1999's Age of Empires 2 is About to Have Its Biggest Tournament Ever

From March 18th to 21st, 16 Age of Empires 2 players will compete for Hidden Cup 4’s nearly $68,000 prize pool. It’s the largest AoE2 tournament since last year’s Hidden Cup 3, which pea...

Bobby Kotick Makes Money When People Lose Their Jobs

Okay, let’s just get this out of the way: the goals of big business are incompatible with keeping employees happy, healthy, and employed.

Sony is Offering Ten More Free Games So People Will Stay The Heck Home

As we reach a full year of the coronavirus pandemic, Sony has once again reached into its bag of games and is offering 2016’s Ratchet & Clank to PlayStation owners as part of its Pla...

FFXIV Moogle Treasure Trove - March 2021 Irregular Tomestone Guide

The FFXIV Moogle Treasure Trove event — which awards oh-so-useful Irregular Tomestones of Esoterics — is finally back after a long hiatus. You can begin farming new cosmetics and other useful...

Exiled Game Devotion Now on Direct Sale From Developer

Buckle in, because we got some setup on this one.

The Hobbyists Making the Hottest New Virtual Boy and Atari Jaguar Games

You probably haven’t played Hamburgers En Route To Switzerland. Described as R-Type if R-Type starred a flying burger, the solo indie production ranks among 2020’s most obscu...

Tom Nook's Week-Long Twitter Takeover: A Review

Empress Caiatl: A Review

Video Game Deepfakes Are Freaking Me Out

The portmanteau “deepfake” (made of “deep learning” and, uh, “fake”) can be a dangerous term. It refers to using artificial intelligence to create synthetic media, like replacing a person’s face with...

Animal Crossing Collaborates With Build-A-Bear and I Demand to Mix & Match

Animal Crossing is making the leap that Pokemon and Mario made before it and collaborating with the Build-A-Bear Workshop, a chain retail location where people of any a...

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge Evokes the Franchise's '80s Heyday

Tribute Games and DotEmu have announced they’re working on a new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game meant to be evocative of the series’ 1987 animated series.

For Some Reason, Avengers is Becoming More of a Grind

Marvel’s Avengers is probably a frustrating project for publisher Square Enix. What should be a slam dunk of a successful game has been plagued by roadmap delays, criticism of a repetitive gr...

Monster Hunter Rise is Coming to PC in 2022

A few months ago, Capcom was hit by a ransomware attack that threatened to leak numerous internal documents if the Japanese game developer did not pay up. Capcom refused and these documents then flood...

Alamo Drafthouse Files for Chapter 11, Closing Several Theaters

If you happen to live in the neighborhood of an Alamo Drafthouse, you’re probably well-acquainted with the movie theater chain. Claiming a boutique theater experience, Drafthouses had big seats, food...

Bravely Default 2 Ailments Guide - What Each Status Effect Does

If you’re familiar with turn based games like Bravely Default 2, you’re likely already aware of the prominence of status effects. Some are super basic and a minor inconvenience. Others promis...

Final Fantasy VII Remake is on PS Plus in March with a Big Caveat

Sony has announced that Final Fantasy VII Remake is headlining March’s free PlayStation Plus offerings. While that might sound exciting, given that Square-Enix just announced a new add-o...

Sony Reportedly Closing Japan Studio [Update: Confirmed]

[Update 5:05 PM PT]: IGN has confirmed with Sony that the Japan Studio is being restructured around Team Asobi. Coupled with the departures, this seems to confirm VGC’s repor...

Final Fantasy VII Remake Gets an Updated Release Titled Intergrade

During today’s State of Play, Square Enix revealed what many people already expected: Final Fantasy VII Remake is getting a port to the PlayStation 5. For those expecting a quick resolut...

Everything You Missed From Today's PlayStation State of Play

Sony tends to use the term State of Play loosely, employing it for everything from single-game deep dives to new console reveals. Today’s State of Play, however, is a bigger look at the PlayStation ec...

Details on Marty Scurll's Role at Recent NJPW Tapings

Marty Scurll hasn’t had a televised wrestling match since February 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic drove his then-home company Ring of Honor to go on hiatus. It became unclear if or when he would be...