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Google Stadia Has Reportedly Been Deprioritized, Might Become ‘Google Stream’
Google Stadia has mostly been fighting an uphill battle since its announcement. Not only was the technology new, which is always a struggle even with a name like Google behind the service, but its launch largely failed to make game streaming waves in the industry. It was released just a year before the expected launch...
Pokémon Legends: Arceus: Get A Hisuian Growlithe And 20 Feather Balls In New Mystery Gift Distribution
Pokémon Legends: Arceus was released less than two weeks ago but it’s already a hit. Not only did it review really well – Game Informer gave it an 8.75 out of 10 – but it sold a massive 6.5 million copies in just seven days. A new mystery gift distribution might get more players excited to...
Techland Reveals Hotfixes And Improvements Coming To Dying Light 2 Soon
Dying Light 2 was released just last week and its player counts quickly overtook the all-time high of the first Dying Light. After a weekend of players running through Techland’s new city, Villedor, the studio has released a list of hotfixes and improvements coming to the zombie parkour game soon. As expected, there are different...
Watch U.S. Ice Dancing Team Skate to Daft Punk at Winter Olympics 2022
Madison Chock and Evan Bates’ team free dance routine was soundtracked by a medley of songs from Random Access Memories Daft Punk, Madison Chock & Evan Bates (Getty Images) On Sunday night, Madison Chock and Evan Bates placed first in the ice dancing free dance team event at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Their...
George Crumb, Prolific Avant-Garde Composer, Dies at 92
The Grammy and Pulitzer Prize-winning artist explored the intersection of nature and sound throughout his six-decade career Photo by Hiroyuki Ito/Getty Images George Crumb, the prolific avant-garde composer, died at his home today. Bridge Records—which released many records by Crumb across his career including the 2021 Marcantonio Barone collaboration Metamorphoses, Books I & II—confirmed the...
Lil Uzi Vert Pleads No Contest in Assault Case, Gets 3 Years Probation
Uzi’s ex-girlfriend Brittany Byrd levied abuse allegations against the rapper last summer. He pleaded no contest to one count of felony assault with a firearm and one count of misdemeanor injury. Lil Uzi Vert (Photo by Astrida Valigorsky/Getty Images). Note: This article contains descriptions of alleged assault. Last July, Lil Uzi Vert’s ex-girlfriend Brittany Byrd...
Syl Johnson, Soul Singer Heavily Sampled in Hip-Hop, Dies at 85
The Chicago bluesman’s 1967 single “Different Strokes” has been used in tracks by Jay-Z and Kanye West, Public Enemy, Wu-Tang Clan, and more Syl Johnson in 1979 (Photo by Kirk West/Getty Images). Syl Johnson, the Chicago soul and blues singer who’s 1967 single “Different Strokes” has become one of the most sampled songs in hip-hop,...
Sifu Review: Punchy, Punishing, Yet Satisfying
The genre might have evolved over the last few decades, but there are very few things that are as satisfying as an arcade beat-em-up. Moving across from screen to screen, level to level, and clearing out everyone in your way can be one of the most fulfilling experiences from top to bottom. There’s something incredibly...
Community Crunch 302: Introducing Desmodus, EVO Event, and More!
Welcome to another edition of the Community Crunch! This week we are excited to share the concept and dossier for Desmodus, the winner of the second Community Creature Vote! We introduced RCV (Ranked Choice Voting) in the most recent round of community voting and saw Desmodus win (39,781 votes) vs. Carcharodontosaurus (24,419 votes) in the...
Phil Elverum Announces New Documentary There’s No End, Shares Trailer: Watch
A new undertaking after the massive Microphones box set Phil Elverum (Still via YouTube/Riley Donavan) Phil Elverum has announced a forthcoming documentary titled There’s No End. Mattias Evangelista directed it, with Elverum credited as a producer. A release date for There’s No End has not yet been announced. Watch a trailer for the film, wherein...
PlayStation Developers Pick Their Favorite FromSoftware Bosses
FromSoftware‘s catalog of games is synonymous with sweeping narrative design and challenging combat, the latter leading to some particularly memorable boss battles for millions of Soulsborne players. There are simply too many exciting encounters to list between all of Miyazaki’s acclaimed projects. Good thing a bunch of PlayStation developers picked some of their favorite FromSoftware...
Four Tet Signs Universal Music Publishing Deal
The new publishing agreement arrives amid the producer’s legal dispute with Domino over streaming royalties Kieran Hebden aka Four Tet, photo by Gracia Villamil Four Tet (aka Kieran Hebden) has signed a new global publishing agreement with Universal Music Group. “Four Tet has soundtracked my life from GCSE revision to dancefloors at university and now...
