News::Sonics lamest and most forgotten sidekicks and rivals

Sega has given Sonic plenty of friends and rivals over the year, but these are the ones that we either forgot or wish we could.



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News::How Much C4 Can You Fit In A New Mac Pro?

The newest Mac Pros look like garbage cans, but they're surprisingly sturdy. This one still worked after being dropped in a tank of water. Until it blew up.

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News::Guy Makes Pyro Backpack, Shoots Flames Everywhere

Pyro from X-Men isn't one of the best known characters in the Marvel universe, but that doesn't mean his backpack mounted flamethrower isn't cool as all heck. And for our amusement, one tinkerer decided to bring it to life.

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News::Star Citizen Arena Commander dogfighting update delayed

As gamers seem to be more and more willing to play games in an unfinished state, it feels surprising to me when a developer decides to delay an update because of bugs. Of course unfinished games are buggy -- we expect that -- but at least Chris Roberts has explained the delay in adding the Arena Commander mode to Star Citizen . Apparently there's still some pesky bugs that really need fixed before the update is playable for all.

"Our biggest issue today is a newly developed DirectX crash," Chris explains, "which breaks the single player Vanduul Swarm mode every backer will be given access to."

That sounds bad and the other major bug listed is a problem with feedback that results in losing sync with the multiplayer game. The Arena Commander update is the big ship to ship combat mode that fans have been clamoring for so there's understandably going to be a few unhappy pilots who will now have to wait a few more days.

It's refreshing for a developers to come out and say "hey, we're delaying this because it's still not quite right and here's exactly what we're trying to fix" and I'll applaud the team for being open about the delay. As Chris points out in his update, a publisher would probably push for the update to be released but since Star Citizen is crowdfunded, the team doesn't have that pressure.

Arena Commander V.8 Delay [Roberts Space Industries]

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News::Watch Dogs Would Make A Pretty Great Bollywood Movie

Watch Dogs has been out for all of two days, but Ubisoft's hacking-themed open world game has already proved a big inspiration for one Bollywood movie.

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News::Hardline 21: Battlefield, The Evil Without, and The Order: 1886

Most of the interesting news is being saved for E3 in two weeks, but until then, Steven, Brett, and Hamza joined me to chat about the big Battlefield Hardline leak. Hardline on Hardline. We're not changing our show's name, EA. (Please don't force us to do so.)

Other than that, Brett us gave the lowdown on The Evil Within and The Order: 1886 following his hands-on preview sessions with both titles. There was also some brief Watch Dogs and Steam Machines talk. I still don't know how we managed to go on for as long as we did.

For the audio-only episode, you can subscribe on iTunes and RSS -- it'll be out on June 1.

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News::Bro the best that you can bro with Broforce Steam Early Access update

If you've been bro-ing out with Broforce , Free Lives' patriot simulator, you might have noticed it's received a beefy update on Steam Early Access. We've got two additional bros on tap, along with a new mechanized enemy unit to wreck your enemies, because freedom. The only caveat is, you have to play one handed while you chow down on apple pie and sing the national anthem at the same time.

Time Bro joins the force, with the ability to slow down time and blow up the joint with his beretta. Broniversal Soldier can revive fallen enemies so they never have to stop fighting for the cause. Then you've got some mechs, too. That's the spirit of America, after all, right alongside wearing Uggs with jeans to Walmart with your entire midriff exposed.

An additional list of updates were made to the game, all of which are available for your perusal on the Steam forums. I haven't tried the game yet, but I definitely still want to. Has anyone tried it out yet? Alasdair dug it. How 'bout you?

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News::Review: They Breathe | KaboomShark

Jake Thomas wrote: "Ive found it. The most interesting game to come out this year has come from the small Swedish team The Working Parts and takes the form of They Breathe, a horrifying adventure that while short, full of strong game design, and a haunting narrative that surpasses most horror games in recent memory, whether intentional or not."



