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Ubisoft’s Next-Gen Games Will Remain $60 (For Now)

While 2K has come out and said its next-gen games will cost $10 more than the current standard (at $70 vs $60), Ubisoft announced today that, for the time being at least, its PS5 and Xbox Series X games will remain at $60. During an earnings call earlier today, Ubisoft boss Yves Guillemot said for…

Amid Backlash, U.S. Army Retreats From Twitch

The U.S. Army has dealt with sustained backlash over the past few weeks against its recruitment-oriented Twitch channel, which has banned viewers for asking about war crimes and hosted supposed giveaways that just dumped people out onto a recruitment page (which the Army has since claimed did enter viewers into a competition through other means,…

Ridiculous Ghost Of Tsushima Triple Kill Requires One Horse, Two Explosives

There are a million ways to kill people in Ghost of Tsushima, the new open-world, samurai-themed action game for PlayStation 4. Some methods are honorable (duels, standoffs, shooting people in the head with flaming arrows). Some are dishonorable (kunai, poison darts, shooting people in the back of the head with flaming arrows). Some, like the…

Pressed On Accountability, Ubisoft CEO Avoids Taking Blame For Company’s Sexual Misconduct Problems

In a call with investors today, a financial analyst asked Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot about what he knew about the sexual misconduct that now appears to have been widespread at the multinational publisher. His answer centered on others betraying his trust and failed to acknowledge any accountability. The misconduct at Ubisoft has been widely discussed…

Freelance Game Writers Band Together To Strike Over Poor Pay

Contracted freelance writers for Voltage Entertainment, publisher of notable dating game mobile app Lovestruck, are striking to protest what they describe as a history of low wages and unreasonable deadlines. In the Reddit post announcing the strike, the writers stated, “The writers of Lovestruck have come together to unanimously demand better working conditions, greater transparency,…

How’s It Going?: Focus Edition

It’s Wednesday; we’re getting there! Welcome back to our daily open thread. I’m having a hard time concentrating lately, though I’m trying to just make myself start tasks. Once I get started on something it’s easy to keep going, but I’ve been having a hard time picking what to do next and spend a lot…

Track: Ol’ 55 | Artist: Tom Waits | Album: Closing Time

The Peaky Fookin’ Blinders

Gabriel Soares is an artist from Brazil. You can see more of Gabriel’s stuff at his ArtStation page.

Dad Who Doesn’t Even Like Pokémon Selling His Card Collection For $30,000

A 34-year-old father from England, who does not nor has ever liked Pokémon, still managed to get his hands on a complete set of original cards when he was a kid, and so is now selling them to someone who can maybe appreciate them a little more. Nigel Brookes was given the set as a…

Nintendo Fans Trolled By NSFW “F-Zero” Twitter Account

Nintendo fans, being Nintendo fans, have been a bit nervy lately, some of them a little too eager to find out the latest news about the future of their favourite franchises. Last week, a pair of fresh Twitter accounts were spotted, one called @supermario35th (it’s Mario’s 35th birthday this year) and the other @FZeroJP, named…

Waluigi Debuted 20 Years Ago Today, And I Respect Him A Lot

Today marks the 20th anniversary of Waluigi’s debut in Mario Tennis for the Nintendo 64. In the decades since, the lanky loser has become something of a meme among gamers. But I’m here to say that, no, my love for Waluigi is pure, and I’m sick of hiding it behind a veil of irony. There…

I Asked An Expert To Read My Ghost Of Tsushima Haiku. He Wasn’t Impressed

The island is littered with scenic spots that host a haiku-composing mini-game. Unfortunately, they probably won’t be very good.

‘I Have Billions In The Bank’: A Sex Worker’s Life In Animal Crossing

Amanda had never played a video game in her life until, in the middle of quarantine, one of her loyal fans purchased her a Nintendo Switch Lite and a copy of Animal Crossing: New Horizons. The 24-year old, who requested to stay anonymous for this story, lives in Houston, and has worked as a stripper…

Xbox Summer Event Lets You Play Demos Of More Than 70 Unreleased Games

If you’re a fan of trying before you buy and being completely overwhelmed by the sheer number of options in front of you, then you’ll be pleased as punch to hear that you now have over 70 new Xbox games to play, and you’ve only got a week to do it. Xbox’s Summer Games Fest…

Rocket League Is Going Free-To-Play And Leaving Steam

The car-soccer hit Rocket League is getting an update later this summer that will make it free-to-play, developer Psyonix announced today, on the game’s blog. Rocket League will also launch on the Epic Games Store when that update arrives, and will no longer be available to download from Steam. As part of the free-to-play update,…

How’s It Going?: Moving Ahead Edition

It’s Tuesday! Welcome back to our daily open thread. I’m having a tough time putting one foot in front of the other these days. This probably hasn’t been helped by either worrying too much about the state of the world or having doom-ridden Zoom calls with friends about the state of the world. I know…

Track: Hikouki Gumo | Artist: Yumi Matsutoya | Album: Yumi Arai The Concert with old Friends

October 2019. Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. By Pawel Sitnik | Instagram  JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!

The Big City

Oliver Beck is an illustrator and concept artist from Germany. You can see more of Oliver’s stuff at his ArtStation page

Untitled Goose Game’s Boxed Version Is Just Lovely

Untitled Goose Game is coming back to the Switch and PS4 later this year in a boxed version called the Lovely Edition Available from iam8bit, it not only includes a very nice box and cartridge/disc, but a hand-drawn town map, a “24-page retail catalogue featuring useful items and objects that a goose might enjoy collecting,”…