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New Subscription Service Is JUST For Crusader Kings II
19.2.2021
While you may be increasingly used to paying a monthly fee to get access to a lot of games, Paradox is trialling a new subscription service where you just pay to play one. Which sounds slightly mad until you realise that one game is Crusader Kings II.Read more
PC Case That Could Burst Into Flames Officially Recalled
19.2.2021
As we reported earlier this month, NZXT’s (admittedly lovely) H1 case had an issue where at a certain point it could literally burst into flames. The company reluctantly apologised, but that process has now progressed into a full “recall” for over 30,000 of the cases.Read more
Streamer Beats Hades With A Literal Pomegranate
19.2.2021
In Hades, the pomegranate is a key item, one that grants you very real power by buffing your abilities. The pomegranate also grants unimaginable power in the real world, at least if you’re the streamer Dylan “Rudeism” Beck. He harnessed the power of ancient fruit to beat the game’s final boss...
Final Fantasy VII Has Been Upscaled To HD Using AI
19.2.2021
If you want to play Final Fantasy VII in HD on your PC you could wait for the remake to get ported, or you could play the original game using this mod that employs artificial intelligence to upscale its visuals.Read more
A Princess Charm Game Would Be Great, Thanks
19.2.2021
During yesterday’s Nintendo Direct presentation, Mario Kart Live developer Velan Studios revealed its next game, Knockout City. But all I really care about is the spunky (and wholly unrelated) little princess that was used to market it.Read more
Assassin's Creed Valhalla's New River Raids Ain't It
19.2.2021
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is the last game that needed any extra content right now, but this week it got some anyway, and since I’m still fresh on the game I thought I’d jump back in and check it out.Read more
Red Dead Online's New Solo Missions Are Pretty Good
18.2.2021
The latest Red Dead Online update, released earlier this week, added a few new missions to the game. These new telegram missions are short and simple but are also built to be played alone, another sign that Rockstar is willing to give players more single-player content even in ostensibly online...
Yes, Splatoon Is Set After A Climate Apocalypse
18.2.2021
Splatoon 3’s reveal yesterday took many folks by surprise, both because there was little indication beforehand that the aquatic shooter would get a third installment and because of the presence of an upside-down Eiffel Tower in the trailer. No, your eyes weren’t deceiving you: Splatoon is set...
Mister DeepFuckingValue Goes To Washington
18.2.2021
History was made today when Reddit user DeepFuckingValue, who goes by Roaring Kitty on YouTube, opened his Congressional testimony in a hearing about GameStop stock by specifying, for the literal record, that he is not actually a cat.Read more
Saudi Arabia Acquires $3.3 Billion Stake In EA, Take-Two, Activision Blizzard
18.2.2021
Saudi Arabia has utilized its Public Investment Fund to invest over $3.3 billion (that’s $3,300,000,000 for the more visual learners out there) in Electronic Arts, Take-Two Interactive, and Activision Blizzard, Al Jazeera reported (h/t Eurogamer).Read more
In Bugsnax, Grumpuses Used To Be Frogs With Thicc Butts
18.2.2021
Bugsnax developer Young Horses shared some early design concepts for its what-if-we-ate-the-Pokémon-instead, body-horror game, and they are as out there as you’re probably hoping.Read more
Shovel Knight Is Coming To Sma-- Er, For Honor
18.2.2021
Finally, after years of waiting, Shovel Knight is coming to the popular fighting game… For Honor. Oh...that’s fine I guess. I mean, who can think of any other game that needs Shovel Knight?Read more
Xbox’s New ‘FPS Boost’ Feature Is The Real Deal
18.2.2021
Yesterday Microsoft released FPS Boost, a new backward-compatibility feature for the Xbox Series X and S. FPS Boost will…well boost the framerate dramatically in specific, older games when you play them on a next-gen Xbox. After playing around with FPS Boost a bit I’m excited and impressed. This...
Project Triangle Strategy Just Became One Of My Most Anticipated Games
18.2.2021
Think back to the last argument you had. Did you sway the other person to your side? How much effort did that take? That tug-of-war—the fraught nature of persuasion, and the notion that you don’t initially know if you’ve pulled it off—is the unexpected crux of Project Triangle Strategy, an upcoming...
The New Mortal Kombat Movie Might Just Be A Good Mortal Kombat Movie
18.2.2021
In the first 30 seconds of the first trailer for April’s Mortal Kombat movie reboot, Mehcad Brooks’ Jax loses both his arms to the icy grip of Joe Taslim’s Sub-Zero. Then things get violent.Read more
World Of Warcraft Leak Includes Showdown With Sylvanas, Burning Crusade Classic
18.2.2021
A leak surfacing the day before Blizzconline’s opening ceremonies revealed possible details of World of Warcraft: Shadowlands’s first major update.Read more
You Can Finally Import Your Owned Levels Into Hitman 3 On PC
18.2.2021
Hitman 3 PC players who own Hitman 1 or 2 can finally import their owned levels for free, developer IO Interactive announced today.Read more
The Makers Of Minit Are Back With A Clever New Spin-Off
18.2.2021
Minit took the sense of exploration and discovery from a classic Zelda and recreated it in black and white in 60 second chunks. The result was fantastic, so it’s not surprising its creators are returning to that world in their latest game: Minit Fun Racer.Read more
Bravely Default II's Developers Don't Want It To Be Just Another RPG About Making The Numbers Go Up
18.2.2021
Final Fantasy I is a game about about four warriors of light collecting ancient and powerful crystals to restore peace and balance to the world. Over three decades later, Square Enix is still telling that story same story, and this time it’s Bravely Default II’s turn, an old-school-feeling JRPG...
Final Fantasy XIV Could Go At Least Five More Years, Director Says
18.2.2021
Final Fantasy XIV director Naoki Yoshida recently spoke about the future of the massively multiplayer online role-playing game with The Washington Post, saying that at its current growth rate, users can expect the online world to continue expanding with new content for at least five more years,...