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Mass Effect’s Garrus Bottle Decision Is Bigger Than The Reapers
16.6.2021
I’ve logged over 500 hours into the Mass Effect trilogy. I’ve freed the Rachni Queen, cured the genophage, rescued the Council, united the geth and quarians, and determined the fate of all sentient life in the galaxy half a dozen times.Read more
Paralives Looks Like The Grand Designs Game I've Always Wanted
15.6.2021
I wrote about Paralives last year, because a) it’s cool seeing a proper competitor to The Sims, and b) the house construction stuff looked really interesting. A year later and the house stuff now looks like 94% of the reason I want to play this game.Read more
Battlefield 2042's Gameplay Looks Epic (And Chaotic)
13.6.2021
The first look at Battlefield 2042’s gameplay happened today during the Xbox And Bethesda E3 2021 showcase event. It involved a lot of shooting and chaotic action. You know, classic Battlefield. Read more
Report: Hackers Steal FIFA 21 And Frostbite Source Code From EA
10.6.2021
Vice Gaming reports that hackers have broken into EA servers and made off with hundreds of gigabytes worth of proprietary data, including the source code for FIFA 21 and the Frostbite game engine. Electronic Arts has confirmed the breach while assuring no player data is at risk. Read more
Sims 4 Wants You To Have A Very Big House In The Country
10.6.2021
The Sims 4 team revealed a new “Cottage Living” Expansion pack for the game today featuring chickens, rainbow cows, and farm vibes. The expansion pack is out on July 22.Read more
Battlefield 2042 Is Not Commentary On Climate Refugees Says Dev, Internet Disagrees
10.6.2021
Just as the world keeps turning—at least, until the climate apocalypse claims us all—so too has the latest big video game announcement brought a new developer attempt at denying that their game might say something.Read more
Battlefield 2042 Reveal Nods At Fan's Famous Mid-Flight Bazooka Kill
9.6.2021
It’s official: the next Battlefield game will be Battlefield 2042. Battlefield 2042 is set in the near future on an Earth ravaged by ecological disaster, with the United States and Russia fighting over the planet’s rapidly diminishing resources via mercenaries. Today’s trailer teased some of...
Battlefield 2042 Won't Have A Campaign
9.6.2021
When Battlefield 2042, the next entry in DICE’s long-running series of first-person shooters, releases this October, it will launch as a multiplayer-only game. Sorry, fans of those War Stories. No campaign this time around.Read more
Next Battlefield Game Is Battlefield 2042
9.6.2021
The rumors were true. The next Battlefield game, Battlefield 2042, is set in the future, EA announced during a digital showcase today that started after a “countdown to a countdown.” A gameplay reveal is scheduled for June 13.Read more
Oh, So Mass Effect Forces Me To Kill An Innocent Salarian
8.6.2021
As a series, Mass Effect is predicated almost entirely on choice. Paragon or renegade? Red, blue, or green? To bang or not to bang? But Mass Effect occasionally appears to restrict your agency. For instance, at one point in the first game, you’re presented with a series of choices, and no matter...
Knockout City Doesn’t Show Your Overall Stats, Which Is A Bummer
5.6.2021
Last week, Kotaku’s Zack Zweizen and I teamed up for a few rounds of Knockout City. I played fairly well. Zack, on the other hand, crushed it, even ending one match with a jaw-dropping positive-15 KD. Sadly, save for the screenshots we both snapped in shock after the fact, there’s no way...
Why Everyone Is Playing Knockout City, A Multiplayer Dodgeball Game
3.6.2021
Knockout City, the recently released multiplayer dodgeball game about dodging dodgeballs, has apparently clocked more than five million players, publisher EA announced today. No matter how you slice it, that figure is nothing to sneeze at. Now, consider that the game hasn’t even been out for...
EA Hires Call Of Duty Boss To Lead Battlefield Team
3.6.2021
Electronic Arts has appointed Byron Beede as the new SVP and general manager of the Battlefield series. Beede previously spent nearly 20 years at Activision Blizzard, where he most recently worked as the executive vice president and general manager of the Call of Duty series.Read more
Mass Effect: Legendary Edition, As Told By Steam Reviews
2.6.2021
Mass Effect is back, and so are the memes.Read more
Mass Effect 3 Easter Egg Revealed After Nine Years
1.6.2021
Nine years since the release of Mass Effect 3 and just a couple of weeks after the release of its shiny new Mass Effect Legendary Edition remaster, a long-hidden Easter egg has been revealed.Read more
Crysis Remastered Trilogy Out This Fall
1.6.2021
Another week, another development in the Department of Remakes, Remasters, and Rereleases. Crysis is the latest trilogy to get a new paint job. It’s out this fall, developer Crytek announced today, with the specific release date up in the air.Read more
Many Need For Speed Games Are About To Be Erased From Reality
31.5.2021
Publishers, like entropy, will eventually destroy everything. Rather than preserving their games like the works of art they should think they are, instead the instinct is more usually to go to enormous lengths to make them impossible to play. The latest victims of these murderous antics are many...
Musings Of A Mass Effect 1 Newcomer
28.5.2021
Mass Effect Legendary Edition has given me a chance I missed the first time around. Though I’ve played through the other games of BioWare’s long-running space opera—3, Andromeda, and, years later, 2, in that order—’m tackling the first Mass Effect for the first time ever.Read more
Apex Legends Adds Penalty For Leaving Arena Games Early
25.5.2021
Apex Legends introduced a new 3v3 Arena mode with Season 9 in early May, and I’ve been enjoying it for the handful of times when I’ve been able to play out a full match. Most of the time, a player will bail after a few bad rounds, leaving me at a severe disadvantage or giving me a victory that...
Knockout City Is Actually Pretty Damn Fun
24.5.2021
Dodgeball sucks. I recall, during some school recess years ago, getting beaned in the face with a dodgeball. Blood, everywhere. Across the pitch, some kid stood, sneering, as all the other kids laughed. I think he broke my glasses? The specifics are lost to the fog of memory, but the feeling—total...