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CultureCiv-Style Strategy Game Humankind Delayed To August
Humankind, the next 4X strategy game from the makers of Endless Space and Endless Legend, has been delayed until the summer, Amplitude Studios announced today. Previously set to arrive next month, the latest rival to Civilization will instead come to PC and Stadia on August 17 so that the developers can add more “polish” to…
By Ethan Gach Published March 25, 2021 -
Tips & GuidesHow To Sign Up For The ‘Xbox Insider’ Program
Yesterday, Microsoft announced that party chat, previously only available to members of Xbox Live Gold, will soon be free to all Xbox players. The company revealed the news in a tweet with phrases like “Alpha,” “Alpha Skip-Ahead,” and “flighting.” Meanwhile, an accompanying blog post featured a string of numbers: 2104-210323-0000. What the hell does all…
By Ari Notis Published March 25, 2021 -
CultureXbox Controllers Now Come In Tasty Limeade And Cherry Camo
Microsoft calls them Electric Volt and Daystrike Camo, but that’s not important. What is important is there are two new Xbox wireless controllers coming out next month, both sporting candy-colored analog sticks I want to chew right out of their housings. The Xbox Design Lab is still on hiatus, so for the time being we’re…
By Mike Fahey Published March 25, 2021 -
CultureFormer Nintendo Of America President Reggie Fils-Aimé Leaving GameStop Board Of Directors
Serving on GameStop’s board of directors was just one of long time video game executive Reggie Fils-Aimé’s post-Nintendo of America pastimes, but less than a year into his tenure the company announced it expects him to step down in June. Fils-Aimé is one of eight other board members set to be replaced at GameStop’s 2021…
By Ethan Gach Published March 25, 2021 -
AnimeFamed Anime Studio Wit Made A Stop-Motion Anime And It’s Very Cute
Wit Studio, perhaps best known for the Attack on Titan anime, is expanding its repertoire. This week, the studio released a stop-motion anime, and it’s very cute. Founded in 2012, Wit is a subsidiary of Projection I.G. Last December, Wit created its own stop-motion studio in order to, as IT Media reports, meet the needs…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 25, 2021 -
Kotaku EastJapanKoei Tecmo Couldn’t Salvage The Data for Ninja Gaiden Black And Ninja Gaiden II
Last month, it was announced that the Nintendo Switch was getting a Ninja Gaiden trilogy release. But to the chagrin of some, this bundle includes Ninja Gaiden Sigma 1 and Sigma 2. That’s right, Ninja Gaiden Black and Ninja Gaiden II are not included. Announced in 2005, Ninja Gaiden Black was a reworked, harder version…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 25, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsSomeone Just Opened A Brand-New Nintendo 64DD Dev Kit
A private video game collector recently reached out to Rerez host Shane Luis for his help in documenting a new, in-box Nintendo 64DD development kit, which means we now have an idea of what it must have been like for developers in the ‘90s to get their hands on this rare piece of hardware. The…
By Ian Walker Published March 24, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsHappy 10th Birthday, Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP
Time flies when you’re having fun/redefining expectations and helping inspire an entire generation of video games. We take games like this for granted today, but it’s tough to understate how important Sword & Sworcery was at the time of its release back in 2011, especially for mobile games. It was part of a generation of…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 24, 2021 -
CultureIf Sega Won’t Make A New Monkey Ball, These Guys Will
Monkey Ball creator Toshihiro Nagoshi is busy doing Yakuza stuff right now, and in his absence Sega has spent the last decade neglecting the series. Not to worry! Rolled Out is here, looking exactly like Monkey Ball only for the fact that there’s a rodent in there. Let me be clear: this is not a…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 24, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsIt Is Once Again Time To Drive A Relaxing Video Game Bus
As I have written on this website, there is a gentle joy to be found in driving a video game bus, and so it is with great excitement that I prepare to settle in for the next week playing a game called The Bus The Bus bills itself as “the next generation of city bus…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 24, 2021 -
