Will Smith finally picked a game to star in, and... it's a free-to-play survival shooter?

Will Smith finally picked a game to star in, and… it’s a free-to-play survival shooter? Granted it’s from the makers of PUBG Mobile, but I guess I expected more from one of the biggest stars in the world. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Lightspeed Studios, best known for co-developing PUBG Mobile, and Will Smith, best known for slapping comedian Chris Rock on live television, have teamed up for a free-to-play open world survival shooter called Undawn....

May 25, 2023 · 4 min · 696 words · Jesus Walton

With 2 new missions, I'm ready to jump back into Warhammer 40K: Darktide

With 2 new missions, I’m ready to jump back into Warhammer 40K: Darktide Fatshark has slowly been patching up Darktide, and now it’s time to expand. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. In December, Robin wrote that a rough launchhadn’t stopped Darktide from being the best Warhammer 40,000 game ever, and I agree—I played almost 100 hours of this co-op shooter over the past few months, even with its initial performance problems, bugs, and missing crafting system....

May 25, 2023 · 3 min · 508 words · Brandon Burnett

WoW Classic players furious at addition of controversial item, Blizzard says it's a necessary evil in the 'unwinnable war' against bots, scammers, and RMT workshops

WoW Classic players furious at addition of controversial item, Blizzard says it’s a necessary evil in the ‘unwinnable war’ against bots, scammers, and RMT workshops “It’s an arms race, and it never, ever ends.” When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Blizzard has announced it’s adding the World of Warcraft Token to WoW Classic, an item that can be bought with real money and used for either 30 days of game time or sold in the auction house for gold....

May 25, 2023 · 7 min · 1325 words · Christopher Smith

Yet another battle royale shooter bites the dust: Super People is super over

Yet another battle royale shooter bites the dust: Super People is super over ‘PUBG with superpowers’ was briefly popular, but ultimately couldn’t survive a declining player count. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. The live service grim reaper has come knocking on the door of another multiplayer shooter: Super People 2 (formerly just Super People, confusingly), the PUBG-style Battle Royale game that tried and failed to gain popularity by adding super powers to the formula....

May 25, 2023 · 3 min · 587 words · Sarah Vega

Activision Blizzard fined 0.00007% of one year's earnings for not disclosing loot boxes to Europe's game ratings board

Activision Blizzard fined 0.00007% of one year’s earnings for not disclosing loot boxes to Europe’s game ratings board Hunt: Showdown’s publisher Plaion was hit by an identical fine for the same reason. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Europe’s Pan-European Game Information (PEGI) board sure is mad withActivisionBlizzard and Plaion. The game rating board—whose abbreviation you’ll recognise from a million game trailers where a disembodied voice says “PEGI 16” or something like it—has fined the two companies for failing to disclose the presence of loot boxes in their games when submitting them for rating....

May 24, 2023 · 3 min · 558 words · Jason Johnson

Alan Wake 2 is out in October, adds a new protagonist: Saga Anderson

Alan Wake 2 is out in October, adds a new protagonist: Saga Anderson Remedy writer Sam Lake makes an appearance, too. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Alan Wake 2 will release on October 17. The date was revealed in a new trailer shown during today’s PlayStation Showcase (above), which also introduced a new protagonist to share the stage with Alan: FBI agent Saga Anderson....

May 24, 2023 · 4 min · 644 words · Zoe Moreno

Alan Wake 2 will have no physical editions, and people are pissed about it

Alan Wake 2 will have no physical editions, and people are pissed about it Good news for us, though: PC version’s going to be $50. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Alan Wake 2 will never “go gold,” an old-fashioned phrase that refers to the creation of a master disc for duplication. No discs will have been burnt when the survival horror gamecomes out on October 17: Even the console versions won’t get physical editions and “there are currently no plans to release Alan Wake 2 on disc....

May 24, 2023 · 4 min · 656 words · Max Park
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