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Players have again turned on Electronic Arts after the closure of BioWare and the cancellation of a new Mass Effect game, accusing the publisher of destroying its own studios and franchises. Over the past few decades, EA has become a master of acquiring well-known teams that lose their independence after a few years and shut...
Owners of hacked PS5 consoles report problems accessing PlayStation Network and worry their consoles could be banned. Sony has not been confirmed to be running a mass ban campaign. Sony continues to patch vulnerabilities in the PS5 system software. Users who have applied software modifications risk restrictions, because information about the hack is stored in...
DJ Michaël Brun has announced that the 10th anniversary edition of BAYO in Miami will be free to attend, and Rockstar Games will cover the full cost of all tickets. To enter the draw for a chance to attend, submit an entry. The initiative is part of the GTA 6 marketing campaign. Contents What Is...
The fan-made tool Utsuro runs Minecraft: Xbox One Edition on iPhone, and Sonic Mania and Rocket League on Mac. The fan project lets users run Xbox One games on iPhone and Mac without emulating the console’s hardware. It is at an early stage of development. The project’s author has shown the first results. According to...
Calvin and Hobbes arrived at the right time to influence a generation of creators, and many of them went on to make comic strips of their own. Along with other seminal ’90s newspaper comics like Bloom County/Outland, its linework, flexibility and imagination visibly inspired many of the artists behind the 2000s webcomics boom. While rereading...
Team Ninja has promised to fix the problems in Wo Long 2: Wings of Ember following player criticism, particularly over the PC version’s optimization. In an official statement, Team Ninja acknowledged that the game’s alpha version suffered from numerous bugs. Players also criticized the combat system, the co-op mode, and online gameplay. According to a...
Xbox content and services revenue fell instead of rising 4.3% as planned, leaving senior executives, including the company’s chief executive, without part of their bonuses. For the fifth time in six years, Xbox missed the financial targets tied to Microsoft executive bonuses. Instead of the expected growth, the gaming division’s content and services revenue dropped...
EA is preparing an unusual American football project that aims to bring more people to its sports games through social interaction and open-world matches. According to media reports, Electronic Arts is developing Project Gridiron, a standalone open-world American football game with shared exploration of locations and short matches. A first showing is tentatively planned for...
A young girl rides her trusted animal companion across the apocalyptic desert of a shattered world. What is she looking for? What happened to this world? Will she be the one to save it? When I first saw the early trailer for Avatar: Seven Havens, Pavi was riding her cat-monkey Geet through the Harshlands. It...
Starting January 1, 2027, GameMaker will be free for commercial use on PC, mobile and the web. Developers will be able to make and sell games without buying a Professional license. GameMaker is a popular engine for 2D games. Its users include Toby Fox, the creator of Deltarune, as well as the developers of Shelldivers...
