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Steam Users Are Being Targeted By A Sophisticated Browser-In-The-Browser Attack

September 14, 2022 Marc Marasigan Comments

Steam users are being targeted by a clever new browser-in-the-browser phishing scheme disguised as a legitimate Steam message. According to cybersecurity company Group-IB, the scheme specifically targets professional and competitive gamers, sending them fake tournament invites through the platform’s messaging system. Upon clicking the accompanying link, it will redirect you to a professional-looking tournament website where you’ll be asked to [...]

NFT Consultant Envisions A Future Where Impoverished Players Are Paid To Act As NPC Slaves

September 9, 2022 Marc Marasigan Comments

With the recent rise in the popularity of play-to-earn blockchain and NFT games, there’s no shortage of people trying to come up with various ways to earn cryptocurrencies or real-world money without putting in the effort. In Axie Infinity, this came in the form of scholarships where a person would buy multiple accounts and have other people play them for [...]

Embracer Group To Acquire The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy And The Hobbit IP Rights

September 6, 2022 Marc Marasigan Comments

Embracer Group, the video game holding company that snapped up numerous video game companies and studios over the past few months, will soon gain control of The Lord of the Rings IP and all of its associated franchises just as the One Ring controls the Rings of Power. The Swedish company is currently in the process of acquiring Middle-earth Enterprises [...]

Suikoden Fans Are Hoping For An Announcement From Konami Next Week

September 6, 2022 Marc Marasigan Comments

With every other classic RPG seemingly getting a remaster, remake, or reboot in one form or another, one popular JRPG from the mid-90s has yet to be resurrected – Konami’s Suikoden. Fans of the beloved series, however, are looking forward to next week’s Tokyo Game Show where Konami has teased that it will be announcing a new game based on [...]

League Of Legends Animated Show Arcane Snags Three Emmy Awards

September 5, 2022 Marc Marasigan Comments

It’s time for Netflix to pop open that bottle of champagne or three as its League of Legends-inspired animated series Arcane comes away with three major awards during this year’s Creative Arts Emmys, including Best Animated Program. Arcane’s win marks the first time that a streaming series has snagged the award, beating out other extremely popular animated shows, including Rick [...]

NetEase Acquires Detroit: Become Human Developer Quantic Dream

September 2, 2022 Marc Marasigan Comments

Chinese video game and technology company NetEase has acquired another video game developer to add to its growing list of subsidiaries. The latest addition to the NetEase family is Paris-based developer Quantic Dream, the studio behind the smash hit sci-fi action adventure game Detroit: Become Human. NetEase has apparently been investing in the studio for the past few years and [...]

Ubisoft Backtracks On DLC Deactivation For Older Games, Delays Decommissioning Plans

September 1, 2022 Marc Marasigan Comments

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In an unexpected turn of events, Ubisoft decided to delay the planned “decommissioning” of its older games at the last minute. Over a dozen games were scheduled to be taken offline today, including several classic Assassin’s Creed games and other once-popular titles like Splinter Cell: Blacklist, Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, and Far Cry 3, to allow the publisher to focus [...]

Microsoft’s Phil Spencer Reveals Driving Forces Behind Activision Blizzard Acquisition

August 31, 2022 Marc Marasigan Comments

While the question of why Activision Blizzard decided to merge with Microsoft is easy enough to answer given the company’s current predicament, the reason behind the latter’s decision to acquire the controversial company still remains a mystery… until today. In an interview with Bloomberg’s Emily Chang, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer revealed that the decision to acquire Activision Blizzard was [...]

Rumors That Amazon Is Looking To Acquire EA Have Been Shot Down

August 27, 2022 Marc Marasigan Comments

Over the past few weeks, rumors have been circulating around the gaming community that Amazon was looking to acquire Electronic Arts. As it turns out, they were just rumors after all and have been debunked by insider sources. “There’s nothing going on,” sources told CNBC. “EA definitely has been out there in the past, but no, this is not going [...]

Total War’s Creative Assembly Announces New Third-Person Action Game

August 26, 2022 Marc Marasigan Comments

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Creative Assembly, the studio behind the Total War series of strategy games, is moving out of its comfort zone and into third-person action territory with its new game. The project was announced on the studio’s official website earlier today but there’s not much to be gleaned from the announcement except that it’s being developed using Unreal Engine 5 and that [...]

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