Gaming
Gaming

The Masters Of Stealth Tactics Are Back With A New Pirate Game

Image: Mimimi There are few studios out there on top of their respective games like Mimimi are. From Shadow Tactics to Desperadoes 3, they’ve proven themselves the master of the modern stealth tactics game, and in 2023 they’re back with an all-new game, this time about pirates. This is Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew, which

Read More
Gaming

Destiny 2 Feels Like It’s Held Together With Duct Tape Lately

Image: Bungie / Kotaku / Kat Ka (Shutterstock) Free-to-play online MMO looter shooter Destiny 2, released in 2017, is one of my favorite video games. I play it all the time. I have multiple characters. I own all the recent seasons. It’s fantastic. But I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t concerned for the

Read More
Gaming

Forspoken Fails To Credit Localizers, Quality Assurance Testers

Image: Square Enix Forspoken, the newest action-adventure romp from developer Luminous Productions, caught flack online after failing to fully list its localization and quality assurance teams. Published by Square Enix, Forspoken is a movement-heavy, open-world action RPG. You play as Frey Holland, a New Yorker who gets transported to the magical world of Athia where

Read More
Gaming

Rick And Morty Dumps Co-Creator, Will Continue With New Actors

Image: Adult Swim The main voice behind Rick and Morty won’t be returning in season seven. Adult Swim announced on Tuesday that it would cut ties with series co-creator Justin Roiland, a decision that comes just weeks after news first surfaced that he was facing two felony domestic abuse charges from 2020. “Adult Swim has

Read More
Gaming

Overwatch 2’s ‘Sexual Harassment Simulator’ Made A Brief Return

Image: Activision Blizzard Trigger warning: sexual assault and harassment. An inappropriate Overwatch 2 game mode reappeared, but it’s not one to get excited about. The mode, titled “sexual harassment simulator,” was played enough times that it appeared as one of the most popular over the weekend for some players, according to PC Gamer, which spotted

Read More
Gaming

World’s Biggest Chess Site Is So Popular, Fans Can’t Play Now

Image: PNG Wing / Kotaku / Kurt Kleemann (Shutterstock) The halcyon days (if there ever were any) of the covid pandemic can still be felt today with the resurging popularity of online chess. However, the world’s largest chess website has become a victim of the king’s game’s success because its servers are struggling to meet

Read More
Gaming

Washington Post Shuts Down Gaming Section Amid Wider Layoffs

Photo: Alex Wong (Getty Images) The Washington Post imposed more layoffs on Tuesday just a week after owner Jeff Bezos visited its Washington D.C. office. Among the ritual sacrifices will be Launcher, the newspaper’s burgeoning gaming section, which routinely broke important news stories, landed big interviews, and asked the tough questions. Launcher had only just

Read More
Gaming

New AI Tech Gives Twitch Streamers Constant, Creepy Eye Contact

Nvidia’s come up with new AI-powered tech that swaps out your real eyes for digital ones that will never stop looking at your webcam. It’s very creepy, and one more sign of how unnatural you have to act online to become a popular streamer in 2023. That’s just how it is: To succeed in the

Read More
Gaming

The 11 Best Metroidvanias To Get Lost In Right Now

The Metroidvania is by far the most esoterically named genre of video games. A portmanteau of Metroid and Castlevania, it pretty much boils down to: non-linear platform games with ability-gated exploration. Or, you know, you explore until you reach a point that requires a skill you’ve yet to pick up. Read more… Source link

Read More
Gaming

Blizzard Boston Devs Blame Boss For Torpedoing Union

Image: Blizzard Workers at Proletariat Studio, also known as Blizzard Boston, won’t be unionizing after all. The Communications Workers of America Union announced on Tuesday that it will pull its petition for a union election, and blames Proletariat CEO Seth Sivak for treating workers’ organizing efforts as a personal betrayal and holding a series of

Read More