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Girls Who Code Ends Relationship With Activision Blizzard Following Latest Revelations
19.11.2021
Nonprofit organization Girls Who Code, which specializes in teaching computer science to young women and other marginalized groups, will no longer affiliate itself with Activision Blizzard, after the multibillion-dollar corporation came under fire yet again in a scathing new round...
Sega's Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio Is Making Yakuza 8
19.11.2021
In October 2021, Yakuza creator Toshihiro Nagoshi confirmed he was leaving the studio he helped found. Joining him in the departure was long-time series director and producer Daisuke Sato. In a new interview with Weekly Famitsu, the studio’s new boss Masayoshi Yokoyama talks about how these...
Life-Sized Lucario Goes On Sale In Japan For $400
19.11.2021
Are you a big Lucario fan? If so, and if you’re in Japan, you can order a large version of the Fighting-Steel type Pokémon. A life-sized one, to be exact. Read more
The Best PlayStations Were Beat To Hell
19.11.2021
I remember the first PlayStation I ever had wasn’t even really mine, it was one that me and a bunch of guys I was living with in England had bought and shared. And while it worked, it was also in the worst shape imaginable, covered in stickers and chip dust and beer stains and God knows what...
Over 1200 Activision Blizzard Employees Sign Petition Demanding CEO Bobby Kotick Quit
19.11.2021
The ABK Workers Alliance, a group of Activision Blizzard workers formed in response to the company’s treatment of its employees, began circulating a petition earlier today for anyone working at the publisher’s studios and offices to sign. It has now been endorsed by over 1200 workers.Read more
Player Sizzles the Casino Floor With a $134,000 Jackpot Win on Bitcoin.com Games
18.11.2021
Bitcoin.com Games dishes out a massive jackpot win for a lucky player who cashes out the big loot! Player Cashes out 2.25 Bitcoin After a Single Lucky Spin Turning up the heat on Bitcoin.com Games, our very own crypto casino is Wazdan’s smashing new slot game Sizzling Bells. The brand...
Battlefield 2042's Hovercrafts Are So Busted They're Climbing Walls, Killing Helicopters
18.11.2021
Early access Battlefield 2042 players are seemingly having an amazing time with the game ahead of its official launch on November 19, though not always in ways the developers may have intended. One source of tremendous absurdity and enjoyment is the game’s hovercraft, in which players are doing...
Xbox Boss 'Disturbed' By What's Going On At Activision Blizzard, Reconsidering Relationship
18.11.2021
Head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, sent an email to staff calling the latest wave of allegations about Activision Blizzard deeply troubling, as first reported by Bloomberg and confirmed to Kotaku by Microsoft PR. Spencer joins a growing list of developers, shareholders, and game industry executives...
Halo Infinite’s Multiplayer, As Told By Steam Reviews
18.11.2021
At this juncture it’s almost comical that Halo was once upon a time treated as second fiddle on PC. These days, it’s an undeniable juggernaut. Case in point: Earlier this week, Microsoft surprise-released a beta for Halo Infinite’s multiplayer mode on Xbox and PC. It instantly rocketed up the Steam...
A Saucy Queer Romance Game About Vampires? Say Less
18.11.2021
LGBTQIA+ studio First Bite Games, after a year of titillating its followers on social media with love bites of information and spicy character art, has finally released its dark comedy visual novel romance game, First Bite. Initially scheduled to release on Halloween, First Bite came out yesterday...
Far Cry 6’s First DLC Is A Weird Little Roguelike Starring Vaas
18.11.2021
Vaas, Far Cry 3’s famous villain, has an equally well-known speech about the definition of insanity. As he tells it, “Insanity is doing the exact same fucking thing, over and over again, expecting shit to change. That is crazy.” So it seems perfect that Far Cry 6’s first DLC starring...
What The PS5 Has (And Hasn't) Added Over The Past Year
18.11.2021
One year ago, two notable events happened in the world of video games. First, on November 12, Sony released the PlayStation 5 in certain markets—its first totally new gaming console in seven years. Then, a few days later, Kotaku assessed the new system’s features, exploring what it would take...
Microsoft Exec Praises Preservation and Emulation, But Xbox Isn't Getting More
18.11.2021
Phil Spencer, vice president of gaming at Microsoft, wants the industry to sell more of its older games through legal emulation. There are steep legal barriers to making widespread industry emulation a reality, but it would be a boon to making older games more accessible to players.Read more
See Arya Stark Fight Batman In W.B.’s Bonkers New Fighting Game
18.11.2021
Last month, leaked images showing a platform fighting game featuring Warner Bros.-owned fictional properties including Batman and Steven Universe made the rounds. Today, WB Games confirmed the game, titled MultiVersus, in a trailer. And you know what? Unlike the name, it doesn’t look so bad!...
Capcom Delays Cool-Looking Sci-Fi Game Pragmata To 2023
18.11.2021
One of the most interesting-looking games announced in 2021 was Pragmata. The debut trailer was so baffling that some mistook it for a Hideo Kojima production. That is not a bad thing! Pragmata was supposed to be out in 2022, but today, Capcom announced that the game has been pushed back...
The Art Of Forza Horizon 5
18.11.2021
Forza Horizon 5 is fun as hell, but I think the main reason so many more people seem into it than the last entry in the series is how it looks. Not in terms of the number of polygons on the screen, but just the vibe of it. Read more
Games Coins, Defi Tokens, Metaverse Assets Rise Above Market Downturn With Double-Digit Gains
18.11.2021
While digital currencies like bitcoin and ethereum lost roughly 10% in value during the last seven days, the decentralized finance (defi) economy has weathered the storm better than the top two leading crypto assets. A slew of blockchain games coins, defi tokens, and metaverse assets like gala...
PlayStation Boss Calls Out Activision Following Dire Kotick Revelations
17.11.2021
As the wider gaming world reacts to yesterday’s latest wave of allegations against senior figures at Activision, including the reigning world champion of hubris-before-a-fall, CEO Bobby Kotick, PlayStation boss Jim Ryan expressed his disappointment at Activision’s response. In an email sent...
Modders Fight GTA Lawsuit As ‘Definitive’ Bundle Crashes And Burns
17.11.2021
Attorneys representing the four defendants in Take-Two Interactive Software’s copyright infringement lawsuit against a group of Grand Theft Auto modders recently responded to the video game conglomerate’s complaint, flatly denying several allegations of wrongdoing. They also argue that their...
Popular Twitch Software Changing Name Following Plagiarism Accusations
17.11.2021
Yesterday, the Twitter account for the livestreaming software Lightstream accused rival streaming software maker Streamlabs of stealing marketing copy from its website. After Lightstream tweeted about how Streamlabs’ website text was modeled on its own, other companies began to corroborate with...