For a part of the year that’s usually pretty slow for video games, we sure have been seeing a lot of sales records lately. First, Persona 3 Reload sets an ATLUS record for reaching a million copies in its first week, Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth did the same, and now so has Helldivers 2….
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Pocket Pair Says Palworld Servers “Won’t Go Down” Despite Cost
So yet another week has passed since Palworld went into early access, and that week has seen the game grow even more. According to The Loadout, the game has seen more than 19 million players (and counting) log onto try the developer’s “ARK meets Pokemon” survival-crafitng game, and that it’s seemingly coming at ridiculous cost….
Dragon Ball: Spark! Zero Shows-Off Goku and Vegeta Transformations
There was I time when I was a big fan of Dragon Ball Z fighting games, the Budokai series in particular. Maybe it was the wonderfully simple controls that won me over. Maybe it the punchiness of the combat. Or, maybe it was just the sheer hype that Dragon Ball just cannot seem to help…
Palworld Takes #2 Spot For Concurrent Players on Steam
I would seem that Palworld is officially a hit. Not only has he game, which is still in early access, already sold over 5 million units, but it has apparantly taken the all-time number two spot for concurrent players. As of this writing, Palworld hit an all-time high of 1,121,226 simultaneous playes as reported by…
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Adds Fast Travel
In case there was any doubt, Square Enix has more or less confirmed now that the next chapter in the Final Fantasy VII Remake series will have absolutely massive map for players to explore. Indeed, it looks like the whole planet from the original game has been included here, but at a much greater scale….
Xbox Capture Deletions Start This Month
Microsoft’s policy regarding in-game captures goes into effect this month, meaning that users need to hurry up and make sure that they’ve backed-up all of their favorite videos and screenshots. As reported by ComicBook.com, it seems that users risk losing that data if they don’t get it offloaded to an external location before the mass deletion…
Latest Skyrim: Special Edition Breaks All Mods
For whatever reason, Bethesda is still releasing patches and updates for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Special Edition. I mean, it’s great to see developers supporting their games even years later, but this version of Skyrim has been out for years and years now, and the company’s most recent update to the game has…
Microsoft is Considering an Ad-Supported Version of Game Pass
I won’t bury the lead here: it’s possible that there’s an ad-supported version of Xbox Game Pass in our future. According to Windows Central, Microsoft CFO Tim Stuart recently talked about users might be able to watch ads in order to gain access to Game Pass at some point in the future. There also already…
Ubisoft Accidentally Releases Beyond Good & Evil Remaster
It seems that something of an accident happened over at Ubisoft a couple of days ago. As reported by PC Gamer, someone at the publisher somehow managed accidentally release an early version of the as yet unannounced (at the time) remaster for Beyond Good & Evil. How this happens? I doubt anybody knows, but let’s…
Halo Infinite has Apparently Passed Destiny 2 for “Most Played” on Xbox
As reported on Xbox’s Most Played list via Windows Central, Halo Infinite has overtaken Destiny 2 in terms of player count. At thetime of writing, Halo is sitting at the number 16 spot while Destiny sits at number 17. The article touts this as an indication that Halo Infinite is finally “good” (as so many…
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