Doom (opens in new tab)’s first-person “glory kills” (opens in new tab) let you tear apart freakish demons (opens in new tab) with your gloved hands, but you’re still going to need a lot more firepower. Fortunately, your fallen marine counterparts and overreaching scientist employers have left a bounty of …
Read More »God bless the rip-offs and copycats of the video game world
Earlier this month, I downloaded and played through the Nioh demo from Team Ninja. As many people on Facebook, Twitter, Reddit and other social media have noticed, the game bears a striking similarity to the Dark Souls (opens in new tab) series. There are obvious differences, of course: Nioh’s setting …
Read More »Fear the Walking Dead S2.05 review – What we do now
The thing about zombie apocalypses is that even if you think you’re ready for them, you probably aren’t. More precisely, the part you’re ready for is the later part – when most of the world has turned and you’re scrambling for survival on an hour-to-hour basis. In some ways, the …
Read More »Guardians of the Galaxy 2s Chris Pratt surprises kids for charity in sweet video
Guardians of the Galaxy (opens in new tab) star Chris Pratt wants to expand the Boys and Girls Club in Lake Stevens, Washington, but he needs your help. Not sure why it’s such a big deal to Mr. Intergalactic Bigshot? Watch this heartwarming video and let him show you: Lake …
Read More »Battlefield 1 goes back to WW1… and feels like the most modern shooter of this generation
Battlefield is going back to World War 1. While Call of Duty (opens in new tab) forges ever further into the future; into space; into the supernatural, Battlefield is going back to where modern warfare began. The result – from this first viewing – is something more analogue, more personal, …
Read More »The Power Rangers new armor is a little less spandex, a little more Mass Effect
I don’t think anyone was expecting to see the Power Rangers in their traditional spandex-and-motorcycle-helmets look in the upcoming reboot film, but a new photo from Entertainment Weekly (opens in new tab) shows just how far the teens’ costumes have changed. Behold, your new Power Rangers: Okay, so it’s a …
Read More »JJ Abrams sings Jabba Flow, AKA Star Wars: The Force Awakens cantina music
Rey and the gang are greeted by a familiar sound when they enter Maz’s castle in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (opens in new tab): cantina music played by a jolly band of aliens. It was a fun little detail that helped link the film back to the original Star …
Read More »Get to know X-Men: Apocalypses baddies with Storm and Angel power pieces
While we may be able to recite Marvel plot lines backward and forward until the superpowered cows come home, not everyone is an expert in comic books. To help rectify that situation before X-Men: Apocalypse (opens in new tab) premieres, 20th Century Fox is producing a series of shorts that …
Read More »Madden NFL 16 Ultimate Team adds Jared Goff & 30 other draft signees
One downside to the always-exciting NFL Draft is that, following its conclusion, you have to wait four months to use the league’s newest star players in Madden career mode. This is why, from May to August, Ultimate Team becomes the game’s biggest draw: in EA’s now-ubiquitous build-a-roster mode, you can …
Read More »Uncharted 4 multiplayer wont have paid-exclusive DLC, Naughty Dog pledges
Naughty Dog plans to expand Uncharted 4 multiplayer (opens in new tab) with quite a bit of DLC, but you’ll never have to pay extra to unlock any of it. The developer laid out its plans for the online component to Nathan Drake’s final adventure (opens in new tab) on …
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