Nintendo’s big dump of a Direct presentation has come to an end, bringing plenty of news for games like Engage Fire Emblem and Mario Kart 8 deluxe. Although the biggest announcement was that OTW Consequence The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom– what got an official name and a final release date in a ...
picture: Square Enix / Platinum Games Today, publisher Square Enix and developer Platinum Games finally did what everyone predicted from the start: they announced Babylon’s fall will be closed within the first year. While I’m hardly surprised, it still sucks. People paid $60 for this game only six months ago and in less than six ...
picture: Ubisoft Tencent has poured another small fortune into one of the biggest gaming companies. Ubisoft announced on Tuesday that the Chinese conglomerate would increase its investments in the Assassin’s Creed Manufacturer by almost $300 million through an elaborate series of financial maneuvers. Rather than directly buying Ubisoft shares, Tencent is acquiring a 49.9 percent ...
picture: Valve / Kotaku Earlier this week, a developer’s Twitter thread about shady Steam curators who may be lying to get free game codes went viral. in the thread, with a somewhat piercing operation To back up his suspicions, the developer theorized that these shady curators are taking game keys and selling them instead of ...
picture: BySoftware elden ring wasn’t just a hit with fans of FromSoftware’s notoriously difficult action RPGs. Today, Tencent Holdings and Sony announced that they have acquired 30% of the shares souls-Developer shares split in favor of Tencent. FromSoftware is expected to gain $260 million from the agreement. Today’s Announcement by Kadokawa, FromSoft’s parent company announced ...
Uh, say what now?picture: Infinity Ward A lawsuit against Activision Blizzard was dismissed last month because the plaintiffs did not play enough, according to a judge in the Southern California District Court where the lawsuit was filed Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare to bring an informed case against the slandered publisher. Once in Activision Blizzard’s ...
picture: Activision/Blizzard/King/Kotaku Here’s a sign of the times: Activision has confirmed through newly released financial documents that it made more money from its mobile games than all of its console and PC games combined last quarter. As discovered by TweakTown, Activision’s quarterly report was released last week and provides insight into how its biggest games ...
picture: Nintendo I admit that I had no idea until yesterday Fire Emblem Heroes was still active and updated. But a lot of people still play the game and apparently spend money on it too. This is shown by new data Fire Emblem Heroes has just surpassed $1 billion in sales, becoming the first Nintendo ...
screenshot: Good old games The drama and madness surrounding the disaster Blade Runner: Extended Edition Remake continues this week. Last time we checked in they were shoppers very dissatisfied with the state of the gameand the makers of a popular and longtime fan version were stiffened by the release of this newer edition. Now some ...
Let go, Valve, I won’t be contained!picture: Valve / Nintendo / Kotaku So, Portal: The Companion Collectiona bundle of Valve’s 3D puzzle platformers portal and portal 2, just released on the Nintendo Switch. But not long after its surprise release during this week’s Direct Mini Partner Showcasea modder called OatmealDome has already found a way ...
