Nintendo legend Shigeru Miyamoto has missed two major events in Japan. One was a prestigious award ceremony recognizing his contributions to Japanese culture. The other was a meeting with Nintendo investors.
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Sony’s Wolverine Game for Playstation Censored in Middle Eastern Countries for Pride Content
Players in parts of the Middle East say regional copies of Marvel’s Wolverine have been altered so that Mystique’s marriage to Tyger is hard to see and, in some scenes, hard to hear. The reports began circulating days after the PlayStation 5 launch and have since been...
Activision Will Take Over Halo in Major Xbox Shake Up
Activision will take control of the Halo franchise as part of a massive reorganization across Microsoft’s struggling Xbox division.
Bungie Claims It’s “Not Done With Destiny” and Vows to Restore Vaulted Destiny 2 Content
Bungie has promised to restore years of removed Destiny 2 content following a strong player response to the planned end of new updates.
Sweet Baby Inc Involvement in Marvel’s Wolverine Confirmed Through Game’s Credits
It has been known since 2021 that controversial narrative consultancy Sweet Baby Inc. (SBI) was involved in developing Marvel’s Wolverine. The larger question, however, was the extent of that involvement.
Xbox Game Pass Rumored to See Huge Changes Next Year
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma recently acknowledged that Game Pass has fallen short of Microsoft’s expectations. Now, a new rumor suggests the service could look very different in 2027. The biggest possible change would be the end of day-one access to new Xbox games.
Sony Drops Big Money on Wolverine Vegas Promotion
Sony is spending heavily to ensure that nobody visiting Las Vegas overlooks the arrival of Marvel’s Wolverine.
PlayStation Gets Community Noted After Mistaking Cloud for Vincent in Final Fantasy VII Revelation Post
PlayStation managed to score an embarrassing self-inflicted L while promoting Final Fantasy VII Revelation, apparently forgetting what one of the most recognizable video game characters on the planet looks like. The official PlayStation account posted footage from...
Original World of Warcraft Lead Says AI Is Speeding His Game Development by 93X
Mark “Grummz” Kern says he spent six months using AI to rip Unreal Engine out from under his long-running project Em-8ER and replace it with a custom, AI-first engine of his own. He is now claiming that his team is developing 93 times faster than it ever did on Unreal...
Washington Post Writer Claims Outlets are “Misquoting” Article About Wolverine “Yearning” for Sabretooth
Washington Post critic Gene Park is pushing back against reports about Marvel’s Wolverine, accusing critics of “misquoting” his article after its description of Wolverine and Sabretooth experiencing “yearning” sparked considerable backlash.
Blizzard Just Saved Xbox: World of Warcraft and Heroes of the Storm Are Likely Coming to Consoles
Xbox was supposed to be out for the count. Sony and Nintendo were supposed to be dominating. That was the betting odds just a few months ago, but Sony's disastrous PR surrounding physical media means Microsoft has a chance to get back in the race. And after what we...
Nintendo’s Zelda 40th Anniversary Stream Doubled PlayStation’s State of Play Viewership
Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct attracted more than twice as many peak viewers as Sony’s September State of Play, according to figures reported by GamesRadar.
Insomniac Narrative Director Claims Wolverine and Sabretooth Feel a ‘Longing’ For Each Other in Marvel’s Wolverine
Ahead of the game’s PS5 release, The Washington Post highlighted an unconventional narrative choice: framing Logan and Victor Creed’s vicious relationship through shared trauma and emotional codependency. According to reporter Gene Park, a sequence in which the two attack a military installation features Creed grabbing Logan by the back of the neck in what Park characterized as a moment of mutual “yearning.”