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Arguably the biggest news of the past week, if not the whole year, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing hit Call of Duty and World of Warcraft publisher Activision with a lawsuit detailing a number of troubling incidents among the company. The suit alleges that some Activision Blizzard employees promoted a “frat boy culture” where the male employees would act inappropriately towards female employees. It also claims that many female employees were victims of workplace inequality and passed over for key promotions despite having earned them....

Our readers are as knowledgeable and opinionated as our own writers, so here is the place for all of you to discuss these stories as well as any others that may have piqued your interest throughout the week. - Jeff Schille Setting The Bar Though Madden NFL is the traditional starting shot for the Fall games season, the showdown of Fall blockbusters kicked off this week with the release of Gears of War 3....

MultiVersus seemed like quite the odd creation when it was initially revealed. The platform fighting game combines a whole host of characters most people would never have expected to see sharing a screen, such as Jake the Dog from Adventure Time, Arya Stark from Game of Thrones, and even Shaggy from Scooby-Doo. Shaggy especially appears to be an interesting character, as Warner Bros. has confirmed “Ultra Instinct Shaggy” as canon....

Posting to YouTube yesterday, user Michael Pick showed the world his building prowess by creating his own Switch console which is not only huge in scale, and therefore perhaps comically unwieldy, but is surprisingly functional. Pick begins the video by showing the camera a regular Nintendo Switch against the one he built. There’s even footage showing him leaning over the console and reaching the buttons to show that it does indeed work like the official thing....

These are those laws. – Game announcements occur all the time. Whether it be the birth of a new franchise or that long awaited sequel finally primed for development, excitement and anticipation usually follow. However, what happens when it takes over a decade to get one game released? Extended development time brings with it assumptions. The more time it takes to release a project, especially a sequel to a formerly popular game, it is assumed that it will be good enough to warrant to lag between new releases....

After a poorly received WWE 2K20, 2K announced that it would not be releasing an official WWE2K21. However, some WWE video game news was still released— the aforementioned arcade WWE title that fans aren’t delighted with. RELATED: All WWE Wrestlers Released Due to the Coronavirus Cuts In just a 25 second trailer, WWE 2K Battlegrounds shows crocodiles, fists on fire, and a Green Lantern looking aura surrounding fighters during what may be super-attacks of some sort....

NHS workers can head to the Games for Carers site from today and sign up with their NHS email to claim a free game or game subscription, with more than 85,000 games available across PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and mobile. Once you sign up and the service verifies your NHS email address, you’ll receive an email giving the chance to choose your game and platform. They apparently cover a range of genres and age ratings, with more games being added daily, so there should be something worth playing whenever you look....

RELATED: Open-World Games That Don’t Punish Players For Ignoring Side Content Not all quick time events are bad though. Sometimes, developers figure out how to insert them into the game in a way that actually heightens the action and sense of urgency. As such, quite a lot of games, over the years, were made better with quick time events. Some entries will cover an entire game franchise that’s known for quick time events, but will focus on a title in the series that handled quick time events well....

RELATED: Best Video Game Remakes Of 2020 (According To Metacritic) Moreover, remakes not only give players the chance to revisit a classic adventure with modern graphics and gameplay mechanics, but it also gives hope for a revitalization of the series. A good example of this would be the Crash Bandicootfranchise, which had its classic PlayStation 1 trilogy remade in the critically-acclaimed and commercially successful Crash Bandicoot: N. Sane Trilogy; this led to a remake of Crash Team Racing, a mobile game, and even a brand new Crash Bandicoot adventure titled Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time....

RELATED: Best Game Over Screens Understandably, most people will be happy to see the back of load times. However, there have been a small handful of loading screens throughout gaming history that have been so insightful or enjoyable that many players don’t want them to end. 7 Bayonetta 2 There are plenty of loading screens that give players the chance to run around aimlessly for a few seconds to kill time, most notably in the Assassin’s Creed series....

