Sony is facing continued backlash over its decision to stop producing physical game discs. It appears the company expected that pushback and reportedly imposed unusually strict social media guidelines on PlayStation employees.
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Rumor: Ubisoft’s ‘XDefiant’ Seeing “Continuously Declining Player Numbers And Lack Of Player Spending”
Another one of Ubisoft's major releases this year appears to be mightily struggling as a new rumor claims that the company's XDefiant game is seeing "continuously declining player numbers and lack of player spending." This rumor comes from Tom Henderson at Insider...
New Rumor Provides Details About Bungie’s ‘Marathon’ While Claiming The Game Is Testing Poorly
A new rumor claims to provide significant details for Bungie's upcoming game Marathon, which is announced in May 2023. Not only does it provide new details, but claims the game is testing poorly. This rumor surfaced on 4Chan and notes that the various changes the game...
Rumor: ‘Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ Pre-Orders Less Than 800 Units From National Chain With Over 900 Stores
A rumor claims that physical pre-orders for Ubisoft's upcoming Assassin's Creed Shadows game are less than 800 from a national retail chain that has over 900 stores. This rumor comes from Craig Skistimas aka Stuttering Craig, who owns and hosts the Side Scrollers...
Star Wars Outlaws Subreddit Reportedly Bans Users For Criticizing Ubisoft’s Game
The Star Wars Outlaws subreddit is reportedly banning individuals for criticizing Ubisoft's latest game. Reddit user Uglycoyote_ reached out to That Park Place and informed us, "Reddit StarWarsOutlaws is banning and silencing people who are critics of the game during...
Following Reports Of ‘Dustborn’ Receiving Funding From The EU, The U.S. Government Spent Over A Quarter Million Dollars On A “Counter-Disinformation Game”
In the wake of Red Thread Games releasing Dustborn, it was revealed the developer received funding from the European Union as well as the Norwegian Film Institute. Now, it's being reported that the U.S. government spent over a quarter of a million dollars on a...
Capcom Reveals Host Of Changes To All 8 Games In ‘Capcom Fighting Collection 2’
Capcom revealed it is making a host of changes to all eight games of the recently announced Capcom Fighting Collection 2 collection. Capcom Fighting Evolution 2 was announced during the most recent Nintendo Direct and it was revealed that the collection includes...
‘Star Wars Outlaws’ Players Instructed To Start An Entirely New Game To Prevent “Issues And Progression Blockers” After New Patch
An email from Ubisoft or Massive Entertainment instructs Star Wars Outlaws players to start an entirely new game with a brand new save in order to prevent "issues and progression blockers." X user Pirat_Nation shared the email, which states, "To best experience the...
‘Tomb Raider: The Legend Of Lara Croft’ Showrunner Admits Show Is Written “For Little Girls As Much As I’m Writing It For Big Girls”
Tasha Huo, the showrunner for Netflix's upcoming animated series Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft admitted she wrote the show "for little girls as much as I'm writing it for big girls." In an interview about the show with IGN's Katie Reul, Huo was asked if making...
‘Concord’ Player Reports Over 8 Minute Wait Time As Game Has Lost Over 60% Of Its Players Already
Firewalk Studios' Concord died right out of the gate and the game's corpse is quickly being buried as one player reported he had an 8-minute wait time on Monday, August 26th. Concord went live on Friday, August 23rd and only hit a peak concurrent player count of 697....
New Ridiculously Bad Bug Discovered In Ubisoft’s Upcoming ‘Star Wars Outlaws’
A handful of players have discovered another ridiculously bad bug in Ubisoft's Star Wars Outlaws that sees the player character (Kay Vess) slide across the game's map after attempting a stealth assassination. X user Okami13 shared a video of the bug writing, "Star...
Lawyer Representing Kotaku Senior Editor Alyssa Mercante Threatens Kiwi Farms With Litigation
The official X account for Kiwi Farms revealed that a lawyer representing Kotaku Senior Editor Alyssa threatened the website and its owner with litigation. Kiwi Farms shared the document to X. Alyssa Mercante @alyssa_merc threatens the Kiwi Farms with...
‘Concord’ Player Counts Decline By 42% After First Weekend
Firewalk Studios' Concord had one of the worst launches of the year and it is getting even worse for the game as player counts declined by over 42% in its first weekend. According to data from SteamdDB, the game had a peak concurrent player count of 697 when it...