Tag: video games
Ubisoft Stock Drops After Star Wars Outlaws Release, Investors are Angry
In the wake of Star Wars Outlaws’ release, developer Ubisoft is going down the tubes. Yesterday, Ubisoft’s stock price dropped 7% in one day to €13.67, which is about $15.09. Today, it’s down even further, €13.24, or $14.62. This is almost certainly due to the lackluster performance of St...
Read MorePS5 Pro Will Cost a Bundle and Be Missing a Key Feature
Sony’s latest next-gen console is getting an upgrade. I know we already knew that, but today, Sony released a pair of videos introducing the PlayStation 5 Pro, the souped-up version of the PS5, much like they did for the PlayStation 4. The first trailer is mostly a bit of fluff that makes the PS5 ...
Read MoreA Minecraft Movie Trailer is Pinker Than You’d Probably Think
Get ready to… build stuff, I guess. Warner Bros. has released a trailer for A Minecraft Movie, the cinematic adaptation of the most popular video game of all time (somehow). A Minecraft Movie follows a group of people who are sucked through a portal into Overworld, a fantasy land that revolves aro...
Read MoreConcord Canceled By Sony
Sony appears to be folding and walking away from the table. Their new first-person shooter, Concord, has been a bust since its launch on July 23, reaching only 697 peak concurrent players on Steam – an even lower number than that of its beta test, suggesting many gamers didn’t come back for the ...
Read MoreGovernment-Funded Video Games Include Dustborn and Something Called Cat Park
You know Dustborn, that lame (presumably; I haven’t played it) woke video game that teaches gamers how to be activists and weaponize cancel culture and bullying? It was government-funded, with the European Union and the Norwegian Film Institute (which, according to its website, falls “under the ...
Read MoreAre Concord Losses Driving Up the PS5 Price?
Concord’s failure may have ramifications for gamers who aren’t even playing the game (which is almost all of them), and it already has in Japan, or so many are assuming. The first-person shooter has been a disaster for Sony, whose in-house studio, Firewalk Studios, developed Concord; according ...
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