One of the video game industry’s most grating trends is timed exclusivity, when a console manufacturer like Sony or Microsoft pays a publisher money in order to deprive content from other platforms for a certain timeframe. It looks like Red Dead Redemption 2 will be following suit. Source: Red Dead Redemption 2 Will Have Some
What started as an experiment to bring gaming features to the mobile world has now become a full-on trend. Last year, Razer introduced a phone with flagship specs and a high refresh rate display. Then, Nubia upped the ante by adding RGB lighting to its Red Magic handset. Source: Asus’ ROG Phone Looks Like the
Image Credit: Clifton Hill There’s a giant go-kart track coming within driving range of Detroit next month, meaning my childhood dream of Mario Kart racing in real life might actually come true. Niagara Speedway, located on Clifton Hill in Niagara Falls, Ontario, is scheduled to open in June as the largest multi-level go-kart track on
Creators have put in more than five years of work on New Vegas prequel After more than five years in development, Fallout : New California , a total conversion mod for Fallout: New Vegas , will launch on Oct. 23 (for Windows PC, of course), the mod’s makers announced yesterday. Source: Gigantic Fallout: New Vegas
Beware is everything scary about driving on a dark, country road at night Nearly every driver who has ever driven late at night has experienced this: You’re the only one on the road, when suddenly, another car appears behind you. Source: A horror game that preys on every driver’s biggest fear
Destiny and Halo studio to ‘begin the creation of new worlds’ Bungie, the studio behind the Halo and Destiny franchises, announced that it’s received investment from NetEase, a massive Chinese online gaming company. The partnership opens up China to Bungie’s games, including Destiny 2 , for the first time. Source: Bungie gets $100M from Chinese
Loads of people faithfully cosplay as the new Lara Croft because she is a strong character with an outfit that is relatively easy to replicate. When it comes to the original Lara, beebinch knows how to do likewise in the most PS1-authentic way possible. Source: Tomb Raider Cosplay Strives For Accuracy
GIF After a months-long debate over whether Fortnite needs vehicles, publisher Epic Games decided to roll up and smoke players’ Reddit comments and add in a shopping cart. Patch 4.3 brought Fortnite ’s first vehicle to the game and it’s a total blast. Source: Fortnite’s Shopping Carts Are Live And Here’s How They Work
Thanks to a key leak Assassin’s Creed Odyssey has been confirmed by Ubisoft as the next entry in the open-world franchise, just hours after an image of the game’s name and logo were leaked and spread online . The Assassin’s Creed Twitter account posted a short video Thursday evening confirming the game’s name, and an
The publisher did the least work for the most gain People wait in line because of scarcity; if you don’t wait in certain lines for certain amounts of time, you may not get the thing. Whatever the thing is. But the behavior of just sitting or standing around expectantly in some kind of order is
The next big game from Fallout developer Bethesda Game Studios is Fallout: 76 , the company announced today, and although the studio hasn’t yet said what it is, we hear it’s an online game of some sort. Here’s the teaser trailer: From what we’ve heard, this game is under development at both Bethesda Game Studios’
Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection is out today. In addition to including the arcade versions of 12 different games in the series, ranging from 1987’s Street Fighter to 1999’s 3rd Strike , it also has an impressive virtual museum built into it, with some surprising revelations. Source: Street Fighter Was Almost Released For The 8-Bit
After a maelstrom of controversy that had mainstream news outlets and an anti-gun violence charity weighing in, Valve has removed mass shooting game Active Shooter from Steam. The unreleased game drew furor last week over its shameless exploitation of tragic subject matter. Source: Valve Removes School Shooting Game From Steam
It’s announcement-of-an-announcement season! Bethesda, the company behind several huge franchises, is teasing a new Fallout game, and as fans eagerly wait to see what it might be, they’ve spent hours watching a Twitch stream that shows nothing but a television and a Vault-Tec bobblehead. Source: Over 140,000 People Are Watching A Fallout Bobblehead On Twitch