We already knew that the Final Fantasy Universes Beyond expansion was the fastest-selling set in Magic: The Gathering’s history, but an absurd new stat puts what that actually means in perspective. Hasbro’s CEO recently revealed the massive crossover sporting Cloud, Sephiroth and other Square Enix icons earned $200…
Gaijin Entertainment, the studio behind the popular online game War Thunder, announced on Wednesday that it had spent millions of dollars acquiring the rights to the popular Fortnite user-created map The Pit.
The Nintendo Switch 2 is already one of the most successful consoles ever launched, and with it came a roster of exclusive launch games that we can only describe as…a little lackluster. Don’t get me wrong, I am the target audience for a new Mario Kart and a remaster of a throwback 3DS RPG. And with Donkey Kong out in…
Last fall, popular Twitch streamer Ironmouse broke Kai Cenat’s subathon record with over 314,146 subscribers signing up, and many of the proceeds went to the Immune Deficiency Foundation. But nine months later, the Vtuber says the talent agency that reps her, VShojo, has failed to pay more than half a million dollars…
Sony has announced that a new beta firmware update for the PlayStation 5 will begin rolling out to select users starting this week. One noteworthy aspect of this update is that it will include a feature that lets you cut back on your PS5's power consumption while playing games, though doing so will come at a hit to…
I know “free-to-play” is often a misnomer, and these games should actually be called “free-to-try,” but I haven’t played one that felt as blatant in its efforts to extract money from me as Pokémon Friends in a hot minute. The puzzle game/plush collector is cute and clearly geared toward young children, like a lot of Pokémon’s…
Persona 5: The Phantom X’s saga of post-launch controversy continues, as Atlus and Black Wings Game Studio’s response to player backlash has only made some members of the game’s community more angry, as they don’t feel like their concerns are being heard.
The Outer Worlds 2, Obsidian’s bigger and wilder sequel to the original RPG from 2019, was planned to be the first Xbox game to be sold at $80 when it arrives on October 29. However, just about a month after making that announcement, Xbox and Obsidian have reversed course and dropped the price of Outer Worlds 2 from…
A retro gaming YouTuber in Italy claims he might end up in court and could even face possible jail time for reviewing Android-powered handheld gaming devices that sometimes come pre-loaded with old games.
Borderlands 4, the next big entry in Gearbox’s popular sci-fi looter shooter franchise, is coming to Switch 2 on October 3. That’s just a few weeks after it arrives on other platforms. Borderlands 4 launches on PS5, Xbox, and PC on September 12, so Switch 2 owners won’t have too long of an additional wait for the…
Last month was a big deal for games. Nintendo finally released the Switch 2 and reversed a long-running downward trend in the market. The device has been making waves, even if it feels like people aren’t buzzing about the new launch as much as they have about past ones. We now know it’s the fastest-selling console…
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 wears its Final Fantasy inspirations on its sleeve, so it makes sense that it has its own swath of optional super bosses. And there’s one particular boss at the end of the game that’s a cut above the rest: Simon.
Super Mario Party Jamboree – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV is a hideous title for a video game and possibly even a little misleading. According to early reviews, the base game remains essentially unchanged and doesn’t take advantage of the new hardware’s extra power, while the $20 Jamboree TV add-on is…
Julian LeFay, known as the Father of The Elder Scrolls, died yesterday at 59. The developer best known for his early work on Bethesda’s seminal fantasy series was most recently part of OnceLost Games, a studio he co-founded to develop open-world action RPG The Wayward Realms. It was announced last week that LeFay, who…
Microsoft’s push to separate the concept of Xbox games from the Xbox console itself has always felt a little...annoying? The corporation’s “This is an Xbox” campaign has been more confusing than anything else. However, the really significant aspect of this detaching of the games from the machines is the releasing of…
The big new reveal trailer for Fallout: Bakersfield makes it look so awesome, you might come away thinking it’s an official new boomer shooter from Bethesda set in its popular post-apocalyptic universe. But nope, this upcoming standalone game, built in a modern version of the classic Doom engine, is in fact a very…
Fantastic Four: First Steps kicks off the sixth phase of the MCU. Depending on who you ask, those titular strides came off as either a bold, confident march forward or the haphazard lumbering of a robot that’s still not sure how to walk. But generally, the first wave of reviews describe the latest MCU blockbuster as…
Ozzy Osbourne, the lead singer of the foundational metal band Black Sabbath and, later in life, a reality TV star, has died at the age of 76. His passing comes just two-and-a-half weeks after Black Sabbath’s final show on July 5 in Birmingham. Osbourne performed from a throne, as he was unable to walk the stage due to…
The Switch 2 seemingly has the capacity to be a perfect port machine for recent blockbusters. Will Assassin’s Creed Shadows be one of them? Reading between the lines of a recent Ubisoft earnings call, it certainly sounds like that’s what the French publisher has planned.
If you consider yourself a fan of Halo and love some digital archaeology, boy, do I have some treats for you. As you may or may not know, the original Halo went through several conceptual iterations before it became the first-person shooter that’d take the world by storm as an Xbox exclusive. Hell, it was damn near a…