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If Publishers Want To Charge Players For Early Access, The Servers Have To Work
29.1.2024
Last year, we saw the rise of video game publishers offering a few days of early access to big AAA games for a price. This year, it’s only going to get worse as it seems every large game publisher is holding games hostage and charging players a ransom fee to play a few days early. But what happens...
Which Steam games 'won' revenue again in 2023?
29.1.2024
Also: Deep Rock Galactic's 2023 stats & all kinds of discovery news
NieR 3 Already Exists, But Not For Long
29.1.2024
Nearly seven years after the release of NieR:Automata, fans are still clamoring for a third entry in the series helmed by Yoko Taro. While we are all eagerly awaiting another AAA console game in the DrakenNier universe, it’s easy to forget that a sequel is already available to play—but it won’t...
Seven Years Later, This Square Enix Riff On Minecraft Is Coming To PC
29.1.2024
Today, Square Enix announced that after seven years, Dragon Quest Builders is, for some reason, arriving on PC in early February.Read more
I Played Overwatch Comp In An Airport Gamer Lounge
29.1.2024
I am notoriously early for flights. I consistently get to the airport more than two hours before a domestic trip, even during off-peak times. Because of my arrival anxiety, I have a lot of downtime at airports which I can (and often do) spend boozing at an overpriced “Irish pub” or relaxing in...
The Week In Games: Killing Your Heroes, And More New Releases
29.1.2024
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Blizzard Dev Uses Company Perk To Get A Decade Of WoW Time Before Being Laid Off
29.1.2024
Last week, Microsoft laid off 1900 video game workers across its various studios. This included cuts at recently acquired Activision Blizzard. And one employee, before being laid off, used a Blizzard company perk to walk away with nearly 10 years of World of Warcraft subscription codes. Read more
Leaked Footage Reveals The Sci-Fi Call Of Duty That Never Was
29.1.2024
Before releasing 2013’s Call of Duty: Ghosts, Activision studio Neversoft had been working on a sci-fi spin-off in the everlasting FPS franchise. Called either Future Warfare or NX1, footage of the unreleased shooter leaked online over the weekend—first spotted by CharlieIntel—revealing both...
New Deus Ex Game Reportedly Canceled By *That* Gaming Company
29.1.2024
Embattled gaming company Embracer Group has cancelled an in-development Deus Ex game that Eidos Montreal was working on, according to a new report from Bloomberg. The untitled and unannounced RPG was reportedly in pre-production for two years and was set to “enter production later this year,”...
Bloodborne Kart Takes A Pit Stop Thanks To Sony Lawyers
29.1.2024
There’s almost never any Bloodborne news. Whenever the game does get talked about online, it’s either copium or hopium as fans of FromSoftware’s gothic Soulslike chomp at the bit for a remake or remaster of the 2015 action RPG. While no such thing is in the works as far as we know, there is...
Obsidian’s Avowed Will Defy One Major RPG Trend
29.1.2024
Amidst the recent flurry of information about Obsidian’s forthcoming RPG Avowed, one crucial morsel of information went under the radar. We learned that the first-person role-player would have lively combat, a classless main character exploring large, sprawling levels set in the same universe...
Major Suicide Squad Bug Forces Game Offline Right After Launching
29.1.2024
After several delays, the time is finally upon us to kill DC Comics’ major superheroes like The Flash and Superman as Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League launches early for folks who preordered the Digital Deluxe edition. Unfortunately, some players who got into the game before its official...
Blockchain Games Reigned Supreme in 2023 + More Crypto News
29.1.2024
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of blockchain and crypto news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s news. In today’s edition: Banxa Brings Fiat On-Ramps to Sui, Off-Ramps Coming Soon 2023 Crypto News: Blockchain Games Reigned Supreme Last Year Neo Opens Hong Kong Office...
30 Years Ago, A Gory Gaming Triumph Changed Pop Culture Forever
29.1.2024
There’s a certain rarified echelon of video games that have birthed entire genres based on their innovation, and their fingerprints can still be spotted all over many games today. Super Mario Bros. defined the concept of a side-scrolling platformer, DOTA made the MOBA mainstream, and Doom is...
Palworld vs. Nintendo, Holodeck Tech, And More Of The Week's Biggest News
28.1.2024
It’s already been eight whole years since Final Fantasy XV, and its ending still gets us all choked up just thinking about it. Read on for all things Palworldand the highly unusual tale of mobile gameLove Live! School Idol Festival 2 Miracle Live.Read more
Palworld Breeding, Warzone Loadouts, And More Essential Guides
27.1.2024
There’s more to do in Palworld than just capturing adorable not-Pokémon and forcing them into conscripted labor. You can also force them to mate! From Pal breeding to the best loadouts and attachments for the latest Warzoneweaponry, these are the week’s essential tips and guides.Read more
Call of Duty, Palworld, And More Of The Week's Best Gaming Takes
27.1.2024
For a game we’ve all been calling “Pokémon with guns,” turns out there aren’t all that many guns in the first few hours of Palworld. But you know what there is far too much of? Crafting mechanics in video games. Anyway, here are our takes on this week’s news. Read more
Suicide Squad Devs Lay Out Battle Pass, Endgame Plans And They Sound…Good?
26.1.2024
Rocksteady developers behind the upcoming Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League—a DC villain-themed open-world co-op looter shooter—revealed some new details and thoughts behind the game’s battle pass, seasons, and endgame content. And while it’s still a live-service game that will likely have...
Tekken 8 Fans Are Going All Out With The Character Customizer
26.1.2024
Now that Tekken 8 is out on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S, players are jumping in to style their mains with the game’s extensive character customizer. With character customizers comes an assortment of shenanigans, and this is no different, as Tekken 8 players are fighting each other with...
12 Essential Tips For Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth
26.1.2024
Released on January 26, 2024, Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth is a satisfyingly deep RPG with a great story, wonderful characters, and tons of activities to complete. Featuring turn-based combat, a swappable class system, and plenty of rewarding opportunities to strategize, the latest game in what...