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Ubisoft Has Canceled At Least Seven Games In Six Months

Image: Ubisoft In a new financially-focused press release, Ubisoft has confirmed that it has canceled three more unannounced games, meaning that since July 2022 the publisher has now canned at least seven different video games. It’s more bad news for the publisher, who also confirmed that recent games like Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope

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Xbox Is About To Get Some Big Energy Saving Updates

Image: Xbox / Kotaku / UniversalImagesGroup / Anadolu Agency (Getty Images) Today, Microsoft announced a bunch of energy-saving updates coming to the Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S. Naturally, these updates came packaged with the humble brag that Xbox is the first carbon-aware console. Read More: Video Game Companies Vow Action On Climate Change, But

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Ubisoft Cancels Games, Delays Skull And Bones After Rough 2022

Image: Ubisoft Ubisoft held an emergency call with investors on Wednesday to reveal that the company’s 2022 sales had fallen well below expectations and that it would be taking drastic measures going forward, including cancelling three more unannounced games, delaying Skull and Bones a few months yet again, and cutting roughly $215 million in costs

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Retro Action Game Asks What If Ninja Gaiden But Body Horror

Image: JoyMasher / The Arcade Crew Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider has everything you’d want from an indie tribute to 16-bit action platformers: there’s detailed industrial pixel art, crunchy death animations, and plenty of spike pits. It’s brief but explosive, and would be right at home in any ‘90s arcade cabinet hidden in the back corner of

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Omaha: The City of Love – A Valentine’s Day Guide for Couples, Friends, and Families

Valentine’s Day is the perfect opportunity to show your loved ones how much you care about them, and Omaha offers a wide variety of options for couples, friends, and families to celebrate this special occasion. Whether you’re looking for a romantic dinner, an affordable date, or a fun activity to do together, there’s something for

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PS Plus January Update Has Something For Everyone

Image: Deck Nine If you’re a PlayStation Plus subscriber, you’re in for a pretty sweet time starting on January 17. And if you’re not, the first catalog update for 2023 is tough to say no to. The latest injection of games to Sony’s subscription service features some undead co-op slaying, Super Saiyan shenanigans, a couple

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Xbox Gets Nintendo-Style Direct, But Don’t Expect Starfield Yet

Image: Microsoft After rumors circulated earlier this week, Microsoft confirmed a Nintendo-style Developer_Direct will take place featuring Bethesda and Xbox. The presentation, planned for January 25 at 12 p.m. PT / 3 p.m. ET, will focus on upcoming Xbox games like Forza Motorsport, Minecraft Legends, and Redfall, as well as new content for The Elder

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This Warzone TikTok Shows Why DMZ Is Amazing In Less Than 1 Min

Image: Activision Last year I described Call of Duty: Warzone’s newest Tarkov-inspired mode, DMZ, as capable of “emergent moments of thrilling FPS gameplay—the kind I’d expect from a […] single-player campaign, but without any of the narrative wrapping.” Now a TikTok video doing the rounds is demonstrating this very feeling: DMZ and the framework of

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New League Of Legends Trailer Is So Bad Riot Had To Explain It

Image: Riot Games A new year means a new League of Legends season. And for the past few years, this has also meant a big, cinematic trailer to announce the new season. However, this time the trailer for League of Legends’ next season was pretty dang boring and underwhelming, especially when compared to last year’s.

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I Played Eight Disturbing Mobile Games From Twitter, YouTube

Screenshot: Elex Technology / Kotaku All of us have seen our fair share of hilarious, disturbing, and surreal advertisements for mobile games. It seems almost impossible to avoid them while you’re watching gaming videos on TikTok or scrolling through your Twitter feed. Mobile games aren’t the only ones with bizarre and deceptive marketing. If you’re

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