This week saw the start of the trial against Yuji Naka, the creator of Sonic and Balan Wonderworld, as he stands accused of insider trading. The trial concerns Naka's ownership of shares worth $1 million and $20,000 respectively in both ATeam and Aiming Inc. These two companies worked with Square Enix on the creation of mobile games such as Final Fantasy 7: The First Soldier and Dragon Quest...
Review: 5-hour Energy Gamer Shot
You ever write a three-page review for an energy supplement?
In early May 2024, 5-hour ENERGY (hereto after shown as 5-hour Energy) released a new Gamer Shot line of energy drink supplements. We got some news about it because this is a video game website that posts video game related news. That is how these things work. These 5-hour Energy Gamer Shots are available in three flavors: Pineapple Charge, Rocket Raspberry, and Apple Bash. Unless things have suddenly changed in the fe...
In early May 2024, 5-hour ENERGY (hereto after shown as 5-hour Energy) released a new Gamer Shot line of energy drink supplements. We got some news about it because this is a video game website that posts video game related news. That is how these things work. These 5-hour Energy Gamer Shots are available in three flavors: Pineapple Charge, Rocket Raspberry, and Apple Bash. Unless things have suddenly changed in the fe...
Band Together in Terror: The Outlast Trials Review
The Outlast Trials proves that survival horror can be more fun with friends.
The Outlast Trials is a four-player PvE game taking place in the Cold War era. The game's opening moments and lore paint a gruesome and wicked scene that will be familiar to series veterans but disquieting to those new to the Outlast universe. Players work their way through a series of experiments, each of which plays out on various large maps like a police station, a courthouse, a carnival, and more. The g...
The Outlast Trials is a four-player PvE game taking place in the Cold War era. The game's opening moments and lore paint a gruesome and wicked scene that will be familiar to series veterans but disquieting to those new to the Outlast universe. Players work their way through a series of experiments, each of which plays out on various large maps like a police station, a courthouse, a carnival, and more. The g...
Microsoft Shutdown Arkane Austin, Tango Gameworks, Alpha Dog Games, and Roundhouse Games
The company valued at over $3 trillion just closed several game studios.
Arkane Austin, the studio behind Redfall and 2017's Prey, has been shutdown by Microsoft. Tango Gameworks, the studio behind The Evil Within series and the multiple award-winning Hi-Fi Rush, has been shutdown by Microsoft. Alpha Dog Games, the studio behind the mobile game Mighty Doom, has been shutdown by Microsoft. Roundhouse Studios will not be shutdown but will instead be absorbed by The Elder Scrolls Online...
Arkane Austin, the studio behind Redfall and 2017's Prey, has been shutdown by Microsoft. Tango Gameworks, the studio behind The Evil Within series and the multiple award-winning Hi-Fi Rush, has been shutdown by Microsoft. Alpha Dog Games, the studio behind the mobile game Mighty Doom, has been shutdown by Microsoft. Roundhouse Studios will not be shutdown but will instead be absorbed by The Elder Scrolls Online...
TikTok Ban Signed Into Law by President Biden
Owner ByteDance has 270 days to sell off TikTok.
On April 24, President Joe Biden signed a foreign aid package that also included a bill that could ban TikTok in the United States. This ban can only be averted if the China-based company that owns TikTok, ByteDance, sells off the popular social media app before the 270 day time limit is up.
This gives ByteDance until January 19, 2025 to sell TikTok. An additional 90 day extension could be offered by President Biden if...
On April 24, President Joe Biden signed a foreign aid package that also included a bill that could ban TikTok in the United States. This ban can only be averted if the China-based company that owns TikTok, ByteDance, sells off the popular social media app before the 270 day time limit is up.
This gives ByteDance until January 19, 2025 to sell TikTok. An additional 90 day extension could be offered by President Biden if...
Ubisoft Pulls Licenses for The Crew, Makes the Game Completely Inaccessible to Buyers
From the same company trying to sell you a $130 version of Star Wars Outlaws.
From announcing a $130 edition of Star Wars Outlaws to pulling game licenses from those that bought The Crew, Ubisoft sure is on a roll this week.
