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How One Valorant Clip Kickstarted A Conversation About Sexism In Competitive Games
12.4.2024
Last summer, I reported on major studios’ valiant (but still lacking) efforts to combat toxic voice chat (of which women are often the target) in popular competitive games like Overwatch 2, Call of Duty, and Apex Legends. And though Riot Games, the studio behind the 5v5 competitive hero shooter...
That Cool Dart Gun From The Fallout Show Is Already A Mod
12.4.2024
Lucy’s handy-dandy silver-plated tranquilizer gun in the Fallout TV show is a mostly original creation designed for the Amazon Prime adaption. But fans move fast, and the weapon has already been brought to Fallout 4 via a talented modder. Read more
Baldur’s Gate 3 Becomes First Game To Win Every Major GOTY Award
12.4.2024
If it seems like Baldur’s Gate 3 can’t stop winning Game of the Year awards, you aren’t wrong. Just this week, Larian’s ambitious 2023 Dungeons & Dragons RPG took home yet another prize during the video game portion of the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs). While it is impressive alone to take...
Nintendo's Switch Online SNES Library Just Got Three Games Bigger
12.4.2024
If you’re paying for access to Nintendo’s Switch Online package, you too are probably perennially wondering whether you’re actually getting anything out of it, but then remembering it’s only $20 a year and it stores all your saves in the cloud. Thankfully, every so often a few more prehistoric...
Woman Leaves Yu-Gi-Oh Event Because It Smelled Horrible
11.4.2024
A woman went viral on social media after claiming she left a Yu-Gi-Oh card game event due to how terrible many of the other players smelled. Read more
Genshin Impact Developer Mihoyo Valued At $23 Billion
11.4.2024
The tenor of conversations around mobile and gacha games has shifted over the years. Though they were first met with derision for the widespread perception that they were cheap and inferior knockoff games, not to mention predatory due to their various mechanics and features often being closely tied...
Baldur’s Gate 3 Is Still Winning GOTY Awards Four Months Into 2024
11.4.2024
It is April, and yet we are still in award season for all your favorite 2023 video games. The video game segment of the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) were held today, April 11, and like The Game Awards before them, they awarded Larian Studios’ Dungeons & Dragons RPG Baldur’s Gate 3 the...
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth's New Patch Finally Lets You Get That Damn Platinum Trophy
11.4.2024
Our long national nightmare is over. Square Enix has updated Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and fixed, among other issues, a bugged and impossible-to-complete side quest found at the end of the game that was stopping some players from getting the platinum trophy. Read more
I Wish I Could Show You The First Sonic 3 Movie Trailer
11.4.2024
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is one of the films Paramount is showcasing at Cinemacon in Las Vegas right now, and that presentation included a whole trailer of the blue blur fighting his angsty rival Shadow. Unfortunately, as of this writing, none of that footage is available to the public. But we do have...
Bethesda’s Todd Howard Would ‘Probably Say No’ To An Elder Scrolls Show
11.4.2024
With Amazon’s Fallout series tearing up the review charts, you might be wondering if Bethesda Softworks has any other plans to turn its properties into TV shows or movies. The publisher has quite a few IP under its belt, after all, many of which might make for a solid game-to-show adaptation—like...
Overwatch 2’s New Season Reimagines Its Heroes As Villains
11.4.2024
Overwatch 2’s tenth season begins on April 16, and it will new non-binary damage hero Venture to the roster after their test phase last month. While the drill-based brawler is the headliner of season 10 (called Venture Forth), a special, limited-time event is a cool standout. The Mirrorwatch event...
Fallout 4 Finally Receiving Next-Gen Update Just In Time For Show Premiere
11.4.2024
If you’ve been watching Amazon’s new (and good) Fallout show and thinking, “Damn, I should play one of those games,” the most polished of the bunch is about to get a new update! That’s right, remember that next-gen update that Bethesda Softworks announced for Fallout 4 around the series’ 25th...
Amazon Makes Fallout 3 & New Vegas Free To Play In The Worst Way Possible
11.4.2024
Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas, two very good and incredibly popular open-world RPGs, are now free to play if you are an Amazon Prime member. But there’s some bad news: You can only play these Bethesda RPGs for free via Amazon’s cloud streaming service, Luna. Sorry. Read more
This Twisted Sniper Sim Is One Of The Most Disturbing Games You’ll (Love To) Play
11.4.2024
Children of the Sun is one of the most disturbing games I’ve ever played. Admittedly, this sounds like a superbly tabloid opening line to an article, one that’s about to harrumph on about the terrible state of things, but worry not. I mean it as a good thing. God, this game is dark, creepy...
Diablo IV’s Next Season Will Completely Change How Loot Works
11.4.2024
Diablo 4, Blizzard’s loot-grinding RPG that launched to commercial success and critical acclaim in June 2023, is regularly getting solid updates that fix mechanics and tweak classes for improved playability The latest big update is sure to bring some lapsed players back into the fold. Loot...
Destiny 2 Leaker Claims Sequel In Development, Codenamed ‘Payback’
11.4.2024
Earlier this week, Bungie unveiled most of the major features included in Destiny 2’s upcoming expansion, The Final Shape, including a new enemy faction, an exotic class item that allows players to mix and match game-changing perks, and most importantly, a chaotic new subclass called Prismatic that...
John Cena Should Be In The Zelda Movie, Actually
11.4.2024
John Cena is probably not teasing a role in the upcoming Legend of Zelda live-action film. But after the wrestler-turned-actor posted a no-context image of Link from the original 1986 NES game on his Instagram, fans immediately started running with the mere suggestion that Cena could appear in...
You Must Spend $80 To Unlock The King Kong Glove In Call Of Duty
10.4.2024
Call of Duty players are up in arms that a new cosmetic item inspired by the new film Godzilla X Kong: New Empire costs $80, in yet another example of the monstrous costs of in-game cosmetics.Read more
Fans Considering Legal Action After Disney Kart Racer Changes Battle Pass Monetization
10.4.2024
While you might not expect a Disney-themed kart racing game to be the subject of much controversy, Disney Speedstorm has implemented some changes to its progression that have upset fans so much that some are considering legal action. Developer Gameloft has framed these changes as helpful for people...
PS Plus April Lineup Adding Dave The Diver And Previews Animal Well
10.4.2024
You know what time it is, y’all. PlayStation has announced the lineup of titles coming to its subscription service PS Plus and its various tiers later this month, and the most hotly contested “indie game” is leading the pack. That’s right folks, Dave The Diver is coming to the PS Plus Game Catalog...