Last week the body representing professional League of Legends players in North America, the LCS Players Association, announced intentions to strike over Riot’s plans to gut the North American Challenger’s League. It’s a commendable stance over moves that will cost dozens of people their jobs, but not every League player seems onboard. The Week In
Image: Unreal Tournament In December 2022—so, only a few months back—Epic decided to close a bunch of servers for old Unreal Tournament games. This was bad news for long-suffering fans, but it was met with one small silver lining: Epic announced plans to re-release Unreal Tournament 3, for free, “no strings attached”. A Foe From
Video games aren’t real life, sure. I get that. But it’s still odd to realize that certain game characters who have been around for what seems like forever, aren’t actually that old. For example, according to a new video from Nintendo, Mario’s archnemesis—Bowser—is only in his thirties. Some of you are probably not taking that
A live-action porn parody of Mappa’s popular shonen anime, Chainsaw Man, may have outsold the original series on Blu-ray in Japan. The Anime Dream Team Behind Chainsaw Man Dildo Man, a porn parody of Chainsaw Man by Japanese adult film production company Studio TMA, sold 8,600 Blu-ray copies in the first week after its April
Image: Blizzard The world of Sanctuary is huge and fast-travel alone won’t get you everywhere you need to go. Fortunately, Diablo IV gives players mounts to help them travel between dungeons and side-quests more quickly. Here’s how to get your first one. The Week In Games: What’s Releasing Beyond Diablo IV It’s actually really straightforward:
Plushies of my six favorite Pokémon are sitting on my desk. They’re from the Sitting Cuties line (called Pokémon Fit in Japan), an ongoing line of stuffed toys meant to give every Pokémon (yes, all 1000+ of the little guys) a piece of merchandise. Sitting Cuties touches on a sentiment that Pokémon fans have been
I’ve played horror games completely drenched in blood this year—nasty games with bombs and meat grinders rendered in high fidelity detail, but none have made me scream until the more straightforward Amnesia: The Bunker. The Week In Games: Zombies In Paradise Previously, I had only ever peeked over friends’ shoulders as they played the other
If you’re like most people, you probably have a complicated relationship with Mondays. After a weekend of late-night Netflix binges, indulging in too many desserts, and finally having time to finish that book that’s been on your bedside table for months, it’s tough to welcome Monday with open arms. And yet, the sun keeps rising,
Runic Games Runic Games, the developers of Torchlight and its superior sequel, Torchlight II, perhaps had the best chances possible for managing to stand strong in the shadow of Diablo. The studio was founded by Travis Baldree, the creator of Fate, and Max Schaefer and Erich Schaefer, the co-founders of Blizzard North, and the leads
All the rumors were true. Apple has a fancy headset it wants to sell you. The tech giant revealed its new mixed reality / virtual reality headset during its June 5 WWDC digital event, confirming the details of previous leaks. Dubbed the Apple Vision Pro, the new “facial computer” is out “early next year” and