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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...
Can We Talk About Pokémon Legends: Arceus' Shockingly Dark Tone For A Second
4.2.2022
For years now, Pokémon fans have been begging Game Freak for a more “mature” monster-collecting video game, ideally one that’s more difficult than the mainline games in the franchise. With Pokémon Legends: Arceus, it seems that folks might have finally gotten what they wanted–and it’s kinda...
Genshin Impact's Best Update Yet Is Full Of Killer Moments
4.2.2022
Genshin Impact’s events can often feel puzzle-driven and sparse. Last year’s Lantern Rite Festival was a bit like a festive museum display. The Windblume Festival and Moonlight Merriment events, meanwhile, were little more than vehicles for seasonal minigames. In contrast, this year’s Chinese...
Genshin Impact’s Inazuma Update Adds Yae Miko, New Enemies, And Bartending
4.2.2022
This morning, Genshin Impact revealed the next major update for the game, which consists of new content for the Inazuma region. Yae Miko will become playable for the first time, the Enkanomiya sub-region will get its own event, and players will be able to fight a boss who looks suspiciously like...
Halo Mod Makes TV Show Canon By Adding Chevy Tahoe
3.2.2022
Chevy fans who also love Halo, rejoice. Finally, your day has arrived. A talented modder has added a Chevy Tahoe into Halo 3 after being inspired by the SUV’s recent appearance in a new Halo TV show trailer. Read more
Video Game Retailer Gamestop Partners With L2 Startup Immutable X, Launches $100 Million NFT Fund
3.2.2022
Last May it was discovered that the video game retail giant Gamestop was stepping into the world of non-fungible token (NFT) technology. Nine months later, Gamestop has revealed it is partnering with the layer two (L2) Ethereum scaling project, Immutable X. The two teams have also established...
Nintendo Sounds Leery Of Acquisitions, But Isn't Against Them
3.2.2022
While Xbox and Sony are entering an acquisition arms race, Nintendo isn’t so eager to snap up a slew of game studios.Read more
The Nintendo Switch Has Now Surpassed The Wii In Sales
3.2.2022
First launched in 2017, the Nintendo Switch has now sold more units than the Kyoto-based game company’s previous top home console, the Wii.“Sales [of the Switch] rising to the second-highest level ever, despite scarcity due to delays in production and distribution (especially in North America)...
The World's Best Guitar Hero Player Was A Cheat
3.2.2022
For the last few years, a Guitar Hero player called Schmooey was widely believed to be the best in the world, having racked up achievements and displayed feats that other players thought impossible. A discovery made last month, however, shows there was a very good reason for that.Read more
Sony Cuts PlayStation 5 Sales Expectations Due To Global Chip Shortage
2.2.2022
In what will come as a surprise to absolutely no one, chip shortages impacted the PlayStation 5 late last year. Don’t expect that to change just yet. During Sony’s most recent quarterly financial earnings, the company’s gaming division did see a rise in profit. However, as Reuters notes, Sony...
Resident Evil 4 HD Mod, Out Now After 8 Years In Development, Looks Amazing
2.2.2022
Resident Evil 4, inarguably one of the greatest games of all time, is now playable with full high-definition textures, enhanced 3D models, and revamped lighting courtesy of the Resident Evil 4 HD Project.Read more
Manchester United Striker Pulled From FIFA After Rape Allegations
2.2.2022
EA Sports have removed Manchester United and England striker Mason Greenwood from FIFA 22 after his arrest earlier this week on suspicion of rape, sexual assault, assault and “making threats to kill”.Read more
Shovel Knight Devs’ Next Game Is A Mash-Up Of Link’s Awakening And Castlevania
2.2.2022
Yacht Club Games is working on a new project which, for the first time in the indie studio’s history, has nothing to do with Shovel Knight. It’s called Mina the Hollower, it’s a retro-homage to Game Boy classics like Link’s Awakening, and in a weird twist, Yacht Club is going back to Kickstarter...
Notorious YouTube Streamer Stole $500,000 From Fans In Crypto Scheme (And Won't Give It Back)
1.2.2022
Paul “Ice Poseidon” Denino, a former Twitch star who now streams on YouTube after the Amazon-owned platform banned him in 2017, was caught in a flagrant crypto scheme in which he took some $500,000 from his fans…and kept most of it. Crypto bros are the worst. This scam, uncovered by YouTuber...
Tips For Playing Pokémon Legends: Arceus
1.2.2022
Pokémon Legends: Arceus is the biggest Pokémon installment in quite some time, and as such, it can be a little daunting, even for experienced players. There’s a ton of stuff to track from new items and Pokéballs to Pokédex entries and updated Pokémon forms.Read more
Xbox Game Pass Is Losing Some Of Its Best Games
1.2.2022
The Xbox hard drives of the world needed a break eventually. For February 2022, Xbox Game Pass isn’t cluttering the most jam-packed release slate in recent memory. Not only is the upcoming lineup fairly slight, but some of the best and biggest on Microsoft’s games-on-demand service will soon...
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...
The Best NES Game Turns 30 Years Old Today
31.1.2022
January 31, 2022 marks the 30th anniversary of a fantastic Sunsoft platformer known as Gimmick, released for the Famicom all the way back in 1992. Excuse me while I spend a few paragraphs gushing about it.Read more