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‘BBL Drizzy’ Coin Surges Amid Drake and Kendrick Lamar Feud as Another Coin Secures $13 Million
10.5.2024
Hip Hop is back with a bang in 2024, as industry legends Kendrick Lamar and Drake duke it out for the crown in an increasingly hostile rap battle – and Solana meme coin markets haven’t missed a beat, with new OVHoe (BBL DRIZZY) token skyrocketing. This article will provide an analysis of...
League Of Legends’ New Anti-Cheat Software Isn’t Bricking PCs, Riot Says
3.5.2024
Earlier this week, Riot Games deployed a patch for League of Legends that introduced new anti-cheat software to curb “scripters, botters, and cheaters.” Unfortunately, players reported issues with the popular MOBA following the update, saying that the new anti-cheat program had bricked their PCs....
Every Change Coming In Diablo IV's Massive Loot Reborn Seasonal Overhaul
3.5.2024
Loot Reborn is being positioned as Diablo IV’s most important update since launch. While a bit shorter than most seasons and seemingly lighter on new story content and activities, the underlying rework of the action-RPG’s loot chase and end game grind has players excited. Blizzard recently...
League Of Legends Pro Suspended For Humping Teddy Bear On Stream
24.4.2024
League of Legends pro Lu ‘Leyan’ Jue said he was just rocking out with his favorite oversized plushie. But Riot Games felt differently and fined the Invictus Gaming jungler nearly $7,000 and suspended him for two matches over footage of him humping a giant stuffed animal of Lots-o’-Huggin’ Bear...
Yuga Labs Sells IP Rights of Two NFT Games in Strategic Move – Here’s the Latest
19.4.2024
Yuga Labs, the creator of the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) NFTs, has sold the IP rights of two of its games, Legends of the Mara and HV-MTL, to Web3 gaming firm Faraway. The move is part of a strategic restructuring effort to refocus the organization. Simultaneously, Yuga Labs' chief gaming officer...
This Company Will Give You A Fortnite Batman Skin If You Generate Enough AI Porn
18.4.2024
Salad, a cloud computing and AI tech company, is renting high-end graphics cards found in gamers’ computers and using all that power to create AI-generated pornography. In return, the gamers who lend the company their GPUs are paid in Fortnite skins, Minecraft cosmetics, Roblox bux, and other...
Apex Legends Tournament Sparks Backlash From Queer Fans And Allies
15.4.2024
Respawn’s hero shooter battle royale Apex Legends is an incredibly inclusive game for the queer community. It has several playable LGBTQIA+ legends, has given players Pride Flag cosmetics to showcase their identities in-game, and developer Respawn even put a statement supporting trans rights in...
The 17 Best Video Game Movies And Shows
12.4.2024
Video-game adaptations have a reputation for being bad. This is partially because there’s an inherent disconnect between an interactive medium and a passive one. Consider also, however, that many of the bad ones were made by one guy in the 2000s. Now, brands are more precious about who they give...
How One Valorant Clip Kickstarted A Conversation About Sexism In Competitive Games
12.4.2024
Last summer, I reported on major studios’ valiant (but still lacking) efforts to combat toxic voice chat (of which women are often the target) in popular competitive games like Overwatch 2, Call of Duty, and Apex Legends. And though Riot Games, the studio behind the 5v5 competitive hero shooter...
Real Hollow Knight Silksong News, Fake April Fools' Jokes, And More Of This Week's Biggest Stories
6.4.2024
April Fools’ is always a weird time for news, because it’s hard for us to discern the real from the fake. There were quite a few game-related April Fools’ jokes this year, but there was also a lovely, real bit of Hollow Knight Silksong news to balance everything out. Plus, this week had streamers...
Online Games Act Like Unregulated Banks, And The US Gov’t Has Noticed
4.4.2024
A new report from the United States Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)—an organization focused on enforcing the laws that protect consumers—indicates the bureau is aware of and monitoring big online video games that are filled with in-app purchases, digital currencies, and shady...
60 Percent Of Playtime In 2023 Went To 6-Year-Old Or Older Games, New Data Shows
2.4.2024
A newly released game industry report by market researcher Newzoo shows that while the PC and console market grew 2.6 percent in 2023, overall playtime decreased as gamers spent more and more time in a smaller list of old games like Fortnite and League of Legends. Read more
Stardew Valley's Big Patch, An Apex Legends Hack, And More Of The Week's Gaming News
23.3.2024
This week, one of the biggest stories in gaming involved updates to an eight-year-old game. Yes, Stardew Valley developer ConcernedApe trickled out a series of details about the game’s latest patch that had fans hanging on every word in anticipation. We’ve got all the facts for you about this...
Apex Legends Tournament Hacker Speaks, Swears It Was ‘A Joke’
20.3.2024
An individual responsible for hacking an Apex Legends global tournament over the weekend has revealed their motivations: they did it “just for fun.” Read more
Fallout TV Series First Official Clip Is Actually Very Funny
19.3.2024
With April 11 steadily approaching, the Fallout TV series promo tour is underway. We now have our first look at a scene from the upcoming Amazon Prime Video show based on Bethesda’s RPG game series, and if its tone matches this clip, we’re in for a hilarious ride.Read more
Apex Legends Tournament Postponed After Players Hacked Mid-Game
18.3.2024
A big Apex Legends tournament came to an abrupt end after a handful of pro players were hacked during one of the final matches of the competition. Developer Respawn Entertainment and publisher EA have yet to comment on the situation, leaving folks frustrated with the state of the game and...
This Hisuian Growlithe Card is Peak Pokémon TCG Storytelling
15.3.2024
One of the coolest things The Pokémon Company sometimes does in its trading card game is make multiple cards whose images tell a story. It’s happened several times over the years, such as a set of Tepig, Pignite, and Emboar cards showing a Pokémon growing up alongside its family, or a Quaxly...
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...
8 Hopes And Dreams For Pokémon Legends: Z-A
7.3.2024
On February 27, Game Freak announced its next Pokémon RPG will return to the Kalos region with a new game in the Legends subseries. Pokémon Legends: Z-A is still many months away, as The Pokémon Company is skipping a year and releasing the Switch game in 2025. But the announcement was also pretty...
Five Years Ago, Anthem Was A Warning
29.2.2024
In January 2019, I was optimistic when I flew out to BioWare’s headquarters in Austin, Texas. I’d been invited to test out Anthem, the studio’s take on the live-service looter-shooter, before it made its way into players’ hands. I was immediately smitten by the polish of the demo, zipping around...