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Nintendo Opening Museum Gallery in Japan

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A perspective drawing of the coming Nintendo Gallery. | Photo courtesy of NintendoNintendo is opening opening a museum in its Uji Ogura plant in Kyoto, the company has announced. The gallery will "showcase the many products Nintendo has launched over its history," per the company's news release.Nintendo had been considering building a gallery as a way to "share Nintendo's product development history and philosophy with the public." The Uji Ogura plant will be renovated to serve this purpose as part of the city of Uji's development plans for the area

Far Cry 6 Narrative Director: ‘Our Story is Political’

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Far Cry 6 won't dodge politics the way its predecessors have. | Photo courtesy of UbisoftIn a stark contrast to previous Far Cry games, Far Cry 6 narrative director Navid Khavari has acknowledged the political nature of the game.Khavari addressed the issue in a blog post Monday, promising fans there would be "hard, relevant discussions in Far Cry 6 about the conditions that lead tot he rise of fascism in a nation, the costs of imperialism, forced labor, the need for free-and-fair elections, LGBTQ+ rights, and more," in Far Cry

CD Projekt Red Suffers Consequences Following Disastrous Cyberpunk 2077 Launch

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CD Projekt Red has taken a financial hit this year partially due to Cyberpunk 2077's poor reception and continual development post-launch. | CD Projekt RedCD Projekt Red (CDPR) has taken a financial hit this year partially due to Cyberpunk 2077's poor reception and continual development post-launch.The company reported a 65% profit reduction in its first quarter (Q1), missing market estimates—earning only $8.84 million at the start of its 2021 fiscal year. However, according to a recent earnings presentation published at the end of May, CDPR did note a sizable profit

Nintendo Wins Million Dollar Suit Against ROM Hosting Site

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Top GamesNintendo won a $2.1 million payout from the lawsuit. | Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesNintendo has won a multi-million dollar lawsuit against the ROM-hosting website RomUniverse.The owner of the site will have to pay Nintendo $2.1 million in damages after the court ruled in Nintendo's favor. Nintendo filed the suit in September 2019 seeking $15 million in damages for copyright infringement and federal trademark infringement, accusing RomUniverse of hosting pirated versions of Nintendo games for users to download.Say what you will about Nintendo regarding ROMs, but at least this one was

Bungie Posts Job Listing for New ‘Multiplayer Action Game’ Sandbox Designer

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Top GamesBungie, developer of the popular multiplayer first-person shooter (FPS) title, Destiny 2, has published another job listing. | BungieBungie, the developer of the popular multiplayer first-person shooter (FPS) title, Destiny 2, has published another job listing. This time, it's for a "Contract Incubation Sandbox Designer" to work on the company's latest unannounced IP. As always, the listing offers little details on the game, but offers a glimpse into what the title is shaping up to be. Specifically, Bungie is now searching for someone to design the combat systems in

Ubisoft CEO Addresses Misconduct Allegations in Open Letter

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Yves Guillemot enumerated the changes Ubisoft has made in an open letter this week. | Christian Petersen/Getty ImagesUbisoft CEO Yves Guillemot published an open letter Monday discussing the changes the company has made to combat the alleged toxic work environment described in reports from late June. The letter, titled "A Year of Change at Ubisoft," acknowledged the concerns raised, and recapped the steps taken to improve conditions."Last June, we faced the fact that not all team members were experiencing the safe and inclusive workplace that we had always intended Ubisoft

Version1’s rise in VALORANT is a product of the fall of North American Counter-Strike

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Aside from regions like Korea and Japan, where Counter-Strike never took off to begin with, no other region has seen as much migration to VALORANT as North America. It wasn’t surprising to see players with no clear opportunities in CS:GO, like TSM’s Braxton “swag” Pierce, 100 Thieves’ Joshua “steel” Nissan, or T1’s Sam “DaZeD” Marine, switch over. And it wasn't shocking to see older players looking for more glory and fame in the second half of their careers, like 100T’s Spencer “Hiko” Martin and TSM’s James “hazed” Cobb, also make

Jay ‘Sinatraa’ Won Banned From Valorant Over Noncooperation With Investigation

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ValorantRiot Games announced Sinatraa was banned for six months after not cooperating with the company's investigation into sexual assault allegations. | Blizzard EntertainmentRiot Games announced it banned Jay "Sinatraa" Won for six months from competing in Valorant after his failure to cooperate with an investigation surrounded sexual assault allegations from a former partner.The decision was publicized through a post on the official Valorant news page published on Monday, May 17. According to Alex Francois, Valorant's Head of Competitive Operations, Sinatraa "violated Rule 8.1 of the VALORANT Global Competition Policy" by

Wings Up disqualified from ProHouse Wuxi Villa Cup 2

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Wuxi HeJu Cultural Media Co. Ltd., the entity behind the ongoing ProHouse Wuxi Villa Cup 2 LAN event, has disqualified Wings Up with immediate effect following suspicious behaviour in Thursday's controversial round-robin match against After. The announcement was made live on stream by the organisers, who added that Wings Up have been banned from the company's future events for six months. According to them, the team did not approach the match seriously to avoid meeting Let's Quit in the playoffs and prevent a conflict of interest with Quanqing "⁠qz⁠" Wu,