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Konami Launches Metaverse Push With Web3 Focused Hiring Spree
15.10.2022
Konami, one of the most influential Japanese game development and publishing companies, has announced it will be introducing Web3 and metaverse technologies into its games. The company opened 13 different job openings for three departments that will be responsible for developing the new projects...
Bandai Namco, SEGA eyeing blockchain gaming: Nifty Newsletter, Sept. 14-20
21.9.2022
Ryo Matsubara, representative director of Oasys, told Cointelegraph that Japanese gaming giants have a long-term vision for blockchain gaming
Bandai Namco, SEGA among gaming giants eyeing blockchain gaming
19.9.2022
Big gaming firms are working to spur mainstream blockchain gaming adoption, and don’t want to “change that policy” even if it causes pushback from some
Square Enix Exploring Blockchain Game Development as Part of Oasys Project Partnership
16.9.2022
Square Enix, one of the biggest Japan-based gaming companies, has inked a partnership with Oasys, a Web3-oriented blockchain project. As part of this partnership, Square Enix will be part of the first 21 validators of the Oasys network, and will explore new possibilities regarding developing...
Pac-Man Live-Action Film In The Works, For Some Reason
9.8.2022
Did you watch the latest Sonic live-action movie and think to yourself: “This is cool and all, but what about a movie like this, but starring Pac-Man from the Pac-Man video game franchise?!” Well, first off you got a weird brain. Secondly, I got good news for you as it has been reported that...
Hacker Group Claims Elden Ring Publisher Is Its Latest Victim
11.7.2022
Bandai Namco, the Japanese publisher behind the Ace Combat, Dragon Ball Z, and Dark Souls games, appears to be the latest major gaming company to suffer a major hack. The ransomware group BlackCat added the Elden Ring publisher to its list of victims earlier today, though it’s not yet clear...
New Assassin's Creed Situation On Steam Is A Digital Nightmare
11.7.2022
When games started making the switch from physical to digital, everyone knew there were trade-offs. Digital downloads were quicker and more convenient, but also meant you didn’t entirely own the game you bought. You were just licensing it, making you subject to the whims and future solvency of...
Elden Ring's 'Let Me Solo Her' Gifted Actual Sword By Devs, Because He's A Legend
7.7.2022
Elden Ring took the world by storm earlier this year, but of the millions of players, one rose above the rest: Klein Tsuboi, AKA “Let Me Solo Her.” Weidling nothing but dual katanas and a pot on his head, he helped other players kill one of the game’s toughest bosses thousands of times....
Everything Shown At Today's Nintendo Direct Mini
28.6.2022
Switch-owning JRPG fans are feasting today. The biggest standouts from today’s Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase include Persona 5 Royal and Nier: Automata ports for the Nintendo Switch, but there were also neat-looking indie titles like the beautifully handcrafted RPG Time: The Legend...
FromSoftware’s Next Game Almost Done, Staffing Up For ‘Several’ New Projects
24.6.2022
Elden Ring finally released just a few months ago, topping the charts ever since, but FromSoftware doesn’t appear to be slowing down. The Dark Souls studio is already hiring for “multiple” new games, and director Hidetaka Miyazaki reports in a new interview that one of them is already close...
PlayStation’s Big Summer Sale Is On, And It’s Actually Not Bad
22.6.2022
At this point, it almost seems silly to pay full price for a PlayStation game. Fresh on the heels of one big sale for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5, Sony has kicked off another. It’s not as good as last month’s, but it’s not bad, especially for those who’ve been holding off on some of the bigger...
Elden Ring Finally Lets PC Players Exit Straight To The Desktop
14.6.2022
Back in March, Elden Ring was the straw that broke my back when it came to PC games not letting players exit quickly and neatly to the desktop. Three months later, it’s lovely to see that FromSoftware have decided to ease our collective suffering.Read more
New One Piece Odyssey Trailer Gives Straw Hat Pirates Movie-Esque Intro
9.6.2022
One Piece’s manga might be going on a month-long hiatus, but that didn’t stop Game Pope and Muppet enthusiast Geoff Keighley from giving fans a new look at its upcoming JRPG during Summer Game Fest. Read more
Everything Shown At Summer Game Fest’s Big Kickoff Event
9.6.2022
Summer Game Fest. Hot Geoff Summer. The Geoffening. Keigh3. Call it what you will, but despite a notable absence of E3 this year, the de facto high video game marketing season is nonetheless underway. Over the course of a streamed event that ran for two hours but felt like 2o, host Geoff Keighley...
Smash Bros. Ultimate Is Getting Shaken Up By Its Own Wave-Dashing Moment
2.6.2022
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate fans are obsessed with ranking the game’s extensive, crossover cast of video game characters in tier lists. Tier lists constantly change to reflect alterations to the game’s meta, caused by balance updates released by Nintendo, but also players finding new techniques....
Elden Ring Randomizer Turns It Into A Whole New Game
1.6.2022
If you’re still playing Elden Ring and never want to stop, you’re in luck. A new randomizer mod for PC changes up everything from item placement to boss locations. You can even transform every enemy into Malenia. Consider it the unofficial “new game plus” FromSoftware was too merciful to ship...
Glass-Cannon Elden Ring Player Bonks Every Main Boss With A Single Hit
25.5.2022
Elden Ring is full of hard bosses, many of whom have no problem quickly showing you the nearest gravesite if you’re lost, and defeating them is often a matter of slowly whittling away at their lengthy health bars until you breathe a huge sigh of relief as the words “Enemy Felled” finally appear....
Dark Souls’ Awful Basilisks Taught Me How To Play The Game
25.5.2022
It’s the color of a shrunken oily olive. Its true eyes are pinpricks of light situated on either side of its threateningly wide mouth, and its false eyes wobble like (boobs?) batteries rolling around a broken flashlight on top of its scaly head. It is FromSoftware’s loathed but consistent creature...
Looks Like Some Classic Games On PlayStation Plus Will Have Crappy PAL Framerates
24.5.2022
As the new PlayStation Plus service launches around the world, folks have reportedly discovered a major downside to the subscription’s classic games: Many of them use versions released in PAL regions rather than the NTSC versions many of us are familiar with.Read more
Upcoming One Piece JRPG Will Have Classic Turn-Based Combat
23.5.2022
After One Piece Odyssey’s announcement in March, producer Katsuaki Tsuzuki teased fans with the promise of a “full-blown” roleplaying game with an authentic One Piece feel. Thanks to an update on the game’s website, we know that Tsuzuki’s wasn’t capping. One Piece Odyssey will feature a sandbox...