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Madden 26 Is Already Topping The Switch 2 Charts Even As Some Fans Beg For Refunds
8.8.2025
The first Madden on a Nintendo console in over a decade has players divided
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Tencent’s Horizon Zero Dawn Knockoff Quietly Scrubs Steam Page Following Sony Lawsuit
8.8.2025
Light of Motiram removed the most blatant references from its Steam store page
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Pokémon TCG Pocket‘s Allegedly Plagiarized Cards Are Finally Replaced
8.8.2025
Brand new versions of the Ho-Oh and Lugia immersive cards are now in the set
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BioShock 4 Isn’t Getting Canceled Despite ‘Some Ups And Downs’
8.8.2025
Take-Two's CEO weighs in on the troubled project as developers worry about layoffs
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Ah, Crap, Is Pokémon Using AI-Generated Art To Promote One Of Its Next Big Events?
7.8.2025
A new piece of promo art has fans suspicious about how it was made
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Xbox Studio Head Weighs In On Ethical AI Use
6.8.2025
InXile Entertainment's Brian Fargo talks about the controversial tech spearheaded by his parent company
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Game Pass Jumpstarts August With Assassin’s Creed Mirage
5.8.2025
Some of the best games of 2025 are headed to Game Pass Standard
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Meet The Guy Keeping X-Men Vs. Street Fighter Alive At Evo 2025
1.8.2025
Side tournaments for cult fighting games keep the classic arcade spirit burning bright
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Starfield Reportedly Coming To PS5 In 2026 As Fans Wait For Missing Expansion
1.8.2025
Bethesda's big sci-fi RPG was supposed to get annual updates
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Pokémon TCG Pocket Apologizes, Pulls New Cards Following Plagiarism Accusations
30.7.2025
When accusations of plagiarism are made, there’s usually an awful lot of back-and-forth, denials from all sides, and rarely clear-cut satisfaction. But after yesterday’s claims by a Chinese illustrator that his artwork had appeared in Pokémon TCG Pocket’s brand new set, Wisdom of Sea and Sky,...
Plagiarism Concerns Hit Pokémon TCG Pocket Over Ho-Oh Card Art
29.7.2025
A Chinese Pokémon fan has noticed that a piece of fan art of Ho-Oh that they say they created appears to have—based on leaks—been mirrored and included in the forthcoming Wisdom of Sea and Sky set, coming to mobile app Pokémon TCG Pocket tomorrow.Read more
Fans Think Blizzard May Be Using AI Art Again (And They're Not Happy)
28.7.2025
If you’re a Diablo and Heartstone fan, exciting news! There’s a crossover event on the way. But in actuality, you might be too distracted by the likely fact that AI-generated art was used (again) to create promotional materials. Fans have taken to social media to point out what looks to...
Donkey Kong Bananza's Loading Screen Artwork Is So Damn Good
25.7.2025
Donkey Kong Bananza on Switch 2is a very, very good video game all about smashing stuff up and exploring gorgeous cartoon worlds as Nintendo’s favorite ape. But between all the banana eating, punching, jumping, and singing, there are loading screens featuring some wonderful retro-style artwork that...
AI Accusations Plunge Street Fighter 6 Fan Art Contest Into Chaos
24.7.2025
Street Fighter 6 is holding an art competition for fans, with the winners’ work set to be featured in the fighting game itself as New Challenger screens. These are art pieces that show up during online matches when you are challenged by another player, and feature some sick art of their chosen...
Ancient, Rediscovered Halo Fan Art Proves That Fans Have Imagined A Marathon Crossover Since The Beginning
22.7.2025
If you consider yourself a fan of Halo and love some digital archaeology, boy, do I have some treats for you. As you may or may not know, the original Halo went through several conceptual iterations before it became the first-person shooter that’d take the world by storm as an Xbox exclusive. Hell...
The Drifter Is A Dark Pulp Horror Game With Stunning Art
22.7.2025
It’s odd how rare it is to hear an Australian accent in a video game. In point-and-click adventure The Drifter, however, you’ll hear a lot of them, along with some superb Aussie vernacular. The Drifter is a lengthy tale of an itinerant man who, on discovering he cannot die, becomes entangled in...
The Dolls That Have Quickly Become A Pokemon-like Collection Craze
18.7.2025
My exposure to Labubu, a series of little rabbit-like monster dolls dressed up in various outfits that people wear as accessories, began with an odd viral TikTok audio in which Lilz Bullz Marbella claims to have a one-of-a-kind 24-karat gold doll. This sound was attached to hundreds of videos on...
Every Day, Something Shows Up In The News That Sounds Like A Cyberpunk 2077 Sidequest
18.7.2025
If the cyberpunk genre was meant to warn us away from a capitalistic, dystopian future hellscape, what purpose does it serve when that hellscape is already here? Cyberpunk 2077 is arguably one of the most mainstream contemporary examples of the genre from which it takes its name, and I remember...
PS Plus Is Losing One Of The All-Time Best RPGs, And A Damned Great Action-Adventure
15.7.2025
Like a subscription service for werewolves, PS Plus has begun its monthly changes, with new games arriving from today, July 15, and others flagged as leaving from next month. Heading for the exit in August, among others, is The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, but already having stepped in to replace it is...
Pokémon Scarlet & Violet's Final TCG Packs Have Some Stunning Art
14.7.2025
The era of Pokémon Scarlet & Violet is about to draw to a close. While the mainline video game series may have broken from its traditional three-year cycle, the trading card game has not, and the run of Gen-IX-led packs comes to an end with this month’s release of Black Bolt and White Flare. Oddly...