Spread the love Tweet 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
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Spread the love Tweet 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
Spread the love Tweet 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
Spread the love Tweet Coronavirus, otherwise known as COVID-19, is the virus that has thrown the world into a pandemic, causing lockdowns, distress, and forcing all our beloved video game conferences to be delayed or outright canceled. It’s no lie that the virus has had a huge effect, and for us in the video games industry,
Spread the love Tweet Games Done Quick recently wrapped up their summer extravaganza, raising over $2.3 million for Doctors Without Borders. Due to COVID-19, the event was held entirely online. The organization’s other massive speedrunning event is now doing the same. Awesome Games Done Quick will run its 2021 version from January 3-10 entirely online. It’s
Spread the love Tweet 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
Spread the love Tweet 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
Spread the love Tweet 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
Spread the love Tweet 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
Spread the love Tweet For a lot of us, video games are one of the best forms of escapism. No matter what might be going on in your actual life, games can often provide a means of distraction that allow you to, perhaps only for a few hours at a time, forget about everything else and
Spread the love Tweet Since many folks around the world have now quarantined themselves in their homes to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, this is arguably the best time in modern history to do nothing else but play video games. For many, this newfound free time may allow them to pick up some games from
Spread the love Tweet As the coronavirus pandemic has continued to get worse and worse over the past few weeks and months, many (myself included) have started to wonder if the slow it has caused in workplaces worldwide would end up affecting this year’s most notable video game event: the release of the next-gen platforms in
Spread the love Tweet On Tuesday, Sony gave a heads up that game downloads over the PlayStation Network in Europe would be slower during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Now U.S. players will take the same hit on the opposite end of the Atlantic. Via a PlayStation Blog post, Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO and President Jim Ryan
Spread the love Tweet For the most part, everyone is trying to do their best right now to slow down the ongoing coronavirus pandemic that has spread across the world. Practices such as washing your hands, social distancing, and not leaving the house have been stressed by health officials around the globe as some simple things
Spread the love Tweet Ndemic Creations is the team behind the popular game Plague Inc. The original game lets players create their own disease that they would then release on the world, hoping to end humanity. Today, the team announced a few important updates they’re making in light of the ongoing worldwide pandemic. Not only did
Spread the love Tweet On Thursday, March 19, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced that all businesses except for those considered to be “life-sustaining” are to be closed to help combat the spread of coronavirus throughout the state. This comes within days of both Governor Gavin Newsom of California and Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York, who
Spread the love Tweet Earlier this week, Square Enix informed fans that because of ongoing shipping issues that stem from the coronavirus pandemic, the physical release of Final Fantasy VII Remake could be impacted for some. While Square said it was still actively moving forward with the game’s April 10 release date, they said the status with
Spread the love Tweet The coronavirus pandemic is ongoing but DOOM Eternal and Animal Crossing: New Horizons are still releasing on March 20 as planned. In a period of social distancing and self isolation, all in an attempt to prevent the spread of a virus now plaguing North America as well as the rest of the
Spread the love Tweet Final Fantasy VII Remake is releasing April 10, but those who pre-ordered the game through Amazon might have a problem getting it on launch day. Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the online retailer has suspended shipments of non-essential products to its warehouses in an effort to meet higher-priority demands for medical
Spread the love Tweet Daily life continues to take hit after hit due to the coronavirus pandemic, and with New York City on the cusp of lockdown, one of its major attractions made the call to close its door for a while. Nintendo NY announced Monday night through its social media channels that it will be
Spread the love Tweet UPDATE: EA has announced via Twitter that FIFA 20 will not have a TOTW promo this week. Instead, they will replace it with “player content”. The team didn’t go into specifics, as I’m sure they’re still figuring everything out. We will hopefully know more at the beginning of next week. I still expect
Spread the love Tweet So I’m sure everyone heard the news by now, Electronic Entertainment Expo 2020, E3 2020, got canceled amidst Coronavirus (Covid-19) concerns. It’s been heavily rumored since yesterday, and an official statement by the Entertainment Software Association happened today. Going forward, Ubisoft released a statement where the company fully supports the ESA’s decision,
Spread the love Tweet In the midst of the Coronavirus epidemic, it’s fair to wonder if any scheduled gaming events will continue as planned. Another major event joins the ranks of those that have been postponed or outright canceled: the Minecraft Festival. What makes this cancelation worse is that the event was announced just last week.
Spread the love Tweet Like many companies announced the past week, Microsoft will not be attending Game Developers Conference 2020 (GDC 2020) in San Francisco due to health concerns associated with coronavirus. In Microsoft’s latest Game Stack blog post, the company announced they would be withdrawing from GDC 2020 stating, “The health and safety of players,
Spread the love Tweet Alongside other companies such as Kojima Productions, Sony, and Facebook, publisher Electronic Arts is said to now be “limiting” the presence that it will have at GDC 2020 due to ongoing concerns stemming from the coronavirus. The news comes by way of EA employee Alex Sherer who posted on their LinkedIn page
Spread the love Tweet The Mayor of Boston, Marty Walsh, sent a letter to Sony president and CEO Kenichiro Yoshida formally requesting him and the company to reconsider pulling out of the upcoming PAX East convention set to start on Thursday February 27th and end on March 1st. In his letter, Walsh said the risk of
Spread the love Tweet A little over a month before the release of Half-Life: Alyx, Valve has now apparently become the latest video game company that has felt the effects of the coronavirus. In a report from UploadVR, Valve stated that the ongoing sickness that has taken root in China will lead to shortages of the Valve
Spread the love Tweet PAX East isn’t the only show PlayStation is backing out of. Just a day after announcing it had canceled its appearance at next week’s convention due to coronavirus concerns, GameIndustry.biz reported that Sony Interactive Entertainment also nixed its plans to attend this year’s Game Developers Conference later in March, once again because
Spread the love Tweet Thus far 2020 hasn’t been an amazing year, and that can be greatly contributed to a new coronavirus. The current virus–coronavirus (2019-nCoV)–broke out in Wuhan, China and infected thousands. Currently, over 12,000 people are infected. Most cases are in China, but the virus has recently spread to the UK and the US.
Spread the love Tweet The Coronavirus outbreak in China continues to make waves, as it now been confirmed that the League of Legends league matches in China have been postponed. Originally the LPL was scheduled to reconvene after February 5th after the conclusion of the Chinese New Year, but because of the breakout that has been