Summer is winding down, and the cooler weather means it’s officially back-to-school season. Shopping for folders and notebooks isn’t the most exciting way to spend your day, but Xbox is spicing up your back-to-school shopping with big discounts on select apparel. Everything from hoodies and T-shirts to hats and socks …
Read More »Netflix Is Bringing Immortality To Mobile
Alongside today’s launch, developer Half Mermaid announced that its new game Immortality will be coming to Mobile in collaboration with Netflix. Half Mermaid did not clarify a release date, but did say the mobile version would come “very soon.” The official Half Mermaid Twitter account tweeted that the team is …
Read More »Shovel Knight Dig, Gris+, And A Tom Hanks Trivia Game Coming To Apple Arcade In September
Shovel Knight will soon be digging through iOS devices via Apple Arcade, as Shovel Knight Dig is among the games slated for release on Apple’s subscription service in September. Shovel Knight Dig is a roguelike adventure that pits the shovel-centric knight against Drill Knight and his digging crew. Instead of …
Read More »Disney Dreamlight Valley Preorders Come With Early Access Starting September 6
Disney Dreamlight Valley is now up for preorder, and it includes a bunch of digital goodies–including early access starting on September 6. The game is looking to be a family-friendly life-sim, letting you live out a fantasy life while surrounded by iconic Disney characters. It will launch as a free-to-play …
Read More »BioShock's Failed Fictional City Of Rapture Is More Rooted In Reality Than You Might Think
BioShock recently celebrated its 15-year anniversary. Below, we take a closer look at how the iconic setting of Rapture reflects real-world libertarian philosophies. BioShock’s Rapture always felt like someone else’s dream, right from the start, and that’s because it always has been. There may not always be a lighthouse, but …
Read More »Hearthstone Fans Are About As Mad As You'd Expect About New Monetization
Hearthstone has been running for almost 10 years now with relatively minimal changes to its monetization strategies. That’s changing soon, with a big update that will introduce a real-money currency and even a change to its popular Battlegrounds mode that fans are calling pay-to-win. Starting with the 24.2 update, all …
Read More »Dev Delays New Game Due To Feeling "Manipulated" By Its Publisher
Toge Productions and Mojiken announced that A Space for the Unbound has been indefinitely delayed due to “feeling manipulated” by the game’s western console publisher, PQube. Back in August 2020, PQube secured a diversity fund from a “well-known console platform” to help fund underrepresented developers, as the studio is based …
Read More »WoW: Dragonflight Won't Have Reputations, Will Feature Renown Instead
World of Warcraft upcoming expansion, Dragonflight, won’t feature the reputation system players of Blizzard’s MMORPG have long been accustomed to. Instead, it will use an improved system from the game’s Shadowlands expansion, renown. Reputations have been a part of WoW from the game’s launch way back in 2004. Each new …
Read More »This Xbox Series S Bundle Is Only $260 Right Now
The Xbox Series S is already a great, affordable option for players looking to pick up a new-gen console, and right now you can snag one for a better price than usual. Over on eBay, Antonline is offering an Xbox Series S bundle that includes some digital goodies for Fortnite …
Read More »Hearthstone Getting Big Changes With Real-Money Currency, Separate Battlegrounds Season Pass
Hearthstone is getting a couple of major changes with the upcoming 24.2 patch. The update will add a new real-money currency, Runestones, that will be used to purchase certain cosmetic options going forward. The update will also introduce Battlegrounds Season 2, a major update for one of the game’s most …
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