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Sources: Unity Laying Off Hundreds Of Staffers
29.6.2022
Unity, the company behind the popular game development engine of the same name, has recently laid off hundreds of staffers, multiple sources tell Kotaku.Read more
Nier: Automata’s Native Nintendo Switch Port Has Kingdom Hearts Fans Fuming
29.6.2022
Following Nintendo’s announcement that PlatinumGames’ cult-favorite action-RPG Nier: Automata is coming to the Switch later this year, some gamers are demanding that Square Enix make native ports for the Kingdom Hearts games as well.Read more
NFT Pokémon Clone Recovers From $600 Million Hack, Ready To Chew Players Up Again
29.6.2022
Axie Infinity, the play-to-earn, decidedly exploitative, crypto Neopets, has reopened its proprietary Ronin blockchain bridge after unintentionally exposing its users to a $600 million hack in March.Read more
After Nearly A Decade Of Development, Ubisoft's Pirate Game Likely Out November
29.6.2022
Thanks to some internet sleuthing, it seems the release date for Ubisoft’s upcoming pirate game, Skull And Bones, has leaked online. According to data found on the Xbox store, the game is set to release this November, which lines up with information Kotaku has heard about the game’s rocky...
Fantasy Battle Royale Spellbreak Shutting Down, Studio Absorbed By Blizzard
29.6.2022
Spellbreak, the magic-based battle royale, is spellbroken, shutting down early next year, developer Proletariat announced in a blog post. Also, the whole studio is getting absorbed by Blizzard, the result of a recent acquisition intended to beef up development on World of Warcraft.Read more
How I Chose an Animation Library for My Solitaire Game
29.6.2022
There is an abundance of both CSS and JavaScript libraries for animation libraries out there. So many, in fact, that choosing the right one for your project can seem impossible. That’s the situation I faced when I decided to build …
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Game Maker Fund Releases the Valley of Belonging by the Sandbox
29.6.2022
Game Maker Fund, supported by The Sandbox, releases The Valley of Belonging. The recent venture brings a diverse experience to the metaverse, where every background and identity is celebrated. The Sandbox proudly showcases its support for freedom, diversity, and pride of expression and identity...
Wonderful, That Bonkers Fishing Game Series Is Back
29.6.2022
There’s a Japanese arcade game called Fishing Spirits that in 2019 was ported to the Switch, then released in the West as Ace Angler. It now has a sequel, and it is not your average fishing game.Read more
Cruisy Japanese Summer Game Gets Surprise English Release
29.6.2022
Last year, a game was released on the Nintendo Switch in Japan called Crayon Shin-chan: Ora to Hakase no Natsuyasumi (Crayon Shin-chan: My Summer Vacation With The Professor). A crossover between legendary manga Crayon Shin-chan and the long-running My Summer Vacation series of video games,...
New Quebec French Language Law Has Game Devs Fearful Of The Future
29.6.2022
A new law recently passed in Quebec, Canada designed to force immigrants to learn and use French in a short amount of time has many game developers in the area worried. The new bill could make it harder for studios to recruit and keep talent in a part of Canada that contains numerous big game...
Xbox Head Defends Bethesda In Wake Of Crunch Allegations
28.6.2022
At an all-hands meeting on Thursday, Xbox addressed the growing employee concerns about labor conditions at Bethesda Game Studios and its parent company, ZeniMax. Matt Booty, head of Xbox Game Studios, said he was “confident” that the studio was not crunching, and that it was “unfair” to attribute...
Neon White Wouldn’t Be ‘Freaky’ Without Machine Girl's Music
28.6.2022
Neon White, a laser-quick first-person shooter thing, unfolds in a Heaven where angels threaten to detonate your face and experimental music outfit Machine Girl pierces your wrong moves with saturated breakbeats.Read more
Mario + Rabbids: Sparks Of Hope Launches October 20, Sees Bowser Join The Fun
28.6.2022
Today, during the latest third-party-focused Mini Direct, Nintendo finally announced a release date for Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope, its cartoonish take on a tactics game made in conjunction with Ubisoft. It’s set to come out on October 20, 2022, exclusively on Nintendo Switch.Read more
Persona 5 Royal, Persona 4 Golden, And Persona 3 Portable Coming To Switch, Too
28.6.2022
Three beloved Atlus games, Persona 3 Portable, Persona 4 Golden, and Persona 5 Royal, are finally making the leap to the Nintendo Switch, as announced earlier today during Nintendo’s Mini Direct.Read more
Return To Monkey Island Looks Damned Pretty
28.6.2022
Thanks to this morning’s peculiarly throwaway Nintendo Direct Mini, we have finally seen footage of Ron Gilbert’s Return To Monkey Island. While there has been a blitz of information and PR for the game since its announcement in April, this is the first time we’ve got a glimpse of how it will look...
Fan Wants To Build An Open World Simpsons: Hit & Run
28.6.2022
Hey, remember this time last year when Reubs whipped up a more modern version of the classic Simpsons: Hit & Run in just a week? Well he’s back in 2022 and has far more ambitious goals for the project.Read more
Wuxia Martial Arts Game Looks Slick As Hell
28.6.2022
Today, a Chinese AAA studio announced that it would be adapting a famous wuxia novel series into a martial arts game. The demo trailer showed off stylish combat that heavily incorporates exaggerated aerial movements, which are a common hallmark of wuxia cinema but which I’ve rarely seen...
The Hottest Game Of The Summer Has A Cheating Problem
28.6.2022
It’s like clockwork: A game comes out with a robust competitive component…and is instantly inundated by players who rocket to the top via nefarious, unsanctioned means—cheaters, in other words. The latest victim is Neon White, a multi-genre speedrunning game developed by Angel Matrix and published...
Pokémon Card Game Player Uses Comically Large Cards At Championship
27.6.2022
Pokémon fan and card game player Matthew Verive used 60 giant novelty cards to play at the Pokémon North America International Championship on June 24. Those cards are huge, and would not fit in my womanly pockets. The three-day championship had events for a few competitive Pokémon games, including...
Impressive Fan Creation Fallout: London Coming In 2023
27.6.2022
Sometimes you just wanna explore wastelands all by your lonesome. But Fallout 5 is years away, and Fallout 76 is…fine, albeit multiplayer and developed under brutal working conditions. So many looking for the next big solo Fallout experience have been closely watching the development of Fallout:...