-
CultureMicrosoft Doubles Cost Of Xbox Live From What It Was A Year Ago
Xbox Live Gold, Microsoft’s online service for Xbox, is about to get more expensive. The company announced this morning that subscriptions will go up by $1 to $11 a month in the coming weeks. The new cheapest option for an annual subscription is paying for the $60 six month plan twice, double what a year…
By Ethan Gach -
CultureDestiny 2‘s Best Loot Mechanic From Last Year Is Coming Back
Destiny 2‘s Umbral Engrams and Prismatic Recaster from season 11 are coming back in season 13, Bungie announced in this week’s blog post. That’s great news, considering it made for one of the better loot grinds in the game’s recent past. Unlike most Legendary Engrams in Destiny 2, which decrypt into random gear you have…
By Ethan Gach -
CultureOdds and EndsPixel Artist Imagines Modern Pokémon With Game Boy Graphics
Illustrator and pixel artist Pat Ackerman has spent the last year reimagining the entire Pokédex of Pokémon Sword and Shield as old-school sprites. Starting back when the eighth-generation starters were revealed, Ackerman slowly but surely pixelized every pocket monster found in the series’ most recent games. And as of this week, he has an incredibly…
By Ian Walker -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryToo Fast, Too Fantasy XV: Eight Days To Go
There are eight days left until Final Fantasy XV disappears from Xbox Game Pass and thereby, my Xbox Series S. Yesterday, I embarked on an epic quest to start and finish Final Fantasy XV in the few days remaining, and after Day 1, I’m only [checks watch] three hours in. Oh boy. Technically that number…
By Ash Parrish -
CultureOdds and EndsFunko Screwed Up Its Assassin’s Creed Pop, Twice
Today, Funko announced two figures of Eivor, the main character from Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. Except, both figures are male, which isn’t even canon. While it is true you can pick either male or female Eivors in Vallhalla and are free to switch between them whenever you want, Ubisoft does have a canon option. Female Eivor…
By Zack Zwiezen -
CultureDead By Daylight Studio Hurriedly Announces Colorblind Mode After Designer Complains About Accessibility Requests
A little over a week after a Dead by Daylight designer became publicly agitated over requests for accessibility options, developer Behaviour Interactive has announced that it is working on accommodations for colorblind players. “This is not how we wanted to reveal this, but we feel it’s the right time,” the studio’s official Twitter account told…
By Ian Walker -
CultureResident Evil Crossover Event Coming To Division 2 In February
Resident Evil cosmetic items and gear are coming to The Division 2 in February. The upcoming crossover was announced briefly today during Capcom’s Resident Evil Showcase The in-game event is part of a celebration of Resident Evil’s 25th Anniversary. The Division 2 cosmetic event will run from February 2 until the 15th. All players who…
By Zack Zwiezen -
CultureHitman 3 Is Off To A Rocky Start
You’ve probably heard this one before. A buzzy game hits the market. It demands some degree of internet connection. Everyone flocks to play on day one, only to hit a series of frustrating roadblocks. Online connectivity is shaky, if functional at all. There are issues with save data and character progression. Some players spring for…
By Ari Notis -
CultureCapcom Announces Multiplayer Shooter Resident Evil Re:Verse
During today’s Resident Evil showcase, Capcom announced Resident Evil Re:Verse, a multiplayer shooter featuring characters from across the franchise. The brief snippets of gameplay highlighted during the stream showed a game with a distinctive, comic-book art style. Some of the playable characters include Leon Kennedy, Jill Valentine, and Chris Redfield. Capcom’s press release goes into…
By Ian Walker -
CultureResident Evil Village Out For Old And New Consoles On May 7 [Update: PS5 Demo Out]
Today during Capcom’s Resident Evil showcase, the publisher announced Resident Evil Village is coming out for PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X / S, and Steam on May 7, 2021. Here’s a replay of the showcase video. The trailers begin at 28:53: And here is a direct link to a standalone Resident Evil…
By Zack Zwiezen -
CultureReport: $250 Collector’s Edition Of Cyberpunk 2077 Gets Refunded, Player Gets To Keep It Anyway
For the last month, digital storefronts, brick-and-mortar retailers, and developer CD Projekt Red have been processing refunds for Cyberpunk 2077’s busted console version. That includes the game’s $250 collector’s edition, which in one case CDPR refunded without making the customer in question return it, according to a new report by Vice Games “I was surprised…
By Ethan Gach -
CultureKotaku Game Diary37 Days In, There’s No Sign I’ll Stop Playing Grindstone
I have a new love, and its name is Grindstone. We spend time together every night before we go to sleep. I do love a reliable indie developer. Capybara Games certainly meet that remit, having broken away from franchise work in 2011 with their astounding Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP. Then came Super Time Force…
By John Walker -
CultureBugsnax Devs Say The Ending Could Have Been A Lot Darker
I’ve been thinking about Bugsnax so much that it feels like I’ve eaten one of the suspiciously addicting little critters myself. It’s been a week since I’ve finished the game and I still catch myself muttering “bunger bunger bunger” as I go about my day. To satiate my hunger for more Bugsnax without actually consuming…
By Ash Parrish -
CultureKotaku Game Diary200 Hours In The Division 2 Surprises Me With A Sentient, Murderous RC Car
Eventually, games stop surprising you. That’s just how it goes. You put enough hours into a game, and eventually you’ve seen all there is to see. I thought I had reached that point with The Division 2. Yet, after 220 hours of playing, last night I encountered a battle bot that was the leader of…
By Zack Zwiezen -
CulturePUBG‘s New Reputation System Will Let Other Players Know If You’re An Asshole
PUBG’s latest update adds a souped-up new sports car, more improvements to test out in the lab version, and most importantly a reputation system that will try to give you a score based on how toxic you are as a player. That sounds amazing. More games should have this. Out today as part of patch…
By Ethan Gach -
CultureBioWare Artist Shares Concepts From Canceled Revolver Project
BioWare art director Matt Rhodes spent the holidays uploading some interesting concept art from Revolver, a project that never saw the light of day. Revolver was first conceived as a follow-up to 2005’s Jade Empire that went through several iterations. The developers eventually dropped the ancient Chinese setting for sci-fi and shifted from a martial…
By Ian Walker
