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Chaos: Twitch Star Kai Cenat Pulls Thousands Of Fans Into NYC Streets
4.8.2023
Twitch star Kai Cenat, who recently became the most subscribed creator on the streaming platform, asked his fans and followers to show up for a real-life giveaway in New York City. And they did, with reportedly 2,000 people arriving, leading to chaos and arrests. Read more
Let’s Get Really Nostalgic About The Early Days Of PlayStation
4.8.2023
“There was a sense that video games were toys. And Sony is not a toy company.” That’s how a new mini-oral history about PlayStation revolutionizing console gaming begins over at IGN. The words belong to former head of Sony Worldwide Studios, Shawn Layden, and they ring true for anyone who grew...
Overwatch 2's Great Sojourn Short Is Only Viewable In The Game
4.8.2023
I like Sojourn, the latest damage hero to be added to Overwatch 2, and have been eagerly awaiting her animated short, Calling, since it was teased over a year ago. Now that it’s here, I am so infatuated with her dog, Murphy, that I barely processed any of the cool shit that happened in...
Baldur's Gate III Has Super Impressive Twitch Features
4.8.2023
Baldur’s Gate III has a whole suite of useful Twitch integration features, and players are already enthusiastically taking notice after its August 3 release. Larian Studios’ eagerly anticipated entry in the BioWare-created Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game series seems to have thought...
Beware This Baldur's Gate 3 Bug That Prevents Players From Saving
4.8.2023
Baldur’s Gate III is taking over Steam right now, but one small save bug is stopping some players in their tracks and forcing them to lose valuable progress in their journeys. Read more
Baldur's Gate 3 Shows RPG Romance Can Always Get Weirder
4.8.2023
I’m about 20 hours into Baldur’s Gate 3, and I’ve picked the most basic-ass romance for a person attracted to men: Gale. He’s a human wizard who is sassy and kind of annoying but also sweet and tragic in a way that tickles the part of my brain that writes fanfiction. With Gale as my chosen romance...
Halo Infinite Is So Back, Baby
3.8.2023
I’m an uncompromising, loud-mouthed Halo apologist, but even I fell off of Halo Infinite. Despite 343 Industries’ latest game feeling just as good as a Halo game should, its strange, staccato launch and lack of new maps surrounded it with an air of perpetual stagnation for nearly two years....
A Resident Evil Remake Is Now The Best-Selling Game In The Series
3.8.2023
Quick! What did you think was the best-selling Resident Evil game in the franchise before you read the headline above? I assumed it was 2005’s Resident Evil 4, I mean, I’ve bought that game enough times at this point. But it actually was 2017’s Resident Evil 7—until just recently, when Resident...
Animoca Brands-Backed Game 'Wreck League' Puts Bored Apes Into the Storyline
3.8.2023
The new game, launching in the next few weeks, will allow players to assemble giant robotic characters using collectible NFT parts
Web3 Gamer: Zuckerberg’s metaverse losses, NFT game on Discord, Gods Unchained hot take
3.8.2023
Instagram CEO Zuckerberg’s $40B metaverse losses, AI-powered NFT RPG on Discord, new Web3 eSports platform and a hot take on Gods Unchained
Major Video Game Creator Bandai Namco and Oasys Unveil AI Virtual Pet NFT Game
3.8.2023
Bandai Namco, a Japanese multinational video game creator, has introduced an AI virtual pet NFT game, RYUZO, featuring digital creatures called RYU on the Oasys Network, an eco-friendly gaming blockchain network.
Launched on Wednesday, August 2nd, RYUZO was developed in collaboration with...
Twitch Bans Promotion Of Counter-Strike Gambling
3.8.2023
Streaming megasite Twitch has updated its community guidelines, and now prohibits streamers from promoting or being sponsored by Counter-Strike: Global Offensive skin gambling sites. This new ban could impact many CS:GO streamers who have lucrative deals with these controversial websites. Read more
Thronefall Is The Perfect Strategy Game For People Who Don’t Have Time
2.8.2023
I love the blocky, saturated aesthetic and minimalist presentation of Thronefall. Fortunately, it’s also really cleverly designed and fun to play, distilling the tower defense strategy formula down into its compelling essentials so you can experience why fans of the genre love it without feeling...
Gamestop to Sunset Crypto Wallet Amid Regulatory Uncertainty; Advises Users to Secure Passphrase
2.8.2023
Gamestop, the American retailer known for specializing in video game sales, has announced its intention to eliminate its iOS and Chrome Extension crypto wallets on November 1, 2023. The company cited the decision as a response to the existing “regulatory uncertainty of the crypto space.” Gamestop...
Woof, Woof, Bang, Bang: Dogs Are Back In Call Of Duty
2.8.2023
Look, I only bought Call of Duty: Ghosts back in the day because dog. Dogs in games are great and hilarious, and in Call of Duty I love seeing a dog wearing camo, maybe some goggles, tearin’ shit up, destroying things, barking freely, and just living their best mass-murdering lives. Now dogs...
You’ve Never Heard Of This Life-Changing Horror Game
2.8.2023
Homebody is an unassuming horror game at first, set up similarly to recent socially anxious thrillers like Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022) and All My Friends Hate Me (2021): you’re late to meet up with old friends, they may or may not be mad, and there’s a killer, you think. But across the four hours...
Street Fighter 6 Cheat Turns Commentators Into Animals
2.8.2023
Street Fighter 6 players have uncovered a hidden code in the game that transforms its commentators into shout-casting animals. Read more
When Is Baldur’s Gate III Coming To Xbox? It’s Complicated
2.8.2023
Baldur’s Gate III arrives on PC on August 3 and is right around the corner on PlayStation 5. But what about Xbox Series X/S? The sprawling role-playing game still doesn’t have a release date on Microsoft’s console, and developer Larian Studios still isn’t sure if that version of the game will...
Street Fighter 6 Tournament Accidentally Flashes Chun-Li Nude Mod
2.8.2023
A recent Street Fighter 6 European tournament saw quite the blunder as the event’s host, who was streaming the competition from their PC, accidentally left a nude mod for Chun-Li on during a match.Read more
The Great Wii U Server Outage Of 2023 Is Over
2.8.2023
The Wii U isn’t dead, it’s just resting. Nintendo finally brought the console’s servers for Splatoon and Mario Kart 8 back online after a mysterious five month outage. “Please accept our sincere apologies for the extended waiting period,” the company wrote in an update, though it’s not making...