Yesterday on the Good Game, Nice Try podcast, late night icon Conan O’Brien joined hosts Sonja Reid and Aaron Bleyaert to give his “incredibly unfair and invalid” opinion on Innersloth’s smash-hit Among Us. His verdict: It’s not a good game. Bleyaert posed the question of how O’Brien felt about Among …
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Tencent, the Chinese internet giant that owns the developers of League of Legends, Warframe, Path of Exile, and Don’t Starve, has announced yet another investment in a game studio. Life Is Strange studio Dontnod, which is based in France, announced that Tencent has invested €30 million into the studio to …
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A former Xbox boss has revealed some of the reasons why the company never made a portable game console, despite several teams inside Microsoft pushing for it. Robbie Bach, who left Microsoft in 2010 after years of running the Xbox business from the beginning in 2001, said in a recent …
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Developer Lucid Games has released an in-depth look at its PlayStation 5-exclusive demolition derby game Destruction AllStars, going over its various characters and modes. In this new seven-minute video, the studio’s game director Colin Berry walked players through Destruction AllStars’ gameplay and mechanics, showing off two of the 16 playable …
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One of Microsoft’s strategies for the future of gaming is streaming. It’s still early days, and Microsoft’s xCloud service has only just released, but CEO Satya Nadella said recently that he sees a lot of potential for streaming to help grow gaming beyond console and PC. During Microsoft’s latest earnings …
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Hitman developer IO Interactive is preparing to go on a hiring spree to support the development of its upcoming James Bond video game and other projects. IO director Hakan Abrak said in a new interview that the company plans to expand to around 400 people (up from 200) and open …
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The big Season 5 update for Halo: The Master Chief Collection is nearly here, and among its new additions are a whopping 80 new armor pieces for Halo 3 and Halo: Reach. 343 Industries has now revealed a number of these and spoke more generally about where they came from. …
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Banjo-Kazooie’s Stop ‘N’ Swop feature is one of the most infamous pieces of cut content in video game history, and it’s been the subject of fan speculation for decades. Now, thanks to the Rare fansite Rare Gamer, a leaked communication between Nintendo and developer Rare reveals why the feature was …
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Halo Infinite was supposed to release in November 2020 as a launch title for the Xbox Series X|S before it was delayed an entire year due in part to the COVID-19 pandemic. People are understandably eager to learn more about the game and how its development is progressing. Thankfully, then, …
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Sea of Thieves’ first-ever season is starting on January 28, and fans are curious what exactly that means for the pirate adventure game. A new blog post from developer Rare explains how this new seasonal model will work, and it’s going to bring big changes to the game. Essentially, the …
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