Ethan Gach

It looks like the giant spaceship currently hurtling toward Earth in Destiny 2 will get blown up tomorrow. Saturday, June 6 at 1:00 p.m. ET “we take aim at the Almighty,” Bungie tweeted today. It’s not clear what that means exactly, but it sounds similar to a Fortnite-style live event.

Final Fantasy XIV Fan Fest Cancelled, New Update Still Delayed

Final Fantasy XIV’s annual Fan Festival in North America has been cancelled, and the game’s upcoming patch 5.3 has been delayed again, due to the ongoing outbreak of covid-19. “The North American Fan Festival was scheduled to be held in San Diego half a year from now in November, but after much deliberation we have…

Sony Fined $2.4 Million By Australian Court For Misleading PlayStation Players About Game Refunds

Australia’s Federal Court announced today that it’s ordering Sony to pay $3.5 million in fines (approximately $2,445,00 in U.S. dollars) for breaking the country’s consumer law by misleading people about video game refunds. “Between October 2017 and May 2019, Sony Europe’s Terms of Service implied that users did not have consumer guarantee rights regarding the…

Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare Adds Black Lives Matter Message

Infinity War has added a message about Black Lives Matter and racism in its Call of Duty community to Modern Warfare and Warzone, in a new update following the ongoing nationwide protests over the killing of George Floyd and police brutality. When players start either game after installing the update they’ll encounter a message saying…

Here’s the opening 22 minutes of The Outer Worlds on Switch running in handheld mode It’s…not pretty. While the game plays mostly fine, the vibrant visuals of the original have been lost in a blurry haze of down-scaling.

The excellent roguelike card game Slay the Spire is coming to iOS later this month, according to a new post on Steam by Mega Crit Games. An Android port is also in the works, but further out the studio said. 

The Outer Worlds Looks Terrible On Switch

The Outer Worlds looks so bad on Switch I’m tempted to tell even people who have no other means of playing it to stay away. The Switch port of Obsidian’s sci-fi role-playing game by Virtuos Games comes out June 5, and it’s clear the journey to Nintendo’s handheld home-console hybrid has been anything but smooth.…

Kingdoms Of Amalur Is Getting Remastered As Re-Reckoning

A new listing on the Microsoft store has revealed a remaster of the 2012 action-RPG Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning coming August 18. According to the listing, the remaster will have “improved graphical fidelity” and “refined gameplay.” It’ll also come with all the DLC from the original release. It’s also getting a ridiculous new title: Kingdoms…

In A Unionization Breakthrough, Paradox Interactive Signs Labor Agreement With Trade Unions

The effort to unionize game development took another step forward today, as the workers at strategy game publisher Paradox Interactive publicly announced that they’re securing a collective bargaining agreement with their company. The deal is expected to safeguard their existing benefits and make it easier to advocate for improved working conditions. In a sign that…

It looks like Bungie is moving ahead with its Destiny 2 reveal after all. Originally leaked on Instagram, Bungie today confirmed it’ll show details of what’s to come in the game on June 9 at 12:00 p.m. ET. Other gaming events have recently been delayed following the ongoing protests

Game Companies Say They’re Supporting Black Lives Matter, But Few Are Offering Specifics

As protests over the killing of George Floyd by police spread throughout the country last weekend, some of the gaming industry’s biggest companies put out statements in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. But while a few have shared some specifics about what they’re doing to help fight systemic racism, almost none of them…

Destiny 2‘s Current Season Is Hurtling Toward A Confusing End [Update]

Pyramid ships. Planet eaters. A new alien race. Bungie is teasing a ton of upcoming stuff in Destiny at the moment, but so far, none of it looks like it’ll arrive in time to save the current season. With one week left on Season of the Worthy, the massive Almighty spaceship that was sent hurtling…

CD Projekt Red has delayed its Night City Wire livestream for Cyberpunk 2077 until June 25 following the ongoing Black Lives Matter protests The event was originally planned for June 11, but the company said it’s pushed it back because “more important discussions are happening right now.”

Mario 64‘s Unofficial PC Port Will Look Glorious Once Modders Get Done With It

Ever since a fan-made PC version of Mario 64 was released last month, modders have been having fun updating the nearly 25-year old Nintendo 64 game to give it a fresh, modern look. Mario 64 on PC is the work of fans reverse engineering the game’s code last year. After it was publicly released last…

A now-deleted Destiny 2 teaser sure makes it look like the game is soon headed to Jupiter’s icy moon of Europa. You can still watch Eris Morn trudge through the snow in the short Instagram video announcing a June 9 reveal. Europa was planned for Destiny 1 but later cut

Sony Delays PlayStation 5 Showcase

Sony will postpone its PlayStation 5 event, originally scheduled for this Thursday, June 4, so that “more important voices can be heard.” “While we understand gamers worldwide are excited to see PS5 games, we do not feel that right now is the time for celebration and for now, we want to stand back and allow…

Call Of Duty: Warzone Glitch Lets Players Slither Around Like Snakes

A new glitch in Call of Duty: Warzone makes players look like they’re prone even when they’re not, causing absurd-looking moments (see above) and lots of grief as players get shot by opponents they can’t see. If you’ve recently been killed in a Warzone match by someone you couldn’t see it’s probably because you weren’t…

EA Postpones Madden NFL 21 Reveal Following Nationwide Protests Against Police Violence

A showcase of EA’s newest football game will have to wait. The game publisher has delayed it as protests against police violence swept the country over the weekend following the killing of George Floyd. “We stand with our African American/Black community of friends, players, colleagues, and partners,” the game publisher wrote in a statement yesterday.…

GeForce Now’s New Opt-In Policy Wins Back At Least One Developer

Winter survival game The Long Dark was removed from Nvidia’s GeForce Now streaming platform back in March after its developer said the game had been added without their consent. Now it’s coming back, following changes to the service that make GeForce Now opt-in only. “Back in March I decided to remove The Long Dark from…

Graffiti sandbox game Sludge Life is out today and free on the Epic Games Store. I really enjoyed it when I played it at PAX East and now more than ever it feels like a good time to take a break from the grind and give late capitalism the middle finger.