Epic's current Fortnite season is focused on secret agents, and that now includes direct references to movies -- if not the ones you're likely to think of first. An update to the battle royale shooter has introduced a Kingsman umbrella that,...
Respawn and EA's dreams of establishing Apex Legends as an esports staple aren't going according to plan. The Apex Legends Global Series team is moving its events online "for the time being" due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and that me...
Snapchat's latest set of lenses come with a timely reminder of the importance of social distancing. The app introduced two new lenses, created in partnership with the World Health Organization, that use augmented reality to serve users with tips...
Antonin Kolman is an artist and matte painter who has worked in games and movies.
This won’t come as a surprise to any of you, but id Software officially cancelled QuakeCon 2020 today, saying “gathering is the last thing any of us should be doing right now”.
We've got Switch copies of madcap multiplayer game Chapeau up for grabs in today's contest!
You guys know I love weird games, quirky concepts, and strange executions. They're my bread and butter. So when a competitive multiplayer game centering around players being hats hits my desk, I'm going to take notice. I have an MO, for sure.
And this flips all the switches for me. Chapeau is a wacky party game where you play as a hat. A hat. Several hats, really. We've got some Switch copies to give away, so come win one!
Atari is trying themed hotels, retro consoles and other efforts to reel in nostalgic gamers, but its latest may be its oddest yet: turn Pong into a one-of-a-kind role-playing game. It's developing a Pong Quest game that has you guiding a heroic...
After technical issues forced Capcom to delay the Resident Evil: Resistance beta on PC and PlayStation 4, it's now available on those platforms in addition to Xbox One. You'll need to install an update to try it on PS4 and Steam.Seven years on and the artists and developers at Digital Extremes continue to create some of the most beautiful sci-fi art you can find in gaming. The Warframes they create are immaculate. Case in point: Titania Prime. Available now on all platforms, Titania Prime is the ultimate form of the original Titania that launched back in 2016 alongside the "Silver Grove" update.
Titania Prime is currently available as part of Prime Access and she doesn't come cheap. But come on, just look at that design:
It’s spring and while new phones aren’t coming out in droves like they typically do this time of year, there is still an ever-increasing number of sleek and powerful handsets to choose from.
Gloomhaven, one of the most popular board games in years, launched its big new campaign Frosthaven today on Kickstarter. Things are, uh, going well.
Pokémon Go’s transformation into game for people who don’t like leaving their house is almost complete. Developer Niantic said it’s currently working on adding remote raiding to the game as well as more ways to connect with distant friends and family.
The classic 2003 Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy game recently arrived on PS4 and Switch, but console users excited to try it have encountered a formidable enemy. PC players have figured out how to cross-play on consoles, so they're invading onli...
Airbnb is setting aside $250 million for hosts affected by the coronavirus pandemic and is also expanding its no-penalty cancellations even further. A couple of weeks ago, the company announced that all stays and Experiences with check-in dates betwe...When you think of Doom, whichever the generation, you immediately picture that classic first-person perspective, gun barrel (or chainsaw) sat center screen, head bobbing up and down, as you plough your way through the armies of hell. But let me just blow your mind for a moment with two words:
Third Person.
Boom! right?.. Well, perhaps not. In fact many would probably consider such a suggestion tantamount to heresy. But for those of you curious as to how id Software's apocalyptic shooter would play in such a mode, it seems that modders have you covered.
The Fearless Cheat Engine community has discovered a third-person camera hidden within the code of the recent Doom Eternal which, upon activation, allows players to Rip and Tear from a whole new perspective. You can see a video of the mod in action below, courtesy of Gameplay Store. It's pretty wild, and frankly a bit dizzying, but it gives those up-close-and-personal executions a whole new level of gory glory.
When Spotify first launched its standalone app for kids last October, the possibilities were intriguing. It meant that parents could play music their kids like without having it impact their algorithmically generated playlists and recommendations on...
Snapchat is finally opening up Stories to outside apps. Nearly a year after it was first previewed, the company is introducing App Stories, a feature that allows third-party apps to post Stories created in the Snapchat app to their services. First a...
Hey, good morning! You look fabulous. For streaming services and games companies, we're all a captive audience at the moment. For Disney+, the newest challenger, it's an opportunity. With lots of kids at home, an almost infinite run of Disney, Pixar...
Usually, cosplay builder Gekidan makes helmets and armor. These are not usual times, and recently, he’s been making Gundam-themed masks.
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Samsung Display will stop producing liquid crystal display (LCD) panels in China and South Korea at the end of the year in order to concentrate on the new generation of "quantum dot" (QD) screens, Reuters reports. Any LCD orders made before the end o...
Popular video-calling app Houseparty is offering a $1 million bounty to anyone that can prove the app has been a victim of reputational sabotage. The announcement, made by the company over Twitter, comes amid swiftly circulating rumors that the app h...
Google is no longer selling its landmark Pixel 3 and 3 XL phones, the company confirmed with Android Police. If you enter the old Pixel 3 listing you'll get the home page instead and it no longer appears in the product carousel. Meanwhile, the carrie...
Back in January, Lucid Motors announced that it's finally unveiling the production model of its electric sedan in April three years after it was first revealed. The company was supposed to launch the car next week at the New York Auto Show, but the e...
