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I wasn’t sure about Marvel Rivals after its initial announcement and previews, but the closed beta is giving me hope that something acceptable could come out of this one despite some glaring issues that need to addressed. It’s hard to deny Overwatch 2 has been struggling for a long time now, and depending on who you ask, the same could …

Image: Ubisoft I didn’t know the 2024 Olympic Games were starting today. Or that they were in France. So I was extra surprised when the opening ceremony looked like a scene out of a classic Assassin’s Creed game. The Week In Games: What’s Coming Out Beyond Assassin’s Creed Mirage Apparently everyone else was, too. The opening ceremony for this year’s …

Walmart is offering the Nintendo Switch Lite (Timmy’s and Tommy’s Aloha Edition) console for only $159. This is an outstanding deal because this particular bundle also includes a digital copy of Animal Crossing: New Horizons. A standard Nintendo Switch Lite console with no game still costs $199. Nintendo Switch Lite with Animal Crossing for $159 Nintendo Switch Lite (Timmy & …

Ahead of what is expected to be a record-breaking opening weekend, Deadpool & Wolverine has already pulled in some impressive box-office numbers from Thursday previews in the US. The biggest Thursday opening of the year–beating Inside Out 2’s $13 million record–Deadpool and Wolverine brought in $38.5 million in domestic ticket sales. According to Variety, this is also the highest preview …

Earlier this week, Too Kyo Games and Akatsuki announced closed beta dates for the extreme action RPG Tribe Nine on PC. The full game is also coming to iOS and Android, and it will be a free to play release on all platforms. Today, Tribe Nine has gotten a new extended gameplay trailer showcasing the Shinagawa Chapter. Alongside this trailer, …

Video game voice actors represented by SAG-AFTRA – one of America’s biggest actors’ unions – are going on strike. After over a year of negotiations with some of the biggest western publishers including Activision Blizzard, EA, and Take Two, negotiations have reached a standstill over one of the more controversial points of debate: AI. AI has proven to be an …

Video game actors are going on strike for the first time since 2017 after months of negotiations with Activision, Epic Games, and other big publishers and studios over higher pay, better safety measures, and protections from new generative AI technologies. They’ll be hitting the picket line a year after Hollywood actors and writers wrapped up their own historic strikes in …

Guilty Gear Strive is now entering its fourth year of content updates, and despite now earning the reptutation as being the “old man” on the block, especially when put side-to-side with more recent releases like Street Fighter 6, Tekken 8, and Mortal Kombat 1, Strive is still continuing on just as strong as ever. Which brings us to Evo 2024, …

As more information about 2XKO comes to light, most of the attention is focused on how established characters from League Of Legends are being adapted into a fighting game. And that makes sense–seeing characters from a well-known franchise enter a new realm is always interesting. That “fish out of water” feeling brings a huge appeal to crossover characters like Negan …

Niantic and Capcom have recently released the major Monster Hunter Now (Free) version 80.0 update on iOS and Android with balance adjustments, changes, and more. Following that, a new update will be rolling out bringing in the Dimensional Link feature making it easier to hunt with friends around the world. The team at Niantic had a media briefing this week …