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Developed by Yakuza series devs, Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, and published by SEGA, the action-adventure game Lost Judgment is currently facing some disputes. This is due to disagreements with Johnny’s Entertainment. Johnny’s is the talent agency of Takuya Kimura, the voice actor of the game’s protagonist. An article from the Japanese showbiz news website, Nikkan […]

After becoming a video game character as a Fortnite skin, prolific Twitch streamer, Tyler “Ninja” Bevins, will once again become a digital character. This time he will appear as a playable champion in Raid: Shadow Legends. His character launches on July 16. Additionally, the caracter will also be free to all players for three months. […]

EA Sports has finally given more details on the upcoming FIFA 22. It will be launching on October 1 for all current-gen platforms: PlayStation5, and Xbox Series X|S. It will also be available on last-gen consoles, the Xbox One and PlayStation 4. On PC, it can be acquired through Steam and Origin. A Stadia version […]

In the most recent Final Fantasy XIV Liveletter, Final Fantasy XVI producer Naoki Yoshida revealed some details about the upcoming game. The biggest of which is that FFXVI‘s main scenario has been finished. Additionally, the English voiceover work for the game has almost concluded recording. Unfortunately, Yoshida has also stated that it is likely the […]

This year’s iteration of Summer Games Done Quick (GDQ) raised a total of $2,909,764.35 from 40,359 total donations. GDQ is a seven-day-long 24-hour charity stream full of videogame speedrunning marathons. Proceeds will go to Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders). The event ran from July 4 to 11, 2021. GDQ is a series of charity […]

The Persona series will be celebrating its 25th anniversary in September 2021. Atlus is planning various commemorative merchandise, events, and collaborations for the franchise. The official teaser website contains 7 images. One of them has the date “2021/9” on it, the next five just contain the words “Coming Soon” while the 7th one has a […]

Moss Book II  was the only PlayStation VR title announced at the most recent State of Play. There, Moss Book developers Polyarc showed off what was next for protagonist Quill and her uncle Argus. The announcement trailer showed off a variety of different new locations, environmental interactions, puzzles, and dangers. In a press release on […]

After a heart-wrenching loss to OG in the finals of The International 10 EU Qualifiers, Tundra Esports’ support player Jingjun “Sneyking” Wu typed out an emotional message to fans. He thanked several people and his team, then proceeded to apologize to the fans for his loss. Tundra Esports was a favorite to win the EU […]

The “Cathedral of Counter-Strike” certainly delivered on the CS:GO action during the IEM Cologne 2021 Group Stage. G2 Esports claimed a close victory over tournament-favorites, Gambit Esports, to top Group A. Meanwhile, Natus Vincere won out Group B with a convincing win over Astralis. Group A IEM Cologne 2021 is the first large-scale CS:GO LAN […]

Aside from details on Season 2 for the Netflix Witcher series, CD PROJEKT RED also announced two spin-offs for the franchise. First up was The Witcher Nightmare of the Wolf, an animated film. Second, was The Witcher Ronin, a full-length manga with Japanese folklore themes. Nightmare of the Wolf Nightmare of the Wolf will be […]

A fully congested North America server screen greeted aspiring new Final Fantasy XIV players last night. For a while, every single server in all three NA Data Centers was congested. Due to this, no new characters could be created. The Square Enix Store even ran out of digital copies of the game. This sudden surge […]

By the time the tenth International Dota 2 Championship rolls around, Clement “Puppey” Ivanov will be the only remaining player to have attended them all. This follows after Kuro “KuroKy” Salehi Takhasomi’s elimination from TI10 Western European Qualifiers at the hands of OG. Puppey’s storied career in Dota 2 began with Natus Vincere with the […]

Netflix showed off a new trailer for The Witcher Season 2 at WitcherCon. Geralt’s and Ciri’s fates finally intertwine and the stakes are higher than ever. The trailer also gives us a glimpse of Kaer Morhen. The Witcher Season 2 will premier on December 17 on Netflix. WitcherCon was a joined event hosted by Netflix […]

The Sims 4 is welcoming its latest expansion on July 22. Sims 4: Cottage Living will be introducing a slew of new features and content into the game, so let’s check out the latest from the recent livestream. Incoming Create-A-Sim, Build/Buy Content As usual, we will get a deluge of new Build/Buy objects that is […]

Square Enix just showed off the new Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker benchmark trailer at the latest Letter from the Producer Live. The trailer shows the Warrior of Light fighting in a snowy field and walking around the new Endwalker zones. It also shows a climactic battle with all the allies the Warrior of Light has […]

Ubisoft has detailed their Rainbow Six Siege balance changes for Year 6 Season 2.2 in official Designer’s Notes. This also includes the addition of the Favela map to ranked and unranked modes. A lot of the operator changes were made due to R6‘s current ban rates, which were also detailed in the same post. One […]

Sloclap, the creators of Absolver showed off a new trailer for their upcoming game, Sifu. Sloclap has decided to delay the martial arts action game to 2022. This delay was mostly caused by the difficulties of the COVID-19 pandemic. The official PlayStation blog post states: “We still felt earlier this year that we could make […]

League of Legends’ new champion, Akshan, will be added to the game with the Sentinel of Light event. This coincides with Patch 11.15, which releases on July 22. He’s a South Asian-inspired Rogue Sentinel with a unique skill – he is the first LoL champion who can revive his teammates. League of Legends lore-wise, he […]

The official Destiny 2 Twitter account announced a Destiny 2 Showcase for August 24. It comes with the tagline “Survive the Truth”. This date coincides with the end of Destiny 2‘s current Season of the Splicer. No other details have been confirmed. However, there is a lot of speculation regarding an upcoming expansion. In a […]

