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Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 6 Great Games We’re Kicking Off July With
5.7.2024
July is here and so are its wonderfully (or not so wonderful) high temperatures. Here in the States, we just wrapped a holiday that feels…well, do I need to spell out how discordant and weird things are here right now? Probably not. Oh, hey, that’s right: Video games! Escapism isn’t always...
One Of The Worst Movies Ever Made Almost Had A PS2 Tie-In Game
5.7.2024
Foodfight!, an infamously horrible CG animated comedy starring product mascots, almost got a tie-in PS2-era video game. And while the tie-in game was never finished, largely because the movie lingered in development hell, we now have access to assets from the Foodfight! game and have a more...
Escape From Tarkov Puts Bounties On Cheaters, Rewards Players For Reporting Them
5.7.2024
What better way to incentivize players to help keep the community clean than by offering up a reward? Plenty of online video games have a cheater problem, but sometimes developers need players’ help to track them down. That’s what Escape From Tarkov developer Battlestate Games is doing, offering...
Switch Gets 7 More Random NES Games, Including One Programmed By Nintendo's Former President
5.7.2024
Nearly six years after it launched, Nintendo Switch Online is still getting new NES classics added to its on-demand subscription service. Nintendo announced seven more games are now available to play. The esoteric bunch, which includes Mach Rider and The Mystery of Atlantis, means almost every...
Summer Games Done Quick Gives Us The Best Video Game Moment Of 2024
5.7.2024
Summer Games Done Quick is typically a beacon for good things. Every year, players break good games and perform wild acts of digital acrobatics as they do speedruns for a good cause. And the best good thing was the goodest of good boys Peanut Butter, a four-year-old Shiba Inu, hitting a home run...
Nintendo Will No Longer Fix That Console You Never Used
5.7.2024
The poor Wii U. That inexplicable console that was simultaneously too confusing to be useful, but too unexceptional to be inspiring. Meaninglessly carrying the weight of the name of the phenomenal success of the Nintendo Wii, it was—by most metrics—a rare miss and a colossal flop. And now you can’t...
Hamster Kombat hits 239M users in 81 days — Telegram’s Durov
4.7.2024
Telegram founder Pavel Durov says Hamster Kombat’s viral success could onboard over 200 million people to blockchain technology
Taurus enhances Zand Bank’s crypto, tokenization services in UAE
4.7.2024
The Swiss crypto platform is expanding its stable of large financial institutions
Telegram and Helika Gaming unveil $50M gaming accelerator with Notcoin
4.7.2024
The accelerator program aims to foster innovation among game developers, leveraging the Ton blockchain to enhance Telegram’s gaming ecosystem
Nintendo will not use generative AI to build game titles
4.7.2024
Nintendo’s president addresses the risks of intellectual property breaches with generative AI at a shareholder meeting
How this solo-dev parkour game sold >70k in a few weeks!
3.7.2024
Also: lots of surveys & and tonnes more
Report: More Activision Games Coming To Game Pass Soon
3.7.2024
Thus far, only one Activision Blizzard-published game has made its way to Xbox’s Game Pass subscription service, almost a year after Microsoft finalized its deal to purchase the massive Call of Duty publisher. But a new report claims more Activision games will (slowly) start coming to the service...
The Dos and Don’ts Of Selling Your Friend On Your Favorite Game
3.7.2024
We all have that one game we love so much, we want to share with as many people as possible. Unless you’re a gatekeeper of the things that bring you joy, you’ve probably tried to get a friend, family member, partner, or stranger on the street to play a game you love in hopes that it will similarly...
The Watch Dogs Movie Is Actually Happening, Over A Decade After It Was Announced
3.7.2024
Production on a live-action Watch Dogs film has finally started over a decade after Ubisoft first announced the adaptation was in the works. Read more
BlockDAG’s $55.4M presale is red hot; Bitcoin & Bittensor struggle to stay in the game!
3.7.2024
The cryptocurrency market is leaving traders anxious with a continuous drop in prices. Bitcoin is under immense selling pressure due to ETF outflows, upcoming Mt. Gox bankruptcy redemptions, and increased miner sales. Bittensor and other AI-focused cryptocurrencies are also facing a temporary...
Dead Rising Remaster Locks Classic Frank West Behind A Pre-Order Paywall
3.7.2024
When Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster releases later this year, fans will have to play as a new, different-looking Frank West. This “improved” version of the character hasn’t been well received online, so it’s nice to hear that Capcom is offering a different model based on the OG Frank West in...
Parasite Eve-Inspired Cyberpunk Game Announced, Looks Cool As Hell
3.7.2024
Sukeban Games, the developer best known for 2016’s charming and poignant VA-11 HALL-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action, has announced a new game. Titled .45 Parabellum Bloodhound: Cyberpunk Active Time Action, the new project is a moody, retro-inspired adventure taking major inspiration from Square’s...
It Feels Like Sony Is Finally Leaving The PlayStation 4 Behind
3.7.2024
The long-tail on the PlayStation 4 has been incredible. The console still has 49 million active users according to Sony’s most recent estimate. But all good things must come to an end, and it feels more clear than ever that Sony is ready to leave the PS5's predecessor in the past, with Horizon Lego...
Tekken 8 Director Is Tired Of Explaining Game Development To Demanding Fans
3.7.2024
When you’ve been online and dealing with thousands of people making demands and assumptions about your work as long as Tekken director Katsuhiro Harada, you’re bound to see a lot of the same arguments. For fighting game developers, the inclusion or exclusion of fan-favorite characters is a frequent...
Solana Meme Coin MEW's Cat Character to Feature on Trending Telegram Mini Game
3.7.2024
The MEW character will be featured on TON, the network where Pixelverse’s Telegram mini-games operate, in a first for a Solana meme coin