Because everyone needed more reasons to dislike either company.

The gaming world will soon have two additional outlets for NFT scams thanks to both Konami and GameStop. Both companies announced that they are getting into the NFT crypto world with a couple of different approaches.

First up, Konami is set to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Castlevania franchise. There's almost something poetic about celebrating a game series about blood-sucking demons by selling jpgs...

Just when you thought they were out of ideas.

Deadline reports that film studio MGM has bought the rights to a book deal written by Ben Mezrich, called The Antisocial Network. This book deal will focus on the ongoing story of how Reddit's r/WallStreetBets took on Wall Street at their own game and seemingly won.

The film will be based off of Ben Mezrich's book that has yet to be written. If his name sounds familiar to you, it may be because his book, Accidental Billionaires:...

Welcome to GameStop, where our employees are completely expendable.

We're still in the midst of a global pandemic but that sure hasn't stopped the morons of the world from wanting to open everything back up. Speaking of which: GameStop corporate have started to reopen a number of stores around the world. They join city mayors, state governors, and a bunch of Trump supporting protesters that blindly threw themselves at an astroturfing campaign to force people back to work. It's easy...

In late January 2020, I wrote up about some of the fantastic games that were released in 2019. It was a "game of the year" focused piece with...

Was it worth it?

GameStop announced that it is closing over 300 stores this year. These closures are part of their continued efforts to "de-densify" and was announced during the latest earnings call for the dying gaming focused retailer. Last fiscal year, the company revealed that they closed 321 stores. This brought their total number of locations to 5,500 storefronts. This year, GameStop's CEO George Sherman says that they have plans to match or possibly exceed last year's...

Imagine being this full of yourself.

GameStop, the physical retailer that sells video games and video game accessories, told all of its stores today that they should remain open. A memo sent to all store managers says that all stores should remain open even if the city or state goes on lockdown to protect against the spread of Covid-19. The retailer told its employees that they, much like grocery stores and pharmacies, are "essential retail" and are thus exempt from abiding...

Goal is to help save the dying company.

Reggie Fils-Aimé has joined the GameStop board of directors, the company announced today. This will be the first industry job held by Fils-Aimé since he retired as the president and COO of Nintendo of America in April 2019.

The announcement was made first by a GameStop press release and then shortly thereafter tweeted out by Fils-Aimé himself. Fils-Aimé joins two other new board members today. They are being brought on to help bring the dying retailer back into the realm of profitability. ...

As GameStop continues to shutter stores, some are offering big savings.

This is a bit of a mixed bag of news to share with you today. The good news is that some GameStop stores are offering upwards of 30% off new consoles, up to 70% off of used games, and up to 50% off of new games. After discount, you can pick up a Switch Lite for as little as $139.99 (USD). It's typically priced closer to $200. That's awesome! Right?

Sadly, these sales are only happening at a number...

Rockstar's latest is confirmed to get a PC release very soon.

Rockstar Games announced today that Red Dead Redemption 2 is coming to the PC starting on November 5, 2019. There are some, let's just call them interesting, stipulations here as they apply to the pre-order periods for this game and the platforms that will be available.

First off, you can pre-order the game from October 9 through October 22 via the Rockstar Games Launcher to get a limited time offer. This offer...

Retailer continues to barely cling to life.

GameStop has laid off over a hundred employees today. These layoffs have hit its main corporate HQ in Grapevine, Texas along with some of company's subsidiaries. One such subsidiary that was hit hard was Game Informer. Nearly half of the Game Informer staff was laid off today.

This latest round of layoffs actually happened just a few weeks after the company laid off over 50 employees, mainly regional managers. GameStop has been...

Release date set for physical console releases.

A physical release of Age of Wonders: Planetfall has been set for August 6, 2019 for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions of the game. Age of Wonders: Planetfall is a sci-fi strategy title and serves as a successor to the previous title from Triumph Studios.

Players are tasked with building up a galactic empire and forging a new future. You will get to play as one of six different factions that include cyborg-zombies or...

Capcom announced a special SteelBook Edition for Resident Evil 2. The catch is that this SteelBook Edition seems like it will be only for Europe.

According to a tweet from the Resident Evil Twitter account, the SteelBook Edition will also come with Claire's Elza DLC outfit. Take a look at the included image, seen above, to see if the SteelBook Edition interests you or not. Resident Evil 2 will be released on January 25, 2019 for the PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. If you're i...

According to statements listed on the GameStop Germany page for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, the beta will begin in August. In addition, the PC version will have an open beta.

The site says that the launch of the private beta for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions will take place in August. It goes on to say that the PC release will not need beta codes because the PC beta in particular will be "open" for all Battle.net players.
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According to statements listed on the GameStop Germany page for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, the beta will begin in August. In addition, the PC version...

If you want some exclusive that you can exclusively get from GameStop or Amazon for Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age, then today is your lucky day. These exclusive exclusives for Echoes of an Elusive Age include some different exclusive digital items that you exclusively will have exclusive access to when the game is released almost exclusively on the PlayStation 4 on September 4, 2018.
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