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Smash Bros. Director Reveals All Fighters Have About The Same Win Rate
21.5.2024
If you’ve spent any time online looking up information about Nintnedo’s long-running fighting game franchise Super Smash Bros., you’ve likely seen some tier lists claiming certain characters are overpowered or terrible. But a new video from the creator of the series reveals that’s not the case,...
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Remake Restores A Party Member's Trans Identity
21.5.2024
The Switch remake of Nintendo’s classic 2004 role-playing game Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is out this week, and according to the reviews, it’s a banger. But that’s not too surprising, given that the GameCube original was always the best Paper Mario game. What is surprising is finding...
PC Gaming Is Growing Faster Than Consoles, Data Shows
21.5.2024
Last year saw the release of some really big and highly-rated video games. However, new data shows that PC gaming was the biggest winner in 2023, while console revenue mostly flatlined and mobile game profits dropped.Read more
Gala Games Hacker Returns $23M in ETH; Founder Proposes 'Buy and Burn'
21.5.2024
Gala investor DWF Labs also said that it had purchased 28 million GALA tokens "to alleviate market selling pressures."
One Of The Best Video Game Songs Of All Time Just Got Radically Transformed
21.5.2024
Every Kingdom Hearts fan knows Hikaru Utada’s classic song, “Simple and Clean.” The gorgeous, melodramatic ballad bookended the original RPG in 2001, and has since made appearances in several games in the series in the form of motifs and remixes. Today, a trailer for the Kingdom Hearts Steam...
Hellblade 2 Studio Reportedly Already Working On Its Next Game
21.5.2024
Fresh off the release of Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, Microsoft has reportedly greenlit the next project from developer Ninja Theory. The studio, which was acquired by Microsoft in 2018 for $117 million, has earned a reputation for creating high-quality narrative action games. That’s something...
Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree Story Trailer Tells The Tragedy Of Miquella
21.5.2024
With only a month left before Elden Ring’s highly anticipated Shadow of the Erdtree DLC drops, developer FromSoftware has gifted us with a brand-new trailer. As this will be the “first and last” DLC for the award-winning action RPG that will undoubtedly add even more lore to an already-confusing...
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Remaster Hailed As The Definitive Version Of An All-Time RPG Classic
21.5.2024
Fans have been clamoring for Nintendo to bring back Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for years. Arguably the most beloved entry in the gonzo RPG series, it sounds like the Switch remaster has delivered on all of the magic of the original while sanding off a few of the rougher edges for modern...
After Years Of Waiting, The Kingdom Hearts Series Is Finally Coming To Steam (With One Exception)
21.5.2024
After three mercilessly long years, the Kingdom Hearts series is coming to the PC launcher people actually like to use. Through three bundles, most (but not all) of Square Enix’s Disney and Final Fantasy crossover will be available on Steam in June.Read more
Escape From Tarkov Developers Somehow Make A Bad Situation Even Worse
21.5.2024
It might be a good idea for Escape From Tarkov developers Battlestate Games to hire a PR person. It’s arguable that the team’s current approach of just making awful decisions as loudly as possible isn’t doing enormous good for its reputation. Last month saw a new PvE mode for the first-person...
The 10 Best X-Men Games Of All Time
21.5.2024
You wouldn’t know it looking at Marvel’s video game output over the past decade or so, but the X-Men have a long and storied history in the medium. There are certainly some duds like The Uncanny X-Men on the NES from 1989, but by and large, the mutant team has been the star of some pretty important...
GALA token drops 15% after $200 million security breach at Gala Games
21.5.2024
In a significant blow to the blockchain gaming sector, Gala Games has reportedly lost over $200 million in a potential exploit, resulting in a sharp 15% decline in the value of its native token, GALA. Gala Games’ security team disclosed the incident in the early hours of May 20 after detecting...
Gala Games Hit by $23 Million Token Exploit Due to ‘Messed Up’ Internal Controls
21.5.2024
Gala Games, a prominent blockchain gaming platform, experienced a significant security breach attributed to "messed up internal control" that resulted in the unauthorized sale of 600 million GALA tokens, valued at $23 million.
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Notcoin’s explosive growth drives crypto adoption on Telegram
21.5.2024
Blockchain games built on TON are onboarding millions to Web3 on Telegram, with idle games like Notcoin leading the charge
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II: The Kotaku Review
21.5.2024
I’m on a path to find reprieve from the suffering around me. But as I turn the next corner of clouding darkness, a bright red light paralyzes me as the forceful and commanding voice of my father tells me that not only am I doomed to fail in my struggles, but that I am actively causing the very harm...
Gala Games CEO blames $23M exploit on ‘messed up’ internal controls
21.5.2024
Gala Games CEO Eric Schiermeyer confirmed on Tuesday there was a “security incident” that resulted in the unauthorized sale of 600 million GALA tokens
GTA 6 Could Be The First Game To Push Past $70
20.5.2024
It’s only been about two years or so since the video game industry began charging $70 for big games instead of the usual $60, due to game development costs increasing (and greed). This shift, understandably, didn’t go over well with players as the cost to stay up-to-date with modern gaming...
Pokémon YouTuber Gets $157 From GameStop For $328 Worth Of Cards
20.5.2024
In a surprise twist, GameStop recently announced internally that some of its stores would begin buying and selling graded collectibles like Pokémon cards. There were immediately a bunch of questions like “how?” and “why?” One YouTuber recently tested exactly how the process works.Read more
2024: what the ****'s going on? (In PC games?)
20.5.2024
A general market musing, plus Team17 financials and lots of news
New Super Mario 64 Mod Lets You Build And Share Your Own Levels
20.5.2024
Once again, fans and modders are doing the work that Nintendo won’t. This time it’s a new tool, out now, that lets anyone quickly and easily make custom Super Mario 64 levels and share them with friends online. Read more