CultureTwitchTwitch’s Latest Sensation Is A Stop Sign Where No One Stops
A blue car pulls up to a stop sign. Against all odds, it briefly, miraculously comes to a halt. Twitch chat goes ballistic. Numerous people spam “I was here” as pogchamp emotes flood in. This is Stopsigncam, a Twitch channel that suddenly has over 125,000 followers even though it’s just a camera trained on a…
By Nathan Grayson Published March 24, 2021 -
CultureGenshin Impact Made Over $1 Billion In Just Six Months
You folks hear of this game Genshin Impact? Pretty big deal. So big that it’s raked in over $1 billion (that’s three commas, people) in mobile revenue since it launched nearly six months ago on September 28. The data, as usual, comes from industry analyst Sensor Tower, which found that Genshin Impact reached this lofty…
By Ian Walker Published March 24, 2021 -
CultureIkumi Nakamura Talks About Her New Studio While Exploring Spooky Buildings
Ikumi Nakamura, the former GhostWire: Tokyo creative director who made a huge splash with her brief appearance at E3 2019, is finally ready to talk about opening her own game development studio after leaving Tango Gameworks in 2019. Fittingly, she did so while exploring some creepy, abandoned buildings. During her interview with Cutscenes, a new…
By Ian Walker Published March 24, 2021 -
CultureSuper Smash Bros. Devotes An Entire Update To Nerfing Wii Fit Trainer
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate balance changes tend to come in waves. Whenever the developers add new content to the game, players can expect to be greeted by a handful of character adjustments across the expansive roster. But in the latest update, the decision-makers at Nintendo set their sights on just one fighter: Wii Fit Trainer.…
By Ian Walker Published March 24, 2021 -
CultureThe WoW Classic Burning Crusade Beta Is Live, If You’re Into That Sort Of Thing
Look I don’t know why folks are excited to replay Blizzard’s first attempt at a World of Warcraft expansion, with its endless walking and “kill x of y” quests, but if you’ve opted-in for the World of Warcraft Classic Burning Crusade beta, now’s your time. I understand nostalgia. I also understand the urge to feel…
By Mike Fahey Published March 24, 2021 -
CultureValheim Mod Lets You Do A Real Number On Your Character’s Bones
Do you want to turn your Valheim character into a chimera creature with a skyscraper torso and legs that resemble a barstool? Me neither, but, uh, now you can! An0nymooose’s “BoneMod” (via Rock Paper Shotgun) lets you customize the scale of your character’s bones via in-game chat commands. Whereas normally, Valheim character creation is a…
By Nathan Grayson Published March 24, 2021 -
CultureA New Rocket League Game Is Coming To Phones
Rocket League Sideswipe is a new 2D mobile version of car soccer sim Rocket League coming to iOS and Android later this year, developer Psyonix announced today. Sideswipe matches will be two minutes long and feature 1v1 and 2v2 modes to accommodate people playing on mobile (the original game’s matches are five minutes and allow…
By Ethan Gach Published March 24, 2021 -
OpinionYou Don’t Have To Run The Exclusive Reveal For The War Crime Game
Rebooted war crime simulator Six Days in Fallujah got its official gameplay reveal yesterday in a new trailer that seems to confirm some people’s criticisms of the game as one-sided propaganda for the U.S. war machine. The trailer was debuted exclusively by IGN, the same website that just days earlier ran an in-depth report on…
By Ethan Gach Published March 24, 2021 -
CultureHitman 3 Is Getting DLC Based On The Seven Deadly Sins
Next week, Hitman 3 will receive downloadable content based on the seven deadly sins, developer IO Interactive announced in a blog post today. Just don’t expect it to be quite like the DLC from Hitman 2 Among all of the levels in the recent Hitman trilogy, two of the strongest were paid expansions for Hitman…
By Ari Notis Published March 24, 2021 -
OpinionImpressionsNew Pokémon Snap Is Like Old Pokémon Snap, Only Much Prettier
Pokémon Snap for the Nintendo 64 is a game about rolling through islands, leisurely taking pictures of pocket monsters. All the upcoming sequel needs to please fans of the original is more of that with nicer graphics. I am pleased to report New Pokémon Snap is exactly that. Nintendo recently held a preview event where…
By Mike Fahey Published March 24, 2021