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Harpoons thrust into the sky From the murky brine of cut content and dummied out items, modder xxdeathknight72xx has returned to the surface with a most intriguing treasure. A curious harpoon gun that never made it into the game proper. The harpoon gun replaces the railway rifle and is functionally very similar — a big clunky weapon chucking nasty spikes that will pin severed body parts to nearby walls. Oddly enough, air bubbles can be seen escaping the harpoon gun in a few animations, implying that it was originally intended to be used underwater....

It’s always the ones you don’t expect, right? In a year full of AAA powerhouses competing for the top spot, I’m actually not too surprised thatLethal Companymanaged to sneak in and steal hearts. Thousands of them, even. It was actually a narrow competition this year forour newly founded indie game category. Intended as a way to get more independent games involved in the conversations we have at the end of every year, we wound up with an intriguing mix of games....

An unknown number of employees have been laid off atWarframedeveloper andWayfinderpublisher Digital Extremes today.According to Polgyon, at least 20 employees in total were let go. It appears Digital Extremes is closing their external projects division which publishes games like the recently Early Access release titleWayfinder. Instead, the company will shift its focus towards internal projects likeWarframeandSoulframe. We reached out to Digital Extremes who confirmed the information and provided the following statement...

The Paolo Maldini Icon SBC is now live inEA FC 25, and you can complete the challenge to get the Italian legend added to your squad in Ultimate Team. This is the first time that everyone has an equal chance of adding this special card to their squad. However, doing so is going to be an expensive affair as the cost of completing the challenge is pretty high. EA FC 25 Paolo Maldini Icon SBC tasks There are 16 tasks in the Maldini SBC, and here are the requirements....

It’s not often these days that a game brags about the length of its script, and evenlessoften that a game’sstrategyguidebrags about its word count. But hey, that’s a thing that happened just now. According to PC Gamer, Prima’s official guide forFallout: New Vegasruns past thehalf-millionmark. For comparison, that’s more words than inWar and Peace, and about as many words as the dialog script forPlanescape: Torment, long held as one of the wordiest games of all time....

See what I did there? Hope? Get it? There’s not a lot here in this small batch of newFinal Fantasy XIII-2screenshots and art that Square Enix sent over. If nothing else, you’ll get a better look at returning character Hope. He’s all grown up now, and he’s actually kind of important. I won’t spoil it, but he’s not a whiny bitch anymore. You’ll also see some casino play in one screenshot....

With almost one billion visits,Flame Simulatoris burning up the competition. Yeah, that was a bit cringe, but it’s still an impressive feat byRobloxdeveloper BlazeByte. As they gain more likes onRoblox, the developers release brand newFlame Simulatorcodes to award players. Flame Simulatorarms players with a flamethrower that can be used to melt anything they want. As players melt different items, they earn coins to exchange for adorable pets, better flamethrowers, and even new maps to melt things on....

Play without Facebook There have been a handful of Facebook games that have caught my eye over the past several years that stand out from the masses ofFarmVilleclones and wannabes.Game of Thrones Ascentis one of them. Now, you can play onKongregateif you don’t want to give in to playing games on Facebook. As well as coming out on a new platform, the game also has some new content that keeps it up to date with the show on HBO....

Afterlast week’sSuper Star Wars Trilogywrite-up, it’s now time to highlight theotherunknown trilogy game:Indiana Jones’ Greatest Adventures. It’s basically like theSuper Star Wars Trilogy, except it’s based on a much better movie series (that’s right, I said it), all three flicks are summarized in just one cartridge, and there’s about 60% more Harrison Ford. Other than that, though, the trilogy games are remarkably similar; both jump back and forth between side-scrolling and Mode 7 levels, both are unforgivingly difficult, and both play fast and loose with their source material....

Lucid Dreams Studio has announced that their “dark metroidvania,”Biomorphis slated to release on March 4. Alongside the announcement is a new animated trailer that, out of context, tells very little. That’s okay, becausemore informative trailershave already been released. I opened one in Steam, and after watching a bit of it, I switched back to writing this, and the video kept playing in the background. I can tell there are a lot of gooey effects in there because, past the halfway point of the trailer, it begins to sound like someone is eating a can of tuna using only their tongue set to epic music....

Leading franchises for Microsoft and Sony ‘significantly underperform’ Recently, the PS3 and Xbox 360 each saw prequels for their leading franchises —God of War: AscensionandGears of War: Judgment. According to analyst firmCowen & Company, the twoGOWs failed to impress at retail. Judgment‘s March sales are currently said to be around the 425,000 mark, whileAscensionsits at 360,000. By comparison,Gears 3sold 2 million in its first month,God of War 3sold 1.1 million....

Remember early morning resets? There once was a time whenDestinyupdated early in the morning, US time, and my entire crew loved it. Taking off work or simply logging in in the wee hours of the morning was an incredible feeling, like you were starting your day withDestiny. Then somewhere in all of the missteps with Destiny 2 it unceremoniously changed to 1PM ET. Now I know this time is ideal for many players all over the world, asDestinyis a global series, but I miss it....

In the year 2022, the brilliant scientist Akihiko Kayaba developed the first full dive VR MMORPG, SWORD ART ONLINE. However, it turns out that logging out before the game is cleared is impossible…A Game Over means “Death” in the real world, and the only way to clear the game is to conquer the 100 floors of Aincrad. In the original Anime series, the storyline follows the teenager Kirito. But inSWORD ART ONLINE: Integral Factor, you will be the one to conquer and change the outcome of the game....