Author: Liv Ngan

Epic’s tradition of giving away free games over the Christmas period has returned and begins today. The giveaways will occur over the course of the holiday sale Epic is holding over on Epic Games Store, which runs from today (13th December) until 10th January 2024. In 2021 and 2022, Epic gave away 15 games, but…

Valve has asked Steam Deck owners to stop sniffing the fumes which come out of the handheld’s vents. Smelling the fumes has become something of a meme on the Steam Deck subreddit, for apparently smelling quite nice. If you search “smell” over there, you’ll find a whole range of posts from people discovering the vents…

Nintendo has said the nature of Link and Zelda’s relationship in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is open to interpretation, after months of discourse on whether the two characters are dating or not. In Tears of the Kingdom, you can find some objects owned by Zelda inside Link’s house in Hateno Village. There’s only one…

Following the ESA’s announcement that E3 is no more, developers and industry figures have been sharing their memories of the event as they wish it farewell. The death of E3 was formally announced yesterday, but was suspected following the cancellation of the convention for 2023 and the foreseeable future. Reactions have been pouring in from…

Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom producer Eiji Aonuma has responded to fans’ hopes of a traditional linear Zelda game, saying he believes games with a strict path are “games of the past”. The debate has been argued ever since the release of Breath of the Wild, and Aonuma gave his thoughts on the topic in…

ZeniMax Workers United-CWA has won a tentative agreement which will allow union members to guide the company’s use of AI in the workplace. The union was voluntarily recognised by Microsoft at the beginning of the year, and consisted of around 300 testers within studios owned by ZeniMax including Bethesda, id Software, and Arkane. The agreement…

Disney has spoken about Knights of the Old Republic Remake as the fate of the game remains unclear. Development on the KOTOR remake has been rocky since it was first announced, with recent reports suggesting it isn’t in active development. Speaking to Axios, Disney head of gaming Sean Shoptaw said he couldn’t say much on…

A ransomware group named Rhysida has claimed it hacked Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 developer Insomniac Games, and posted files it managed to gain access to as proof. Sony has since told Eurogamer it’s investigating the situation. Earlier today, Cyber Daily reported Rhysida had posted proof-of-hack documents. This included details of Insomniac’s Wolverine game, which is rumoured…

Bandai Namco has announced a demo for Tekken 8 will be available for PlayStation 5 players from 14th December. A week later on 21st December, Xbox and Steam players will be able to join in. Tekken 8 is set to release on 25th January, 2024. Bandai Namco has already conducted network tests (rest in peace…