For the past few months, Twitch has been exploring the issue of sexual content on the platform, trying to find its footing and establish the boundaries of what should and shouldn’t be permitted. In December 2023, for example, the platform relaxed its policies, effectively allowing for more nudity in streams as long as appropriate classification … Read more
“There are marginalized devs who work on these games, and they want to put that stuff in their games,” Belair says, adding that it’s strange that players feel like characters of color, for example, need to have their presence justified in any way. “I’m a huge Uncharted fan,” Belair says.”’Why is Nathan Drake white?’ is … Read more
WACO, Texas (KWTX) – No need to be overwhelmed with fear for March because I’m Andrew Hamilton and I’m here to navigate you through all great games releasing this month in your March episode of The Download. Aspyr is bringing the king of Star Wars shooters back(Aspyr) Star Wars Battlefront Classics Collection: We start this … Read more
The PlayStation 5 has been out for some time now, and its reception has been mostly positive. It includes lots of quality-of-life improvements over its predecessor, the PlayStation 4, such as faster load times, a solid-state drive (SSD) instead of a regular hard disk drive (HDD), and an improved controller in the form of the … Read more
Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase 2.21.2024 It’s become a bit of a tradition for Nintendo to drop a Direct presentation every February. That held up this year, but not in the way that some fans expected. Rather than dropping a 40-plus minute presentation highlighting upcoming first-party games, Nintendo released a more casual Partner Showcase today. The … Read more
Nintendo The Nintendo Switch remains wildly popular, so discounts involving the hybrid console, as well as its games and accessories, always attract a lot of attention. We expect more of the same with this year’s Nintendo Switch Presidents’ Day deals, as retailers are giving gamers a chance at huge discounts. If you see something that … Read more
The PlayStation DualSense controller and PlayStation 5 console. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Sony this week announced it now expects to sell 21 million units of the PS5 in the fiscal year ending in March, compared with a previous forecast of 25 million units. The company’s shares fell after the announcement, with around … Read more
Microsoft / . Microsoft just released the latest episode of the Official Xbox Podcast, and it contained lots of crucial details on the future of Xbox. Microsoft addressed everything from how many games it will make multiplatform to the arrival of Activision Blizzard games on Xbox Game Pass to future Xbox hardware. If you don’t … Read more
FIFA is trying to partner with American video game publisher 2K to help create a new soccer game franchise. The governing body of the sport previously parted ways with Electronic Arts (EA Sports) last year. The two sides initially joined forces to create their first video game way back in 1993. Nevertheless, after 30 years, … Read more
Sony Interactive Entertainment Sony held its first State of Play presentation of 2024 today, giving us an overview of many of the games we can expect to release on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation VR2 over the course of the next year. The games shown off included single-player exclusives like Stellar Blade, Rise of the Ronin, … Read more