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Apex Legends Fumbles With Iron Crown Event

Apex Legends had recently launched the Iron Crown event. The event brought a hotly anticipated “solo” mode, allowing players to try to strike things out on their own. Along with this limited mode, a whole bunch of new cosmetics were revealed, locked…

Session To Release Into Early Access This Year

If you have played any video game during the PS2 era, you’ve probably looked at Tony Hawk’s weird and dead stare from the box. The grim look upon his face from American Wasteland aside, skating games almost died in the PS3/360 era.…

Switch Trade-In Deal Makes New Console a Steal

The 2017 Nintendo Switch and 2019 Nintendo Switch look identical out of the box. Why is it that so many are looking to upgrade? Huge tech boosts. The 2019 Switch model boasts a battery life of 3-6 hours undocked, with the lower…

Grid 2 Has Left Digital Storefronts

If you have been paying attention to some of what I’ve been writing over the months, you may have noticed that I have this penchant for putting a car round a bend at high speeds. Between the F1 2019 and Grid 2…

Top Fortnite Player “Bugha” Swatted Live

Warning: The following linked clips contain strong language. they are only included for the context of the article. Livestreaming is a questionable hobby to take up when there are so many downsides. As I’ve previously done it for eight straight hours, I…

id’s Tim Willits Joins World War Z Developer

Last month it was announced that Tim Willits would be leaving id Software at the end of QuakeCon, the Bethesda focused convention showing off Bethesda games. In the announcement of his departure, Willits said we’d find out soon what was to come…

Valve Are Moderating Steam More, Finally?

For years now, one of the biggest issues anyone has had with Valve’s Steam has been the quality control or lack thereof. One of the biggest offenders (in both senses of the word) was Yohjo Simulator, a game known for featuring a…

Nintendo Switch Online Adds Two NES Games in August

I am a rather big fan of the NES games available on the Nintendo Switch Online service. Being able to take Dr. Mario, Metroid, or even The Legend of Zelda, on the go to play is such a cool thing for people…

Take-Two Sent Two P.I.s To Investigate Leaker

In the last week, following the ESA’s leak of personal information of several YouTubers, Journalists, and other media and industry professionals with press badges, I had some concern with whom could get hold of said information. Last Friday and Saturday I had…

GNOG Free On The Epic Games Store

Yesterday, when speaking about Death Stranding no longer being a Sony exclusive, I also spoke about the title. A title I find as memorable as an Alan Wake/Stephen King book, though the pronunciation of it doesn’t get the question: So how does…