Tag: games

FTC says Genshin Impact ‘deceived children’ and orders its publisher to pay a $20 million fine and stop selling loot boxes to kids

FTC says Genshin Impact…

Genshin Impact publisher Cognosphere (another name for HoYoverse) has agreed to pay a $20 million fine and will block…
‘Ultimately, we could have made a different trailer’: Highguard CEO responds to that poorly-received Game Awards reveal

‘Ultimately, we could have…

When Highguard debuted as the “one last thing” at the end of The Game Awards in December, the internet…
‘The kid is 100% getting kidnapped’: Our 7 best guesses at what the plucky kid in the new Assassin’s Creed Shadows art is gonna do in the game

‘The kid is 100%…

(Image credit: Ubisoft) Ubisoft posted some new Assassin’s Creed Shadows artwork the other day. It’s a collage of faces…
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is Steam Deck verified

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth…

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth on PC will require “some serious hardware to accommodate Cloud and his silly-large sword,” we…
‘We don’t need [player counts] to be super huge in order to be successful’: Highguard devs respond to posters declaring it dead on arrival

‘We don’t need [player…

The developers of Highguard will be the first to tell you the reveal of their debut FPS could have…
Instead of role queue, Marvel Rivals wants to trust players with the epic responsibility of creating a functioning team by themselves: ‘We’ll be taking a little bit more of a Marvel-inspired approach’

Instead of role queue,…

Three things in this life are guaranteed: taxes, death, and a fight breaking out in Marvel Rival’s team chat…
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 rolls out new forum rules to curb toxic behavior, which immediately sparks toxic behavior

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2…

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 publisher Deep Silver has rolled out a new code of conduct for discussions in the…
A not-so-subtle tease suggests Games Workshop is finally bringing Total War: Warhammer 3’s Grand Cathay army to the tabletop wargame

A not-so-subtle tease suggests…

One of the interesting quirks of 2022’s Total War: Warhammer 3 is that it featured two major armies that…
Ancient Egyptian horror game Amenti had everything lined up to make it a stellar scarefest—except it forgot to include some actual horror

Ancient Egyptian horror game…

Horror games don’t have to be action-packed thrillers to be fun. Some of my favourites (or least favourite, depending…
Dragon Age: The Veilguard game director reportedly departs BioWare after 18 years at EA

Dragon Age: The Veilguard…

Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s game director, Corinne Busche, is said to be leaving BioWare after almost two decades at…