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What I expected and what I got were very different I’ll make this short and to the point: if you don’t want to engage in anAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsterraforming conversation due to light gameplay spoilers,here is your warning. For everyone else, hi! A little over a week ago, after taking my sweet old time, I unlocked terraforming inAnimal Crossing: New Horizon. For the uninitiated (you weren’t supposed to read this!), terraforming is unlocked by effectively “beating the game,” and achieving a three-star island rating, which is mostly spurred by having 10 residents living on the property (among a few very easy qualifiers)....

Announced by Jesse Pinkman Just Cause 3is coming to PS4, Xbox One and PC on December 1 this year. The game will feature an updated grapping hook with tension control and a manual retraction function. He also has UNLIMITED C4 in his pockets! Square Enix revealed the news by getting a man who looks a lot like Jesse Pinkman to ramble on about the game for several minutes too long....

Something’s gonna always keep it down! I’ve never seenKarate Kid. It was a bit before my time, but I’ve seen movies likeThe Goonies, so that’s really no excuse. I probably should, but I have a stack of‘80s action moviesto get through, and I watch movies about as much as I drink water: rarely enough that you should be concerned. It’s funny, I can sit down and play games for most of the day, but a two-hour movie?...

Licensing issues be damned? Just last month, Capcom explained at lengthwhyMega Man X6wouldn’t be a good candidatefor a PSN release. It had to do with licensing issues regarding the game’s soundtrack, but it seems as if those fears have been quashed, as the publisher has released the game this week in Japan. We’ve reached out to Capcom to see if a western release is still possible, and if said issues extend specifically to the overseas market....

Eric Neustadter, Xbox Live operations manager, thinks that Facebook connectivity on the DSi is silly. He finds it a pointless idea, considering we have other, better alternatives for staying connected to social networks. Oh those silly games system and their pointless synergy.When will they learn? “I find the in-game uses, okay, may be interesting, the out-of-game, hey, it’s a camera, use it to connect to Facebook or whatever — I don’t find that at all interesting,”says Neustadter, while criticizing the DSi....

Exploring digital worlds from home Digital Tourist is back once again to let you virtually globetrot across the worlds of video games. This week we’re diving into the squared-off landscapes ofMinecraft. If you don’t remember, each week we’ll be dropping new videos showcasing the beautiful worlds that game developers have crafted in painstaking polygonal detail—no questing; no combat (usually); no UI. Just a (mostly) peaceful walk, stroll, glide, trot, or trek across some of the greatest places to never exist....

Coming to the PlayStation Vita If you’re looking to play some more original games on your Vita, Sony is attempting to accommodate that, amidst a sea of ports. One such original game is the newly announcedMurasaki Babyfrom the Italian studio Ovosonico, which looks like the freakish spawn ofLimboandInvader Zim. Sony says that games likeMurasaki Babywill ensure that they have a platform create new and innovative titles on a consistent basis. Although it was tough to tell what the game is even about, it does look intriguing!...

Promoted from our Community Blogs! [Dtoid community blogger naveenwf reminisces about his favorite memories of last gen for this month’sCommunity Assignment. Want to see your own blog appear on our front page?Go write something!–Mr Andy Dixon] Instead of writing about the “issues” that plagued our generation, or indie games, oranyspecific topic, I thought I’d give my personal rundown on some great gaming moments that I’ve had. Here aremyseven favorite gaming moments from this past generation....

Motion control for everyone, literally Are you ready to have a sad? The SXSW Gaming Awards had Banjo and Kazooie on screen being flown through the air via audience participation with the use of motion controls. No new game has been announced from Rare just yet, thoughthe studio is working on something, and this was an experience created just for the show byAudience Entertainment. At least we can eventually playthe spiritual successortoBanjo-Kazooiethat is currently being developed by ex-Rare staff....

One more beta weekend for Defiance With two PC beta events down for Trion Worlds’ open-world shooterDefiance, there’s one more to go, and this time, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 gamers will be able to join in. Thislast beta phasefor the game is scheduled to start at 8:00am Pacific on March 22 and carry through 9:00pm Pacific on March 24 for PC; March 19 – 25 for PS3; and March 25 – 26 for Xbox 360....

Nintendo live service games often launch without a bevy of features, especially when it comes to the competitive scene. But it looks like they’re going to rectify that mistake post-launch forSplatoon 3, if this new announcement pans out. Buried at the bottom of thisSplatoon 3feature page (spottedby Twitter user OatmealDome) is a new listing for a“Tournament Manager,”which is essentially a private tournament facilitator. Currently “in development,” the manager would serve as a link betweenSplatoon 3itself and the SplatNet 3 app, which will allow tournament organizers (TOs) to create and control their own tournaments, which includes bracket creation (!...

Play of the Game Overwatchis clearly built,as Cliffy B puts it, on the “mad libs of combat” principle. Blizzard created a “Play of the Game” mechanic at the end of every match to showcase particularly impressive players so that they can share it online and generate more interest. It works. Here are some cool plays that we found around the web, and an explanation of each for people who don’t play....

Microsoft does what Sony doesn’t In case you haven’t heard, people have been stretching the “developer mode” of theXbox Series X/S to its limit. And it’s only been a few weeks. Amazingly, intrepid and plucky users have managed to get tons of old games running on the systems, most notably PS2 games. The below clip from the Modern Vintage Gamer (using the S, which is capable of the same things as the X) shows off the power of its emulation capabilities just fine, using the “dev mode” option in the new Xbox consoles: a 2016 Xbox One feature....