Rebellion has been showing off Evil Genius 2: Wold Domination for a little while now. In fact, the team was set to ship the game last year. However, like so many other teams, they had to push the release date back because of COVID. But now, it’s almost ready for prime time. Today, the team
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Riders Republic was set to launch at the tail end of next month. Ubisoft’s upcoming extreme sports game looks like a good bit of fun and has Annecy behind it. If you don’t remember, that’s the studio behind Steep. So, you know they have the pedigree to make a solid extreme sports title. Unfortunately, the
Many stay-at-home activities have seen a rise over the last year due to the current COVID-19 pandemic. More and more people are finding ways to properly social distance while still keeping their sanity by either doing things they already enjoy or discovering new hobbies to take on. As such, video game usage has reportedly seen
CrossfireX is the upcoming shooter from Smilegate Entertainment and Remedy. For the release, Smilegate is handling the multiplayer segment, while Remedy comes in to put together the single-player campaign. The split in development was always going to make things a little trickier than if it were a single studio; however, COVID-19 seems to have introduced
As many have likely expected, the physical New York Comic-Con has officially been canceled today. With most of the world’s in-person conferences shutting down in 2020 due to the coronavirus, it’s no surprise to see NYCC join them. However, it’s not all bad news. The team behind the event is still planning to put something
During the start of the online QuakeCon, Bethesda revealed that if their donation drive reached or surpassed $20,000 they would make Quake III free on the Bethesda.net Launcher. And as of today, the publisher has reached their intended goal and posted the following tweet in celebration: 🎉🎉🎉 YOU did it! We reached $20k in donations
Remember the Nintendo shareholders meeting on June 26, where Nintendo mentioned the Switch production, slowed down due to Covid-19, is going back to normal soon? Now, the Kyoto cards game company published an official report of the meeting. Various questions were asked at the meeting including how work conditions at Nintendo changed with the pandemic.
Nintendo, whose factories in China were stopped due to the covid-19 pandemic, mentioned Nintendo Switch production will be going back to normal soon. Nikkei reported that Nintendo held a shareholders meeting at its headquarters in Kyoto on June 26. Shuntaro Furukawa, sixth and current president of Nintendo in Japan since June 2018, answered questions regarding
With the Xbox Series X and PS5 both slated to launch later this year in the midst of a global pandemic, some have wondered whether or not manufacturing and shipments of each platform would be affected as a result. When it comes to Sony’s Interactive Entertainment’s current plans, the company doesn’t expect COVID-19 to ruin
Today’s news that Activision-Blizzard officially canceled Blizzcon 2020 is certainly not a surprise. After all, most conventions around the world have had to shut down due to ongoing concerns around COVID-19. Just last week, we saw Gen Con and Essen close up shop for 2020, and they’re far from the only ones. That being said,
Kerbal Space Program 2 was somewhat surprisingly announced back at Gamescom 2019. The sequel to the fan-favorite space flight simulator looks to add tons of new content to the classic KSP gameplay. It was originally set to launch this year, but, as with many things, COVID-19 has forced the team to delay KSP2 until Fall
Even though E3, Gamescom, and all the other summer conventions are canceled due to the coronavirus, groups like the Guerrilla Collective are working hard to get studios together for exciting, digital events. The team is partnering with Greg Miller and the Media Indie Exchange to produce a new, three-day event. It will showcase some of
It didn’t take long for Animal Crossing: New Horizons to become the best-selling game in the series The franchise’s Nintendo Switch debut sold 11.77 million units between its March 20 launch and the March 31 close to the fiscal year, giving it the best start of any Switch release so far and placing it seventh
Summer Game Fest is one of the upcoming E3 alternatives that will roll out over the course of the summer. These all-digital events give fans a chance to see and play many of the same trailers and demos that would have been at E3. Of course, not everything will be there (particularly the early demos),
CERO, the Computer Entertainment Rating Organization, announced it will resume activities on May 7. In a statement published on May 4, the organization announced it will start rating Japaneses games again while strengthening measures to ensure the safety of its employees. Here’s a quick translation of the statement: “Our Organization was temporarily closed due to
Today, Bethesda Softworks announced that they donated a million dollars to various COVID-19 relief efforts. With much of the world forced into isolation, many forced out of work, and front-line health care workers struggling to acquire the supplies they need, donations like these can do quite a bit to help. Obviously, it’s not going to
It’s no secret that outside of Nintendo Switch’s impressive library of games, there’s not much to really do on its interface (not even a web browser or Netflix). But thanks to a partnership between InkyPen Comics and manga publisher Kodansha, there’s a huge library of manga now available for your quarantined needs: Manga is here!
