A hero in combat

The sepia-soaked noir roster of Deadlock is packed with character, and characters it turns out—a total of 22 of them so far, with more in the murky future. There’s an argument for anything of them as the best Deadlock character, each having nuances that could fill a textbook: with four abilities per character, base and […]

Fortnite jacked Peter Griffin

Epic boss Tim Sweeney reckons we’re in the midst of a “generational change” in the videogame industry—one that’s going to see games like Fortnite stick their flag on top of a pile of (largely singleplayer) blockbuster corpses. But all he’s doing is repeating a fallacy that has been touted for years, with little evidence to […]

Devolver has a new label dedicated to making games based on comics, films, TV shows and 'cult heroes'

Devolver will start publishing game adaptations of films, comics, TV shows and “cult heroes” under the label Big Fan, the company announced today. Like Devolver itself, Big Fan will focus on indie studios, which will presumably lead to more risky (or at least more realistically budgeted) adaptations. Think stuff like John Wick Hex, which was […]

A hand pointing at an entry in an open dictionary.

Earlier today, Merriam-Webster announced that it’d added 200 new words and phrases to its online dictionary in its latest effort to maintain relevance in the arms race against the ever-changing English language. We can only guess at what arcane metrics and procedures Merriam-Webster follows to determine when and why a term is worthy of entering […]

Monster Hunter Fender Telecaster

(Image credit: Fender) It feels like a long time ago when I stopped being surprised by bizarre promotional tie-ins. I think my breaking point might have been when Korn appeared in AdventureQuest 3D. Now Monster Hunter is getting a signature Fender guitar, which is the kind of thing usually reserved for iconic or highly-regarded players […]



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