No bath is complete without having a rubber duck to keep you company, but if you’ve ever wanted a gangster mallard with a heart of gold to watch over you then here’s some good news. Tubbz, which has made all manner of rubber duckies based on popular film, TV, and …
Read More »Disco Elysium Has Been Unbanned In Australia
Disco Elysium is once again on sale in Australia, after the game was previously banned on all platforms in late March. Disco Elysium: A Final Cut–a definitive version of the game according to its developers–was submitted to Australia’s Classification Review Board for a formal rating but was refused by the …
Read More »Konami's Mobile Games Made Almost $2 Billion In The Last Financial Year
2020 was a profitable year for many video game publishers, and for Konami, it was a period of time that saw steady growth primarily from its mobile gaming division. For the financial year ending on March 31, 2021, Konami’s total revenue reached $2.48 billion, a 3.7% increase when compared to …
Read More »Borderlands 3 True Trials Event Begins This Week, Revengence Of Revenge Of The Cartels Coming In June
Borderlands 3 will see six weeks of challenging content added to its sandbox, as the True Trial event begins. Starting this week and running until July 1 according to publisher 2K Games, each mini-event will feature a buffed-up boss in a modified Proving Grounds trial. Once defeated, the boss will …
Read More »Square Enix Sold Almost 50 Million Games In 2020 Financial Year, Looking At NFTs For Future Growth
Square Enix has announced its financial results, and like many other video game companies, the publisher broke a number of records last year. For the fiscal year ending on March 31, 2021, Square Enix recorded a 27.6% year-on-year increase in net sales that totaled $3.03 billion and saw its operating …
Read More »Bandai Namco Had A Pretty Great 2020, Revenue Reached $6.8 billion
Thanks to the perfect storm of a global pandemic and an entertainment-starved population turning to video games to help stave off lockdown boredom, video game publishers have reported record earnings for the financial year ending on March 31, 2021. According to its latest financial results, publisher Bandai Namco was among …
Read More »Soviet Lord Of The Rings TV Movie Was Shot In Just A Week Under Shoestring Budget Conditions
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring may have been the first live-action adaptation of author J.R.R Tolkien’s iconic fantasy novels, but it wasn’t the first that cameras began rolling during a trip to Middle-earth. That honor falls to “Khraniteli,” aka The Protectors, a low-budget adaptation of …
Read More »Sega Gives Tentative Ok On Most Non-Profit Sonic Projects
Most video game companies are quick to issue a cease-and-desist legal letter to fan projects based on its games, but for the most part, Sega has realized the value of embracing fans of its iconic blue blur Sonic the Hedgehog. With concern that a new episode drop for Sonic fan-game …
Read More »Fatal Frame Has Been Revived…As A Pachinko Slot Machine
Cult classic survival-horror franchise Fatal Frame hasn’t seen the light of day since its last game, Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water, was released on the Nintendo Wii in 2014. At long last, a new entry in the series is coming…to a Japanese pachinko parlor near you. Developed by Yamasa …
Read More »At Long Last, The Nintendo Switch Gets A $10 Calculator App
Nintendo’s Switch console has since 2017 established itself as an amazing hybrid home and handheld console, but at long last it can serve an equally important secondary function: tallying up numbers with a calculator app. Simply titled “Calculator”, the app launched this week on the Nintendo Switch eShop, and is …
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