Into The Video Game Z

NEWS: AlphaDream files for bankruptcy PS4 crossplay comes out of beta Writer's Guild of America removes gaming category from awards John J. Kirby dies PS5 launches Holiday 2020 Blizzard, Hong Kong, and the China controversy Doom delayed until March 2020 Call of Duty Mobile has 100M downloads in first week Bluepoint is making something big for PS5 TOPICS: Outstanding achievements in writing and video games Ghost Recon Breakpoint early impressions

NEWS: Sony opens own online storefront for hardware/games Rockstar focused on online for Red Dead Redemption 2, no Single-Player DLC in the works Mario Kart Tour downloaded 20M times in first day Shawn Layden and Atsushi Morita leave Sony Troy Baker and Gearbox controversy over Borderlands 3 Rhys Nintendo has tried to fix joycon drift in the Switch Lite? PS Now reduced to 9.99 per month, adds blockbusters like God of War and GTAV Game Pass deal just got even sillier with Spotify bundle TOPICS: Future of digital vs physical sales Link's Awakening review Bad North Neo Cab What games have the chance of winning Game of the Year 2019 at TGA?

NEWS: French court rules digital games can be resold, what would this mean for the industry? Bioware abandons Anthem post-launch plans Epic paid out 10M for Control exclusivity Switch Lite teardown suggests it has same drift-prone analog sticks as original model Borderlands 3 sells 5M in 5 days, fastest selling 2K game ever Donate your blood for a copy of Code Vein Google Play Pass launches to compete with Apple Arcade Sony State of Play brings some neat announcements Inside Xbox shows off Xcloud preview and more TOPICS: Daemon X Machina review Cat Quest II early impressions Switch Lite review Will gatcha be looked on fondly in the future?

NEWS: Apple Arcade $4.99/month Ring Fit Adventure for Switch Game Pass leads Gears 5 to huge success Capcom sues Koei Tecmo and wins Discord Nitro ends "free" games because no one was playing them Death Stranding shows off tons of gameplay Borderlands 3 already highest selling physical in UK this year ESA leaks suggest a new future for E3 League of Legends reports 8 million concurrent players, Minecraft still pulls in 112M players per month TOPICS: Fortnite's reign as most popular game ends? Gears of War 5 Guilty Gear gameplay changes Project Resistance gameplay Borderlands 3 review

NEWS: Nintendo Direct brings enormous surprises such as Deadly Premonition 2, Terry in Smash, Xenoblade Definitive, and much more. Ikumi Nakamura departs Ghostwire Tokyo and Tango Games Pokemon Masters makes 26M in first week Playstation UK says "X" button is actually "Cross" button Capcom shows off Project Resistance ahead of TGS Happy 20th Anniversary to the Dreamcast EA testing out Project Atlas streaming service in beta this week Gamestop loses 400M+ in latest report, future not looking bright TOPICS: Gears of War 5 early impressions Monster Hunter Iceborne early impressions

NEWS: Aladdin and Lion King Remastered for Switch Telltale Games revived.. sort of No Playstation conference at TGS New Resident Evil Project to be shown off at TGS Yakuza 7 switching to turn based RPG gameplay Astral Chain, Man of Medan, and Control launch sales Upcoming Nintendo Direct Smash DLC rumors SNK shows off new Neo Geo arcade stick console TOPICS: Blair Witch review Astral Chain first impressions Man of Medan review Pokemon Masters

NEWS: Generation V comes to Pokemon GO Pokemon Masters releases August 29th PS5 patent leaks? Confirmed by Codemasters developer New Switch SKUs and rumors suggest a September Direct is on the way, what could we see? Minecraft is back on top in popularity once more Nintendo not accepting credit cards in Europe and UK for 3DS and Wii U store purchases Persona series passes 10M in total sales TOPICS: Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey Control Overwatch League Minecraft's legacy and future Console designs and devkit designs

NEWS: THQ Nordic changes name to Embracer Group Nintendo intensifies music takedowns on Youtube Half of Metroid Prime 3 team still working at Retro Studios Fire Emblem launch month sales triple previous series best in the US Korn is holding a concert in Adventure Quest 3D Halo Infinite Creative Director leaves, game moves towards live service Anthem lead Producer and Dragon Age producer both leave Bioware Nintendo will replace your old Switch with the new updated battery model Intellivision Amico will be out next October, under $200, exclusives games Microsoft now says they're going to back off porting first party games to other consoles Roundup of all Gamescom news from Nindie Direct, Inside Xbox, Stadia Connect, and Opening Night Live TOPICS: Can a mascot character thrive in the current industry?

NEWS: Call of Duty Modern Warfare Multiplayer revealed Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, Epic, and more to require lootbox odds disclosure Dragon Quest V on DS charts in Japan despite being a decade old PC Engine Mini will have 57 games FFXIV is going to compress the Realm Reborn main story Crash Team Racing holds onto #1 in the UK Charts Nintendo files FCC listing for modern SNES controller Microsoft suggests it may put some first-party games on other platforms as well A patent for an interesting Microsoft controller surfaces TOPICS: Overwatch Role-Lock Fire Emblem: Three Houses Ty the Tasmanian Tiger

NEWS: Pokemon Go hits 1 Billion downloads Ninja signs exclusivity deal with Mixer, what does this say for the future of streaming? Nintendo debuts Game Trial program through Nintendo Online SNK Playmore promises a "next-gen" Neo Geo after the Mini releases Tencent handling online services and localization for the Switch in China Google is working on a Play Store sub service called Play Pass Fire Emblem: Three Houses fends off FIFA 20 on the UK Charts at #1 for two weeks ESA leak releases personal information of around 2000 journalists who attended E3 Geoff Keighley to host "Opening Night Live" at Gamescom on the 19th, Stadia will also have a Connect Borderlands 2 jumps 2 million in sales since May A bunch of announcements happened at EVO this past weekend TOPICS: Fire Emblem: Three Houses endgame thoughts New Pokemon Sword & Shield info and legitimate leaks