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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.
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.
Retro arcade games have a special place in my heart, especially when we talk about House of The Dead. Retro Shooter is a company that’s been creating quality lightguns that can be used at home without hefty arcade cabinets having to be dragged around and can plug and play right into your PC at home. Here’s an interview Stella conducted with Derek Dickson, Founder of Retro Shooter.
Ash and Ballistic are the standouts for Apex Season 24, Takeover, but every weapon is now going to be technically viable since Respawn buffed EVERYTHING. Here's a full breakdown of all the changes coming to Season 24.
While the latest Marvel Rivals Winter Celebration update brings in a new game mode and holiday cheer, the update also angered fans by getting rid of the ability to remove mouse acceleration. Here are the details on what happened.
I cannot wait to play The Hidden Ones when it fully releases. I got to get an hour and a half of hands-on game time in and The Hidden Ones genuinely impressed me with the depth of game mechanics, art style, and story it already built in pre-alpha.
Marvel Rivals just launched and you might be wondering how to earn the in-game currency so you can unlock some sweet cosmetics without spending money since the game isn’t super informative about how you earn them.
The legendary Shuhei Yoshida, currently the Head of Indies Initiative at Sony Interactive, is officially retiring from Sony in January next year. Yoshida announced his retirement in a PlayStation blog post November 26th titled “All Good Things: A look back at Shuhei Yoshida’s 31 years with PlayStation.”
Okay so we’ve all heard about The Day Before and how the studio behind it, Fntastic, is now shutting down. But just in case you’re out of the loop, let me catch you up to speed.
