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League of Legends Netflix Show, Arcane, Renewed For A Second Season
21.11.2021
The League of Legends TV show, Arcane, premiered earlier this month on Netflix to rave reviews and high viewing numbers, so it’s not surprising the streamer has picked up the show for a second season, with the main cast returning. Read more
Battlefield 2042 Is Now One Of The Worst Reviewed Games In Steam History
21.11.2021
Yikes. Battlefield 2042, officially released just two days ago, is now one of the worst-reviewed games on Steam with over 29k negative reviews. Currently, it sits as the eighth lowest-rated game on Steam. Read more
Here's The First Look At The League Of Legends Fighting Game
21.11.2021
Last night, Riot Games released the first gameplay video of Project L, a fighting game set in the League of Legends universe. The video included a few different League characters and an in-depth discussion about what type of fighting game the devs behind Project L are trying to create. Read more
The Nintendo Wii Is Now 15 Years Old
20.11.2021
On November 19, 2006, Nintendo released the Wii, the GameCube successor. It would end up becoming one of the best-selling video game consoles of all time and would push the other console makers to add motion controls to their current machines too. And while the whole motion control thing didn’t...
Report: Activision Took Years To Fire Someone Who Signed Emails '1-800-ALLCOCK'
20.11.2021
A California lawsuit earlier this year alleged sexual harassment, discrimination, and a pervasive “frat boy culture” at Call of Duty publisher Activision Blizzard. At least in one instance, that culture included an employee signing all of his work emails as “1-800-ALLCOCK.” Read more
Here Are Your Chances Of Finding Shinies In Pokémon Diamond And Pearl Remasters
19.11.2021
Players are once again on the hunt for shiny Pokémon, those incredibly rare, incredibly sought-after variants, in the latest batch of games. And while Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl only just came out today, thanks to leaked early copies and the efforts of dataminers, we already have...
Six Things We Learned Today About Halo Infinite
19.11.2021
Halo Infinite has had one hell of a week. On Monday—the sci-fi franchise’s 20th birthday—series stewards 343 Industries surprise-released Halo Infinite’s multiplayer mode, weeks ahead of schedule, to instant-zeitgeist reception. Today, various sites published glowing previews of the first few hours...
Destiny 2 Gets Biggest Balance Patch Ever Next Month
19.11.2021
It’s quiet in Destiny 2 at the moment, but big changes are right around the corner. Last week, Bungie outlined major balance changes coming to weapons next month. Today, it revealed it’s completely overhauling how ability cooldowns work. Destiny 2 is going to feel like a very different game when...
Xbox Boss 'Disturbed' By What's Going On At Activision Blizzard, Reconsidering Relationship
18.11.2021
Head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, sent an email to staff calling the latest wave of allegations about Activision Blizzard deeply troubling, as first reported by Bloomberg and confirmed to Kotaku by Microsoft PR. Spencer joins a growing list of developers, shareholders, and game industry executives...
Halo Infinite’s Multiplayer, As Told By Steam Reviews
18.11.2021
At this juncture it’s almost comical that Halo was once upon a time treated as second fiddle on PC. These days, it’s an undeniable juggernaut. Case in point: Earlier this week, Microsoft surprise-released a beta for Halo Infinite’s multiplayer mode on Xbox and PC. It instantly rocketed up the Steam...
Splinter Cell Chaos Theory Is Free Right Now On PC
17.11.2021
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Chaos Theory, a video game from the year of our lord 2005, is currently free to download on the Ubisoft Store. It is also on sale for 75% off on Steam as part of the company’s 35th anniversary celebration. Enjoy your scraps peons, one of the industry’s biggest publishers...
Skate 2 Servers Killed Just As Game Makes Comeback
16.11.2021
The good news first: EA’s classic Skate 2 is one of the over 70 games coming to the Xbox Series X/S’s backwards compatibility list. The bad news? It’s going to be missing its online multiplayer shortly afterwards, because EA is turning off the game’s servers next month.Read more
Battlefield 2042 Feels Like The Wrong Game At The Wrong Time
16.11.2021
When I nail an MV-38 Condor transport hovering in the lens flare-filled sky with my rocket launcher, Battlefield 2042 is awesome. When my squad bursts onto the climate-torn scene in a massive tank, ramming through debris and blowing up abandoned office buildings, it’s a thrill to return to DICE’s...
15 Years Later, Call of Duty Fan Gets Credit For Game-Changing Control Scheme
15.11.2021
In 2006, quadriplegic video game tester and streamer Randy Fitzgerald helped create “NOM4D,” a button layout for Call of Duty designed for disabled players. At the time, he says, he was told he’d be credited by name in the game, but that didn’t happen. All CoD titles since then have omitted...
Surprise! Halo Infinite’s Multiplayer Is Out Now
15.11.2021
You might want to dust off your fake sneeze. Halo Infinite’s multiplayer component, which was initially slated for a December 8 release, is available today. Microsoft announced the news during Xbox’s 20th anniversary stream. And yes, it’s still a separate free-to-play mode. I’m, uh, suddenly...
Back 4 Blood Devs Say The Game Is 'Far More Difficult Than Intended' And Have Plans To Fix It
14.11.2021
No, it’s not just you. Yes, Back 4 Blood is hard, and also, yes, the game is still spawning way too many special infected. Turtle Rock, the devs behind the popular zombie shooter, admitted that Back 4 Blood is currently harder than it intended and has plans to address various issues behind...
Seems Like Marvel, Attack On Titan Might Pop Up In Call Of Duty: Vanguard
11.11.2021
The latest Call of Duty just launched last week, but fans are already rummaging through Vanguard’s files for hints at upcoming content. Some of the juiciest morsels apparently reference Marvel superhero Captain America, beloved graverobber Indiana Jones, and even the wildly popular Attack on Titan...
Call Of Duty: Vanguard Removes Islamophobic Content Following Criticism
11.11.2021
Call of Duty is a globally popular franchise that has a long history of portraying Muslim-majority countries in an unflattering light. The series latest entry, Call of Duty: Vanguard, drew criticism from a number of Muslim players after a YouTuber spotted that a location in its zombie campaign...
All The Big Changes Coming To Halo Infinite’s Multiplayer
10.11.2021
Halo Infinite isn’t out for another month, yet developer 343 Industries has already pulled back the curtain on how it’ll change. In a blog post on Halo Waypoint, community manager John Junyszek detailed a slew of balance tweaks planned for the first-person shooter, though it’s worth noting that...
The Best Borderlands 2 DLC Is Yours For Free
9.11.2021
Do you like free things? They’re certainly a lot cheaper than expensive things, I find. A free thing you could have right now is Borderlands 2’s original Tiny Tina DLC, up on the Epic Game Store now as a standalone expansion (for which the correct name is “expandalone”). The idea is to get you...