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GTA Publisher’s Boss Not Seeing Any ‘Pushback’ On $70 Games
20.5.2023
During Take-Two Interactive’s recent earnings call with investors, CEO Strauss Zelnick was asked about other publishers selling AAA games at a discounted price shortly after launch. His company has been one of the many to start charging $70 for games, and at least according to him, he hasn’t seen...
The Latest Batch Of Switch Online GBA Games Is Just Cruel
19.5.2023
The Game Boy Advance isn’t the best gaming handheld ever, but it’s certainly the one I’m most nostalgic about. It let me take gorgeous spin-offs of my favorite 16-bit SNES games on the go, and most importantly included some incredible pixel art gems the likes of which we’ve never seen since. So...
Epic Games Store Will Now Pay You Back For Buying Games
18.5.2023
The Epic Games Store is rolling out a new “Epic Rewards” program to give players five percent cash back on PC gaming purchases. Whether it’s in-game purchases like Fortnite V-Bucks or big blockbusters like Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, the new policy is essentially a discount on everything you...
Super Mario Bros. Movie Pirates Getting Hit With Malware
18.5.2023
If you thought you were being slick by downloading illegal uploads of The Super Mario Bros Movie online (and perhaps uploading them in parts to Twitter), there’s a chance your computer has a mystery item box of its own in the form of a malicious virus—womp womp. Read more
New Mortal Kombat Will Be The Nintendo Switch’s Second $70 Game
18.5.2023
Mortal Kombat 1, a reboot of the long-running fighting game franchise, is somehow coming to the Nintendo Switch and will also cost $70. That makes it only the second game on the platform to adopt the new price point often reserved for “next-gen” games, and the first made by an outside...
The Seagull, Truly Nature's Worst
17.5.2023
Lucy Mutimer is a 2D artist from Melbourne who has worked on games like Lumi’s Kinder World and MMORPG Tycoon 2.Read more
Looks Like Steam Now Has Timed Demos, Dead Space Up First
17.5.2023
The ability to try before you buy has been a thorn in gaming retail’s side for generations. From the demo discs of old to the subscription models of today, publishers and shopfronts have had to wrestle with the idea that a lot of people only want to spend money on games they’ll enjoy.Read more
Sega Sounds Like It’s Jumping On The $70 Game Bandwagon
16.5.2023
The shift to $70 games for the “next-gen” consoles has been slow but steady, and another major publisher could soon be making the jump. Sega said in its latest earnings report that it’s currently reviewing its games to see where price increases make sense, moving in the direction of 2K Games...
The Week In Games: Twisted Therapy And Toy Soldiers
16.5.2023
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Amazon Studio Behind Hit MMO New World Working On Lord Of The Rings Next
15.5.2023
Jeff Bezos’ evil empire isn’t done with The Lord of the Rings just yet. Following the nearly billion-dollar debacle that was the first season of The Rings of Power, Amazon is planning to launch a new MMO based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy universe. The good news is that it’s being made by...
Weeb Hacks Popular Anime Database Just To Recommend One Show Over And Over Again
12.5.2023
On Monday, MyAnimeList, a popular anime database/social media site that allows fans to track their progress in seasonal shows and discuss new and old series in forum posts, announced the website is down due to emergency maintenance because “a malicious individual overwrote anime database...
The Hugs In Horizon Forbidden West's DLC Are Actually A Huge Deal
11.5.2023
When Guerrilla Games debuted the new trailer for its Horizon Forbidden West DLC a few weeks back, it sent developers into a frenzy. Those in the know were astounded by the briefly glimpsed hug that Aloy shares with her friend Gildun. The rest of us were in the dark about why any of this was a...
Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom’s Performance On Switch Sounds Like A Minor Miracle
11.5.2023
There have been a lot of buggy blockbuster launches recently, but it doesn’t sound like The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom will be one of them. Nintento’s latest big exclusive for the Switch has impressed many reviewers? tk so far with how it runs on the six-year-old hardware, with even...
Breath Of The Wild Ranked Best Game Of All Time By (Some) Devs And Critics
10.5.2023
We might be two sleeps away from The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’s hotly anticipated release on the Nintendo Switch but its predecessor, Breath of the Wild, just achieved the impressive distinction of being ranked as the best game of all time. According to one group of industry notables...
The Wii U Presented ‘Restrictions’ In Breath Of The Wild’s Development
10.5.2023
With The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom dropping on May 12, Nintendo is looking back and sharing more details about its predecessor, Breath of the Wild. Those details include confirmation that the Wii U console held back the production of and content included in BotW.Read more
The Week In Games: Return To Hyrule
8.5.2023
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Nintendo Seemingly Goes After Switch Emulation Following Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Leak
8.5.2023
When The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom began leaking online, Nintendo initially fought back with standard copyright takedowns of screenshots, video streams, and entire Discord servers hosting links to pirated versions of the game. Now it appears to be ramping up the offensive, going after...
I Played That Racing Game Where Cars Have Legs And Jetpacks
5.5.2023
When I had an Apple Arcade subscription, I played endless amounts of What the Golf? on my phone. It was such a chaotic, joyful puzzle game that it actually annoyed me that Nathan Grayson robbed me of the opportunity to write about it. So I was excited to demo studio Triband’s next game: A racing...
One Of The First Nintendo GameCubes Has Been Found
5.5.2023
For long-time Nintendo fans and video game historians there have been few public events as memorable as Space World 2000, the show that first revealed the GameCube—and its library of games, and a divisive Zelda demo—to the world.Read more
PC Gamers Are Getting Angry At All The Wrong People
5.5.2023
If you’ve been even remotely connected to PC gaming over the last year or two, you’d have felt some heat radiating off the community. A rising sense of frustration, that things are bad and just keep getting worse. Many PC gamers feel like they’re reaching a breaking point, and it’s hard not...