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Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl Is So Good Smash May Need To Watch Its Back
8.10.2021
A lot of hay’s been made about Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl’s supposed failings. There’s no voice acting, the graphics are rough, the roster is disappointing, it feels like an early access game, etc. But I’m here to say none of that matters. Well, okay, it may matter to you, which is totally valid...
Turn-Based Strategy Game Alchemy Stars Needs A Smarter AI
8.10.2021
Alchemy Stars is certainly an interesting take on an RPG, combining puzzles with turn-based combat. Which is why it’s so frustrating that its autoplay AI isn’t smarter than a fifth grader.Read more
Yes, Far Cry 6 Has A Transmog Feature
8.10.2021
Far Cry 6, Ubisoft’s cockfighting game that includes a gazillion-hour open-world shooter, has a transmog feature. But you might not know so from the start. In fact, to take it from some players, it’s all too easy to glaze right over it.Read more
A Tip For Getting The OLED Switch This Weekend
8.10.2021
It’s new hardware day, and for most of us that means reconciling with our terrible planning skills. If you, like me, didn’t think you wanted to preorder the new Switch because, eh, how much better could it be, only to now find yourself cursing at the FOMO gods, fear not. It’s not as dire as...
Senator Invests in Bitcoin, yearn.finance Goes Multichain, New Ad From FTX + More News
8.10.2021
s://cryptonews.com/coins/bitcoin/">bitcoin (BTC) worth USD 50,001-100,000 in a filing. She executed her latest purchase on August 16 via the brokerage platform River Financial.Gaming platform OP Games has
Gaming VC Bitkraft launches $75M investment fund for blockchain gaming
8.10.2021
Bitkraft’s new $75 million token fund has already closed investments in six different projects
Let’s Reminisce About A Little Series Called Smash Bros.
8.10.2021
The final fighter has been revealed, and the saga of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s all-star roster has come to an end, but Smash’s tale is far from over. Join us as we explore the unlikely Nintendo fighting game franchise’s humble beginnings, its most magical moments, and the games it inspired....
NFTs offer a new way for society to ‘store culture’ says Animoca Brands CEO
8.10.2021
Animoca Brands co-founder Yat Siu has urged new NFT users to look past profiteering and examine how nonfungible tokens can redefine culture
Eidos Montreal Announces Workers Switching To Four-Day Weeks
7.10.2021
In an industry plagued for years by workplace crunch and the mistreatment of developers, good news can be hard to come by. But in an apparent effort to address some of these issues, Eidos Montreal—the studio behind the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy game—has announced it will be switching to...
Sony's Latest PS5 Firmware Update Sure Improves System Performance
7.10.2021
Last month’s PlayStation 5 firmware update was the biggest overhaul of the tech since its release in November of last year. How does Sony follow that? It leans hard the other way with an exceedingly underwhelming update.Read more
EA Might Rename Its FIFA Games
7.10.2021
Since 1993, EA and FIFA have been synonymous. With its FIFA games, EA has created a beloved franchise with the official Fédération Internationale de Football Association branding. That could change. In a recent press release, EA trumpeted its “recording-breaking FIFA 22 launch,” with over nine...
Konami's New Soccer Game Is A Complete Disaster
7.10.2021
You might have heard that Konami’s new football games, eFootball 2022, is bad. I am here today to tell you exactly why it is bad, and just how bad it is.Read more
Battlefield 2042 Beta Feels Wild, Yet Somehow Plays It Safe
7.10.2021
One minute into my first match of Battlefield 2042, I accidentally fell out of a helicopter. I somehow survived, then blew up a wall with my rocket launcher and took out the enemy hiding behind it. I died seconds later...not totally sure how, but it must’ve been badass. My lively outing ended as...
Exhausted Man, A Game For All Of Us Right Now
7.10.2021
I’m tired. You, reading this right now, are probably tired. Tired is a constant state of being for most of us these days thanks to, you know, everything. Now, you can play a game that’s all about being tired.Read more
The Game That Gets Easier The More Tired You Are
7.10.2021
This week’s Steam Next Fest, during which hundreds of in-development PC games released demos, features a game that really seems to care about how you’re doing just now. Please, Touch the Artwork is a puzzle adventure in which you’re allowed to prod at the paintings in an exhibition, and it picks...
Tales Of Arise Reminds Me Why I Fell In Love With JRPGs
6.10.2021
A man wearing an iron mask who doesn’t remember his past. A woman who electrocutes people and has a magic rock hidden in her chest. A rag-tag band of rebels trying to overthrow an empire. The start of Tales of Arise is ridiculous, and also the most fun I’ve had with a JRPG in years.Read more
Valve's Steam Deck Teardown Video Warns Against Tearing Down Your Steam Deck
6.10.2021
In a new teardown video demonstrating how (or rather, how not) to replace Steam Deck parts, Valve said that tampering with the handheld PC’s chassis to get a look inside “might mess things up, like, profoundly.” How profoundly you ask? The gaming giant said the batteries could explode, which might...
How Halo Infinite Calculates Your Kill-Death-Assist Ratios
6.10.2021
If you played any of Halo Infinite’s recent not-a-betas, you probably saw a fairly high number in your postmortem kill-death-assist ratio (KDA). And if you, like me, are flummoxed by math like long division, you likely thought, Cool! ...So what’s it mean?Read more
Smash Players Think Patrick Kinda Sucks In The Nickelodeon Fighting Game
5.10.2021
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl just came out yesterday, but that hasn’t stopped Super Smash Bros. players from tearing the game apart for any juicy morsel that may give them an edge in the platform fighter.Read more
Tales Of Arise, As Told By Steam Reviews
5.10.2021
Tales of Arise, the 17th mainline entry in Bandai Namco’s series of JRPGs that’s basically as old as human history by now, was one of September’s biggest games. For one, it smashed in terms of sales, selling more than a million copies in less than a week. For another, the action-RPG really clicked...