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Square Enix Honoring Bowie’s Passing With Omikron
In honor of the late David Bowie, who sadly passed away last weekend, Square Enix is giving away free copies of Omikron: The Nomad Soul until January 22. Omikron, which came out...Read More
Activision Has Sold More Than 250 Million Copies of Call of Duty
Everyone knows Call of Duty is one of the most popular gaming franchises around, but now that Activision has announced the total number of sales we can see the true scale...Read More
Amplitude Review: Old School Returns
Available on PlayStation 4 There used to be music games that didn’t involve plastic guitars or microphones. It’s shocking, I know. Whether you’re too young to remember or the thought...Read More
GDC Announces the Game Design Challenge: A 30-Year Game
Until 2014, every year the Game Developer’s Conference (GDC) held something called the Game Design Challenge. Competitors would design a game to fit within a “strange and unusual design constraint.” It...Read More
#EverydayHeroes Hashtag Spreads Awareness About Bullying, With Help From Life Is Strange
The “Everyday Heroes” photography contest from Life Is Strange is becoming a reality, through a collaboration between Square Enix and the Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights (PACER). For every photo or story...Read More
That Dragon, Cancer Is an Anthem for the People Left Behind
Platforms: PC, Mac, OUYA We played on: Mac That Dragon, Cancer by Numinous Games tells the autobiographical story of Ryan and Amy Green as their young son Joel fights with cancer. It’s unlike...Read More
Poll Results: Y’all Really Think Amiibos Are Better Than Skylanders?
The results are in, and Disney and Activision can cry tears of shame tonight because Pixelkin readers like amiibos more than any other toys-to-life franchise. Which is weird, because honestly...Read More
Super Mario Maker Finally Adds Daisy
Princess Daisy will finally be making her debut in Super Mario Maker, starting tomorrow. Now when level builders drop a Mystery Mushroom into their courses, there’s a chance it will transform...Read More
The Ever-Popular Twitch Plays Now Have Their Own Directory
A new Twitch.tv directory will be dedicated to the famed “Twitch Plays” streams. Twitch Plays really took off in 2014 with “Twitch Plays Pokemon,” which used an emulator that let...Read More
ESPN Diving into Esports
ESPN is getting serious about their esports coverage, with a new esports section of the ESPN website.Read More
PewDiePie Launches “Revelmode” with Disney
Pewdiepie, with the support of Disney, has started a new YouTube “network within a network.” It’s called Revelmode. Read More
Gaming With the Moms #38: Red Mushrooms are B.S.
Nicole, Simone, Linda, and Courtney delve into the news and what we played, as usual. We also talk a lot about the games we’re most looking forward to in 2016....Read More
Learn How to Make Yarny with Martin Sahlin
Martin Sahlin, creative director of Unravel and overall wonderful human being, has put together a video showing fans how to make their own Yarny dolls.Read More
This Year Will Be Different: Fitness Games That Don’t Require a Console
Resolutions. Come January first, a lot of us like to sit down and make them. We call them resolutions, suggesting that resolve—the act of will and commitment—is the single most...Read More
