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The logo for SGDQ 2021.
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SGDQ 2021 Raised $2.9 Million for Doctors Without Borders

Another Summer Games Done Quick, the summer rendition of the bi-annual charity speedrunning event, has come and gone. This year, SGDQ 2021 managed to raise $2.9 million for the humanitarian group…

July 12, 2021 | 10:49 EDT

Super Mario 64
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Super Mario 64 Becomes First Million Dollar Game At Auction

Heritage Auction continues to break new records with video game sales, this time shattering a record set only a day ago. Yesterday, the most a game had sold for was The Legend of Zelda at 870k, but…

July 11, 2021 | 05:53 EDT

Ocarina of Time Spaceworld 97 Demo Mod
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Ocarina of Time Spaceworld 97 Mod Hopes to Recreate the Lost Demo

A few months back, the discovery of several beta maps and assets for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time from the Forest of Illusion team sparked a renewed interest in the history and development of…

July 10, 2021 | 05:47 EDT

A shot from the Star Wars Open Worlds mod for Fallout New Vegas
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Star Wars: Open World is an Impressive Fallout: New Vegas Mod

An ambitious total conversion mod for Fallout: New Vegas has just released a new video showcasing their graphical progress. Known as Star Wars Open Worlds, the mod is looking to bring the famous sci-…

July 9, 2021 | 10:30 EDT

Gameplay from Guilty Gear Strive
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Guilty Gear Strive Mod Reinstates Taiwan References

Recently, fans noticed that the 1.03 update for Guilty Gear Strive made a quiet but notable change to the game's lore entries by removing the names of several Asian countries. However, a newly…

July 8, 2021 | 12:15 EDT

Roguebook

Roguebook Card Design Contest Winner Will Receive a Black Lotus

For those that are feeling creative, Roguebook, a a roguelike deck-builder from Abrakam Entertainment, the creators of Faeria, has announced a card design contest. If you're lucky enough to win the…

July 7, 2021 | 12:07 EDT

Antonio Griezmann, soccer player and former Yu-Gi-Oh ambassador.
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Konami Drops Yu-Gi-Oh Ambassador Griezmann After Racism Scandal

Konami has released Antonio Griezmann, French soccer player for FC Barcelona, from his role as Yu-Gi-Oh ambassador after only a few weeks. Their break up comes as a result of a leaked video in which…

July 7, 2021 | 10:29 EDT

Promotional art for Styx: Shards of Darkness, one of the games played at SGDQ.
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SGDQ Speedrunner Speeds Through Styx Via In-Game Flowcharts

Out-of-bounds glitches are a common tool for speedrunners to make their runs faster by leaving where the game wants them to be in order to bypass obstacles and sections of the world. A recent Summer…

July 6, 2021 | 11:20 EDT

Promotional art for Empire of Sin.
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Empire of Sin Won't Be Adding Meyer Lansky in New DLC

In an announcement this morning, Paradox has announced that they won't be bringing in Meyer Lansky as the new mob boss in the Make It Count DLC for Empire of Sin. Instead, players will get to control…

July 2, 2021 | 09:23 EDT

Ness and his friends in Summers in the game EarthBound.
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Sony is Flagging EarthBound Videos on YouTube

Over the past few weeks, YouTubers have reported that their videos of the cult classic RPG EarthBound have been getting flagged by Sony. The reason behind these flagged videos appears to be a dispute…

July 1, 2021 | 10:26 EDT

A GoldenEye 007 stage remade in the Far Cry 5 engine.
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Fan-made GoldenEye 007 Remake Returns in Far Cry 5 Under New Name

 Recently, someone remade all the stages in the classic 1997 N64 first-person shooter GoldenEye 007 in the Far Cry 5 engine. Despite being taken down by the media company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM),…

June 30, 2021 | 09:26 EDT

A group of Sims in The Sims.
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The Sims Voice Actor Reveals There is No Simlish Dictionary And More

