Players are getting crafty with the newly released Lego Fortnite, a Lego-branded survival-crafting mode within Fortnite that plays fairly similarly to Minecraft. With all the crafting and building tools available in the new mode, Redditor u/claudesfeet made a faithful, if blocky, recreation of Call of Duty’s Nuketown map. The player …
Read More »Embracer-Owned Black Forest Games Has Laid Off 50% Of Its Staff – Report
Yet another video game company has reportedly suffered layoffs in the first month of 2024. This time it’s Black Forest Games, a subsidiary of THQ Nordic (itself a subsidiary of gaming giant Embracer), most known for developing the Destroy All Humans! remake and its successor, Destroy All Humans 2: Reprobed. …
Read More »The Pokemon Company Says It Intends To Investigate Palworld
Even before it released in early access, Palworld has been extensively compared to Pokemon, with the key additions of guns and a much darker mythos. Amid claims that the survival game may have plagiarized parts of its monster designs from Pokemon, The Pokemon Company has finally released a statement on …
Read More »More Netflix Price Hikes Are Likely On The Way
Netflix is likely to continue to incrementally increase the prices of its subscription plans, the streaming giant has shared in a letter to shareholders. The detail was revealed as part of the company’s fourth quarter results, where it shared more details on its future plans around monetization. Overall, Netflix says …
Read More »New On Disney Plus In February 2024: The Marvels, Bad Batch
As February draws closer, Disney+ has released the list of movies, TV shows, and documentaries that will be coming to the service next month. Here’s everything that will be added to Disney’s streaming service starting February 1. Making its premiere on Disney+ is The Marvels, the last major film to …
Read More »Twin Galaxies Has Reinstated Billy Mitchell's Donkey Kong Records, Kind Of
Billy Mitchell, the competitive arcade gamer and former Donkey Kong world record holder, has settled his feud with arcade scorekeeping website Twin Galaxies, with the latter reinstating his records–albeit as a “historical database.” Courthouse News Service reported last week that Mitchell’s lawsuit against Twin Galaxies reached a confidential settlement, months …
Read More »Kieran Culkin Missed The Succession Finale Because He Couldn't Log Into Max
Kieran Culkin has revealed that he still hasn’t seen his own Emmy-winning performance in the Succession series finale, speaking at a cast Q&A in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Entertainment Weekly reports. The finale aired at the end of May last year, but Culkin explains he was in Poland at the …
Read More »Indie Publisher Thunderful To Lay Off 20% Of Its Workforce
Thunderful Group, a company group that includes the developer behind SteamWorld Build, and publishers of a huge number of indie games, has announced a restructuring that will see around 20% off its staff laid off. 2023 was a terrible year for layoffs in the games industry, and less than a …
Read More »Dragon Ball Creator's Sand Land Game Gets Release Date In New Trailer
Sand Land, the action-RPG adapted from the manga by Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama, will release on April 26, 2024, Bandai Namco has announced. A new trailer reveals the game’s release date, as well as showing off new (less sandy) biomes, gameplay features, and characters. Sand Land seemed to come …
Read More »Golden Sun And The Lost Age Coming To Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack
Nintendo is continuing to add Game Boy Advance games to the Nintendo Online + Expansion Pack library with the addition of two beloved GBA JRPGs: Golden Sun and its sequel, Golden Sun: The Lost Age. The classic JRPGs were released in 2001 and 2002 respectively, following a group of magic-wielding …
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