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EAT YOUR DRAKE’S CAKES GAMERS Look, I like ducks. Even if they have an eye-hole slit in their neck. But my soul has quietly screamed at the void these past three years covering the PC Gaming Show, and they took away the only joy I got out of associating with it this year. The pretty fun, innocuous trivia pre-show that prefaced the conference was turned into a giant advert for Drake’s Cakes (shove that sugar in your face holes, gamers!...

It is too big to show you in full Artist Edgar Recinos put together an art jam wherein a couple hundred artists each picked aFinal Fantasycharacter to draw. Recinos then did the painstaking work of aligning and numerically orderingover 200 characters in an amazing poster. It’s incredibly fun to look through. Some of them are downright amazing. That Steiner. That Sazh. That Cid (IV). That Tonberry. That Kefka, So many styles, so many characters....

I still can’t believe this is being remastered Metal Wolf Chaosis a wild video game, one that many of us have seen, but few have played. It’s an extremely patriotic 21st-century tale about the President of the United States, Michael Wilson, fending off a military coup led by his treacherous VP, Richard Hawk. Both men pilot mechs with reckless abandon across the country, making convenient pit stops at popular landmarks along the way....

More time for multiplayer, single-player, and stability Visceral Games is pushingBattlefield Hardlinefrom October 2014 to early 2015 to better meet player feedback from the beta it ran this year. AfterBattlefield 4‘s troubled launch, I doubt any of us need to be convinced of why this is a good move. All the same, DICE vice president and group general manager Karl Magnus Troedsson detailed a few key things this extra development time will enable:...

Where do you slide? I’m at Microsoft’s gamescom press conference battling bad Wi-Fi and mashing the keyboard in hopes that words magically form. Sometimes I get a chance to look up at the what’s happening on the screen. It just so happens that I did that at the :38 second mark of this trailer to see a badass sliding kill. I spent the majority of my youth sliding places. You know, into second base, into third base, and into home....

Meet Keqing and Mona As we inch ever close toGenshin Impact‘s release (after an extensive testing period that’s lasted over a year), developer miHoYo is gearing up for the launch with a deluge of information. The latest clip showcases Keqing: a new character that wields the power of electricity and an elegant sword to maintain order. Her playstyle seems to center around quick strikes and dashes, culminating in a very anime-like “samurai cuts everything and watches it all collapse” ability....

Effectively 17, but technically 18 Some folks are coming to the end ofGod of War Ragnarok, but of course there’s that lingering feeling of “how much do I have left” when you’re nearing the finish line. I constantly question how many chapters action games have, as the genre is built on crescendoing big moments, many of which could serve as the climax of any given adventure. But forGod of War Ragnarok, there’s a simple answer:there’s 17 core chapters in the main story that are required to see the credits....

My Singing Monstershas a peculiar charm about it. There is something unnerving about the creatures that populate the various Islands and produce surprisingly catchy music. While there are many horrific creatures to choose from, Hoola might just be the one that wigs me out the most, and not just because she looks like the daughter ofLooney Tunes‘ Gossamer. All about My Singing Monsters’ Hoola Hoola is a special Seasonal Monster that can be bred on the Earth and Air Islands during the SummerSong celebration....

There’s a deadly legion of bugs attempting to seize control of theFortniteisland, so you need all the loot you can get to try and stop them. A great place to stock up on powerful items is OXR Armories, which you also need to visit to finish certain quests. Since the pesky bugs are plaguing the island, there aren’t many armories to find, so unless you know where to look, you’ll likely have a tough time finding them....

Someday we’ll master the realm of time and be on time for aNintendo Direct. Until then, here’s what’s been happening in the realm of video games: Since Nintendo has been dabbling in the realm of HD from the Wii U onward, they’ve become weirdly obsessed with adding detailed hair, fuzz, or other overly detailed oddities to their characters. That said, personally, I’ve always thought Yoshi to be some sort of reptile or dinosaur of some kind....

A bit of the old ultraviolence After an excruciatingly long countdown, Interceptor Entertainment’scheeky teaser sitehas been updated to revealBombshell, the best little non-Duke Nukemgame that’s actuallyDuke Nukemin Texaswe could have asked for. The reveal trailer features a svelte beauty with a rugged mechanical arm that looks capable of transforming into several armaments — I’m thinking rocket launcher, perhaps? Shelly “Bombshell” Harrison (Tank Girl?) is a no-nonsense Bomb Disposal Specialist turned mercenary-for-hire who’s traveling across four different planets in a bid to (surprise!...

Channeling No Man’s Sky, Metroid, and the ’80s Morphitelooks really similar toNo Man’s Skyat first glance, but it seems to have enough key differences to set it apart, including ’80s movie references and animals that look more like actual animals than the creaturesNo Man’s Skygenerates. Its story follows Myrah Kale, a space station worker who’s looking for a mythical substance called Morphite to discover how it connects to her mysterious past....

There was a lot of exciting news for retro gamers in the Nintendo Direct. One that got me goodwas the revealof theMarvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection. This collection brings together such out-of-reach licensed classics asThe PunisherandMarvel vs. Capcom 2. Okay, here’s the trailer: And here’s the list of games. Capitalization is all Capcom marketing: This is extremely exciting to me. I’m always thrilled when old licensed games get re-released because I know it’s often a lot of hoops for the publisher to jump through....