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Shrapnel, said to be the world’s first blockchain-enabled moddable AAA first-person shooter game, just revealed its highly anticipated trailer in an exclusive with Hypemoon. Additionally, the game’s CEO, Mark Long, and Head of Studio, Don Norbury shared their insights, inspirations, and general thoughts on the blockchain and what makes the technology so important for the next generation of gaming. The Game Shrapnel’s lore is set in a not-too-distant future where a massive exosolar asteroid has collided with the moon, causing Saturn-like rings to form around it. These rings proceed to bombard the Earth along a 500-kilometer-wide band — which was quickly evacuated and is now known as the “Sacrifice Zone” or just “The Zone” for short. Inside The Zone, valuable materials were discovered, event...

As Blizzard Entertainment’s Overwatch is finally receiving its sequel, the original game’s servers have been shut down. Earlier this year, the company shared that Overwatch 2 would completely replace the original. Today, October 3, marks the end of a six year run for Overwatch. With release for its sequel taking place tomorrow, there’s a one day gap where gamers cannot play either game. On the Battle.net client for PC users, the Overwatch tab has a darkened blue play button that reads “Overwatch will be back on October 4, 2022”. For those mourning the end of an era, there’s some good news. All skins and cosmetics will carry over from game to game with items such as existing loot boxes, a system not present in Overwatch 2, being automatically opened. However, in ord...

Following the announcement of Stadia closing down after three years, reports have now revealed that Google‘s cloud gaming service canceled a sequel to Hideo Kojima‘s Death Stranding. Initially set to be an exclusive title, the project was supposed to help solve Stadia‘s issue of securing major titles. Back in June, a leak shared that the sequel was named Overdose and would have featured horror elements. Starring Margaret Qualley, the game was developed to be single-player and could be played in first- and third-person. It is believed that Google Stadia canceled the title from Hideo Kojima due to a belief that there wasn’t a market for single-player games anymore. Reports note that Stadia Vice-President and General Manager, Phil Harrison, made the final decision to kill the project after se...

After a delayed release, Ebb Software has finally given fans a better look at its first-person horror puzzle game — Scorn. Inspired by the works of H.R. Giger and Zdzisław Beksiński, players must explore a terrifying world in a non-linear manner where a dark and grotesque imagination runs wild. Scorn is described as: Scorn takes place in an open world rich in unique and interconnected regions, each a labyrinth of buildings with countless rooms and paths to explore. All of the story takes place in the game, and no episodic animations interrupt your connection to the terrifying reality of this life-like world. But keep your eyes open, the game will show no mercy to you, no matter what important things you miss during your arduous journey. Everything has a reason and a purpose, you just have ...

Google is pulling the plug on its cloud gaming streamer, Stadia. The service, which was launched just three years ago, will wind down with a final shutdown effective on January 18, 2023. The search engine company shared the news in a blog post, describing that the cloud gaming service hadn’t quite landed with consumers like it anticipated. “While Stadia’s approach to streaming games for consumers was built on a strong technology foundation, it hasn’t gained the traction with users that we expected so we’ve made the difficult decision to begin winding down our Stadia streaming service,” Google announced. The decision to shut down Stadia doesn’t come as much of a surprise, given that Google ceased developing exclusive games for the service over a year ago. At the time, Bloomberg reported tha...

Amidst the growing prevalence of Game Pass subscriptions and free-to-play titles, publishers like Sony Interactive Entertainment and Ubisoft are gearing up to usher in a new era of next-gen gaming. Unfortunately for gamers that already think the current $60 USD price tag for new games is already high, we will soon see highly-anticipated games released for $70 USD or even more. The more expensive era of console gaming is a result of the ongoing inflation felt around the world and the outlook of publishers. The games coming to next-gen consoles like the Sony PlayStation 5 and Microsoft Xbox Series X|S also require longer development tied to the increase of resources required to achieve a game that matches the gaming technology landscape available. It is also interesting to note, publishers w...

Pokémon TCG fansite PokéBeach recently shared an internal video made for employees of The Pokémon Company and Millennium Print Group card manufacturer showing how cards are made. The start-to-finish look at the process of creating a booster set begins with spreadsheets of names and move sets sent over from OCG Japanese card makers. The information lists are translated into English and meticulously cross-checked for clarity. The names, move sets, and artwork is then placed on templates in Adobe Suite before being printed and checked for errors. Upon approval, full art cards are then created with textures created from scratch, the entire process takes around three weeks to complete. The sets are then translated into other languages and dropped onto a CD which is then sent to the printers at ...

Netflix has introduced the ability for users to add gamertags to their profiles, leaning into a more personalized gameplay experience on the platform. The game handles will function as a public username across Netflix game titles. The gamertags will also add to the social experience of gaming on Netflix, allowing players to get to know each other through one another’s username. The streamer offers a growing selection of multiplayer titles, such as Rival Pirates and Lucky Luna. Users on both iOS and Android devices can add gamertags in the Netflix app. For Android owners, the feature can be selected through the game navigation tab, while iOS device users will be able to add their gamertag within the game itself. Netflix noted that the “feature is only the beginning in building a tailored ga...