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Krafton Inc. and Castlevania Executive Producer Adi Shankar team up for an animated series of the granddaddy of battle royale games – PUBG. Krafton Inc. made a great acquisition in Shankar since he is no stranger to turning video games into animated interpretations.  Castlevania’s well-received animated show on Netflix caught the attention of Krafton Inc. […]

Bethesda introduces Fallout Worlds, a personalized Fallout experience where players can play with their friends in their very own customized world. Fallout 76 players now have the power to give a personal touch to their own interpretation of Appalachia. As we all know, modding is no stranger to the Fallout franchise. Now, with Fallout Worlds […]

In a recent Ubisoft earning’s call, the long-slumbering Skull & Bones game appeared under the heading “New IP creation with a focus on long term player engagement”. That same document also confirmed the upcoming additional year of content for Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla. Skull & Bones: From expansion to full spin-off However, Kotaku also recently released […]

Riders Republic, an upcoming new IP under the Ubisoft Originals banner, will likely be a live-service, community-focused game. This is according to the June 20 investors call by Ubisoft, where the company revealed their strategy for the game. Their press release calls Riders Republic “New IP creation with a focus on long term player engagement.” […]

Gaming insider Daniel Ahmad has reported details from a recent Ubisoft conference call, including confirmation about Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla getting another year of content. The official document states: “Ambitious plans for biggest existing franchises, including: ▪ Promising content for Assassin’s Creed® over the coming months and years, including a powerful post–launch plan for Valhalla in […]

EA Play Live will take place on July 22. They have confirmed that there will be no Star Wars, Dragon Age, or Mass Effect games at the show. However, EA has hinted that game reveals may come next year. Possible reveals will happen at Disney’s own event next year. The Star Wars Celebration event for 2022 […]

The XCOM franchise will be expanding onto the free-to-play mobile market with XCOM: Legends. A new studio, Iridium Starfish, will be developing the game. The official Google Play Store page describes the game as a “mobile turn-based RPG”. XCOM: Legends will feature a campaign mode and PVP modes. Additionally, players may deploy 5 heroes at […]

In a Q&A session for the Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster, Square Enix outlined some information about the new series of remasters. First off, they reiterated that the release will be on Steam, iOS, and Android only. Of course, until there is “enough demand” to bring them to consoles. This seems to be a tone-deaf statement, […]

The Traveler’s adventure continues as they embark upon the journey of meeting Genshin Impact‘s The Seven Archons. Their next stop is Inazuma, the land permeated by the element of Electro. The God of Eternity, the Electro Archon, Baal, openly rules the region as the Raiden Shogun. The Electro Element permeates the environment in Inazuma. There’s […]

Genshin Impact‘s new region, the Inazuma archipelago, will be coming out as version 2.0 rolls out on July 21, 2021. The Feudal Japan-inspired archipelago is so huge that we will only get to explore two out of all of its islands. Still, even if we’re just getting two for now, it’s never too early to take […]

The most remarkable achievement of LeBron James’s illustrious career is not the stats, highlights, titles, or accolades: it’s the longevity. The Los Angeles Lakers superstar will turn 37 years old during the 2021-22 NBA season — his 19th, tying him with Kobe Bryant — and remains at the top of his game when healthy. LeBron […]

The Genshin Impact v2.0 Special Program previewed the upcoming events for the new patch. There’s a lot of them, so we’re going to talk about each one in detail in this article. Our adventure to Inazuma will be filled with a lot of bountiful rewards unlocked by completing challenges. These rewards include Primogems, Ascencion Materials, EXP Materials, […]

Final Fantasy X just celebrated its 20th anniversary yesterday. The JRPG classic first came out in Japan on July 19, 2001 for the PlayStation 2. Since then, it has been Remastered for modern consoles in 2013, and has continued to leave a lasting legacy in the Final Fantasy series and the gaming landscape at large. […]

