Sega has announced its latest iteration of the many Sonic titles: a game called Sonic Rumble that will be coming exclusively to mobile devices. The "multiplayer action game" is reminiscent of Mediatonic's Fall Guys, which even offers…
Continue reading "Sega’s next Sonic game looks a lot like Fall Guys"Speedrunning video games is a time-honored tradition, and this is especially true when it comes to retro titles. Nintendo is getting in on the trend with a fairly bizarre forthcoming Switch game called Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition, which d…
Continue reading "Nintendo just revealed a NES speedrunning collection inspired by an ultra-rare 1990 cartridge"Tencent and Remedy, the developer of Control and Alan Wake, have completely scrapped their joint gaming project codenamed Kestrel, which they have been working on since 2021. The companies were originally developing a free-to-play co-op shooter until t…
Continue reading "Remedy cancels its multiplayer game project with Tencent"Microsoft has shuttered three ZeniMax teams: Arkane Austin, Tango Gameworks and Alpha Dog Studios. The company is also folding Roundhouse Games into Zenimax Online Studios. Arkane Austin is the home of Prey and Redfall, while Tango is responsible for T…
Continue reading "Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks have been shut down"In the last five days, Helldivers 2 was removed from the PC market in 177 countries and the game’s Steam reviews collapsed under the weight of more than 200,000 negative ratings, dropping from Positive to Mixed. It’s now Tuesday and the Helldivers 2 St…
Continue reading "What the heck is going on with Helldivers 2?"Apple is adding a bunch of new titles to its Arcade video game subscription service next month, including Return to Monkey Island. It’s the first new entry in the franchise by series creator Ron Gilbert since Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge, which …
Continue reading "Return to Monkey Island comes to Apple Arcade in June"Hades II is now available in Early Access for PC players. After performing a technical test from April 16 to 29, Supergiant Games said Early Access for the “bewitching sequel” would follow “relatively soon after.” The developer lived up to its word, as…
Continue reading "Hades II is now available in early access on PC"After creating a massive kerfuffle by forcing Helldivers 2 PC players to link their Steam accounts to the PlayStation Network, Sony is backing down. The May 6 update will no longer be released and, presumably, the game won't be removed from sale on…
Continue reading "Sony quickly backs down on Helldivers 2 PSN requirement for PC players"Nintendo sent a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) notice for over 8,000 GitHub repositories hosting code from the Yuzu Switch emulator, which the Zelda maker previously described as enabling “piracy at a colossal scale.” The sweeping takedown com…
Continue reading "Nintendo blitzes GitHub with over 8,000 emulator-related DMCA takedowns"Linking to a random third-party account when you just want to play a video game you paid for is truly annoying and, honestly, keeps me from even launching certain games by certain publishers who shall remain nameless. Helldivers 2 players are experienc…
Continue reading "Helldivers 2 PC players suddenly have to link to a PSN account and they’re not being chill about it"
