PlayStation Fans Refuse To Throw Away Box Even After Sony Tells Them To
31.5.2023
The official PlayStation UK Twitter account has decreed it’s “OK to throw away the cardboard box your PlayStation came in now,” but squirrelly fans aren’t convinced. What if they might actually one day need the dusty, frayed cardboard their PS4 arrived in 10 years ago?Read more
Diablo IV Has A Sexy, Gross Side-Quest That Will Haunt You
31.5.2023
Diablo IV, out on June 5 for most major platforms, features an assortment of side quests. The loot-hunting RPG has some 213 optional missions, half of which I haven’t seen during my short time with the game. But of the others I’ve played during the open beta in mid-March and the review build...
Call Of Duty CEO Says Activision Never Had A 'Systemic Issue With Harassment'
31.5.2023
Ahead of the two-year anniversary of Activision Blizzard being on the receiving end of an unprecedented video game industry lawsuit accusing the publisher of widespread sexual harassment and discrimination, CEO Bobby Kotick has appeared on the cover of Variety to loudly proclaim the innocence...
TMNT Movie Gets Shell-Shockingly Existential New Trailer
31.5.2023
Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon have just released a new trailer for the upcoming animated film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, finally giving fans a hint at what the movie’s story is going to be about. Read more
Someone Just Won The Biggest, Wildest Pot In TV Poker History
31.5.2023
What’s the most you’ve ever won in a single hand of poker with some friends? Maybe $50? $60? Perhaps you got really lucky at a casino and walked away with a few hundred. A pleasant evening, but that’s nothing compared to what one player won last night during a livestreamed poker tournament. When...
Here's The Reason Your Games Nail That Cozy Vibe
31.5.2023
When the first few sounds of a video game’s loading screen music are glinting synth starbursts, disintegrating into airy jazz chords like they got splashed with warm water, I know I’m about to play something cozy. Read more
PlayStation Plus Adds Some Great Games For June
31.5.2023
Another month, and another chance to add more games to your PlayStation library if you’re a PlayStation Plus subscriber. While May 2023 saw GRID Legends, Chivalry 2, and Descenders (which you can still grab if you’re reading this before June 6) added to Sony’s subscription service, June’s got some...
Game Gets Wrongfully Banned On Switch After A Child Gambling Joke
31.5.2023
Last week, Nintendo mistakenly blocked and rejected the release of a cutesy animal game, after it took a jokey TikTok from the developer at face value and pulled its release in North America. Read more
Male Video Game Characters Talk Way More Than Women, Research Shows
31.5.2023
A new study has uncovered a not-so-surprising truth about gender bias in video games: Across 50 role-playing games, male characters have about twice as much dialogue as female characters. Shocking, I know.Read more
Tears of the Kingdom’s Frost Gleeok Is One Of Its Toughest Bosses, Until You Know This
31.5.2023
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has plenty of tough bosses, but the Frost Gleeok in Tabantha Tundra is one of the game’s hardest encounters. Fighting it will require some preparation and careful planning, but if you know what to look for, you can slay it and rid Hyrule of this icy menace...
Tears Of The Kingdom: Yes, You Can Fuse Zonai Devices To Arrows And It’s Awesome
31.5.2023
It’s Wednesday, May 31, and that means it’s another day where I tell you about something you might not’ve known you could do in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. While many of us are already aware that you can fuse all sorts of regular items to arrows to increase their efficiency, as some...
New Survival RPG Has You Go Full Assassin’s Creed On Invading Conquistadors
31.5.2023
Ecumene Azted is a newly announced survival action RPG where you play as an indigenous warrior in 16th century Mesoamerica trying to fight off Spanish conquistador invaders. The first trailer looks rough in places but is already drawing attention for showing off a game that’s trying something...