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CultureLatest Biomutant Update Trims The Tutorial And Shushes The Narrator
If there’s one thing you’d want to change about Biomutant, it’s the narrator. If there’s another, it’s the overly long and bloated tutorial. If there’s a third, it’s the sheer amount of chatter some NPCs will inundate you with. Okay, maybe Biomutant isn’t exactly flawless, but a major patch today purports to sand down some…
By Ari Notis Published June 2, 2021 -
CultureNintendo’s E3 2021 Plans Include A Direct And Treehouse Live
Nintendo fans wondering about the company’s E3 plans can now cease their incessant pondering. There’s be a 40-minute Nintendo Direct on June 15 focused on Switch games, followed by three hours of deep dives via Treehouse Live. The festivities kick off at noon Eastern time on June 15 with a selection of Switch games, with…
By Mike Fahey Published June 2, 2021 -
CultureOne Year And 14 Million Active Players Later, Valorant Is Going Mobile
Officially launched on June 2 of last year, Riot Games’ hero shooter Valorant has enjoyed massive success on PC, with more than a half-billion matches played and over 14 million active players. Today Riot announced plans to expand the franchise, starting with Valorant Mobile. The announcement of the mobile version of the hit shooter arrives…
By Mike Fahey Published June 2, 2021 -
CultureNo Man’s Sky Gets A Massive Visual Overhaul
Taking a brief pause from adding completely game-changing mechanics to its epic space adventure, today Hello Games releases the “Prisms” update for No Man’s Sky, adding fur to creatures, light refraction to rain, more detail to cave environments, reflective metal to space stations, and much more. Oh, and also you can tame and ride flying…
By Mike Fahey Published June 2, 2021 -
Kotaku EastJapanLast Year, The Pokémon Company Made More Money Than Ever
In 2020, The Pokémon Company posted record profits, with a 21.2 percent increase in net profit compared to the previous year. As Kantan Games explains, The Pokémon Company has disclosed its net profit in the past, with it reaching a record-high 18.6 billion yen ($170 million) last year. However, since The Pokémon Company is a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 2, 2021 -
Kotaku EastJapanManga Pirate Sentenced To Three Years In Prison And Fined Over $600,000
Romi Hoshino, the alleged administrator of now-shuttered manga piracy site Manga-Mura, was arrested on copyright charges in 2019 after a global manhunt. Today, the Fukuoka District Court found the 29-year-old guilty. As reported by FNN and Nikkei (via ANN), Hoshino has been sentenced to three years in prison and slapped with two fines: one for…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 2, 2021 -
CultureKing Of Fighters XV Delayed To 2022 Because of Covid-19
Originally aiming for a 2020 release, and earlier delay saw SNK scheduling The King of Fighters XV for this year. The game has, however, been delayed again According to SNK, the game is being pushed back due to the covid-19 situation in Japan, where a number of regions—including Tokyo and Osaka—are still under a state…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 2, 2021 -
CultureNintendo Is Opening A Museum In Japan
Nintendo just announced plans to take one of its old production facilities in Japan and turn it into the “Nintendo Gallery,” a place to “showcase the many products Nintendo has launched over its history.” The Uji Ogura Plant, located in Uji (just outside of Kyoto), was built all the way back in 1969, and has been…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 1, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsEvo 2002 Trailer Is Definitely From 2002
Over the weekend, someone uploaded an ancient trailer used to promote 2002’s Evolution Championship Series fighting game tournament, and boy is it something else. As the first year the tournament series—which was previously known as Battle by the Bay—used the Evo name, you can tell they went all out in producing this video. It’s got…
By Ian Walker Published June 1, 2021 -
CultureSuper Mario Bros. Movie Restoration Adds 20 Minutes Of Deleted Scenes
For years now, Super Mario Bros. The Movie Archive has been workingto obtain and restore a bunch of deleted scenes from Nintendo’s 1993 disaster. That work is now largely done, leaving us with a sort of “director’s cut” of the film that runs for 20 minutes longer than the original. Super Mario Bros: The Morton…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 1, 2021 -
CultureOdds and Ends$35,000 Could Win You This BTS Chicken McNugget Shaped Like An Among Us Crewmate
Today, in a weird confluence of internet mega-fandoms: There is a chicken nugget from the McDonald’s BTS meal shaped like an Among Us crewmate up for bid on Ebay for more than $34,000 whole-ass American dollars. That’s it. That’s all I got in the face of this overwhelming evidence that the human race are simultaneously…
By Ash Parrish Published June 1, 2021 -
CultureMinecraft Removes Decade-Old 4chan Shoutout
Mojang Studios’ latest update to the Java version of Minecraft removes a random title screen message shouting out controversial website 4chan that existed in the game for over 10 years. While this change doesn’t appear in the official patch notes, the meticulous record-keepers of the Minecraft wiki noticed the splash text’s removal after digging through…
By Ian Walker Published June 1, 2021 -
CultureI’m Waiting For World Of Warcraft‘s Dark Portal To Open All Over Again
Fine, World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Classic. I’ll sit with dozens of other players in the Blasted Lands, waiting for the glowing green portal to open at 6 p.m. Eastern time. I will weather this plodding déjà vu but know this: There’s no way in hell I’m leveling a Blood Elf or Draenei again. It’s…
By Mike Fahey Published June 1, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsMass Effect 3 Easter Egg Revealed After Nine Years
Nine years since the release of Mass Effect 3 and just a couple of weeks after the release of its shiny new Mass Effect Legendary Edition remaster, a long-hidden Easter egg has been revealed. On May 18th, Richard Boisvert, who appears to be a former BioWare developer, posted on r/masseffect about an Easter egg he…
By Ash Parrish Published June 1, 2021 -
CultureCrysis Remastered Trilogy Out This Fall
Another week, another development in the Department of Remakes, Remasters, and Rereleases. Crysis is the latest trilogy to get a new paint job. It’s out this fall, developer Crytek announced today, with the specific release date up in the air. Crysis Remastered Trilogy, a packaged collection that contains somehow-remastered versions of all three first-person-shooter sandboxes,…
By Ari Notis Published June 1, 2021 -
CulturePSA: Tell Me Why Is Free During Pride Month [Corrected]
In celebration of Pride Month, Dontnod Entertainment is offering Tell Me Why for free through the month of June on Windows 10, Steam, and Xbox consoles. And anyone who picks up the game in that time will own the game permanently. Tell Me Why is an episodic adventure game about twins Tyler and Alyson Ronan,…
By Jonathan Lee Published June 1, 2021 -
CultureOh, Goody, E3 Will Have An Awards Show
Following a weeklong flurry of digital events, and a four-day spree of press conferences, E3 2021 will culminate in an awards ceremony, the Entertainment Software Association announced today. Yay… You might be thinking to yourself, “Wait a second, haven’t E3 awards always existed?” You’re not wrong. There’s a reason box art for games like Dragon…
By Ari Notis Published June 1, 2021 -
CultureWatch Dogs: Legion Gets A Surprise Free Zombie Mode Of Sorts
Available today, as a surprise free alpha test for Watch Dog: Legion PC players, Legion of the Dead fills the game’s London with zombies. Up to four players are tasked with scavenging the resources they need to survive while using their special skills to thwart the zombie hoards. Sounds neat! I sure hope people play…
By Mike Fahey Published June 1, 2021
