Ubisoft executive Philippe Tremblay can eat his heart out as California governor Gavin Newsom has signed a bill preventing the use of certain language in ToS policies, specifically surrounding ownership of games. As you may remember, early in the year, the exec espoused one of the most ridiculous statements a spokesperson could say — asserting that gamers need to get more comfortable not owning their games.…
Sega was close to earning my respect as until recently, I was under the assumption that Sonic Generations was going to live in harmony with Sonic X Shadows Generations, which is a remaster of the 2011 Sonic game. Mixing 2D and 3D, this Sonic title is among the more loved entries, which I assume Sega is keeping close to their chest since these sorts of Sonic games have been hit-or-miss lately.…
Brace yourselves as Ragnarok: Fallen Legends, the turn-based card game that takes cues from an array of myths is going offline in a matter of days. Priced at only $0.99, the early access game wasn’t completely hated, but definitely didn’t succeed either. While it’s not the best game to point to in terms of the negative impacts of online-only games, it’s still an instance that proves a point.…
Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster was something a surprise reveal from Capcom, the game wasn’t quite the hard-hitting IP and it wasn’t that long ago that we reunited with Frank West to investigate the latest in pharmaceutical and governmental happenings in Willamette, right? It was 2017, but still. Besides, that game fumbled harder than a zombie sprinting into a wall.…
A slew of GameCube games will receive achievements thanks to RetroAchievements and, of course, Dolphin. Come July 15, support for the Nintendo platform will go live. Not all games will come with support, of course, but a large range of games will see support out of the box.
Games like Twilight Princess, Viewtiful Joe, Chibi-Robo, Super Smash Bros.…
In what’s got to be one of the scummiest movies Ubisoft could’ve possibly done, they’ve revoked licenses of The Crew owners. The open world multiplayer racer was released a decade ago as an online-only exploration racer before getting pulled last month. Unlike other games where physical media could’ve saved it, with servers shutting down and the lack of third-party servers, this game is just lost media now.…
After developing a Halo 2 map in 2007, independent game developer Certain Affinity got to work developing Age of Booty, an original Xbox 360-era real-time strategy game featuring what else but pirates, factions, and foes. Unfortunately, it seems that will soon come to an end as the only legal way to purchase this game — that being the Microsoft Store — is pulling the plug.…
Nintendo’s win against Yuzu has either fostered an aggressive fanbase hellbent on making emulation a chore with modern consoles or a lot more brazen to hit even projects that are openly non-profit. Obviously, we’re talking Suyu, the fork of the emulator that was sued into oblivion by Nintendo, leading to a whirlwind of other emulators rushing in a panic to get its ducks in a row.…
Established in 2014, Relic Castle is a fan site that has grown immensely since its launch, boasting a forum and repository of many, and we mean many, fan-made Pokemon games. Now, after nearly a decade of operation, the site owners are throwing in the towel as they’ve recently found a DMCA takedown notice in their inbox.…
In 2019, Obsidian Entertainment’s niche 2010 espionage game, Alpha Protocol, was delisted from Steam out of nowhere and it left plenty of people very confused. That is until the journalists poked around, assuming it the game’s delisting had to do with its soundtrack, which featured Turn Up The Radio by Autograph during the final boss, and that turned out to be the exact reason.…