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Magic: Legends Makes Diablo-Style Combat Feel Like, Well, Magic
18.3.2021
In the past, every month or so my partner and I would follow the instructions on the box and “gather” with our friends to play Magic: The Gathering. We’d have a casual sealed draft of whatever the latest set was, and at the end of the (at times very long) night, the winner walked home with a couple...
Super Nintendo World Finally Opens In Japan
18.3.2021
After not one but two delays, Super Nintendo World finally opened today. As Being Kansai reports, lines started forming by 6:30 AM, with a good crowd forming within an hour. Read more
What's New on Disney+ in April 2021
17.3.2021
Little ones, gather ‘round. Let me tell you a story of the dark times in the galaxy far, far away. Before the prequels, sequels, and the animated series, there was a time after Return of the Jedi came out, when Star Wars just...stopped. George Lucas had no interest in making more movies. Action...
2K Signs Tiger Woods, Buys The Studio Behind PGA Tour 2K21
16.3.2021
From 1998 through 2013 golf superstar Tiger Woods was the face of EA’s PGA Tour series of video games. Now Woods is back in the video game business, only this time he’s signed an exclusive long-term contract with 2K as the face, executive director, and consultant on the PGA Tour 2K series. Along...
So, Which Bethesda Game Pass Game Should You Play First?
12.3.2021
Starting today, you can play a bunch of Bethesda-published games on Game Pass, thanks to Microsoft and ZeniMax’s recent marriage. Some were previously available. Many are new. However you slice it, if you’re a member of Microsoft’s games-on-demand service, you now have 20 largely excellent games...
A 4400 Rewatch Reveals Just How Influential Its Legacy Is
11.3.2021
The CW’s plan to resurrect USA’s 2004 series The 4400 definitely comes across as the network’s latest go at bringing aliens/futurism/superhero drama to television. Presumably, it will happily exist alongside things like the Arrowverse and the Roswell reboot. But since it’s been so long since...
A Bunch Of Bethesda Games Are Joining Xbox Game Pass Tomorrow
11.3.2021
During today’s conversation about Microsoft’s acquisition of ZeniMax Media, the panel announced that a grip of amazing Bethesda games will join Xbox Game Pass tomorrow.Read more
Dozens Of Rust Servers Wiped Out In Data Center Fire
10.3.2021
A fire that broke out overnight in Strasbourg, France destroyed one of OVHcloud’s data centers and damaged a second, Reuters reports. The French government and Centre Pompidou, which houses a public information library and modern art museum, had their data affected by the fires, as did Facepunch...
Microsoft Confirms Some Future Bethesda Games Will Be Exclusive To Xbox And PC
9.3.2021
Microsoft’s $7.5 billion acquisition of Bethesda Software parent company, Zenimax Media, is complete, the company announced today. While the full ramifications of the deal will play out in the months and years to come, Xbox boss Phil Spencer did confirm one thing: some of Bethesda’s future games...
The Most Anticipated Games of 2021 That Might Actually Come Out This Year
8.3.2021
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Super Nintendo World Will Finally Open In Japan On March 18
8.3.2021
After repeated delays, Super Nintendo World will open on March 18 at Universal Studios Japan in Osaka.Read more
A Reminder That A Lot Of Big Games Exploit Overseas Labor
5.3.2021
While most big games released have a main studio that’s often based somewhere like the United States or Canada or the UK, they also frequently make use of outsourcing studios in other countries to get their games made. Studios where, surprise, the working conditions can be not great.Read more
Report: Florida Super Nintendo World Delayed To 2025
4.3.2021
After being delayed for nearly a year, construction on Universal Orlando’s new theme park, Epic Universe, has resumed. This new park will contain a US version of Super Nintendo World, but it won’t be open until early 2025, two years later than first expected.Read more
State Of Decay 2 Remembers Punching Nazis Is Good, Actually
26.2.2021
I think most of us can agree that punching Nazis is a good thing. Heck, a bunch of great video games are founded on that very premise. That’s why it was weird when a State of Decay 2 player discovered that the game gives characters a negative effect for having taken out the trash in their...
Deathloop’s Sultry “Déjà Vu” Will Be My Summer Anthem
26.2.2021
Outside of Square Enix announcing a new story DLC for Final Fantasy VII Remake, yesterday’s PlayStation State of Play event was kinda a dud. But there was a notable exception: Deathloop’s new original song “Déjà Vu.”Read more
Sony's Illustrious Japan Studio Is Basically Done For
26.2.2021
Japan Studio, a branch of PlayStation’s development efforts once responsible for everything from Shadow of the Colossus to Gravity Rush to Ape Escape, has been downsized to oblivion by Sony, with only the team responsible for Astro’s Playroom remaining alongside a few other staff.Read more
What's New on Disney+ in March 2021
23.2.2021
WandaVision, the first Disney+ series exploring one of the shadowy corners of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, is wrapping up early next month, but the streaming service isn’t about to let you cancel your subscription. The next Avengers spinoff, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, drops two weeks...
Video Game Studios Across Texas Have Temporarily Closed Due To Winter Storms And Power Outages
19.2.2021
Texas, a state whose leadership has long espoused a hyper-individualistic Mad Max apocalypse sort of ethos, has spent the past week putting those ideals to the test. It has not fared well. A record-breaking winter storm led to power outages across the state, as well as food and water shortages....
Save Up to 50% On Microsoft's Biggest Games, From Flight Simulator to Halo
19.2.2021
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Stadia Leadership Praised Development Studios For 'Great Progress' Just One Week Before Laying Them All Off
16.2.2021
Developers at Google’s recently formed game studios were shocked February 1 when they were notified that the studios would be shut down, according to four sources with knowledge of what transpired. Just the week prior, Google Stadia vice president and general manager Phil Harrison sent an email...