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PlayStation Acquires Firesprite, The Studio Behind Playroom And Playroom VR
It’s acquisition season, folks, with both Xbox and PlayStation making moves towards a new generation of gaming. Following a close working relationship with Firesprite, the team behind The Playroom and The Playroom VR, PlayStation decided that they liked it enough to put a ring on it, officially welcoming the studio into the Sony family as...
Tales of Arise Review: Action-Packed Battles Collide With Over-the-Top Plot
Tales of Arise, the 17th entry in Bandai Namco‘s Tales of series of games, is a fun and furiously paced action-driven RPG that features a story that relies a bit too heavily on extreme and senseless actions of oppression and cruelty. The new game is the first Tales of game in nearly five years and...
WarioWare: Get It Together! Review: A Wonderfully Wacky Game With Heart
There is chaos and then there is WarioWare. It has been years since the franchise brought out its latest offering, but that is all changing in 2021. WarioWare is back and better than ever thanks to its Nintendo Switch debut. And if you thought Wario’s gang couldn’t get wackier, you thought wrong. WarioWare: Get It...
Ed Sheeran Channels Elton John in Feathers, Sequins and Tight Silver Trousers to Hype ‘Shivers’ Single
Ed Sheeran is playing dress-up to promote his upcoming single, “Shivers.” The second listen to Sheeran’s upcoming fourth solo album, =, is due out this Friday (Sept. 10) and as the singer noted in a picture posted on Wednesday morning (Sept. 8), he definitely “glammed up” for the occasion. Channeling his old pal Elton John,...
StubHub Clears Final Hurdle of Viagogo Merger With Sale of Non-U.S. Assets
After nearly 22 months of back and forth with regulators from the Competition and Markets Authority, Viagogo has finally been able to clear the last hurdle to its $4 billion merger with StubHub, creating the world’s largest ticketing resale company. That obstacle was StubHub’s sale of its international ticket resale operation to Boston private equity firm Digital...
Brooke Simpson Impresses With Ed Sheeran Cover on ‘AGT’: Watch
The semifinals of America’s Got Talent is no time for half-chances. So Brooke Simpson brought out the big guns. The North Carolina singer hit a cover of Ed Sheeran’s “Bad Habits,” a song so big it’s been No. 1 in the U.K. for the past 10 weeks. Simpson is no stranger to the big stage....
Magician Melts Minds to Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande’s ‘Rain on Me’ on ‘AGT’: Watch
Every time Lea Kyle walks on stage, magic happens. On Tuesday night (Sept. 7), it happened all over again when the quick-change artist competed in the semifinals of America’s Got Talent, this time to “Rain on Me” by Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande. How the French artist does it, no one knows. It’s magic, after...
Amy Shark, Jessica Mauboy and More Confirmed for Australian COVID-Safe Concert Series
Amy Shark, Jessica Mauboy and Peking Duk lead a starry lineup for round two of Great Southern Nights, a much-needed live music booster for the Australian state of New South Wales. Also confirmed for the series, set to take place in March and April 2022, is Jimmy Barnes, Missy Higgins and Baker Boy, with many...
Avicii’s Life and Music Remembered With Touching Google Doodle
The music and all-too-brief life of Avicii and is brought into focus by a new Google Doodle, which dominates the Google homepage today (Sept. 8) on what would have been his 32nd birthday. An illustration of the Swedish EDM star, born Tim Bergling, switches out the Google logo in more than 46 countries. Click through, and...
Feast Your Eyes On The Final Trailer For Death Stranding Director's Cut
Click here to watch embedded media Hideo Kojima is inviting us to take one last look at Death Stranding: Director’s Cut before launching on September 24. The final trailer for this re-release is directed by Kojima and ends up being a musical journey through Death Stranding’s disturbing world. The trailer clocks in at just under...
Garry’s Mod Reaches 20 Million Units Sold
Remember Garry’s Mod? The PC sandbox game where folks have a blast with physics, construction, characters, and just… having fun with just about anything around? Well, it just hit 20 million units sold! Wow! The title may seem slightly dated today as it first hit the scene back in 2006, but folks are still having fun...
No Man’s Sky Update – version 3.64
Hello everyone, Thank you to everyone playing the Frontiers Update, especially those taking the time to report any issues they encounter via Zendesk or console crash reporting. We are listening closely to your feedback, and have identified and resolved a number of issues. These fixes are included in patch 3.64, which will be live on...
MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries Is Coming To PlayStation Later This Month
Two years after its release, MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries is headed to PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 later this month. It’s been more than 20 years since the franchise has graced any model of Sony’s console hardware, so not only is this release big for mech fans, but it harkens an end to the long drought...
