In the magazine business, the Back Page is where you’d find all the weird goofs that we couldn’t fit in anywhere else. Some may call it “filler”; we prefer “a whole page to make terrible jokes that are tangentially related to the content of the mag”. We don’t have (paper) pages on the internet, but
Month: July 2022
Image: Nintendo / Cold Stone Creamery Everyone wants to eat Kirby. He looks delicious. And now, you sort of can, alongside Mario and Animal Crossing, because Nintendo and US ice cream chain Cold Stone Creamery have teamed up to decide, once and for all, what Kirby actually tastes like. Here are the three new ice
The Competition and Markets Authority, the United Kingdom’s antitrust watchdog, stated that it’ll investigate the potential negative effects the Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard may cause. It’ll specifically look for “higher prices, lower quality, or reduced choice.” The CMA is taking feedback from interested third parties until July 20 and plans to make a decision
Developer Rockstar Games has not yet written off the GTA 4 and Red Dead Redemption remasters, according to a report by Kotaku citing anonymous sources. This news comes after another report from insider Tez2 stating that Rockstar decided not to proceed with these remasters after the poor reception of the Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy
Following a scant seven months of availability, The Matrix Awakens: An Unreal Engine 5 Experience will be leaving digital console storefronts on July 9. According to the Matrix Awakens website, those who add the tech demo to their library on PlayStation 5 and/or Xbox Series X will still be able to launch and mess around
Are you looking to add a splash of chaotic color to your Nintendo collection? A Splatoon 3-inspired special edition Switch OLED is dropping later this summer. Moreover, a Splatoon 3 Pro Controller and Switch Carrying Case drops in September. Splatoon artwork and paint splotches adorn both items, with the standard Switch Joy-Cons sporting white underbellies and
EA is hunting for a new “Design Director” whose primary responsibility will be to create a “best-in-class single-player campaign experience.” Following the poor performance of Battlefield 2042, it looks like EA is bringing back a solo campaign to accompany the multiplayer component. New Battlefield single-player campaign to be “masterfully designed” In the job description of
Good news for all you chart fans out there (Are there chart fans out there?): the PlayStation Store top downloads are here and ready for your perusal. Congrats are in order for Supermassive Games, whose new horror hit The Quarry debuted at #1 and #2 in the US/Canada and EU charts, respectively. Shouts out to
In conjunction with revealing the release dates for Valkyrie Elysium, Square Enix also announced it’s bringing Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth to PlayStation consoles. Lenneth is the 2006 enhanced PSP port of the first Valkyrie Profile, which first arrived in North America in 2000. Lenneth came to mobile devices in 2018 but it hasn’t been available on
This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Diablo Immortal launched a month ago to much fanfare, and for the first few days, things were good. Players were surprised how much the mobile game felt like a real Diablo title. Then, the in-app purchase hangover hit. Completely leveling
Lack of Red Dead Online updates coupled with silence from Rockstar Games has led to fans planning a funeral for the game. Unlike Grand Theft Auto Online, Red Dead Online hasn’t received the kind of developer support that players have been asking for, with the community issuing numerous calls to save the game, only for
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is one of the most popular open-world fantasy RPGs ever made for several reasons, including its in-universe card game, Gwent. CD Projekt Red, the studio behind Wild Hunt and 2020’s Cyberpunk 2077, has already created a game based on Gwent, aptly called Gwent: The Witcher Card Game, but it seems the
God of War Ragnarök is officially coming to PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 on November 9, 2022! We’re thrilled be able to share our release date and the brand-new God of War Ragnarök – Father and Son CG Trailer with all the God of War fans who have been eagerly awaiting news. We hope you’ve
The winds of Fimbulwinter have already begun the blow and Ragnarök is coming. On November 9, 2022, to be exact! Before pre-orders for God of War Ragnarök open July 15, 2022 at 10:00 am Local Time (10am Eastern Time for North America), we’ll take you through all the editions of the game, as well as
Don’t touch that remote! Danny Phantom, Invader Zim, Rocko, Powdered Toastman, and XJ9 battle Gods in the all-new Nickelodeon x Smite crossover event going live July 12! After the success of Smite’s previous crossovers with Nickelodeon’s Avatar: The Last Airbender and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, we’re going all out this time to bring you your
Hi again. It’s me. How have you been? Play any good games lately? Oh yeah, that one was great. Hmm, haven’t tried that one but I’ve heard good things. Wow, really? Huh, okay. I’ll give it a shot! You know, if you like it that much you should probably vote for it in PlayStation.Blog’s monthly
This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. There are numerous ways to play high-end games in the cloud in 2022, but rarely can you access all the top streaming services from a single screen. However, Samsung is making that a reality for anyone with one of its
Gamers rightly sighed when Sonic Origins was first announced. As part of a big celebration of Sonic’s 30th anniversary, what fans really didn’t want was yet another compilation of Sonic the Hedgehog’s earliest outings. For example, this is the fourth playable version of the original Sonic the Hedgehog on Xbox: Previously playable in Sonic Generations,