David Zaslav, CEO and president of the newly-merged Warner Bros. Discovery, has said that HBO lost $3 billion last year, failing to earn back a huge amount of money spent on content, Deadline reports. The comment comes after cost-cutting measures saw a huge amount of original content pulled from HBO …
Read More »Xbox Live Is Celebrating Its 20th Anniversary Today
On November 15, 2002, Xbox Live launched, bringing online capability to the original Xbox one year after its release. Now, the service continues to go strong 20 years and four consoles later, and long-time subscribers will get a badge on their profile to celebrate. Xbox was the first company to …
Read More »Overwatch 2's Latest Patch Has Been Delayed, Leaving Mei Unplayable
Classic Overwatch hero Mei hasn’t been playable in Overwatch 2 for over two weeks now, and Blizzard has just announced that it’ll need a couple more days to fix the bugs that affected the character. The patch that will bring Mei back into the game is now scheduled for Thursday …
Read More »Flight Simulator 2020 Easter Egg Makes Old Flight Sim Titles Playable In Game
Microsoft Flight Simulator dropped its 40th anniversary update on November 11, and keen fans have already unearthed a cool new Easter egg celebrating the series’ long history–emulated versions of the first four games in the series, which can be played right in your virtual cockpit. As reported by Eurogamer, the …
Read More »PlayStation Might Be Exploring NFTs And Blockchain Technology
The details of a patent application filed by Sony Interactive Entertainment suggest the PlayStation parent company may be interested in implementing NFTs and blockchain technology on its platform. The patent application title is “Tracking Unique In-Game Digital Assets Using Tokens on a Distributed Ledger,” as reported by Video Games Chronicle. …
Read More »Rocket League's Octane Is Now Driveable In Fortnite's Battle Royale Mode
Update: As of the new Fortnite update, Octane is now found within the game’s battle royale mode. The vehicle comes equipped with all the stunt abilities you’d expect from a Rocket League car, including jumping and double-jumping, rocket-boosting, flipping, and driving on walls. A slew of in-game challenges are available …
Read More »Microsoft Buys Into Korean Blockchain Game Company
Wemade, the Korean blockchain-focused studio behind the Mir series of MMOs, has announced that its most recent investment round raised $46 million from a number of companies, including Microsoft, VGC reports. Microsoft has invested $14.8 million in Wemade by purchasing convertible bonds. Korean studio Wemade was founded in 2000 to …
Read More »Neymar Jr. Comes To PUBG For Some Reason
Krafton has announced that PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds will be introducing a collaboration with Brazilian footballer Neymar da Silva Santo Junior, with themed visuals popping up in game, and items available in the in-game store. The Neymar collaboration is dropping as a part of update 20.2, which is due out on PC …
Read More »Halo Infinite's Winter Update Is Bringing Heaps Of Weapon Balance Changes
343 Industries has revealed more about the Halo Infinite Winter Update that’s scheduled to drop on November 8, this time introducing a whole lot of weapon balance fixes that’ll be coming to the sandbox mode. A few weapons will be getting buffs to encourage players to use them more, while …
Read More »Red Dead Online Is Celebrating Thanksgiving This November
Now that Halloween is over, Red Dead Online is moving on to the next big holiday on the schedule–Thanksgiving. As part of its November slate of gifts and bonuses, players can look forward to a handful of Thanksgiving goodies, as well as boosts to the Naturalist role and other game …
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