PUBG’s 50-player deathmatch mode is now live

FnF In trying to combatFortnite‘s rising popularity, PUBG Corp has been adding limited time gamemodes toPUBG. A few weeks ago, a 50-player deathmatch mode called “Desert Knights” went live, but was quickly removed. The mode had been causing server issues for every other aspect of the game, so it was cut to fix those. It is now back for the weekend and should be already available if you’ve updated your game....

May 16, 2025 · 2 min · 242 words · Kari Marshall

Riot Games steadfast on Forced Arbitration for current employees, despite protests

‘We know not everyone agrees with this decision’ At the start of May,employees atLeague of Legendsdeveloper Riot Games held a protest at the studio to oppose (among other factors) Forced Arbitration of staff, a contract clause that – succinctly – makes it nigh-on impossible for internal lawsuits to be tried in a public court. Riot Games has since decided that although the studio’s new employeeswillbe given the opportunity to opt-out of arbitration, they are not going to extend that courtesy to its present staff, due to litigation suits that are currently underway....

May 16, 2025 · 2 min · 279 words · Joshua Hodges

Roblox Terminal Escape Room Standard Mode answers for Chapters 1-4

Terminal Escape Room’sStandard Mode brings out some of the most complex challenges, taking it a step aboveBeginner. Four chapters are currently available to play, each with its own puzzles and keypad combinations. We’re here to help guide you by showing you allRoblox Terminal Escape RoomStandard Mode answers for Chapters 1 to 4. All Chapter 1 Standard Mode answers in Roblox Terminal Escape Room EveryTerminal Escape RoomChapter features a specific time limit to increase the challenge....

May 16, 2025 · 13 min · 2619 words · Kayla Ramos

Rumor explosion: HD Wii 2 / Stream / Project Cafe

Update:The system is now rumored to becalled Stream. The rumors concerning anew HD console from Nintendohave ramped up to absurd proportions, to the point where it’s getting difficult to keep track of everything. Some of the rumors sound like total BS, while some are more sensible. Here’s loads of them, so make your own mind up: Following this rumored leak IGN created this mock of what the system might look like:...

May 16, 2025 · 1 min · 144 words · Sarah Butler

Russian Borderlands 2 problems officially resolved

Russia and its neighbors get international version Borderlands 2caused acommotion in the Eastwhen it was revealed that Russia and surrounding territories would be forced to buy a locked-down, Russian-only version of the game, despite not being warned before purchase. After days of justifiable outrage, 2K has officially resolved the issue. “2K Games and 1C Company have updated the PC versions ofBorderlands 2that are purchased from both retail locations and via digital distribution in Russia, the Baltic states, and CIS territories,” said the company....

May 16, 2025 · 1 min · 184 words · Lori Lopez

Seaman creator Yoot Saito is getting back into gaming

Potentially with a spiritual successor Yoot Saito, the designer behind imaginative games likeSimTower,Seaman, andOdama, is once again actively pursuing game development. Speaking at the fourth annual BitSummit festival in Japan, as reported byWired, he bluntly expressed the need to get out of R&D and back to making games for, well, the money. “That’s the motivation,” he said. “Computer games make money.” It has been a few years. There was 2012’s luggage-sorting 3DS titleAero Porter, and since then,EarthBook, an iOS app that ended up being “for nobody,” according to Saito....

May 16, 2025 · 2 min · 221 words · Kaitlyn Parker

See Wii U innards in this hardware teardown

Wii U guts aren’t exciting One of my favorite hardware sites,AnandTech, breaks down aWii Uto explore its innards. I have to say that even as a tech geek, the Wii U’s innards aren’t much to look at. It’s just circuit boards, chips, and support structure. Still, AnandTech’s findings bring some interesting tidbits to light. For example, by looking at the chips we know that the Wii U has12.8GB/s of peak memory bandwidth, matching that of the iPad 3/4....

May 16, 2025 · 1 min · 113 words · Jessica Wagner

Slasher-style trailer spotlights Hitman 2’s Halloween content

Murder marathonHitman 2is set to get some free content today, welcoming in the Halloween season with a new Escalation contract, some unlockable rewards, and a creepy new disguise for the man who loves to go bump in the night, Agent 47. Although details are slim, we can see from the horror-movie style trailer below that the contract is set in a special spookified variant of Hawke’s Bay, where players can earn themselves a new skin – the tactical wetsuit – as well as a bat-shaped throwing star, not dissimilar to the ones carried by The Dark Knight himself....

May 16, 2025 · 1 min · 177 words · Connie Klein

Sonic Frontiers: How to unlock the true final boss & ending

Spoilers, obviously Surprisingly, there’s more toSonic Frontiersthan meets the eye when it comes to its ending. There’s actually a “true final boss/ending” you can discover, and the process is pretty easy! In short, it requires players to beat the regular final boss on hard mode: which can easily be done right before the fight itself. Save right at this exact spot, and set the difficulty manually to “hard” See that spot in the image right above?...

May 16, 2025 · 4 min · 652 words · Denise Davis PhD

Sony says The Last Guardian is ‘on hiatus’ [Update]

Shadow of the Colossus still missing in action [Update:Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshidatells KotakuTretton’s statements were misleading andThe Last Guardianis still in active development.] The Last Guardianis “on hiatus,” Sony Computer Entertainment boss Jack Trettonconfirmed to Game Trailersfollowing the title’s absence at PlayStation’s E3 media briefing. “We got so many projects out there from so many great teams,” Tretton said. “Projects never ultimately go away.The Last Guardianis certainly not going away, but it’s on hiatus right now....

May 16, 2025 · 1 min · 133 words · Gregory Donaldson

Sony: Don’t expect hardware news at E3 2018

Just keep focusing on quality games and I’m happy Sony will be using itspresence at E3 2018to highlight upcoming games likeDeath Stranding,Ghost of Tsushima, andThe Last of Us Part II, but we shouldn’t expect any hardware news at the show. That’s according to Sony Interactive Entertainment America CEO Shawn Layden, who confirmed on thePlayStation Blogcastthat there will be “no new hardware announcement at E3 this year.” This is to be expected as far as PlayStation 5 is concerned....

May 16, 2025 · 1 min · 151 words · Michele Stevenson

Sony: ‘Digital business is the faster growing business’

Shuhei Yoshida speaks regarding the PS4 Sony’s Shuhei Yoshida, speaking to our own Dale North, talked a bit about the role digital distribution plays in today’s market, and specifically how it will relate to the PlayStation 4. “Digital business is the faster growing business” he said. “We do not publish numbers, but every month it’s almost a new record that the purchase on Vita is higher than the PS3, because everything is available [digitally]....

May 16, 2025 · 1 min · 144 words · Chad Campbell

Spring cleaning and dragon abuse in Age of Wonders III

Easter’s a good time for a religious crusade At GDC, Triumph Studios showed the first pre-alpha gameplay footage ofAge of Wonders III.The Theocrat class was being showcased, and these holy chaps quickly embarked on a religious crusade against a poor, defenseless dragon and his chums. The scaly monster was obviously not very well, he was nothing but skin and bones, really, so beating him up seemed pretty mean. As well as revealing a quick combat scenario, magical research options were demonstrated, with new spells being unlocked that allowed the Theocrats to do a bit of spring cleaning around their domain....

May 16, 2025 · 1 min · 144 words · Martha Freeman