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April’s Game Pass Lineup Is No Joke
5.4.2022
Over the past few months, Microsoft has bucked expectations and irritated games journalists everywhere by dropping gems, like Tunic and Paradise Killer, on Game Pass without warning. Then it went silent on the Game Pass front for weeks. For a while there, some reasonable observers (hi) assumed...
Coinbase Focuses on Crypto and Web3 in India — Plans to Hire 1,000 for Indian Hub
5.4.2022
Coinbase is focusing on growing the crypto and Web3 ecosystem in India. “Combined with India’s world-class software talent, we believe that crypto and web3 technology can help accelerate India’s economic and financial inclusion goals,” said CEO Brian Armstrong. Coinbase...
Reddit Is Hosting What May Be The Internet's Most Wholesome Fan War
4.4.2022
Who produced this amazing pixel art of Elden Ring’s Ranni sitting next to the protagonist of Hollow Knight, and why? The answer is r/Place, a Reddit battlefield where anyone can place a dot and change the course of meme history. In an era where so much of the modern internet is trash, r/Place...
Military MMO Dev Wargaming Cuts Ties With Belarus, Russia Over Invasion works
4.4.2022
Hit freemium developer Wargaming is abandoning its operations in Belarus and Russia over the invasion of Ukraine, now in its 39th day. The World of Tanks maker said it has turned over live operations of its games in both countries to its now-former studio in Russia and will “not profit from this...
The Week In Games: In A Galaxy Far, Far Away... And Filled With Lego Bricks
4.4.2022
After a few delays, the next entry in the Lego Star Wars series is nearly here and is arriving on Tuesday on... everything! Read more
Everybody's Golf PS4 Servers Shutting Down In September
2.4.2022
Sony has quietly announced that all of the online and multiplayer features of 2015's Everybody’s Golf will be taken offline permanently in September. This will make some trophies impossible to collect, though the game’s singleplayer and offline modes will remain playable. Read more
Classic Doom With Ray Tracing Looks Amazing
2.4.2022
Okay, before we begin, you won’t be able to play this version of Doom on a pregnancy test or cash register. But whatever, the original Doom with ray tracing is so cool that I can forgive that one drawback. Read more
Polygon Announces Zero-Knowledge Identity Platform for Web3
1.4.2022
On March 29, Polygon, the layer two (L2) scaling solution that runs parallel with the Ethereum blockchain, has announced a new identity platform called Polygon ID. While the protocol is is still under development, Polygon ID is powered by zero-knowledge (ZK) cryptography and Polygon expects...
Five Reasons Why Koinly Is the Best Crypto Tax Software
1.4.2022
Koinly is a leading a cryptocurrency tax calculator and portfolio tracker for traders, investors and accountants. There are many features that make it stand out from the competition, and this article will present five key reasons why Koinly is actually the best crypto tax software in the world...
Report: E3 2022 Canceled
31.3.2022
Pour one out for the “world reveals” and “world exclusives.” E3 won’t happen at all this summer, IGN reports.Read more
Over Half Of Netflix Subscribers Watched Anime In 2021
31.3.2022
Remember how hard it used to be to watch anime? Depending on where you called home, it was once difficult, if not impossible, to check out the latest shows. It was only a few decades ago that people were trading DVDs (and before that, VHS tapes!), and the idea of a simultaneous release seemed like...
Fortnite's Getting Sued By Dance Choreographer Who's Worked With Bieber, Britney
30.3.2022
On March 29, lawyers representing choreographer Kyle Hanagami sued Epic Games for copyright infringement over the “It’s Complicated” dance emote in Fortnite. The in-game emote begins with movements which Hanagami’s lawyers allege are lifted from copyrighted dance moves created by the choreographer....
Big Horizon Forbidden West Patch Makes The Game Less Shimmery
30.3.2022
Developer Guerrilla Games has rolled out a massive patch for Horizon Forbidden West, purporting to fix more than a dozen quests, plus a litany of minor hiccups. It also aims to make the game less shimmery. Those who made it through the era of puddlegate unscathed should rejoice.Read more
Nasdaq-Listed Microstrategy Obtains $205 Million Bitcoin-Backed Loan to Buy More BTC
30.3.2022
Nasdaq-listed Microstrategy has obtained a $205 million bitcoin-collateralized loan from Silvergate Bank through a subsidiary to buy more bitcoin. “The interest-only term loan is secured by certain bitcoin held in Macrostrategy’s collateral account.” Company to Use $205M...
Valorant Art Director Comments On Endeavor Skin Criticism
30.3.2022
On March 23, Matthew Hagg, a professional Call of Duty player known as Nadeshot, expressed disappointment in a viral tweet that a new skin bundle for a weapon in the first-person shooter Valorant didn’t have a ton of alternate colors and special effects. He noted that the new cosmetics had “so much...
Loop Hero's Developers Tell Russian Players To Pirate Their Game
30.3.2022
Four Quarters, the developer behind the highly regarded deck-building roguelike Loop Hero, is encouraging players to pirate its game if they can’t find any legal means of purchasing it amid the ongoing sanctions placed on Russia after its military invasion of Ukraine. Read more
The New PS Plus Isn’t Game Pass, But That’s OK
29.3.2022
This morning, Sony finally unveiled its games-on-demand service in a blog post with more asterisks than the lease on your first apartment.. It’s a revamp of PS Plus called… [drum roll] wait for it… [another drum roll] PS Plus.Read more
Smash Bros Champion Gets Twitter Hacked By NFT Dipshits
29.3.2022
Earlier today the Twitter account of Leonardo Lopez Perez, aka “MkLeo”, one of if not the best Smash players in the world, was hacked by crypto freaks trying to shill their bogus NFT schemes.Read more
Hell Yes, Kairosoft's Classic Management Games Are Now On Steam
29.3.2022
Readers, an occasional dabble with emulation and board game ports aside, I don’t normally play games on my phone. Ever. But over the years I have made one major concession and played the shit out of a series of management games released by Japanese studio Kairosoft.Read more
Games Industry Mourns Coffee Talk Creator, Who Passed Away At 32
29.3.2022
It’s with a heavy heart that we must report that Mohammad Fahmi, the creator of the beloved barista visual novel Coffee Talk and a notable figure in the Indonesian game development scene, passed away over the weekend. He was 32 years old. A cause of death hasn’t been specified at this time.Read more