The “Cathedral of Counter-Strike” IEM Cologne 2021 Play-In stage has finally concluded. With it comes the advancement of eight teams to the group stage, and eight teams already concluding their journey at the tournament. The eight teams making it into the IEM Cologne 2021 Group Stage are: Ninjas in Pyjamas Team Vitality BIG FaZe Clan […]

Spike Chunsoft has announced the release date for Danganronpa Decadence. The compilation comes out on December 3 for North America and Europe. Its release will also celebrate the series’ tenth anniversary. The collection was first announced at the E3 2021 Nintendo Direct. Danganronpa is a series of games where you play a high-school student trapped […]

Bucharest, Romania, will now be hosting The International Dota 2 Championships in October. Amid the turmoil caused by Sweden’s government not recognizing The International as an elite sporting event last June, Valve has finally secured a new venue for their biggest esports tournament. The city of Bucharest was speculated to be a top candidate to […]

Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier recently released his article regarding the Assassin’s Creed franchise going into live online game services. Moments later, Ubisoft unveils internal restructuring details and Assassin’s Creed Infinity. In an official post on the Ubisoft website, Nathalie Bouchard and Christophe Derennes detail the future of the Assassin’s Creed franchise. Bouchard is the managing […]

King of Fighters XV is the first game in the series that will be launching on multiple platforms in more than a decade. The game is set to release in the first quarter of 2022. As of now, it does not have a definite launch date. The COVID-19 pandemic caused delays for the game, moving […]

The Monster Hunter spin-off releases on July 9, but Capcom has already outlined its post-launch plans for the game. This includes free updates up until October. Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin is the second game in the turn-based RPG spin-off series. The first post-release content drop will be the Palamute monstie – the […]

An official post from Sid Shuman, Senior Director for Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) details Playstation’s next State of Play. The rumors stating that it would take place on July 8 turned out to be correct. The official PlayStation Blog post states that the show will run for 30 minutes, with most of the runtime focused […]

A YouTube video from known video game leaker Tom Henderson gave speculative details on Grand Theft Auto 6. He also stated that GTA6 will be set in a modern-day version of Vice City. Rockstar released Grand Theft Auto: Vice City back in 2006 through a collaboration between Rockstar Leeds and Rockstar North. Miami, Florida, was […]

Asmongold, one of World of Warcraft‘s largest streamers, started his Final Fantasy XIV journey last weekend. His first stream netted him over 200k viewers and 7,000 new subscribers. He also earned well over $30,000 in donations. However, the stream wasn’t completely smooth sailing. He was swarmed by a horde of onlookers that followed him around […]

Bandai Namco just released the Tales of Arise opening trailer, featuring visuals by animation studio ufotable – they are also in charge of all the in-game anime cutscenes. It also shows off the new theme song, “Hibana” by Kankaku Piero. The new trailer gives us another glimpse of the game’s playable characters ahead of the […]

While the deluge of announcements from E3 2021 has concluded, EA still has some surprises in store this summer. EA Play Live will air on July 22. It will also be accompanied by a pre-show at 10 AM PST. As for what to expect, BioWare has already announced that they’ll be missing out on EA […]

Counter-Strike‘s “longest-running and most historic” series will have its seventh iteration starting tomorrow. IEM Cologne will run from July 6-18. We’ll get to see 24 of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive‘s best teams battle it out for the lion’s share of the $1,000,000 prize pool. Formerly known as ESL One Cologne, the tournament has been rebranded to […]

The International Dota 2 Championship Regional Qualifiers are in full swing, but as of now we still don’t know where it will be held. In a statement from last June, Valve announced that it will no longer be held in Sweden, saying: “Over the course of the past year, Stockholm Live and Visit Stockholm continued […]

After Sony’s absence at this year’s E3, PlayStation fans are eagerly looking forward to what the platform has in store. The PlayStation 5 is finally hitting its stride, and a lot of exciting games are just over the horizon. When is the next State of Play? While Sony has yet to announce an official date […]

In a first for the series, Diablo 4 will finally be doing away with pre-established character pre-sets. “Diablo IV offers players more customization options than ever,” Blizzard said in the most recent Diablo IV Quarterly Update. Diablo 4‘s character creator will give players the option to customize their character’s face, hair, jewelry, makeup, tattoos, and body […]

Life is Strange: Settling Dust is a comic series that continues the story after the events of the original game. It will start its final act this September. Its publisher, Titan comics, calls it “the heart-wrenching conclusion to Max and Chloe’s epic comics journey”. The official description also states that “Max finally believes that she […]

Dutch studio Nixxes Software has been acquired by Sony PlayStation. The PC ports of Crystal Dynamics games are some of their major releases. The latest Tomb Raider trilogy, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, and Marvel’s Avengers are just some of their past projects. They also helped Guerilla work on Killzone Shadow Fall in the past. The […]

Inspired by games like Animal Crossing and Breath of the Wild, Palia is an upcoming MMO focused on building communities. The game’s developer, Singularity 6, has raised $30 million to fund its development. FunPlus Ventures led the Series B financing round for the game. Their COO, Michael Tong, stated that they are “excited to be […]

The Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster versions for the first three Final Fantasy games will release on July 28, 2021. These will be available for Android, iOS, and PC (via Steam). The following three games in the series do not yet have a definite launch date, but they are confirmed for 2021. First teased at Square […]

In a recent interview with Famitsu, former Square Enix director Hajime Tabata confirmed that his studio, JP Games is working on two new large-scale projects. He also stated that JP Games was working alongside another big company on both games. Hajime Tabata is most well-known as the director of Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, Final […]