Fans of the life simulator (or vengeful deity simulator, depending on the player's mood) The Sims likely know about Simlish, the nonsensical-sounding language the people in-game speak. One voice…

June 29, 2021 | 09:46 EDT

A shot from the Dark Souls: Nightfall release date trailer.
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Dark Souls: Nightfall Release Date Announced

The team behind Dark Souls: Nightfall, a sequel mod for Dark Souls Remastered, has announced the release date for their project. Fans of the Dark Souls games can expect to play this mod when it…

June 28, 2021 | 09:23 EDT

Promotional art for Trails to Azure.
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Trails Localizations Making Use of Fan Translations

NIS America has announced that they will be bringing four of the Trails games to the West, as was leaked first on the Epic Games Store yesterday. In addition, the two titles in the Crossbell duology…

June 25, 2021 | 09:07 EDT

The Sims 4 Music Festival
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Sims 4 Music Festival Sims Sessions Starting Next Week

The Sims has decided that it's time to take on Fortnite at the internet performance gig, with a The Sims 4 music festival. While Epic Games' megahit has had concerts from a variety of performers like…

June 24, 2021 | 02:10 EDT

A shot of Vivec recreated in the Skywind fan project.
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Skywind Shows Off First Sight of Remade Vivec and More

The latest development video for Skywind, a fan project that recreates Morrowind in the Skyrim: Special Edition engine, has just launched. As well as showing off the game's graphical development, we…

June 24, 2021 | 09:16 EDT

Leaked concept art from the upcoming show Sonic Prime.
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Sonic Prime Concept Art Leaks On Anniversary

June 23rd marks the 30th birthday of the blue blur known as Sonic the Hedgehog. His big day brings a variety of announcements about future plans, as well as Minecraft DLC and a sneak peek at his…

June 23, 2021 | 09:29 EDT

Yami Yugi from Yu-Gi-Oh.
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Yu-Gi-Oh Fan Creates Medical Spin-off

The popular trading card game Yu-Gi-Oh has gone to plenty of wild concepts in its companion manga/anime, such as academies dedicated to teaching the card game and playing the game on motorcycles. One…

June 22, 2021 | 10:38 EDT

Game Builder Garage

Game Builder Garage Already Has an Emulator

Hydr8gon, a Redditor, has announced the completion of the first emulator in Game Builder Garage, a CHIP-8 emulator. The CHIP-8 can play games like Tetris, Pong, and Connect 4. However, given that…

June 21, 2021 | 11:55 EDT

The logo for Spicry Ramen from Destiny 2.
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Bungie Warns Players Not To Buy Spicy Ramen Coupon Emblem

A senior community manager at Bungie has gone to Twitter to ask players not to buy a special emblem for Destiny 2. This emblem, known as the Spicy Ramen Coupon emblem, is meant to be a gift for…

June 21, 2021 | 09:11 EDT

A shot of a campfire from the reveal trailer for Abandoned
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Understanding The Chaos Surrounding Blue Box Studios' Abandoned

Announced back in April, Blue Box's Abandoned (which is just the codename for the game) is a first-person survival horror with realistic survival elements. However, it's also a game that has become…

June 18, 2021 | 12:26 EDT

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Fan of The Sims 4 Creates A Ton of Resident Evil Characters

A self-described "huge" Resident Evil fan and Twitch streamer has created a ton of Resident Evil characters for The Sims 4 with a focus on making them as accurate as possible. As a life sim, The…

June 17, 2021 | 06:01 EDT

The SonicFox pluhsie as seen on the Evil Geniuses website.
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Evil Geniuses Releases SonicFox Plushie, Sells Out in Hours

Yesterday, the eSports team Evil Geniuses released a limited-edition plushie of their star player Dominique McLean, better known as SonicFox. This new piece of merchandise was so popular that it…

June 17, 2021 | 09:41 EDT

A shot of Big Big from the Fallout: London trailer.
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Fallout: London Mod Brings Nuclear War Across the Pond

