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CultureFallout 76’s NPCs Don’t Care About Getting Nuked
This week’s Fallout 76 Wastelanders update added human non-player characters to the game for the first time. Naturally, one of the first things players tried to do was nuke them. Players have been finding all sorts of curious new details in the game thanks to its burgeoning populace, from the return of pizza rolls to…
By Ethan Gach Published April 16, 2020 -
CultureDestiny 2 Is Getting Its Own Version Of The Olympics
Destiny 2 is getting a new limited-time event called Guardian Games next week. The event will have players try to out-compete one another for the honor of having their guardian class represented in the Tower for the rest of the year. The Guardian Games were teased in this season’s roadmap but didn’t have an exact…
By Ethan Gach Published April 16, 2020 -
CultureGamescom 2020 Won’t Happen In Germany, Goes Digital
Gamescom, one of the biggest gaming conventions in the world, won’t be happening in Germany this year. Gamescom 2020 is canceled, its organizers announced today, but a digital version of the event is in the works. “It’s official: unfortunately, gamescom will under no circumstances take place on site in Cologne this year,” the German Games…
By Ethan Gach Published April 16, 2020 -
CultureHow’s It Going?: Improvement Edition
It’s Thursday! It’s very pretty outside where I live, which seems like a cruel joke. Welcome back to our daily open thread. I didn’t get the chance to reply to the comments on yesterday’s thread, but I wanted to share here how much I appreciate them. You all are staying so strong through so much,…
By Riley MacLeod Published April 16, 2020 -
CultureTrack: Zettai Zetsumei | Artist: Tokyo Jihen | Album: Ultra C
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 16, 2020 -
CultureCrysis Remaster Appears To Be Coming To Major Platforms, Including Switch [Update]
It was there and then it was not there, as multiple people spotted a teaser image on the website for the first-person-shooter Crysis this morning. That teaser promises that a Crysis Remastered will be released for PS4, Xbox One, PC and Switch. Update: It’s official and coming out this summer. The main image hyping the…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 16, 2020 -
CultureReport: Sony Is Making Fewer PS5s This Year Due To Its Price And Not Covid-19
Sources tell Bloomberg that this year, Sony will be producing a lower number of PlayStation 5 consoles. The cause, reportedly, isn’t due to the novel coronavirus covid-19 pandemic, but rather, the hardware’s high price at launch. The console’s technical specs are expected to be reflected in the pricing, Bloomberg added, and there has been speculation…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 16, 2020 -
CultureRiot Tries To Force League Of Legends Player Named Corona To Change His Username
Joao Corona’s League of Legends name had never been a problem in the past. But earlier this month, Riot told him he had to change it to something else if he wanted to keep playing. A year ago many people knew Corona as the overpriced Mexican beer for impromptu beach parties by rich and beautiful…
By Ethan Gach Published April 15, 2020 -
CultureWorld Of Warcraft Fan Server Unleashes Days-Long Virtual Plague To Teach Covid-19 Prevention
During a pandemic, illness isn’t the only thing that spreads. Fear and panic set in, leaving room for misinformation to seep into newly formed cracks in society’s foundation. Some people believe that sunlight kills covid-19. Some think that drinking water is enough to keep it at bay. Some don’t know what to believe. In light…
By Nathan Grayson Published April 15, 2020 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryReno Forced Me To Use Parries In Final Fantasy VII Remake
Shocking though it may be, Final Fantasy VII wasn’t part of my childhood. As such, Remake has given me a great opportunity to learn more about this iconic roleplaying game. I’ve fallen in love with the bumbling members of Avalanche and find the overarching eco-terrorists vs. exploitative megacorp narrative compelling. And now the game is…
By Ian Walker Published April 15, 2020 -
Culture18 Months After Red Dead Redemption 2, Rockstar Has Made Big Cultural Changes
Last fall, nearly a year after the release of Red Dead Redemption 2, top Rockstar executive Jennifer Kolbe sent out an email to staff with a list of bullet-pointed initiatives to improve Rockstar’s culture. Rockstar, the game developer behind Grand Theft Auto and many other highly selling, often controversial games, had been widely criticized a…
By Jason Schreier Published April 15, 2020 -
CultureLatest Cooking Mama Game Was An Unauthorized Release, Say Creators [Update]
The creator of the Cooking Mama games says it pulled the plug on the latest game, Cooking Mama: Cookstar, over quality concerns. Except the publisher went ahead and released it anyway. Controversy has been swirling around Cooking Mama: Cookstar ever since it temporarily went up for sale on the Nintendo Switch eShop at the end…
By Ethan Gach Published April 15, 2020 -
CultureHow’s It Going?: Zen Edition
We’ve made it to Wednesday. Welcome back to our daily open thread. Yesterday was not a stellar day for me. I made the mistake of reading some articles about what the future could look like, which sent me into a spiral of anxiety and despair. As human brains often do (or at least my brain),…
By Riley MacLeod Published April 15, 2020 -
CulturePokémon Rumble Rush Ends Service In July
Mobile pocket monster battling game Pokémon Rumble Rush launched less than a year ago to universal agreement that it is indeed a game with Pokémon in it. It’s shutting down for good on July 22. A simplified mobile version of a game series that was already pretty basic, Pokémon Rumble Rush never had a lot…
By Mike Fahey Published April 15, 2020 -
CultureTrack: Ode To The Mets | Artist: The Strokes | Album: The New Abnormal
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 15, 2020
