Author: Rich Stanton
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Why is the internet ripping a new King Kong game to shreds?
Skull Island: Rise of Kong was released on Steam on October 17, and if you use any of the various social media platforms you’ve probably already seen clips and stills from it. The various algorithms have all reached the same conclusion: this thing is comedy gold, and people are revelling in a dunkfest at its…
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Minecraft is the first videogame ever to sell more than 300 million copies
Developer Mojang Studios has announced that Minecraft, first released in early access in 2009, has now sold over 300 million copies worldwide. It is the first individual videogame to hit such a milestone, with its closest rival Grand Theft Auto V languishing behind on a mere 185 million copies (as of August 2023). Other series…
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Climate activists land devastating blow against big oil by disrupting minor Tekken tournament
The UK-based climate change group Just Stop Oil is often in the headlines for its large-scale marches and disruptive protests, most notably closing sections of the UK’s busiest motorway, but this weekend its sights moved from civil disobedience to the fighting game community. A Tekken 7 event being held at EGX 2023 was targeted, during…
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Even Counter-Strike’s devs called this wonder-bug the ‘Smooth Criminal’ before they had to beat it
[ad_1] “Release notes for today are up” began the fairly typical message from the Counter-Strike 2 dev team, before things take a turn: “Shamone.” The world’s greatest competitive shooter has in recent days been delighting players with a bug that has been christened the “Smooth Criminal”, after Michael Jackson’s dance moves that accompany the song…
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Red Dead Online players get a trick but no treat, with the same DLC pass returning for the third Halloween in a row
[ad_1] The relaunch of Red Dead Online as a standalone title in late 2020 was something of a false dawn for its ever-optimistic community. Rockstar maintains the title but has been in a cycle for several years of repeating content, and it could fairly be said that this playerbase has been surviving on rations ever…
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Starfield NPCs have the fear of space god put into them by player picking up a mop
[ad_1] Starfield has now been in the wild for a month and, yep, turns out it’s a Bethesda game. I don’t know why anyone’s surprised really, and surely that’s what we were all secretly hoping for: where’s the joy in a vast, polished galaxy where everything works as intended? Far better to have a cosmos…
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Ubisoft’s XDefiant was supposed to launch this month, but is delayed (again)
[ad_1] Ubisoft’s free-to-play competitive FPS XDefiant, surely a contender for the silliest game name in history (sorry Warface), has announced another delay following a recent public playtest. The game was due to launch with a “Preseason” this month but, following what the developers describe as “inconsistencies in the game experience”, has been delayed to an…