The Crew was Ubisoft's open-world racing game that was pulled from sale back in December 2023. As of March 31, 2024, Ubisoft shut down the online servers for The Crew. This effectively made the game unplayable across all platforms, including: PC,...
From announcing a $130 edition of Star Wars Outlaws to pulling game licenses from those that bought The Crew, Ubisoft sure is on a roll this week.
The Crew was Ubisoft's open-world racing game that was pulled from sale back in December 2023. As of March 31, 2024, Ubisoft shut down the online servers for The Crew. This effectively made the game unplayable across all platforms, including: PC,...
Tim Sweeney Called Valve 'Assholes' in Email to Gabe Newell, Valve COO Says 'You Mad Bro?'
Tim Sweeney is always mad.
The antitrust lawsuit against Valve from Wolfire Games got a little spicy this week. To quickly get you up to speed: Wolfire claims that Valve uses its position with Steam to control game prices and muscle out competition. Though the initial lawsuit against Valve was dismissed, Wolfire amended their suit in May 2022 and the legal battle was back on.
It may have taken almost two years, but we are now starting to see some of the documents that...
The antitrust lawsuit against Valve from Wolfire Games got a little spicy this week. To quickly get you up to speed: Wolfire claims that Valve uses its position with Steam to control game prices and muscle out competition. Though the initial lawsuit against Valve was dismissed, Wolfire amended their suit in May 2022 and the legal battle was back on.
It may have taken almost two years, but we are now starting to see some of the documents that...
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Sonic Creator Admits Guilt in Insider Trading Case
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Sonic Creator Admits Guilt in Insider Trading Case
Yuji Naka says he "knew the facts" in a public admission in the first day of court.
This week saw the start of the trial against Yuji Naka, the creator of Sonic and Balan Wonderworld, as he stands accused of insider trading. The trial concerns Naka's ownership of shares worth $1 million and $20,000 respectively in both ATeam and Aiming Inc. These two companies worked with Square Enix on the creation of mobile games such as Final Fantasy 7: The First Soldier and Dragon Quest... -
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Meta Quest 3 VR Headset Allegedly Coming Later this Year
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Meta Quest 3 VR Headset Allegedly Coming Later this Year
Thinner, more powerful, and more expensive.
According to a new report by The Verge, Meta recently shared an internal presentation where the company outlined the next several years of virtual reality releases. According to the report, Meta will release three new Quest headsets, smart glasses in 2025, AR glasses in 2027, and something Meta is calling a "neural interface" smartwatch.
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Dead by Daylight Film Announced
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Dead by Daylight Film Announced
From the production studio that brought us The Purge and M3GAN.
Atomic Monster and Blumhouse are teaming up with Dead by Daylight developer Behaviour Interactive to create a film based on the asymmetrical multiplayer game. Details on this announcement are light but we do know that it will expand upon the Dead by Daylight universe rather than attempt to be a straight adaptation of the game.
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Pwnage Announces New Ultra-light StormBreaker Wireless Mouse
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Pwnage Announces New Ultra-light StormBreaker Wireless Mouse
The new mouse boasts a total weight of just 53g.
If you're into having an ultra-light mouse for your gaming rig, you may be interested in checking out the upcoming StormBreaker mouse from Pwnage. Clocking in at a total weight of just 53g, this mouse uses a body made out magnesium to achieve that lighter weight. They also cut a bunch of holes in where having a solid piece of material really isn't necessary, like a lot of these ultra-light mice are doing these days to help keep the weight... -
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Counter-Strike 2 Reference Included in Latest Nvidia Driver
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Counter-Strike 2 Reference Included in Latest Nvidia Driver
Is the long-awaited Source 2 release just around the bend?
For a few centuries now, fans of Counter-Strike have been longing for their beloved FPS to receive an engine update to Source 2. After all, other Valve titles have received the treatment, some of which having been updated almost a decade back like Dota 2.
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New Deep Rock Galactic Game Trades Co-op FPS with Single-player Bullet Hell
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New Deep Rock Galactic Game Trades Co-op FPS with Single-player Bullet Hell
This new game is quite the departure from its origins.
