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Tencent's Buying Spree Continues With Majority Stake In Battlerite developer Stunlock Studios
20.7.2021
Yesterday, Kotaku reported that Tencent wants to buy British game maker Sumo Group for an eye-watering $1.3 billion. Today, we’re reporting that the Chinese conglomerate acquired a majority stake in Stunlock Studios.Based in Sweden, Stunlock Studios is best known for free-to-play Battlerite, which...
The Next Skate Game Won't Be At EA Play 2021
18.7.2021
EA announced today that the next Skate game, which is currently in development, won’t be shown during EA Play 2021 on July 22. It’s another game to add to the growing list of “Stuff That Won’t Be At EA Play 2021.”Read more
Social NFT Project Nifty’s Raises $10M, Partners With Entertainment Giant Warner Bros
12.7.2021
The Miami-based Nifty’s, Inc. announced the launch of the project’s website which aims to reveal a non-fungible token (NFT) social platform focused on gathering mainstream attention. The company has also revealed it raised $10 million in a seed round from well-known investors like...
Microsoft Calls For An End To 'Git Gud'
12.7.2021
Before the weekend, Microsoft’s Xbox Twitter account sent a surprisingly important tweet: “Beating the game on the lowest difficulty is still beating the game.” This was then followed up by Double Fine who added that completing Psychonauts 2 with the “invincibility toggle on” still counts...
Los Angeles Dodgers to Auction 2020 World Series Ring NFT via Candy Digital
12.7.2021
After Major League Baseball (MLB) revealed a partnership with Candy Digital, the Los Angeles Dodgers announced it is auctioning a non-fungible token (NFT) World Series championship ring, a physical version, and a VIP first pitch experience. The NFT collection will start with an online auction...
Sony Will Lose Another Big PS5 Exclusive In September 2022
9.7.2021
Deathloop is one of the few, big PlayStation 5 exclusives releasing this year, but it was never going to remain only on Sony’s next-gen console. Now we know exactly when its exclusivity period ends: September 14, 2022. Read more
Studio Behind Demon Slayer Anime Indicted For Tax Evasion
9.7.2021
Tokyo prosecutors have indicted anime studio Ufotable and its founder Hikaru Kondo for evading around $1.2 million in taxes. NHK and ANN News reports that between 2015 and 2018, the studio and Kondo hid around 4 million dollars in company earnings. According to sources, the president had a secret...
Bethesda Stops 'Selling' Sad and Unfinished Fallout 76 Emote A Month Later
7.7.2021
For the past month or so, Fallout 76 players have been scratching their heads over “romancandlecelebration,” an icon-free emote in the Atomic Shop that one might think would shoot some sort of celebratory fireworks into the sky but does not. Today’s Steel Reign update ended any lingering confusion...
Report: Dead Space Reboot Is Actually A Remake
1.7.2021
Star Wars: Squadrons developer EA Motive is working on a reboot of the hit sci-fi survival horror series Dead Space, according to a new report by GamesBeat.Read more
TV-Style Commercials Are Coming To Console Games
30.6.2021
There are ads on YouTube, ads on Twitch and ads when you’re playing mobile games, but you know where there aren’t ads? Console games. And that’s something capitalism would like to change.Read more
Oof: That Magic Diablo Clone Didn't Even Survive Its Beta
29.6.2021
Magic: Legends, the ARPG that combined Diablo-style aesthetics with the card game mechanics of Magic: The Gathering, will shut down October 31. Read more
Sony Snipes At Microsoft's Spending Sprees
29.6.2021
After a year of watching Microsoft throw around billions buying up game studios, Sony has returned fire with a small acquisition of its own. The purchase of Returnal developer Housemarque is only the second studio Sony has acquired over the last decade, however, marking a clear difference in...
Ah, So This Is Why The Mass Effect Movie Never Got Made
28.6.2021
In 2010, Mass Effect fans got a wild surprise: the beloved video game franchise would be adapted for film, with BioWare playing a hands-on role in its development. Following the announcement, the adaptation was joined by a bunch of exciting names. Avi Arad (known for co-founding Marvel Studios)...
Halo Infinite Release Date Narrowed Down To 'A Few Weeks,' Phil Spencer Says
24.6.2021
Although a firm Halo Infinite release date has yet to be set, internal talks at Microsoft surrounding when to launch the game have narrowed from the months-long holiday 2021 release window to a handful of weeks, Xbox head Phil Spencer explained during a recent appearance on the Dropped Frames...
Final Fantasy IX Is Getting An Animated Series
22.6.2021
Final Fantasy IX, one of the most beloved entries in the JRPG series, is getting a cartoon adaptation aimed at eight to 13-year-olds. Read more
Back 4 Blood Will Require An Always Online Internet Connection And That's Terrible
19.6.2021
Back 4 Blood looks cool. I’m a big fan of co-op shooters like Left 4 Dead. But last weekend developers Turtle Rock Studios confirmed that when B4B launches later this year it will require an internet connection. Even if you want to play alone. This is a bad decision and yet it keeps happening. Read...
Starfield Is An Xbox Exclusive, And Pete Hines Is Sorry
16.6.2021
Starfield, the big space-faring RPG from Bethesda, isn’t coming to PlayStation. Microsoft confirmed as much in its E3 2021 press conference. This morning, Bethesda’s Pete Hines addressed—and even apologized—for the exclusivity in a live-streamed interview with GameSpot.Read more
Nintendo Announces Metroid Dread
15.6.2021
It’s been a minute since we first learned of the existence of Metroid Prime 4. And by that, I mean four years. And that was literally just a logo. But we’re going to have to keep waiting. In the meantime, Nintendo has decided to tide us over with [checks paper] Metroid 5???????Read more
Report: Rare's Huge Xbox Exclusive, Everwild, Pushed To 2024
14.6.2021
Few developments are more indicative of a project’s rockiness than a game of musical chairs at the top. Exhibit A: Everwild, which VGC reports is now spearheaded by a new creative lead. What’s more, citing anonymous sources, VGC says that the game has been pushed back a bit, and is now targeting...
Starfield Is 'Skyrim In Space,' Says Todd Howard
14.6.2021
Despite having a much meatier showing at E3 2021 than its reveal three years ago, very little is known about Starfield, Bethesda’s next massive role-playing game, apart from its November 11, 2022 release on Xbox Series X/S and PC.Read more