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After the popular multiplayer online game Club Penguin was shut down in 2018, and its official successor, Club Penguin Island, was discontinued the following year, a fan remake of the original game titled Club Penguin Rewritten continued to live on as a private server for original enthusiasts to load in as penguin avatars in the Antarctica-themed open world. However, after four years of operation, the London police have now seized control of the site after Disney decided to take legal action for copyright reasons. “Following a complaint under copyright law, PIPCU have seized a gaming website as part of an ongoing investigation into the site,” Detective Constable Daryl Fryatt from the IP crime unit said in a statement. “Three people were arrested on April 12 on suspicion of distributin...

CD Projekt Red has now delayed the next-gen update for its critically acclaimed The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt indefinitely. The studio announced the unfortunate news over on Twitter, where it explained that it’ll be taking back the reigns on development in-house from Saber Interactive, although no particular reasons were provided for the decision. Coming as a free Complete Edition upgrade, The Witcher 3‘s next-gen update was originally slated to arrive by June this year but is now delayed “until further notice.” The update would’ve included all the expansions and extra content the game has accumulated since its original launch back in 2015, along with performance enhancements such as ray-tracing, quicker loading speeds and improved graphics. For those interested in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt...

It now seems like previous rumors were true: Godzilla and King Kong may really be coming to Call of Duty. Just earlier today, the massive FPS franchise took to Twitter to unveil its latest teaser trailer for the next season of both Vanguard and Warzone, and the tweets were accompanied by a soundtrack that seemed muddled and broken at first, but when a fan imported the audio into Audacity, the soundwaves created the words “Monsters are real.” The hint also reflects the teaser trailer itself, which near the end told players “With Nebula, the Nazis have unwittingly shaken something awake, something far more powerful and fearsome than we can ever hope to comprehend.” The new hints at the arrival of both Godzilla and King Kong coincide with leaks that surfaced earlier in the year indi...

Building off the momentum from Pokémon Go, Niantic expanded its list of augmented reality mobile games last year with the introduction of Pikmin Bloom, and now reveals another real-world adventure game titled Peridot. Peridot is a Tamagotchi-like pet game where players care for unique virtual creatures and raise them to adulthood. “After thousands of years of slumber, Peridots (or Dots for short) are waking to a world vastly different from the one in which they used to roam, and they’ll need our help to protect them from extinction,” Niantic writes in the description. Similar to Tamagotchi, Dots need to be maintained, and players can pet, play, feed, and teach them new tricks to help them grow. Players can also collaborate with each other to cross-breed and expand the Peridot species for “...

With the Dead Space remake currently in the works, EA‘s Motive Studios has now showcased a few updates to how the game’s weapons function after receiving feedback from fans of the franchise. Taking to Twitter, the developer featured a video of some of the changes it has made to a few of the game’s guns after fans flooded in with comments on how to improve them. The short clip itself highlights both the Plasma Cutter and the Pulse Rifle, and while the changes aren’t massive, they definitely add that little extra realistic touch to the experience. You’ll be able to check out how the two weapons performed in the original game, then in the recent livestream for the remake, and how they look like now after fan feedback. “The sense of power from weapons comes with the full experience, as it’s no...

Back in December of 2020, Riot Games announced that it’d be developing an MMO based on its massively popular MOBA franchise League of Legends, but it now turns out that the game might now be released at all. Taking to Twitter to give fans updates about the yet-to-be-named title’s development, Riot‘s executive producer Greg Street said that the game might never be shipped. “There is no guarantee this game will ship,” the developer remarked. “We are optimistic, but you just never know until it does. However assuming it does, this will be the fourth major franchise I have worked on ([Age of Empires, World of Warcraft, League of Legends]), and likely the last. And I am very okay with that. It will be a good final act.” Despite these comments, Street also reassured fans that development is...

Dragon Ball Super Card Game has just announced its final set of the Unison Warrior series. Set number 8 — Ultimate Squad — will see hero characters from the Z, GT and Xenoverse franchise face off against Cooler and his army, Dr. Myuu and General Rilldo, as well as the Demon God Towa. The entire set is comprised of 292 cards — 60 Common, 38 Uncommon, 30 Rare, 18 Super Rare, 15 Special Rare, and three Secret Rare. Those interested in picking up some packs can find them pre-releasing on May 27, with an official launch on June 3. Each pack will retail for $3.99 USD. Head over to DBS Card Game to learn more. In other gaming news, Goku Ultra Instinct will join the Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 character lineup in the new content update. Read Full Article

Back in November last year, SEGA announced a new “Super Game” initiative that it was working on with Microsoft with the help of the latter’s Azure cloud platform, and now the gaming developer has finally clarified more about what exactly that initiative involves. Speaking in a recent interview on SEGA‘s very own Japanese recruitment page, the company’s executive VP Shuji Utsumi revealed that the initiative actually involved “several titles” that they’re working on, and while specific details remain scarce, he assured that the games would all be blockbusters going “beyond” conventional games. On top of these AAA titles, producer Masayoshi Kikuchi also said during the interview that SEGA would be expanding into “cloud gaming and NFTs.” There’s not a lot more on the Super Game for now from th...

SteelSeries is now introducing three new models to its award-winning Aerox line, a family of gaming mice designed to reduce weight without cutting on performance. On the multi-genre side, the company has launched the new Aerox 5, available in both a wired or wireless configuration. The former weighs in at just 66 grams while the latter is at a slightly higher 74g to account for its battery, which boasts a run time of up to 180 hours. Just a quick 15-minute charge will give it enough juice to run for 40 or more hours as well. Both mice feature nine fully programmable buttons for all your macro needs, while their 100% Virgin Grade PTFE feet and Golden Micro IP54 switches keep things accurate and crisp. Of course, you’ll also get the company’s usual PrismSync Lighting with three RGB zones, an...