Strip Fortnite, as depicted on YouTube, is not a real thing. Take known idiot RiceGum’s Strip Fortnite videos, for example. But the strategy has worked out well for the guy: a few of his Strip Fortnite videos have over 10 million views, doubling, sometimes tripling other videos of his released at the same time. Strip Fortnite is only the latest in a string of problems with YouTube’s search and suggestion algorithms. With so many of the same youths playing Fortnite, it was only a matter of time u

War Child UK, the charity behind videogame initiatives including the Verdun Christmas Truce DLC and This War of Mine’s ‘The Little Ones,’ and US-based Children in Conflict have launched a new program aimed at raising money and awareness called Re-Play. “Re-Play is a campaign about reflecting on childhood and reinforcing the idea that every child has the right to play,” War Child UK’s Wayne Emanuel said. We missed out on that (although you can still catch it here if you like) but fortunately the

Inspired by the likes of SCP Containment Breach and Cabin in the Woods, Lobotomy Corporation is a management sim about extracting energy from horrible monsters and keeping the employees doing the extracting from getting maimed, eaten or otherwise eviscerated. It entered Steam Early Access in late 2016, and earlier this week it officially launched on Steam for $25. Different monsters require different processing methods, so you have to build and staff a variety of facilities to keep things runnin

Buried within a lengthy Kotaku story on the current less-than-ideal state of things at Mafia 3 developer Hangar 13 is an interesting tidbit about another 2K game you may have heard of. The report says that a top-secret studio located “next door” to Hangar 13 is currently in the early stages of work on a brand-new BioShock game. “Word got out, though, that it was in fact a new game in one of the most interesting shooter franchises of the past decade: BioShock.” “They’re careful about not falling

We have 150 Steam keys to give away for a series of pre-alpha tests going on right now. The first of the tests is happening this weekend, from 6 pm UTC today (11 am PDT) until 12 pm UTC on Monday (5 am PDT). Hit the link above and enter your email address to request a key (they’re first come, first serve). Note that Godankey won’t save your email after sending you a key, and we won’t see it. If you’re a Club member but you aren’t in the Discord, check your welcome email for joining instructions.

It seems like forever ago when a solid gaming laptop would routinely run two grand or more. These days there are all kinds of bargains to be had, including this one for an Acer Predator laptop (model G9-593-71EH) that pairs a Core i7-7700HQ processor with a GeForce GTX 1070 GPU. This particular model is on sale at Newegg today for $1,349 with free shipping. It’s a 15.6-inch machine with a 1920×1080 resolution, IPS panel, and G-Sync support for smooth gameplay. This laptop typically sells for as

As I’m standing in the lobby of the gorgeous Harpa building in downtown Reykjavik, Iceland, EVE Online’s reputation for calloused savagery feels more like a guise. Officiating the wedding is Charles White, better known as Max Singularity, the Space Pope of EVE Online. Tairon met Irma (both players go by their in-game names) outside the context of EVE five years ago and was immediately crazy about her. In front of a hundred of their fellow EVE players, Tairon proposed to Irma. But knowing that th

Either way, the new parts are here, and they come bundled with 16GB Optane Memory modules. The inclusion of Optane Memory in the box is all that makes the Core i7+ and Core i5+ SKUs different than the non-plus variants. Well, that and the price—they cost a bit more to account for the Optane Memory. Note that Core i5+ and i7+ doesn’t specifically require Optane Memory. Any system with an Intel Optane drive, including the Optane 900P and Optane 800P, can also get the plus.

Soon you will be able to relive that astonishing incident in Ewok Hunt, a new limited-time mode coming to Star Wars: Battlefront 2 on April 18 in the Night on Endor update. EA also confirmed that another “season” of Star Wars: Battlefront 2 is on the way. “As we move forward with Star Wars Battlefront 2, there are two types of content update that we will be releasing. The first is in the same style as the Night on Endor Update that we’re releasing on April 18th, and the second is Seasons,” the l

In the wake of his most recent venture—Eko’s #WarGames, a reimagining of the 1983 movie of the same name—I caught up with Barlow. It’s doing five or six things when someone more sensible would try to pull out two or three. Those were things that really resonated with me because I would feel disinclined to do anything about WarGames that’s a direct follow-up. So, while thinking about doing something with it, I was thinking about how easily you could update this thing. How aware of that are you re

The new chips include the Ryzen 7 2700X, Ryzen 7 2700, Ryzen 5 2600X, and Ryzen 5 2600. For this new generation of Ryzen, AMD tweaked the underlying architecture with performance optimization. AMD has also tuned frequencies on the new second generation Ryzen parts so that they run at higher turbo clocks under moderate loads. These new chips also come in cheaper than what the first generation Ryzen parts launched at. You can find the new Ryzen processors on places like Amazon and Newegg.

