews, especially in regards to the co-op, which the EF will be focusing at. Also for those who are concerned about it; the microtransaction feature was removed and players are now able to open the safes for free.
As such we will host the first EF Payday 2 event this Saturday, the 6th of August at 4pm EDT/ 9pm BST. As players will be limited to 4 player sessions, we will split the attendees into groups of corresponding sizes. Each team competes to earn the most money, with the team that scored the most money during a heist receiving one of our rare contest pips (as soon as awards are back, that is) (also do note that proof in the form of a screenshot is required).
 
                    
 
Dedicated Players

We encourage commitment and attendance within the EF, thus we offer attendance pips for those players who register themselves as dedicated players (You can still attend all events without making this commitment). As such dedicated players promise to attend at least 50% of the events, for which they will receive said attendance pip at the end of the month.
 
                         
 
If you want to suggest ideas, discuss the game or make other recommendations, then feel free to do so in the EF forum here: http://angryjoeshow.com/ajsa/forums/topic/31185-future-ef-games-post-your-suggestions-here/   If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact any of the EF leaders, namely Acepilot666, ArisingFlame, Brandykins1982, Conan or Digs.

This week in gaming; DOTA adds VR spectator mode, the new generation of arcades, tales from localization hell (the story behind the laughing scene in Final Fantasy X), Mom moderates daughter's Twitch chat, Gwent is a game born of one wild weekend, an interview with the man responsible for some iconic North American SNES and NES box art, why Bethesda should reveal paid mods 2.0, Inside coming to PS4, game journalism pioneer passes away, praising the slow travel of Shadow of the Colossus, new Overwatch bans inspire threats and hilarity, Yacht Club Games talks about their Japanese localization for Shovel Knight, remembering Silent Hill 4, and more.
 
 
Gaming News
 
Game Journalism Pioneer Joyce Worley Passes Away

 
PlayStation VR requires about 60-square feet of space to use and other new details

 
The New Layton Game Is Called Lady Layton
 
Dead Rising 4 gameplay reveals new enemies and weapons
 
NHL 17 LOOKS TO RECAPTURE THE SERIES’ GLORY DAYS
 
Warhammer: The End Times - Vermintide has a console release date
 
VIRGINIA LEARNS FROM FILM TO TELL ITS INTERACTIVE DRAMA LATER THIS YEAR

 
Titanfall 2 multiplayer will use Azure, Google and Amazon clouds, and "bare metal" servers
 
GWENT IS A GAME BORN OF ONE WILD WEEKEND, BUSY VOLUNTEERS AND HUNDREDS OF EMAILS

 
Prey - What is Prey? (Official)
 
PS4-Exclusive Bound Has Gorgeous Art and a Huge, Mysterious Puzzle

 
Playdead’s Inside coming to PS4 in August

 
Battlerite is the spiritual successor to Bloodline Champions
 
Outlast 2 delayed until 2017, still promises to "scare the crap out of you"

 
Yakuza 0 launches in the West on Jan. 24
 
Mafia III - Cassandra: The Voodoo Queen Trailer
 
New Persona 5 Gameplay Video Is Overflowing With Style
 
Capcom teases ‘Project Palm’ which might be Dragon’s Dogma-related

 
New turn-based Warhammer 40K game in the works
 
Guy Starts Leaking No Man's Sky Videos, Changes His Mind Because He Doesn't Want To Spoil People
The Consequences of No Man's Sky: Will Players Destroy or Preserve the Universe?
 
No Trace is Hitman meets Hotline Miami, out this year
 
Watch Dogs 2: Remote Access - "Meet Marcus & DedSec"
 
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 Aims To Reinvent The Series and Its Developer
 
 
The new game from Sir, You Are Being Hunted devs takes a sci-fi twist
 
Wild Guns Reloaded trailer introduces new characters Bullet and Doris
 
ANTHROTARI EXPLORES GROWING UP AS A QUEER FURRY IN THE ‘90S

 
Layers of Fear: Inheritance gets a trailer ahead of next week's launch
 
Valley, the first-person exploration-adventure about life, death, and other consequences, is coming in August
 
Sengoku Basara: Sanada Yukimura-Den gameplay shows Sanada’s Trials
 
Fan-made Star Wars Battlefront successor blocked by EA, LucasFilm

 
Stable Orbit Is A Space Station Simulator Set In 2034
 
EERIE ADVENTURE THE EDGELANDS KNOWS THE POWER OF SOUND DESIGN
 
Life is Strange dev reveals new studio and Battlecrew Space Pirates, a competitive online shooter
 
The King of Fighters XIV ‘Psycho Soldier Team’ gameplay trailer
 
IMPOSSIBLE BOTTLES ONLY NEEDS ONE BEAUTIFUL GIF TO WIN YOU OVER
 
All Aboard the Post-Apocalyptic Choo-Choo: The Final Station Out This August
 
A VIDEOGAME TRIBUTE TO GROWING UP AROUND THE YUGOSLAV WARS
 
The original Darksiders is coming to PS4, Xbox One and Wii U

 
Does This Game Look Too Good To Be the Work of Just One Person?
 
