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Alone In The Dark Nails What I Love About Survival Horror
20.3.2024
Alone in the Dark, a 2024 reimagining of the 1992 survival horror classic that paved the way for generations of horror games after it, is out on March 20, 2024 on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and Windows. Following the story of either Emily Hartwood (played by actress Jodie Comer from Killing Eve)...
Wu-Tang’s Ghostface Killah Set To Release Exclusive Music On Bitcoin
19.3.2024
Popular American rapper and member of the acclaimed hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan, Dennis David, also known as Ghostface Killah, has revealed plans to release a collection of exclusive music as Bitcoin Ordinals. Ghostface announced this on X (formerly Twitter) on March 18.
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IcomTech Ponzi Scheme Promoters Convicted in New York, Facing Two Decades in Prison
18.3.2024
David Brend and Gustavo Rogriguez, promoters of the fraudulent crypto mining and trading facility IcomTech, have been found guilty of conspiracy to commit wire fraud by a New York jury, a Friday press release from the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York states.
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I’m So Old: Web Edition
18.3.2024
Time can be a funny thing. I still remember discovering HTML, CSS, and JavaScript coding. I still remember my first college programming course. I still remember my first day at my first coding job, then my first day at my second coding job, and then my first day at Mozilla. I still remember...
Let The OG Solid Snake Actor Teach You About Metal Gear
15.3.2024
Metal Gear Solid is a confusing franchise. As someone who’s never played an entry all the way through—other than the superb Revengeance, which isn’t really a Metal Gear Solid game—I’m familiar with the series but always found myself perplexed by its intricate narrative threads that span decades....
Institutional Interest for Bitcoin Rises, Yet Challenges May Hamper Future Adoption
14.3.2024
Institutional interest for Bitcoin and other digital assets has been apparent in previous years. Yet industry experts believe that investors are taking a newfound interest in Bitcoin (BTC) following the approval of 11 US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs). David Lawant, Head of Research...
Fortnite Leaks, Cerveza Cristal Memes, And More Of This Week's Biggest News
9.3.2024
Spring is around the corner and the gaming news keeps pouring in. This week was a big one, with silly Star Wars memes about a Chilean beer ad, Fortnite leaks, Persona 3 Reload DLC news, and a huge, new conspiracy theory running rampant throuhg the industry. Read more
Unicorn Overlord: The Kotaku Review
7.3.2024
There is a satisfaction that comes from being told you are too weak to face a challenge and then quickly handing your enemy their defeat on a silver platter regardless. Being the David to your enemy’s Goliath and leveraging not just physical but strategic power to overcome the odds is a thrill that...
Sweet Baby Inc. Doesn’t Do What Some Gamers Think It Does
6.3.2024
Sweet Baby Inc. is not the largest narrative design company in the games industry. Nor is it solely responsible for the characters and stories in recent high-profile releases like Alan Wake 2, God of War Ragnarok, and Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. But good luck telling some gamers...
After Suicide Squad ‘Disappoints,’ WB Doubles Down On Live-Service Games
5.3.2024
The best-selling game of 2023 was Hogwarts Legacy. Yet, despite that single-player title selling 22 million copies, publisher Warner Bros. Discovery will be pivoting away from single-player AAA console games and toward free-to-play, live service, and mobile releases. This comes from a Morgan...
Dune: Part Two Dares To Ask: ‘What If A Blockbuster Movie Had Taste?’
4.3.2024
Long before I sat down in a theater to watch it, I knew I was going to love Dune: Part Two, Denis Villeneuve’s second film in his take on the epic 1965 sci-fi novel from Frank Herbert. I’ve read the first book several times, finished the subsequent sequels, caught several viewings of David Lynch’s...
The 10 Weirdest Sci-Fi and Fantasy Movies On Peacock
29.2.2024
Peacock’s selection of horror and sci-fi movies is quite good, but its genre library also has tons of titles you’ve probably never heard of, including overlooked oddities—and several outright howlers. We’ve combed through Peacock’s sci-fi category to find 10 of the most WTF titles you can stream....
Former Call Of Duty Devs Form A New Studio To Make The Anti-COD
29.2.2024
The last few years have seen a number of high-level departures from Activision Blizzard, with a great deal of those folks going on to found their own studios and compete directly with the giant. The latest team to spring up from the exodus is Netease-backed BulletFarm, founded and led by David...
10 Bloody Good Horror Movies Streaming on Netflix Right Now
25.2.2024
Thanksgiving is killing it on Netflix—it’s currently ranked among the streamer’s top flicks. When one horror film does well, that’s great news for the genre at large, so if you head to the streamer for John Carver’s merry Massachusetts massacre, why not stick around and feast on these other titles...
David Johansson, CEO of BLOCKLORDS, on Blockchain Gaming, Web3 Gaming Airdrops, and User Acquisition for Web3 Games | Ep. 310
20.2.2024
BLOCKLORDS CEO David Johansson discusses the indestructible link between crypto and gaming; how BLOCKLORDS came to where it is today, despite the obstacle; how the team utilized the circumstances in the space and the knowledge they gained to set up a platform to help others launch Web3 games;...
Investment Advisor: Bitcoin Is Priced for a Serious Rally
18.2.2024
The chief executive of Sound Planning Group has predicted a major bitcoin price surge, stating that the crypto is priced for “a serious rally.” He identified the upcoming Bitcoin halving and the adoption of spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) as key factors driving his bullish...
Baldur’s Gate 3 Devs Finally Got To Talk On Stage, And They Did Not Hold Back
16.2.2024
One of the biggest complaints about last year’s Game Awards was that the show did not let winners talk. Even when folks from Larian Studios got on the stage to accept the Game of the Year award for Baldur’s Gate 3, they were told to “wrap it up” and weren’t even able to make the announcement that...
Madame Web Is Getting Absolutely Cooked On Social Media
16.2.2024
Madame Web, the new Sony film about the titular Marvel comics character starring 50 Shades of Grey’s Dakota Johnson, just released on Valentine’s Day. As if Johnson’s press tour (where it seemed very clear that she does not like the movie) wasn’t enough, the reviews are pouring in—and according...
We Know Who Anya Taylor-Joy Is Playing in Dune: Part Two (Probably)
15.2.2024
Dune: Part Two, the upcoming sequel to Denis Villeneuve’s 2021 sci-fi epic based on the Frank Herbert novels, is releasing in just two weeks, but somehow the team behind it kept one major star’s involvement a total secret. During the February 15 world premiere in London, The Queen’s Gambit actor...
The Industry Is Divided On How To Write Video Game Romance
14.2.2024
In 2011, BioWare’s Dragon Age II portrayed its four main romantic conquests as bisexual, allowing them to be pursued by either the male or female version of main character Hawke. At the time, I was a young, mostly-but-not-completely out gay high school student, and I spent hours each week on...