Summer Games Done Quick (SGDQ) is over for another year, netting a staggering $3,018,320.49 with donations still coming in – that’s almost £2.5 million. In all, the event showcased 134 different speedruns with games such as Left 4 Dead 2, Super Mario World, Portal 2, and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, to name…
Monthly Archives: July 2022
Bandai Namco has dropped a new gameplay trailer for its upcoming tactical battler, Digimon Survive, which finally releases on 29th July, 2022. Digimon Survive – which “blends visual novel storytelling with tactical battle elements” – has been a long time coming, having been formally delayed three times to “allocate more time to development” and “enhance…
Surprise, Sony fans! Phantasy Star Online 2 is finally coming to PS4 in the West… a full decade after it first release in Japan on PC. The ARPG will debut on PS4 on 31st August, six years after it arrived on PS4 in Japan and over a year later than it arrived in the West…
It took what felt like several eternities for Yu Suzuki to release his last dream project, the teases and trials that led up to the eventual release of Shenmue 3 spanning over a decade. It’s wild, then, that his next dream project – a return to his 80s arcades roots, and an explicitly styled spiritual…
Netflix has shared the opening credit sequence for its upcoming anime series, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners. First debuted at the Anime Expo 2022 in Los Angeles, these opening credits are accompanied by Franz Ferdinand’s ‘This Fffire’ from 2004. (A small spot of trivia for your next pub quiz, this is not the only piece of game-inspired media…
Monster Hunter Rise numbers are soaring on Steam following the release of the Sunbreak expansion. At the time of release on PC in January this year, the game had a concurrent player count of 134,262; now that’s close to doubling at 231,360 – and it continues to rise. Sunbreak is a huge new expansion to…
Political parties in the Netherlands have broadly backed a new attempt to block the sale of video game loot boxes in the country. Six parties say they will support the motion, which would bring Dutch law largely in line with Belgium – where loot boxes were outlawed back in 2018 (thanks, Neowin). The motion describes…
FaZe Clan member Cented has been booted out for using discriminatory language. A clip of Cented using the N word has surfaced online, leading to the ban. “FaZe is constantly evolving and we expect our members to do the same,” reads a statement on Twitter from the group. Read more /format/jpg/quality/80/faze-cented.png” title=”Yet another FaZe Clan…
Minecraft maker Mojang has paid tribute to YouTuber Technoblade, whose death from cancer was announced last week. Technoblade, real name Alex, had amassed 13 million followers over years of creating Minecraft content. He was just 23. His passing prompted an outpouring of messages from fellow streamers and esports players, as well as acknowledgement from Mojang…
A new co-op mod for the eternal The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim known as Together Reborn will release this Friday. “Hey everyone, after a long development process, we are excited to announce that Skyrim Together Reborn is almost ready for release. It will release this Friday, 8th July at 16:00 GMT. The mod will be…