Remedy is making the story mode for Korean shooter CrossFire 2

 
Latest Overwatch patch gives Ana a buff, tweaks McCree again

The latest Overwatch banwave inspires tears, threats, and hilarity
Overwatch appears to be getting some Summer Olympics-themed skins
Overwatch Gets Rocket League-Like Summer Games Mode
 
Here's a brief look at Rainbow Six Siege's new Favela map
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege - Skull Rain's BOPE Operators and Favela Map In Action
Rainbow Six Siege Dev Canceled Patriots to Focus on Competitive Multiplayer
 
Prison Architect 2.0 Is The Last Major Update
 
Marvel Games is "sharing your concerns" about Marvel: Ultimate Alliance with Activision
 
New Doom trailer reveals the next free update and Unto the Evil DLC
 
Paragon Adds Thorny New Hero Next Week
 
DOTA 2 Adds VR Spectator Mode
 
Nintendo reports huge quarterly loss amid plummeting Wii U sales

 
PlayStation is one of the only bright spots in Sony’s quarterly earnings

 
Capcom's fortunes falter due to a dearth of big releases

 
Metal Gear Franchise Sales Top 49 Million as Konami Profits Increase

 
Sega's Sales Show Improvement

 
Ghostbusters Developer Fireforge Games Goes Bankrupt

 
Nvidia agrees to settlement in lawsuit for GTX 970 false advertising

 
No criminal charges in 38 Studios case, say Rhode Island officials
 
Valve widens Counter-Strike gambling crackdown, tells another 20 sites to close

An Australian politician wants Counter-Strike: GO to be defined as gambling
Biggest Counter-Strike Betting Site Seeks Official Gambling License
 
The BioWare forums are closing down forever

 
VR glove firm Manus showcases full finger- and arm-tracking on Vive
 
Esports News
 
Dota 2: The International’s $18.5m Prize Pool Breaks Own Previous Record, Is STILL Growing

 
Reflecting on ELEAGUE’s past and future

 
Sessions: Chris Kluwe on Getting Into Esports, It's Future, and Franchising

 
FIFA goal of the year winner to quit football for esports
 
Crowdfunding News
 
That Day We Left - A narrative game about the refugee crisis
In a TwitLonger post Jim Sterling talks about how he shut down the comment section after multiple offensive comments were posted and is thinking of shutting down his comment section like TotalBiscuit did.
 
Shenmue director returns for Shenmue III
 
Armored Core board game finds success on Kickstarter, then drops Armored Core name

 
Other content I found interesting this week
 
Jalopy! And The Other Side of the "Maturity in Games" Conversation
 
God Damn This Halo Trailer Was Good
 
True Tales from Localization Hell

How Final Fantasy X's Infamous Laughing Scene Happened
 
The Mom Who Moderates Her Daughter’s Rowdy Twitch Chat

 
Tom Dubois Talks About Creating Some Of The Most Iconic Boxart Of The NES And SNES Eras

 
ON RUSTY TRAILS, A VIDEOGAME ABOUT THE ABSURDITY OF RACIAL PREJUDICE
 
Playing That Dragon, Cancer When Your Child Has Cancer

 
Robin Hunicke Wants to Change Video Games, But She Can’t Do It Alone

 
Yacht Club Games Japan Localization

 
Guest Column: Card Deck Narratives

Forgot to add this one last week.
 
Call of Duty Zombies: An Oral History of the Unlikely Undead Phenomenon

 
The Artist is Absent: Davey Wreden and The Beginner's Guide
 
This War of Mine Human Survival and the Ethics of Care

 
Why Bethesda should reveal Paid Mods 2.0 soon

 
A Fond Remembrance For Silent Hill 4: The Room

 
In praise of travelling slowly in Shadow of the Colossus

 
G2A Scammer Explains How He Profited Off Stolen Indie Game Keys

 
Babysitting The Survivor (The Jimquisition)
 
THE FIERCE INDEPENDENCE OF THE NO MAN’S SKY SOUNDTRACK

 
Something in the Direction of Exhibition

 
Taxman and Stealth: The Story behind Sonic Mania's Fans Turned Developers
 
‘ADR1FT’ Creator Adam Orth on the Struggle of Navigating Life, Twitter and the Games Industry
 
Will Richard Garriott's Lord British survive the night?

 
THE NEW GENERATION OF ARCADES

 
Taming Innovation: What Nontraditional Gaming Can Teach Us About VR
 
Things I found entertaining throughout the week relating to video games
 
Deus Ex – What’s in a Name?
 
Rated E For Sexual Content
 

Guns of Icarus Online
 
Guns of Icarus Online is a team-based steampunk-themed game, in which opposing teams command and man airships. There are 7 different airships to choose from, each ship can be fitted by the captain with various weapons, in order to create a ship that excels in the desired combat roles. Players can choose from three different classes, namely gunner, engineer and pilot, each of which has access to certain tools to maintain and buff the ship. Additionally there are numerous cosmetic customisation available.
 
As such we will host the first EF GoI event this Saturday, the 9th of July at 4pm EDT/ 9pm BST. 
 
Dedicated Players

We encourage commitment and attendance within the EF, thus we offer attendance pips for those players who register themselves as dedicated players (You can still attend all events without making this commitment). As such dedicated players promise to attend at least 50% of the events, for which they will receive said attendance pip at the end of the month.
 
                         
 
If you want to suggest ideas, discuss the game or make other recommendations, then feel free to do so in the EF forum here: http://angryjoeshow....itionary-force/   If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact any of the EF leaders, namely Acepilot666, ArisingFlame, Brandykins1982, Conan or Digs.