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The Nintendo GameCube Is Now Twenty Years Old
14.9.2021
On September 14, 2001, the GameCube first went on sale for the first time in Japan. Two months later, on November 18, the console was released in North America. Can you believe it’s been twenty years? Facing off against the PlayStation 2 and the Xbox, the GameCube was the first Nintendo console...
IOST Partners Rising Play2Earn Project Zodium to Boost NFTs & Blockchain Game Growth
14.9.2021
m.NFT Expansion on IOST ContinuesIn the third quarter of 2021, the IOST community has witnessed compelling growth in its NFT ecosystem.The first milestone of the IOST-empowered global NFT Marketplace Revival launch was a hit in July. Built for artists, Revival strikes
Everyone Who Worked On A Game Should Be In The Credits
14.9.2021
Deathloop is out, and by all accounts it’s pretty good! It’s a shame, then, that it’s also the reason we’re revisiting the topic of “video games people being weirdly shitty about who makes it into the credits and who doesn’t”.Read more
Wow, This Quake Clone Is Smaller Than A Word Doc
14.9.2021
Games today are massive, taking up dozens of gigabytes. Some recent bigger games, like Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War, cracked 250GB in total. That’s too big. But a new free mini-shooter out today, Q1K3, is a blast and only needs 13KB of JavaScript. It’s also part of a contest dedicated to devs...
Someone Made An Among Us Fighting Game Because Why Not
13.9.2021
I’ve often said that anything with a cast of unique characters can be turned into a fighting game. Case in point: Among Us Arena, which takes the multi-colored crewmates of the popular Mafia-like and places them in a surprisingly fun one-on-one combat system.Read more
Five Things To Know About God Of War Ragnarok
13.9.2021
Like an ancient Norse myth that sat dormant for years before seeping into the zeitgeist, God of War Ragnarok is coming. First teased last year, the much-anticipated sequel to 2018’s God of War finally popped up last week as the splashy capstone of a PlayStation showcase.Read more
Look Out Hideo Kojima, Someone Else Is Making A Strand Game
13.9.2021
Death Stranding is a game I loved when I played it in the fall of 2019, and one that I’ve only come to appreciate more in the time since. When so many games with massive budgets feel like they’re covering the same tired territory, Death Stranding, in all its awkward earnestness, offered something...
Hideo Kojima Wants To Make Video Games That Change In Real Time
13.9.2021
You gotta give Hideo Kojima this: He always has interesting ideas for the video games he’s made or would like to make. While the final product might not live up to those concepts, at least the guy is trying to push the envelope. In a recent interview with Japanese lifestyle magazine An-An (via...
Thirty-Six Years Ago Super Mario Bros. Went On Sale In Japan
13.9.2021
On September 13, 1985 in Japan, Nintendo released one of its most iconic games ever, Super Mario Bros. Designed by Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka, it was a smash at home and became the Nintendo Entertainment System’s killer app a year later. The world was never the same. As Famitsu points...
US Open Tennis Champion Does Video Game Celebration After Winning
13.9.2021
Big congratulations are in order for Daniil Medvedev, who earlier today not only did the world a service by defeating Novak Djokovic, but in doing so somehow found a way to slip a tribute to, of all things, EA Sports’ FIFA series into his celebrations.Read more
NFT Game Steals Artwork, Gets Called Out, Deletes Account
13.9.2021
NFTS (Non-Fungible Tokens) are an environmental disaster and an enormous scam, and perhaps the funniest thing about their persistence is how little effort purveyors of this modern snake oil are putting into it.Read more
The Week In Games: Deathloop De Loop And Pull
13.9.2021
I feel like I’ve seen 200 trailers for this game, but finally, Deathloop is out on PS5 and PC later this week. Read more
New Rocky Game Is Basically A Visual Novel With Arcade Boxing Action
12.9.2021
As somebody who loves underdog stories and punching, you know I enjoy me some Rocky. I’ve watched all the movies (good and bad) and I’m a big of the recent sequel franchise, Creed. So when I got sent a code to check out a new Creed/Rocky boxing game, I was excited. When I saw it was a throwback...
Two Popular Team Fortress 2 Mods Temporarily Removed Due To 'Arrangements' With Valve
12.9.2021
Here’s an odd bit o’ news: Two popular Team Fortress 2 mods have suddenly and mysteriously been removed from the internet and can no longer be downloaded. According to the devs, this is due to “arrangments with Valve” but neither team has explained what that means. According to devs for both mods...
Google Stadia Loses Another High-Profile Exec
11.9.2021
The last year or so hasn’t been great for Stadia, Google’s game streaming service. And now its Director of Games is leaving to join a different part of Google. This follows other high-profile exits from Stadia earlier this year and seems to signal that Google is truly done making or funding...
Plus: what are the most awaited Metroidvanias?
11.9.2021
[The GameDiscoverCo game discovery newsletter is written by ‘how people find your game’ expert Simon Carless. This newsletter is exclusive to GameDiscoverCo Plus subscribers, and rounds up a plethora of exclusive platform sales & other analysis.] Welcome, Plus subscribers, to your...
Get This: 50 Cent: Blood On The Sand Started Out As A Tom Clancy Game
11.9.2021
In an interview with NME, a developer who worked on 50 Cent: Blood On The Sand revealed that originally the game was going to be a Tom Clancy title. But because the publisher didn’t actually own the rights to Clancy’s name, this plan was scrapped. Read more
Twitch Sues ‘Hate Raid’ Organizers
10.9.2021
Twitch is taking a big stand against the organized harassment campaigns, widely known as “hate raids,” that have proliferated over the past few months by filing a suit against two possible coordinators of the attacks.Read more
The Artful Escape Is A Heartwarming, Psychedelic Tween Adventure
10.9.2021
How do you learn to live with the shadow of something bigger than yourself?Read more
This Game Could Genuinely Turn An Arachnophobe Into A Spider-Lover
10.9.2021
I do not like spiders. I wish I did, because spiders are objectively excellent. They have eight eyes, for goodness sakes. Let alone that they can make webs come out their bums. (Sub, please check.) They are essential for insect control (without them there would be famine), their venom may be useful...