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The Match-3 RPG That Started It All Is Back And We Talk To Its Legendary Creator
19.9.2025
We speak to Puzzle Quest and Warlords creator Steve Fawkner about how a disc retrieved from the trash launched a career
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28 Years Later Trailer Shows A Future Warped By Endless Apocalypse And Maybe Cillian Murphy's Zombie Corpse
10.12.2024
The first trailer for 28 YearsLater is here and full of dread. Its grim mix of violence and futile resistance rekindles that sense of hopelessness from the first movie, though perhaps without the same moments of humanity and levity. It also might give us our first look at the fate of Cillian...
Destiny: Rising Announced For Mobile, From Developers Of Diablo Immortal
14.10.2024
Rumored to have been in development for years in or aroundan increasingly fractured Bungie, Destiny: Rising has been a poorly kept secret for the last couple of months. But now it’s official, with NetEase announcing the mobile game today.Read more
New zero energy storage tech could lead to immortal blockchains
20.7.2024
Today’s tech allows us to preserve data for thousands of years with zero energy usage, tomorrow’s could ensure Satoshi’s vision lives on forever
Diablo Immortal Inspired Blizzard To Add A New Kind Of Class To Diablo 4
12.6.2024
Diablo IV’s first big DLC expansion, Vessel of Hatred, arrives on all platforms later this year. The upcoming DLC is adding not only a new region to explore and loot, but also a new class—the Spiritborn—never before seen in the franchise. And according to Blizzard, the decision to add a new class...
Immortals Of Aveum Proves It's A Grim Time For Single-Player Games
13.2.2024
In 2024, AAA games are often built around the idea of continuous revenue streams with microtransactions and live-service elements. Perhaps it’s corporate delusion that makes leadership think a needlessly large budget makes for a better game, but making adequate money back on a big-budget...
Blizzard Plans To Drop New Diablo IV Expansions Every Year
6.9.2023
Blizzard confirmed in a September 5 interview that not only will its loot-chasing action-RPG Diablo IV get long-term support in the form of its quarterly seasons, but the game will also receive a new paid expansion every year.Read more
Blizzard Plans To Drop New Diablo IV Expansions Every Year
6.9.2023
Blizzard confirmed in a September 5 interview that not only will its loot-chasing action-RPG Diablo IV get long-term support in the form of its quarterly seasons, but the game will also receive a new paid expansion every year.Read more
Canceled Ubisoft Sequel Was Inspired By Wind Waker, Elden Ring
21.8.2023
The sequel to Immortals: Fenyx Rising (2020's open-world, Greek-inspired adventure game) was cancelled in July 2023, and we’re just now learning exactly what that game was meant to entail—and how much of a break from tradition it was planned to be for Ubisoft.Read more
Canceled Ubisoft Sequel Was Inspired By Wind Waker, Elden Ring
21.8.2023
The sequel to Immortals: Fenyx Rising (2020's open-world, Greek-inspired adventure game) was cancelled in July 2023, and we’re just now learning exactly what that game was meant to entail—and how much of a break from tradition it was planned to be for Ubisoft.Read more
Diablo’s First New Class Since 2014 Is A Cool-Looking Vampire Warrior
7.7.2023
On July 6, Blizzard announced the first new Diablo class in almost a decade, confirming that a vampire-themed Blood Knight class will be coming to mobile spin-off Diablo Immortal on July 13. This is the first new class introduced in the franchise since 2014, when the Crusader was added in Diablo...
2023’s Most Unusual Shooter Just Got Delayed To The Worst Possible Time
20.6.2023
Immortals of Aveum is a Doom-like shooter where you wield magic spells instead of guns. There’s something about it that feels unmistakably like an Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 throwback, but it’s actually a new, big budget indie game from the same EA Originals label that brought us It Takes Two...
33 Immortals Is Like 33-Player Hades, Which, Woah
13.6.2023
If you thought 33 Immortals looked like Hades, just wait until you play it. The top-down cooperative action roguelike from developer Thunder Lotus has a lot of similarities to the award-winning game from Supergiant, from its gameplay to its concept, but there’s one key difference: 33 players will...
Diablo Immortal Is Getting More Expensive For Hoarders
7.2.2023
Diablo Immortal, Blizzard’s free-to-play mobile dungeon crawler, has garnered accusations of being a greedy, money-sucking ARPG ever since launch. You’d think the company would want to avoid worsening that perception, but here we are with Blizzard announcing that the long-requested increase...
Immortality: The Kotaku Review
30.8.2022
In a movie, attitude is sometimes just as important to me as things like cinematography and production design. I stopped watching the 2001 Japanese film All About Lily Chou-Chou halfway through because its attitude toward teenage anxiety was so pessimistic and perverse that it made my soul feel...
Diablo Immortal Player Says He Can’t Get A Match After Spending $100,000
1.8.2022
Diablo Immortal’s pay-to-win mechanics have been controversial since the game launched back in June. Now they’ve also apparently broken the game for at least one YouTuber who reportedly spent over $100,000 on beefing up his Barbarian character. The player’s win rate is seemingly so good the game...
Blizzard Boss Defends Diablo Immortal, Feels ‘Really Good’ About Its Launch
8.7.2022
Blizzard’s controversial Diablo Immortal launched to big numbers and high revenue. It also set off an ongoing debate about in-game purchases, digital gambling, free-to-play mobile games, and addiction. The massive publisher has mostly remained silent amid the negative headlines and criticism....
Despite Backlash, Diablo Immortal Is Making A Million Dollars A Day
6.7.2022
In its first month of release Blizzard’s controversial new mobile game, Diablo Immortal, has racked up nearly $50 million in reported revenue across 10 million downloads. Even as debates and criticism swirled around the free-to-play RPG, data shows that the game has made at least $1 million a...
$15,000 Later, Diablo Immortal Player Finally Has His Legendary Gem
24.6.2022
The last time we checked in on streamer Quin and his attempts to buy his way to glory in Diablo Immortal, he had spent $6600 and not attained a single 5-star Legendary Gem. I am happy (?) to report that, after more than doubling his investment, he finally has his loot.Read more
Diablo Immortal's China Release Delayed Following Social Media Silencing
20.6.2022
Diablo Immortal has been one of the more hotly contested releases of 2022, receiving the lowest ever user score on Metacritic, while simultaneously receiving eight million downloads and making over $24,000,000 in its first two weeks. However, according to a report by Reuters, the announcement of...