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Half-Life’s Iconic Intro + TikTok Voice Is A Cursed Must-Watch
25.4.2022
Half-Life is widely considered one of the best video games ever made for a host of reasons. Among them, its intro is perhaps one of the most memorable video game openings of all time, a masterclass in establishing a game’s particular tone while also organically introducing you to its world....
Halo Infinite Devs Delay For Health, Community Disappointed Anyway
25.4.2022
It’s rare to see a video game developer publicly acknowledge crunch, let alone cite its avoidance as a reason for delays. On Friday, developer 343 Industries revealed the long-anticipated roadmap for Halo Infinite, replete with a number of pushed-back features alongside a frank acknowledgement that...
And Now, A Game Where You're A Serial Killer (But Also Have No Bones)
22.4.2022
Shhh…be very quiet if you are reading this in bed. I don’t want to alarm you, but there might be a serial killer hiding under your mattress. However, he might also have no bones and can only wiggle and flail about to get anywhere, which gives you a big advantage. It’s also the setup for a silly...
Nintendo Switch Joy-Con Repair Center Was Constantly Overwhelmed, Claims Former Supervisor
22.4.2022
If you live east of the Mississippi River and you’ve ever had to send your Switch to Nintendo due to Joy-Con drift, then it definitely passed through a single repair shop in Syracuse, New York. Though Nintendo handled the process for submitting repairs, the actual work was performed by a company...
Halo Infinite’s Latest Mode Sounds Awful Similar To A Battle Royale
22.4.2022
Halo Infinite’s already kickass-sounding second season is starting to sound even more kickass. Developer 343 Industries detailed all the new modes en route in a blog post today, including one that sounds suspiciously like a battle royale.Read more
Holy Crap, There Are A Lot Of Star Wars Games Coming
21.4.2022
Earlier this week, we learned that Amy Hennig would get another chance to help make a Star Wars game following the infamous shutdown of her previous attempt with EA and Visceral. A big announcement to be sure, but have you noticed? There are a lot of Star Wars games being announced this past year...
Shadowrun Trilogy Is Coming To Xbox, PlayStation And Switch
21.4.2022
We’re coming up on the tenth anniversary of the release of 2013's Shadowrun Returns, and it’s only today I learned that the game (and its two sequels) were never released on console. I just assumed they had been, at some point! That sucks, so it’s wonderful to see Paradox get around to fixing...
Battlefield 2042 Is Now A Little Bit Better
20.4.2022
Battlefield 2042's big update dropped earlier today, adding stuff like VoIP communications, more scoreboards and some much-needed balancing. I’ve been playing the game all day to see what difference it has made and...things are better.Read more
Kim Kardashian Threatens To Sue Roblox Over Sex Tape Ad, Creator Banned
19.4.2022
I’m used to Roblox being almost everywhere, but I wasn’t expecting to see it in a clip of The Kardashians. On the April 14 episode “Burn Them All to the Fucking Ground,” Kim Kardashian became visibly upset after her son Saint supposedly discovered an in-game advertisement that used an image of...
Former Xbox Boss Remembers Microsoft Trying To Buy Blizzard, Westwood Back In The Day
19.4.2022
It’s 2022 and Microsoft is in the process of tying up a deal to purchase Blizzard. This isn’t the first time the computing giant has tried to buy the company, though; according to Ed Fries, who led development of the first Xbox console, it’s actually the third.Read more
Crusty PlayStation Leads To Bomb Scare At Boston Airport
19.4.2022
Passengers at Boston’s Logan International Airport were evacuated from a terminal on Saturday and the local bomb squad called in after TSA agents found a “suspicious item” inside a Delta passenger’s bag that turned out to be a “PlayStation”.Read more
Portal Writer Wants Valve To Make Next Game Before He's 'Too Old To Work' On It
18.4.2022
Erik Wolpaw, co-writer of the Portal series, would love to work on a third game. There are just a few problems: He’s one developer out of hundreds of staff and he’s not sure that Valve would go for another Portal game’s profit margins.Read more
Super Mario Bros.' Iconic Blocks Hold More Coins Than You Think
16.4.2022
Without thinking too hard about it, what’s the maximum number of coins you can knock out of multi-coin blocks in the original Super Mario Bros.? Did you say 10? Well, you’re wrong, but it’s not your fault. You just haven’t done a deep dive into the almost 37-year-old game’s code like a complete...
Club Penguin Remake Pulled By Disney, Three Arrested
14.4.2022
Club Penguin was a massively popular children’s MMO that was eventually acquired (and later shuttered) by Disney. However, that hasn’t stopped popular clones from amassing millions of users. Now the official website for the most popular clone, Club Penguin Rewritten, has been seized by the City...
Where To Find A Ton Of Legendary Loot In Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands
14.4.2022
Yeah, sure, Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands has an end goal. Ostensibly, you’re tasked with completing a main story, something about saving the world and defeating the big bad villain and blah blah blah. But c’mon, we all know what the real point is: finding a ton of kickass loot. Let us help.Read more
‘Suspended’ Valorant Pro Sinatraa Announces Return To Competition
13.4.2022
Ousted esports player Jay “Sinatraa” Won, who was suspended from his Valorant team the Sentinels last year for six months due to sexual assault allegations and failure to cooperate with an investigation, announced a return to the competitive scene. While he hasn’t signed to a team, Sinatraa...
The Best Part Of Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands Is Its Endgame
13.4.2022
Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands doesn’t really get started until the end. The best part of Gearbox’s new loot-shooter is an endgame mode called Chaos Chamber. It is both a total bummer and, ultimately, for the best that you can’t unlock it until you roll the credits, as, take it from me, doing so...
Bungie Going 'Digital-First', Many Future Roles Will Be 'Fully Remote'
13.4.2022
Like pretty much everything else on the planet, the pandemic has knocked the video game industry on its ass. But while game delays, console shortages and under-cooked releases have been the main issues facing players, those actually making the games have faced the same obstacles many of us have;...
Another PlayStation ‘Console Exclusive’ Comes To Xbox
12.4.2022
At this point, it’s fair to assume that any proclamations of “console exclusivity” should be taken with an entire deer lick of salt. The PlayStation 5 launch title Bugsnax comes out on Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S on April 28, as part of the Game Pass library, developer Young Horses announced. It’s...
How Elden Ring Speedruns Beat The Game In Under 9 Minutes Without Seeing Its Final Boss
11.4.2022
Elden Ring speedrun times dropped dramatically over the last week thanks to the discovery of a new route that removes the need to fight any of the FromSoftware game’s difficult bosses. The current world record, held by high-level Souls speedrunner Distortion2, sits at just below 9 minutes. Let’s...