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Competitive Pokémon Is Full Of Cheating, According To New Data
21.8.2023
A week after the winners were crowned at the 2023 Pokémon World Championship in Japan, a new survey of the Pokémon Scarlet and Violet competitive community appears to show just how rampant “cheating” is in the hit Nintendo Switch game. The data looked at recent teams fielded by pros and found that...
Pokémon Go Fest 2023 Is A Reminder The Game Is Meant For A Big City
21.8.2023
Pokémon Go Fest 2023 was a surreal experience for someone who has only had a passing relationship with the mobile ‘mon collecting game since it launched in 2016. On the bus back to Manhattan from Randall’s Island Park, I sat surrounded by people from all walks of life brought together by Pokémon...
Pokémon Go Fest 2023 Is A Reminder The Game Is Meant For A Big City
21.8.2023
Pokémon Go Fest 2023 was a surreal experience for someone who has only had a passing relationship with the mobile ‘mon collecting game since it launched in 2016. On the bus back to Manhattan from Randall’s Island Park, I sat surrounded by people from all walks of life brought together by Pokémon...
Longtime Mario Voice Actor Charles Martinent ‘Stepping Back’ From Role
21.8.2023
Charles Martinet, the actor whose voice has been synonymous with Mario since the mid-90s, is moving into a new role at Nintendo, the company announced on X (formerly Twitter).Read more
My D&D Game Fell Apart, But Baldur’s Gate 3 Saved The Day
18.8.2023
As is the case with many Dungeons & Dragons groups, my band of outcasts fell apart. I’ve lamented the loss over the last few months, but now, I finally have a piece of that joy back thanks to Baldur’s Gate 3.Read more
Baldur’s Gate 3 Co-Op Is The Game’s Chaotic Potential Realized
18.8.2023
I’m annoying as hell when it comes to choice-based RPGs because I am so particular about role-playing and writing a character in my head that I couldn’t even stand the thought of playing Baldur’s Gate 3 cooperatively with even my close friends. I said in my review that I don’t think it’s...
Kenyan Residents Asked to Participate in a ‘Public Survey on Virtual Assets’
18.8.2023
Kenya residents who wish to shape their country’s policy towards the crypto ecosystem can now do so by participating in a public survey on virtual assets and virtual assets service providers, the Financial Reporting Centre (FRC) has said. The FRC says the public’s feedback “will...
Don’t Feel Guilty Over Save Scumming In Baldur’s Gate 3
17.8.2023
Save scumming: It’s the art of saving before a potentially undesirable outcome in a video game should you not like the results, and reloading if you don’t. And as with everything in video gaming, folks have opinions on it. Some will tell you it’s totally fine, others might categorize it as a mortal...
Baldur’s Gate 3 Developer Pulls Hotfix Following Save Issues
17.8.2023
If you’ve played any amount of Baldur’s Gate 3 lately, you might’ve noticed how frequently the game is getting updates. Well, it turns out that a recent one has caused a bit of an issue, prompting developer Larian Studios to roll back the patch and issue a temporary hotfix to fix the problems...
Get Ready To Clear Your Disk Space For Starfield
17.8.2023
As someone who regularly hears “uh, you need to pay for that” or “ma’am, you need a license to drive this,” I’m accustomed to people interrupting my fun with strange, made up rules. And it looks like Starfield will also hit me with a warning I’m more than used to by now: “You need to clear storage...
Starfield Reveals Even More RPG Details About Its Sci-Fi World
16.8.2023
Starfield is only a few weeks away, and Bethesda is still drip-feeding new information to players desperate to finally get their hands on the long-awaited Xbox console exclusive. Will you be able to buy apartments in the cities you travel to? Will you get to smuggle illicit items across galactic...
You Can Preload Starfield On PC, Xbox Starting This Month
16.8.2023
Starfield, Bethesda’s gigantic space-based RPG with over 1,000 planets, has gone gold, meaning it’s passed certification and will soon be ready to hit store shelves both physical and digital. As such, the studio announced that preloading on PC and Xbox will start very soon.Read more
Baldur’s Gate 3 Players Now Speedrunning Sex
16.8.2023
It doesn’t matter how large a game like Baldur’s Gate 3 is, there will always be folks who dare to ask: How quickly can I get through this? But now fans are turning to ask another bold question: How quickly can I get laid in Larian’s new epic RPG? Well, it turns out no one’s lonely in Faerûn...
Short Baldur’s Gate 3 Players Can’t Properly Kiss Their Loves
15.8.2023
Baldur’s Gate 3 lets you romance a plethora of in-game characters. You can kiss them up in preparation for some tantalizing sex, but if you’re a short king or queen, then it appears you skip first base and get right to the second.Read more
Destiny 2 Promises New Map Pack And Free Eververse Armor To Win Back Players
15.8.2023
The Destiny 2 community has been spiraling ever since a disappointing State of the Game update earlier this month failed to address what some fans see as core issues with the modern version of Bungie’s sci-fi MMO. Now game director Joe Blackburn has taken the unusual step of addressing...
Baldur’s Gate 3 Will Soon Let You Re-Customize Your Character
15.8.2023
Baldur’s Gate 3 may soon let you change your in-game appearance after starting the game, offering an upgrade to the already-praised character creator.Read more
One Of Baldur’s Gate 3’s Strongest Attacks Is A Massive Falling ‘Owlbear’
15.8.2023
If there’s a ridiculous way to overcome an obstacle or win a fight, Baldur’s Gate 3 will probably give players the options to actually do it, and it won’t take them long to try. The latest example revolves around a tower of crates, the magic spell Crushing Flight, and a five-ton owl that’s shaped...
Dang, Someone Beat Baldur's Gate 3 In Under 11 Minutes
15.8.2023
Larian Studios’ Baldur’s Gate 3 is the new hotness. Taking the internet by storm, the fantasy RPG has become the highest-rated game on Metacritic, dethroning The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. But while most folks are still chewing through the massive Dungeons & Dragons-based game,...
Baldur’s Gate 3 Is Trying To Compete With My Actual D&D Hobby—And It’s Losing
15.8.2023
That Baldur’s Gate 3 so closely adapts a tabletop role-playing gaming (TTRPG) rule system I know reasonably well is both a relief in that I don’t need to learn something new and quite fun, given that I enjoy D&D role-playing mechanics. But as a game master (GM) of a regular Pathfinder second...
Diablo IV Freezes Trading After Dupe Trick And Gold Exploit Crash The Market
15.8.2023
The second-hand market for trading gold and items in Diablo IV is currently on hold as Blizzard investigates the rise of new item duplication glitches and gold exploits. The unusual economic intervention comes as the action-RPG’s market gets flooded with gold, and some players reportedly trade gear...