FIFA 18 Had 1.6 Million Concurrent Players During Its Launch Weekend

Without a doubt,FIFA 18was generally considered to be a highly anticipated release for those who enjoy The Beautiful Game, and for avid gamers of sports simulation titles as well, with the latest entry in EA Sports' franchise having had quite the successful launch weekend. As it so happens,FIFA 18managed to score a peak concurrent user base of more than 1.6 million fans playing the title during its opening weekend. As seen in the tweet below forFIFA 18, the publisher Electronic Arts tweeted out a dynamic graphic displaying the game’s cover star and the Portuguese pro,Cristiano Ronaldo, alongside the stats of 1....

July 7, 2025 · 2 min · 306 words · Christina Willis

Final Fantasy VII Remake’s PS4 exclusivity also got a delay

Re-upped to July 01, 2025 Did you hear abouttheFinal Fantasy VII Remakedelay? I’m sure you did. Did you getyour pre-order re-confirmation squared away? Good, good. Well we have another little bit of housekeeping to do before launch. As spotted on the new Amazon listing for the game,Final Fantasy VII Remake‘s box art was completely reworked to fit with the delay. Now the little sticker in the corner notes that the game’s promotion “PlayStation Exclusive: Play First on PS4” will run through July 19, 2025....

July 7, 2025 · 1 min · 171 words · Katie Taylor

Footage of Canceled Nintendo DS Black and White Game Appears Online

The past week is proving to be a good one for fans of abandoned Nintendo games. Just a few days after Rare’s original version ofStar Fox Adventures, theunreleased N64 gameDinosaur Planet, was leaked online, footage has emerged showing off what would have been a portable entry in the long-dormantBlack and Whiteseries. For the uninitiated,Black and Whitewas a strategy-simulation series created byFablecreator Peter Molyneux and Lionhead Studios where players got to play as a god tasked with ruling over the people of the game’s world....

July 7, 2025 · 2 min · 308 words · Wanda Jones

Former Call of Duty Dev Teases Modern Warfare for 2019

While the video game publisher Activision has yet to officially declare whatCall of Dutytitle would be making its way into the marketplace for 2019, rumors have been swirling for quite a while thatModern Warfare 4could be in the cards. Now, it looks as if more fuel is being added to the speculative fires, as the former Creative Strategist for Infinity Ward, Robert Bowling, has teased that aModern Warfareentry is coming in 2019....

July 7, 2025 · 2 min · 322 words · Julie Graham

Fortnite players claim it’s ‘almost impossible’ to complete Battle Pass without spending real money

Every season,Fortniteplayers can spend their time playing matches and grinding Quests to earn enough XP to unlock every cosmetic in the Battle Pass. This season, however, players claim it’s “almost impossible” to do it without spending real money on Tier Skips, and they’re not impressed. WithChapter 5, Season 3now firmly on the horizon, players only have a couple of weeks to complete their Battle Pass before the new one launches, but as Awesomedogman3 stated on Reddit, it’s proving to be an extremely difficult task to accomplish....

July 7, 2025 · 2 min · 422 words · Michael Smith

GOG.com welcomes Sam, Max, and Guybrush

GOG.comhas been my go-to site for adventure gaming for quite some time. It used to just be for the classics I remember from my misspent youth; whiled away with pointing and, indeed, clicking. Now, more and more modern titles have been appearing, ever since the website did a spot of rebranding. Telltale’s popular adventure series’ seem like a good fit with GOG, which is convenient as two of them have been added....

July 7, 2025 · 1 min · 161 words · Caitlyn Carrillo

Grand Theft Auto 5 Epic Games Store Promotion Crashes Fortnite

The rumors have been proven true.Grand Theft Auto 5is being given away as the Epic Games Store’s current free game of the week. There’s just one problem. In everyone’s excitement to acquire one of the best games of the generation for free, they’ve taken down the entire Epic Games Store. As if that wasn’t enough, it now appears thatFortnitehas been taken down, too. Millions of players playFortniteevery day, but apparentlyGrand Theft Autois just that popular....

July 7, 2025 · 2 min · 332 words · Dawn Morris

How to Get the Fortnite Deadpool Skin

Fortnitehas finally dropped theDeadpoolskin, and fans are clamoring for the chance to grab it. It’s not an easy skin to nab, but if players are determined enough, they can get theFortniteDeadpool skin for themselves. The Skin Deadpool is just another amazing crossoverFortniteevent in a long lineof them, but that doesn’t make grabbing this skin any less special. The skin features Deadpool in his signature red and black outfit, and players can grab it for a limited time if they have completed a long list of Deadpool-themed challenges....

July 7, 2025 · 2 min · 318 words · Anna Liu

I'm Convinced Dune Is Finally Getting The Video Game Treatment It's Always Deserved

Fans of Frank Herbert’sDuneuniverse have dreamed of stepping foot on Arrakis for decades. It’s a planet of endless deserts, colossal sandworms, and fierce political intrigue. While the books and films have offered vivid depictions of this iconic world, video games have often struggled to capture the sheer scale of the desert planet of Arrakis.Dune: Awakeningis attempting to deliver not only the most expansive Dune game to date, but one that redefines what immersion in the Dune universe can look like....

July 7, 2025 · 4 min · 664 words · George Goodwin

I'm Convinced The MCU's Next Avengers Movies Could Redeem The Hero From A $100 Million Marvel Box Office Bomb

The nextAvengersmovies will be the most ambitious entries theMarvel Cinematic Universehas ever seen, and they appear as the best possible projects to redeem the hero from a major box office bomb. TheMCU’s Avengers moviesare the most important in the franchise. While they started with a focus on a relatively small team of heroes, by the end of the Infinity Saga,the “Avengers” brand became synonymous with franchise-wide events. That meaning will carry over toAvengers: Doomsday’s story, as the announced cast for the film features many non-Avengers characters....

July 7, 2025 · 6 min · 1141 words · Amy Villegas

Jujutsu Kaisen Could Just Round Out Its Anime With Movies, And 1 Star "Honestly Wouldn't Mind It"

AsJujutsu Kaisenbarrels forward with its high-stakes arcs and explosive battles, there is growing speculation that the anime might shift more heavily toward movie adaptations and one of the show’s key voice actors is all for it. Yuichi Nakamura, who voices fan-favorite Satoru Gojo, recently suggested that turning the entire story into a series of films would not be such a bad idea. He even said he “honestly wouldn’t mind it,” laughing off the notion in a way that makes fans wonder if something is already in the works....

July 7, 2025 · 3 min · 534 words · Jill Rivera

Killzone: Shadow Fall clan support incoming

He’s in the Garfield clan It strikes me as unusual thatKillzone: Shadow Fallwouldn’t include a clan system out of the gate when that functionality has become so common among not only first-person shooters, but competitive multiplayer games more generally. It is on the way though, Guerrilla assures: “…we apologize for the time it’s taking to implement our full vision for the clan system. To make the wait more bearable, we’ve decided to roll out clan features in multiple phases....

July 7, 2025 · 1 min · 169 words · Robert Mayo

League of Legends Patch 11.22 Buffs and Nerfs Revealed

League of LegendsGameplay Designer RiotPhlox has revealed the specific changes players will see in the upcoming patch 11.22. This will most likely be the last regular patch before the long-awaited item changes. Preseason is usually the time whenLeague of Legendsplayers experience major changes to the game, at least compared to the usual biweekly updates. Last year’s Preseason broughtthe controversial Item Overhauland it seems as though Riot Games is not finished with its item adjustments....

July 7, 2025 · 2 min · 340 words · Tiffany Castillo