Author: Darren Jones

Video games are a nearly $200 billion industry. That’s a lot of money sloshing around an increasingly small group of notoriously secretive companies. Where does it all go? At least some of it is poured back into competing storefronts and subscription services like PlayStation Plus and Game Pass. Thanks to a new SEC…Read more… Source – kotaku.com All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.

Pour one out for your homies because the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 reboot—and new accounts for 2019’s Modern Warfare—currently requires a registered phone number to Battle.net, publisher Activision announced. This requirement follows a similar move made by publisher sister series Overwatch 2, which Blizzard has…Read more… Source – kotaku.com All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.

UPDATE 10:05 a.m. ET, Tuesday October 11: A number of players have reported issues redeeming either Kiriko’s voice line or skin (or sometimes both). Kotaku has reached out to Blizzard for comment on this. For now, we recommend double-checking that your Twitch and Battle.net accounts have been relinked, that you’re…Read more… Source – kotaku.com All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.

In November, Game Freak will release Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, the ninth generation of mainline Pokémon games, due to sell a squillion copies on the Nintendo Switch. In addition to a true open-world set in a Mediterranean-inspired region, the games are set to increase the total number of Pokémon from approximately…Read more… Source – kotaku.com All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.

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It was short, but Street Fighter 6’s closed beta test was sweet. Wrapping up earlier today, the beta gave a solid look into the future of the iconic fighting game franchise. There’s a lot to like, including the depth of the new avatar creator. But the best part, aside from learning character matchups and mastering…Read more… Source – kotaku.com All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.

If you’ve played any of the NBA 2K games, chances are you’re no stranger to how the microtransactions serve as swift scuffing on the fresh J’s of your enjoyment of the game. While many wish microtransactions would peace out—much like the Golden State Warriors’ Jordan Poole did after suffering the full force of…Read more… Source – kotaku.com All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.

From 2011 to 2022, there was a video game developer in Canada known as Square Enix Montreal. A sub-division of a massive international games publisher, they had a logo that looked like a spaceship from an Atari game and a name about as unimaginative as it comes.Read more… Source – kotaku.com All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.

According to a report by The Verge, Meta’s Horizon Worlds metaverse app is so dreadful, even the people making it don’t want to use it. So if you woke up this morning thinking, “I wonder if anyone’s figured out what the metaverse is for?” you can rest assured, it’s still nope.Read more… Source – kotaku.com All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.

The troubled launch of Overwatch 2 is a full-blown saga now. Today, in an attempt to address issues pertaining to Torbjörn and Bastion, Blizzard announced that it would be pulling the characters entirely from some game modes. Don’t fret if you don’t see them, that part is intentional. While there’s no word on how long…Read more… Source – kotaku.com All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.