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The world of Undertale is full of fun and memorable characters. From comedic skeletons to flirtatious robots, it is a game with a ton of heart in its details, writing, and character design. While the game is a bit more simplistic in its graphics and gameplay, as it all was basically made by a single person (Toby Fox), most of the characters can actually make for a big cosplay project. Nearly the entire cast are monsters with scales, robot parts, and/or horns....

Shortly after Rocksteady announced Batman: Arkham Knight, the third and final game in the Arkham series, the developer revealed that the villain in the game will be known as the ‘Arkham Knight’. Since that announcement, little has been shared by Rocksteady about the Arkham Knight. In fact, all we really know about the villain is that he wears an armored suit similar to Batman’s, and he is working with Scarecrow to destroy the Dark Knight....

Over the past week, gamers have been hearing a lot about Battlefield Hardline - from the game’s storytelling approach to its development history, but we’ve yet to see anything substantial and official from the forthcoming title. Rather, most of our glimpses of Hardline in action have come from a 6-month-old preview video that, while heavy on content, is hard to judge as anything more but a tease. While that continues to be true, a new piece of footage has surfaced that might provide our closest look at Battlefield Hardline in a near-complete state....

When Ken Levine talks, it’s a good idea to hear what he has to say - the respected industry veteran has headed the development of the BioShock series and had a large role in cult-hit games like System Shock, crafting plenty of engaging narratives, plot twists, and interesting characters. Recently, Levine talked about the main focus in his upcoming game, and it sounds like he’s tackling an issue could make or break his entire project....

Did you hear? There’s a new Call of Duty game releasing this fall! That’s what some fans and media members have grown tired of over the last few years since the more-of-the-same criticism has begun to take its toll, as evidenced by diminishing sales, reputation and critical review scores of the last entry in the series, Call of Duty: Ghosts. Publisher Activision understands this however, and as new first-person shooter franchise look to debut alongside the new home consoles, Call of Duty looks to slow down the rushed development cycle....

The multiplayer gameplay trailer for Call of Duty: Ghosts debuted earlier this week, showcasing not only the much-touted army dogs that were revealed during the Xbox One presentation, but also some of the game modes available and more of the standard cutthroat mayhem that has made the Call of Duty series so popular. The trailer culminated in a twist worthy of a Prodigy music video: the soldier behind the crosshairs had been a woman all along, since the multiplayer will finally allow gamers to play as female soldiers....

Although Diablo 3 got off to a rocky start with its fair share of launch-day problems and server connection issues, things evened out after a while. That being said, there were still many Diablo fans who considered Blizzard’s latest dungeon crawler a bit of a step back for the franchise overall. Nevertheless, Blizzard is continuing with their Diablo 3 plans undeterred — plans that include the release of the Reaper of Souls expansion early next year....

Dr Disrespect appeared on Twitch this week thanks to a Mountain Dew ad accidentally airing during a Warzone tournament. The first anniversary of Dr Disrespect’s Twitch ban is nearing and the world is still none the wiser as to why it even happened. Just when you hadn’t thought about it for a while, the internet was sent into a tailspin this week when the controversial streamer returned to the platform unannounced....

It hasn’t been a great time for online services of late. The problems with the online multiplayer of Halo: The Master Chief Collection have been well-documented, and it’s joined by a host of other titles in a list of AAA games with severe problems. Assassin’s Creed Unity’s highly-anticipated online co-op mode had problems with lag and drop-out when it was first released, whilst both Xbox Live and PlayStation Network went down due to a DDoS attack over Christmas....

When we were first treated to the Far Cry 3 trailer at E3 2011, the assumption was that this was going to be a very large game. As the protagonist moved from underwater cavern to jungle precipice, it felt like the game was keeping true to Ubisoft’s series’ open-world experience, but taking it to the next logical step. What that next logical step, as it turns out, is a game that is exponentially larger than both Far Cry and Far Cry 2....