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News::Gunshots And Explosions Make For Great Music

Youtubers JackFrags and Boyinaband worked together to make a song exclusively from Battlefield sound effects, and I really like the result.

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News::Watch Dogs Guide: How to Make Quick and Easy Money

Money doesnt seem to be a real issue in Watch Dogs, at least for those who choose to be evil and merciless. But dont panic, if youre the hero type, theres still plenty of options to make quick and easy money. Find out how to be rich and powerful in a quick and easy way.



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News::Watch Dogs Walkthrough and Mission Guide Beat Every Act, Hack Phones, Get Access Codes

Bryan Dawson (Prima Games): Aiden Pearce delivers his own brand of street justice in Watch Dogs, Ubisofts highly anticipated hacking game. Set in futuristic Chicago, you guide Aiden through the meticulously detailed city while hacking into the Central Operating System (ctOS). Get inside this powerful network and bend it to your will. Control traffic lights, steal cash and take down powerful enemies. Theres much to do in this 40 hour game, and if you get stuck searching for ctOS Boxes or finding 2XTheTap, we have this free Watch Dogs walkthrough that covers each of the five Acts.



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News::Space Engineers interview, with Founder and CEO of Keen Software House

Pure|News, recently interviewed the Founder and CEO of the studio behind Space Engineers, a sandbox type game that is available via Early Access on Steam.



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News::Appirits teamed up with Rixty to launch Rixty payment for Shikihime Garden

Appirits, the Japanese game developer and publisher recently has announced their teaming up with the payment service provider Rixty to launch Rixty payment for their free-to-play browser-based card & sim game Shikihime Garden since May 27th 2014. Rixty is a well-known payment platform that allows users to load up a Rixty card and use it online for purchases. Rixty gives an easy way to spend cash and coins online without having to use a credit card.



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News::Before Watch Dogs: the best and worst hacking games

After a lot of delay and a huge amount of hype, Watch Dogs has finally arrived. But Ubisoft's hyper-connected sandbox certainly isn't the first game to tackle the hackers.



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News::Freaking Meatbags - Now on Steam Early Access, Review Codes Available

Land on a planet, pick up some rocks, leave before the solar system explodes. Oh, and don't die in the nightly robot attacks! Freaking Meatbags is a humorous real-time strategy game that's all about building a base, mixing meatbag DNA, then convincing those dolts to help you gather resources.



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News::Swordman Closed Beta Coming June 16, 2014

Swordsman is entering closed beta from June 16, 2014 through June 27, 2014.



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News::What Watch Dogs Learned From Smartphones

Paste Magazine talks to Watch Dogs creative director Jonathan Morin about what the game learned from smartphones.



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News::Steam dumps another 75 games to Greenlight

The very talked about, incredibly divisive Steam Greenlight service is back at it again, releasing a batch of 75 new titles to play. As always, I'm not even going to pretend like I've heard of any of these games. That said, it looks like my only choice is to take it back the mid '80s, and base my purchases on how cool the title art looks.

To start, why don't we give a chance to Heavy Fire: Afghanistan. If nothing else, you can shut your eyes real tight and imagine that it's Six Days in Fallujah . Going father down the list we have Minimon 3D, which looks like a riff on Digimon and Pokemon. Alpha Sapphire/Omega Ruby aren't out for another six months, so you can get your fix here in the mean time. It's not as good as the product Game Freak is slanging, but, you know, addicts can't be choosers.

In all seriousness though, you can check out the full list here, and the more indie inclined of you can probably comb over the list for something worthwhile. Happy hunting!

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News::Optimus...Is That You? What Has Moebius Done To You?

Ben Hibon is an artist who has worked across advertising, shorts and feature films. But it's his gaming work that's really interesting.

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News::3GEM Review: Dark Souls II

Marc Heinz from 3GEM writes: "Dark Souls II improves on the original in a lot of ways. The game looks better, plays better, and fixes a lot of the frustrations from the original. However, the learning curve is steeper, and some of the initial technical issues at release soured some fans."



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