Streamer Kai Cenat Calls Out Twitch After Overtaking xQc For Most SubsKai Cenat provided a bright spot at the end of what was a very bad week for Twitch. The 20-year-old streamer managed to crack 80,000 paid subs, overtaking Félix ‘xQc’ Lengyel to become the most subscribed English-speaking channel on Twitch. A tearful mid-stream call with his mom summed up everything the moment meant…
09/26/22
Last Of Us TV Show Gets Its First Full TrailerToday, HBO released the first big trailer for the upcoming Last Of Us live-action TV show. The show stars Pedro Pascal as Joel and Bella Ramsey as Ellie. No specific release date has been shared by HBO, but it will be premiering next year in 2023.
09/26/22
The 25 Most Valuable Pokémon TCG Cards In Lost OriginPokémon TCG’s latest Sword & Shield set, Lost Origin, has been out for a couple of weeks now. That’s long enough that the community has settled on which cards are the most desirable, and thus the most valuable when trading or selling.
09/26/22
The Best And Worst Parts Of Every Assassin’s Creed GameReleased back in 2007, the first Assassin’s Creed took the world by storm and kicked off a large and still ongoing franchise, one of Ubisoft’s most successful, too. While every fan of the franchise no doubt has their favorite (and least favorite) entries, we aren’t here to rank them all. I mean, we did that already. …
09/24/22
Report: 17-Year-Old Arrested On Suspicion Of Being Hacker Behind GTA VI LeakToday, London City Police announced they had arrested a 17-year-old from Oxfordshire Thursday evening. While the police have yet to confirm why, it’s been reported that the teen was arrested in connection with the recent Uber and Grand Theft Auto VI leaks. The suspect remains in City Police custody at this time.
09/23/22
The Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Fire Is Out Of Control In The Cyberpunk 2077 Modding SceneCyberpunk 2077 might be getting its first major expansion next year, but that hasn’t stopped fans from creating their own mods for the game so they can finally have Netflix’s popular anime series, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, in the game for realsies.
09/23/22
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales Coming To PC Later This FallSwinging right off the heels of Insomniac’s PC release for Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered last month, its spin-off, Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, is making its way to PC sometime later this year as well.
09/23/22
Dragon Ball’s Unsung Hero Finally Takes Center Stage In The BreakersRead more...
09/23/22
TikTok’s Ugly ‘NPC In Real Life’ Trend Reflects The Worst Side Of Growing Up OnlineI’ve been seeing these videos for at least a year, what I’d call the “NPC in real life” trend on TikTok, videos which involve harassing, embarrassing, or frightening people in public. Harassment is a staple of online life, something I placidly accept from YouTube “prank” channels, niche celebrity drama, and my Twitter…
09/23/22
In This Modern-Day Bushido Blade-Style Fighting Game It’s One Hit And You’re ToastRead more...
09/23/22
Xbox Launches 'Project Amplify' To Address Gaming’s Desperate Need For More Black DevelopersTo cap off National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week, Xbox announced “Project Amplify,” an outreach program to help the next generation of Black game developers begin charting their career paths within the industry.
09/23/22
River City Girls Zero’s Charming Presentation Masks A Frustrating Vintage Beat ‘Em UpWe might have to wait a little while longer before we can ora ora ora our way into River City Girls 2, but beat ‘em up fans can satiate their hunger by time-warping into the rerelease of a much older game from the ‘90s, now retitled River City Girls Zero.
09/23/22
Apex Legends Devs Are Sick Of Players Harassing ThemRespawn Entertainment took to Twitter this week with a statement condemning the “increased harassment” its employees have faced over the variety of issues plaguing the popular battle royale shooter Apex Legends.
09/23/22
Trombone Champ Is Now A Steam Top Seller, Which Is FantasticIt just simply could not be better that one of the top 10 selling games on Steam right now is Trombone Champ, the utterly ridiculous and hilarious trombone sim-cum-Guitar Hero game from one of the funniest developers in the industry. But it’s also astonishing, given the daft obscurity of the game’s themes.
09/23/22
The Story Behind Mortal Kombat’s Iconic Dragon LogoYou’ve probably seen the silhouette of Mortal Kombat’s dragon logo so often that you don’t even think about how little sense it makes. There weren’t any dragons in the original Mortal Kombat, and it doesn’t factor into the backstory about an interdimensional martial arts tournament to determine the fate of the planet.…
09/23/22
Detective Pikachu 2 May Still Exist, Even Be 'Nearing Release'It’s been three years since The Pokémon Company announced Detective Pikachu 2 for the Nintendo Switch. And given the complete silence on the project since, you’d be forgiven for having completely forgotten it was ever a thing. However, due to a throwaway line on a developer’s LinkedIn profile, it seems it’s not only…
09/23/22
Sorry, Nintendo, Everyone’s Having A Hard Time Remembering It’s Tears Of The Kingdom, Not BOTW 2Nintendo, ever the iconoclasts, chose the most recent Nintendo Direct to announce not the GameCube Zelda remakes we’re certain they’ve already finished, nor any information about the upcoming Mario movie, but instead to surprise-reveal the official title of Breath of the Wild 2 . It was The Legend Of Zelda: Tears of…
09/23/22
Madden Streamers Are Going On 'Strike' Over In-Game Gambling OddsSome of the biggest streamers in the Madden community have announced they’re going on “pack strike”, creating a hashtag and refusing to spend any money on Madden 23's Ultimate Team mode until publisher Electronic Arts make some changes.
09/23/22
Solium Infernum Is A Grand Strategy Game Set In HellI know a lot of people who would say a grand strategy game set anywhere would be hell, but those people don’t know what they’re missing out on.
09/23/22
Steam Has New Sales & Popularity Charts, And They're GreatPeople like to buy games from and play games in Steam, but anyone interested in really poking around the site (like us, it’s our job) has two things they want to know: which games are selling the most copies, and which games are being played the most.