The Nintendo Theme Park Will Be Up And Running By 2020

We’ve been hearing about the upcoming Nintendo theme park for a while now, but it looks like it’s going to be up and functional by next year – just in time for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics [via Unilad]. President of Nintendo, Shuntaro Furukawa, confirmed the scheduled launch plans for the park during a recent investor … Read more

Rise to Ruins Dev Gives Patrons Back Two Times The Amount Anyone Has Donated

The owner of Indie development company SixtyGig Games, Raymond Doerr, has made a surprising announcement to those who’ve donated to his Patreon, and it’s something that more developers should consider. Doerr, creator of successful Steam game Rise To Ruins, shared a statement on the game’s Steam page, saying: “Rise to Ruins easily sustains my livelihood and … Read more

Fortnite Fans Get Trolled By Jack Black As He ‘Brings Games’ To His Channel

Jack Black’s gaming channel, Jablinski Games, has over 3 million followers – despite not featuring any gaming videos. JB and Fortnite fans got all excited when the actor uploaded a video entitled “We’re FINALLY Gaming,” complete with a Fortnite thumbnail. Unfortunately, it’s all a big hoax, and the five minute video is some prerecorded Fortnite … Read more

Developer Accused Of Forcing YouTubers To Remove Negative Videos About Its Game

Russian games studio, Battlestate Games, has come under fire for allegedly forcing content creators to remove negative opinions of its games on their content channels. Battlestate Games, the company behind game Escape From Tarkov, admitted to misusing the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to remove over 40 videos from YouTuber Eroktic, accusing the YouTuber of spreading … Read more

Machinima Has Officially Closed With 81 People Losing Their Jobs

Machinima seems to have been in trouble for a while now and it’s been confirmed that the media mogul has officially shut its doors for good. The former multi-channel network sent the internet into a meltdown when it made all videos on its channels private, with the company saying its focus was elsewhere. Speaking to Kotaku at … Read more

Metro Exodus Devs Respond To Employee’s Rant At Exclusivity Backlash

Metro Exodus hasn’t even been released and yet it’s already one of the most controversial games we’ve seen in a while. The game was pulled from the Steam store in favour of the Epic Games Store in a sudden move that left Steam players really p*ssed off. As people took to review-bombing Steam’s other Metro … Read more