Popular streamer Rachel “Valkyrae” Hofstetter is now a co-owner of the gaming and lifestyle brand 100 Thieves. “I’m proud to be one of the first women co-owners in esports and beyond excited for our future together,” Hofstetter shared via her personal Twitter account. The announcement marks a new milestone in what has been an extraordinary […]
Outriders Review: Just Skip All The Cutscenes
Outriders would have been much better off as a live service game. The 25-hour campaign is an overstuffed slog with an excruciatingly slow leveling process that never allows you to engage with the crunchy RPG systems in a meaningful way. Once the story is over, the end game systems kick in and Outriders finally hits […]
Is The Snyder Cut Good? | Justice League Spoilercast
These days, it feels like you can’t wake up without seeing something new about a superhero property. Whether you’re a fan of Marvel movies that will finally get their release in 2021 or are anxiously awaiting the return of the Batfamily to your PlayStation or Xbox, fans of powerful do-gooders and tight spandex have a lot to keep up […]
Okay, I Guess I Just Imagined Alien: Isolation Then
Yesterday, Aliens: Fireteam was announced with a release date aimed at this summer. Set in the Xenomorph Alien universe, Fireteam is a Left 4 Dead-like where you and three other players rally together to defeat rampaging hordes of zombies… no, wait that’s not right… oh yes, hordes of rampaging Xenomorphs. So, completely different to Left […]
“We’re only just scratching the surface”: The potential of 5G in creating the metaverse
5G is the next big frontier in enabling new forms of entertainment — especially the metaverse. The technology is starting to catch up with a level of ambition that’s already being displayed in areas like gaming, but more broadly, in an AR and mixed reality world. As part of GamesBeat’s Into the Metaverse event, Joost […]
Capcom Has Just Reported Its Highest Third-Quarter Profit "At All Levels" In Company History
Capcom is making out like a bandit during the COVID-era. The company just released its third-quarter results, and the numbers and staggering. Net sales are up 22.6% compared to the same time last year while operating income rose 32.2% year-over-year for the nine months ending December 31, 2020. This represents the “highest profit levels in […]
Why Hunter Bows Are Just As Good Or Better Than Predator Bows In Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
The argument has been made that Hunting bows in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla are basically the inferior version of Predator bows. While it’s true that Predator bows deal more damage, there are benefits to using Hunter bows where the Predator bows fall short. Light bows are another type that people use in the game, but most […]
Homeschooling? Zeit für Just Dance und Erdkunde in Verdansk! – Gaming
Draußen herrscht die Pandemie und die Schulen bleiben zu. Es gilt: Zuhause lernen, neudeutsch: Homeschooling. Doch warum nicht auch was wagen? Ein nicht ganz ernstgemeinter Appell an die Lehrer des Landes von Hauke van Göns: Ein Tweet zeigt, wie absurd die Idee mit dem Homeschooling in manchen Fällen sein kann: “Sportlehrer über Microsoft Teams: ‘Wir […]
Just Cause moving into the mobile competitive market, just ’cause
The Game Awards are known more for their big game reveals than the actual awards. Last night was clearly no exception. One game announcement that came out of left field was for a Just Cause mobile game. Just Cause: Mobile will be a free-to-play game set in the world of Rico Rodriguez that will release in […]
PS4 load times have just had a massive speed boost in Sony first party games
The PS5 may be only weeks away now but Sony has begun releasing patches that speed up the loading of current gen games, even without a SSD. If you’ve played The Last Of Us Part 2 or Ghost Of Tsushima you would’ve a noticed a very strange but welcome feature: they load incredibly quickly. Like, […]