The internet takes on a different texture once everyone around you has gone to sleep. The world behind the screen expands while the world outside contracts, becoming a portal to another place. It’s Alice’s Looking-Glass via YouTube links. At odd times, people’s attention is more easily drawn to the odder corners of the internet where ...
picture: Xbox/Epic/Kotaku Raise your hand if you’re excited to see more ads in your favorite video games? I don’t see hands. Well, bad news: a new report claims that Microsoft is creating an advertising program to allow “select brands” to buy ads, which will then appear in free-to-play Xbox games. And while the report states ...
picture: Bungie Like pretty much everything else on the planet, the pandemic has knocked the video game industry on the ass. But while game lags, console shortages, and immature releases were the main issues players faced, they actually are manufacturing the games have encountered the same obstacles that many of us face; namely that they ...
screenshot: Sega / Paramount / Kotaku It seems, like another great video game publishers, Sega is also interested in including NFTs in future games, as revealed in an interview with various executives and producers. During the same interview, Sega spoke more about its “Super Game” projects, confirming that it will be more than one game ...
photo: Alex Wang (Getty Images) Facebook parent company Meta is reportedly planning to launch a new digital currency for the Metaverse. Internally, employees at Meta call the unannounced currency “Zuck Bucks.” These new digital dollars probably won’t be connected to any kind of blockchain, but don’t worry; Meta, led by CEO Mark Zuckerberg, is planning ...
image: Max Payne 2 As video games become more expensive to produce and publishers take fewer risks, the last few years have seen a growing trend to make old video games new again. I’m not talking about a direct one Port so people can play an old game on a new system. We’re all used ...
That’s a pretty good logo, to be honest. image: Shueisha games Shueisha published Weekly Shonen Leap, the most popular weekly manga magazine in Japan. And now the company is getting into gaming on a much larger scale. Famitsu reports that the cult publishing house has founded Shueisha games on February 16, 2022 to develop and ...
image: WB Games / Disney After some delays the next entry in the Lego Star Wars Series is almost here and arrives on Tuesday… everything! I’m really looking forward to playing the new one war of stars game, but instead I’d like to take a moment to point out something very strange to me. MLB ...
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photo: Kotaku / Spencer Platt (Getty Images) People have been waiting for them GameStop bubble been popping for over a year. Instead, the ailing brick-and-mortar video game retailer just had another record week on Wall Street. merits are below. morale of employees is in the pit. But shares of the company surged from $78 a ...
