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Next time you want to say “That’s so gay,” you might want to instead consider, “That’s so gamer guy who has more videogames than friends.” That’s what anti-homophobia outfit “ThinkB4YouSpeak” has done, using a typical gamer stereotype aspart of its poster campaignto discourage use of the word “gay” as a derogatory term. The idea of the campaign seems to revolve around replacing the term “gay” with other negative stereotypes to show how ridiculous the whole practice is....

Minh “Gooseman” Le is the co-creator of the ubiquitous PC shooterCounter-Strike. He’s also the creator of a new game, the multiplayer, free to play first-person shooterTactical Intervention, which looks a lot likeCounter-Strike. I sat down with him at GDC and found out why that isn’t a bad thing. Le has been working onTactical Interventionfor seven years. Its team-oriented, terrorist versus counter-terrorist framework is familiar ground, but the devil is in the details for Le, who describes his new game as “exactly what I wanted to do withCounter-Strike....

As per usual,Destiny 2‘s latest major DLC –The Final Shape– comes with a rather impressive list of new Legendary gear to collect, and the Dealer’s Choice weapons, in particular, are a delightful highlight. How do you get unlock the full set, though? Further, how do you farm new rolls? Whereasfarming theLightfallweapon set was a bit of a painby default, this thankfully isn’t the case withThe Final Shape‘s new Pale Heart gear....

Destiny 2: The Edge of Fate’snew location Kepler is full of secrets and discoveries to be made, including an all-new race of humans known as Aionians. There areseveral red chestsaround Kepler that you cannot open right away and require certain abilities so that you may reap the rewards within. Some are tied to Matterspark, others are tied to the Rosetta ability that lets you decipher the language of the Aionians, and others are tied to the Relocator ability....

During yourShrimp Gameplaythrough, your ultimate goal is to make money and watch others around you struggle to reach your skill level. However, you can become a guard instead, letting you dish out punishments to those who fail the game’s challenges. How to become a Guard in Shrimp Game There are two ways to become a guard inShrimp Game: Once you enter yourShrimp Gamelobby, press the guard button on the right side of your screen and select Guard as your role....

The First Descendanthas a lot of mechanics and systems to remember, and sometimes, it’s hard to follow what exactly you’re doing– one of them being the prestige system. For those a little confused, or just looking to gain better understanding, here’s how Prestige works inThe First Descendant. What are the Prestige requirements inThe First Descendant? To Prestige inThe First Descendant, you will need aCrystallization Catalyst.If you have ever played Warframe, it’s the equivalentof installing a Forma onto your weapon or frame....

PoP: The Lost Crownis a Metroidvania game, meaning it contains a sprawling map that’ll take many,manyhours to fully explore. But to get from point A to point B quickly inPrince of Persia: The Lost Crown, you can unlock an option to fast travel using a Teleporter. Naturally, you won’t stumble on the option until you make some progress in the game. You’ll first need to get your feet wet by opening up the map more and more during the early part of the campaign....

Mecha Frieza is a feared character inDragon Ball: Sparking Zeroas in one timeline, he can devastate the Earth as revenge for his loss on Namek. You can unlock him and create an ultimate team of Friezas if you want. How to get Mecha Frieza in Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero There are two ways you’re able to unlock Mecha Frieza inDragon Ball: Sparking Zero.They include the following: The easiest way to getMecha Frieza inDragon Ball: Sparking Zerois tooutright buy the villain from the shop for your roster....

Quite the upgrade! Iron Man VRwas fun, but I had some complaints. For one, the load times were laughably lengthy: an issue that is being addressed in the latest 1.06 patch that just dropped this past week. According to a post on the PlayStation Blog, developer Camoflaj has gotten the load times down “across the board,” which includes a 20-30 second decrease in load times for Shanghai missions. That’s…pretty significant. Several missions that could be seen as training wheels type deals are now fully skippable, and you’re able to skip cutscenes ahead of time: cutting down on more loading....

Promoted from our Community Blogs [Dtoid community blogger Corduroy Turtle shares his love of leaderboards as a means to achieve that multiplayer thrill without having to deal with those multiplayer… PLAYERS. Turns out, he’s pretty damn good at videogames, too!Want to see your own words appear on the front page?Go write something!–Mr Andy Dixon] Online multiplayer can be pretty amazing. It offers players an ever-changing landscape of opponents, relentless firefights, daring escapes and impossible feats of skill....

Serious daddy issues Bandai Namco have released a trailer showcasing the next fighter to return to the Stage of History. This time around, it’s none other than the backbone of the entireSoulcaliburstoryline, Siegfried Schtauffen. Siegfried, who made his debut in the originalSoul Edgeand has been a series mainstay ever since, is a German knight whose mind was lost when he mistakenly beheaded his own father on the battlefield. Riddled with guilt and denial, the young knight began a bitter journey to capture the legendary weapon, Soul Edge, a journey that would see him transformed into the twisted azure knight, Nightmare....

Courtesy of Amazon The next few days are going to be very lucrative for Big Video Game. What with the release ofBlack Ops III,Fallout 4, andRise of the Tomb Raider, these fat cats and big wigs are going to sit atop their wobbly ivory towers of game cases and season pass inserts getting richer while we get poorer. Let’s fight back. Let’s cut into their margins. We’reRobbin’ the Hood. Our ammunition comes courtesy of Amazon, who has given us one limited editionCall of DutyPlayStation 4 and ten digital copies ofBlack Ops IIIon PS4 to give away....

Watch E3 live, and join in on the conversation! [Mash Tacticsairs Monday through Friday at 4p.m. Pacific onDtoid.TV. Watch King Foom play a variety of games, each day with its own theme. With a heavy focus on community and viewer interaction, you’re able to be as much a part of the show as anything else.] Be sure to come by for a special episode ofMash Tacticsthis evening,as we get together and watch some of the action go down live from theE3 conference....