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343 Is Changing Halo Infinite's Motion Tracker To Be More Like The Old Games
5.9.2021
On Friday, 343 Industries released a lengthy post summarizing many of the changes, fixes, and improvements made to Halo Infinite after receiving tons of feedback from its technical preview in August. One of the biggest changes is that the motion tracker is being tweaked and will operate more like...
Sony Will No Longer Offer Free Next-Gen Upgrades For Its First-Party Games
5.9.2021
Good news: You won’t have to pay Sony extra money to upgrade your PS4 copy of Horizon Forbidden West to a PS5 version. Bad news: Sony ain’t offering free upgrades any more after this. Read more
Ambitious GTA Underground Mod Shutdown After Six Years Due To 'Increasing Hostility' From Take-Two
4.9.2021
After months of Take-Two Interactive attacking and fighting GTA modders, the folks behind the long-in-development San Andreas mod, GTA Underground, have killed the project and removed it from the web over “increasing hostility” from Take-Two and fears of further legal problems.Read more
Ghost Of Tsushima On PS5 Finally Fixes One Last Annoying Problem
4.9.2021
The most recent update for Sucker Punch’s Ghost of Tsushima on PS5 has finally solved one of the last annoying issues I had with the game: The weirdly long time it took for cosmetic items to fully load up while previewing them.Read more
The DK Rap Was Unfairly Mean To Lanky Kong
4.9.2021
Donkey Kong 64 is a classic and beloved platformer that features a weird rap song and way too many collectibles. While these days, all those pesky collectibles aren’t fondly remembered, the odd rap song found at the start of DK64 is a fan favorite. Sure it’s terrible, but in a loveable sort of way....
Genshin Impact Gives Aloy The World She Deserves
3.9.2021
Aloy deserves to be in the Genshin Impact collaboration and the world it exists in. I’m not just saying that because she’s a great character. I enjoy seeing her thrive in Teyvat, which is kinder to her than her own Earth ever was.Read more
Report: It Sure Sounds Like Game Boy Games Are Coming To Switch Online
3.9.2021
It’s no secret that Nintendo’s vast back catalog is among the most untapped troves in modern gaming. But soon, it’s about to be a little less untapped, as games from the Game Boy and Game Boy Color library are apparently slated to join Nintendo Switch Online, Eurogamer reports.Read more
Nintendo Confirms The Obvious: It Won't Be At The Tokyo Game Show
3.9.2021
On September 30, this year’s Tokyo Game Show will kick off. Once again, because of the pandemic, the online-only event will not be in person. And, once again, Nintendo will not be showing up. This evening, Japan time, Nintendo tweeted out that it will not be exhibiting its own games at Tokyo Game...
Global Chip Shortage Will Continue For Another Year
3.9.2021
Earlier this year, Kotaku reported that the global chip shortage, which impacts everything from graphics cards to PS5, was becoming a “crisis.” Now, Toshiba is warning that the shortage will continue for another year. Read more
Lost Judgment's New DLC Is Very, Very Interesting For The Future Of The Series
3.9.2021
Sadly, the last we heard from upcoming crime brawler Lost Judgment was when a bizarre stance from the main star’s management was threatening the entire future of the series. So some new DLC announced for the game today sure has interesting timing.Read more
VTuber Explains Twitch Protest To Fox News, Does Great
3.9.2021
As we’ve covered, yesterday thousands of streamers took the day off on Twitch to protest the site’s ongoing facilitation of harassment campaigns known as hate raids. And while regular readers of video game websites would have been armed with a lot of information going into the day, viewers of...
The Halo 2 Condom
3.9.2021
In 2021 video game marketing tends to be pretty slick, but it wasn’t that long ago that the medium, in the process of trying to drag itself out of the advertising dark ages of the 1980s and ‘90s, was still prone to some decisions that have aged a lot worse than the games they were selling.Read more
And Now, The Ultimate Retro Gaming Device
2.9.2021
You may have heard rumblings of a magical box capable of flawlessly running games from old-school arcade titles up through the Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis. That box is called the MiSTer, and over the past couple of years, it’s completely transformed the retro emulation scene. I’ve been playing...
Twitch Takes Traffic Hit Following Streamer Boycott Over Harassment
2.9.2021
Yesterday, thousands of streamers abandoned Twitch for 24 hours in protest of its ongoing facilitation of harassment campaigns known as hate raids. While the Amazon-owned streaming platform has yet to implement proposed changes to the controversial raid system, it’s clear what some previously...
Horizon Forbidden West Has Nine Confusing Editions For Some Reason
2.9.2021
Over at the PlayStation Blog today, Sony detailed the many different versions of Horizon Forbidden West now available for pre-order. Which version you order depends on several factors. Do you need PS4, PS5, or both? Do you want a physical disc? How about a $260 box with both versions, no disc,...
Niantic Gets Surprisingly Frank About Their Failings With Pokémon Go
2.9.2021
In June, Niantic announced they were intending to start reversing some of Pokémon Go’s measures put in place to make the game safer to play in the midst of a global pandemic. At the beginning of August, they stunned everyone by going through with it, reducing key distances from 80 meters to...
PlayStation's Next PS5 Showcase Is September 9
2.9.2021
We’ll finally get a better picture of what lies ahead for the PS5 during a September 9 showcase, Sony announced on the PlayStation Blog today. Read more
Twitch’s Biggest Stars Keep Jumping To YouTube
2.9.2021
As marginalized creators boycott Twitch for a day, well-off white guys continue to leave for lucrative deals with its chief competitor, YouTube. Earlier this week, it was Ben “DrLupo” Lupo. Today, as the #ADayOffTwitch campaign is in full swing, it’s Tim “TimTheTatman” Betar, who announced...
QA Testing Games Like Dance Central Is Apparently Grueling And Smelly
2.9.2021
Performing quality assurance testing on traditional video games can be grueling, having to sit in front of a monitor for hours on end, performing the same sequences while keeping an eye out for bugs and glitches. But you know what sounds much worse? Doing QA testing for games requiring physical...
Are NFT Sales Susceptible to Shill Bidding? NFT Skeptics Think It’s Possible
2.9.2021
In 2021, there’s no doubt that non-fungible token (NFT) collectibles have been extremely popular and NFTs have made billions in sales during the last year. For instance, in the last month Opensea saw $3.44 billion in NFT sales, Axie Infinity saw $838 million, and the pixelated NFTs...