Another year is winding towards its end, with the climactic holiday season approaching for the finishing blow to 2023. With the holidays comes the final annual boss fight of capitalism: holiday gift giving. In this savage and merrily decorated arena, the best gift can separate the haves from the have-something-they-wished-to-nots. Arm yourself for the conflict…
Melbourne-based developer Samurai Punk has announced that it will cease operations after almost ten years of making games. The company’s statement, attributed to studio directors Winston Tang and Nicholas McDonnell, does not provide a specific reason for the decision, but it comes amid a wave of studio closures and layoffs in the industry. Samurai Punk’s…
Red Hook Studios has unveiled the first paid DLC pack for Darkest Dungeon 2: The Binding Blade, not to be confused with the Fire Emblem game that had Roy from Smash Bros. in it. The DLC is coming some time in December, and will add two new playable characters: the all-new Duelist, and the long-awaited…
Eight years, 32 seasons, 70 operators. In all that time, Rainbow Six Siege players can point to only a few moments where the cornerstone of its meta—breaching—saw upheaval. In 2015 the Bandit trick proved Thatcher could be countered, in 2018 Maverick offered an unstoppable (but risky) option to brute force a wall, then Kaid offered…
It used to be the case that comparisons between Rainbow Six Siege and Counter-Strike ended at their 5v5 team sizes and bomb rulesets, but Ubisoft is cooking up its own version of a feature that’s become synonymous with Valve’s tactical FPS: the skin marketplace. Simply dubbed the “Rainbow Six Siege Marketplace,” the website will allow…
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features “ZapCristal” Cristal Laboy, who is displayed on card number 3968, from the Superstars of 2021 Collection. Cristal is host of her own YouTube Channel with over 2,300 subscribers and counting. Her passion for video games is refreshing and her goal to show female presence in the gaming community is…
Hook(shot), line and sinker. Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they’ve been chewing over. Today, Jim celebrates six months of Tears of the Kingdom by flying back into Link’s latest… The launch of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom was such…
Has never been dumped online before. An auction for an unreleased Konami Famicom title has ended with a winning bid of 2,401,000 Yen (around $16,000 USD). The Yahoo Japan auction was spotted by Alex Kraus, who points out that the game is currently undumped and no screenshots exist. According to the game’s listing on Unseen64,…
That’s nuts. Rare’s much-maligned Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts launched on this day 15 years ago. Released on 11th November 2008, the Xbox 360 exclusive retained the core 3D platforming gameplay of Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie but added extensive vehicle construction to the mix. Players could create all manner of craft and use them in order to…
Hey! Another brawl. Hello everybody, and welcome to the latest edition of Box Art Brawl! Last time, we took a look at Kirby Mass Attack for the Nintendo DS. It wasn’t quite as close as we were admittedly expecting, with the North American version easily beating the competition with 65% of the vote. Read the…