Break out your Yao Gui-leather top hats and make some Nuka Cola-infused tea! The newly-announced mod Fallout: London uses the Fallout 4 engine to create a Fallout game set in 2237 (between Fallout 1…

June 16, 2021 | 09:52 EDT

Mario, easily the most well-known Nintendo character.
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[Updated] Twitch No Longer Streaming Nintendo Direct E3 2021 Due to Nintendo Saying No-Costreaming to Creators

Update 11:35 AM Eastern: Twitch has just sent out a tweet announcing that they are backing out of broadcasting the Nintendo Direct on /twitchgaming because "all creators can't co-stream." This would…

June 15, 2021 | 09:57 EDT

A still from the Elder Scrolls VI announcement trailer.
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Redfall Subreddit Struggling With Reveal Redfall is Not Elder Scrolls

Like every year, E3 brings joy and disappointment for gamers of all types. One group is experiencing a very specific type of disappointment after the reveal that Redfall is its own game and not the…

June 14, 2021 | 02:00 EDT

A promotional art piece for the upcoming E3 Xbox and Bethesda show.
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Xbox Creates Stream Friendly Experience for E3 2021 Restreamers

WIth E3 2021 around the corner, many streamers and content creators are likely to be co-streaming the big event to their own audiences. Just today, Xbox shared some tips to help these streamers keep…

June 11, 2021 | 12:25 EDT

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Extra Life Moves Away from "For the Kids" Due to Trademark

For a long time, the video game charity fundraiser Extra Life has used the phrase "For The Kids." to describe their goal. However, the fundraiser has moved away from the phrase after a trademark…

June 10, 2021 | 12:51 EDT

The Boyfriend and Girlfriend cards in Binding of Isaac Requiem.
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Friday Night Funkin' Joins the Binding of Isaac Requiem

As part of his social media campaign for The Binding of Isaac: Requiem, Edmund McMillen has been releasing new cards that bring various other indie darlings into the game. The most recent of these…

June 9, 2021 | 12:20 EDT

A character playing the lute in the Skyrim's Got Talent mod for Skyrim.
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Skyrim's Got Talent Adds Bardic Skills to Skyrim

The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim features a guild for every character build, but despite having a Bard's College, players are unable to take up a musical career. The newly-released Skyrim's Got Talent mod…

June 8, 2021 | 11:43 EDT

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Doom 2 Auction Lets You Buy John Romero's Stuff

John Romero is doing some spring cleaning, but he's not throwing stuff away — he has a Doom 2 auction going on that gives you a chance to get an original copy of the game signed by the man himself.…

June 7, 2021 | 04:32 EDT

A gameplay screenshot of the Olympus 2207 mod for Fallout 2.
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Fallout 2 Olympus 2207 Mod Gets Full English Translation

One of the most famous mods for Fallout 2 has become much more accessible. Olympus 2207, a full conversion mod and the first game in a planned trilogy, has received an English patch that lets players…

June 7, 2021 | 10:23 EDT

Ness standing outside his house in EarthBound.
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EarthBound Source Code Snippets Uncovered

A former Nintendo of America employee has discovered some raw scripting files from when he worked on the classic SNES RPG EarthBound. These files, donated to the Video Game History Foundation, gives…

June 4, 2021 | 12:57 EDT

A celebration image for the 18th birthday of Toontown.
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Toontown Online Preserved in Massive Preservation Effort

Toontown Online, one of the oldest kid-friendly MMOs, has just turned 18 years old. To celebrate, the team behind the Toontown Rewritten private server have announced a massive preservation project…

June 3, 2021 | 12:00 EDT

A mutated pig from concept art from the original version of STALKER 2.
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Old STALKER 2 Concept Files Leaked Online

A post on a Russian forum dedicated to the Chernobyl-based first-person shooter series STALKER has revealed some old documents related to the game's full-fledged sequel. These documents represent one…