When you think of money laundering, it’s easy to picture nail salons, shell corporations, or offshore bank accounts. In response, there is rising suspicion that enterprising criminals are turning to more innovative solutions, such as laundering money using massively multiplayer games. On a fundamental level, digital money laundering works similarly to its analog counterpart. The television show Breaking Bad provides an example of a classic money laundering scheme. “It’s difficult to follow the p

PUBG’s replay system arrived earlier this year in a bid to catch cheaters. Sonny Evans, on the other hand, used it to craft hilarious National Geographic-style nature documentaries. In the wake of its own newly-installed replay mechanics, Evans has now turned his creative hand to Fortnite. Cue one faux-David Attenborough voiceover, and multiple bouts of laughter:Despite similar delivery, the difference between Evans’ pre and post-replay system Fortnite productions is pretty clear. In other Fortn

Following its recent flares and shotgun/melee custom bouts, PUBG’s latest limited-time mode is named War. Billed as its “most deadly Event Mode yet”, the ten-person, squad-based deathmatch free-for-all is live now through Sunday, April 15 at 7pm PST/Monday, April 16 at 3am BST. Set within a “small slice” of the Erangel map, games last 15 minutes and host a maximum of 30 players in ten-person teams. “If no team reaches 200 points before the 15-minute time limit,” says PUBG Corp, “the team with th

In doing so, it’ll introduce an XCOM-style turn-based tactical mode. So, we decided to have no hit points in this tactical mode at all. We set the game in a much smaller town than the first game, which means you’re really short on resources, short on people, short on equipment. There are a lot of improvements over the first game, but this tactical mode is the biggest new thing for the sequel.” If you’re in the luxurious position to have good cops and good equipment, you’ll find tactical missions

Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice was the big winner at tonight’s British Academy Games Awards, the UK’s annual BAFTA ceremony celebrating outstanding achievement in videogames. Hellblade claimed victory in five categories, including Artistic Achievement, Best Performer, and Best British Game—but the Best Game nod went to What Remains of Edith Finch. Edith Finch beat out Assassin’s Creed: Origins, Hellblade, Horizon Zero Dawn, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and Super Mario Odyssey to take t

In February, 21 developers at Steel Division: Normandy ’44 developer Eugen Systems went on strike, alleging “serious violations” of their rights including delayed payments, denied overtime pay, and wages that were below the country’s minimum wage. The strike came after 15 months of failed negotiations, and earlier this month several current and former employees announced that they were taking the matter to court. Now the striking developers have released a statement announcing that the strike wa

The theme of Hearthstone’s latest expansion is a dank, haunted forest, lingering outside the walls of the cursed city of Gilneas. This spectacular combo is the talk of the pro player scene, and to be honest, they’re right to be afraid. EITHER one Murmuring Elemental, which casts the next Battlecry you play twice, followed by Grumble, Worldshaker, which will return that Murmuring Elemental into your hand, reducing its cost to one. Once that’s all done, and you have 10 Mana plus your 1-Mana Murmur

They need to be fed, their diapers need changing, they need a pacifier, and one would assume that administering some sort of loving attention would be beneficial as well. I’ve been playing Mother Simulator, now in Early Access on Steam, which is actually more of a first-person action game than a sim. Mother Simulator is fun in a sort of hectic, repetitive way, though the challenges keep stacking up and they get pretty ridiculous. In another level, a sudden ice age has occurred—could happen!—and

In case you missed its long development cycle: For The King is a turn-based, tabletop-inspired fantasy RPG. The launch update will add three new wintry biomes to explore: the Frozen Expanse, Frigid Sea and Shivering Woods. Between them they contain 20 new enemies and encounters, IronOak says, not to mention plenty of loot. As it happens, I took a few intrepid steps into the Frozen Expanse at GDC, and I enjoyed my brief adventure. Ahead of the upcoming launch, IronOak have raised the price of For