Category: Arts Entertainments
Nintendo pre-announces a Switch 2 announcement is coming… eventually
Enlarge / Nintendo will eventually gift us Switch 2 information, hopefully in time for Christmas. Aurich Lawson While the past few months have included plenty of informed speculation about the
Read MoreMicrosoft shuts down Bethesda’s Hi-Fi Rush, Redfall studios
Enlarge / Artist’s conception of Microsoft telling Hi-Fi Rush maker Tango Gameworks they no longer exist as a studio. Tango Gameworks Microsoft is shutting down four studios within its Bethesda
Read MoreCourt rules against Activision Blizzard in $23.4M patent dispute
Enlarge / Acceleration Bay says World of Warcraft‘s networking code infringes on a patent originally filed by Boeing. Activision Blizzard A jury has found Activision Blizzard liable for $23.4 million
Read More40 years later, Kontrabant 2 for ZX Spectrum is rebroadcast on FM in Slovenia
Enlarge / In 1984, the year 2000 was so promising, students made entire games promising to take you there. Radio Student Software is almost impossibly easy to download, distribute, and
Read MoreHands-on with the new John Wick pinball
Enlarge / John? Is that you, John? John? Can’t we discuss this like civilized men? Stern Pinball If you don’t follow the ins and outs of pinball, you might be
Read MoreSneaking science into Borderlands: Inside the game inside a game
Enlarge / Line up those colors and close those gaps… for science! In 2020, a new minigame appeared in the video game Borderlands 3, located in the resident scientist’s laboratory
Read MorePokémon Go players are altering public map data to catch rare Pokémon
Enlarge / Rather than going to beaches to catch Wigletts, some Pokémon Go players are trying to bring the beaches to themselves. Niantic Ah, Pokémon Go. The hottest mobile game of
Read MoreHackers discover how to reprogram NES Tetris from within the game
Enlarge / I can see the code that controls the Tetri-verse! Aurich Lawson Earlier this year, we shared the story of how a classic NES Tetris player hit the game’s
Read MoreHades II’s new combat options enhance an already great game
Enlarge / New gods, same old drama. Supergiant Here at Ars, we were obviously excited by the late 2022 announcement of Hades II as a follow-up to our favorite game
Read MoreMini Settlers is a city builder that you can both enjoy and actually put down
Enlarge / Are you enticed by this kind of orderly madness with a clean graphical layout? Then I suggest you… settle in. Goblinz Studio You can’t buy Mini Settlers right
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