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Unreal Engine Videos Give Us A Glimpse At The Graphics Of The Future
23.3.2023
Epic Games held a little showcase at the Game Developers Conference earlier today, called State of Unreal. Designed as a way to keep everyone who makes games up to date on what’s in store for the industry-dominating Unreal Engine, the highlights are also obviously interesting to anyone who plays...
We Aren't Ready For What's About To Happen With Fortnite
22.3.2023
It is indisputable that Fortnite is one of the biggest games in the world, its cultural dominance so pronounced that our so-called metaverse future will likely be inside its all-consuming smorgasbord. You can wear Nikes in Fortnite. You can listen to an Ariana Grande concert in Fortnite. What else...
Fortnite Is About To Blow Wide Open Thanks To The Unreal Editor
17.3.2023
Yesterday, Epic Games stunned the entire Fortnite player base with the announcement that an Unreal Editor add-on is coming to the mega-popular battle royale game. Read more
Two Classic 90s Adventure Games Are Getting Unexpected Remakes
17.3.2023
Our collective video gaming memory is a weird thing. Some games from decades past are committed to The Pantheon, where they will be spoken about and remembered for all time. Others, meanwhile, can be some of the biggest releases of their time, only to disappear and never be heard from again.Read...
Save 10% On A Steam Deck (Plus Other Great Spring Sale Deals)
16.3.2023
Here we are yet again, ya’ll. Steam is running its annual Spring Sale from today until March 23 and not only are there some great deals you can snag on must-play games (which I’ll tell you about in a moment), but there’s also a 10-percent discount on the Steam Deck which you may not want to miss...
The Game Accused Of Plagiarizing Elden Ring Animations Responds
14.3.2023
Bleak Faith: Forsaken, a new Soulslike by Archangel Studios, has been mired in controversy since it launched on March 10. That’s because players suspected the indie developer hijacked animations seen in FromSoftware games such as Bloodborne and Elden Ring. Now, after days of accusations slamming...
Fortnite Dev Epic Claims Folks Like Crypto Games In Its Store
14.3.2023
Enthusiasm for the blockchain isn’t as spirited as it was before someone kidnapped Robot Chicken co-creator Seth Green’s embarrassing, allegedly non-fungible token, or before the last year of high-profile scams and monumental crashes. But Fortnite developer Epic says people like the crypto-based...
Keanu Reeves Continues To Have The Best Tech Takes
16.2.2023
Keanu Reeves, the breathtaking Hollywood action movie star, unaging vampire, and Cyberpunk choom everyone wants to smooch continues his streak of having the absolute best takes on deepfake technology, NFTs, and cryptocurrency in film.Read more
Witcher 3 Devs Explain How 'Unintended' Next-Gen Vaginas Ended Up In Game
14.2.2023
At long last, the labiagate saga can come to a close. CD Projekt Red has confirmed to Kotaku that the realistically modeled vaginas that were recently found in the celebrated open-world RPG came from a mod…but not the one you might expect. Read more
15+ Epic Games To Play After The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
3.2.2023
So you’ve played, or re-played, the epic fantasy saga that is The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and its two critically acclaimed expansions, Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine. Now you’re on the hunt for your next fantasy epic, but which to choose? Read more
Epic Kills Battle Royale Game Less Than Six Months After Release
1.2.2023
In August 2022, Epic Games—developers of Fortnite, custodians of the Epic Games Store, creators of the Unreal Engine, rich as God—published a melee-based battle royale game called Rumbleverse. It is now January 2023 (February already for me here in Australia), and the game is already being killed...
Rick And Morty Creator Leaves Studio Behind 2022’s Biggest Game Pass Launch After Allegations
25.1.2023
Justin Roiland is leaving Squanch Games just a month after comedic shooter High on Life became 2022’s most popular Xbox Game Pass launch. The studio co-founder who voices many of High on Life’s characters is currently facing two felony domestic abuse charges from 2020.Read more
Fortnite Fans Say New Skin Is A JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Rip-Off
13.1.2023
Recently, Fortnite has become a wacky and eclectic ensemble of the best anime characters of all time with its Dragon Ball Z, Naruto, and My Hero Academia crossovers. However, some fans are calling out the battle royale’s latest original skin for not being so original at all, but rather what they...
Fortnite's Plague Doc Skin Is Back After Three Years, Fans Blame COVID
11.1.2023
Yesterday, after 1,410 days (or 3 years and 10 months) the Grim Medicine cosmetic set—complete with the popular Plague Doctor skin—returned to Fortnite’s in-game store, letting players buy it for the first time since the start of the covid-19 pandemic. And many believe it was the pandemic itself...
The Year In Gaming Apologies
26.12.2022
As always, video games had plenty to be sorry for this year. Big delays, busted launches, offensive remarks, you name it. None of us are perfect. Everyone’s trying to do better. Except for Babylon’s Fall. No second chances there.Read more
Some Of My Favorite Images From ArtStation's AI Protests
21.12.2022
For the past week, ArtStation—the world’s most popular portfolio site for professional (and amateur!) artists working in the entertainment business—has been rocked by protests from its users, after owners Epic Games refused to offer adequate protections against the growing threat of AI-generated...
Fortnite Fined $520 Million For Invading Kids’ Privacy And Tricking Players
19.12.2022
Epic Games will pay a whopping $520 million combined settlement after an Federal Trade Commission investigation found it invaded children’s privacy and tricked some players into buying stuff in Fortnite that they didn’t want. The FTC announced on Monday that it’s the largest penalty ever assessed...
ArtStation Responds To AI Controversy, Makes Things Worse
15.12.2022
Both professional and amateur artists alike were united yesterday in protest against ArtStation, the field’s biggest portfolio site, for its seeming inaction against a rising tide of AI-generated imagery washing up on its front page.Read more
Epic Is Cutting The Servers For 17 Older Online Games
14.12.2022
Fortnite developer Epic Games announced today that it will no longer provide online service or servers for 17 older games, including six from the Unreal series dating back as far as 1998, and it will end access to some additional games entirely. The shutdowns are already starting to be enacted,...
Artists Protest After ArtStation Features AI-Generated Images
14.12.2022
ArtStation is probably the most important website on the whole internet for professional artists, especially those working in entertainment fields like video games (most of our Fine Art links, for example, point there). Which is why the site’s continued allowance of AI-generated imagery has become...