Google adds «Easter» Minecraft to Search for the game’s 15th anniversary — Steve will destroy everything around him
Minecraft, one of the best-selling games of all time, is celebrating its 15th anniversary. The countdown starts on May 17, 2009, as the first iteration of what would soon become Minecraft was released «Cave Game».
Helldivers 2 «beat» God of War Ragnarok and became the fastest-selling game for PlayStation (12 million copies in 12 weeks)
Arrowhead for PlayStation 5 and PC «far exceeded Sony’s» expectations.
MAL’OPUS offers an updated Ukrainian-language cookbook based on the «Witcher» universe, created in collaboration with CD PROJECT RED
MAL’OPUS Publishing House presents an updated edition of the «Witcher» cookbook with official terminology from CD PROJECT RED. The book contains 80 recipes inspired by the franchise about the famous White Wolf, the witch Geralt from Rivia.
Microsoft to launch Xbox Store with mobile games in July — first with its own Call of Duty: Mobile, Candy Crush, and Minecraft
In July, Microsoft will launch a marketplace with games, which will initially feature titles from its own studios (such as Call of Duty: Mobile, Candy Crush, and Minecraft) and later expand to other publishers.
Benchmarks instead of games, or how to get out of computer slavery: why the PC is an unhappy platform
You need more FPS, overclock the memory, install better cooling, upgrade the video card, buy a better monitor, you need even more frames per second in every game! If you write such things in all caps with CAPS LOCK, you get the impression of an inadequate fanatic who has gone crazy. The irony is that […]
Ukrainian programmers created Lağoda QT — a puzzle game in Crimean Tatar
Ukrainian programmers have created a free puzzle game called Lağoda QT. Each level is a poem by one of the prominent Crimean Tatar authors in which you have to find a mistake.
Microsoft closes several more Bethesda studios — developers of Redfall and Hi-Fi Rush, including
Microsoft has shut down a number of Bethesda studios, including Redfall developer Arkane Austin and Hi-Fi Rush and The Evil Within developers Tango Gameworks, reports IGN.
The most interesting new games of May 2024
The last month of spring will be rich in a variety of game genres: sports simulators, horror, cat simulators, fighting games, and several long-awaited ports. However, strategy fans will be especially pleased. We will tell you about the most interesting new releases in our selection of May game releases. Ukrainian games Traditionally, we will recall…
Fallout scenery was recreated using 3D files from the games — Todd Howard was impressed by the detail
Todd Howard was impressed by the detail of the Fallout sets, and the fact that they were actually created and even functioned. He expected more CGI and painted objects. According to him, the scenery was created from 3D files that Bethesda provided to the Amazon Prime crew.
GTA VI publisher Take-Two closes two game studios — Roll7 and Intercept Games (part of Private Division)
Last month, Take-Two announced the layoff of 5% of its staff, or about 600 employees.
The teenager broke 6 world records in Tetris on NES — and received a cash reward as the first player with more than 10 million points
The previous record set in Tetris NES last year was 6.8 million points, but 15-year-old Alex Touch has already scored 16.7 million points.
The Fallout series on Prime Video was watched by 65 million people in 16 days — the second most popular after «The Rings of Power»
The first season of «Fallout», which adapts the popular game series of the same name, was released on Amazon Prime Video on April 10 and attracted 65 million viewers in the first 16 days.
Isabela Merced played both parts of The Last of Us all weekend to qualify for an audition for the HBO series
Merced plays Dina in the second season of «The Last of Us» — Ellie’s new love interest.
Stellar Blade review. Is there anything but beauty?
Over the past few months, Stellar Blade has managed to make a lot of noise, primarily due to the appearance of the game’s protagonist, Eve. Western leading media and activists have been so focused on the issue of «realism» Eve’s shape that they have completely forgotten that Stellar Blade is a video game first and […]
Steam will not refund if you launch the game 2 hours before the official release
About 8 years ago, Steam introduced a refund mechanism for purchased games. It was useful in cases where the game was not as interesting as it seemed or the computer did not provide a comfortable level of performance. To get a refund, you had to spend no more than 2 hours in the game and send a request for a refund within 14 days after the…
Power armor in the Fallout series was made without Bethesda’s intervention, but the company insisted on a working Pip-Boy
Except for a few additional functionsThe power armor from the Fallout series is extremely closely based on its prototype from the games. However, it could have looked completely different — according to production designer Howard Cummings, Bethesda never insisted on maintaining an exact resemblance to the games.
