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The Rabbids Invade the Metaverse as The Sandbox Partners With Gaming Giant Ubisoft
9.2.2022
On February 8, the subsidiary of Animoca Brands and the decentralized gaming virtual world project, The Sandbox, announced the company has partnered with the French video game company Ubisoft. According to the announcement, Ubisoft will have its own land in the virtual metaverse, and the world will...
Report: IGDA Failed To Act On Internal Harassment Claims
9.2.2022
The International Game Developers Association has been an outspoken critic of the culture at companies like Ubisoft and Activision Blizzard that has led to so many lawsuits, departures and firings over the last few years. Yet a report today by GI.Biz says that the group has failed to act on its...
Halo Infinite Tips For People Who Already Know What They’re Doing
8.2.2022
By now, Halo Infinite has been out long enough for you to get pretty good. But there comes a point in all competitive shooters—hey, no shame in this—where you hit a plateau. Your matches start playing out just as the previous 50 did. You find yourself falling back on the same tactics, to the same...
Halo Infinite's Xbox Numbers Slip Behind Roblox
8.2.2022
Halo Infinite is slipping. As first reported by Forbes, 343 Industries’ popular shooter—the marquee Xbox game of this generation—has dropped out of the top five most-played games on Xbox, down from once upon a time holding fast in the top position.Read more
Pokémon Legends: Arceus Players Find Glitch To Clone Shinies
8.2.2022
Pokémon Legends: Arceus hasn’t launched with nearly as many exploits as last year’s Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl remakes, but players have still managed to discover one particular glitch with huge consequences for Shiny hunting. Want to start raking in Shinies and dish them out...
Uh-Oh, Now Pokémon Has A Wordle, Too
8.2.2022
I promised myself I wouldn’t write about Wordle today. It didn’t matter how clever the spin, how cute the twist on the theme, I was determined. And then I discovered the existence of Squirdle, a Wordle-like guessing game about Pokémon, and I’m helpless.Read more
Surprise, The First Nintendo Direct Of The Year Has Been Scheduled
8.2.2022
Switch owners can finally chill for a minute. The first Nintendo Direct of 2022 has been revealed, and it’s taking place tomorrow, February 9. The lengthy presentation will “mainly” cover games coming out in the first half of the year, so news about Breath of the Wild 2 might be a long shot,...
Dying Light 2, As Told By Steam Reviews
8.2.2022
Dying Light 2 was released last week and quickly became one of the most popular games on Steam, at one point hitting over 240,000 concurrent players. The open-world zombie RPG is the follow-up to the also successful Dying Light, launched back in 2016. And while game critics have had some mixed...
Gundam Anime Studio Is Changing Its Official Name
8.2.2022
Founded in 1972, Sunrise Inc. is one of Japan’s most famous anime studios. The studio’s corporate name will be no more starting this spring.IT Media reports that Sunrise will become Bandai Namco Filmworks as of April 1st 2022. Bandai Namco Arts and Bandai Namco Marketing will merge with Sunrise...
The Art Of OlliOlli World
8.2.2022
The first two OlliOlli games were great, but developers Roll7 have really outdone themselves with the third entry in the series, OlliOlli World, which is out this week.Read more
Demon’s Souls Expert Claims PS5 Remake Still Hides Secrets
7.2.2022
Several unique items have yet to be unearthed in the PlayStation 5 remake of Demon’s Souls, trusted modder and dataminer Lance McDonald recently stated on Twitter. That said, he’s not quite ready to give up the details.Read more
Here's How To Save 10 Bucks On Horizon Forbidden West For PS5
7.2.2022
This is a little PSA to note that Horizon Forbidden West, Guerrilla Games’ highly anticipated sequel to the critically acclaimed Horizon Zero Dawn, is $10 cheaper if you pre-order it through your PlayStation 4 rather than buying the PlayStation 5 version. Read more
Wordle On Game Boy Might Be The Coolest Port Yet
7.2.2022
Hey, have you heard about this game called Wordle? You probably have. At this point, the only people who haven’t heard of Wordle are folks with no internet access, and honestly, it’s likely some of them have heard about it, too. And now, thanks to one clever and bored hardware hacker, the daily...
Sifu's Early Access Release On PlayStation Is Kind Of A Mess
6.2.2022
Sifu is out today for folks who pre-ordered the game’s Digital Deluxe Edition, which comes with a few bonuses including 48-hour early access. However, loads of people on PlayStation have reported issues with downloading and installing the early access version of the game, prompting devs SloClap...
Remembering Why The Jackass Video Game Was Terrible
5.2.2022
Yesterday, the world got a new Jackass film. After two years of covid-19, I’ll admit I’m happy to see the old gang back, wild and dumb as ever. It feels like a small piece of normality, one which I’m happy to have in 2022. But back in 2007, following the release of the second film and five years...
Confused Halo Infinite Fans Buy Nail Polish For Skins, Get Forza Stuff Instead
4.2.2022
An unrewarding battle pass. Big Team Battle. The freakin’ mangler. Halo Infinite’s most hardcore fans have long had minor gripes with the shooter, but here’s a new one: Cross-promotional tie-ins. Some players say they recently bought beauty products solely for the purpose of scoring cosmetics...
US Govt Wants To Imprison Nintendo Hacker Bowser For 5 Years
4.2.2022
The U.S. government suggested to a federal judge on Thursday that Nintendo hacker and modder Gary Bowser receive five years in prison after he pled guilty to two charges involving the selling and creation of mod chips that could allow people to play pirated games on their Nintendo Switch. Read more
Racist Xbox Commenters Duped By Popular Impersonator Just In Time For Black History Month
4.2.2022
It would be so satisfying if corporations and brands more often called out racism and other ills in their comments sections on social media. In the responses to a recent Xbox post on Facebook, it appeared at first glance that the console-maker had done exactly that. And while it’s not quite what...
Activision Blizzard Allegedly Wouldn’t Let Call Of Duty Twitch Streamer Run A Team Due To ‘Oversexual’ Posts
4.2.2022
Activision Blizzard, a publisher under a government investigation revolving around sexual harassment at the company, allegedly stopped a Call of Duty personality from leading her own team within a tournament held by her own organization. The reason? She’s claiming that the publisher...
Pokemon Legends: Arceus Players Are Spending Forever In Just The First Area
4.2.2022
Game Freak’s first stab at a semi-open world Pokémon game is quite good. In some ways it’s shockingly so. How do I know this? In part because I and a bunch of other players got immediately hooked on Pokémon Legends: Arceus’ first area and wasted hour after hour there doing tons of stuff without...