“Video games are arguably the greatest teaching tool ever invented”. Jack Thompson, an activist with a long history of fighting against sex and violence in video games, has said that interactive entertainment is “arguably the greatest teaching tool ever invented.” Speaking on Simon Parkin’s My Perfect Console podcast, the 72-year-old former attorney – who famously…
Nintendo’s SNES Switch Online collection has been live for over a year, and it has been a while now since updates to Nintendo’s NES Switch Online collection decreased in frequency and quantity. Still, both collections have been getting updates every few months, and the latest one has just been announced. On December 18th, 5 more…
The entire PlayStation team could not be more stoked to be officially working with Red Bull, as we partner up to showcase some of the best in-game photography talent in the U.S. Starting today, PlayStation users in the United States can play, capture, and submit in-game photos of select PS4 and PS5 titles to compete…
Top Deal: The holiday season is winding down, and if you’re anticipating another year of ties, fruitcakes, and socks, well, then it’s up to you to gift yourself something you really want. How’s a gaming laptop grab you? If that’s where your mind is at, then check out today’s top deal for an Asus ROG…
Top Deal: Maybe you’ve heard that Samsung introduced new 2TB capacity 850 Pro and 850 Evo solid state drives. With SSD capacities on the rise, you can run a large, single SSD for OS chores (rather than two in RAID 0) and a single, even larger hard disk drive for storage duties. If that sounds…
The last few years have seen more videogame developers unionising in an effort to ensure the industry offers sustainable careers for all, and the quality assurance workers of Blizzard have just secured a huge win by ratifying a contract with parent company Microsoft. As reported by Game Developer, QA workers at Blizzard’s Albany and Austin…
Prepare to be smote. Smited. Smitten. Look, they’re making another Smite—Titan Forge’s godly and enduringly popular MOBA that first released in 2014—and it’s gearing up for an alpha test, should you wish to rage against the heavens as soon as possible. Revealed at the Smite world championships, Titan Forge is pitching Smite 2 as “everything…
The survival MMO that once sat at the top of Steam’s most-wishlisted games list is crumbling before our eyes. After numerous delays, weirdly confrontational statements, and a trademark dispute with a calendar app, The Day Before finally released last week and its Steam review average almost immediately settled at “overwhelmingly negative.” Today, its studio abruptly…
Valheim 1.0 is here, so that sound you hear in the distance is scores of eager Vikings stringing their bows, sharpening their axes, and piling onto their longboats to explore the open world survival game’s final biome: the Deep North. But before you set sail for some chilly thrills in the frosty new biome, you…
One of the last pay-to-play holdouts is laying down its swordsledgehammer. To coincide with its big year 10 refresh, Rainbow Six Siege is finally going free-to-play. Well, for the most part. As part of the Rainbow Six Siege X update coming June 10, the tactical FPS will enter what Ubisoft calls “free access.” The majority…