Henry returns. Kingdom Come announcement, trailer, and details: Deliverance II — release in 2024
The big premiere took place: after a teaser with a release window leaked by IGN journalists in the morning, Warhorse announced its new game, which turned out to be Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (What a surprise!). Yes, we welcome all fans of the original «kami» 2018, which finally got a sequel. According to its announcement, the game should be…
Developers have created a game to collect donations for the Armed Forces: we need to destroy military targets in Russia
Ukrainian developers together with volunteers have created on Fire — a gamified platform for collecting donations.
GTA VI publisher — Take-Two — fires 5% of employees and cancels games
The meme is funny, the situation is scary.
XDefiant — the first Ubisoft game with official Ukrainian localization
Well, Ubisoft, good start, and we are looking forward to Ukrainian in future Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry games.
Keanu Reeves in Sonic the Hedgehog 3 — Cyberpunk 2077 star gave voice to black hedgehog Shadow
The news is one line, but what a news: Keanu Reeves has suddenly joined the cast of the hotly anticipated third film about the super-fast hedgehog Sonic the Hedgehog 3 — the adaptation of the famous SEGA platformer series.
Ex-Blizzard boss suggests tipping game developers — $10-20 before the main purchase
Mike Ibarra, formerly the head of Blizzard, wrote on Twitterwho sometimes feels like paying a little more money for a game as a thank you to its developers.
The number of players in Fallout has increased by 2-3 times: 10 differences between games and Amazon series
Amid the success of Amazon’s Fallout series, the number of players in the games of this post-apocalyptic series has increased. The excitement has led to a doubling of the number of players in Fallout 4 and Fallout 76 on some platforms, and a 200% increase in the number of players in Fallout 3. On Steam, the maximum number of players in…
The creators of Kingdom Come: Deliverance creators announced the next game’s screening in a week — April 18
Fans of Kingdom Come: Deliverance fans have finally waited for the sequel.
The creators of the «Fallout» series were inspired by HBO’s adaptation of «The Last of Us»: «We realized it was possible»
Few people dare to adapt a first-person video game, and Prime Video’s «Fallout» is just the latest (and long-awaited) example of this. At the same time, according to one of the series’ creators, Jonathan Nolan, it was easier to work with given the success of another post-apocalyptic game adaptation — «The Last of Us» by HBO.
The most interesting new games of April 2024
April will be rich in ports of old games, especially Xbox exclusives at Sony’s convention. However, new releases will also please fans of strategy, action, and horror. Of particular interest is an Android game that will be released at the end of the month, but has already become one of the most high-profile releases of […]
Impressions of Rise of the Ronin. Souls game for everyone
This year, Sony is taking a break from releasing games in its most high-profile series, so no new Ucharted or God of War. But the Japanese are not leaving us without games either. At the beginning of the year, they released a console exclusive, Helldivers 2, which became a real «sleeper hit», even for developers. […]
People see with different frequencies: some people can distinguish 60 flashes per second, while others can see 35 flashes per second — study
According to a new study, some people are able to see the world at a higher «frame rate» than others. The authors believe that this trait may even give these people an advantage when it comes to competitive gaming and sports, although more research is needed to confirm this.
Minus 1020 employees and one more office in six months: the rating of top 25 game development companies in Ukraine has appeared
In six months, the number of employees in the Ukrainian gaming industry decreased by 1020, or 11.75%. Over the year, it decreased by 1411 (almost 15%).
Impressions of Dragon’s Dogma 2. Game of the Year or victim of microtransactions?
Dragon’s Dogma 2 is one of the most anticipated games of this year. Since its release, the game has been caught up in a scandal related to microtransactions. I’ve played over 30 hours and am on the verge of the finale, but I decided to postpone the climax while the game allows it and explore […]
Joel Schrödinger — Helldivers 2 players spotted a cheat trail in a recent viral APC video
Do you remember Joel — the master of Helldivers 2, capable of influencing the course of the intergalactic struggle for democracy? Recently, a rather curious situation happened to the players of the sensational cooperative action game.
Kyiv’s Maidan Nezalezhnosti appeared in Fortnite — map for donations to rebuild destroyed hospital in Mykolaiv
Now in Fortnite, one of the most popular online games in the world, TheDonationMap was launchedwhich accurately recreates Kyiv’s Independence Square.
Shoot down drones with F-16: Ukrainian developer creates HTML game Russian Invaders
A Ukrainian developer has created a remake of the cult game Space Invaders — Russian Invaders. In it, you have to shoot down Russian drones and missiles as an F-16 pilot.
Khmelnytsky programmer retrained as a hacker and hacked 7327 computers through cheats on GTA San Andreas
A programmer from Khmelnytskyi decided to become a hacker and after a while on special forums started distributing malware. He did this through infected files in GTA San Andreas mods, which he posted on YouTube.
