The Nintendo Switch has no problem playing against the PlayStation 5 in its home turf in Japan … far from it. Game Data Library, Axios, and IGN report that every game on Famitsu’s August 8th weekly top 30 charts was a Switch title, from Super Mario Maker 2 at number 30 to Minecraft at the … Read more
Google took today’s Doodle to extremes to mark the start of the Tokyo Olympics. Select the modified logo and you can play Doodle Champion Island Games, an anime-inspired title with sports mini-games. Google says it’s the biggest interactive doodle it’s ever made. You control Lucky the Cat in a pixel art landscape dotted with Japanese … Read more
Jacob DeAngeles, 25, said he was sitting with his girlfriend and friend in Section 106 near the Foul Pole on the left side of the field when people started running up the stairs and he heard someone yell, “Active shooter.” “At first we thought it was in the stadium,” he said. “It was instant panic.” … Read more
A school district in the San Diego area apologized for a post-game basketball incident in which tortillas were thrown at a team at a primarily Latin American high school. The incident came after a championship game between Orange Glen and Coronado on Saturday, which Coronado won on his home team 60:57 in overtime. After the … Read more
(GeekWIre Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Bob Hunter didn’t need a pandemic, work-from-home mandates, or distance learning initiatives to understand the potential popularity of community broadband. He heard it from Kitsap County government officials every day. Hunter, the general manager of the Kitsap Public Utility District west of Seattle, sparked a wave of infrastructure improvements years … Read more
(CNN) — After months of speculation and anticipation, Apple’s AirTag trackers are finally here at a relatively affordable $29 for a single AirTag or $99 for a pack of four. We spent a week with five AirTags during what turned out to be an extra-clumsy testing adventure. Overall, the tags’ integration within Apple’s Find … Read more
Ubisoft will be releasing a standalone free game in its ongoing Tom Clancy Division series called The Division Heartland. And while it didn’t provide many details, it is said that Red Storm Entertainment, studio writer Tom Clancy co-founded in 1996, is developing Heartland. The company will release the game to consoles, PCs, and the cloud … Read more
The first full year of the pandemic caused a significant surge in video game exposure that continues to this day. (NPD group diagram) Last month, American consumers spent $ 5.6 billion on video game hardware, accessories, and miscellaneous content. This corresponds to an increase of 18% compared to March 2020 and a record for March … Read more
Would you like to try Amnesia: Rebirth but think that you find the game too scary to finish it off? Fortunately, developer Frictional Games is adding an adventure mode that promises to defuse its horror elements. Here’s how it works: you will still see enemies in the game, but they won’t attack you. Better lighting … Read more
Last year’s hit sequel, Doom Eternal, is one of many games that are now owned by Microsoft. (Bethesda picture) Microsoft plans to make 20 games from its new subsidiary Bethesda Softworks available on its subscription service Xbox Game Pass starting Friday morning. The news follows Microsoft’s successful acquisition of ZeniMax Media, the Maryland-based holding company … Read more