Ubisoft Is Getting Into The Blockchain Grift

At this point, we’re all just holding out hope that our favorite video game franchises aren’t getting into weird crypto shit. Sometimes, it’s a vain hope. In today’s second quarterly earnings report, Ubisoft said it is exploring blockchain for games. R…

Report: Vicarious Visions Changing Its Name After Blizzard Merger

Back in January it was announced that Vicarious Visions, the studio famous for its work on the Tony Hawk remakes and a whole library of excellent licensed games, was going to be merging with Blizzard. Now it’s emerged that this corporate move means the…

Epic Games Faces Staff Uproar Over Ending Popular Time-Off Policy

Epic Games, creator of the massively popular and lucrative battle royale Fortnite, decided to end a popular policy of allowing staff every other Friday off earlier this week. According to a new report by Bloomberg, which a source corroborated for Kotak…

Nintendo Delays Advance Wars Switch Remakes Until 2022

The hottest Nintendo Switch game of the season is the latest to get hit with a delay. Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp won’t be out until spring 2022, Nintendo revealed this morning, completely upending my holiday plans in the process.Read more…

Despite Filing Harassment Reports, Employees Say Ubisoft Isn’t Doing Much

Shortly after Valerie arrived at Ubisoft Montreal in 2018, home to the hit Far Cry and Assassin’s Creed franchises, she says she was sexually harassed and the victim of racist remarks. She reported the incidents, but says nothing was done. The harassme…

The Week In Games: Time To Buy Resident Evil 4 (Again)

One day, I’ll no longer walk this planet. I’ll be dust in history. But until then, I’ll be buying Resident Evil 4 over and over and over… Well, you get the idea. And now with a VR version of the classic game hitting Oculus Quest later this week, I’ll…