FIFA wants to redefine 'the pure motion of simulation games' with its 2026 World Cup game, which will also be a Netflix exclusive

FIFA wants to redefine ‘the pure motion of simulation games’ with its 2026 World Cup game, which will also be a Netflix exclusive

Electronic Arts’ all-conquering EA Sports FC, the game formerly known as FIFA, can now with certainty be called a successful re-branding exercise. EA Sports FC has become a ubiquitous sight at all levels of matches, with it being near-impossible to watch a Premier League game in particular without having the logo tattooed on your eyes…

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WoW’s proposed transmog overhaul is 1 step forward, 2 steps back, and has Azeroth’s fashionistas rioting: ‘Blizzard truly are the masters at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory’

World of Warcraft: Midnight has a huge task ahead of it—fixing the arms race of AddOns by nixing combat-related mods (and thus having to provide its own offerings), installing Player Housing for the first time and, relevant to the problems I’m about to get into, overhauling the transmog system. For the uninitiated, transmog (sometimes called…

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Square Heroes Hits PS4 on March 1st

Fans of shooters, brawlers, and multiplayer mayhem should circle Tuesday, March 1st on their calendars: that’s when you can finally download Square Heroes on PS4! It’s been a long journey and the Gnomic Studios team can’t wait to see it in the hands of PS4 gamers. Everyone Loves Multiplayer! There’s nothing more satisfying than mowing…

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Gather around children, let me spin you the tale of NLRB whistleblower vs Musk’s DOGE. It has government espionage, a billionaire megalomaniac, Russian hackers, coverup conspiracies, and even blackmail by drone

Turns out the United States’ new Department of Government Efficiency or DOGE sure lives up to it’s namesake. According to a whistleblower report, it barely took a few minutes after DOGE workers had accounts created in the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for the system to receive login attempts from Russia featuring the correct user…

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Players are piling in to the Guild Wars remaster, and it’s giving the servers trouble: ‘Demand for Guild Wars Reforged blew past our projections’

There’s still nothing quite like the original Guild Wars. It came out before World of Warcraft had crystallized the face of the modern MMORPG, and was as inspired by Magic: The Gathering as it was by Everquest or Ultima. It turned out as more of a co-op ARPG with shared town hubs, dual-class deckbuilding, and…

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