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Let’s Put EA CEO’s $20 Million Payout In Context
17.6.2022
The CEO of Madden maker Electronic Arts is set to rake in $19.8 million in total compensation for his company’s strong performance in 2021. That’s about half of what it was for 2020 after EA’s Board of Directors cracked down on exorbitant bonuses in the face of shareholder backlash, but still...
TMNT: Shredder's Revenge Is Heckin' Dope
17.6.2022
By now, you’ve probably seen the reviews for Tribute Games’ TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge. It’s got an 85 on Metacritic and an 87 on OpenCritic, scores that solidify the general consensus among critics: Shredder’s Revenge is 2022's raddest beat ’em up so far. I want to take that a step further...
Everyone Wishes Sonic Frontiers Looked More Like This Speedy Indie Game
17.6.2022
When developer Wilhelm Nylund shared a video of the upcoming Haste: Broken Worlds on Twitter earlier this week, it almost immediately blew up. The preview has since garnered almost 1 million views as well as thousands of retweets and likes. Much of the ongoing conversation, however, involves...
Smash Bros. Ultimate Fan Mod Adds Crono From Chrono Trigger
17.6.2022
Last year, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate announced that Sora from Kingdom Hearts would be the last character in the fighting game roster. But that hasn’t stopped fans from trying to add their own favorites to the game. Yesterday, a fan uploaded a mod that lets Smash players turn Hero into Crono from...
Gaming’s Latest ‘AI’ Woman Recycles The Usual Sexist Tropes
17.6.2022
When I first saw Ana, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds publisher Krafton’s attempt to put a face on its artificial “virtual human” technology, I was disappointed to see that this supposed Web 3.0 innovation was really just another pretty, pale girl. She’s airbrushed, but still tangible. She’s biting...
Welcome To Sushi Town
17.6.2022
Jay Kim is a veteran concept artist and illustrator from Korea who has worked on stuff like MapleStory 2.Read more
Our Favorite Cosplay From MomoCon 2022
17.6.2022
The 2022 edition of MomoCon was held a couple of weeks ago in Atlanta at the Georgia World Congress Center. MomoCon is neat because not only is it a big nerd show in general (over 40,000 people attended this year’s event), with cosplay and merch and celebrities, but there’s also a major gaming...
N64 Pokémon Snap Coming To Nintendo Switch Online
17.6.2022
While there’s a New Pokémon Snap for fans to enjoy on the Switch—which only came out last year—Nintendo has now decided to make the original N64 game available as well.Read more
Confirmed: Dragon's Dogma Is Getting A Sequel
17.6.2022
It’s official: Dragon’s Dogma, the cult-classic fantasy RPG, is getting a sequel a decade after its release. Capcom’s Hideaki Itsuno confirmed as much during a livestream tonight, but didn’t share any details besides its name, Dragon’s Dogma II, and a logo.Read more
Final Fantasy VII: Remake Will Be A Trilogy
17.6.2022
Today, during Square Enix’s big Final Fantasy VII 25th Anniversary live stream, it was confirmed that its large-scale FFVII Remake project will be spread across three separate games as part of a remake trilogy. Part one is already out, Rebirth (which is part 2) will be out next year and the third...
Final Fantasy VII Prequel Crisis Core Getting Remake Treatment This Winter
17.6.2022
During today’s Final Fantasy VII anniversary celebration, Square Enix announced that the game’s prequel spin-off Crisis Core will be pulled from a life of relative obscurity on a long-dead handheld device with a remake of its own.Read more
Destiny 2 Cheat Makers Agree To Pay $13.5 Million In Damages To End Bungie Lawsuit
16.6.2022
After nearly a year of back-and-forth in and out of court, cheat software developers Elite Boss Tech have agreed to pay $13.5 million in damages to Bungie. The cheat maker had previously offered Destiny 2 cheating software on its website, leading to a lawsuit from the Destiny developer last year....
Do Yourself A Favor And Listen To Ryu’s New Street Fighter 6 Theme
16.6.2022
Music has always been a huge part of the Street Fighter series. Hell, you can’t even think about the 2001 arcade game Capcom Vs SNK 2 without the piano riff from This Is True Love We’re Making playing in your head. That shit slaps and it’s sounding like the folks over at Capcom are cooking up some...
Everything Shown During The Overwatch 2 ‘Reveal’ Event
16.6.2022
Today, Blizzard gave fans a look at how Overwatch 2 will move from its predecessor’s standard $60 pricing toward a free-to-play live service model. The “reveal event” stream also provided looks at the seasonal release roadmap and the newest hero: Junker Queen.Read more
Over 30 New Xbox Demos On The Way For Summer Game Fest
16.6.2022
Keigh3 week might be over, but Summer Game Fest is just getting started. In collaboration with ID@Xbox, the event is bringing over 30 demos for upcoming indie games to the Xbox platform starting June 21. They’ll all be free but only available for one week, after which they will disappear into...
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Continues Retelling The RPG Classic In Winter 2023
16.6.2022
When we last left our Final Fantasy VII Remake heroes, they had just made it out of the dystopian industrial nightmare of Midgar, embarking on a quest to stop Sephiroth from being so Sephiroth-y. Departing significantly from the original game in the end, Final Fantasy VII Remake left fans...
Capcom Letting Resident Evil Players Roll Back Ray Tracing, 3D Audio Upgrades On Steam
16.6.2022
Capcom recently announced that folks who own the Resident Evil 2 remake, the Resident Evil 3 remake, and Resident Evil 7 on PC can now revert to previous versions of the games from before they received a handful of next-gen console-adjacent upgrades.Read more
Mass Effect Legendary Edition And 30 Other Games Will Be Free On Amazon Prime
16.6.2022
If you love Mass Effect but haven’t picked up the remaster because “I have the old games already,” then I have good news for you. Amazon is giving away Mass Effect Legendary Edition during Prime Day this year.Read more
Speedy Combat And French Weirdness Make Steelrising A Unique Soulslike
16.6.2022
Genre has been on my mind a lot ever since I had a chance to get some hands-on time with a preview build of Steelrising, an upcoming soulslike action-RPG from French developer Spiders. In this stab at the infectiously popular and notoriously challenging genre, Spiders hopes to send us to...
Activision Blizzard Clears Itself Of Any Wrongdoing
16.6.2022
Nearly year after an explosive lawsuit by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing kicked off a firestorm of sexual harassment and discrimination allegations at Activision Blizzard, a Board of Directors working group investigating the company has released its findings. Led by...