3:55 of classic Tony Hawk goodness I thought I was aTony Hawkpro after beating every game in the series last year, but I gotnothin’on this guy, who beatsTony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3in three minutes and 55 seconds! The way he does it is by completing multiple goals in a level in rapid succession, since you can unlock multiple stages at once (the game doesn’t force you to adhere to a progression)....
They’re working on it Let’s start with some stats! Ring Fit Adventureseems to be a big hit within our community, not to mention thecriticalacclaim from our very own CJ Andriessen. It turns out that although 59% of our readers never bought the game, of the roughly 40% that did,36% kept playing itpast the initial launch time. Amazingly several readers have cited results, including JT471 that says he lost 10 pounds already, and Joseph Explosiv who finds that it’s a good alternative to going to the gym....
Nintendo’s Black Friday deals for Switch hardware and games are live Nintendo has given shoppers aheads-up about what to expectfrom 2021’s Nintendo Switch Black Friday deals, and oh my goodness, they’re doing it again — they’re rolling out the$300Nintendo Switch andMario Kart 8 Deluxebundle that we’ve seen for years. I’m not complaining, mind you — it’s just a bit funny.Mario Kart 8 Deluxeis afreaky force of naturethat continues to sell super well, and if you’re going to buy a Nintendo Switch for the first time in 2021, you’re probably gonna wantMario Kartto go along with it....
The universe is always expanding Hello Games has both announced and dropped a new update forNo Man’s Sky: update 4.2,Interceptor. Or maybe. The patch notes are live, but it’s not on Steam yet. This is the jillionth update on the path of redemption forNo Man’s Sky, which famously launched in a horrible state. TheInterceptorupdate brings with it a continuation to the game’s story while introducing corrupted planets. Hello Games also outlines a great deal of quality-of-life tweaks in its emoji-filled Tweet....
Can you feel the power, Kronk? Oh, I can feel it Oh hey look new Nintendo hardware that’s highly sought after and wasn’t up for pre-order when they were announced. Yes, it’s none other than a new pair of sleek looking Joy-Con: theSkyward Sword HDcontrollers. Nintendo noted the Joy-Cons will “launch on the game’s release date [July 16] at your local retailers.” Thanks! We could use a heads-up so these don’t go on sale on a random midnight hour while some of us are asleep....
Three fuses!? Your good pal Jim Sterling returns to Mount Massive Asylum for another descent into madness. This time, we see yet more naked butts, faff about with three fuses, get chased by the big’un again, and have an encounter with a pair of old, nude, friends. There. You got anotherOutlastvideo. Satisfied? Satisfied, now that you got, finally, your cheesy balls?
That means you, Tommy The launch date forOutridersis fast approaching, but before a host of new players descend on the servers, Square Enix and People Can Fly are laying down the law for any would-be cheaters. In a post on theOutridersSteam page, the team lays out its plans for launch, including a day-one patch, bug fixes for issues noted during the game’s demo period, and a “Quick Mark” utility for your inventory, addressing concerns and requests brought forth by players....
The best-laid plans… If you’re in the mood to take a chance on a strange, uneasy, and uneven but ultimately memorable experience, heads up: there’s a publicalpha buildforPathologic 2. It’s an open-ended survival adventure about doing what little you can during an exhausting 12-day stretch in a plague-ridden town. The trailer gives off a sense of impending dread, but to put things more bluntly:“Prepare to suffer bugs and glitches, as befits an alpha, and then suffer without them, since such is the world ofPathologic....
The originalCall of Juarezhad to be played to be believed. An alternately awful and incredible mixture of poorly designed levels with an incredible attention to pacing, narrative, and character (for 50% of the game, you could literally recite Scripture with the press of one mouse button and shoot a bandit in the face with another),CoJquickly became a favorite amongthose who could tolerate it. Fast-forward to a couple years later, as we find ourselves confronted withCall of Juarez: Bound in Blood, a prequel to the events of the original game....
A Fortnite-like model might be on the horizon Rocket Leagueplayers on Xbox will soon be able to trade money — or, at leastRocket League‘s in-game equivalent to real-world money. Key trading will be implemented on Xbox “within the next several days,” according to Psyonix. This news comes via thepatch notesforRocket League‘s latest minor update. As soon as Psyonix enables the feature in the game’s backend/database system, key trading on Xbox will be fully functional....
If that teaser trailer forThe Elder Scrolls Onlineleft you longing for more substantial information, screenshots and details to come out ofGame Informerthis morning should be perfectly sufficient. NeoGAF has put together a huge list of bullet points from the magazine; highlights include a third-person perspective, full voice acting, a hotbar for skills, no player housing, and combat that revolves around a stamina bar which lets players do things like sprint, block, and interrupt....
More visual novels for your reading pleasure are on the horizon Remember how I said 2014 has been a great year so far for visual novels? It seems that statement was pretty prophetic, given the fact thatSekai Project(World End Economica) is joining forces with Japanese game maker Visual Arts to bring visual novelPlanetarianto Steam. But that’s not all! Sekai has also announced the start of localization for Front Wing’s visual novelGrisaia no Kajitsu....
Namco Bandai’s ShiftyLook is at New York Comic-Con right now and they’ll be streaming all weekend long! They’re going to be hosting a bunch of retro game tournaments, live chiptune performances, and Hideo Baba from theTalesfranchise will be on Saturday night as a special guest. As for tonight’s special guest, the one and only Dale North will be on the stream to talk about stuff. Probably corgis or something. Watch the livestream starting at 6PM EST tonight in order to harass the hell out of Dale....
