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In this episode, Stella conducted a deep dive into Bungie's history with stolen artwork and writings. Last week, Bungie confirmed that Marathon, their latest extraction shooter title, had been built off stolen artwork. Prior to this transgression, Bungie had stolen work from other artists and community members three other times (that the public knows of). Here's the deep dive on Bungie's history with Plagiarism.
Apex Legends season 25 brings a whole new weapon arrangement (Boceck is back on ground loot and the Triple Take is in the Care Package), new Legend Sparrow who specializes in archery, and the return of Arenas. Here's everything you need to know about Apex Season 25 coming Tuesday May 6th.
Compulsion Games showcases why they're one of the best storytellers in the video game sphere with South of Midnight. It sets a new bar for world-building, stylized gameplay, and a heart wrenching narrative based around historical and personal traumas. Here is a spoiler free review of South of Midnight. South of Midnight releases April 8th at 9 AM PT and will be available on Game Pass.
ARK: Aquatica is the latest DLC to come to ARK: Survival Evolved, the crafting survival game that released back in 2017. Meant as an anniversary celebration expansion, ARK: Aquatica's trailer released March 17th at GDC to very mixed responses after the trailer was revealed to have used heavy AI generated content. I sat down with Matt Kohl, lead developer for ARK: Aquatica at Snail Games, and asked him about the AI use and what the DLC would really look like.