[ad_1] On Monday the Washington football team announced that after years of insisting on using a racial slur as its name, it will rebrand ahead of the upcoming season. While establishing a new name and logo for a pro sports team in just a few months is already a gargantuan task, it also impacts the […]
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‘Worms Armageddon’ gets a big update 21 years after it was released
[ad_1] When it comes to most video game communities, they’re lucky if their favorite title gets a couple of years of developer support. After all, not every game can be an Age of Empires II or a StarCraft: Brood War. The group of people that still 1999’s Worms Armageddon is one of those lucky fanbases. On Friday, Team17, the game’s […]
‘Microsoft Flight Simulator’ will have an in-game store for mods
[ad_1] Microsoft Flight Simulator is a seriously big game — one physical version will be available on 10 DVDs, after all. You’ll be able to navigate a simulation of the entire planet and it’ll incorporate live, real-world flight and weather data. It also has a shared-world multiplayer system that Asobo Studio says can handle hundreds […]
Respawns won't save you in 'Weird West'
[ad_1] Weird West isn’t a horror game, but it has at least one narrative arc involving cannibalism. In some scenes, citizens in quaint Old West towns lay dead in the streets for mysterious reasons. In others, red-soaked pentagrams are etched into the dirt,… [ad_2] Source link
Gamers are spending more in 2020 than they have in a decade
[ad_1] The industry did get a boost from some pretty strong titles, including The Last of Us: Part II, Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. Despite some score bombing, The Last of Us: Part II was June’s best-selling game and the third best-selling game of the year, NPD Group’s Mat Piscatella […]
Gamers are spending more in 2020 than they have in a decade
[ad_1] US video game spending totaled $1.2 billion in June, according to a new report by NPD Group. That’s the most money spent in a June since 2009, and it’s a 26 percent increase compared to last year.June is part of a larger trend. Year-to-date spending… [ad_2] Source link
‘Crysis Remastered’ trailer proves the Switch can run ‘Crysis’
[ad_1] The first-person shooter is running in 720p resolution at 30 frames per second here, and sure, it’s bound to look better on PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4. Still, Crytek actually made it work on Switch with dynamic lighting, explosions and a decent depth of field. If you do opt for the Switch version, […]
Metacritic changes its user review policy to combat score bombing
[ad_1] “We recently implemented the 36 hour waiting period for all user reviews in our games section to ensure our gamers have time to play these games before writing their reviews. This new waiting period for user reviews has been rolled out across Metacritic’s Games section and was based on data-driven research and with the […]
Watch Geoff Keighley go hands-on with the PS5 controller at 12PM ET
[ad_1] We know a fair bit about the PlayStation 5 controller. For starters, it has a two-tone aesthetic that looks dramatically different from the DualShock 4 and every PlayStation pad that came before it. (I still think it looks like a tiny robot from Detroit: Become Human.) We know that it features adaptive triggers which […]
Netflix’s ‘Old Guard’ video game contest promises an 83-year subscription
[ad_1] Netflix is holding a gaming tournament for The Old Guard fans, and the winner won’t have to pay for a subscription for the rest of their life. To celebrate the launch and to promote the Charlize Theron flick, the streaming giant is hosting a gaming competition featuring an original The Old Guard video game […]