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Cyberpunk 2077 is probably the single most anticipated game of the year. It’s already racked up 8 million downloads, and recouped its entire production budget, since launching last Thursday. However, the rollout has not been nearly as smooth as gamers would have hoped. It’s a buggy mess, to put it politely. Especially on older 8th…
Naughty Dog producer Neil Druckman is in a bit of hot water for a Tweet that allegedly compared critics to trolls. The controversy started after The Last of Us Part II began leading the Game’s Choice award poll for the upcoming 2020 Game Awards. Druckman took to Twitter to express his delight at the news,…
BioWare executive Casey Hudson and Dragon Age executive producer Mark Darrah announced that they are leaving the company. “I’m incredibly fortunate to have had a career where I’ve been able to work with brilliantly talented people, create entire worlds from our imaginations, and see them being enjoyed by millions of people around the world,” Hudson…
It’s a bit of an understatement when I say nothing good has happened in the last 12 months. Thanks to the CCPVirus and good ol’ government incompetence, we were trapped inside, jobs were lost, there were riots in the streets, and the price of Oreos went up. You can say this year has been nothing…
The launch of the PlayStation 5 has been a bit of a disaster, to put it mildly. First with pre-order chaos, followed by technical glitches with certain units. Now adding insult to injury, some UK tossers who ordered one through Amazon are instead receiving cat food and and small appliances, among other things. Another Twitter…
UPDATE: Bethesda has confirmed that the physical release of Doom Eternal has been cancelled. “While Doom Eternal is 100% on track for an imminent digital-only release on Nintendo Switch, the absence of a physical release at retail resulted in cancelled pre-orders. Affected customers will receive full refunds and should contact their preferred retailer for more…
New Xbox Series and PlayStation 5 consoles are running into numerous technical problems, and early adopters are none to happy. Owners of Sony’s 9th generation beast are reporting bugs that cause the system crash and soft-brick. Several reviewers have managed to replicate the issue. Demitris from Modern Vintage Gamer encountered it while playing Call of…
The Xbox Series X has only been out for two days now. At least for the lucky few who were able to grab a pre-order, or stupid enough to pay a scalper. Well, already the console is generating some controversy after some units allegedly started smoking due to overheating. This would be a pretty serious…
Sega Sammy has sold off their venerable arcade business following CCPVirus related business woes. In a shareholders meeting this week, the company annoucned that they would transfer 85.1% of their shares in Sega Entertainment to rival Japanese amusement company Genda. The latter will operate Club Sega arcades in Japan, while Sega themselves will continue to…
Camping out for the launch of a new console is one of video gaming’s most time honoured traditions. Well, at least among the handful of diehards who cannot bare a nanosecond to be without the latest shiny. However Sony is telling PlayStation 5 fans not to bother this time, as none will actually be available…