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The Top 10 Worst Pokémon Of All Time
26.7.2024
We love Pokémon. We think they’re gorgeous. But not all Pokémon are equal. Some are absolutely, unequivocally, awful. Here are the top ten Pokémon that make me want to shiver off my own skin.Read more
Grand Theft Auto 6 Is Exempt From The Game Actors Strike
26.7.2024
SAG-AFTRA game actors are currently on strike against some of the biggest companies in the industry over AI, but that won’t impact the most anticipated games of 2025: Grand Theft Auto VI. It’s one of several in-development projects that is exempt from the labor action. Read more
Hollywood video game performers go on strike, citing AI ‘abuse’
26.7.2024
The American labor union has been trying for 18 months to get a clause preventing publishers from making AI-generated versions of their actors’ work without their consent
Video Game Actors Go On Strike For AI Protections
25.7.2024
Video game actors are on strike for the first time since 2017 after months of negotiations with Activision, Epic Games, and other big publishers and studios over higher pay, better safety measures, and protections from new generative AI technologies. They’ll be hitting the picket line a year after...
Once Human’s Camera And Photo Mode, Explained
25.7.2024
Open world survival game Once Human’s camera (photo) mode offers limitless possibilities. You can snap a screenshot of your base, show off the latest weapon you handcrafted, or reach inside and find your inner artist by tweaking camera settings for a genuinely jaw-dropping photo.Read more
EA College Football Is A Perfect Storm Of Confusion For Xbox Fans
24.7.2024
Last week, EA College Football 25 launched and people went wild, with the game already becoming one of the biggest titles of 2024. But some fans on Xbox, perhaps not as familiar with video games, are frustrated after buying the new college football simulator and discovering that it doesn’t play...
Free Sims 4 Update Breaks Game, But At Least You Can Build Phallic Pools
24.7.2024
EA is very good at consistently adding player-requested content to The Sims 4 with free updates to the base game. Unfortunately, EA is also very good at breaking The Sims 4 with those updates, as evidenced in the latest debacle.Read more
Sony Testing Three New Neat Features On PS5 After Latest Update
24.7.2024
As the PlayStation 5 nears its four-year anniversary, the platform team at Sony is continuing to cook up small new improvements to help players get the most out of the console. The latest batch of changes we’ll soon get to test are hyper-niche, but still pretty cool. Read more
This Was Never About Anything Other Than Hate
23.7.2024
On July 23, in response to the ongoing backlash against a Black lead character in the upcoming Assassin’s Creed Shadows, developer Ubisoft released a lengthy statement. The responses on X (formerly Twitter) were exactly what you’d expect: racist images, slurs, and calls for historical accuracy in...
Are Physical Games Dead? It’s More Complicated Than You Might Think
23.7.2024
In 2007, console gaming got its first day-and-date digital release. The sci-fi war shooter Warhawk for the PlayStation 3 was sold as a Blu-ray disc in stores but was also available to buy digitally on PSN. The game is mostly forgotten now, but it was the first domino to fall in digital’s slow...
Sound Is The Key To Remaking This All-Time Classic
23.7.2024
Even with its gorgeous modern graphics and intricate puzzles, 2024’s Riven impressed me most with its sounds. The remake of the 1997 sequel to the seminal puzzle game Myst is a masterclass in how creating an ambient soundscape can help flesh out the world of the game. Even with so much visual...
Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition Would Be Terrific If Not For This One Colossal Flaw
23.7.2024
God, Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition is so frustrating. I’m this close to absolutely adoring this assortment of timed challenges from NES games. In many ways, it feels like it’s designed precisely for NES sickos like me, folks who have an enduring fondness not just for well-regarded...
Ubisoft Issues Weird Statement On Assassin's Creed Shadow Controversies
23.7.2024
Since the announcement of Ubisoft’s next Assassin’s Creed game, Shadows, it has been at the center of a culture war. Most of the conversation has been carried out in intensely bad faith, focusing on the usual suspects’ hatred of any game that doesn’t center a straight white male character, but it’s...
Helldivers 2 Is Getting Even Tougher In A Huge New Update
23.7.2024
Helldivers 2 has changed a lot over the past five months, but that change has been largely incremental, taking place across a number of smaller, steadily released updates. It seemed like every other week, there was some new feature, enemy, or environment that was being debuted. Eventually, these...
Game Pass Is Finally Getting Its First Call Of Duty Later This Week
22.7.2024
It appears that finally, almost a year after completing its acquisition of Activision, Microsoft is adding a previously released Call of Duty game—2023's Modern Warfare III—to its Netflix-like subscription service. And you won’t have to wait long. Read more
Latest Clue About The PS5 Pro Leaks In No Man's Sky
22.7.2024
Reports have been circulating about a PlayStation 5 Pro for a while now, including specs and release timing. Despite Sony staying silent on the mid-generation refresh, more information is continuing to trickle out, this time from the latest update for No Man’s Sky. Read more
Fallout And Starfield Maker Bethesda Game Studios Is Unionizing
22.7.2024
Bethesda Game Studios is known for making some of the biggest open-world RPGs in gaming like Fallout 3 and Skyrim. Now it will also be known for being the first major studio in the U.S. to unionize across all of its teams. Read more
This Innovative Puzzle RPG Might Be A Perfect Video Game
22.7.2024
Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure by developer Furniture & Mattress is the kind of delightful, genre-blending game that words can feel inadequate to describe when it’s much more easily understood in motion. Yes, telling you that it’s an adventure game which you navigate via a grid that moves...
How To Get Started In Final Fantasy 14 And More Tips For The Week
21.7.2024
Looking to take your first steps into Square Enix’s acclaimed and newly expanded MMO, Final Fantasy 14? We’ve got you covered with some great beginner guides. We’ve also got tips for Palworld, Once Human, and The First Descendant, as well as recommendations for games to pick up before the Xbox...
Jeanne D'Arc Is Great, Flock Is Supremely Chill, And More Video Game Takes For The Week
20.7.2024
This week, a Pokémon GO event accidentally reminded us of how much better the game used to be. Also, PSP tactical RPG classic Jeanne d’Arc hit PlayStation Plus and we just had to sing its praises. We also vented about how frustrating trying to become a PC gamer can be, and oohed and ahhed at...