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Apple’s game subscription service, Apple Arcade, received a massive injection of new content on Friday, including Fantasian by Mistwalker, World of Demons by PlatinumGames, NBA 2K21 Arcade Edition, and a new golf game from the developer of Sony’s Hot Shots Golf series. More than 30 games have been added to Apple Arcade, bringing the catalog to more than 180 titles. […]
Read moreMicrosoft is bringing backward compatibility to the cloud, allowing Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers to stream certain Xbox and Xbox 360 titles via the Xbox Cloud Gaming beta, the company announced Wednesday. This means that classics like Viva Piñata and The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion are now playable on Android smartphones and tablets. Sixteen titles are available to start, with […]
Read moreThe full release of Magic: The Gathering Arena will go live on the Apple App Store and Google Play on Thursday, on March 25. The digital adaptation of the original Magic: The Gathering card game has been available on PC platforms since 2019, and entered early access for Android devices in January of this year. Arena is a genuine version […]
Read moreBefore today, I never really thought much about Ryu from Street Fighter. But now a video of him singing, “Ooh ee ooh ah ah ting tang walla walla bing bang,” is permanently seared into my psyche. People on Twitter are using an app called Wombo to make videos of their favorite characters lip-synching, and the results are cursed. The software, […]
Read moreNBA 2K21 joins the Xbox Game Pass lineup on March 4, making a rare, in-season appearance of a current sports video game in one of the consoles’ streaming services or free games on offer. Usually, the best that players can get for “free” while a sports league is in session is the previous year’s game; publishers have typically waited until […]
Read moreFantasian, the new adventure from Hironobu Sakaguchi’s studio Mistwalker, is a classic Japanese role-playing game at heart. Fantasian has it all: turn-based battles, an amnesiac hero, a cast of pretty protagonists on interweaving adventures, and, of course, an airship. But Fantasian stands out for one design decision that has garnered attention. Mistwalker’s RPG was built using more than 150 handcrafted […]
Read moreThe co-creator of Terraria has called off development of the game for Google Stadia following a three-week stretch where he has been inexplicably locked out of all of his Google accounts. Andrew Spinks gave the ultimatum early Monday, after getting no response from Google since YouTube locked him out of his account in mid-January. The lockout has also cost Spinks […]
Read moreMagic: The Gathering Arena comes to mobile on Jan. 28 with a new early access version for Android devices. The free-to-play game will feature the latest sets of cards, including the Viking-themed Kaldheim, which will be available in physical form as early as Jan. 29. Here’s what to expect. This new digital version of Magic, developed in-house by Wizards of […]
Read moreXbox Game Pass offers a wide variety for a monthly subscription, and January 2021’s selection of games added to the service includes some titles that are definitely worth your time: Control, the Yakuza Remastered Collection, The Medium, and Outer Wilds. On Jan. 21, Control will be available to play on Game Pass for PC after being available for consoles. This […]
Read moreSpotify is now available for free on the Epic Games Store — the massive storefront from the Fortnite developer that previously only housed video games. The music app is the first of its kind on the Epic Games Store, but it seems like there may be more nongaming apps on the way. The Epic Games Store’s Spotify offering is pretty […]
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