The online tactical shooter Ghost Recon: Breakpoint is poised to receive some new content in celebration of the franchise’s 20-year anniversary, including a new crossover treasure hunt event themed around Tomb Raider. The event is titled Relics of the Ancients and is connected to the 20-year anniversary content celebration, alongside …
Read More »Netflix Will Add Games To The Service And Won't Charge For Them
Streaming giant Netflix has confirmed in a shareholders letter that it’s not only expanding into games but also won’t charge users extra to play them. Netflix said it plans to build on the company’s earlier efforts around “interactivity.” Think things like Black Mirror: Bandersnatch or the Stranger Things line of …
Read More »One Punch Man Fighting Game Multiplayer Servers To Shut Down Next February
Bandai Namco has announced that the servers to the fighting game One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows will shut down on February 28, 2022. In a tweet from the official Bandai Namco US Twitter account, the company said that offline game types, like 1v1 local multiplayer and story mode, …
Read More »Final Fantasy 14 Devs Will Add An Auto-Logout Feature To Combat Server Congestion
Final Fantasy XIV has seen a massive influx of players, especially following the Endwalker expansion reveal and popular World of Warcraft streamer Asmongold playing the MMORPG to over 200,000 people earlier this month. The surge has resulted in a myriad of server issues such as instability and long queues. Director …
Read More »Over Half Of US Households Now Have A Gaming Console And A Fourth Own Next-Gen Hardware – Report
Some 53% of US households now own a video game console and 30% percent plan to purchase one sometime in the next 12 months, according to a new report from CES organizer the Consumer Technology Association. The report examines a variety of consumer technology trends over the course of a …
Read More »Kirby eReader Card Long-Thought Destroyed Is Up For Thousands Of Dollars At Auction
Though rumored to have been destroyed, an eBay seller has reportedly uncovered an incredibly rare Nintendo eReader card from E3 2002 and threw it up for auction, where it’s currently bidding for thousands of dollars. The card in question is a first-place Kirby eReader card from Nintendo’s E3 2002 show …
Read More »Among Us Gets Free Trial For Nintendo Switch Online Members Along With A Sale This Week
Nintendo is hosting a free game trial for Switch Online members, in which you can play the social deduction game Among Us from July 21-27. Aside from subscribing to Nintendo Switch Online–which is $4 for a month, $8 for three months, $20 for 12 months, and $35 uSD for a …
Read More »Steam Decks Hit eBay Following A Messy Preorder Situation
If you were lucky, you might have preordered a Steam Deck when they went live on July 16. But many ran into roadblocks when attempting to place Valve’s handheld PC in their shopping cart, a situation reminiscent of the hardship securing a PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X|S reservation. There …
Read More »Pokemon Go Leak Suggest Mythical Creature Hoopa May Make An Appearance
Sleuthing Pokemon Go fans have uncovered a series of in-game text that suggests the Ghost/Psychic-type Mythical creature Hoopa might show up during the annual Pokemon Go Fest event scheduled for this weekend. The datamining group PokeMiners posted the leaks on the Pokemon Go-adjacent subreddit r/TheSilphRoad, a “grassroots network of trainers” …
Read More »Riders Republic Suffers Another Delay To October 28
Riders Republic, the extreme action sports game developed by Steep creator Ubisoft Annecy, has been delayed and now launches on October 28, the publisher announced. In a brief blog post, Ubisoft said the delay gives the studio “more time to fine tune the experience and give you another chance to …
Read More »