In 2020, Sony filed a patent for allowing livestream spectators and participants to remove players from a game. Yesterday, the United States Patent and Trademark Office approved the patent, which you can read in full here. Besides removing unskilled pl…
Good Riddance: Steam Bans Games That Feature Crypto And NFTs
Damn. Good Guy Steam is (sort of) back. The developer of an upcoming NFT-based PC game revealed in a tweet that Steam is no longer allowing games built on blockchain technology or that “issue or allow exchange of cryptocurrencies or NFTs.” Indeed, Valv…
Genshin Impact’s New Inazuma Update Brings The Difficulty Spike
It’s finally happened. For the first time ever, after nearly a year of playing Genshin Impact, the new Tsurumi Island update forced me to look up a puzzle solution on YouTube. And the difficulty of the new puzzle isn’t an isolated incident. Whether you…
Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ K.K. Slider Is Getting New Music
During the Animal Crossing: New Horizons Direct, Nintendo announced that the music performer K.K. slider will be adding additional songs. These include titles such as K.K. Break and K.K. Polka. Players will also be able to play them from a new music bo…
Genshin Impact’s Latest Character Announcement Is Bringing Out The Thirst
The Genshin Impact community is abuzz over the upcoming arrival of Arataki Itto, a new character who hails from the game’s Inazuma nation. In an unusual move, Genshin developer miHoYo formally announced the character today, well in advance of his story…
Microsoft Makes Tentative Moves Toward Easier-To-Repair Xboxes
Last week, Microsoft acceded to pressure from an investor group which advocates for “right-to-repair” policies which, if widely adopted, would facilitate independent repair of many technological devices by making things like spare parts and repair docu…
Turn-Based Strategy Game Alchemy Stars Needs A Smarter AI
Alchemy Stars is certainly an interesting take on an RPG, combining puzzles with turn-based combat. Which is why it’s so frustrating that its autoplay AI isn’t smarter than a fifth grader.Read more…
Genshin Impact Developers Launch Closed Beta For Space Fantasy RPG
Yesterday, Genshin Impact developer miHoYo announced that closed beta sign-ups for their new game Honkai: Star Rail will begin today. While it’s set in the same universe as the popular mobile game Honkai Impact 3rd, the announcement confirmed that Star…