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The Truth Behind Those Wild TikTok Videos Meant To Hack Your Attention
2.2.2023
If you spend any time on TikTok, you may have noticed that a certain kind of video collage is popping up all over your For You page. Maybe it has a clip of the adult cartoon Family Guy in there, or socialist Twitch streamer Hasan “Hasanabi” Piker talking about Black Lives Matter. But no matter...
It's Time For This Great, Forgotten Dead Space Game To Return
1.2.2023
The recently released Dead Space remake is a triumph among video game remakes, many of which haven’t been very well received by fans over the last few years. And as a massive Dead Space fan, I’m so damn happy to see EA spending money on the franchise again—with great results. But, I can’t help...
Your Favorite Musician Just Went Live On Twitch
1.2.2023
Today there are famous people tweeting about Call of Duty and streaming on Twitch, something you might have at one point considered to be a more niche hobby reserved for the most hardcore gamers. But the industry is booming. HBO’s biggest TV show debut in the last ten years is about a zombie game....
Link To The Past Has Been Reverse-Engineered, Fully Ported To The PC
1.2.2023
One of the most interesting developments in the emulation and coding scenes in recent years has been the increasing trend in taking classic old video games and completely reverse-engineering their code.Read more
Apex Legends Mobile Shutting Down After Only 8 Months, Battlefield Mobile Canceled
31.1.2023
Apex Legends Mobile, the mobile port of EA and Respawn’s popular battle royale shooter, is not long for this world. EA confirmed today, just eight months after the game’s launch, that the free-to-play offshoot will be shutting down on May 1, 2023. What’s more, EA plans to sunset Battlefield Mobile...
The Week In Games: Deliver Us To The Future
30.1.2023
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Horizon Multiplayer Alpha Footage Leaks (And It Kinda Looks Like Fortnite)
30.1.2023
Some screenshots and gameplay footage circulating online today purport to be Guerrilla Games’ currently in-development Horizon multiplayer project. And I gotta say, these are some of the most Fortnite-looking, Immortals Fenyx Rising-styled models I’ve ever seen.Read more
Thank You, Hi-Fi Rush, For Coming Out Of Nowhere
30.1.2023
Hi-Fi Rush, a game built around the concept of pure joy, was notable last week for two things. One, it’s really, really good! And two, it achieved that rarest of video game feats: a successful surprise release.Read more
GoldenEye 007's Finally On Switch And Xbox, But It Needs Some Work
27.1.2023
After years and years of rumors, whispers, fan outcry, and endless internet theories, Rare’s beloved Nintendo 64 first-person shooter, GoldenEye 007, is finally out on modern consoles. And while for many this is something to celebrate, these new ports aren’t quite as good as they could have been....
Guy Gets Saved From Being Fired Over Gaming On The Job In The Best Way
26.1.2023
The union-oriented Twitter account Daily Union Elections asked the world in a recent tweet, “Union folks, what is the best grievance/[Unfair Labor Practice] that you’ve ever won?” And the world responded in kind. As a proud union girl myself, I thought a few stories stood out, but one came up above...
This Racing Game Promises The Best Dirty Video Game Cars You've Ever Seen
25.1.2023
Forza Motorsport is one of a handful of big 2023 Xbox exclusives, and the racing sim’s devs are talking a big game from dynamic weather and changing track temperatures all the way down to minute details like how dirt accumulates on your car over the course of each lap.Read more
League of Legends Source Code Hacked, Riot Refuses To Pay Blackmail
24.1.2023
On Tuesday, Riot Games announced that the source code for both League of Legends and Team Fight Tactics was stolen, and that it would not be paying the ransom demanded by hackers to get it back. It’s the latest in a spree of data breaches at big game companies, and means both games could...
The Week In Games: Magical Parkour And Spooky Spaceships
24.1.2023
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Fish Play Pokémon Scarlet And Violet, Accidentally Commit Credit Card Fraud
20.1.2023
A YouTuber created an alternative Nintendo Switch controller for their pet fish, which allows them to play video games on livestream. That fish managed to spend real money on some digital purchases while trying to beat a gym leader in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet (h/t: GamesRadar). And all of this...
War Thunder Players Are, Once Again, Posting Military Documents On Forums
20.1.2023
You may remember that one of the funniest stories of 2022 was the way that players of War Thunder—an arcadey online shooter featuring real military vehicles—just kept on posting military documents in the game’s forums. Not as acts of espionage, but to win arguments about specs.Read more
Microsoft Slashes 10K Jobs, Including At Xbox And Halo Studios
18.1.2023
Following rumors earlier this week from Sky News, tech giant Microsoft has announced a slew of layoffs affecting 10,000 workers, some within its game studios, blaming slowing e-commerce sales and a potential economic recession. Kotaku has confirmed that a number of developers at 343 Industries,...
Dead Stadia Game Lives On Through Sneaky Steam Update
18.1.2023
As Google prepares to kill off its Stadia streaming service for good, there have been a few parting gifts to emerge from its demise. Users got a final game, along with the ability to unlock the Bluetooth capabilities of their controllers (even if that was something they should have been able to...
The Specs For Some PC Games Are Getting Out Of Control
18.1.2023
Over the past few years, the minimum amount of RAM you’d need to play the latest games on PC has been somewhere around the 8-16GB ballpark. Unless, that is, you’re talking about some very weird outliers, both of which are also games from, or appearing on, the PlayStation 5.Read more
5 Classic Retro Games You Can Play For Free
17.1.2023
In the down moments of playing a distressingly long Mario Party 2 game this weekend—my friends get a garbage truck full of NES and Super NES games with their Nintendo Switch Online membership—I started wondering what other retro games were only a download away on publishers’ official...
Switch Dominated 2022 Sales, And Modern Warfare 2 Beat Elden Ring
17.1.2023
Now that 2022 is over (thank God), the NPD group has done its thing, collecting and processing all the resulting sales data. Now we can look back at the last 12 months and see what games and consoles sold best, and how much money people spent on this stuff. Shocking nobody, Nintendo had another...