Gamescom 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…

How To Lose Friends And Alienate Villagers

The heart of Animal Crossing: New Horizons is the friendships you build with your animal neighbors, each with their own quirks, aesthetics, and personality traits. So when Tom Nook announced that the humble island of Bussy Beach had its very first visitor at our brand new campsite, I was ecstatic. I rushed to the campgrounds,…

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Star Wars: Battlefront II’s Battle of Scarif update has been delayed again It was originally due out last month but got pushed back as the team started working from home. The update, which adds the new Scarif map and Galactic Civil War-era Supremacy fights, will now arrive later this month.

The improbable remaster SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated will see the light of day on June 23. The GameCube-era 3D platformer is headed to PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC, and will include not only new content cut from the original but a multiplayer horde mode of all things.  

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Crysis 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…

From Software’s Sekiro is getting an excellent-looking poseable Figma figure that has been intricately painted and detailed. Priced at $125.99, it will be released early next year. 

STATIONflow, out today on Steam, is a game all about designing subway stations. Not the lines, not the network, just the stations themselves, optimising their layout to keep people moving and not constantly freaking out. It’s very chill!

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Riot 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…