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Destiny 2: Lightfall Leaves A Bad First Impression
1.3.2023
Ahead of this week’s Lightfall release, Destiny 2 was on a roll. Season of the Seraph delivered on every front, including a terrific final mission and concluding cutscene showing the series’ infamous white orb called the Traveler finally getting off its ass. The pre-release marketing campaign...
One Piece Creator Asked AI To Write A New Manga Chapter
1.3.2023
Last week, the official One Piece staff Twitter account posted a video of creator Eiichiro Oda diving completely off of the deep end by asking ChatGPT, the world’s most popular AI chat software, to write a new One Piece chapter for him. The tweet described the bold request as Oda asking “the taboo...
I Love 'The Worst' Video Game Ranking List Of All Time
1.3.2023
Earlier today, The Times published what it hoped would be an esteemed list, an evergreen piece setting in stone what the paper considered the “20 best video games of all time”.Read more
Final Fantasy XVI Producer Doesn't Seem To Love The Term 'JRPG'
28.2.2023
Final Fantasy XVI producer Naoki Yoshida aka Yoshi-P revealed in a recent interview that he and other developers in Japan didn’t like the popular term JRPG (Japanese role-playing game) when it first popped up years ago, thinking it was “discriminatory” or being used to “make fun of” Japanese...
Final Fantasy XVI Previews Reveal Series’ Pivot Toward All-Out Action
28.2.2023
We’re roughly four months out from Final Fantasy XVI’s release, and the press recently got to preview the next entry in the legendary JRPG series. Writers in attendance were impressed by the grandiose, cinematic real-time battles that some likened to God of War. They praised the series’ departure...
Hitman Devs Announce An Online Fantasy RPG
28.2.2023
Today, IO Interactive announced it is working on a new game, unrelated to Hitman or its past titles, codenamed “Project Fantasy.” And unlike Hitman, this upcoming game will be an online fantasy RPG with a focus on teamwork and comradery, with IO further confirming that, after Project Fantasy...
The New Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Raid Has A Glitch Straight Out Of A Creepypasta
28.2.2023
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet received two new tera raids yesterday, which brought Paradox versions of Suicune and Virizion to both games. However, some players have managed to join these raids without updating their games with the latest patch, and it’s broken the entire battle in a way that not only...
Death Stranding Is Secretly A Stealth Retelling Of This Japanese Legend
28.2.2023
Death Stranding is undeniably an odd game. It has floating spirits, rain that makes you older, ghost-detecting babies, and pee bombs. That’s not to say that the weirdness makes it bad, though. Even its harshest critics, who deride it as a “massive failure” or (gasp!) a “walking simulator” will...
10 Creatures We Wanna Ride In Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
27.2.2023
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I Met The Most Annoying Yakuza NPC In Like A Dragon: Ishin!
27.2.2023
We’ve all been there. You initiate a conversation with some NPC off the side of the road. Suddenly, you’re trapped in the world’s longest and most non-skippable conversation. Your fingers hurt as you mash the buttons really hard. Your eyes glaze over as the other person goes on and on and on....
Mystery Mortal Kombat 11 Turbo Teabagging Troll Wows At Pro Tourney
27.2.2023
One of the best players in competitive Mortal Kombat 11 might’ve fallen shy of claiming the title of champion in a recent tournament, but that didn’t stop them from striking fear and awe into every opponent as they bested some of the most lethal players. The thrilling victory would go on to another...
Pokémon Scarlet And Violet's First DLC Leaves Paldea, Includes New Monsters
27.2.2023
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet are getting paid DLC and the first wave of the upcoming expansion pass is coming in fall 2023. Called The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero, the new adventure is seperated into two parts and will take players beyond the existing Paldea Region as well as let them encounter...
Netflix Is Making A New Pokémon Show
27.2.2023
Netflix and The Pokémon Company have announced a new original series set in the Pokémon universe called Pokémon Concierge, though it doesn’t seem to be the previously reported live-action series that was said to be in the works back in 2021.Read more
The Last Of Us Episode 7 Recap: Just Like Heaven
27.2.2023
The release of The Last of Us in 2013 already marked a remarkable shift in narrative tone for big-budget, so-called “AAA” games. However, for some of us, 2014’s DLC chapter, The Last of Us: Left Behind, proved to be even more remarkable. It took mechanics that, in the game proper, had been used...
The Last Of Us Episode 7 Recap: Just Like Heaven
27.2.2023
The release of The Last of Us in 2013 already marked a remarkable shift in narrative tone for big-budget, so-called “AAA” games. However, for some of us, 2014’s DLC chapter, The Last of Us: Left Behind, proved to be even more remarkable. It took mechanics that, in the game proper, had been used...
The Internet Reacts To Street Fighter 6's New Cammy
25.2.2023
Yesterday during Sony’s State of Play showcase, the fighting game community witnessed three character reveal trailers for Street Fighter 6. I say three, but if we’re being honest with ourselves, the only street fighter who’s on anyone’s mind is one Cammy White. So let’s count the many ways that...
This Shiny Pokémon May Have A Competitive Advantage In Scarlet And Violet
25.2.2023
Shiny Pokémon are typically just a rare aesthetic anomaly, but one new addition in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet may have some competitive edge if you’re using a shiny variation: Tatsugiri.Read more
The Next Pokémon Animation Looks Incredible
24.2.2023
If Pokémon knows how to do anything, it’s capitalize on its fans’ long history with the franchise. This sentiment isn’t just held for its major anniversary years, because if The Pokémon Company can make a viral video that encapsulates the entirety of the series’ 27 years, it’s gonna do it. And...
RIP John Motson, 1945-2023
24.2.2023
The world received some very sad news earlier today when we learned that legendary English football commentator John Motson, whose career spanned decades (and included very long stints in video games), had passed away at the age of 77.Read more
The Russian BioShock Game Atomic Heart Is A Best Seller, And Also Controversial As Hell
23.2.2023
We’re just three days into Atomic Heart’s release and the Russian BioShock-type game is already knee-deep in controversy. How did we get here? Why do folks have to be mad? Let’s get into the nitty-gritty and answer those questions.Read more