Developed by the team behind Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Immortals Fenyx Rising is scheduled to release on December 3. The game was previously known as Gods & Monsters, which, yeah, is quite the name change. Now look, I love the new name. I’m happy for the change to such an unusual combination of words. Google is […]
Video Games Are Now Fighting To Save The Planet
As wildfires ravaged Australia in December 2019, players of Space Ape video games contacted the company to offer their help. The London-based firm added an in-game purchase into several of its mobile titles, with proceeds benefiting either a wildlife or humanitarian organization working Down Under. In four days, the company managed to raise $120,000. According […]
PSA: Madden 21 Is Out Now With Early Access, Here's How To Get In
Madden NFL 21 is officially releasing on August 28, but you don’t necessarily have to wait until then to play the professional football game. The game’s EA Play early access trial is now available, giving subscribers the opportunity to play as many as 10 hours of the full game ahead of its official release date. […]
NHL 21 Pre-Orders Now Available–Sign Up For The Beta
EA Sports has announced that NHL 21 will launch in October of this year, which breaks the franchise’s September launch tradition. The upcoming hockey sim is slated to launch on PS4 and Xbox One, and if you already know you’re going to pick it up, NHL 21 pre-orders are available now for multiple editions. While […]
Pokemon Home Update Out Now, Makes Many Quality-Of-Life Improvements
A new update for the mobile version of Pokemon Home is now live. This patch updates the Pokemon storage service to Ver. 1.2.1, and it primarily makes some welcome quality-of-life improvements to numerous features. Among other changes, you can now deposit multiple Pokemon at once into the Wonder Box. Search filters for the GTS have […]
Splatoon 2 Patch Out Now, Nerfs Some Popular Weapons
Nintendo has rolled out a new patch for Splatoon 2. Update 5.3.0 arrives ahead of the game’s bonus Splatfest event later this week, and it makes some balance adjustments to a variety of weapons in the game. In particular, a handful of guns have received nerfs of varying degrees. Rolling with the Dualie Squelchers and […]
Games Sold In Australia Now Disclose If They Have In-Game Purchases
The Australian Classification Board (ACB) has updated its guidelines to include a special notice on video game boxes that specifically mentions if it has in-game purchases. This was brought to light by Reddit user BeforeJam who noticed that ratings for upcoming games like PGA Tour 2K21, Marvel’s Avengers, FIFA 21, and Madden NFL 21 all […]
Fortnite V-bucks are now 20% cheaper as Epic Games bypasses Apple and Google
V-Bucks and all in-app purchases and microtransactions are now permanently cheaper in Fortnite, as Epic Games starts a feud with Google and Apple. Just as high street and online stores take their cut out of physical game sales, so too do Apple and Google when it comes to buying anything on a smartphone, but Fortnite […]
Shroud is now live on Twitch for the first time in 10 months
Welcome back. Shroud has finally come home. The former CS:GO pro is now live on Twitch for the first time since October 2019. Shroud announced his return to the Amazon-owned streaming platform yesterday after tweeting numerous GIFs teasing the announcement. Shroud has already racked up over 200,000 viewers at the start of his broadcast. His […]
NHL 21 Pre-Orders Now Available–More To Be Revealed This Month
EA Sports has announced that NHL 21 will launch in October of this year, which breaks the franchise’s September launch tradition. The upcoming hockey sim is slated to launch on PS4 and Xbox One, and if you already know you’re going to pick it up, NHL 21 pre-orders are available now for multiple editions. While […]