picture: EA/Kotaku Making video games is very difficult. It can take years of work to ship even a small game. One aspect that can be particularly time-consuming and resource-consuming is building a custom engine, which is why many developers use Unreal, Unity, or another engine they already have to speed up development. It’s very common, ...
picture: neon white neon white was one of the most pleasant surprises of 2022 when it landed earlier this year and somehow managed to combine Old school shooter with speed running, a deck of cards and the social connections of Persona. Now that it’s been available on other platforms since June, PlayStation owners can finally ...
picture: Nintendo The organizers of the Smash World Tour have today announced that they will be shut down after Nintendo told them “without warning” that they “could no longer operate”. The tripwhich is operated by a third party (since Nintendo has traditionally been so bad at it) had become one over the years of the ...
photo: Daniel Boczarsky (Getty Images) In his last written reply to the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) group., Microsoft uses lots of data to show that buying struggling publisher Activision Blizzard won’t hurt Sony or Nintendo. While the bizarre self-denial madness continues, it even suggests that the deal will actually help the publisher compete ...
screenshot: ZenMax The court case to justify why Microsoft can take over Activision Blizzard is currently ongoing. In a reply to the UK Markets Inspectorate Statement about the acquisition the publisher suggests that making a “mid-size” game like the upcoming one makes good business sense for them The Elder Scrolls VI exclusive while arguing that ...
picture: The Pokémon Company Where there are cute and lovable Pokémon, There is always a way. Despite less-then-excellent reviews and lots Performance issues and bugs, Pokemon scarlet and violet just broke sales records on the Nintendo Switch and beyond, moving 10 million copies in its opening weekend alone. “This is the highest-ever number for worldwide ...
screenshot: EA The endlessly silly debacle between Microsoft and Sony over the attempted purchase of Activision Blizzard King offers a new lowlight every day. Yesterday we had Microsoft states that it has rubbish exclusives compared to Sonyand today, Sony just noisy dissed EAs battlefield Franchise to prove how much better call of Duty leads. It’s ...
picture: Nintendo It’s that time of year again. The pumpkins are all smashed, the peppermints are in the mocha, and all Mariah Carey wants for Christmas is you (and her big fat Columbia Records royalty check). That Holiday preseason is officially ours, with offers and discounts on a lot of games, consoles and accessories. Here’s ...
gif: Studio wildcard / Digital Foundry / Kotaku Back in 2018, the Switch received one of its worst and most unplayable ports in console history, a notable accolade considering how many rough-and-ready games are on the platform. You may know it since it’s a fairly popular first-person open-world survival simulator called Ark: Survival Evolved. Now, ...
Medieval fantasy game Blacktail, the debut of Kraków studio The Parasight, lets you play as the fairy tale witch Baba Yaga in her bow and arrow carrying youth. You decide her fate, whether she is a good witch or a bad witch, depending on how you navigate the magical, dangerous forest she roams. “When vivid ...
