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Crying Suns Is Free On The Epic Games Store

Monday, I returned to the hell known as Prime Gaming to round up the month, and later David would round up the Steam Awards of 2020. Tuesday, I spoke of the latest study to look into games and violence, I later also noted some PS4s are being…

The Medium Gets Chilling New Gameplay Video

The Medium is a horror adventure that I’ve been keeping a close eye on. I don’t often dabble in horror, mostly because I am a giant chicken. However, the concept of The Medium and its dual-reality mechanic really struck me when I…

The Sinking City Returns To Stores Amidst Legal Battle

Three days, just three days into the year before I had to cover some corporate slap-fight. I hate 2021. At least it is not that Epic and Apple nonsense I covered last year; instead, we’re going to talk about a messy and…

Minecraft Earth Is Already Shutting Down

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: A hugely famous property is bought out by a much more successful tech giant. It expands slightly, and the tech giant begins spin-off titles. Spin-off titles get stranger and one is announced “coming to…

One Retailer Hints At The PS4 Being Discontinued

I’ve said it time and time again: The greatest console of all time is the PlayStation 2. Of course, it is closely followed by the greatest handheld of all time, the entire Nintendo DS family (along with DS & DSi-3DS). Both of…

Study On Behavior & Games Finds Little Effect On Teens, Again

Since the SEGA Mega Drive and Mortal Kombat joined forces in 1993: Letting you kick your little brother’s head off and ram the blood-soaked stump up his rear, people have been concerned about the effects of games on children. This spawned the ESRB,…

The Winners of 2020’s Steam Awards Are Here

I’d really rather not cast my mind back to the hellish year that was 2020, but I think I have a sufficient reason to do so for a little while in this context. You see, back in 2015, Valve introduced what they’re…

Prime Gaming Loot – January 2021

Editor’s Note: A link has been added to detail the five games being added to Prime Gaming in January. You know what they say: New Year, new me. Too bad I am still the same old curmudgeon that hates free-to-play, mobile, and…

Cyberpunk 2077 Pulled From PS Store

At least Microsoft finally has that launch exclusive that they were looking for the Series X and S. Yeah, it has been a happy launch for CD Projekt Red with their massive dystopian futuristic open-world, and by all accounts, it seems to…

Three Things We Learned from NoA’s Doug Bowser

In a recent interview, Nintendo of America’s Doug Bowser spoke with a gaming journalist about some of the biggest questions on Nintendo fan’s minds right now. I think a lot of us have questions about the future of the Switch, including whether…