June 2, 2021 | 11:28 EDT

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Nintendo Museum Being Built at Repurposed Factory in Kyoto

A Nintendo museum will be opening in Japan's Kyoto prefecture — one of the company's old factories will be repurposed into what's tentatively being called the "Nintendo Gallery." Most people know…

June 1, 2021 | 09:37 EDT

A few of the characters from Tell Me Why.
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Tell Me Why is Free During Pride Month

DONTNOD Entertainment, the studio behind the episodic adventure game Tell Me Why, is making their game free for the entirety of Pride Month. Adventure game fans will be able to get the game for their…

June 1, 2021 | 12:21 EDT

A screenshot of combat from Total War: Three Kingdoms.
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Total War: Three Kingdoms Faces Review Bombing

Total War: Three Kingdoms, the Total War game based off of the famous Chinese novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, is currently being review bombed on Steam. This barrage of negative reviews stems…

May 28, 2021 | 10:00 EDT

Logos for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Splatoon 2, and PlayVS.
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Nintendo Partners with PlayVS for High School eSports

This morning, Nintendo of America announced an official partnership with PlayVS, the premier provider for high school and college students in the growing world of eSports. High school eSports players…

May 27, 2021 | 10:22 EDT

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Sakurai Isn't Retiring Despite Rumors To the Contrary

In a recent column written for Famitsu, video game industry veteran Masahiro Sakurai spoke about the possibility of retiring from the industry one day. He says that he'll be continuing his writing…

May 26, 2021 | 03:05 EDT

A baby-faced Chris Redfield from a Resident Evil Village mod.
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Some of Our Favorite Resident Evil Village Mods

Resident Evil Village, the eighth main entry in the classic survival horror series, is over a month old now, and the modding scene has provided plenty of good mods. Today, we show off some of our…

May 25, 2021 | 12:14 EDT

A few of the monsters from GTFO.
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GTFO VR Now Possible With New Mod

One of the best ways to make a scary game even scarier is to put the player in the shoes of the protagonist. A new GTFO mod gives the horror game/first-person shooter GTFO VR support, letting players…

May 24, 2021 | 11:15 EDT

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The Twitch Hot Tub Meta is Changing with a New Category

The Twitch 'Hot Tub Meta' is finally changing according to a new announcement from the livestreaming platform — get ready for the new "Pools, Hot Tubs, and Beaches" category. As you're probably…

May 21, 2021 | 03:41 EDT

Promotional art of Mass Effect: Legendary Edition.
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Prominent Mass Effect Mod Creator Pulls Mods Over Infringement Concerns

Giftfish, one of the more prominent mod creators for the original Mass Effect games, has pulled all of their mods from Nexus Mods. Their reason for doing this is to avoid other creators freely…

May 21, 2021 | 12:29 EDT

A panel from Berserk by Kentaro Miura.
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Industry and Fans Mourn the Death of Berserk Creator Kentaro Miura

Late last night, we learned that Kentaro Miura, the creator of the Berserk manga, passed away earlier this month. The tweet sent out by the editorial department for Young Animal magazine says that…

May 20, 2021 | 09:57 EDT

A character petting a cat in Skyrim.
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You Can Now Pet the Cat in Skyrim

Looking to spend more time getting to enjoy the presence of other animals in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim? Players who pick up a newly-created mod that makes use of a few other mods will be able to…

May 19, 2021 | 12:15 EDT

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[Updated] IGN Employees Pen Open Letter Over Removed Article

Last Friday, IGN published an article to provide support for a humanitarian crisis in Palestine due to sustained military attacks and heavy casualties from the Israeli Defense Force. However, that…

May 18, 2021 | 10:41 EDT

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Twitch Rolls Out Localized Subscription Pricing

A new change to Twitch's subscription system is set to benefit people living outside the United States. Starting on May 20th, Twitch will be lowering the prices for streamer subscriptions in certain…

May 17, 2021 | 12:46 EDT