Take An Early Look At Skate's Fluid Movements And Awesome Bails

You’ll soon have the chance to play EA’s highly anticipated Skate sequel, but not in the way you would expect. Developer Full Circle and publisher Electronic Arts are looking for players who want to playtest the game and provide feedback on its development. You can sign up for this “insider” program here. As EA notes, […]

PS Plus Premium and Extra: Will Sony add new games in July 2022?

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Databricks summit: New integrations announced for enterprise users

To further strengthen our commitment to providing industry-leading coverage of data technology, VentureBeat is excited to welcome Andrew Brust and Tony Baer as regular contributors. Watch for their articles in the Data Pipeline. After Snowflake and MongoDB’s product fireworks a couple of weeks ago, Databricks joined the party. At its ongoing Data and AI summit, […]

Skate’s First Pre-Alpha Trailer Says EA Is "Still Working On It"

Skate 4 has a new trailer that looks a lot like the leaked pre-alpha footage from months ago–at least to start. The first few moments of the trailer show some pretty gnarly wipeouts from some untextured mannequins, along with a few weird bugs and crashes. EA admits that it’s "still working on" Skate 4 and […]

Pride Month Picks: Dear Magic: The Gathering, Make Ajani Gay Already

This article is part of Pride Month Picks, a collection of pieces that aim to highlight queer representation across games, television, film, books, and more throughout June. The debut of Ajani Goldmane marked a turning point for Magic: The Gathering. His launch in 2007’s Lorwyn, alongside Chandra, Garruk, Liliana, and Jace, was something of a […]

Pride Month Picks: Kingdom Hearts And The Romantic Potential Of Sora And Riku

This article is part of Pride Month Picks, a collection of pieces that aim to highlight queer representation across games, television, film, books, and more throughout June. Kingdom Hearts’ community is one of the most passionate out there, constantly crafting fanart, fanfics, theories and wishlists surrounding the belovedly weird JRPG. Its fans are also very […]

Fire Emblem Heroes Is Nintendo’s First Mobile Game To Make $1 Billion

Fire Emblem Heroes, the free-to-play mobile spin-off of the Fire Emblem series, has become the first Nintendo mobile title to achieve the milestone of $1 billion in lifetime global spending, which makes it the most successful entry in the series to date across all platforms. According to Sensor Tower's latest report (via GamesIndustry) Nintendo mobile […]