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Black Myth: Wukong Beats Cyberpunk And Elden Ring To Set New Steam Records Hours After Coming Out
20.8.2024
The first time we saw a trailer of Black Myth: Wukong I joked that it looked great and would probably never actually come out. That was August 20, 2020. Exactly four years later the fantasy action game isn’t just available to play, it’s shattering records on Steam for single-player and online games...
Everything Announced At The 2024 Pokémon World Championships
19.8.2024
The Pokémon World Championships isn’t just a both a gathering for all the best competitive Pokémon players across the globe, but also a pseudo Pokémon Presents showcase to talk about the future of the franchise. The event was held in Hawaii this year, so its closing ceremony took place late...
Hyped Modern Warfare 2 Remastered Multiplayer Mod Killed One Day Before Launch
15.8.2024
Activision has reportedly sent a cease and desist letter to the devs behind H2M Mod. The highly anticipated fan mod for Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Remastered was focused on recreating and remastering the online multiplayer of Modern Warfare 2 for PC players.Read more
Assassin's Creed Shadows Took Longer To Make Than Any Previous Game In The Series
12.8.2024
Assassin’s Creed Shadows is the next main entry in Ubisoft’s long-running open-world historical stab-a-thon series. The big game arrives later this year, and when it does, it will have had the longest development cycle in the franchise’s nearly 20-year history. Read more
Destiny 2 Pointers, How To Nab Fallout 76's Union Power Armor, And More Of The Week's Top Tips
10.8.2024
This week, we’ve got tips for you on how to make the most of attunement as it returns to Destiny 2, as well as how to nab Fallout 76's formidable Union Power Armor. We’ve also got a recommendation for The Order: 1886 which was much-maligned on release, tips about some sales you may want to take...
Six Months Later, Helldivers 2 Has Become Its Own Worst Enemy
9.8.2024
Six months along, I think the key takeaway from Helldivers 2 is that no good thing can reasonably last in this ecosystem. Its launch back in February was marked by a meteoric ascent to the top of the charts, but the past few months have been marred by controversy and upheaval that has hurt the game...
Where To Find Pre-War Money In Fallout 76
6.8.2024
While exploring Appalachia, how many genuinely care about the junk items we hoard? You may “loot all,” ignoring whatever is in the container until it’s time to scrap your junk back at C.A.M.P., but it’s rare to sit back and read through each item. But if you are looking for a specific item, such...
The Best Places To Farm Blood Eagles In Fallout 76
6.8.2024
Is there anything more satisfying than running a Slugger build in Fallout 76, tracking down a few Blood Eagles, and stomping them into the dirt in exchange for sweet loot? It’s one of Appalachia’s little joys and, typically speaking, well worth the hunt. Blood Eagles scavenge fantastic loot for...
Star Wars Outlaws' Paid-DLC Will Bring Back A Clone Wars Favorite
5.8.2024
Star Wars Outlaws is a modern AAA video game launching in 2024 which means that, of course, Ubisoft has released a road map filled with upcoming content for the open-world action game, despite it not even being out yet. Read more
Star Wars Outlaws’ Biggest Inspiration Came From The Best Riff On The Ubisoft Formula In Years
1.8.2024
Ubisoft has become almost synonymous with open-world games in the past two decades thanks to franchises like Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry. So it’s no surprise that people expect the publisher’s next game, Star Wars Outlaws, to take a lot of inspiration from those in-house tent-poles that have come...
Star Wars Outlaws Has A Great Option Every Game Should Offer
31.7.2024
Thanks to Star Wars Outlaws, it’s time for the Great Yellow Paint Debate, Part 471! For a long while now, third-person games have been decorating their worlds in yellow (or white) paint to indicate to players a doorway they can pass through, a rocky outcrop that can be climbed, or an area worth...
The 2024 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony Goes Full Assassin's Creed Parkour On Paris' Rooftops
26.7.2024
I didn’t know the 2024 Olympic Games were starting today. Or that they were in France. So I was extra surprised when the opening ceremony looked like a scene out of a classic Assassin’s Creed game. Read more
Another Game Just Got Review-Bombed Into Dropping Controversial Login Requirement
26.7.2024
Good news! There’s a new Earth Defense Force game and it’s out now! Bad news, if you want to play the game online on Steam you’ll have to create an Epic Games account. This fact was revealed on launch day and went over so poorly with players that the devs behind the new giant bug-killin’ game...
The Top 10 Worst Pokémon Of All Time
26.7.2024
We love Pokémon. We think they’re gorgeous. But not all Pokémon are equal. Some are absolutely, unequivocally, awful. Here are the top ten Pokémon that make me want to shiver off my own skin.Read more
This Was Never About Anything Other Than Hate
23.7.2024
On July 23, in response to the ongoing backlash against a Black lead character in the upcoming Assassin’s Creed Shadows, developer Ubisoft released a lengthy statement. The responses on X (formerly Twitter) were exactly what you’d expect: racist images, slurs, and calls for historical accuracy in...
Ubisoft Issues Weird Statement On Assassin's Creed Shadow Controversies
23.7.2024
Since the announcement of Ubisoft’s next Assassin’s Creed game, Shadows, it has been at the center of a culture war. Most of the conversation has been carried out in intensely bad faith, focusing on the usual suspects’ hatred of any game that doesn’t center a straight white male character, but it’s...
Helldivers 2 Is Getting Even Tougher In A Huge New Update
23.7.2024
Helldivers 2 has changed a lot over the past five months, but that change has been largely incremental, taking place across a number of smaller, steadily released updates. It seemed like every other week, there was some new feature, enemy, or environment that was being debuted. Eventually, these...
No Man's Sky Is Getting A Complete Universal Refresh In One Of Its Biggest Updates Ever
17.7.2024
As No Man’s Sky nears its eight anniversary, it’s clear the open-world survival crafting sim isn’t slowing down. A cavalcade of free updates continues to transform the game from what it once was at launch, and the latest of those is no different. Today, Hello Games revealed Worlds Part 1,...
Pokémon GO's Big Weekend Accidentally Reminded Us The Game Used To Be Fun
15.7.2024
This weekend may have been deranged on previously unexplored levels, but it was also Go Fest in Pokémon GO, the annual event when the mobile game reminds its millions of players why they used to love playing. This year, as the app reaches new nadirs of money-grubbing banality, the event’s terrific...
Game Pass Gets Pricier, Nintendo Teases A Horror Game, And More News For The Week
13.7.2024
This week saw Game Pass, once touted as the best deal in gaming, get another price increase in a way that’s as messy and confusing as it is disappointing. Also, Nintendo took the uncharacteristic step of teasing what looks like a first-party horror release, another game removed references...