Former Bungie Composer Tells Fans To ‘Destroy’ Destiny Music He Published Against Court Orders

Marty O’Donnell, the former audio director at Bungie who worked on Halo and Destiny for years, was forced by a court to upload a video yesterday asking folks to stop sharing and publishing video game music he uploaded online without legal permission an…

Here’s All The Type Matchups In Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl

A new Pokémon is out in the wild. Well, an old Pokémon is out in the wild, resprayed to look and feel like a new Pokémon. Yes, Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, released for the Switch on November 19, are by all accounts faithful but unimagi…

Here Are Your Chances Of Finding Shinies In Pokémon Diamond And Pearl Remasters

Players are once again on the hunt for shiny Pokémon, those incredibly rare, incredibly sought-after variants, in the latest batch of games. And while Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl only just came out today, thanks to leaked early copies a…

Elden Ring May Just Reinvent The Open-World Genre

From Software, as you may already know, has a new game coming out early next year. It’s called Elden Ring, and after spending a few hours with it during last week’s preview, I’m here to say that it’s shaping up to be something really special.Read more….

Forza Horizon 5 Is Actually A Bleak Dystopia In Which Humanity Must Flee The Cars

Sure, cars are cool. Yes, they go fast. But cars have also fundamentally altered our cities and civilizations in ways that we still haven’t recovered from. Large sections of our world are just permanently off-limits because cars need that space. It suc…

Sega’s Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio Is Making Yakuza 8

In October 2021, Yakuza creator Toshihiro Nagoshi confirmed he was leaving the studio he helped found. Joining him in the departure was long-time series director and producer, Daisuke Sato. In a new interview with Weekly Famitsu, the studio’s new boss …

I’m Enjoying Battlefield 2042, But There May Be Something Wrong With Me

Earlier this week, Ethan rightly called out Battlefield 2042 as being the “wrong game at the wrong time”. A similar piece on Eurogamer says Battlefield 2042’s opening weekend was “a disaster”. User reviews of the game are in the toilet. Imagine my confusion, then, when I realised last night that I’d been logging onto…

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Everything That Has Happened Since The Activision Blizzard Lawsuit Was Filed

The ongoing lawsuit against Activision Blizzard has made public some truly terrible and horrendous behavior that occurred across multiple studios and offices. Many women were allegedly sexually harassed, assaulted, and psychologically traumatized while…