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The Best Xbox Demos To Play This Weekend, Before They're Gone
17.6.2021
Back for its second year, the Xbox Summer Game Fest Demo Event—which somehow didn’t get a more palatable name during its time off—puts up 40 demos of unreleased games, generally indies. Over the past few days, two of us—staff writer Ari Notis and weekend editor Zack Zweizen—have given a bunch...
Nintendo's Game Builder Garage Spawned These 7 Amazing Creations
17.6.2021
Game Builder Garage launched on the Switch last Friday. In less than a week, users have already used Nintendo’s visual programming tool to craft their own takes on Sonic the Hedgehog, Doom Eternal, and the obligatory remake of Kojima’s P.T. demo. And don’t even get me started on screaming event...
Black Ops Cold War Season 4 Has New Maps, Warzone Gets Magic Doors
17.6.2021
Call of Duty’s Season Four update has arrived for Black Ops Cold War and Warzone, bringing a new limited-time event, as well as more maps, modes, operators, and a little Black Ops magic.Read more
Elden Ring Will Be Easier, Dev Says, But No Difficulty Options
17.6.2021
Elden Ring director Hidetaka Miyazaki recently sat down with Japanese gaming outlet Famitsu to discuss the upcoming From Software adventure following its stunning reintroduction at E3 2021. While their conversation treads similar ground to other interviews, Miyazaki also got into the ways his team...
Among Us Developers Say They 'Burnt Out' After Twitch Success
17.6.2021
It’s weird to think about, but there was a time less than a year ago when Among Us wasn’t a household name. When it first launched in 2018, it wasn’t a failure, exactly, but it seemed destined to live out its days as quietly as a good imposter—except without the killing. Then, last summer, it blew...
How To Play PS5 Games On A PS4
17.6.2021
New PlayStation 5 consoles are still impossible to find, but that doesn’t mean you can’t play PS5 games like Returnal and Ratchet & Clank. You just need a PlayStation 4. And a friend...with a PS5. Oh, yeah, and you’ll both need PS Plus subscriptions. And some patience. Okay, it’s not exactly...
E3 Had A Surprising Number of Nonviolent Games
17.6.2021
Thirty-three percent of all the games shown at E3 and Summer Game Fest were non-violent, according to an analysis done by GamesIndustry.biz.Read more
Nintendo Scores Highest Peak Viewership Of E3
17.6.2021
Switch Pro or not, Nintendo still had the most people watching its E3 2021 presentation. Nintendo amassed 3.1 million peak viewers for its nearly 40 minute presentation, according to yesterday’s tweet from Stream Hatchet, a data analytics firm specializing in video game streaming.Read more
Star Wars Studio Head At Ubisoft Steps Down
17.6.2021
Following a rocky year that included allegations of abuse and misconduct, Ubisoft once again finds itself in uncertain territory. Ubisoft Massive managing director David Polfeldt is stepping down.Read more
Pokémon Unite's Arena Battles Go Live In July
17.6.2021
Announced last year to confused head tilts, Pokémon Unite is an online battle arena game in which teams of five pocket monsters battle it out over a strange substance know as Aeos energy. Today The Pokémon Company and TiMi Studio Group announced that the free-to-start PokéMOBA launches on Switch...
Three Hours With Tales Of Arise
17.6.2021
For years, Tales games have looked the same, felt the same, played the same, probably even smelled the same, y’know, if game code had fragrance. Each successive entry introduces a tweak or three to established formula—say, a shift to how you cook food, or an overhaul to the combat system—but...
The Nintendo Download: The Strange Olympics
17.6.2021
The constant flow of new Nintendo Switch games slows to a relative trickle in the wake of E3 2021, with only 23 new games coming to the Switch eShop this week. They include Rebellion’s 2018 co-op supernatural shooter Strange Brigade, and Sega’s fresh take on the Tokyo Olympics. Read more
Five Nights At Freddy’s Creator Scott Cawthon Retires Amid Controversy
17.6.2021
Scott Cawthon, the independent developer best known as the creator of the Five Nights at Freddy series, has announced his retirement from professional game development.Read more
No More Heroes 3 Hired Shao Kahn To Voice A Cat
17.6.2021
Close your eyes and picture a cat. A fuzzy feline, purring away in the afternoon sun. Now, imagine that cat can talk. What does it sound like? Cute as a button? Perhaps a little sassy? Nothing like Shao Kahn, former emperor of Outworld and major antagonist of the Mortal Kombat franchise, right?...
Don't buy (Steam games) for me, Argentina...
16.6.2021
The truth is - players are being naughty
Xbox One Will Soon Be Able To Stream Next-Gen Games
16.6.2021
As we enter the sixth month of the great console shortage of 2021 and the infinity-th month of you not having $500 to just throw around, you might be starting to feel like you’ll never get your ticket to board the next-gen express. Well, take heart, because Microsoft is planning on making its slate...
Final Fantasy Origin’s Normie Fuckboy Scores More Stylish Gear As You Play
16.6.2021
Stranger of Paradise Final Fantasy Origin’s main character looks completely out of place, but here’s some good news from the newly fixed demo: His wardrobe quickly expands to include clothes and accessories that better fit the setting.Read more
Every Confirmed New Game At E3 2021
16.6.2021
As E3 2021 relentlessly marches from one streaming event to the next, it can be difficult to keep track of all the games making their big debut. Was that game new? Haven’t we heard of it before? No, wait, it was totally announced at that one event last year!Read more
Yield Guild Games doubles down on play-to-earn model with $4M funding round
16.6.2021
The Series A funding round was led by BITKRAFT Ventures, an esports-focused venture capital firm. A.Capital Ventures, IDEO, CoLab, Mechanism Capital and ParaFi Capital also participated in the raise, as did several angel investors
Fortnite, Worth Billions, Offering Paltry Prize Money For Design Contest
16.6.2021
Yesterday, Fortnite announced a “Concept Royale” competition. Players can submit skin ideas, and two winners “will have their concepts turned into in-game Outfits in Fortnite, and will also each receive a $2,500 cash prize.” At first glance it doesn’t look like a bad deal, but $2.5k for a design...