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Gamers Torch Ubisoft’s ‘Skull And Bones’ Game For Steep Price Point, Lack Of Gameplay Elements, And More
Gamers are not enthused about Ubisoft's latest release Skull and Bones as they lampooned the game for its steep price tag and lack of gameplay elements. Skull and Bones released on February 16th and the game has received an abysmal 3.1 on Metacritic's User Score from...
Nexus Mods Removes Mod Erasing Crystal Dynamics’ ‘Tomb Raider I-III Remastered’ Trigger Warning
Nexus Mods removed a mod that erased Crystal Dynamics' trigger warning that appears in Tomb Raider I-III Remastered. The trigger warning states, "The games in this collection contain offensive depictions of people and cultures rooted in racial and ethnic prejudices....
Rumor: Respawn Entertainment Developing Mandalorian Bounty Hunter Star Wars Game
A new rumor claims that Respawn Entertainment, the developer behind the Star Wars: Jedi franchise, is developing a Mandalorian bounty hunter game. This rumor comes courtesy of Tom Henderson at Insider Gaming. He posits, "According to sources, the game will see the...
Microsoft-Owned Compulsion Games Supports Crystal Dynamics’ ‘Tomb Raider Remastered I-III’ Trigger Warning, Takes It A Step Further By Calling “To Rewrite New History”
Compulsion Games, a Microsoft-owned video game developer that's created South of Midnight, We Happy Few, and Contrast, shared their support for Crystal Dynamics' trigger warning for Tomb Raider Remastered I-III. Crystal Dynamics issued a trigger warning as part of the...
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot Tacitly Admits They’ve Been Making Bad Games, Promises “Turnaround To Consistently Creating And Delivering High-Quality, Long-Lasting Games”
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot recently admitted the company had been making a number of bad games, but promised to course correct. In the company's FY 24 Q3 Sales report, Guillemot stated, "This quarter provided us with positive momentum and marks the beginning of our...
‘Tomb Raider I-III Remastered’ Features Trigger Warning That Accuses Games Of “Offensive Depictions Of People And Cultures”
A trigger warning appears at the beginning of Tomb Raider I-III Remastered Starring Lara Croft that accuses the various games of "offensive depictions of people and cultures rooted in racial and ethnic prejudices." The trigger warning was shared to the...
Disney CEO Bob Iger Announces $1.5 Billion Investment Into Epic Games, The Creator Of Fortnite, To Create “Transformational New Games And Entertainment Universe”
The Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger announced the company is investing $1.5 billion for an equity stake into Epic Games, the creator of Fortnite. Along with this $1.5 billion investment for an equity stake, the two companies signed a multiyear deal to "collaborate on...
YouTuber Endymion Blasts Sweet Baby Inc. Employee Amy-Leigh Shaw’s Defense Of ‘Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League’
YouTuber Endymion dismantled former Rocksteady employee and current Sweet Baby Inc. employee Amy-Leigh Shaw's defense of Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League. Amy-Leigh Shaw, who worked on Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League, attempted to defend the game from...
‘The Witcher Remake’ Developer Jakub Rokosz Promises Game Will Ditch “Bad, Outdated, Or Unnecessarily Convoluted” Parts Of Original
Fool's Theory CEO Jakub Rokosz, who is developing The Witcher Remake with oversight from CD Projekt Red, recently shared the studio will be removing "bad, outdated, or unnecessarily convoluted" parts of the original. In an interview with Games Radar, he explained the...
Opinion: Don’t Let Canon Control You, You Don’t Owe ‘Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League,’ ‘Star Wars,’ ‘Doctor Who’, or Any Others Anything
I root for my home team whenever I can. It gives me a thrill to hear my home city announced on the news as a winner. I have no idea why. Silly when you think about how a grown man can be proud from the accident of his birth. It’s even more ridiculous that before I...
Executive Director Masayoshi Yokoyama Defends Sanitized Localization Of ‘Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth’ To Make It Less Offensive to Modern Audiences
Masayoshi Yokoyama, the Executive Director for Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth defended the numerous changes the game underwent in localization to make it less offensive to modern audiences. As reported by Niche Gamer one scene sees the protagonist Kasuga asked about...
‘Dragon’s Dogma 2’ Director Criticizes Games Relying On Fast Travel: “It’s Only An Issue Because Your Game Is Boring”
Dragon's Dogma II director Hideaki Itsuno did not beat around the bush when he criticized the idea of fast travel in open world games. Speaking with IGN, Itsuno said, "Just give it a try. Travel is boring? That's not true. It's only an issue because your game is...