Each week, ESI Digest breaks down the weekly happenings in the esports industry, making sense of things so you don’t have to. As well as being housed on YouTube, ESI Digest is available on all major podcast platforms and is also available in written form below. In this week’s ESI Digest, we cover Huya’s monumental Chinese League of […]
More Tattooed Protagonists Please
Tattoos have a long and rich history in many cultures around the world. Some societies used them to brand criminals or outsiders, some used them to mark spiritual leaders, some used them as a rite of passage or to show stories of the wearer’s life. Tattoos in video games are often used to communicate character […]
Call Of Duty's New Battle Pack And In-Game Challenge Will Help Fund Veteran Employment
May is Military Appreciation Month, and Activision is lending a helping hand to veterans in need by launching the Call of Duty Endowment Medical Heroes campaign. The initiative aims to raise money to place combat veterans, such as medics and hospital corpsmen, into high-quality jobs. Beginning today, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and […]
Minecraft Player Creates Real, Near Life-Sized Bookshelf Block
Minecraft’s bookshelves are hardly practical given that the books seemingly conflict with one another on each side. However, they’re certainly a welcome addition to the game, making an enchanting room all the better. One dedicated fan has gone as far as to bring the bookshelf to life. “The box is made of plywood with 256 […]
Pixar’s Onward spawned a surprisingly good D&D clone
Pixar’s Onward got a raw deal: The movie only had two weeks in theaters before the pandemic set in and movie theaters shut down. Disney released the feature film on the Disney Plus streaming service, but the die was already cast, so to speak. So imagine my surprise when tabletop game publisher The OP Games […]
Hitman dev working on Xbox exclusive RPG with dragons claim multiple sources
IO Interactive could be making its own fantasy RPG, but it’s apparently still in the prototype stage of development. As well as post-launch DLC for Hitman 3 and its James Bond project, IO Interactive is working on a brand new game as well. But instead of assassins or secret agents, it will apparently involve dragons. […]
Ride Your Wave Is A Beautifully Tragic Depiction of Grief In Anime
Loss isn’t something you can predict. Even when you can, the emotional impact is often insurmountable. There’s no wrong way to deal with grief, whether you push past the empty void with happy smiles, sad tears, or general indifference to a huge shift in your life. I tend to find experiences I can relate to […]
Fall Guys Xbox And Switch Release Date Delayed Indefinitely
Fall Guys release date on Xbox consoles and Switch has been indefinitely delayed. Originally slated to launch this summer, the team recently announced it needs a bit more time to get features such as cross-play functioning properly. A new release date for the Xbox and Switch ports was not provided. However, Fall Guys plans to […]
Nier Replicant: 7 Things You Didn’t Know About Tyrann
Tyrann is a less than cheery secret member of Nier’s team, though no one knows of his existence but Kaine outside of endings C and D of Neir: Replicant and Gestalt. Players will first begin hearing Tyrann during their second playthrough, where he is introduced through a short visual novel describing the events of Kaine’s […]
New Pokemon Snap: Every Pokemon In Blushing Beach (Night)
Unlike the locations before it, you don’t unlock Blushing Beach (Night) right after leveling up Blushing Beach (Day). Instead, you get permission to explore the beach at night time shortly after completing the Durice section of the story, although I feel like I should stress it’s worth the wait – you might even get to […]