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Just three months after its original reveal, Volition‘s Saints Row reboot has now been delayed. In a new statement published on the game’s official website, Volition chief creative officer Jim Boone announced that the reboot’s release will now be pushed back by six months from February of 2022 to August. “Our priority is to create the best Saints Row game yet and, if we released on the original date, it wouldn’t be up to the standards we’ve set ourselves, and that you’re expecting and deserve. The team just need more time to do our vision justice,” the executive wrote. “In all honesty, we underestimated the impact COVID would have on our schedule, although everyone adapted very quickly to the working from home arrangement and continued to be incredibly productive. However, due to the ...

Hendrick’s Gin has found a way to combine the best of gaming and enjoying a drink with their first-ever Hendrick’s Gaming Chaise. As the rise of gaming chairs begin to take over the community, Hendrick’s is unveiled its own limited-edition gaming chair, described as the world’s longest and least technological of them all. While the matchup may be unprecedented, Hendrick’s chair is purposely designed for unplugged play. The handmade, seven-foot-long statement pieces is upholstered in tufted Hendrick’s green velvet, accented with copper, providing a stark contrast to typical black leather swivel chairs. The length of the chair itself would make it difficult for it to be situated in front of a computer or television screen. Instead, the statement reads that the chair “discourages any performa...

The reign of shotguns in Call of Duty: Vanguard is finally coming to an end. Whether you’re completely new to the franchise or a seasoned enthusiast, those who’ve been playing Call of Duty: Vanguard over the past couple of weeks will no doubt have realized just how powerful some of the shotguns are in multiplayer, being both extremely strong against enemies and having very little reload and cycling times. Thankfully, Activision and Sledgehammer Games have finally decided to give the weapon class a well-deserved Nerf. Taking to Twitter to announce the upcoming changes, Sledgehammer posted a GIF of some teenagers playing with NERF guns along with the caption “We’re here to perform a shotgun exorcism.” While it hasn’t shared any exact or detailed plans regarding how the weapon class will...

Microsoft officially announced that it will begin rolling out Xbox Cloud Gaming on its Xbox One or Xbox Series X/S consoles. This future is currently applicable for those who have a Game Pass Ultimate subscription but only in 25 select regions. According to Microsoft, it will be coming to Brazil next but, the feature will be rolled out first “with our November release to a subset of Xbox gamers” and to everyone in other supporting markets “over the coming weeks.” With Cloud gaming coming to Xbox consoles, gamers will have the opportunity to demo games available on the Game Pass without having to fully download them. Additionally, when receiving a multiplayer invite, Xbox Cloud Gaming allows the game to stream. Xbox One users will be able to play next-generation games on the console, meanin...

The Game Awards 2021 has just announced its full list of nominations for the best games the industry had to offer over the past 12 months, and voting is now open for fans all across the globe. While the ongoing pandemic is still largely affecting developers and causing numerous delays for some pretty big titles such as Horizon Forbidden West, there’s still plenty to celebrate and be thankful for in 2021. For 2021, nominees for Game of the Year include CAPCOM‘s Resident Evil Village, Nintendo‘s Metroid Dread, EA‘s It Takes Two, Bethesda‘s Deathloop, Xbox Game Studios‘ Psychonauts 2, and Insomniac‘s Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart. Other notable categories and nominations include: Best Game Direction Deathloop (Arkane Studios/Bethesda) It Takes Two (Ha...

Riot Forge has just surprised fans with the release of the League of Legends spin-off game Ruined King alongside update announcements for some of the other titles it’s been working on. Now available on PC, Ruined King is a new turn-based RPG based within the world of the fan-favorite MOBA. You’ll be able to play as some of the original game’s most popular Champions, including Yasuo, Ahri, Miss Fortune, Braum and Illaoi. After forming your own party, you’ll venture through Bilgewater — home of sea monster hunters, dock gangs and smugglers — and the eery Shadow Isles as you unveil the secrets of the Black Mist. Ruined King aside, Riot Forge has also recently launched Hextech Mayhem, a new rhythm runner featuring none other than Ziggs, who’s dashing his way throu...

Bobby Kotick, Activision Blizzard‘s longtime CEO, knew about misconduct at the company for years but remained quiet, according to a report published by The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday. The Journal reviewed emails, accessed internal documents and spoke to people familiar with the situation to paint a picture of how leadership handled allegations of sexual harassment and workplace discrimination at the video game company. Allegations first surfaced in July after California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing filed a lawsuit against Activision Blizzard over its culture of “constant sexual harassment” and “frat boy” culture. The company is one of the largest video game publishers and is behind popular titles like Call of Duty and World of Warcraft. Kotick has since pl...

The gaming network G4 has returned seven years after it shuttered in 2014. The revamped network debuted today, November 16, streaming on Verizon Fios, Cox, Xfinity TV and Philo. It also has a YouTube channel and multi-year commercial partnership with Twitch. In its announcement of the relaunch last month, G4 said that its upcoming programming would be “produced and delivered through a first-of-its-kind 24/7 broadcast studio,” located in Los Angeles. The network plans to deliver about 30 hours of new streaming content each week, in addition to reruns of TV show segments and on-demand content, running all hours of the day. Some of the old G4’s shows have been revived, such as Xplay and Attack of the Show! New additions to the lineup include an esports comedy called Boosted and a celebri...

A month after its launch, Back 4 Blood developer Turtle Rock Studios has finally acknowledged that the game is a little too difficult. Most players who’ve had the chance to experience the game have commented that anything above the lowest difficult settings can quickly become too overwhelming, and now the game’s creator has responded during a recent live stream. Explaining the phenomenon, Turtle Rock Studios says that Back 4 Blood‘s current form actually spawns way more enemies than intended, and so the difficulty levels are much tougher than originally planned. It also reassured fans that the issue is currently being fixed. “We hear your concerns about the game’s difficulty across all platforms following the November 2021 Update and we’d like to address them directly,” the compa...

Fortnite has officially welcomed Naruto to its gameplay. Beginning Tuesday, users will be able to play as characters from the popular anime series Naruto: Shippuden in the Epic Games‘ battle royal title. Four Naruto characters — Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno, and Kakashi Hatake — along with a Kurama glider, a Summoning Jutsu emote, a Ramen Break emote and two loading screens are now available in the game’s Item Shop. In addition to the skins, Fortnite has added a new Naruto weapon to the game: a throwable Paper Bomb Kuani. Players will also be able to take quests from Kakashi Hatake on the Fortnite island, and the game’s developers have added a full Naruto creative map based on the Hidden Leaf Village from the anime. There, p...