The Week's Biggest Gaming News, From E3 To Steam Deck Huffing
16.12.2023
Despite The Game Awards officially capping off the end of video game news for 2023, we’ve still got stories to share, from GTA 6 controversies to the inglorious end of E3. Here’s your cheat sheet for the week’s most important stories in gaming.Read more
Activision Sure Knows How To Bury A Story On A Friday Night
16.12.2023
Activision Blizzard has been the subject of scrutiny for several years now, due to its widely criticized “Boys’ Club” corporate culture of sleazy shenanigans. And now, late on a Friday evening just before the holiday season begins in earnest, The Wall Street Journal reports the embattled gaming...
Jde to i bez zabíjení. Vybíráme nejlepší hry, ve kterých se nikomu neubližuje
16.12.2023
V předchozích dílech seriálu o brutalitě ve hrách jsme vás téměř utopili v digitální krvi. Neznalí čtenáři by tak mohli dospět k mylnému názoru, že tato forma zábavy je jen o násilí, naštěstí tomu tak není. Vybrali jsme proto více než dvacet herních hitů úspěšných jak u kritiky, tak i komerčně...
Jde to i bez zabíjení. Vybíráme nejlepší hry, ve kterých se nikomu neubližuje
16.12.2023
V předchozích dílech seriálu o brutalitě ve hrách jsme vás téměř utopili v digitální krvi. Neznalí čtenáři by tak mohli dospět k mylnému názoru, že tato forma zábavy je jen o násilí, naštěstí tomu tak není. Vybrali jsme proto více než dvacet herních hitů úspěšných jak u kritiky, tak i komerčně...
There’s A Silver Lining To The Death Of The Last Of Us Online
15.12.2023
It’s a bit of a sad day for The Last of Us fans…well, sort of. Last night the world learned that the highly anticipated yet stubbornly secretive multiplayer TLoU game isn’t going to happen. Despite plowing multiple years of development into the project, Naughty Dog announced it was pulling...
Pokemon Scarlet And Violet’s DLC Has A Secret Ending, Here’s How To See It
15.12.2023
When I reviewed Pokemon Scarlet and Violet’s Indigo Disk DLC, I said I wished it expanded further on some of the specific characters who were central to the main game’s stellar ending. It turns out, The Indigo Disk has a secret ending that the game doesn’t really direct you to in a meaningful way....
Plus: House Flipper 2 comes out swingin' at year end!
15.12.2023
Also: catching up on console charts, and lots more
It Sucks To Buy Anything In 2023
15.12.2023
Recently, my wife and I went out to do some Christmas shopping. We also grabbed some lunch while we were out, brought dinner home, rented a movie, and bought a game to play the next day. It should have been a chill weekend, but it wasn’t. In 2023, thanks to greedy billionaires and giant, shitty...
Steam Trolls Players With Bans Wrapped Up Like Christmas Presents
15.12.2023
Video game companies have gotten very creative when it comes to punishing cheaters, from cutting their parachutes’ strings in Call of Duty to blowing them up in Grand Theft Auto Online. But Valve just set a new benchmark for trolling players: sending them permabans wrapped up like Christmas...
Bayonetta Director Quit His Job For A Super Relatable Reason
15.12.2023
Hideki Kamiya, the prolific action game director who co-founded the legendary developer PlatinumGames, surprised the industry when he left the studio behind on October 20 after nearly 20 years there. He said the decision was of his own accord, but questions about why still lingered. Now, Kamiya’s...
Here's How To Make Pokémon Scarlet And Violet's BP Grind Easier
15.12.2023
The Blueberry Points grind is the worst part of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet’s Indigo Disk DLC. To access most of the new features the expansion adds, you have to earn Blueberry Academy’s fake currency by doing menial open-world tasks. The game barely gives you any BP for each Blueberry Quest, and...
The State Of The PlayStation 5
15.12.2023
A slick new VR headset, a “slim” console refresh, tons of flashy new accessories, and multiple exclusives, including the fastest selling PlayStation game ever, Spider-Man 2. The PlayStation 5 made big moves in 2023. So why does it feel like the console spent most of it resting on its laurels while...