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Blizzard Staff Called to Strike Over Versailles Closure

Earlier this month, Activision Blizzard Inc. communicated to employees working from their Versailles, France location that they would be closing the office, severing the U.S.-based game publisher’s last physical tie to France. The Versailles office has primarily been a hub for marketing,…

Stick It To The Man Added To Prime Gaming

I hate cats, I love lasagna, and I hate Mondays. I guess two of our four ain’t bad if I want to be next up to play Garfield; The fourth, of course, being that I’m not ginger. Anyway, to the reason I…

Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs & Kingdom New Lands, Free On Epic

I’ve been asked this already this week, am I ill? Monday, I wrote my only news piece this week before now, with Prime Gaming adding two games that I’ve still not touched. Also, David spoke of Mortal Kombat 11 getting an Ultimate Edition soon. On Tuesday, David…

Runescape Arrives on Steam

It’s been one of those weeks where a Wednesday feels like a Friday, hasn’t it? Maybe it is just me, but RuneScape’s Steam release has added to the slightly surreal feeling that’s settled over just about everything, lately. The announcement of RuneScape…

Possible Joy-Con Price Cut Coming?

Nintendo Switch Joy-Cons are incredibly expensive. The cost is especially high given their rate of drifting and natural wear and tear. It’s a great concept, snap the controller on and off a tablet with ease. Unfortunately, mechanical issues are making them a…

WoW: Shadowlands’ Pre-Patch is Imminent

Join me in rejoicing, my fellow denizens of Azeroth! The two-year-long saga that has been World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth has finally concluded and made way for new content. I’m positively ecstatic to report that as part of the Shadowlands pre-expansion…

Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate Announced

The word “ultimate” hasn’t been attached to the title of a Mortal Kombat game since Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, all the way back in October of 1995. It seems NetherRealm Studios believes twenty-five years is an appropriate amount of time to wait…

Kona & Deadlight Added To Prime Gaming

With all the coffee in the world, I still hate Sunday evenings/Monday mornings. It is a reminder that even with great games, and even with great stories about games making people happy, there is mobile phone dreck that makes me hate this…

Rising Storm 2: Vietnam & Abzû Free On Epic

Good news everyone, I don’t have to ramble on about twelve news stories! Monday, I ran down what little I had to cover for Prime Gaming. Tuesday, I used one of the many languages I’ve bothered to learn to translate Japanese and talk about the PS5…

Manifold Garden Steam Edition Gets Release Date

William Chyr Studio’s Manifold Garden really surprised me when I played it on Nintendo Switch. Now, after a successful Epic Games Store and Console release, much like Superliminal, Manifold Garden is coming to Steam. The award-winning puzzle game will be making its…