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Pixelverse Raises $2 Million, Totals $7.5 Million in Private Funding
13.7.2024
Pixelverse, a Web3 gaming ecosystem, has secured an additional $2 million in funding, bringing its total private round to $7.5 million. This funding was provided by several Web3 venture capital firms and prominent angel investors. Web3 Gaming Platform Pixelverse Secures $2M in Latest Funding Round...
Square-Enix backs blockchain-based football MMO ‘Soccerverse’
12.7.2024
The game uses the Polygon blockchain and currently runs in most browsers
Every Dead Rising Game, Ranked From Worst To Best
12.7.2024
Dead Rising has always played second fiddle to Capcom’s vastly more popular and successful Resident Evil franchise. Yet, while Dead Rising might not be as famous or beloved as Resident Evil, its quirky characters, oddball tone, endless hordes of zombies, and tension-building ticking clock made...
Final Fantasy 14’s Post-Endwalker Story Feels Like A Mini-Expansion In The Best Way
12.7.2024
In the wake of saving the universe from a time-ending calamity, the question that remains for the world of Final Fantasy XIV after the events of 2021’s Endwalker expansion is: How do we move on? This question sets up the quests immediately following Endwalker’s climax to become an arc that...
The First Descendant Hits 10+ Million Players Despite Controversy
12.7.2024
Released last week, The First Descendant is a new sci-fi third-person looter shooter from Nexon that feels like a mix between Warframe, Destiny, and The Division. Yet despite mixed reviews and controversy involving icons and in-game purchases, The First Descendant has reached over 10 million...
A Bunch Of Nintendo Switch Stuff Is On Sale Right Now
12.7.2024
Nintendo games and consoles never get price drops anymore, but they do occasionally get surprisingly decent discounts. Whether to capitalize on the lead up to Amazon Prime Day, or just unload some excess summer inventory, the stars have aligned for some decent Switch deals this week that probably...
Report: Nintendo Isn't Crediting Everyone Who Worked On Its Biggest Games
12.7.2024
A new report claims that Nintendo doesn’t allow external contractors—who help translate some of their biggest games—to be named and listed in a game’s credits. The company behind Super Mario even, reportedly, forces these translators to sometimes sign 10-year NDAs, making it nearly impossible...
Why Blockbuster Games Will Soon Be Built on Modular Appchains
12.7.2024
Mainnets like Ethereum’s aren’t suitable for major (AAA) game development. The only real solution is a horizontally scalable blockchain coupled with modularity and a gas-free experience for end-users, says Jack O’Holleran, CEO of SKALE Labs
Harness The Power Of Lightning With This Electrifying Shadow Of The Erdtree Build
12.7.2024
There’s no denying that Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree expansion is a tough experience. Even after finding all of the DLC’s many Scadutree Fragments to improve your damage and survivability, the bosses in this extra slice of FromSoftware’s popular game can still obliterate you within moments....
Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 5 Awesome Games We're Staying Indoors With
12.7.2024
Well, here we are, crossing over into the middle of June. Sorry, January. Damn it. I meant July. Things with the same starting letter screw me up every time (apologies to every Matt and Mike I’ve met). But hey, maybe old, stubborn, resistant-to-change habits can be convinced to take a hike and...
That Gorgeous Dragon Quest 3 Remake Includes New Story Elements By The Series Creator
12.7.2024
We already know that the HD-2D remake of Dragon Quest 3 is going to look amazing, and now we have some new information on what other improvements and additions the updated classic is getting. In a recent Famitsu article, Square Enix revealed a range of information on the hotly anticipated remake...
Here’s How To Take Down Palworld’s Enormous New Raid Boss
12.7.2024
Palworld players have fought against one Raid Boss (and some variations) before, but the June 27, 2024 Sakurajima update brought a new Pal to go up against. Blazamut Ryu is an imposing beast with a lot of health and only 10 minutes of playtime. It can be a challenge, to say the least. But fret...
Final Fantasy Publisher Square Enix Invests in Soccer Metaverse Game on the Polygon Blockchain
12.7.2024
Soccerverse, a massively multiplayer football management game, has successfully raised $3.1 million in a strategic funding round led by renowned games industry publisher Square Enix, with additional participation from early investor Hiro Capital. This brings the total funding to $4 million. Founded...
Elden Ring Fans Let Down By The DLC’s Ending Are Missing The Point
11.7.2024
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree launched some weeks ago, meaning players have hopefully managed to surmount its immensely difficult fights (the last one in particular) and roll credits on the expansion. However, a contingent of players have found themselves underwhelmed by the conclusion, and...
This Pokémon Streamer Has A Comeback Story For The Ages
11.7.2024
Shiny hunting in Pokémon games is a treasured pastime for the sickest of sickos looking for rare, alternate-colored critters. Some people get so into it that they’ll stream themselves running multiple instances of a game at once trying to track one down. Then there are those who are so dedicated...
Final Fantasy 14 Heroes Can Now Make Silly Faces And Players Are Obsessed
11.7.2024
They say that fashion is the true endgame of Final Fantasy 14, and indeed, making your Warrior of Light as good-looking as possible is one of the most time-honored and beloved pastimes in Square Enix’s MMORPG. The recent graphics update the game received alongside the release of the new Dawntrail...
Doom Fans Go Too Far, Port The Shooter To A Sex Toy
11.7.2024
Hello readers, I bring forth yet another Doom port. This time someone has ported the classic and beloved shooter—famously playable on nearly every device—to an electronic fleshlight (a sex toy molded after a body part that you can stick your bits in). And if you kill a demon, well, you get a little...
Angry Birds Seemingly Confirms Gay Bird Is Just An Ally
11.7.2024
I’ve written about a lot of gay characters in video games over the years, but I didn’t know until yesterday that Angry Birds has what seems to be a pretty explicitly queer bird in its ranks. Well, at least that’s what fans thought until an official post through the game’s social channels labeled...
28 Xbox 360 Games To Buy Before The Store Closes This Month
11.7.2024
The Xbox 360 is one of the all-time great consoles that, among other things, spearheaded the ecosystem for indie games and digital downloads. That makes the closure of the Xbox 360 marketplace at the end of July all the more bittersweet, as the console’s storefront will permanently go offline...
Shadow Of The Erdtree's Best Weapons And Equipment (And Where To Find Them)
11.7.2024
Elden Ring’s first and only DLC, Shadow of the Erdtree, has added vast numbers of new weapons, talismans and spirit ashes, reinvigorating how you approach the army of new enemies and bosses. And while those fights will always prove the game’s biggest challenge, finding so many of these new features...