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Got acrophobia? [Mash Tacticsairs Monday through Friday at 4p.m. Pacific onDtoid.TV. Watch Rick ‘King Foom’ Olson play a variety of games, each day with its own theme. With a heavy focus on community and viewer interaction, you can be as much a part of the show as anything else.] Allow me to start by saying that I have a huge fear of open heights, as in, I can’t even watch footage of people hanging out around the grand canyon without getting somewhat uncomfortable tingles in my feet....

The removal of the “Dodge” statistic has been something that Riot Games has been very open about sharing with the community. Today marks the big announcement that the stat removal will be completed with the patch coming next week. They have released a patch preview video like they usually do, and a good three quarters of it is dedicated just to the changes related to the stat removal. That is not including the new reworks to the champion Jax, which were detailed earlier in the week in a separate video....

Also known as “life leech” in some games As we head into the season of augmentation, there are even more game-altering perks coming toFortniteas the chapter rages on. One of the more interesting additions is the “Siphon” mechanic, which allows users to leech (heal) life/shields from opponents. Let’s dig into how you’re able to acquire Siphon, as well as some tips for using it effectively. What does the Siphon mechanic inFortnitedo?...

The bigger issue with user-fueled games likeLittleBigPlanetusually isn’t the lack of creativity; rather, it’s having a system that makes the good content rise to the top and everything else fall to the murky depths. The just-launchedLBPcommunity portalshould help out quite a bit. By hooking your PlayStation Network account into the new site, you’ll get your own unique page and also have the ability to browse and add levels to your PSN queue....

In the run-up to the long-awaited 1.6 update forStardew Valley, creator Eric Barone has beenposting lines from the patch notesevery day on Twitter. This is ongoing until it gets released on March 19 (next Tuesday). In the meantime, modders should be ready for the changes. In a recent post onNexus Mods– one of the biggest repositories for game modifications and custom content – the site is gearing people up for version 1....

ThePokemon Gofollow-up is closing its doors in January Harry Potter: Wizards Uniteis gradually shutting down over the coming months. Niantic and Warner Bros. announced today that the wizarding alternate-reality game will officially close on Jun 04, 2025. The magical mobile game waslaunched in 2019, following not too long after the immense success of Niantic’s previous AR gamePokemon Go. The idea was you’d venture out into the real world, casting spells and haunting magical objects using your phone as a lens into a magical, virtual world....

When being “nice” gets a little dark Sitting in a cab on the way to talk to the rough-and-tumble Woodsmen, Bigby and Snow White discuss their ongoing murder investigation. Snow White asks Bigby,The Big Bad Wolf in human disguise, who he thinks murdered their victim after everything they’ve learned. Several choices pop up on the screen. Do I think it’s The Woodsman? The Pimp? Bluebeard? Or do I remain silent?...

‘Good’ the internet collectively says Nintendo and cloud gaming? It’s a match made in…well, it’s technically a match. The publisher hasn’t shied away from cloud-based games, going as far back asResident Evil 7and into the recent past withControl. Butspeaking to financial outlet Nikkei, it seems like it’s all a flight of fancy, not a fully-featured focus. As Nintendo of Japan president Shuntaro Furukawa notes (as translated by Nintendo Everything): “I’m sure new offerings like cloud gaming and streaming will emerge, but they won’t be a top priority when choosing what game to play....

Get ready to (third) party! Nintendo has announced a new Nintendo Direct Mini presentation, which will take place tomorrow, September 17, at 07:00 PT / 10:00 ET / 15:00 BST and will focus entirely on incoming Switch releases from Nintendo’s publishing partners. As is the case with previous Partner Showcase streams, that means we’re unlikely to see any froth-developing major announcements, but we will likely receive a whole host of updates regarding rad-looking titles from third-parties....

The PlayStation 3 may will be chugging away in third place, but that hasn’t stopped industry analyst Michael Pachterfrom declaringthat Sony’s black box o’ Blu-ray will overtake Microsoft’s beige box o’ breaking-all-the-time. “We think that the PS3 will capture significant market share, primarily due to Sony’s victory in the high definition DVD format war, and will end up in second place by 2015,” offers the professional guesser. “Although Microsoft’s Xbox 360 enjoyed a first mover advantage, we think that its market position will fade to third place due to lack of penetration in Japan....

Twisted Pixel is showing offLocoCyclefor the first time ever to the public here at PAX, and it just looks insane. The game kind of feels like ifSpy HunterandBatman: Arkham Cityhad hot, messy, unprotected sex on the bathroom floor of a biker bar. How’s that for a goddamn box quote? No, but seriously.LocoCyclelooks great. The demo kicked off with pure absurdity that had me instantly laughing out loud. Oh, that Twisted Pixel charm is ever present....

No matter how old I get, I will always be excited to see whatPokémonis cooking up next for the franchise. I’ve been playingPokémonsince the original Pokémon Red on Gameboy, and I’ve dabbled in just about everything since. WithPokémon Legends: Z-Aand more expected to be revealed at tomorrow’sPokémonPresents, I feel the excitement brewing, especially to see more of what OtherPokémonChampionsis all about. Pokémonhas been such a versatile franchise, starting out as a trading card game and bringing about several movies and animated series, but its variety when it comes to games has also been pretty spectacular....

So many cords! The new installment of Iwata Asks is centered aroundNintendo Land, but the real highlight has got to be pictures of some early prototypes Nintendo built when working on what would eventually become the Wii U’s GamePad. The first prototype, described as “the start of two-screen gameplay,” was a Wii Zapper experiment which inspired the company to add a gyro sensor in the 3DS — Shigeru Miyamoto’s apparently insisted....