The Last of Us Part 2 now has 261 Game of the Year awards, surpassing The Witcher 3 to become the winningest game ever. 2020 was a bad year for pretty much everything, apart from video games. Not only did more people than ever turn to gaming when presented with a lot more free time than […]
Hitman 3 Has COVID In It
Welcome to a new era of gaming. The coronavirus pandemic, now entering its second year, has killed over 2 million people and infected almost 100 million. It upended the global economy, emptied Microsoft HQ of developers, killed cosplayers, delayed games, introduced a new mask-based fashion trend, and prompted at least one developer to take a […]
The Last Of Us Part 2 has the best storytelling in a video game
A reader finally gets play The Last Of Us Part 2 and is impressed by its graphics, its storytelling, and its message. I’ve just finished The Last Of Us Part 2 and it was such a brilliant experience it has inspired me to write in with a few thoughts. I’ll start by saying that I […]
Denuvo Has Been Removed From Borderlands 3
Borderlands 3 players, rejoice! Denuvo has been removed from the PC version of the game after running in the background for over a year. The news comes from SteamDB where a recent update notes the modified executable. People on Reddit posited that this would improve Borderlands 3’s overall performance, but most note that the overall […]
Hitman 3 has native 4K resolution on Xbox Series X, better performance on PS5
New proof that the Xbox Series X is more powerful than the PS5 has emerged via Hitman 3, although the issue isn’t clear cut. The PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X have been out for over two months now and not only is it almost impossible to buy either of them but there’s been very […]
Team Ninja Has Approximately 200 Staff Members, And They Are All True Ninja
In what could possibly be simultaneously the most and least shocking news story you’ll read this week, we have been told that all of Team Ninja’s staff, approximately 200 strong, are qualified as true ninja. We spoke with Nioh franchise director Fumihiko Yasuda and couldn’t help but ask about whether or not the staff’s qualifications […]
CD Projekt Red Now Has A Second Lawsuit Filed Against It Thanks To Cyberpunk 2077 Launch
The biggest news of 2020 was how the biggest game of 2020 turned out to be the biggest catastrophe of 2020. Although Cyberpunk 2077 had good sales numbers, the game released in such a broken state that it was virtually unplayable on last-gen consoles and filled with bugs and glitches on current-gen consoles. On top […]
Tim Schafer Says He Has Officially Written The Last Line Of Dialogue For Psychonauts 2
The announcement that another game in the Psychonauts franchise was in the works was great news for fans. After all, few other games truly manage to pull off the trippy, hallucinogenic experience that came with the original. It’s been a long five years since the sequel was announced, but according to Tim Schaefer, the game […]
Persona 5 Strikers has a lot of Persona DNA
Persona 5 Strikers opens with a thief on the run, just like Persona 5. Joker, the game’s protagonist, nimbly jumps across a building in Persona 5 Strikers’ first cutscene. He’s in the Metaverse, a mirror dimension in the world of Persona where humans’ true desires are made manifest. When Joker encounters a Shadow, he dives […]
Valorant has a serious smurfing problem – Daily Esports
Smurfing is a problem for most esports titles. League of Legends, Counter-Strike, Overwatch, etc. all have their fair share of smurfs. The smurfing problem seems to hit a little different in Riot’s first-person shooter, Valorant, however. Here’s what smurfing is, why it’s so bad in Valorant, and how Riot could potentially deal with it. What […]