Nintendo has been the king of handhelds for years. They have held dominance over the market since the days of the Nintendo DS. Now that Valve’s Steam Deck has been announced, it seems like there’s finally some real competition in the handheld space. The Steam Deck comes in with some impressive specs, and because it’s […]

Console players of brutal city management sim Frostpunk will finally get the game’s three DLCs. The game’s first DLC, The Fall of Winterhome, was already given out for free to all owners of Frostpunk. This time around, console players will be able to purchase the three other DLCs that followed that. The Rifts introduced bridges that can help traverse canyons, […]

Fall Guys Season 5 is fast approaching and the new season looks thrilling. The theme for the upcoming season will be Jungle Adventure. Here, Mediatonic introduces new elements in the game with the addition of swinging logs, a lost temple, and mechanical rhinos. Season 5 feels like marrying Indiana Jones and Temple Run together and […]

Respawn Entertainment is back at it again with their Apex Legends cinematics. The new story this time reveals the new Legend, Seer, in an animated short called “Metamorphosis.” Apex Legends‘ newest legend, Seer was born with cursed eyes that reduce mountains to dust, a king to a beggar, and an ocean to a desert. The […]

Kyle “Bugha” Giersdorf, Fortnite 2019 World Champion, gets his own Fortnite Icon skin. The 18-year-old becomes the youngest person ever to get an Icon skin, and now you can get to play as him, too. Bugha became world champion at the age of 16, back when he still played with No Clout. He plays for Sentinels nowadays and continues […]

Ubisoft has just announced the next game in the Tom Clancy series, titled Tom Clancy’s XDefiant. It is set to be a free-to-play multiplayer first-person shooter. It will allow two teams of six players each to face off in action-packed arena battles. The official registration page describes it as: “a free-to-play, fast-paced arena shooter that […]

Relic Entertainment recently announced Company of Heroes 3. The unique take on Real-Time Strategy makes a return after eight years of absence. Company of Heroes 3 will be set in the Mediterranean, tackling both North Africa and the Allied invasion of Italy. In line with that, one of the playable factions will be the US […]

MiHoYo’s Genshin Impact v2.0 Special Program did a spell on us and countless other Genshin Impact fans. There will be cool new features, amazing new mechanics, and amazing new characters, not to mention an entirely new region in Inazuma. We know that you’re just as hyped as we are, but there are a couple of things you should do […]

The Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters aims to be the new definitive versions of the early Final Fantasy games. The first three games in the series (FFI-FFIII) will release on July 28, 2021. They will be available for Android, iOS, and PC (via Steam). Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster Release Date: July 29, 2021 The old remasters […]

Twitch streamer Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek comes out of retirement from the competitive scene. The former Cloud9 pro player last played competitively in 2017 for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Shroud returns to competitive play, this time in Riot Games’ VALORANT, along with former Cloud9 teammate n0thing and streamer ShawnBM. Former Apex Legends pro player iiTzTimmy and retired CS:GO pro Laski will […]

Respawn Entertainment may have just teased the newest legend for Apex Legends Season 10. Ever since Season 1 of Apex Legends, Respawn Entertainment has always made it a point to release new legends every season. Now that Season 9 is coming to a close, fans of the game have been looking for signs of the new legend […]

Natus Vincere’s road to the IEM Cologne 2021 finals was a fairly smooth one. They scored 2:1 wins in all their games from the group stage. They topped Group B and went straight into the Semi-Finals. There, they stopped FaZe Clan’s momentum with dominant wins on Inferno and Mirage, scoring 16:7 on both maps. In […]

Ubisoft faces a collective lawsuit filed by a French union, who alleges the publisher is guilty of systemic sexual harassment. French union Solitaires Informatique filed a collective action lawsuit last Friday. In a statement, the union says that Ubisoft is guilty of “putting in place, maintaining and strengthening a system where sexual harassment is tolerated […]

