Former Valve writer Chet Faliszek, who left the company in 2017 and whose credits include the Half-Life 2 episodes, Portal, Team Fortress 2, Left 4 Dead, and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, has taken aim at Epic over the latest round of swingeing layoffs imposed by the company. Over 1000 people are out of a job, while…
Nintendo Switch owners received a brand new system update last night bringing the console to Version 10.0.0. Vulnerability researcher Mike Heskin delved into the update and has discovered that it references an unannounced Nintendo Switch model which is listed as “nx-abcd” What is also interesting is that Mike reports that there is evidence of a…
Asus’s ROG Ally handheld gaming PC only arrived in May last year. But Asus is already plotting a follow up for later in 2024. In an interview with Techlusive, Asus India’s VP of consumer and gaming PCs, Arnold Su, briefly outlined Asus’s plans for the Ally. “We most likely will launch a second generation [handheld]…
The latest UK video games charts have arrived thanks to physical chart tracker GfK. This week has seen the addictive and cute Animal Crossing: New Horizons re-enter the top ten at No.3. Sales of Animal Crossing: New Horizons for the Nintendo Switch have jumped 116% in sales week-on-week. Here is the GfK Top Ten for…
Activision Blizzard has confirmed that a “small number” of employees on its Hearthstone team have been laid off. Word of the layoffs surfaced late yesterday in LinkedIn posts by former Blizzard employees. “After 18 and a half years at Blizzard Entertainment, I’ve been laid off without notice as of today,” tools engineer Hunter C. wrote….
Two years after Twitter introduced hexagonal NFT avatars, they’re gone: As reported by TechCrunch and confirmed by numerous users, the social media platform has quietly dropped the feature, and reverted all existing NFT avatars to standard ones. NFT avatars on Twitter (now officially known as X, but we’re not calling it that) debuted in January…
Larian has some big aspirations for its next RPG, Divinity, which it hopes will surpass even the mighty Baldur’s Gate 3. It will be “even larger” than BG3, with “deeper sequences of consequence,” more interesting fail states, better character customization, and even more natural and complex NPC relationships. Given how good Baldur’s Gate 3 was…
Hi Sony players! I’m Michael Chu, the lead writer for Overwatch! In honor of the release of our new Overwatch animated short, “Shooting Star,” which centers around D.Va, I’m answering a few frequent questions about our favorite mech pilot! Why do you think D.Va is on top of a lot of fan popularity polls? Lots…
Versions for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, and Xbox also expected this month. The Ghost ‘N Goblins-inspired action-platformer GladMort is now available to buy on Steam, its publisher PixelHeart and developer Chipsonsteroids have announced. Digital versions for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, and Xbox consoles are expected to launch later this month on March 27th, with physical versions for…
The polls are closed and your votes counted for the PlayStation Blog Game of the Year 2023. The winners of these awards, spanning 18 categories, have been shaped entirely by player choice. A thank you to everyone who voted and – given the strength of titles released in the past 12 months – were stuck…