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Report: Ubisoft Employees Are Still Telling Their Bosses That NFTs Suck
11.2.2022
Ubisoft employees continue to push back on the company’s plans to utilize blockchain technology for, among other things, the distribution of NFTs (non-fungible tokens), according to a new Bloomberg report.Read more
This Lovecraftian Visual Novel Is The Perfect Valentine's Day Game For Monster-Lovers
11.2.2022
Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, and we all know how annoying it can be to doomscroll past a seemingly infinite number of photos of people boo’d up, accompanied by eye-roll-inducing song lyric captions meant to encapsulate their love. So why not protect your peace by playing a visual novel...
The Best Video Game Strategy Guide Ever Can Be Downloaded For Free
11.2.2022
At long last, Earthbound is on Switch. Nintendo added the 1995 RPG to its online offerings earlier this week alongside its NES predecessor, Earthbound Beginnings. New players and longtime fans alike, including the series’ director, Shigesato Itoi, can now enjoy the colorful acid sci-fi journey on...
Farmville Creator Zynga to Launch NFT Games, Says Gaming Firm’s Blockchain Lead
11.2.2022
American social game developer Zynga has plans to launch non-fungible token (NFT) games in the near future. Zynga’s vice president of blockchain, ​​Matt Wolf, told the press that the company is looking at the cycle right now and “figuring out where we want to jump...
Hearthstone Streamer Swatted Live On Twitch
11.2.2022
Twitch streamer Alexandra “Alliestrasza” Macpherson, a prominent Hearthstone player and a member of esports organization Fade 2 Karma, was arrested on February 9. But it wasn’t her fault. She was swatted while playing the collectible card game live on stream, with police showing up fully strapped...
The Rat Has A Name And Will Be Playable In TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge
11.2.2022
Retro beat ‘em up Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge isn’t pulling its punches. Indie developer Tribute Games revealed yesterday, during a mini-PlayStation indie event, that mutant rat and ninjutsu master Splinter will be playable in the arcade homage when it releases later in 2022....
SURVIVE: Only One Will Last in the Metaverse
11.2.2022
PRESS RELEASE. SURVIVE is going to revolutionize the Metaverse. It’s a hybrid between live-action and open-world games. Think of GTA 5, with a 3D Metaverse where you can play for free and earn money. SURVIVE is backed by NFT Global, a reputable NFT platform. This partnership is ready...
PUBG Developer Parent Company Krafton to Work On NFT and Metaverse Related Projects
11.2.2022
Krafton, the parent company of Bluehole, developers of PUBG, a popular battle royale game that has earned more than $300 million in 2021, announced it will redirect some of its activities toward developing NFT and metaverse-related projects. The company says it has acquired equity in two companies...
Official Winter Olympics P2E Game Is a Non-Starter in the Games’ Host Country
11.2.2022
Crypto is making its presence felt through its absence at the Winter Olympics, currently underway in China. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has struck a partnership deal with nWay, a subsidiary of the play-to-earn (P2E) gaming giant Animoca Brands, which has released the “official...
Lord Of The Rings Mod Hit With Takedown Just As Series' Rights Are Up For Sale
11.2.2022
Ownership of the Lord of the Rings series has somehow been in the news twice this week. Firstly and most prominently because the rights to the series are going up for sale for the first time since the 1970s. Secondly, and more bizarrely, because this week of all weeks a prominent Lord of the Rings...
Nintendo Thanks Feds For Sending Hacker To Prison For 3 Years
11.2.2022
Recently indicted Nintendo hacker Gary Bowser has been handed a 40-month prison sentence by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington for creating and selling “console-hacking software and devices used to play pirated Nintendo Switch games.” This is according to a victory...
Boba Fett Had A Cameo From a 1981 Video Game System
11.2.2022
If you made it through the entire series of Book of Boba Fett, you were treated to a terrible finale and a two-episode narrative diversion that derailed the entire premise of this being a show about Boba Fett. Enjoy! You also, however, caught a glimpse of a very cool, very old piece of video game...
Halo Infinite Finally Addresses Desync Lag, And You'd Better Pull Up A Seat
10.2.2022
If you’ve played a competitive online shooter, it’s happened to you. You shoot an enemy a bunch. You swear you saw your shots connect. But the next minute, it’s you who’s sitting through a respawn timer. To take it from hardcore players, Halo Infinite can seem particularly egregious about such...
You're Not Paying Enough Attention To Square Enix's New Time-Traveling Detective Game
10.2.2022
Yesterday’s Nintendo Direct had a little bit of something for everyone, from Wii Sports jocks to Mario Kart speedsters to Kirby vore fanatics. But that doesn’t mean that something incredible wasn’t missing. In fact, the Japanese Nintendo Direct included something pretty terrific that the version...
Daisy Is The Only Super Mario Girl With Teeth, Apparently
10.2.2022
We all know Daisy is a little weird, what with her third eye and all. But were you also aware that she’s the only prominent woman in the Super Mario series with teeth? Well, now you are. I’m sorry.Read more
FarmVille developer Zynga set to release first NFT game this year
10.2.2022
Mobile gaming giant Zynga has outlined new plans for NFT-based games and Web3 acquisitions coming in 2022
Hacker: Elden Ring May Suffer Same Serious Online Exploits As Dark Souls III
10.2.2022
All PC versions of the Dark Souls games will remain offline for the foreseeable future, according to a new tweet from series publisher Bandai Namco, in order to fix at least one major security vulnerability. Further, the developers are working to ensure that the same serious vulnerability does...
This New Kirby Game Is Messed Up
10.2.2022
Because it’s a Kirby game, and because Kirby games are never allowed to sit at the adult’s table of Nintendo’s release schedule, you would think the upcoming release of Kirby and the Forgotten Land, aka what you could assume to be just another Kirby platformer, would go unremarked by many....
Here's Everything Shown At Today's Nintendo Direct
10.2.2022
There was a Nintendo Direct held earlier today, which covered everything from Metroid to Mario Kart, and if you missed it and want to catch up on everything, or didn’t miss it and just wanted to revisit the parts that actually interested you, here you go.Read more
Mother, EarthBound Being Added To Nintendo Switch Online
9.2.2022
During today’s Direct presentation, Nintendo announced that its classic RPGs Mother (known in the West as EarthBound Beginnings) and EarthBound are coming to the Nintendo Switch’s retro libraries for NES and SNES, respectively.Read more