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The Wolverine Meme Is Now An Action Figure
21.7.2021
As a San Diego Comic-Con exclusive for 2021, Mondo is releasing a big, fancy Wolverine figure. But not just any figure. No, this one is based on a meme.Read more
Destiny 2 Player Uses Glitches, Skill, And Luck To Solo Latest Raid Boss
20.7.2021
One person should not be able to defeat the final boss of Destiny 2’s Vault of Glass raid. The fight is designed in such a way that multiple players in completely different locations have to work together to win the battle. And yet, using a combination of consummate skill, a bit of luck, and...
Infamous 'Lost' Nintendo Mean Girls Game Now Fully Revealed
20.7.2021
In the late 2000s, 505 Games and Crush Digital Media planned to release a Nintendo DS game based on Mean Girls, the coming-of-age comedy starring Lindsay Lohan and Rachel McAdams. However, there’s no proof that the game ever came out, leaving many expert DS observers to regard the game as “lost...
First It Was An Assassin's Creed Expansion, Now It's Ubisoft's 8 Year Nightmare
20.7.2021
A few people said it was cursed. Others simply had no idea what they were supposed to be making. “Nobody knew what the fuck they were doing,” said one former developer.Read more
Just What Japan Needs: More Gundam Manholes
20.7.2021
Manholes! In Japan, they’re works of art, reflecting the city or region or city they’re in with beautiful designs and even lovely colors. Previously, we’ve seen Pokémon manholes, which were great and excellent. The first Pokémon manholes were installed in 2019, but as of last August, there were...
Cops Literally Steamroll Crypto-Mining Computers
20.7.2021
Earlier this year, Malaysian authorities carried out a bunch of raids around the airport at Miri, where it was suspected that crypto-mining outfits were stealing electricity off the grid. Six men were eventually charged, and to celebrate, Malaysian cops took all their rigs and publicly crushed...
You Can Beat Castlevania Before Guilty Gear Strive Finishes Loading
19.7.2021
Guilty Gear Strive is, by most accounts, an excellent fighting game, but one major issue has been vexing players since it launched over a month ago: the absurdly long time it takes the game to load into its main menu.Read more
Ubisoft Unveils Tom Clancy's XDefiant, Sounds A Bit Like Overwatch
19.7.2021
The debut video for Tom Clancy’s XDefiant, announced today for Xbox One, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, PS5, PC, and streaming services, describes the upcoming free-to-play 6v6 first-person shooter as “fast-paced fire-fights meet punk-rock mosh pit.” That Tom Clancy game universe keeps getting weirder...
Pokémon Go Fest 2021 Ended In A Total Anticlimax
19.7.2021
This last weekend offered the world Pokémon GO Fest 2021. This year, the mobile game’s biggest annual event attempted a more outgoing vibe yet still managed to end everything on the dampest squib imaginable: a quest line entirely focused on Hoopa, that absolutely in no way included Hoopa.Read more
Watch Dogs Legion’s First DLC Expansion Is So Much Better Than The Main Game
18.7.2021
Watch Dogs Legion’s first DLC brings back old characters in a shorter and better adventure than the main game. Read more
The Next Skate Game Won't Be At EA Play 2021
18.7.2021
EA announced today that the next Skate game, which is currently in development, won’t be shown during EA Play 2021 on July 22. It’s another game to add to the growing list of “Stuff That Won’t Be At EA Play 2021.”Read more
Take-Two Is Removing Old GTA Mods Using DMCA Notices
18.7.2021
Rockstar Games’ parent company, Take-Two Interactive, has spent the past week or so using DMCA takedown requests to remove old Grand Theft Auto mods. The publisher hasn’t explained why it has started this sudden removal of old mods.Read more
Warframe's Next Big Update Will Release Simultaneously On All Platforms Later This Year
18.7.2021
Digital Extremes revealed the first real look at Warframe’s next major expansion, The New War during TennoCon 2021. This new free expansion will force Tenno (aka space ninjas) across the Origin System to unite to defeat an evil force known as the Sentients. And for the first time, this update will...
Nickelodeon Fighting Game Devs Have High Hopes, Competitive Dreams
17.7.2021
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl is an upcoming Smash-like that, despite its licensed nature, already sounds like an absolutely legit fighting game. Not only do the lead developers have experience making their own popular platform fighter, but they’re also looking into implementing rollback netcode...
Last Of Us TV Show Casts Tommy’s Actor As Not-Tommy
16.7.2021
HBO’s The Last of Us show is continuing to fill out its cast, and its latest pick-up is Jeffrey Pierce, an actor who appeared in the original PlayStation 3 game as Joel’s brother Tommy. But according to a new report at Deadline, he won’t be playing that character in the upcoming show.Read more
Short The Last Of Us Fan Film Is Legitimately Excellent
16.7.2021
Joel and Ellie might be the main characters of The Last of Us, but they’re by no means the only interesting ones. If you’ve played either of Naughty Dog’s acclaimed mushroom-apocalypse games, you know that some of the richest stories are told in the margins. A new fan film explores what it could...
Ubisoft Delays Rainbow Six Extraction And Riders Republic
16.7.2021
Ubisoft’s fall just fell down a couple notches. Heavy hitters like Far Cry 6, Rainbow Six Extraction, and Riders Republic seemed primed to carry the company into the holiday season, but now two of those games have been delayed—one out of 2021 entirely.Read more
Cris Tales Transforms Beautiful Columbian Landmarks Into Its Fantasy World
16.7.2021
If you’ve seen the trailer or played the demo for Cris Tales, then you know how gorgeous the upcoming fantasy role-playing game looks. But did you know the fantasy kingdoms and cathedrals in the game are inspired by real Columbian landmarks? Check out how two-man development team Dreams...
Skyward Sword HD Might Make You Actually Like Motion Controls
16.7.2021
There’s a weird cognitive dissonance surrounding The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. In my casual discussions of Zelda games, Skyward Sword often seems lowly regarded. And yet, the Metacritic scores for the 2011 Wii game paint an entirely different picture, making it one of the highest scoring...
Ubisoft CEO And Others Blamed For 'Institutional Harassment'
16.7.2021
Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry publisher Ubisoft is the target of a new complaint filed in French court that accuses the company, and its long-time CEO and co-founder, Yves Guillemot, of “institutional harassment.” According to a survey released last fall, one in four Ubisoft employees has either...