Hackers Are Using Free Game Giveaways To Trick Players Into Mining Cryptocurrency

Hackers have reportedly been baiting gamers with free game giveaways which secretly help them farm cryptocurrency. Malware hidden deep inside the code of these games reportedly generates cryptocurrency for the hackers, once downloaded. As reported by BBC, the crypto-mining malware called Crackonosh has earned hackers over $2 million in cryptocurrency. Researchers at Avast say that […]

GI Show – Metroid Dread And Breath of the Wild 2 In Our Final E3 Recap

We interrupt your normally scheduled podcast to talk about anything and everything that happened during days three and four of E3 2021, which includes Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania, Mario Party Superstars, Metroid Dread, WarioWare: Get It Together, Shin Megami Tensei V, Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of […]

GI Show – Resident Evil Village Review And Biomutant Hype

On this week’s episode of The Game Informer Show, we discuss a handful of the games we’ve been digging recently, including Resident Evil Village, the Famicom Detective Club games, Returnal, and Biomutant. Alex also squeezes in his book report on Ask Iwata: Words of Wisdom from Satoru Iwata, Nintendo’s Legendary CEO. It’s a full show, but we make time […]

GI Show – Outriders And Nier Replicant Impressions

On this week’s episode of The Game Informer Show, we discuss a handful of the games we’ve been digging recently, including Outriders, Nier Replicant Ver.1.22474487139…, Lost Words: Beyond the Page, Oddworld: Soulstorm, Sea of Thieves, and Cozy Grove. We’re also joined by Andrew Borman (@Borman18) from the Strong Museum of Play who talks about the institution’s efforts to […]

First Look At The PowerPuff Girls Live-Action Series Teased

Eager fans of the upcoming live-action adaption of The PowerPuff Girls got their first real tease today (via TMZ.com). A clip showing the three superheroes all-grown-up in their original outfits and Blossom taking flight was revealed today. It’s a big nostalgia trip for those who grew up watching them on The Cartoon Network. This also gives […]

GI Show – Monster Hunter: Rise And Disco Elysium: The Final Cut Reviews

On this week’s episode of The Game Informer Show, we discuss a handful of the games we’ve been digging recently, including Monster Hunter Rise, Disco Elysium: The Final Cut, Yakuza Kiwami, Evil Genius 2: World Domination, and Prey. Unfortunately, this is Joe Juba’s last episode as a full time employee, so we spend some time saying a fond […]

GI Show – Deathloop Cover Reveal, Curse Of The Dead Gods, And Loop Hero

On this week’s episode of The Game Informer Show, we discuss a handful of the games we’ve been digging recently, including Maquette, Minecraft, Curse of the Dead Gods, Loop Hero, Xenoblade Chronicles 2, and StarCraft II: Nova Covert Ops. Then we talk about the latest game to grace the cover of Game Informer Magazine, Arkane’s Deathloop. It’s a full […]

GI Show – Nintendo Direct Impressions, Valheim, And Little Nightmares II

On this week’s episode of The Game Informer Show, we discuss a handful of the games we’ve been playing recently, including Little Nightmares II, Valheim, Nioh 2 Remastered – The Complete Edition, Rocksmith 2014. Then we spend some time breaking down Nintendo’s recent Direct and reflect on the Splatoon 3 reveal and other announcements. It’s a full show, but we make […]

PS5 Official Teardown Video Gives Great View Of Internals

Up until today, we hadn’t gotten a really detailed and up-close look at the PS5 directly from Sony. That changed with the release of an official teardown video, showing off the ports, components, and massive size of the next-generation PlayStation. The video was conducted by Sony’s Yasuhiro Ootori, who serves as VP of the mechanical […]