Marvel's Avengers Gets Spider-Man, First Raid, And Power-Level Cap Increase Before Year's End
Following the successful launch of the War of Wakanda expansion, Crystal Dynamics will be adding Spider-Man and the first raid to Marvel’s Avengers before the year ends. The endgame is also expanding with a power-level cap increase from 150 to 175. This is all exciting news, but no specific dates were given for any of...
Life is Strange: True Colors Review: Heavy Weights
Video games are no stranger to playing with emotions, but Life is Strange: True Colors is notable for explicitly allowing people to literally play with emotions. Protagonist Alex Chen’s whole deal is the ability to read the emotions of other people, and while that in and of itself could be particularly heavy, the video game...
The Unreal Engine 5 Character Is Now A Fortnite Skin
Epic wowed a lot of people when it unveiled Unreal Engine 5 via a stunning tech demo last year. The video showcased a female character exploring highly detailed caves and an ancient temple in a gameplay slice that looked so polished that some hoped it was teasing a project in development. Despite using the character...
PlayStation Acquires Firesprite, The Studio Behind Playroom And Playroom VR
It’s acquisition season, folks, with both Xbox and PlayStation making moves towards a new generation of gaming. Following a close working relationship with Firesprite, the team behind The Playroom and The Playroom VR, PlayStation decided that they liked it enough to put a ring on it, officially welcoming the studio into the Sony family as...
Tales of Arise Review: Action-Packed Battles Collide With Over-the-Top Plot
Tales of Arise, the 17th entry in Bandai Namco‘s Tales of series of games, is a fun and furiously paced action-driven RPG that features a story that relies a bit too heavily on extreme and senseless actions of oppression and cruelty. The new game is the first Tales of game in nearly five years and...
WarioWare: Get It Together! Review: A Wonderfully Wacky Game With Heart
There is chaos and then there is WarioWare. It has been years since the franchise brought out its latest offering, but that is all changing in 2021. WarioWare is back and better than ever thanks to its Nintendo Switch debut. And if you thought Wario’s gang couldn’t get wackier, you thought wrong. WarioWare: Get It...
Ed Sheeran Channels Elton John in Feathers, Sequins and Tight Silver Trousers to Hype ‘Shivers’ Single
Ed Sheeran is playing dress-up to promote his upcoming single, “Shivers.” The second listen to Sheeran’s upcoming fourth solo album, =, is due out this Friday (Sept. 10) and as the singer noted in a picture posted on Wednesday morning (Sept. 8), he definitely “glammed up” for the occasion. Channeling his old pal Elton John,...
StubHub Clears Final Hurdle of Viagogo Merger With Sale of Non-U.S. Assets
After nearly 22 months of back and forth with regulators from the Competition and Markets Authority, Viagogo has finally been able to clear the last hurdle to its $4 billion merger with StubHub, creating the world’s largest ticketing resale company. That obstacle was StubHub’s sale of its international ticket resale operation to Boston private equity firm Digital...
Brooke Simpson Impresses With Ed Sheeran Cover on ‘AGT’: Watch
The semifinals of America’s Got Talent is no time for half-chances. So Brooke Simpson brought out the big guns. The North Carolina singer hit a cover of Ed Sheeran’s “Bad Habits,” a song so big it’s been No. 1 in the U.K. for the past 10 weeks. Simpson is no stranger to the big stage....
Magician Melts Minds to Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande’s ‘Rain on Me’ on ‘AGT’: Watch
Every time Lea Kyle walks on stage, magic happens. On Tuesday night (Sept. 7), it happened all over again when the quick-change artist competed in the semifinals of America’s Got Talent, this time to “Rain on Me” by Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande. How the French artist does it, no one knows. It’s magic, after...
Amy Shark, Jessica Mauboy and More Confirmed for Australian COVID-Safe Concert Series
Amy Shark, Jessica Mauboy and Peking Duk lead a starry lineup for round two of Great Southern Nights, a much-needed live music booster for the Australian state of New South Wales. Also confirmed for the series, set to take place in March and April 2022, is Jimmy Barnes, Missy Higgins and Baker Boy, with many...
Avicii’s Life and Music Remembered With Touching Google Doodle
The music and all-too-brief life of Avicii and is brought into focus by a new Google Doodle, which dominates the Google homepage today (Sept. 8) on what would have been his 32nd birthday. An illustration of the Swedish EDM star, born Tim Bergling, switches out the Google logo in more than 46 countries. Click through, and...