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Crytek paid their Frankfurt staff missing salaries for October, according to a company source. The company says November paychecks will arrive next week. As we’ve been reporting, Crytek has been late to pay its staff all throughout 2016.

New, Witchy Film From Studio Ghibli Veterans Looks Just As Magical As Miyazaki’s

Starved Studio Ghibli fans now have something new to look forward to. Yesterday, Ghibli veterans, under the auspices of Studio Ponoc, released a trailer for a fantastical, Ghibliesque movie called Mary and the Witch’s Flower, slated for Summer, 2017. Based on Mary Stewart’s The Little Broomstick, in which a girl discovers a magical broomstick in the…

Final Fantasy XV Gets New Game Plus Next Week

Square Enix will add a New Game Plus mode to Final Fantasy XV via patch on December 22 alongside a “Holiday Pack” DLC that will contain a bunch of goodies, the publisher announced today. Naturally, you’ll get more if you pay. The New Game Plus mode is free and will be available to everyone, although…

Here’s Where You Can Play The Nintendo Switch Starting Next Month

Nintendo will let the public gets hands on time with its next console/handheld starting in January as part of a multi-city tour, the company announced today. It sounds like space will be limited, so be prepared to wait on line if you want to play the Switch. The world’s most acclaimed maker of iPhone games…

Rissin og Kellingin. Eysturoy, Faroe Islands. By Josip Šore 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 Uncharted series is full of swashbuckling treasure hunters who, despite all the double-crossing and antique theft, rarely have to face the consequences of their actions. Here’s a story about how that all goes down in the real world

When Super Mario Run Doesn’t Launch On Android

Please hurry, Nintendo.

Civilization’s Giant AI Battle Royale Died, Returns Way Better

Early last year, something beautiful happened:a single game of Civ V was started up, with 61 civs all controlled by the AI, then left to run. It was chaos, there was bloodshed, but sadly, it all kinda fell apart thanks to technical woes. Not to matter! It’s starting up again, and for curious spectators looks…

Planet Coaster Just Got A Huge Free Update

Planet Coaster, a very good video game, just got a lot better thanks to a big “Winter Update” that’s both a patch and a upgrade, adding new stuff for your parks. It’s a Paradox-style update, then, in that it combines what you expect to get fixed with what you’d expect other companies to charge for.…

New Watch Dogs 2 Patch Adds More Fog, Multiplayer Tweaks

Ubisoft released a patch for Watch Dogs 2 yesterday in preparation of the first DLC, which will fix some known bugs and balance the multiplayer game modes. While it’s not exactly The Sims level hilarious, there are still some funny changes alongside the more necessary ones. The PC version of this patch has one more…

The State Of PC Gaming In 2016

2016 was yet another year that showed PC gaming is, in many ways, on the forefront of gaming. So many of gaming’s most popular trends—the proliferation of Early Access on consoles (for better or worse), survival game elements in everything, multiplatform mods, esports, and virtual reality—all started on PC. Even as it inspired other platforms,…

GTA Online Has Become An Incredible, Ridiculous Playground For The Rich

This week, Rockstar Games released a big Grand Theft Auto Online update focused on stealing cars. Committing acts of grand theft auto, if you will. This new expansion is titled “Import/Export.” It adds new ways to make money and some wacky vehicles to spend that money on. The problem is that, unless you already have…

Battlefield 1’s Latest Patch Nerfs Popular Sniper Rifle

The Martini-Henry is one of Battlefield 1‘s most interesting guns. It is a sniper rifle that is very difficult to use. You have no scope and one shot before reloading. If you made it count, the Martini-Henry could be a beast. ButBattlefield 1‘s latest patchhas transformed it into a something of a joke weapon. You…

Twitch Launches IRL, A Channel For Streaming Your Stupid Real Life

After five years of giving people a way to share their gaming with the masses, Twitch expands into the real world today with IRL, a channel dedicated to sharing everyday life experiences with strangers. IRL is the next step in Twitch’s evolution from game streaming service to everything streaming service, which began in 2015 with…

Dinosaur survival game Ark: Survival Evolved is getting a VR spin-off in 2017 that looks stunning. Ark Park will be available for the Oculus, HTC Vive and PSVR.

Blizzard Says Their ‘Cool Meter’ Was Off On Mei’s Holiday Overwatch Skin

Overwatch skins might appear to be simple cosmetic alterations, but for some, they’re a matter of life and death. Or at least life and death by embarrassment. Fashion faux pas simply will not stand in this endless war of waifus and husbandos. Overwatch’s Winter Wonderland event and brawl center around Mei, who received a new…

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YouTube Says They Can’t Find A Subscription Glitch, But Something Doesn’t Add Up

Yesterday, YouTube Help published a video countering widespread claims by YouTubers that the platform is screwing them over. In an explainer that can only be described as 3:27 minutes of “actually,” YouTube reps claim that the streaming platform is not unsubscribing people from channels, an accusation hundreds of YouTubers have full-throatedly complained about for weeks.…

Minecraft Gets A Fallout Makeover

A new add on pack to Minecraft will add locations and characters from the Fallout series. In a new blog post, Mojang revealed that the additions are coming soon to the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita. The pack will cost $5.99 USD and will add a variety…

Ex-Lionhead Employee Tells Wild Story About Threatening Teenage “Trolls”

Lionhead Studios, creators of the Fable series, are no more, meaning there’s nothing stopping crazy stories from their past getting out. Like this one, where an ex-employee claims the developers once had some stuff stolen by some teenagers, who Lionhead tracked down then threatened with…ratting them out to one of their mums. As first reported…