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CultureAfter Anthem‘s Failure, Dragon Age 4 Will Reportedly Be Single-Player Only
We praise dancing in the Chantry y’all! According to a report from Bloomberg, EA is allowing BioWare to ditch “all multiplayer components” originally planned for the latest game in the Dragon Age series. EA is a company known for its dogged insistence on adding multiplayer and microtransactions to every one of its games, pushing its…
By Ash Parrish Published February 25, 2021 -
CultureMarvel’s Avengers Adds ‘What Am I Doing With My Life’ Armor
Square Enix’s weekly Marvel’s Avengers blog post went live this morning. That said, there isn’t much to talk about besides the game’s silly new Iron Man outfit, so let’s do that. Seriously, just look at this thing. I wouldn’t bat an eye if someone told me Tony skinned a Furby for the helmet. It looks…
By Ian Walker Published February 25, 2021 -
CultureDestiny 2 Is Sunsetting Sunsetting
Bungie announced today it’s getting rid of Destiny 2‘s most beleaguered mechanic: sunsetting. Starting in Season 14, new weapons will no longer have an expiration date. “This is a big change for Destiny and one that we did not make lightly,” assistant game director Joe Blackburn wrote in a sweeping new State of Destiny post…
By Ethan Gach Published February 25, 2021 -
CultureReport: Chat Logs Reveal Pervasive Racism In Top World of Warcraft Raiding Guilds
Two raiding guilds in the upper tiers of World of Warcraft’s North American ladder, Clout Gang and Instant Dollars, have come under fire for using racial and homophobic slurs. First reported by PC Gamer, an Imgur album containing screenshots of Clout Gang’s Discord and in-game chats was posted in the r/WoW subreddit showing members using…
By Ash Parrish Published February 25, 2021 -
CultureDestiny 2‘s Next Big Expansion The Witch Queen Delayed To 2022
Destiny 2 has gotten a big expansion every year since it released, but 2021 will be different. Bungie announced today that The Witch Queen, originally planned to launch in the second half of this year, will be delayed until 2022 due to its size and ongoing issues around working from home during the covid-19 pandemic.…
By Ethan Gach Published February 25, 2021 -
OpinionImpressionsBlack Ops Cold War’s Large-Scale ‘Outbreak’ Mode Shakes Up Zombies
Season Two of Black Ops Cold War arrives today, with a new 6v6 multiplayer map, new weapons, more challenges to complete, and another 100-tier battle pass to grind. It also brings the most unique Zombies experience we’ve seen in a while, in the large-scale “Outbreak” Zombies mode. As a part of Black Ops Cold War’s…
By S.E. Doster Published February 25, 2021 -
CultureDefiance Is Shutting Down (Yes, That MMO Based On The Show)
Defiance and Defiance 2050 will shut down on April 29, Trion Worlds announced on Steam yesterday. Both games will be downloadable and playable until that date. The decision to shutter both games came down to financial sustainability, with Trion World concluding that “both games could no longer sustain themselves.” Starting today, players will no longer…
By Zack Zwiezen Published February 25, 2021 -
CultureCourt Orders Valve To Hand Over Data On 436 Steam Games To Apple
Apple has been asking a bunch of companies to give it confidential information in its ongoing legal battle with Epic Games over how much money each company gets to collect off of Fortnite skin sales on the iPhone. Yesterday, a California magistrate judge ordered Valve to comply with one of these requests and hand over…
By Ethan Gach Published February 25, 2021 -
CultureDestruction AllStars, Originally Planned As A $70 Game, Will Sell For $20
Destruction AllStars, the PlayStation 5-exclusive derby game, will soon sell for $20, developer Lucid Games announced today—a $50 price drop from the game’s original sticker price of $70. Last September, during a digital showcase, Sony announced that some PS5 games would cost $70, a notable increase over the long-standard price point of $60. One of…
By Ari Notis Published February 25, 2021 -
CultureCall Of Duty Is Getting Too Big For Your Base PS4, Activision Warns
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare/Warzone and Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War are now so big, Activision is telling base PS4 owners they may no longer be able to fit both full games on their console’s hard drive. Call of Duty: Warzone’s season two update is live, and it’s another hulking 17GB on PS4…