While much of the conversation surrounding Grand Theft Auto 5 has focused on either the upcoming next-gen and PC ports or the lack of heist missions, developer Rockstar Games has still been trying to keep players happy in other ways. More specifically, they have been regularly releasing new content updates that deliver new experiences or add-ons to GTA Online. Just this week, for example, Rockstar has added 10 new verified jobs for air racing fans....

The Halo 5: Guardians Beta isn’t set to begin for another three weeks, but now may be as good a time as any to allocate a bit of hard drive space to it. Between last month’s Halo: The Master Chief Collection launch, several content updates and patches, and the upcoming beta, Xbox Ones around the world are becoming intimately familiar with the sci-fi series (and limited harddrive space). Expect to dedicate a decent amount of space to the beta at the end of the month - at least 10 GB - according to a leaked image of the Xbox Store listing for it, courtesy of Reddit....

Add Hyrule Castle from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time to the list of iconic video game architecture built in Halo 5 Forge. The creator tool is used to make maps for Halo 5: Guardians on Xbox One. Reddit user mojoswoptops2020 made their recreation of the famous Nintendo 64 landscape using Halo 5’s Forge mode, which is available on Halo 5: Guardians and in its own standalone app on Windows PC....

In keeping with the recent trend of game trailers that tease upcoming announcements, we’re looking at you Crysis 3, it appears as though Kojima Productions is preparing for a major Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance reveal next week - specifically on Monday, April 30th 2012. The tease comes in the form of a new mini-trailer, just over 30 seconds long, featuring a mix of bloody live-action clips interspersed with grainy digitized imagery and the tagline “Make it Right” - along with the teaser date and a link to the official Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance website....

For fans of hockey who’ve always dreamed of living the most intense moments of the sport, NHL 12 just keeps looking better and better. The first goal of any sports simulation game is to offer an experience as close to the real thing as technically possible, and EA Sports is looking to its brand new physics engine to do just that. The mad scientists behind this year’s edition are now showing how player size won’t just be for appearances with NHL 12, but a real opportunity for players to imitate their heroes like never before....

Although 2015 is set deliver a wide range of long-awaited sequels (Halo 5) and new IPs (The Order 1886), a lot of the excitement in the console scene this year has surrounded the development and release of HD remakes. Last week’s release of The Last of Us was one the PS4’s most enticing pieces of software so far and in November Halo: The Master Chief Collection is aims to offer another positive spike in Xbox One sales....

Apparently one massive world of stories and quests just isn’t enough for fans of The Elder Scrolls, and the same is true of the developers. Just a few weeks after Skyrim made its release date and was embraced by fans and critics alike, the plans are already in the works to bring even more content to the world of draugrs and dragons. It’s not easy to have a better month than Skyrim, as the incredibly popular RPG took home Game of the Year at the Spike VGAs Saturday night, even amidst the various technical issues that have plagued the game during its first month....

When Valve revealed its paid-for mod initiative for Steam, it was immediately hit with a wave of complaints from the gaming community. The move, allowing creators to sell their modded content for real-world money, seemed to fly in the face of the traditional free mod structure, with concerned gamers claiming that the move was ill thought-out and open to exploitation. Indeed, some of those criticisms seemed accurate from the off, after a Steam Workshop Skyrim mod had to be removed for stealing assets....

Lately, Square Enix has been using some pretty unique viral marketing techniques to announce their upcoming games. Just last week, the studio launched a mysterious Twitch Alternate Reality Game that ended up promoting Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, a sequel to Deus Ex: Human Revolution. More recently, Square Enix unveiled a strange website that received incremental updates that slowly spelled out (what many assumed to be) the new game’s title. A full reveal of the upcoming game was planned for tomorrow....

Although Star Wars: Battlefront may have originally started as its own, LucasArts-developed project, the sale of LucasFilm to Disney has changed things. Now, all Star Wars game development, outside of a few mobile releases, belongs to Electronic Arts. To put it another way, Battlefront is now an EA product. With that comes a certain expectation both in terms of quality and support. All games within the Electronic Arts family are held to a certain standard (whether they deliver is up for debate), and they also receive a generous amount of love when it comes to mobile and social layers....