A new UC San Francisco initiative will give you a way to help advance our understanding of the coronavirus pandemic, even if you're not a scientist or a medical professional. The COVID-19 Citizen Science project welcomes contributions from anyone ove...
If you're launching a new product, you normally want to put on a show with a sprinkling of razzle and plenty of dazzle. That means getting journalists and fans into a big room, trotting out your wares and letting everyone play with the new toys. Unfo...
The NBA already has an official esports league with various teams represented, but with the live basketball season on hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, it's reportedly about to put real NBA players on the sticks. Yahoo Sports reporter Chris Hay...
AT&T is still expanding its offerings to keep people online during the COVID-19 outbreak. Between April 2nd and May 13t, it's adding an extra 15GB of mobile hotspot data to every line on unlimited plans that have a monthly tethering allowance....
Hogni J. Mohr is an artist and illustrator from the Faroe Islands, making this the first time the archipelago has been featured on Fine Art after almost 2000 posts.
Building on the AI-generated Get Up! Mix the company unveiled last week, Apple is now adding a new section to Apple Music called Come Together that features a variety of playlists designed to help you get through long days stuck inside. In all, there...Riot Games is giving select players a chance to try Valorant, its upcoming five-vs.-five tactical shooter, on April 7, 2020. The developer is launching the "first wave" of closed beta access in the United States, Canada, Europe, Turkey, Russia, and CIS countries, with more regional support planned "if possible."
It's not quite as simple as signing up for the beta and hoping for an email to hit your inbox.
Let's run through the hurdles. First, you'll need to create a Riot account and link it to a Twitch account if you haven't done so already. Then, when the time comes, you'll need to "watch specific Valorant closed beta streams highlighted on Twitch" and hope you're one of the lucky viewers who's given access.
The Valorant closed beta launches at 6:00 a.m. Pacific on April 7. Riot wants to keep the beta "as short as we can while getting additional regions online," but "a lot of unexpected feedback from players" could slow down the timeline. It's also worth noting that player progress won't carry into the full game.
More housekeeping: "At full launch, we will give you all of your [closed beta] Valorant Points back, with an additional 20% bonus as a thanks for engaging with our work-in-progress skins and store."
Valorant speaks to me more than the other new Riot offshoots, but it's also not necessarily something I'm in a rush to play as far as the closed beta is concerned. I'm interested to see how it all shakes out.
The game's release is scheduled for "summer 2020," but nothing is set in stone in our current reality.
The Valorant Closed Beta Starts April 7 [Riot Games]
Anyone with kids (or younger siblings) is probably already feeling the strain of having them locked up for most of the day. It’s hard finding constructive things to keep them busy, but of all companies, Games Workshop might have one of the more left-field solutions.
It was late one Sunday in September in Krakow, Poland, and Eric "Snip3down" Wrona was heated. He was a handful of points away from making the championship series of the Apex Legends Preseason Invitational and his only shot at progressing towards the...
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It appears that Granblue Fantasy: Versus DLC character Djeeta will be making her way to the roster very soon, according to a recently leaked trailer from Arc System Works, which you can check out right here.
Djeeta is essentially the female player avatar in the original Granblue Fantasy title - her male counterpart being Gran, who is already on the roster. Although they are essentially character swaps in their origin games, Granblue Fantasy: Versus will see Djeeta have an entirely different moveset to Gran, making her "a capable captain in her own right".
Acer is adding the option to choose Ryzen 4000 series processors to another of its laptops. After announcing the Swift 3 would get AMD chips back at CES, the company has announced that the Aspire 5 will also join the party.
Despite fan protests and being encased within a costume without a movable neck, Michael Keaton’s 1989 Batman is fondly remembered as one of the Dark Knight’s best big-screen adventures. Those eyes, though. Damn those eyes.
Facebook has already taken a number of measures to help the global effort against the spread of the coronavirus, most recently by opening up its Messenger platform to governments, and in announcing plans to invest $100 million in small businesses aro...
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Animal Crossing: New Horizons is not a sexy game. But that hasn’t stopped the drawings of dicks and breasts, sexy custom outfits and more. All this is inevitable, I know!
Artificial intelligence (AI) can do astonishing things when given specific jobs, but it's terrible at understanding context -- something we've seen before in this series. Thanks to a new experiment inspired by The Great British Bakeoff (GBBO), we can...
It's been a long seven days of lockdown for some of us, and it looks like the situation won't change for a while. The US Food and Drug Administration is rushing to get a handle on testing people for the coronavirus, and former events venues are being...
Due to the global novel coronavirus covid-19 pandemic, many people are not only staying at home but working there. In Japan, the editorial department of game site Inside decided to hold meetings in the happiest place there is: Animal Crossing.
When Samsung's Galaxy Chromebook arrived at CES 2020 with a beautiful body and 13.3-inch 4K OLED display, we were smitten. Now, it's finally set to arrive at Best Buy in the US on April 6th starting at $999 (in Fiesta Red or Mercury Gray), according...
HQ Trivia -- the once-popular mobile game that turned your random knowledge into a few bucks -- abruptly shut down earlier this year after an investment deal fell through. As such, players that still had the app on their phones were probably surprise...
Final Fantasy VII Remake is one of Square Enix's most-anticipated releases ever, and after already pushing the game's launch date back a month, it's run into another hiccup: disruption caused by the global coronavirus outbreak means that some players...
