Issue #179

NEWS Link to heading

This creature-collecting RPG is getting rave reviews on Steam: “It’s like Pokemon, but better”

Vampire Survivors is getting an animated series from John Wick creator’s studio

Respawn CEO “would love to see” Titanfall 3 happen

Sony Is First Company to Sell 500 Million Home Consoles After PS5 Success

Pathfinder is getting its own Diablo-like action-RPG

Microsoft Will Have to Pay Activision $3 Billion if Acquisition Fails

The Super Mario Bros. Movie smashes $1 billion box office

PlayStation Studios boss promises its live service games will cover a range of genres and scales

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has leaked online

Major Publishers Report AAA Franchises Can Cost Over a Billion to Make

Microsoft announces next wave of Xbox and PC Game Pass games

EVE Online celebrates 20th anniversary with a fireworks show and a free expansion

Xbox Launches Game Pass Friend Referral Program For PC

Marvel’s Midnight Suns Switch Version Officially Canceled

CS:GO is being used to bypass Russian media restrictions and report on the Ukraine war

REVIEWS Link to heading

Stray Blade

MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Gaming X Trio

Ravenlok

Roots Of Pacha

Redfall

FEATURES Link to heading

What If Microsoft Bought EA Instead Of Activision Blizzard?

Redfall Everything To Know

Microsoft and Activision Blizzard won’t take no for an answer | This Week in Business

Diablo 4: Here Are 6 Games to Play While You Wait (ign.com/articles/diablo-4-here-are-6-games-to-play-while-you-wait)

We’re In A Weird Era For Licensed Games

Newest Steam Update Is Pretty Good, Actually

Here’s Everything That’s Free-to-Play in Destiny 2 After Lightfall

How Dead Island 2 Was Brought Back From the Dead | IGN Inside Stories

Before I Knew New York, I Knew Liberty City: A Retrospective on GTA IV’s Setting

How The Mageseeker solves a League of Legends lore problem

Redfall’s Failure Is Microsoft’s Failure

I’m Getting Pretty Sick Of Broken PC Ports

The Last Worker takes a dystopian look at the future of the games industry itself

How to build a visionary game company and strong culture | Dino Patti

Xbox Is Running Out Of Time To Get It Right

DISCUSSIONS Link to heading

The reason why you no longer enjoying games is because you are taking it too seriously.

‘We’re running at a f**king wall, and we’re gonna crash’—CD Projekt’s lead quest designer on big budget RPGs

To Reviewers: Performance, Stability & Fluidity Should Be Part of the Final Score. Not a Side Note!

VIDEOS Link to heading

Twisted Metal | Official Teaser | Peacock Original

History of The Legend of Zelda

Skywind Gameplay Demo - Necromancer in Mawia

Diablo IV - Server Slam Trailer | PS5 & PS4 Games

After Us - Gameplay Trailer

Chrono Odyssey | Official Gameplay Trailer (4K)

Phil Spencer Interview: Redfall Reviews, Activision Deal - Kinda Funny Xcast Ep. 137

A Response to the Phil Spencer Kinda Funny Interview

FUNNY Link to heading

Game Dev Story is so unrealistic

GTA San Andreas had peak Dialogue writing