Twitch CEO Dan Clancy apologizes for TwitchCon assault of Emiru and his interview comments on the incident: 'We failed, both in allowing it to occur, and in our response following'

Twitch CEO Dan Clancy apologizes for TwitchCon assault of Emiru and his interview comments on the incident: ‘We failed, both in allowing it to occur, and in our response following’

In response to the assault of streamer Emiru at last weekend’s TwitchCon, Twitch CEO Dan Clancy has issued an apology from the streaming platform’s official account on X (formerly Twitter). Clancy apologized for security lapses, and promised improvements at future events. He also expressed regret for his prior comments about the incident, seemingly referring to…

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The Drop: New PlayStation Games for 5/31/2016

Hi everybody! I’m swapping in for our old pal Ryan Clements this week. There are some stellar games, too, like the highly regarded adventure game Oxenfree, voice-controlled strategy game There Came an Echo, and even a new PS2 classic you can play on your PS4. Not too shabby! Have a great weekend everybody! New Releases:…

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This Is What You’ll Need to Run Fallout 4

Back in June 2015, Bethesda announced the next installment in its popular first-person shooter/RPG Fallout series, Fallout 4, just months before the game would actually hit store shelves. The studio hesitated in announcing the game earlier because, according to Bethesda PR head Pete Hines, game director Todd Howard is a perfectionist and doesn’t like to…

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‘I am about to cry my eyes out’: 2000s toys-to-life phenom Webkinz, which I may or may not still have a shelf full of plushes from, is somehow back 5 years after the death of Flash

Put down the frog: There’s no need to do anything rash. That’ll apply to you, reader of a very specific age, if you were thinking of throwing out your old Webkinz—the toys-to-life plushie that was springing into browsers circa 2005—because the classic version of the game hasn’t been playable on browsers in ages. Last week,…

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Peak modder celebrates the grim achievement of generating 10,000 skeletons in a single day with a mod that ‘creates a shared experience of failure and discovery’ by littering the island with the corpses of your fellow scouts

Despite being a game about a troop of adorable climbers being subjected to a variety of poisons, lethal weather conditions, and deadly falls, Peak is impressively delightful. If you think your wobbly little scouts aren’t exposed to a sufficient amount of woe, however, let me suggest the work of modder BSMG_Steven, who’s created a way…

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If the average JRPG moves too slowly for you, keep an eye on Threads of Time, which gets through 12 million years and an apocalypse in one campaign

It’s been a firecracker year for JRPGs between the return of Trails in the Sky, the acclaimed Expedition 33, and the imminent remaster of Final Fantasy Tactics. It seems that the hype will keep flowing for genre fans of all stripes, assuming Threads of Time—which popped in with a new trailer at today’s PC Gaming…

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PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for March: NBA 2K24, Marvel’s Midnight Suns, Resident Evil 3, Mystic Pillars: Remastered and more

PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for March: NBA 2K24, Marvel’s Midnight Suns, Resident Evil 3, Mystic Pillars: Remastered and more

Basketball skills, horror chills, supernatural-infused superheroic thrills and more are on display and available to enjoy as part of March’s Game Catalog lineup for PlayStation Plus. Hit the court with NBA 2K24, escape a zombie-infested Racoon City in Resident Evil 3 or team up to take on the darker side of the Marvel Universe in…

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