Real life caught up to Kojima – AI founders have names straight out of Metal Gear Solid
Hideo Kojima is famous for many things – his (at least meme-level) genius games, endless cinematic cutscenes, and character names that sound like they were generated by a broken random word machine. Hot Coldman, Die-Hardman,...
Marathon players slam the battle pass as the "worst value for your money" and say Bungie never learns
Just days after the full launch of Marathon, players have turned their frustration toward Bungie's monetization system. The main complaints center on the battle pass and the restrictions around cosmetic items – specifically, weapon stickers...
Team Ninja knows where Nioh 3 fell short and plans to fix it
Team Ninja's leads behind Nioh 3 have shared some candid thoughts about the game that launched on February 6, and they know exactly what could have been done better. Studio head Fumihiko Yasuda and producer...
Nintendo is suing the US government over Trump's tariff policy
Nintendo of America has officially filed a lawsuit against the United States government over the sweeping tariff policy introduced by President Donald Trump's administration in 2025. The complaint was filed in the U.S. Court of...
A Japanese developer turned Wikipedia articles into a viral gacha game
Japanese developer harusugi has released Wikigacha, a browser game that takes the concept of Wikipedia's random article button and turns it into a full-blown gacha mechanic. The game went viral in Japan just weeks after...
Peaceful lobbies exist in Marathon after all – a whole map extracted together and nobody got shot
One of the biggest talking points around Marathon since its announcement has been the PvP focus. Bungie's extraction shooter is about as far from ARC Raiders as you can get – in that game, most...
Analysts say late PC ports are the real reason PlayStation titles underperform on the platform
Following a Bloomberg report that Sony plans to stop releasing first-party PS5 games on PC, analytics firm Newzoo put together a breakdown of the situation. According to their findings, the issue lies not in a...
Bungie staged a gun-arm and mind-transfer prank to promote Marathon
Bungie released an unusual promotional video for Marathon – instead of a standard gameplay trailer, the studio put together an elaborate sci-fi prank. Unsuspecting participants were invited to a fake Sekiguchi Genetics corporate showroom, where...
Abandoned, the mystery PS5 game from the not-Kojima developer, shows signs of life again
A game most had written off has resurfaced in the strangest way. Users on the ResetEra gaming forum discovered that Blue Box Game Studios director Hasan Kahraman has a new title registered to his PlayStation...
Blizzard is reworking the leveling curve in Diablo 4 for the Lord of Hatred expansion
The pace of leveling in Diablo 4 is set to shift when the Lord of Hatred expansion drops on April 28. Blizzard wants early levels to feel more substantial – no more blazing through the...
Marathon players found a way to fly across the map by hooking onto their own drone
Marathon launched just a day ago, but the community has already uncovered one of those glitches that goes viral instantly. Players discovered that the Thief class lets you literally fly across the map by firing...
RUINER 2 announced – the cult shooter is becoming a full action RPG where you hijack enemy bodies
Reikon Games has announced RUINER 2 – a sequel to the cult top-down shooter from 2017 that transforms the original's formula into a full-blown systems-driven action RPG. The game is coming to PC via Steam...
Trump supporters have fallen for an AI character "Jessica Foster" with nearly a million Instagram followers
An Instagram account called "Jessica Foster" (@jessicaa.foster) – supposedly a U.S. Army soldier and passionate Trump supporter – has quietly amassed nearly 900,000 followers in just a few months, with the number still climbing toward...
Valve confirms Steam Machine is still on track for 2026 despite memory shortage
Valve briefly sent Steam Machine hopefuls into a mild panic after publishing a blog post where it only "hoped" to ship the device in 2026. A few hours later, the wording was quietly updated –...
PS6 still expected in late 2027, and the new Xbox may be 25% faster
Despite the global memory shortage driven by the rapid growth of the AI industry, Sony is unlikely to push the PlayStation 6 back to 2029. That's according to well-known leaker Moore's Law Is Dead (MLID),...
Bungie revealed Marathon's premium currency LUX and promises it won't buy gameplay advantages
Just ahead of launch, Marathon Bungie revealed the extraction shooter's monetization system, introducing a premium currency called LUX and assuring players that real money can't buy gameplay advantages. On the official Marathon account, the studio...
Crimson Desert dialogue fast-forward feature splits the RPG community
Crimson Desert remains one of the most anticipated upcoming games, but not every feature Pearl Abyss has included is landing well. After hands-on previews went live, one mechanic in particular sparked a heated debate online...
South Korea's tax office lost millions in crypto after accidentally posting the wallet's master key
South Korea keeps losing confiscated crypto – and each new case is more embarrassing than the last. Just a month ago, the National Police Agency discovered that 22 Bitcoin seized from suspects had gone missing...
WoW: Midnight has a painting that costs 9,999,999 gold – but players figured out how to buy it for 999
When World of Warcraft: Midnight players spotted an NPC selling a painting for 9,999,999 gold – the absolute maximum a single character can hold – it was pretty clear Blizzard had hidden a puzzle in...
Crimson Desert PS5 Pro version uses PSSR, PC install size clocks in at 121 GB
Pearl Abyss is gearing up for launch, and a handful of technical details have surfaced just days ahead of release – covering the PS5 Pro version's rendering features, PC install size, and achievement count. In...
