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Elden Ring Beta's Most Notorious Jerk Has Chilled Out Now
24.2.2022
Early Elden Ring players were shocked when an NPC in the closed network test called their character a “bit player” who should “die in a ditch somewhere.” His outright and immediate hostility was seen by some as a personification of the Souls-like genre’s brutal difficulty, but I’m here to report...
Elden Ring Isn’t Running So Great On PC
24.2.2022
Elden Ring finally comes out tomorrow amid high expectations, having been lauded by critics as “the best game of all time,” “the greatest game of all time,” and “not Horizon Forbidden West, which by the way is also pretty good.” There’s just one problem: Apparently, the game isn’t running so great...
Elden Ring's First Scary Obstacle Is A Simple Bridge
23.2.2022
A rickety, wooden bridge in many games is just that: a way to get across a gap to the next objective. But in Souls games, FromSoftware often utilizes these atmospheric flourishes for more devious ends. That’s why, when Elden Ring presented me with such an obstacle a few short moments into my...
FromSoftware's Notorious Poison Zones Appear 90 Seconds Into Elden Ring
23.2.2022
Last week, I said FromSoftware was “back on its bullshit” in response to the moody Elden Ring cinematic that introduces the game’s world and major characters. I wish I’d saved that particularly evocative phrase for today’s story instead because, if finding a way to poison the player in less than...
Elden Ring Reviews Call The Game A Challenging Open-World Masterpiece
23.2.2022
The review embargo for Elden Ring, From Software’s highly anticipated and tough-as-nails action role-playing game, has finally lifted ahead of its February 25 launch. Critics have started publishing their reviews online, giving you an opportunity to see just where the latest Soulslike stands...
One Annoying NPC Connects Elden Ring To Dark Souls, Bloodborne, And Armored Core
23.2.2022
Elden Ring may look a lot like Dark Souls but, as far as we know right now, it’s entirely its own thing in terms of narrative and lore. That doesn’t mean, however, there aren’t legitimate links between From Software’s latest action RPG and previous games like Demon’s Souls, Bloodborne, and even...
Desperate Metroid Fans Are Convinced This Image Holds Prime 4 Clues
18.2.2022
I love Metroid, but being a longtime fan does weird things to you. Take, for example, the latest kerfuffle over Retro Studios updating its Twitter banner. Where a normal person might see a cool piece of Samus Aran concept art, the ravenous Metroid fan, their hunger unsatiated by Metroid Dread...
Elden Ring’s Moody Intro Proves From Software Is Back On Its BS
17.2.2022
Dark Souls developer From Studios’ next adventure, the open-world Elden Ring, is right around the corner, which naturally means copies are leaking into the wild ahead of its official February 25 release date. And while gameplay footage is all well and good, we’ve seen a bunch of that already....
YGG-backed Oasys blockchain hopes to take P2E gaming mainstream
17.2.2022
“Gaming is the best use case the world has ever seen for blockchain and I believe we will see 10 million wallets interacting with blockchain games before the end of this year,” said Oasys founding member Gabby Dizon
Fake Nintendo Insider Fooled Thousands With Phony Predictions
15.2.2022
If you’ve been on the internet, you’ve seen commenters or social media accounts claiming to have the lowdown. Right before the most recent Nintendo Direct, a new Twitter account called Waddle Dee Knows did just that by making a flurry of predictions. Some of them, including a new Super Mario...
Bandai Namco to Invest $130 Million in Building Its Own IP Metaverse
12.2.2022
Bandai Namco, a game development and publishing company, has announced its intention of creating its own metaverse to increase the engagement fans have with the brand. The strategy was announced during the reveal of its new mid-term plan, which outlines the roadmap of the company for the next three...
Hacker: Elden Ring May Suffer Same Serious Online Exploits As Dark Souls III
10.2.2022
All PC versions of the Dark Souls games will remain offline for the foreseeable future, according to a new tweet from series publisher Bandai Namco, in order to fix at least one major security vulnerability. Further, the developers are working to ensure that the same serious vulnerability does...
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 Japanese Internet Reacts To Sega Leaving The Arcade Business
1.2.2022
After 56 years, Sega’s arcade history is coming to a close. In fall 2020, Sega sold off 85 percent of its arcade business to Tokyo-based Genda. Now, the company has sold off its remaining stock, and Genda is removing the Sega name from arcades. In its place, Genda will use the “Gigo” name, which...
Elden Ring Director On Game's Difficulty: 'More Players Will Finish It'
28.1.2022
We are less than a month out from the release of Elden Ring. Some are already planning to take off from work to play it. Others are planning to take off from the internet to avoid what will likely be another round of game difficulty discourse. Director Hidetaka Miyazaki has broached the subject...
Mysterious! Guilty Gear Character’s Boobs Keep Growing With Every Sequel
26.1.2022
Even in a franchise as full of brilliant characters as Guilty Gear, Baiken rules. The fucked-up samurai, despite missing both an eye and an arm, is canonically one of the strongest people in the fighting game’s universe, and it’s hard not to be charmed by the brash swagger she brings to every...
10 Pokémon Games That Defied The Classic Turn-Based RPG Formula
25.1.2022
Who’s ready for the latest game starring Pokémon that’s not quite a traditional turn-based RPG? Pokémon Legends: Arceus arrives this week, the latest in a long line of side-stories and spinoffs that let us play with our pocket monsters in new and different ways.Pokémon Legends: Arceus, for example...
Dark Souls Servers Down Due To Exploit That Could Give Someone Control Of Your PC
23.1.2022
Earlier this morning, Bandai Namco and From Software announced that all the servers for Dark Souls Remastered, 2, and 3 were temporarily shut down because of an “issue with online services.” While the publisher didn’t share more details, it’s believed the “issue” is a recently publicized PC exploit...
Elden Ring Character Creator Leaks And Fans Are Totally Loving It
10.1.2022
As we get closer to Elden Ring’s February 25 launch, footage of its character creator has leaked, and fans of the upcoming action-RPG think it looks dope. In fact, folks are saying it looks better than the character creators in FromSoftware’s previous games, like Bloodborne and Dark Souls III.Read...
Your Winter 2022 Anime Guide
10.1.2022
It’s cold! Who wants to go outside when there’s new anime to watch? Not me, that’s for sure. Read more