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Overwatch 2 Devs Fear Story Missions Have Been Canceled
18.3.2024
In the last few months, Overwatch 2 fans have grown increasingly worried about the state of the hero shooter’s story missions. These missions were a pillar of the sequel’s initial pitch at Blizzcon 2019, the shiny new thing that merited making a new game instead of patching the original one, like...
Rumored PS5 Pro Will Have 'Spectral Super Resolution,' Whatever That Means
15.3.2024
The PS5 Pro rumor mill is turning once again. While some analysts believe Sony’s PlayStation refresh will launch sometime this year, likely before GTA 6 comes out, we still don’t know too much about the console. Now, a new leak suggests the improved PS5 will not only have more teraflops than...
Halo 2 Multiplayer Is So Back
15.3.2024
In 2010, Microsoft shut down Xbox Live servers for the original Xbox. That meant the online components of titles like Phantasy Star Online, Star Wars: Battlefront II, and Halo 2 were completely unavailable to play. While not everybody in 2024 still has access to an original Xbox and is mourning...
Be Careful: Update Minecraft And Your Worlds Might Get Destroyed
15.3.2024
If you are playing Minecraft on PC using the Xbox app, be careful before you update the popular open-world survival game. Developer Mojang says you might end up destroying your saved worlds—unless you do some digital repairing. Read more
Microsoft Giving Away A Cool Xbox That Doesn't Actually Work
15.3.2024
A new Xbox giveaway is happening right now and you can win a cool-looking Final Fantasy-themed Xbox Series X console. It looks awesome! It also, uh, apparently doesn’t actually work. Read more
Palworld Devs Say ‘Triple-A Games Are Not For Us’
15.3.2024
One of 2024's biggest games, Palworld, was not developed by a big team. In fact, Pocketpair founder Takuro Mizobe recently told Bloomberg that the studio is tight-knit because it’s modest in size, comprising just 55 people in Tokyo. Mizobe also said that he not only wants to keep Pocketpair...
Titanfall Is Still EA’s Most Innovative Shooter 10 Years Later
13.3.2024
I still remember the E3 2013 announcement for Respawn Entertainment’s sci-fi first-person shooter Titanfall. The trailer at first made it look like a Call of Duty clone, which makes sense considering the studio was founded by former Infinity Ward staff. Soon, however, hulking spaceships and other...
Game Pass, Like Network TV, Is Using Sports To Help Keep The Numbers Up
12.3.2024
With little warning, Microsoft surprised folks and announced that NBA 2K24 was coming to its video game subscription service, Game Pass. More games being added to Game Pass is always nice for its subscribers, and this latest addition continues a trend that indicates that Microsoft is looking...
Ex-PlayStation Boss Has Mixed Feelings About Console Exclusives
11.3.2024
During the PS4 and PS5 era, PlayStation has established itself as a destination platform for exclusive series like Spider-Man, God of War, and The Last of Us. And now, former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden, who ran Sony’s gaming division from 2014 to 2019, has shared some ambivalent opinions on...
Former Activision Boss Bobby Kotick Wants To Buy Tiktok: Report
11.3.2024
TikTok is in an exceptionally tough spot these days. Despite everyone you know using it for hours on end, the video-sharing app is currently facing legislation that would force its ban in the U.S pending a potential sale, and prospective buyers are lining up. Regrettably, one of these buyers...
Bitcoin’s Climbing Value Outshines Global Silver Market in Historic Pre-Halving Surge
11.3.2024
Bitcoin’s ascent past the $72,000 mark has elevated its market capitalization beyond the combined worth of all the world’s silver. The cryptocurrency has seen a 52.7% increase in value relative to the U.S. dollar over the past month, with 41.1% of this uptick occurring within a mere...
Former Xbox Exec Says The End Of Consoles Is 'A Serious Question'
8.3.2024
Peter Moore knows a lot about making video game consoles. He was Sega of America’s chief operating officer and president from 1999-2003, the man behind the Xbox and Xbox 360 at Microsoft from 2003-2007, and an EA executive vice president from 2007-2017. (You might remember him for his (possibly...
When Xbox Was Struggling In Japan, Akira Toriyama Was Its Ace
8.3.2024
If you haven’t heard, Akira Toriyama, the legendary creator of the Dragon Ball franchise and character designer of beloved games like Chrono Trigger and the Dragon Quest series, has passed away at the age of 68. As fans and collaborators have expressed condolences and tributes online, a lot...
Exclusive Halo Clip Shows Off Iconic EVA Armor, Covenant Ship
6.3.2024
Halo’s second season set up the famed Fall of Reach and delivered, but the action isn’t stopping there. As the show keeps trucking—and trying to remind folks turned off by the first season that it’s still got the juice—we’ve got an exclusive clip debut of an action sequence from the upcoming sixth...
New Fallout Xbox Controller Is Cool, But Pricey
5.3.2024
Next month, the live-action Fallout TV show premieres and, seemingly in preparation for that, Xbox and Bethesda have released a new, customizable controller design that looks pretty dang swanky. However, it’s going to cost you some extra caps compared to a standard custom Xbox controller. Read more
Spyro/Crash Bandicoot Developer Ditches Activision, Goes Indie
29.2.2024
This year has been filled with bad video game industry news. Layoffs every week. Thousands of jobs cut. Studios closing. It’s awful stuff. So I’m here to share some good news. Toys For Bob, the studio behind Crash Bandicoot 4 and the remastered Spyro collection, is leaving Activision and becoming...
Sources: Borderlands Studio Will Escape The Most Divisive Company In Gaming
29.2.2024
Embracer bought Borderlands maker Gearbox Entertainment for $1.2 billion back in early 2021 amid an unprecedented acquisition spree that’s since turned into a financial disaster. Now, just three years later, Kotaku has learned that Gearbox is closer than ever to being sold out from under what...
Hideo Kojima Calls Oscar Isaac ‘Pathetic And Unattractive’ (Complimentary)
27.2.2024
Moon Knight, the Marvel miniseries on Disney+ starring Oscar Isaac, debuted back in 2022, but Hideo Kojima is just getting around to watching it. A known cinephile, it’s no surprise Kojima would have the show on his backlog, and we have now been treated to a signature lengthy X (formerly Twitter)...
Microsoft's Pentiment Runs At 120FPS On PS5, But Only 60FPS On Xbox
26.2.2024
Here’s something odd: Pentiment, a previously Xbox-exclusive narrative-focused game from Obsidian, currently runs better on PlayStation 5 than it does on Xbox Series X/S. It’s apparently a bug that will be fixed, but the whole situation has set off a firestorm in the never-ending console war. Read...
The Halo TV Series Just Killed Off An Iconic Character
23.2.2024
The latest episode of the Paramount+ Halo series is an action-packed throat punch from the moment it starts. That punch to your windpipe will sting a little more if you’re a big fan of a certain character from the games, who bit the proverbial dust this week. Read more