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New Unreal Engine Renders Even More Realistic Grizzled White Men

27.7.2021
During last week’s Game Developers Conference members of Gears of War developer The Coalition debuted an “Alpha Point” technical demo showing off the environments and effects possible in Unreal Engine 5. More importantly, the team released a character rendering test, proving that the future...

Insomniac’s Latest Games Are Made To Be Platinumed

27.7.2021
Not long ago, I did something I rarely do: I got all the trophies in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart. Often, I get too busy or bored and don’t complete everything in a game. This is doubly true for big open world games. But Rift Apart kept me hooked and seemed made with the idea that Insomniac...

Portal-Based Shooter Delayed Because It’s Too Dang Popular

26.7.2021
What happens when you mix the multiplayer of a first-person shooter like Halo with the space-warping portals of, well, Portal? Oh, and make it free. Apparently, you get a game that’s so popular its developers need to delay the official release by a month to make sure its servers are up...

Blizzard Devs Say Some Men Were Sexually Harassed, Too

26.7.2021
Since allegations of widespread harassment and discrimination at Activision Blizzard first surfaced last week, former Blizzard developers and women across the field have spoken up once again about abuse in the games industry. While many of those affected are women, not all are, and some men...

Over 1,000 Activision Blizzard Employees Sign Letter Condemning Company's Response To Allegations

26.7.2021
“Following the announcement from Activision Blizzard, and in light of the internal memo circulated by Frances Townsend, a group of over 800 employees from across all of Activision-Blizzard-King and its subsidiaries came together to take action,” a representative of the group told Kotaku. “Over...

Street Fighter V Champ: ‘Imma Just Play Guilty Gear’

26.7.2021
Over the weekend, Victor “Punk” Woodley qualified to play in his fourth Capcom Cup, the developer-backed event that serves as the capstone for every year’s Street Fighter V competition. But when asked how he plans to prepare for the high-level tournament, Punk was as blunt as his in-game name...

Impossible Steam Achievement Has A Great Story

26.7.2021
An unobtainable achievement in the game Where the Water Tastes Like Wine, which is out on every major console and PC, is confounding achievement hunters and folks who like nice round numbers.Read more

Report: Netflix Is Making A Live-Action Pokémon Series

26.7.2021
Variety reports that a new Pokémon series is in the early stages of development at Netflix. According to its story, the in-development Pokémon series will be a live-action project similar to the 2019 film Detective Pikachu.Read more

Incredibly Skilled Breath Of The Wild Player Makes Our Links Look Like Chumps

26.7.2021
There are people who are good at fighting in The Legend of Zelda: The Breath of the Wild, and then there’s Japanese player Peco, whose skill transforms brutal battles into expertly-choreographed ballets of creative violence, making his foes look like fools in the process.Read more

Former World of Warcraft Designer Apologizes For Disastrous 2010 Blizzcon Answer

26.7.2021
Last week, a clip from a developer Q&A session at Blizzcon 2010 went viral. In the video, a woman stepped up to a panel of men from Blizzard to point out that nearly all the female characters in World of Warcraft look like they have “stepped out of a Victoria’s Secret catalog.” The group’s...

Pokémon Unite Glitch Makes Machamp Look Even More Naked

26.7.2021
Machamp walks around buck naked. But we knew this. Years ago, Nintendo revealed that the Pokémon’s shorts were not skimpy briefs but rather, markings (ditto for Machoke). The character is actually naked. But a new Pokémon Unite glitch drives the point home even more.Read more

Some Gaming Websites, YouTube Channels Halt Coverage Of Activision Blizzard Games

26.7.2021
Following troubling allegations regarding the work environments at Ubisoft and Activision Blizzard, several gaming outlets have opted to halt coverage of any games released by the mega-publishers.Read more

Nippon vs Nihon: What's The Difference?

26.7.2021
During the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony, the official announcer introduced the country as “Nihon.” Sponichi Annex reports that this surprised some. Read more

Diablo Co-Creator Chris Metzen On Blizzard Lawsuit: 'We Failed'

26.7.2021
In the wake of the revelations about the severity of long-term sexual harassment and discrimination at Activision-Blizzard, a number of formerly senior men who have since left the company are taking it in turns to very publicly say how completely dreadful it all is, and how very sorry they are,...

CG Goku Teases New Dragon Ball Anime Movie

26.7.2021
Dragon Ball Super is getting a new anime feature! It’s called, wait for it, Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero. Because one “super” is not enough, I guess. Announced during the San Diego Comic-Con, this will be Dragon Ball’s twenty-first anime movie and the second DBS feature, following up on 2018's...

The Witcher Fan Wins Gold At The Tokyo Olympics

26.7.2021
We wrote about Russian athlete and The Witcher superfan Vitalina Batsarashkina back in 2016 when she won a silver medal in the 10m air pistol at the Rio Olympics. At this year’s games she’s back with the same Witcher gear, only this time she won gold.Read more

More People Can Play Mini Motorways Now, Which Is Nice

26.7.2021
I mean no disrespect to Apple Arcade subscribers here, but there’s a growing trend where very good games appear on the service, are widely ignored by the majority who aren’t a part of it, then get to be enjoyed like brand new games for the first time by everyone else when they finally land on other...