Funday Games and their publisher, Ghost Ship Publishing, just announced Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor. Gone are the co-op first-person shooter shenanigans that fans have come to know and love from the original Deep Rock Galactic. In Survivor, it's just you versus an onslaught of baddies.
Funday Games is calling this a "survivor-like auto-shooter." You can probably think of this as Vampire Survivors but with... -
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Atlas Fallen Dated for May 16
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Atlas Fallen Dated for May 16
Release date announced along with new screenshots.
Focus Entertainment and development studio Deck13 Interactive say that their fantasy action-RPG Atlas Fallen will be out on May 16. This release will have you battling giant creatures in "superpowered combat" on the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.
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EA Fires Over 200 Apex Legends QA Testers via Zoom
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EA Fires Over 200 Apex Legends QA Testers via Zoom
Of all the ways to let someone go, doing it via a Zoom call and after a night shift shouldn't be one of them.
On February 28, EA tried to quietly lay off over 200 quality assurance (QA) testers from their Baton Rouge office. These QA testers were primarily working on the Respawn Entertainment developed battle royale game Apex Legends. The initial reporting about these layoffs came to light via Kotaku, who says that the layoffs happened via a Zoom call.
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Final Fantasy 16 is Probably Coming to PC but Not for a Very Long Time
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Final Fantasy 16 is Probably Coming to PC but Not for a Very Long Time
So is this PC version that "doesn't exist" actually announced now or...?
Earlier this year, Final Fantasy 16 producer Naoki "Yoshi-P" Yoshida said that if you wanted to play the new Square Enix developed RPG you should just "buy a PlayStation 5." He sure seemed to indicate at that time that a PC release of the game just wasn't in the cards yet.
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Forspoken is the First and Last Release by Luminous Productions
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Forspoken is the First and Last Release by Luminous Productions
They had a good run?
The development studio for Forspoken, Luminous Productions, will be absorbed back into Square Enix. The members of the studio will fill positions within Square Enix leaving Forspoken as their first, and only, release.
The reveal came via Twitter where Luminous Productions says that the change will begin this May. The statement from Luminous says that their "talented team will join Square Enix to deliver new, innovative gaming experiences to players... -
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Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree Expansion Announced
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Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree Expansion Announced
To deliver you what is yours. Destined death.
A day many of us have been waiting for is here: FromSoftware finally announced the first expansion for Elden Ring. The rather low-key announcement came via Twitter where the developer merely confirmed that the DLC is currently in development and that it's called Shadow of the Erdtree.
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NewsBits: A Bunch of Updates and New Releases Featuring Destiny, Battlefield, and More
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NewsBits: A Bunch of Updates and New Releases Featuring Destiny, Battlefield, and More
It's a pretty big release day for a lot of games.
Let's just get this all out of the way now, because otherwise there would be a separate news post for all of this and I'm not about that life today. Apparently, February 28th is the day that publishers and developers were like, "Yeah, that date is a great time to get a new season/game/update out to everyone!"
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Destiny 2: Lightfall Update Changelog
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Destiny 2: Lightfall Update Changelog
The new season arrives tomorrow alongside this big 7.0.0.1 update.
Tomorrow, February 28 is the launch of Destiny 2: Lightfall. Not only will players get this entirely new expansion but they will get the hefty update 7.0.0.1 for the game at the exact same time.
Obviously, Lightfall is going to bring about a bunch of new content. This 7.0.0.1 update will also bring sweeping changes to a lot of the game's existing mechanics, as well as changes to gear, mods, weapons, special... -
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Expansions Announced for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet
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Expansions Announced for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet
Two major expansions will continue the story in Scarlet and Violet.
Later this year, the first expansions for Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet will be released. The expansions were revealed as part of a Pokémon Presents event from earlier this morning. Combined, the expansions are called The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero. This will be made up of two separate DLCs: The Teal Mask in fall 2023 and The Indigo Disk in winter 2023.
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Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Co-op Gameplay Showcase
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Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Co-op Gameplay Showcase
Because this was forgotten about last week.
Last week during the PlayStation Showcase, Warner Bros. Games and DC revealed a decently long look at the co-op gameplay for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. This is the upcoming third-person action-adventure title in development by Rocksteady Studios.
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