CategoriesNews GamingMarvel Rivals may have just launched, but it already boasts a deep roster of iconic Marvel heroes and villains (and a few oddball picks for good measure). The game also includes unlockable skins for every single character. Some of these skins are popular costumes from the MCU. Others are original designs created by NetEase. But […]
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CategoriesNews GamingRiot Games has announced Project K, the developer’s take on the physical TCG genre and a competitor to Magic: The Gathering. It’s based in the League of Legends IP and revolves around playing with friends in-person. Riot said Project K is made by a “small” development team within the company led by game director Dave […]
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CategoriesNews GamingIf you ask me, 2024 has been a fairly dire year for big, mainstream games. Of course there have been a few gems in that space, but most that I’ve played have felt overly safe, or focused on gameplay ideas that I don’t think are successful. Against this backdrop, however, some “smaller” games have really […]
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CategoriesNews GamingIt’s official: Nintendo’s Black Friday sale is live, offering dozens of hot new deals on consoles, games, and accessories. While the Nintendo eShop has its own digital game sale underway, some of the best Switch games have reached lower prices at select retailers like Best Buy, GameStop, Target, and Walmart. This year’s lineup of game […]
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CategoriesNews GamingNo Man’s Sky developer Hello Games has hailed hitting a ‘very positive’ Steam user review user rating for the first time, eight years after the game’s controversial launch was slammed by players. Space sim No Man’s Sky launched in August 2016 on PS4 and PC to tens of thousands of negative reviews on Steam, with […]
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CategoriesNews GamingPhoto: Kurt Wittman/UCG/Universal Images Group (Getty Images) If you’ve got a big family but very little to talk to them about, the holidays can see you go from happy to helpless real quick. What are you to do when Thanksgiving dinner is two hours late and you’ve run out of small talk with that one […]
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CategoriesNews GamingImage: Xbox / Kotaku As we get deeper into November, more and more companies are announcing Black Friday deals. Xbox has joined the holiday tradition and revealed a ton of deals on games, consoles, and controllers. The Best Reveals From The Game Awards 2023 On November 15, Xbox announced its slate of Black Friday deals […]
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CategoriesNews GamingLicensed games can be a great way to build interest with a familiar property, but they can also be fraught as various stakeholders weigh in on its creative direction. Xbox CEO Phil Spencer is aware of these challenges, and they’re one reason he’s “not the biggest fan” of committing resources to licensed games. Speaking with […]
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CategoriesNews GamingImage: MachineGames / Bethesda Hey, everything sucks right now. There’s no getting around it, and we’re going to have to live with the consequences of this shit for the rest of our lives. So, if you’re feeling angry about things, like say, the rise of fascism in America, why not grab the Wolfenstein games and […]
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CategoriesNews GamingNintendo has confirmed that the yet-to-be-announced Switch 2 will be backward-compatible with original Switch games and will feature Nintendo Switch Online. Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa shared the news during the company’s Corporate Management Policy Briefing, revealing a bit more about the successor to 2017’s Nintendo Switch. “This is Furukawa,” Nintendo wrote on X/Twitter. “At today’s […]
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