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Report: Life Is Strange Devs Dealt With Toxic Workplace, Crunch
5.4.2024
Life is Strange: True Colors and Before the Storm studio Deck Nine Games is the subject of a massive IGN report whereby current and former employees allege the studio was a toxic place to work, that there was studio-supported crunch, and there were leaders who only made things worse.Read more
El Paso, Elsewhere Dev Drags Industry’s ‘Sudden Silence’ In Uplifting Black Voices
20.3.2024
El Paso, Elsewhere was a big game for indie studio Strange Scaffold when it launched in September 2023. The Max Payne-like, narrative-driven vampire shooter centered a Black male character in the leading role, something you don’t see too often in the games industry. Well, Strange Scaffold founder...
Star Wars Fans Weigh In On The Mandalorian And Grogu
17.1.2024
Earlier this month, we asked you, dear readers, what you wanted to see in the newly announced The Mandalorian and Grogu movie based on the Disney+ series created by Jon Favreau. The answers were pretty varied, but we discovered two commonalities across most responses: readers want the film to...
Y'all Morbed Too Hard, Now Morbius Is Coming Back To 1,000 Theaters
3.6.2022
For the past few months, a lot of people have been sharing memes connected to terrible superhero film Morbius, which stars noted method actor Jared Leto as a living vampire guy or something…look, I’ve not seen the film, okay? Anyway, all these memes, jokes, and online ha-has have been fun,...
Black Dev Says It’s ‘Highly Probable’ Doctor Strange Sequel Fight Scene Copied His Game
17.5.2022
Sword of Symphony, the in-development music-based JRPG from solo developer Stephen Ddungu, is back in the public conversation again. Apparently, after director Sam Raimi’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness hit theaters earlier this month, Ddungu’s fans took to Twitter to share an...
How Many Times Can You Spot This Guy In The New Doctor Strange Footage?
29.4.2022
If there’s anything that’s going to finally get me back into the terrifying prospect of a crowded, dark room with poor ventilation, it’s Sam Raimi directing a Doctor Strange sequel. But unless Strange PhD has cast another of his wayward spells, I’m going to be spending far too much time staring...
A Look At A Script For The Cancelled Deus Ex Movie
7.4.2022
Did you know it has been ten years since a Deus Ex movie was announced? What once seemed a natural step, a big-screen adaptation of a triumphantly resurgent video game franchise, ended up being nothing of the sort as the series floundered through publisher mismanagement and the film itself ended...
Enjoying The View
30.3.2022
Louis Laurent is an artist at Framestore, a studio that has worked on movies like No Time To Die, the upcoming Dr Strange sequel and Spider-Man: No Way Home.Read more
Epic & Fortnite Players Raise $36 Million For Ukraine In Just 24 Hours
21.3.2022
Yesterday, Epic launched the next season of Fortnite, and announced that for the following two weeks all the money it makes from in-game purchases in the popular battle royale will be donated to charities supporting humanitarian efforts in Ukraine. Now, just 24 hours later, and with 13 days...
Spider-Man: No Way Home Torrents May Contain Crypto Malware, Cybersecurity Firm Warns
27.12.2021
Cryptocurrency malware has been found in a torrent download of the new Marvel movie Spider-Man: No Way Home, a cybersecurity firm has warned. “This [crypto] miner adds exclusions to Windows Defender, creates persistence, and spawns a watchdog process to maintain its activity,”...
Life Is Strange: True Colors Has My Favorite Video Game Special Effect Of 2021
20.12.2021
As I make a last-ditch effort to catch up on some of 2021’s most beloved games, there’s no shortage of sights that impress me. Halo Infinite’s open world has a captivating natural beauty. The colorful planets and aliens of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy are refreshingly imaginative...
Let’s Talk About Those Spider-Man: No Way Home Post-Credits Scenes
17.12.2021
So, Spider-Man: No Way Home, yeah? I, an insatiable fan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, saw it last night. This may come as a shock to hear, I know, but it’s good—like, really good. And beyond just being a wonderfully inventive blockbuster with a lot of heart, it also features some of the most...
Marvel's 'XCOM' Game Has Already Been Delayed
3.11.2021
Despite having just been announced less than three months ago, Marvel’s Midnight Suns, a tactics role-playing game in the vein of XCOM, has been delayed, developer Firaxis Games announced today. It will now come out in the back half of 2022, pushed out of a previously vague March 2022 window.Read...
All The Possible Video Game TV Series Announced In The Last 48 Hours
13.10.2021
On Monday, publisher Raw Fury announced a new first-look deal with dJ2 Entertainment for adapting their publishing catalogue into film and television series. And in the same moment, we’ve just heard word of a live-action version of the classic action-adventure, System Shock.Read more
The Best Marvel Game Out Right Now Just Got A Little Better
1.10.2021
Though it’s been barely a month since its official release, Netmarble’s multiverse-spanning mobile Marvel Comics MMO just received its first major update, giving players a new mystical realm to explore, 10 more experience levels to gain, and a dread ruler of the Dark Dimension to smack down...
Somebody Tried To Warn Us About Chris Pratt As Mario In 2020
24.9.2021
I’m still physically recovering from the Mario movie cast announcement, mostly because if you’d given me 100 guesses to try and pick who would play the role of Mario—a short, thicc Italian-American—I would not have picked the ripped dude who is a Guardian of the Galaxy.Read more
Game Devs Of Color Expo Is Full Of Great Free Steam Demos, Melanin
23.9.2021
The Game Devs of Color Expo, an event showcasing the diverse talent in games while providing a platform for creators of color, is officially underway. The 6th annual festival runs from September 23-27 and gives way to a host of happenings, from panels and talks to demos and trailers. There’s four...
Shout Out To The Developers Trying More Humane Working Conditions
10.9.2021
Because most major news stories about the culture and environment at video game developers tend to be negative, I thought tonight it would be nice to look at two recent examples of studios who are trying something different.Read more
Life Is Strange: True Colors: The Kotaku Review
8.9.2021
If Life Is Strange: True Colors is meant to paint a picture of what’s to come from the supernatural franchise, then I am here for it.Read more
Wildermyth’s Incredible, Dynamic Storytelling Is Giving Me GotY Vibes
31.8.2021
Wildermyth has already secured a spot on my Game of the Year list, and barring any unforeseen gems, it will be near the top. Here’s an example of why:Read more