Pusha T Releasing New Song “Diet Coke” Tonight
Kanye West also appears to be involved with the new single Pusha T, August 2018 (Jason Mendez/Getty Images) Pusha T has announced “Diet Coke,” a new song that’s out at midnight Eastern. It’s reportedly produced by Kanye West and 88-Keys. Steven Victor has also shared a clip—featuring Pusha T with West—where Pusha T raps, “You...
Listen to Lil Bean’s “Billie Jean”: The Ones
The must-hear rap song of the day Lil Bean Lil Bean – “Billie Jean” This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. Lil Bean grew up on rappers like Husalah, Messy Marv, and the Jacka: He’s a San Francisco rapper through and through. Last year, he was one of the standouts...
Resident Evil 4 Director Shinji Mikami Hopes That The Rumored Remake Improves The Story
Shinji Mikami is a horror legend in gaming, having directed the first Resident Evil, which spawned off an entire franchise with over a dozen entries in it today. He then left Capcom to create Tango Gameworks, now owned by Bethesda, which is where Mikami began his new horror series, The Evil Within. After a sequel,...
Andy Shauf Shares New Songs “Satan” and “Jacob Rose”: Listen
The Canadian singer-songwriter begins a North American tour next week Andy Shauf, September 2021 (Photo by Barry Brecheisen/Getty Images) Andy Shauf has shared two new songs, “Satan” and “Jacob Rose.” The former arrives with a video directed by Ryan Steel. Check out both below. Shauf explained the inspiration for “Satan” in a statement: When I...
Google Stadia Has Reportedly Been Deprioritized, Might Become ‘Google Stream’
Google Stadia has mostly been fighting an uphill battle since its announcement. Not only was the technology new, which is always a struggle even with a name like Google behind the service, but its launch largely failed to make game streaming waves in the industry. It was released just a year before the expected launch...
Pokémon Legends: Arceus: Get A Hisuian Growlithe And 20 Feather Balls In New Mystery Gift Distribution
Pokémon Legends: Arceus was released less than two weeks ago but it’s already a hit. Not only did it review really well – Game Informer gave it an 8.75 out of 10 – but it sold a massive 6.5 million copies in just seven days. A new mystery gift distribution might get more players excited to...
Techland Reveals Hotfixes And Improvements Coming To Dying Light 2 Soon
Dying Light 2 was released just last week and its player counts quickly overtook the all-time high of the first Dying Light. After a weekend of players running through Techland’s new city, Villedor, the studio has released a list of hotfixes and improvements coming to the zombie parkour game soon. As expected, there are different...
Watch U.S. Ice Dancing Team Skate to Daft Punk at Winter Olympics 2022
Madison Chock and Evan Bates’ team free dance routine was soundtracked by a medley of songs from Random Access Memories Daft Punk, Madison Chock & Evan Bates (Getty Images) On Sunday night, Madison Chock and Evan Bates placed first in the ice dancing free dance team event at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Their...
George Crumb, Prolific Avant-Garde Composer, Dies at 92
The Grammy and Pulitzer Prize-winning artist explored the intersection of nature and sound throughout his six-decade career Photo by Hiroyuki Ito/Getty Images George Crumb, the prolific avant-garde composer, died at his home today. Bridge Records—which released many records by Crumb across his career including the 2021 Marcantonio Barone collaboration Metamorphoses, Books I & II—confirmed the...
Lil Uzi Vert Pleads No Contest in Assault Case, Gets 3 Years Probation
Uzi’s ex-girlfriend Brittany Byrd levied abuse allegations against the rapper last summer. He pleaded no contest to one count of felony assault with a firearm and one count of misdemeanor injury. Lil Uzi Vert (Photo by Astrida Valigorsky/Getty Images). Note: This article contains descriptions of alleged assault. Last July, Lil Uzi Vert’s ex-girlfriend Brittany Byrd...
Syl Johnson, Soul Singer Heavily Sampled in Hip-Hop, Dies at 85
The Chicago bluesman’s 1967 single “Different Strokes” has been used in tracks by Jay-Z and Kanye West, Public Enemy, Wu-Tang Clan, and more Syl Johnson in 1979 (Photo by Kirk West/Getty Images). Syl Johnson, the Chicago soul and blues singer who’s 1967 single “Different Strokes” has become one of the most sampled songs in hip-hop,...
Sifu Review: Punchy, Punishing, Yet Satisfying
The genre might have evolved over the last few decades, but there are very few things that are as satisfying as an arcade beat-em-up. Moving across from screen to screen, level to level, and clearing out everyone in your way can be one of the most fulfilling experiences from top to bottom. There’s something incredibly...
Community Crunch 302: Introducing Desmodus, EVO Event, and More!
Welcome to another edition of the Community Crunch! This week we are excited to share the concept and dossier for Desmodus, the winner of the second Community Creature Vote! We introduced RCV (Ranked Choice Voting) in the most recent round of community voting and saw Desmodus win (39,781 votes) vs. Carcharodontosaurus (24,419 votes) in the...






