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This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. In all likelihood, Microsoft is about to be the proud new owner of a little game studio called Activision Blizzard — you might have heard of it. Microsoft has agreed to drop a whopping $68.7 billion to get its hands

I have a theory that a lot of games try too hard. Crackdown is not one of those games. Crackdown knows that it’s ridiculous. It has a story that wouldn’t look out of place in a ’80s action film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. You’re a biologically-enhanced agent and, eh, I don’t know… There are some bad

Here’s something fun for your weekend listening pleasure: Toto’s Africa being played in The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask. Created by YouTuber Bigfatfrown, the video features him playing various instruments in the game to create his own cover of the hit song. The harmonies are outstanding, honestly. Creating music using in-game instruments is nothing new

The Sims 4 players are getting a wedding-themed Game Pack, if a recent leak is any indication. Last month, The Sims Twitter account teased that a Game Pack that “throws a party for love” was on the way, and what else would be considered a “party for love” other than a wedding? Makes sense. Plus,

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Google announced Stadia in grand fashion back in 2019, promising unique experiences that were only possible in the cloud. It opened up to all users in 2020 at the height of the pandemic lockdowns, but it was all downhill from

Nintendo announced overnight that its latest Pokemon game, Pokemon Legends: Arceus, has already sold over 6.5 million copies. The game came out last week on Friday, January 28, which means the figure was reached within at least six days of release. In Japan, the game sold over 1.4 million units within 48 hours of release,

343 Industries has released an update for Halo Infinite which addresses issues with Big Team Battle (BTB) and makes other changes. There have been problems with BTB since launch. The issue has to do with matchmaking, causing players to face continual queue times. A hotfix released last month was supposed to help matters, but it

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, are the latest hot button issue in the gaming world. Game publishers have begun singing their praises and calling them the future of gaming. In response the gaming community (including game developers) have openly expressed their

Rocksteady’s upcoming game Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League has been delayed into 2023, according to a new report. The news comes from Bloomberg which cites sources familair with the matter. A reason for the reported delay was not provided. Announced for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X at DC FanDome 2020, the game was

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. It has been almost impossible to get your hands on a next-gen game console since their launch in late 2020, and you should not expect things to get better anytime soon. Sony has announced that it has cut its PS5

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. (Photo: Coolcaesar/Wikimedia Commons) The Federal Trade Commission is launching an antitrust review of Microsoft’s bid to acquire Activision Blizzard—AKA one of the biggest potential acquisitions the video games industry has seen for a while.  The FTC and the Justice Department

Gwent is getting a standalone single-player game and at present it’s called Project Golden Nekker. IGN revealed the news today that CD Projekt Red has the game in the works, since it is standalone, you won’t need to own Gwent in order to play it. According to Gwent’s Pawel Burza the game is being developed

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. PCGamer recently penned a cry for help to Intel’s CEO Pat Gelsinger on behalf of gamers worldwide who haven’t been able to buy a decent GPU at a reasonable price in a few years. The message was simple: you’re the

It has just been announced that Bungie, the video game industry giant responsible for hugely influential franchises such as Halo and Destiny, are being bought by Sony.for $3.6 billion. While Bungie is going to join up with Sony, the company has assured via their website that Bungie “will remain an independent and multi-platform studio and

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. (Photo: EVGA)PC component and accessories maker EVGA has pulled the wraps off its all-new E1 open air PC “concept” design, and the “sports car adjacent” gaming rig is every bit as enticing as a Formula 1 prototype. Though EVGA isn’t

For the next two days on Steam, you can play Star Wars: Squadrons for free. And, if you like what you play, you can pick it up on sale until February 3 for 70% off at $11.99. In the game, you will step into the cockpits of starfighters from both the New Republic and Imperial

Evil Dead: The Game has been delayed, again. Originally slated to release last year, the game was pushed into February 2022 by Boss Team Games in order to give it some extra polish and to ensure it’s the “ultimate Evil Dead experience” we’ve all been waiting for. Now, the game has been moved to May

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Chromebooks started as low-cost machines that relied on the cloud to do everything. Little by little, more powerful processors and faster storage have made their way into these machines, and now Chromebook makers may be gearing up to give them

Hyper Scape, Ubisoft’s free-to-play battle royale, will be taken offline this spring. News of the sunsetting was announced overnight with word that servers will go dark on April 28. Released on August 11, 2020, a reason for shutting the game down was not provided. Ubisoft only stated that it was a “difficult decision to end

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. As of today, Facebook slash Meta has made another step towards jettisoning its baggage of yore and rebranding itself completely into a Metaverse-first company. Though Facebook is officially called Meta now, and has been for several months, we were waiting

Death Stranding Director’s Cut is heading to Steam and the Epic Games Store on March 30. Owners of the original Death Stranding on PC can upgrade to the Director’s Cut for $9.99. To upgrade, owners should just make sure to install the standard edition of the game, then purchase the Director’s Cut through the in-game

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. (Image: PCMag.com)Nvidia’s “budget friendly” Ampere GPU has finally arrived in the form of the RTX 3050. It’s intended to deliver both ray tracing and DLSS support to the mass market. The swan song for Ampere will officially go on sale

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Microsoft is on something of a buying spree. After picking up game publisher ZeniMax in 2021, Microsoft is now working toward a massive $68.7 billion takeover of Activision Blizzard. The publisher’s games will no doubt beef up Microsoft’s Xbox Game

Microsoft announced during its Q2 2022 financials call to investors that Halo Infinite and Forza Horizon 5 are very popular with players. During the call, Microsoft chairman and CEO Satya Nadella announced million of players have jumped into the latest iterations of the popular franchises. Halo Infnite for instance has over 20 million folks playing

As part of its ongoing work to support Steam Deck, Valve has released a new Dynamic Cloud Sync feature to Steam Cloud. The free feature will allow users to seamlessly move between Steam Deck and PC instances of their games without worrying about exiting the game on Deck. Valves says it anticipates users will frequently

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. As Valve’s Steam Deck creeps closer to launch the company is unveiling more of the device’s features and capabilities. One of those features is Dynamic Cloud Sync and it sounds like an improvement over the current save system. Dynamic Cloud

Have you too been scarred by the sound of Sonic the Hedgehog drowning after that frantic countdown music starts playing? Have you huffed and sighed in frustration as Lara Croft bonked uselessly against an underwater wall in a cave for the 800th time? Have you rolled your eyes and turned off your PlayStation after making

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Game publishers have taken a real shine to microtransactions in recent years, so it’s not surprising there’s so much interest in NFTs or “non-fungible tokens” in games. These are essentially blockchain-backed microtransactions on steroids. A survey from the organizers of

The ending to the third Assassin’s Creed game was originally intended to end quite differently, according to interviews with staffers that worked on the titles and conducted by a Ph.D. student. In a paper written by Lars de Wildt, who researches conspiracy theories, religion, and other beliefs in digital media culture, the original ending to

Quick bit of news for you: EA is offering up a nice deal on three months of EA Play. From now until February 8, new members can get three months of EA Play for the price of one. This means three months’ worth of service will run you $4.99. After your initial 90-day period is