As both a mystery game fan and a Person in the Games Industry, I would like to hereby dub 2024 the Year of the Mystery Game. We’ve gotten a new Nancy Drew game, two Ace Attorney collections (which I’m hoping against all odds means we might get a new game at some point in the future), a Golden Idol sequel and now Nintendo has announced it’s making a new Famicom Detective Club game.
Bethesda Game Studios workers have voted to join the Communications Workers of America, forming the first wall-to-wall union at a Microsoft video game studio.
The workers, consisting of 241 developers, artists, engineers, programmers and designers have either signed a union…
Paramount+ cancels Halo series after 2 seasons
July 19, 2024
After two seasons, Paramount+ has canceled its live action Halo adaptation. The series premiered in March 2022 and its second season aired in February 2024.
According to Deadline, Amblin Television, Xbox and 343 Industries are currently looking for a new home for the Halo…
Activision announced the Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 multiplayer beta kicks off on August 30.
While under previous ownership of Activision Blizzard, Sony’s PlayStation players always got earlier access to the multiplayer beta versions of Call of Duty. But this beta will be available on the “PC and consoles,” as you might expect considering Microsoft acquired Activision Blizzard.
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To celebrate its 15th anniversary, Minecraft is teaming up with Beats by Dre to release a special edition of its Solo 4 headphones.
Beats x Minecraft Solo 4’s come bundled with an in-game cosmetic
The on-ear Beats Solo 4 features personalized spatial audio with…
It’s not so easy to create a differentiated free-to-play looter shooter game, but Nexon is on the path to do it with The First Descendant.
I played the third-person looter shooter game hands-on for nearly an hour at the recent Summer Game Fest Play Days event, and it kept…
Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection Arcade Classics got announced during today’s Nintendo Direct, set for launch later this year.
The collection includes Marvel vs. Capcom 2, one of the most beloved 2D fighters ever. It also has X-Men: Children of the Atom, Marvel Super Heroes, X-Men vs. Street Fighter, Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter, Marvel vs. Capcom, and even the beat-em-up The…
Funko Fusion hits Switch on September 13
June 20, 2024
Funko Fusion is coming to the Nintendo Switch on September 13, 2024.
You can play against Jaws, He-Man, Marty McFly — altogether more than 60 characters across 20 iconic movie scenes, TV shows and more. It’s an action adventure puzzler pitting you against dinosaurs from…
During today’s Nintendo Direct, Subblink announced that Hello Kitty Island Adventure is going cross-platform, starting with PC and Nintendo Switch in 2025. Prior to this, the cozy mobile life simulator launched as an Apple Arcade exclusive in 2023. After its initial timed…
