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Gal*Gun: Double Peace, a Japanese on rails shooter that sees you fend off school girls, has a 67.99 microtransaction that gives you the ability to see through the girl’s clothes. As spotted by Eurogamer, the microtransaction adds the Pheromone Z item to the in game store. Once you equip this …
Read More »Mark Cerny goes in depth on the PS4 Pro, reveals double GPU size
Mark Cerny took to the stage at Sony’s San Mateo office to talk about the PS4 Pro and reveal a few interesting hardware specs. Speaking at the event Cerny spoke about the improved graphics tech inside the upcoming PS4 Pro, saying that they doubled the power by basically duplicating the …
Read More »Vlambeer co-founder Rami Ismail and indie dev Adriel Wallick just got engaged in Destiny
Over the weekend indie developer Adriel MsMinotaur” Wallick proposed to Rami Ismail, co-founder of Vlambeer, in Destiny. Wallick roped in the folks over at Bungie to help her out, getting them to add in a custom proposal emote and ring to allow her to pop the question properly. According to …
Read More »Titanfall 2 will have PS4 Pro support on the disk
Titanfall 2 will ship with PlayStation 4 Pro support on the disk, meaning no update will be required to get it looking amazing on the upcoming console. Titanfall producer Drew McCoy revealed that support for the upcoming PS4 Pro is included on the disk when talking to fans on Twitter. …
Read More »GAME is charging people £10 to try PSVR for 20 minutes
Retailer GAME is charging customers to try out PSVR, with 10 getting you 20 minutes with Sony’s new VR headset. Only certain stores appear to be running the promotion, and anyone wanting to try out PSVR must book a slot in advance, so it likely won’t appeal to those who …
Read More »Live by the dagger: a euology for support Phantom Assassin
It is with great sadness that I share with you today the end of the strange and wonderful life of support Phantom Assassin. The Dota 2 professional scene is no stranger to odd shifts in meta. From the rotating position of Naga Siren, to the the Rat” Furion of TI3 …
Read More »Faker, Miss Fortune and an unforgettable Friday night at Worlds
Walking out of Madison Square Garden onto the chilly New York streets Saturday morning, the only way I could express the spectacle of the League of Legends World Championships semifinal between defending champion SK Telecom T1 and reigning South Korean champion ROX Tigers was with a simple smile. Read more …
Read More »Find out about Nerchio’s road to BlizzCon
There are only a few days left until the biggest and most important tournament in the StarCraft 2 world. On 28 October 28, Artur ‘Nerchio’ Bloch begins his quest for a stake in the prize pool amounting to almost $500,000 at the WCS Global Playoffs. He will have to face …
Read More »In All Cydonia’s Command: An interview with BlizzCon’s lone Canadian
Last year, Canadian Dylan "Hotform" Mullins came in second at the Hearthstone World Championship at BlizzCon. Hotform won’t be returning to Anaheim this year, leaving HCT Americas Spring Champion Julien "Cydonia" Perrault-Harvey to carry the Great White North’s torch at the HWC 2016 group stage on BlizzCon Opening Week Oct. …
Read More »PapSmithy on casting his first worlds, leaving a legacy and how he almost quit before he got started
Slingshot’s Andrew Kim had the chance to talk to Chris PapaSmithy” Smith at the League of Legends World Championship semifinals in New York’s Madison Square Garden. They talked about his thoughts on casting worlds, what makes him different than his fellow Korean scene casters and how he worked his way …
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