By Ethan Gach Published February 25, 2021 -
CultureThe Pokémon Company announced a video livestream over on its YouTube channel on February 26 starting at 10:00 a.m. ET. Who knows what will be shown in it, but this week marks the series’ 25th anniversary, and the company is putting on a concert with Post Malone on Saturday to celebrate
By Ethan Gach Published February 25, 2021 -
OpinionImpressionsBravely Default 2 Is Another Fun But Flawed Old-School JRPG
Bravely Default 2 is a trip, man. Going in, I thought I knew exactly what this game was, and it turns out I pretty much did—except for all of the tiny moments that occasionally delight, and just as occasionally elicit big, heaving sighs. Every time the familiar old-school JRPG wins me over it follows that…
By Ethan Gach Published February 25, 2021 -
Kotaku EastJapanJapanese TV Introduces “Mask Manners”
Even before the age of covid-19, sickness masks were widely worn in Japan, especially during hay fever season. But now that people wear them every day, throughout the day, it seems as though there’s a notion as to what’s good and bad mask manners. This week on Asashi TV’s Morning Show (via Afternoon News), there…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 25, 2021 -
Kotaku EastJapanBloodborne Producer Masaaki Yamagiwa Is Leaving Sony
Today on Twitter, producer Masaaki Yamagiwa announced that he is leaving Sony’s Tokyo-based Japan Studio. He is not leaving the game industry, however. “I’m leaving Sony Interactive Entertainment at the end of this month,” he wrote. “I’m going to continue working hard on creating games. Many thanks to everyone!” While at Sony, Yamagiwa produced Bloodborne,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 25, 2021 -
Kotaku EastJapanNintendo Japan Will No Longer Service The 3DS And 3DS XL
Today, Nintendo announced in Japan that it was ending repair service for the 3DS and 3DS XL. The reason is that it’s become difficult to obtain the necessary parts. The original Nintendo 3DS launched in February 2011 in Japan, and the larger Nintendo 3DS XL (called “LL” in Japan) followed in July 2012. This announcement…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 25, 2021 -
CultureTrack: Giorgio by Moroder | Artist: Daft Punk | Album: Random Access Memories
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 25, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsGiant Motor Gives PC Enough Rumble To Shake The Very Heavens
Jatin Patel is an iOS developer who works on big, silly projects for his YouTube channel. His latest million-dollar idea was to connect a giant, 2,880 rpm induction motor to his DualShock, magnifying the controller’s comparatively pitiful rumble to extraordinary proportions. I mean, it only makes sense. As you can see in the video, all…
By Ian Walker Published February 24, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsFrom This Day Forth, Bomb Rush Cyberfunk Shall Be Known As Jet Set Radio 2
Fans have been asking Sega for decades now to make a Jet Set Radio sequel, and since the company seemingly isn’t interested, some fans are stepping in to do it themselves. I’ve already written about Bomb Rush Cyberfunk on the site, but that was when the developers only had a teaser trailer, which merely hinted…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 24, 2021 -
CulturePresident Biden Wants To ‘Review’ Cause Of PS5, Graphics Card Shortages
President Biden is getting ready to sign an executive order, one that will review the United States’ ability to get hold of certain things that it’s currently having trouble getting hold of. On the list are semiconductors, one of the main reasons behind the current PS5 (and graphics card) shortages. As CNBC reported earlier this…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 24, 2021 -
CultureReport: Hack Locked Cyberpunk 2077 Developers Out Of Their Computers For Two Weeks
Earlier this month, you may have read about a major cyber attack against Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt Red. According to a new report from Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier, that hack all but halted work at the Polish game studio for two weeks. Citing sources who wished to remain anonymous, Bloomberg’s report details how the hack…
By Ari Notis Published February 24, 2021