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang promises fully AI-generated games in 10 years
In recent years, artificial intelligence has learned to quickly create high-quality images and short videos. However, when it comes to our games, most innovations are limited to improving and expanding of content created by people. This may change in the next decade if Jensen Huang’s latest predictions come true. The NVIDIA CEO believes that…
UNITED24 launches Minesalt — Minecraft-style online game in Soledar locations to raise funds for Ukraine’s reconstruction
Minesalt recreates the site of the largest salt mine in Europe: 16 locations, 500 kilometers of tunnels, many interesting stories, and 140 crystals to be collected by players.
From Barbie to The Sims: Margot Robbie to produce movie based on Electronic Arts’ life-simulation game
One of the most successful games in history is heading to the big screen.
Owlbear, myconids and red dragon — Lego to release Dungeons & Dragons set of 3745 elements for the 50th anniversary of the game
The set includes legendary creatures from the game, such as myconids, a beholder, a displaced beast, and a huge red dragon.
Amazon has published an excerpt from the first episode of the Fallout — series and it’s the Wild, Wild (dystopian) West
The TV adaptation of the famous post-apocalyptic game series Fallout will start on Prime Video on April 11 (all 8 episodes will be released simultaneously).
«You don’t need a gamemaker, become a better plumber»: the boss of DUSK development studio gave advice to newcomers
The head of New Blood Interactive, Dave Oshry, spoke quite harshly about the situation in the game industry: if you are a beginner, you should have started 10 years ago. Accordingly, it is better to find a real job «and become a plumber».
Employee and company competitions: games will appear on LinkedIn
LinkedIn, a social network for searching and establishing business contacts, is planning to add games to its functionality.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Legends of the Zone Trilogy. How I lay on the couch and played «Stalkers» on PlayStation 5
It was a Friday evening. I sat down on the couch, picked up the gamepad, and pressed the PS button. There was a sharp «peak!», the PlayStation 5 turned blue, and the main menu appeared on the 4K TV screen in front of me. With the left stick, I switched from the God of War […]
Google DeepMind has created SIMA, an AI model that plays games. They don’t know why — yet.
Google’s DeepMind lab has unveiled SIMA — a learning artificial intelligence model that will play games for you. It’s customized to play more like a human than a superhuman artificial intelligence. SIMA, which stands for Scalable Instructable Multiworld Agent, is currently just a research experiment.
At the «Oscars», the composer of «Oppenheimer» thanked his parents for «giving him guitars and drums instead of video games»
Ludvig Joransson received his second statuette for music to «Oppenheimer», but in his emotional speech spoke somewhat arrogantly about video games.
Capcom has sold 25 million copies of Monster Hunter: World since 2018
Capcom announced that Monster Hunter: World has sold 25 million copies since its release in 2018. This makes World the best-selling single-player game in Capcom’s history — and it coincides with the series’ twentieth anniversary.
Jonathan Nolan: «We know everything about Fallout 5» — Todd Howard asked the series team to avoid contradictions with the upcoming game
Bethesda Game Studios CEO Todd Howard asked the producers of the Fallout series not to include certain secret things in it, as the developer plans to use them in Fallout 5. In a conversation with Den of Geek The creators of the series did not disclose the details of their show or games, but spoke about the close relationship between their lore.
Bethesda releases Pip-Boy — a wrist computer from the upcoming Fallout series for $200
Bethesda released a 1:1 scale replica of the Pip-Boy wrist computer, as seen in the upcoming Fallout series, which launches on April 11. Made of metal and injection-molded ABS plastic, the Pip-Boy has a functioning TFT LCD screen that shows game-style animations. The price of the item is — $200.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Legends of the Zone on Xbox Series X|S and PS5 — on older consoles, the trilogy is in 4K with 60 FPS
The trilogy of classic games S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Legends of the Zone was released yesterday on Xbox and PlayStation consoles. Now you can take a look at the gameplay on the older current-generation consoles Xbox Series X and PS5.
The original parts of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. will be re-released. At least in Japan
Japanese digital platforms Biccamera, Neowing, and Rakuten Books have revealed that ported versions of the original S.T.A.L.K.E.R. titles are already available for pre-order in Japanese digital stores. The original games will be sold together in one bundle called S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Legends of the Zone Trilogy.
Super Mario by AI: Google DeepMind’s new model generates games in the style of classic 2D platformers from scratch
Following Sora by OpenAI, which generates digital virtual worlds in the style of Minecraft Google’s DeepMind generative model has distinguished itself with its own talent for creating games.