The newest instance of video games having the fun sucked out of them occurred over the past couple of days. Have you ever heard of Farm Folks? I hadn’t until today, but it’s been around for five years. It’s sort of like a Sim City type of game where you manage the various aspects of a &hellip...
Read MoreAs gamers react to the censored version of Stellar Blade, Shift Up CEO Kim Hyeong-tae and technical director Lee Dong-gi answered some questions about their game’s release, and inevitably, the costume change came up. Kim Hyeong-tae explained it like this (translation via packergirl, and I’m grat...
Read MoreThe Stellar Blade battle isn’t over, and distributor Sony has taken sides against its customers. Yesterday, reports came in that the highly-anticipated video game from South Korean developer Shift Up had censored some of the more revealing outfits worn by its lead character, Eve. Stellar Blade ...
Read MoreThe evidence is rolling in that Kabrutus and his Sweet Baby Inc. Detected curator are having a tangible impact on the video game industry. This week saw the release of a game called Tales of Kenzera: ZAU from developer Surgent Studios, published by Electronic Arts. In January, Sweet Baby Inc. revea...
Read MoreGames journalists have found a new way to attack Stellar Blade. Their outrage over the lead character, Eve, being a curvaceous woman didn’t hurt the game’s sales – it actually may have helped them – but this time, they got Sony to relent. At one point in the game, Eve comes across some graff...
Read MoreThe Stellar Blade demo is a hit. According to Push Square (which is a cool name for a video game website), the demo for the South Korean action game has “about 690,000 daily active users” on its best day. Not only is this a great number, but it’s leagues ahead of the latest release from one &...
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