World of Warcraft Shadowlands’ 9.1 patch, titled Chains of Domination, was released to a lukewarm reception. This is especially concerning considering it took an exceedingly long time to release. However, Blizzard at least seems to be willing to listen to its player base regarding some things. They increased the drop rate for the Fallen Charger […]

Valve surprised the gaming world by revealing the Steam Deck. Steam Deck, which many call the Nintendo Switch killer, turns out to be the rumored Steam Pal we reported last month. Now, the Steam Deck’s promised to arrive just in time for Holiday 2021. That will still remain true for those who were lucky enough […]

After being delayed to this month from May, Resident Evil Re:Verse gets pushed further back. What was supposed to come out alongside Resident Evil Village will no longer be coming out this year. Resident Evil Re:Verse is a spin-off multiplayer game. It’s supposed to feature asymmetric gameplay, where one group of survivors playing as different Resident Evil heroes and heroines will […]

Rainbow Six Extraction will no longer be released this year. R6 Extraction will now be released on January 2022. Originally meant to come out this September, Ubisoft decides to delay the release of Rainbow 6 Extraction. Along with it is Riders Republic, which will also be delayed. But unlike R6 Extraction, Riders Republic will still come out this year. Riders Republic‘s new release date is […]

Rumors about Call of Duty 2021 have been spreading like wildfire for quite some time now. The community and various leakers have named the next COD “Vanguard” that’s supposedly coming out later this year. The upcoming title will most likely tie up with Call of Duty: Warzone. Just recently, more leaks and rumors about Vanguard’s reveal […]

When you first think about it, beating Super Mario Bros. is already a challenge in itself. But beating the entire game in less than 12 minutes all the while being blindfolded is just completely bonkers. Apparently, Speedrunner Crescendo was able to beat Super Mario Bros. in just 11 minutes and 55 seconds. Now that’s some real dedication. Crescendo […]

Some people on the internet will do anything they can just to win an internet argument. For example, a War Thunder player, who is believed to be a Royal Tank Regiment of the United Kingdom commander, would leak confidential military documents. The aptly named Fear_Naught got into an argument on War Thunder‘s online message boards on the […]

Fortnite’s patch v17.20 is likely coming out this July 20. This isn’t just any ordinary update though. A feature that fans have long been asking for is finally making its way into the game. In Fortnite v17.20, Epic Games will introduce the new “Preferred Item Slots” feature, according to leakers. This comes as huge news, […]

Hololive’s Vtuber Takanashi Kiara has just become Tales of Arise‘s ambassador. BANDAI NAMCO has chosen her to be an exclusive source of news about the game. Surely, Kiara’s over 1 million subscribers will appreciate this gesture by BANDAI NAMCO. The lucky subscribers will have access to exclusive Tales of Arise content and footage through Kiara’s videos. […]

CinnamonToastKen and BuffPro recorded and released their final video on the Meme Couch. See the video below: Goodbye Meme Couch: The Final CinnamonToastKen & BuffPro Meme Couch episode CinnamonToastKen and BuffPro have been making Meme Couch episodes since 2018. But since Ken had moved to Australia to live there with his wife Mary and their […]

Gundam Evolution is Bandai Namco’s latest upcoming first-person shooter. It will be set in the Gundam universe and feature 6v6 battles. The game is set to launch on PC in 2022. It will also be free-to-play. Based on the teaser trailer, the action will be incredibly fast-paced. The gameplay also seems quite similar to other […]

Offworld Trading Company is a real-time strategy business management sim, and it’s free for the week of July 16-22, 2021, on the Epic Games Store. With Mars colonized, the biggest corporations on Earth now travel to the red planet to set up business there. Offworld Trading Company puts you at the helm of one of these […]

Get your detective boots on and uncover all of the mysteries in Obduction. Obduction is one of the two free games in the Epic Games Store for this week and will be available for free until July 22, 2021. Obduction is a first-person mystery adventure game. You’ve been abducted and brought to a world far away from home. You’ll […]