Creative Assembly is offering Total War: SHOGUN 2 for free during their upcoming sale. The sale will begin on Steam starting on April 27 at 18:00 BST. Total War: SHOGUN 2 will be downloadable for free at this point, and will remain yours permanently. The giveaway ends on May 1, though the franchise sale will
In late February at the Trackmania Grand Finals, Ubisoft Nadeo announced that they were hard at work on a remake of the classic racer Trackmania Nations. The PC-only title was set to launch on May 5, but, as you know, the world has changed a lot since then. Because of ongoing concerns surrounding the coronavirus,
In a recent report from Nikkei Asian Review, it was revealed that Nintendo is looking to increase Switch production by 10% from last year. This is all in light of the growing demand for in-home entertainment as people look for something to do during their coronavirus isolation. While Nintendo doesn’t make the Switch itself, they
With the sports world shut down amid concerns around the coronavirus, most leagues have turned to their digital counterparts to give fans something to watch. We’ve already seen successful broadcasts from NASCAR and the NBA. Now, after EA Sports held a European-wide FIFA 20 tournament, the English Premier League is jumping in on the fun.
It seemed like only a matter of time at this point until San Diego Comic-Con 2020 was going to be canceled or postponed from its slated July show dates, and today, the news was finally made official. Announced via the Comic-Con website, the organization behind SDCC stated that the convention has indeed been outright canceled
In a move that is meant to help many around the globe stay inside and prevent the spread of the lingering coronavirus pandemic, Sony has today announced initiative that it’s calling “Play at Home.” Revealed via SIE President Jim Ryan over on the PlayStation Blog, Sony is looking to give away a handful of titles
With the entire real-world sports scene shut down due to the coronavirus, many are turning to their virtual counterparts. Last week, the NBA kicked off a 2K20 tournament on ESPN. And now FIFA 20 is getting in on the fun. The new Stay and Play Cup features pro players from 20 different world football clubs.
Cero, the Computer Entertainment Rating Organization in Japan, announced it will be closing down for a month due to the Coronavirus. On April 7, Japanese Prime minister Shinzo Abe announced the country is entering a state of emergency from April 8 until May 6. The citizens have been urged to stay home as well, in
Development on The Last of Us Part II is “at the one-yard line,” Neil Druckmann, the game’s creative director, said. Following Thursday’s news that Naughty Dog’s highly-anticipated sequel had been delayed indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic, Druckmann joined the latest episode of the PlayStation Blogcast to discuss the circumstances of the delay and the
A little over a month before Sony’s PS4-exclusive titles The Last of Us Part II and Iron Man VR were set to launch, it was revealed today that both games have now been delayed indefinitely. The result of each delay, as you may have guessed, comes about in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and how it
Ever since the rise of the coronavirus, industry and consumer folk alike are questioning the reality of next-gen consoles, specifically, whether or not they will actually come out in 2020 as planned. Recently we heard from Sony that the release of PlayStation 5 should not be affected and now we know how their competitors at
The NBA season may be suspended due to the coronavirus; however, that doesn’t mean the sport has to stop completely. This Friday, NBA players face off in NBA 2K20 as the first round of the NBA 2K Players Tournament kicks off. The tournament features 16 different NBA stars and is set to air on ESPN.
Master Chief himself has now joined the battle against COVID-19. In a new message on Twitter, Steve Downes, who has been the voice of the iconic Master Chief in every Halo title since Combat Evolved, said that he’ll be raising money throughout the month of April for the charity Project C.U.R.E. Downes utilizes a platform called