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During itsgamescom press conference, Electronic Arts revealed a brand new system coming toDead Space 3— a full weapon crafting system that allows for flexible customization of Isaac Clarke’s armaments. Want a rivet gun with a grenade launcher? A scoped flamethrower? Sure, why not? Visceral is running a content on thegame’s official site, where entrants can submit their own weapon ideas. The winner of the “Tools of Terror” competition will get their weapon in the game, as their own likeness for a cameo appearance....

Daily Lunch Chronicles We’re at the Game Developers Conference all week. GDC is pretty cool, but also a convention, which means gross convention center lunches. We want to have nice lunches all week. Not too nice. Downtown food is overpriced, even for San Francisco where a thousand bucks a month qualifies as cheap rent. We went Mediterranean with our first lunch of the week. Well, I did. Brett Makedonski just chugged a Mountain Dew because he is a proud disgusting American....

Time to start saving for skins We took a stab at creating alternate skins forOverwatch‘s littlest hero, Hammond, andthings got weird. Now Blizzard has shown us what’s up. The developer added cosmetics for Wrecking Ball on the PTR today including skins, emotes, and highlights. His lil hamster jog ispretty darn cute, I have to say. Two skins stand out to me. Do I save up for toxic-green Hammond, or do I go with his even louder post-apocalyptic theme?...

Same songs as the others WithRock Band VRfast approaching, it looks like Harmonix is keen to detail exactly what you’ll be doing when the novelty of VR runs out. In addition to the classic style of slamming keys in sync with a scrolling fretboard, you’ll also have a “story” mode to work through in the Oculus exclusive game. The producer and writer for the game, Katie Naka, writes over on theHarmonix blog, “Since our goal with VR gameplay was to provide the player with as authentic an experience as possible, we wanted to do the same with our narrative....

With pre-patch forClassic Cataclysmunderway, and the release ofClassic Cataclysmjust around the corner, Blizzard has announced that they arebringing various changesto the Classic version. A few of these have received backlash from players. Some of the major changes involve guilds. While Blizzard is keeping some guild perks, they are removing the guild leveling system. While they have removed guild levels, any items that were previously tied to levels are now obtainable from the start, depending on the player’s guild reputation level....

Pool can still go to hell Yesterday, Sega announced thatYakuza 3,4and5would be heading to the PS4 in Japan. Now, we have a better idea of what the game will look like running on Sony’s latest console. While it is a little disappointing at none of the assets are being changed out, just watching Kiryu smack punks in the face takes me back to the first time I stepped into his shoes....

It’s a pre-order DLC item AAA games have been linking myriad skins and outfits to pre-order DLC for years now, but it feels like big publishers are on a rampage with them in 2023. In addition to games like theResident Evil 4remake adding a handful of skins as DLC, there’s alsoDead Island 2, Hogwarts Legacy, andStar Wars Jedi: Survivor. Here’s where the Obi-Wan outfit plays into all of this. The Hermit/Obi-Wan robes are part of the Jedi Survival pack As announced by EA earlier this year, the “Jedi Survival Cosmetic Pack” is exclusive to pre-orders forStar Wars Jedi: Survivor....

Disney Dreamlight Valleyhas hundreds of recipes you can make, from unsalted crackers to complex, multi-ingredient dishes. The classic frankfurter, more commonly known as a hotdog, is one of many recipes available in the Rift in Time expansion pack, but gaining its ingredients is partially luck-based. Classic Frankfurter recipe InDisney Dreamlight Valley, classic frankfurter is a four-star recipe requiring the following ingredients: After completing theCentre of Attention quest, you’ll unlock Gaston’s meat stall in The Wastes, which you can use to buy every meat type....

There’s sheet music all aroundBlue Prince’sestate. While most are in the Music Room, you’ll quickly notice these scattered in several rooms, including some completely unrelated to music. Combining these unveils a hidden message, leading you to a valuable prize. The trickiest part of this puzzle is determining where to find these music sheets, how many there are, and where their hidden messages lie. Let’s discuss how to solveBlue Prince’ssheet music puzzle, including where to find every page and the reward for completing it....

It would seem the Amish aren’t fond of the fact we acknowledged them on the realm of the internet in video form. That’s a multitude of things they dislike! So, while we continue to do so, here’s the rundown on what’s happening in video games: Truth be told, I’m not even sure how we came to the conclusion theAmishwere a threat. I think when we did, we both hadn’t slept in days and might have been suffering from the side effects of covering ourselves in hundreds of different types of body oil....

$7.99 for the bundle or part of the Season Pass The season of DLC is uponMortal Kombat X, less than a month after its launch. In addition to a ton of day-one DLC, the Jason Voorhees character add-on is out tomorrow for Season Pass owners, with a few confusing pricing options following up on May 12 for the wide release. The bundle is $7.99, which includes both Jason and the Horror Pack (skins)....

Rabbity Cat Dog Thing returns Bandai Namcohas announcedthatKlonoa Phantasy Reverie Series— a duet of the forgotten platforming hero’s adventures — will launch worldwide on PC and console platforms in July. The new compendium features remasters of the 2008 Wii releaseKlonoa: Door to Phantomile(itself a remake of the 1997 PlayStation original) and the 2001 PS2 sequelKlonoa: Lunatea’s Veil.The various other releases in theKlonoaseries, such as the Game Boy Advance and Wonderswan titles, will unfortunately not be putting in an appearance....

Konami still owns the rights It was announced this morning that Hideo Kojima has finally escaped from the talons of Konami and hasformed Kojima Productions, his own independent studio. For its first project, Kojima Productions will be partnering with Sony Computer Entertainment, however the specifics of that deal weren’t initially made clear. In aQ&A posted by PlayStation’s EU Community Manager, we’ve been given a whole load of new details and clarification about what exactly this partnership will entail....