Tag: IGN
Ubisoft Issues Apology to Japanese Gamers for Assassin’s Creed Shadows
The pressure over Assassin’s Creed Shadows has gotten to Ubisoft. Since the game’s trailer debuted, Ubisoft has been inundated with complaints from gamers, mostly those in Japan, over its disrespect for Japanese history and culture. The highest-profile issue is the use of Yasuke, a historical b...
Read MoreKotaku Australia and Several Other Gaming Sites Shut Down
Australia is losing a bunch of gaming websites, to the cries of probably no one. The Sydney Morning Herald reports that Pedestrian Group, an Australian “third-party publisher,” is “exiting its licensing deals to publish third-party brands,” which include a number of video game websites: Kota...
Read MoreIGN Used Mistranslated Comments From Black Myth: Wukong Developer
Games journalists are embarrassing themselves in their zeal to take down any game developer that doesn’t submit to their ideology. The other day, a rumor about games journalists and consulting firms like Sweet Baby Inc. joining forces to extort developers, specifically the company behind Black My...
Read MoreGames Journalists Target Black Myth: Wukong
Stellar Blade is yesterday’s news; games journalists and the rest of the perpetually offended have a new target: Black Myth: Wukong. Well, it’s not so new; a hate campaign has been going on since at least August of 2023. But it’s coming to light now because of a recent – and I have to stres...
Read MoreUbisoft’s Stock Drops as Games Journalists Defend Assassins Creed Shadows
The video game industry is taking hit after hit lately. On May 15, 2024, Ubisoft released a trailer for Assassins Creed Shadows, the next in the long-running franchise centered on Japanese history and culture that will be released in November. The trailer was met with controversy and frustration ove...
Read MoreIGN Misrepresents Post From Palworld Designer Pocketpair’s CEO
Remember Palworld? It’s the “Pokémon with guns” game from Japanese indie developer Pocketpair that made a big splash when it was released in January. The sheer fun gamers had playing Palworld propelled the game to massive profits and peak player counts. Palworld has been so successful that...
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