The company began reporting marked sales losses as far back as 2016, with only a few noteworthy upswings in ensuing years, including the now infamous Wallstreetbets short squeeze of GameStop stock in January 2021. But the reputation of the gaming retailer has simultaneously gone downhill as employees have revealed some of the company’s enforced practices, such as the Circle of Life policy, which obligated and even encouraged GameStop workers to lie to customers in order to sell Pro memberships....

In the video, Moab City Police Department (MCPD) officers separated and spoke to Petito, 22, and Laundrie, 23, close to their white van parked on the side of the road on August 12. The footage, obtained by NBC2 News, showed Petito looking visibly upset and Laundrie with scratches on his face, which he said the 22-year-old had caused by hitting him. Petito was seen talking to an officer about her mental health and how an altercation between them started after Laundrie locked her out of the van and told her to “calm down....

The wife of Dwyane Wade remembers when the Heat guard was fine and suspended for kicking Ramon Sessions two years ago in a game. If you don’t remember, don’t feel bad because she’s literally the only one who does. I doubt even Wade’s pockets remember the fine. He ended up being suspended for a game against the Pistons and that was the end of that. Or so we thought....

One of the highlights of the opening day of the league’s 24th season was the LA Galaxy unveiling a statue of David Beckham before their 2-1 victory over the Chicago Fire. Beckham played six seasons with the Galaxy (2007-12) and led them to two championships. Beckham saw one of the league’s top players and possible future star make an impact in the Galaxy’s 2-1 victory. Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored on a header in the 80th minute for the go-ahead goal....

Gallbladder problems are often caused by gallstones, which are hardened masses of bile and other substances. These stones can block the bile ducts and cause damage, as well as symptoms such as abdominal pain. This article will discuss how gallbladder problems may occur in people with IBD and how they may be treated. The Gallbladder The gallbladder is a small organ that’s shaped like a pear. It is attached to the liver and it is part of what’s called the biliary system....

Generally speaking, it’s a rare thing for games to leave the PS Plus Extra lineup, at least so far. While there have been some games removed from PS Plus Extra since the service was introduced earlier this year, most of the time any changes to the lineup come in the form of new additions. And whenever a game is removed from PS Plus Extra, subscribers are usually given some advanced notice....

Paul R Milgrom and Robert B Wilson won the award for their designs of mathematical models that made use of auction theory, a branch of game theory. Milgrom is a 72-year-old humanities professor at Stanford University and is known as one of the leading academics in the field of auction theory. Wilson, Milgrom’s 83-year-old Stanford colleague and thesis advisor, is an acclaimed professor of management and was Milgrom’s graduate professor....

Now, one YouTuber has made another template for Demon’s Souls challenge runs that would make for quite the entertaining watch. YouTuber Super Louis 64 has remapped two DK Bongo controllers to be able to play through Demon’s Souls, minus a few key inputs, of course. RELATED: Demon’s Souls Developer Used Rubber Ducks to Test Effects Super Louis 64’s channel mostly revolves around playing video games with strange controllers. Super Louis 64 has played tons of games with controllers that absolutely should not be used for certain games, especially challenging games from the Souls series like Demon’s Souls....

The details of Google Play Games was released by Android Police– a website based on Android, which unearthed these details after going through the features of the prerelease version (v3.1.36) of Google Play Services APK. The elements and attributes of the social-oriented gaming platform by Google+ include leader boards, multiplayer, unlock able achievements and cloud syncing—on the same lines as Apple’s Game Center. Google had hired the innovative services of Noah Falstein; a 30 year old game developer in April....

RELATED: Forgotten Video Game Genres We’d Love To See Return While many modern releases today incorporate countless gameplay mechanics, art styles, and genres, games from the past would predominantly feature just one or two core ideas. This may sound rudimentary, but designers were constantly finding ways to make their games stand out with unique concepts. Through these unique ideas that would differentiate their games, every once in a while, a designer or development team would stumble on a gameplay mechanic that would birth an entire genre, influence thousands of games, and perhaps even play an indirect part in offshoot genres and subgenres....