Tag: games

Call of Duty is getting a microtransaction nobody can get mad at: A unique premium skin whose proceeds will go to LA wildfire relief

Call of Duty is…

Activision has announced a new cosmetic bundle for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 whose proceeds will be donated…
Dead or Alive publisher requests between 2,000 and 3,000 takedowns on works of inappropriate fan art annually because it thinks of the game’s characters ‘like daughters’

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It’s easy to forget that, before the release of its first beach volleyball spin-off, the Dead or Alive series…
Disco Elysium-inspired steampunk RPG Sovereign Syndicate is getting a director’s cut

Disco Elysium-inspired steampunk RPG…

In 2021, less than two years after its release, Disco Elysium received a Final Cut update. As well as…
Climbing a lighthouse that was determined to kill me in Peaks of Yore was genuinely revelatory—now I understand mountaineers

Climbing a lighthouse that…

I’ve always been fascinated by mountaineering, but I confess that I’ve never really understood it. I’ve read Into Thin…
Today’s Wordle answer for Saturday, January 18

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Get your puzzle-solving weekend off to the best possible start with our Wordle help. Use today's clue to fill…
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…