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Workers at Activision Blizzard’s Proletariat studio in Boston, the team behind World of Warcraft‘s Dragonflight expansion, have announced that a “supermajority” of the team has unionized. The union is called the Proletariat Workers Alliance/CWA and has filed for representation election with the National Labor Relations Board, as well as formally asked Activision to voluntarily recognize the union. Activision, meanwhile, has yet to respond to their request. Proletariat is Activision’s third studio to unionize, following the company’s Raven Software studio in Wisconsin and Blizzard Albany. Although Activision allegedly attempted to keep workers from voting, both studios won their union elections. The Proletariat Workers Alliance is made up of 57 team members, including animators, designers, ...

Sony Santa Monica has shared that a New Game Plus Mode will be coming to God of War Ragnarök next year. The studio took to Twitter to share the news, alongside a GIF. “We know many of you have been asking, so we’re happy to confirm that New Game Plus will be coming to #GodofWarRagnarok in Spring 2023,” the tweet said. “We’ll share more details once we get closer to the release!” We know many of you have been asking, so we’re happy to confirm that New Game Plus will be coming to #GodofWarRagnarok in Spring 2023! We’ll share more details once we get closer to the release! ? ? pic.twitter.com/vmv5X2USuW — Santa Monica Studio – God of War Ragnarök (@SonySantaMonica) December 22, 2022 For those unfamiliar with the term, a New Game Plus mode is an unlockable video game mode designed for role-pla...

Sports Story, the highly-anticipated sequel to 2017’s Golf Story, has finally launched on Nintendo Switch. After being teased at last month’s Indie World presentation, the new title was unveiled by Nintendo and developer Sidebar during the fifth and final day of Inside the House of Indies event, where the company unveils forthcoming indie titles. Golf Story took the form of a retro-inspired RPG, challenging players to golf in all its forms — regular, disc and more. Sports Story takes on a similar vintage aesthetic but expands the scope to encompass a variety of athletic events, including BMX, tennis, cricket, soccer, volleyball and fishing. For those who loved Golf Story, Sports Story still offers the opportunity to golf through 8 unique golf courses. When not challenging themselves to ath...

Bandai Namco has released an 11-minute walkthrough trailer for One Piece Odyssey. Slated to arrive on January 12 in Japan and January 13 everywhere else, the role-playing game enables the player to take turns controlling Monkey D. Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates in combat as well as the open-world. One of the leading elements of the title is its unique combat system. Developers share how players will, sometimes randomly, switch between characters on the battlefield. A “Scramble Area Battlefield” system gives players multiple options to make the most tactical choice while in battle, allowing different characters to tap into the special abilities of the Straw Hat Pirates. Each character offers their own edge within the open-world that will be used to advance the storyline. They can also find...

In its five year lifespan, Fortnite has cemented itself in history. Whether you’re a fan of the game or not, there’s no denying that they’ve been pioneers in collaboration. Teaming up with the world’s biggest brands, franchises, influencers and stars, Epic Games has created a world where Darth Vader Kamehameha’ing Ariana Grande is somehow a normal occurrence. Now, in the game’s latest move, NBA superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo joins the fray. The Milwaukee Bucks’ two-time MVP joins other athletes such as LeBron James, Naomi Osaka and Patrick Mahomes in appearing as playable Outfits in Fortnite. Appearing in an athletic Outfit that notably features his Nike logo at the chest, Antetokounmpo is said to wear the Nike Zoom Freak 4 “Greek Coastline” on-foot. In his other Outfit, Fo...

The DualSense Edge is Sony’s new wireless controller for the Playstation 5, created to elevate players’ gameplay with its highly customizable controls. Spanning features that range from changeable back buttons and button mapping, adjustable trigger stops, tunable stick sensitivity, immersive adaptive triggers as well as an on-controller interface to adjust volume and other settings. In spite of all these new and exciting features the new controller offers, its slightly shorter operating time may seem like a downgrade at first glance. The Dualsense Edge offers only 5 to 10 hours per charge as opposed to the 12 to 15 hours of the original PS5 controller. This could be less concerning for pro and competitive gamers who prefer a wired connection over a wireless one. The new USB braided cable n...

Sifu will finally be debuting its long-awaited Arenas mode in March. French developer Sloclap revealed the news to IGN, sharing that the mode will arrive as part of a free update coming to the game. “Successfully completing the arenas will progressively unlock a massive new modifiers batch, which doubles the current game’s amount and notably brings alternative moves to the Kung Fu palette of our main character,” Sloclap told IGN. “Completing the new Arenas challenges will also unlock new cheats and exclusive new outfits.” Players have been eagerly awaiting the mode since it was first teased in April in a content roadmap. The mode was initially supposed to launch in winter 2022 but its release was ultimately delayed. Since debuting in February of this year, the martial arts brawler has garn...

From 1998 to 2003, Wizards of the Coast was in charge of translating, producing and shipping out Pokémon cards. WotC also created (and still manufactures) Magic: The Gathering, so that means that there are a few Pokémon and Magic: The Gathering “crossovers” on the secondary market, one of which just came up for auction. Goldin Auctions is offering a German-language 1999 Nidoran ♂ card with a Magic: The Gathering back, a fusion of late ’90s goodness that’s perfect for any rare card collector. The Nidoran ♂ card was part of the Pokémon Trading Card Game’s base set, the first slate of Pokémon cards to be offered outside of Japan, meaning this misprinted iteration was likely created when Wizards first set their printing machines to create Pokémon cards — though the company began ...