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Nintendo Facing Lawsuit Over ‘Immoral’ Loot Boxes In Mario Kart Tour
22.5.2023
Nintendo isn’t immune from the backlash against loot boxes, and now a recently filed lawsuit claims the video game company used “dark patterns” to trick younger players into spending money on Mario Kart Tour’s “immoral” microtransactions. Read more
The Week In Games: Twisted Therapy And Toy Soldiers
16.5.2023
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Hey, Maybe Don't Harass Battlefield's Developers
15.5.2023
For the second time in two years, things in the Battlefield community—or at least the worst elements of it—have gotten so toxic that it has led to some pretty stern requests for people to get a grip and cut it out.Read more
The Advance Wars Remake Is Tactically Satisfying But Narratively Toothless
2.5.2023
I’m not a prude about war games, but real war is so horrifying that I always need some abstraction to get into it. The outlandish outfit designs in Fire Emblem and the cat ears in Arknights create a bit of cognitive distance from the harsh realities of armed conflict I learned about in school...
The Week In Games: Galactic Refugees And Stone-Age Life Sims
24.4.2023
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The Red Cross Challenged Gamers To Not Commit War Crimes
19.4.2023
The International Committee of the Red Cross has partnered up with a bunch of Twitch streamers to encourage gamers to not commit war crimes in popular shooters like Call of Duty. The ICRC hopes that its event, “Play by the Rules,” will educate players on the statutes of actual war. The organization...
Looting Just Got A Lot Easier In Horizon Forbidden West, But Only On PS5
18.4.2023
Horizon Forbidden West is a game about saving the world, fighting prehistoric robots, and picking tons and tons of stuff up off the ground. Thankfully that last part just got even easier with the action-RPG’s free new PlayStation 5 update which adds a host of accessibility features, including...
Fortnite Totally Nailed Attack On Titan's Thrilling Movement
18.4.2023
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Ukrainian-Made Adventure Game Released As An 'Act Of Resilience Against The Chaos And Horror'
17.4.2023
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been a horrific tragedy for tens of millions of people, but as we’ve seen, life still goes on between the bombings. And that includes making, and releasing, new video games.Read more
Ubisoft Dumps Influencer Over Racist Rainbow Six Siege 'Jokes'
14.4.2023
Streamer Thaqil, a Rainbow Six Siege player who publishers Ubisoft at some point deemed important enough to commemorate with an in-game item, has been dumped by the company after making a series of racist jokes on TikTok.Read more
MMO Introduces New Loot Boxes, Pulls Them Immediately After Fans Revolt
4.4.2023
Late last month the developers of venerable MMO Everquest II introduced a new kind of loot box to the game that was, basically, a pay-to-win situation. It did not go down well with the long-running community!Read more
Australian Government Wants To Give 18+ Ratings To Any Game With Gambling
30.3.2023
The Australian Federal Government have announced this week that they’ll be pushing to “apply an R18+ rating to all video games that contain simulated gambling”, a move that appears to be the strictest of its type we’ve seen.Read more
One Of The Best Battlefields Ever Is Getting Shut Down
21.3.2023
Today, Electronic Arts and developer Dice announced plans to sunset a selection of older Battlefield games and Mirror’s Edge later this month. Sadly, the list includes one of the best entries in the Battlefield franchise: Bad Company 2. And while you’ll still be able to play it online until the...
FIFA Loot Boxes Violate Austrian Gambling Laws, Court Rules
7.3.2023
Loot boxes have been a thorn in gamers’ sides for as long as they’ve been around, with lawsuits and players deriding them as exploitative gambling mechanics. EA has been a prominent example of publishers using loot boxes, and its massively popular soccer game FIFA is no exception. FIFA’s Ultimate...
These God Of War Easter Eggs Have Deep PlayStation Roots
7.2.2023
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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...
Witch From Mercury's Suletta Joins The List of Anime Protags Who've Committed War Crimes
25.1.2023
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God Of War Is Still The GOAT For Opening Boss Fights
5.1.2023
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Ukrainian Devs Remind Us Life Is Still Hell As Russian Drones Bomb Cities
23.12.2022
It feels like forever since the war in Ukraine began, but it hasn’t even been a year; Russian tanks rolled across the border in February, just ten months ago. Yet what was once headline news has now blurred into the background for most of us, a conflict that for the rest of the world is...
Game Removes Loot Boxes, Players Revolt Instead Of Celebrate
13.12.2022
Popular free-to-play mobile game Brawl Stars is doing something a bit different. In an era where it seems every game is trying to nickel and dime you with more and more stuff to buy, instead it’s removing loot boxes and all random rewards entirely from the game. It’s yet another sign that loot...