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July 4th Gaming Deals That Would Make The Founders Proud
3.7.2024
The 4th of July is a day for jingoistic mythmaking and summer merriment. I can’t think of a better way to celebrate it than by grilling food, watching things explode, and ordering a bunch of cool stuff online that you totally don’t need but will still be really awesome to have. Read more
Big Tech produced more carbon since 2019 than all Bitcoin mining ever
3.7.2024
U.S. tech firms made huge commitments to “net zero” carbon emissions, but that was before ChatGPT hit the scene
Dr Disrespect Admits 'Sexting' Minor And More Of The Week's Top Stories
29.6.2024
This week’s top stories centered around Herschel “Dr Disrespect” Beahm, as Midnight Society, a gaming studio he co-founded, cut ties with him, YouTube cut off monetization on his channels, and he admitted that he had sent “inappropriate” messages to a minor, resulting in his ban from Twitch...
Toys 'R' Us Spits On Its Own Grave With AI-Generated Trash
26.6.2024
Private equity vultures made Toys ‘R’ Us go bankrupt in 2017. All its U.S. stores closed in 2021. But the zombie brand is still around thanks to a licensing deal with Macy’s. Now it’s using generative AI to reanimate its corpse with an origin story ad that puts its 70-year history in a machine...
Shadow Of The Erdtree’s Abyssal Woods Sucks
25.6.2024
The sheer scale of Shadow of the Erdtree, Elden Ring’s excellent (and punishing) new DLC, is enough to amaze you. The large map stacks on top of itself, offering myriad nooks and crannies to explore, new weapons to wield, new armor to wear, and new bosses to fight. It’s so massive that I said in...
Amazon Giving Away 15 Free Games To Prime Members
25.6.2024
Amazon giving 15 free games to Prime members ahead of Prime Day 2024, the online retail giant’s big, made-up holiday all-about deals. ‘Tis the season! Read more
Sponsor Drops Dr Disrespect Amid Reports He Allegedly 'Sexted' A Minor On Twitch
25.6.2024
Gaming headset maker Turtle Beach is the latest company to cut ties with Guy “Dr Disrespect” Beahm amid allegations he was banned from Twitch back in 2020 for sexting a minor. The company’s decision arrived alongside a new report by Bloomberg corroborating claims that Beahm, who has denied...
Fallout: New Vegas Villain Tease For Season 2 Raises All Sorts Of Questions
25.6.2024
The Fallout series from Amazon isn’t done teasing fans over the potential canonicity of Obsidian’s beloved New Vegas. After constant questions about whether that game even existed in the show’s world (which were pretty definitively answered by the first season’s final episode), the second season...
Dr Disrespect's Own Game Studio Cuts Ties With Him After Investigating New Twitch Ban Allegations
24.6.2024
Guy “Dr Disrespect” Beahm co-founded Midnight Society in 2021 to make the types of online shooters he got famous for playing on Twitch. Now the game studio is moving on without him following new allegations about why the streamer was banned from the Amazon-owned platform back in 2020. Read more
The Latest Twist In Dr Disrespect's Infamous Twitch Ban Saga, Explained
24.6.2024
Herschel “Dr Disrespect” Beahm was one of the biggest streamers on Twitch when the Amazon-owned streaming platform permanently banned him in mid-2020. The suddenness of the high-profile ejection, coupled with both Beahm and Twitch staying silent over what had actually happened and why, turned...
Elden Ring Director Thinks New DLC Bosses Will Push Players To Their Breaking Point
20.6.2024
Shadow of the Erdtree, a mega-sized expansion for Elden Ring that’s basically a whole other game, sounds equal parts magnificent and brutal. That’s by design, according to FromSoftware director Hidetaka Miyazaki. He recently said the new enemies and bosses in the DLC are meant to push players...
Every Game We Played At This Year's Not-E3 Summer Game Fest Extravaganza
14.6.2024
Summer Game Fest, aka Geoff-con/Keighley-palooza, has come and gone. The E3 replacement included multiple online showcases and onsite events, each aimed at drumming up excitement for a flood of upcoming games. Which games rocked? Which ones sucked? Which ones will become video game industry...
Indiana vows outage-free energy for crypto miners, data centers
11.6.2024
Indiana plans to become a hub for the data center and crypto mining industries by promising uninterrupted, low-cost energy
Nine Things We Learned From The Big Phil Spencer Xbox Interview
10.6.2024
Xbox just had one of its best showcases in years and hot off the heels of that big event, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer sat down with IGN to chat more about some of the games the company revealed, as well as the current health of Xbox, Game Pass, and the closure of studios like Tango...
Following Fallout, Amazon Prime Announces Yakuza TV Series
4.6.2024
Amazon Prime clearly knows it’s onto a good thing as it mines the seams of video games for new TV series. Falloutwas an astonishing success for the streamer, and you can only imagine how many meetings must have been held with every imaginable publisher for the last few months. One winner is Sega...
Drsňácká Yakuza se dočká hraného seriálu, ukáže příběh oblíbeného hrdiny
4.6.2024
Drsňácká herní série Yakuza, kterou už dnes známe pod názvem Like a Dragon, se ještě letos dočká šestidílného hraného seriálu Like a Dragon: Yakuza od Amazon Prime Video
Call of Duty's Crossover With Fallout Leaks Early
29.5.2024
The latest season of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III and Warzone is now live. Unsurprisingly, some players have already started datamining it, and in so doing, have found what appears to be the first in-game look at an upcoming, still-unannounced Fallout crossover. Read more
YouTube's Big Gaming Push Feels Like It's From 2004
29.5.2024
YouTube has finally launched its much-trailed “Playables” offering, a selection of games you can play directly within YouTube. Why does this exist? Maybe a big launch exclusive? Perhaps something that will rival the consoles? Free stuff you can’t get elsewhere? Nope.Read more
Big PlayStation Sale Is Full Of Discounts On PS5s, Spider-Man 2, And More
28.5.2024
The PlayStation 5 never officially got a price drop, but Sony continues to discount the console so aggressively that it’s basically the same thing. As part of its annual Days of Play sale event, the company’s taking $50 off the regular price of PS5s. Recent exclusives like Spider-Man 2 and Rise...
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II: The Kotaku Review
21.5.2024
I’m on a path to find reprieve from the suffering around me. But as I turn the next corner of clouding darkness, a bright red light paralyzes me as the forceful and commanding voice of my father tells me that not only am I doomed to fail in my struggles, but that I am actively causing the very harm...