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The Week In Games: Engaging Persona-lities
17.1.2023
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Released Today, The Last Google Stadia Game Is A Piece Of History
13.1.2023
If you haven’t heard, Google Stadia is shutting down and closing shop next week. But before the never-quite-successful game streaming service dies, it has provided one neat (and free) little gift you can only play for a few days before it all goes offline. Read more
The Dream Of DRM-Free Steam PC Games Is Fading Away
13.1.2023
Good Old Games, or GOG, the digital-rights-management-free PC gaming marketplace and platform from CD Projekt, has officially ended a service that already didn’t feel terribly long for this world. What once seemed like a promising way to slowly import portions of your Steam library to GOG, where...
Atlus Demands Spoiler Warnings In Streams Of Its Decades-Old Persona Games
13.1.2023
Atlus is back with some peculiarly limiting stipulations for folks looking to livestream Persona 3 Portable and Persona 4 Golden, the upcoming HD remasters of two pretty old RPGs slated to launch on January 19. You should be careful lest the developer-publisher comes after your content.Read more
14 Things Every New PS5 Owner Should Try Or Consider
11.1.2023
If you’re reading this, that means you’ve managed to finally find a PlayStation 5. Which, according to Sony, is only going to become more common as it claims its overcome those pesky supply issues. While some folks are likely jumping from PlayStation 4 to the new console, there will be many who...
Xbox Is About To Get Some Big Energy Saving Updates
11.1.2023
Today, Microsoft announced a bunch of energy-saving updates coming to the Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S. Naturally, these updates came packaged with the humble brag that Xbox is the first carbon-aware console. Read more
Xbox And Bethesda Confirm Nintendo-Style Direct, But Don’t Expect Starfield Yet
11.1.2023
After rumors circulated earlier this week, Microsoft confirmed a Nintendo-style Developer_Direct will take place featuring Bethesda and Xbox. The presentation, planned for January 25 at 12 p.m. PT / 3 p.m. ET, will focus on upcoming Xbox games like Forza Motorsport, Minecraft Legends, and Redfall...
Final Fantasy XVI Producer Suggests PC Players Should Just 'Buy A PS5'
10.1.2023
Final Fantasy XVI, the upcoming installment in the long-running JRPG series, drops on June 22 as a PlayStation 5 exclusive. That exclusivity is a bit of a bummer as other Final Fantasy games, such as Final Fantasy VII Remake, were also available on PC. And the last mainline entry, Final Fantasy...
Gaming YouTube Is In Turmoil Thanks To New Violence And Profanity Rules
10.1.2023
Members of YouTube’s gaming community are calling out the video hosting site for adding new regulations regarding profanity usage and violent content, disproportionately affecting gaming creators who produce unscripted videos such as let’s plays of M-rated games. Worse, the policy is retroactively...
12 Things Every New Steam Deck Owner Should Try Or Consider
10.1.2023
As one of the most powerful handheld devices out there, the Steam Deck is a great, one-of-a-kind gaming platform. While some games might require you to fiddle around with the graphical settings to get the best performance out of them, the experience of playing a game on the Deck is often...
The Week In Games: Set Sail For Silentown
9.1.2023
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This Tech Allows Users To Smell Movies, Video Games, And Anime
6.1.2023
It’s official: the ability to smell shows and movies is finally here. Read more
Crappy Mobile Games Accidentally Led To The Best Version Of Vampire Survivors
5.1.2023
When Steam best seller Vampire Survivors made the surprise jump to mobile last month, it wasn’t just as compulsively playable as its PC and console counterparts, it was also free. And unobtrusively so. In a sea of aggressively monetized and sometimes downright exploitative smartphone games,...
PS2 Emulator Development Ceases Following Death Threats
5.1.2023
The sole developer behind AetherSX2, a PlayStation 2 emulator for Android devices, announced that they are discontinuing development of the app due to the “neverending” online impersonation, complaints, demands, and death threats they’ve endured. Read more
The PS5 Is Getting An Ultra Customizable Controller That Lets New Fans Play
5.1.2023
Sony has unveiled an accessibility controller meant to give users with disabilities a highly customizable means of playing games. The controller, codename Project Leonardo, should offer a more accessible gaming option to the PlayStation 5’s typical DualSense controller.Read more
Sony Claims The PlayStation 5 Shortage Is Over In 2023
5.1.2023
If you or a loved one has been struggling to find a PlayStation 5 since its launch in 2020, Sony says the box should be easier to find in your store of choice in 2023.Read more
YouTuber Beats Nintendo After It Tried Nuking Evidence Of A Canceled Zelda
3.1.2023
Early in December 2022, Nintendo had a journalistic documentary about a failed 2004 pitch for a Zelda Tactics game nuked from YouTube. Last week, however, Google’s video sharing platform restored the project after seemingly failing to find any copyright infringement. It’s the rare example of...
The State Of PlayStation In 2022
29.12.2022
The decision-makers behind Sony’s console juggernaut spent a lot of 2022 putting down railway for 2023 and beyond, dumping money and time into growing the PlayStation brand beyond the funky-looking device in your entertainment center. The company wants the PlayStation name to be ubiquitous,...
Elden Ring Was The Most Completed, And Most Quit, Game Of 2022
28.12.2022
2022 was truly the year of Elden Ring, with FromSoftware’s latest game exploding into the mainstream unlike anything it had previously created. As such, a lot of people played and finished Elden Ring. In fact, according to one set of data, Elden Ring was the most completed game of 2022. But funnily...
Getting A PS5 Or Xbox Series S/X Is Sorta Easier Two Years Later
23.12.2022
After two years on the market, you’d probably think scooping up a PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X would be simpler by now.Read more