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One Year Later, Lies Of P’s Gothic Fantasy Still Stuns
18.9.2024
Ever since FromSoftware released the action RPG Demon Souls in 2009, the rest of the video game industry has been (lovingly) copying it. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, as the saying goes. Amongst a wealth of solid takes on the genre, last year’s dark fantasy title Lies of P stands...
A Year Later, Unity Cancels Controversial Runtime Fees Completely
12.9.2024
Unity is canceling its controversial Runtime Fee and returning to a more traditional subscription model for its popular video game engine used by small and big developers worldwide. However, the price of some subscription plans will increase next year.Read more
Baldur’s Gate 3: One Year Later
2.8.2024
For Baldur’s Gate 3’s biggest fans who haven’t stopped talking and thinking about it since it launched, it probably doesn’t feel like Larian Studio’s Dungeons & Dragons RPG was released a year ago. Yet, here we are, a full trip around the sun since the RPG left early access and was finally...
Ripple vs. SEC: Ripple’s landmark victory one year later
13.7.2024
While challenges remain, Ripple's victory has set a precedent that could shape the future of the cryptocurrency industry for years to come
A Year Later, Redfall Players Who Spent $100 Are Still Waiting For Its Promised Heroes
2.5.2024
Players were excited at the prospect that Redfall might combine the fun co-op loot mechanics of a Borderlands with the bespoke environmental storytelling of a Dishonored. Ultimately, though, the day-one Game Pass blockbuster didn’t quite accomplish either of these things, and it was burdened...
Overwatch 2 One Year Later: Why Am I Still Doing This?
4.10.2023
The path leading up to the October 4, 2022 release of Overwatch 2 was tough to navigate, like a half-cleared trail in a dense wood. The messaging around the game was winding and discombobulating (it wasn’t clear if it was a standalone sequel, if the original Overwatch would shut down, if/when...
Ethereum Merge anniversary — 99% energy drop but centralization fears linger
15.9.2023
Energy use is down, and staking is up, but technical concerns still mark the road ahead for the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap
A Year Later, Elden Ring Fans Are Still Finding Cut Characters, Quests
6.6.2023
We’re probably around the corner from receiving some news of Elden Ring’s upcoming DLC, Shadow of the Erdtree. After all, it’s been over a year since FromSoftware’s grueling yet contemplative action game came out. People are ready to move onto newer and better things, right? But as dataminers like...
A Year Later, Pokémon Legends: Arceus’ Incomplete Story Remains The Series’ Most Compelling
8.5.2023
Are you ever playing a Pokémon game like Scarlet and Violet, happily running around the open world catching critters and having a good ol’ time, when you suddenly remember Game Freak stranded the protagonists of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl in the ancient past with no means of returning to their...
Elden Ring Gets Ray Tracing One Year Later, With Some Big Buffs And Nerfs
23.3.2023
In preparation for Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree, FromSoftware has dropped a new update for the successful kill-you-nonstop Soulslike. Dubbed patch 1.09, this update makes several changes, from introducing ray tracing effects to nerfing certain skills related to Bleed and Intelligence...
Horizon Forbidden West: A Year Later, The PS5 Gem Feels Forgotten
27.2.2023
The Horizon series has a knack for bad timing. When the first Horizon Zero Dawn released, Breath of the Wild came out mere days later. Last year, when Horizon Forbidden West came out, Elden Ring was on its heels days after. Now, it seems, Horizon is overshadowing itself.Read more
Nearly $13 Billion in Sales: Breaking Down 5 NFT Collections by Sales Volume
29.1.2023
Non-fungible token (NFT) assets have existed since at least 2014, but interest in them began to rise in January 2021, according to Google Trends data. Approximately one year later, the search term “NFT” reached its highest score on Google Trends. During that time the top five...
El Salvador's Bitcoin decision: Tracking adoption a year later
23.9.2022
El Salvador made history last year in September by making BTC a legal tender. One year later, the falling BTC prices and delayed Volcanic bonds have fueled skepticism
A Year Later, Cyberpunk 2077’s Major DLC Continues To Be MIA
16.2.2022
After delaying them for months, CD Projekt Red has finally dropped the next-gen versions of Cyberpunk 2077. You can go download them right now, alongside a hefty 50 GB patch that makes some vital quality-of-life improvements, like rebalancing combat so enemies are smarter and more reactive....
A Year Later, It Still Sucks Getting A PS5 Or Xbox Series X
14.12.2021
We’re more than a year into the ninth console generation, and it’s still largely a pain in the ass to get one. No matter where you go, whether it’s Microsoft and Sony’s official websites or any of the many retailers, both the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S appear constantly sold out. Unless...
Toothbrushing Game Pokémon Smile Gets First Update Over A Year Later
8.11.2021
Of the very many Pokémon games in circulation at the moment, perhaps Pokémon Smile is the one you’re not so aware of. Announced in June last year, then released that very same day, it is an AR mobile app designed to get kids to brush their teeth properly. Oh, and it’s really, really good. Some...
A Year Later, Here's A Bit More Of That Suicide Squad Game By Rocksteady
16.10.2021
Today during DC’s annoyingly long Fandome event, the company revealed new trailers and teasers for a host of upcoming comic book-related projects, including a new in-engine trailer for Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League featuring our first look at what The Flash and Wonder Woman look like...
A Year Later, I Still Can't Stop Thinking About Disco Elysium
30.8.2021
Disco Elysium is a game about three bullets. The first was fired over 40 years ago, and ignited the revolution that brought Revachol to the edge of something new. It has since been lost, but its many kin define the pox-scarred skin of this city. The second was shot through the throat of a security...
Musk Trolls Buffett With Fake Quote on Twitter, Then Deletes It
6.7.2021
Elon Musk went after Bitcoin hater Warren Buffett recently, sharing what looked like a bullish crypto quote attributed to the billionaire investor. The tech entrepreneur, whose comments on social media have been moving crypto markets this year, later removed the post with the obviously fake Buffett...
Despite BTC’s Price Drop, Bitcoin Held on Exchanges Is 28% Lower Than Last Year
27.6.2021
While the price of bitcoin is more than 40% lower than it was 90 days ago on March 29, the number of bitcoin held on exchanges has also been reduced. Last year on the same day in June, 2.79 million bitcoin was retained on crypto trading platforms and a year later roughly 28.67% of the […]