creativity

Why mousesports decided to jump on the academy train

For mousesports, the process of building an academy squad began not with reaching out to talented prospects, but with finding the right person to lead the team from the sidelines. The German organisation put its trust on Dennis "⁠sycrone⁠" Nielsen to coach the team, called mouz NXT (an intentional misspelling of the word "next") — a fitting name for a project aimed at unearthing the champions of tomorrow. The 25-year-old Dane took on his first coaching gig after playing for — and leading — teams like Singularity, North Academy, Sprout

Game Builder Garage Review – Learning Through Play

Game Builder Garage on Switch When it comes to game design, few come close to the folks over at Nintendo. Throughout the years, the Japanese gaming giant has given us plenty of awesome experiences, and have influenced even more game designers looking to make their mark on the industry. With Game Builder Garage, the gates are opened even wider, as Nintendo unleashes a potent and accessible video game development software on the Nintendo Switch. This is not exactly the first time that Nintendo has allowed players to go wild with

Does The Anacrusis Have Crossplay?

Top GamesDoes The Anacrusis Have Crossplay? / Photo courtesy by Stray BombayDoes The Anacrusis have crossplay for every platform?The Anacrusis is a four-player, cooperative sci-fi first-person shooter which takes place on a spaceship stranded in space. Players will team up in a group of four and fight their way through a horde of aliens to escape with unique weapons and environments.[embedded content]The Anacrusis will be available in Fall 2021 and will be released on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows 10, Epic Games Store, and Steam. "The Anacrusis is designed

The Falconeer: Warrior Edition Interview – Porting, PS5 Tech, Future Plans, and More

The Falconeer accompanied the Xbox Series X/S’ launch last November, delivering a solid flight and aerial combat experience across both active generations of the ecosystem- and made even more impressive by the fact that it was made by a single person. Now, creator Tomas Sala is expanding the game to other platforms, and with The Falconeer: Warrior Edition, players on PlayStation and the Switch will have the opportunity to dive into the game as well. Ahead of its upcoming launch, we recently had the chance to ask Sala about the port’s

FTX becomes official crypto sponsor of MLB

Crypto derivatives exchange FTX has become an official sponsor of Major League Baseball, setting the stage for broader mainstream recognition of digital assets. As part of the sponsorship deal, which is expected to last for at least five years, every Major League umpire will receive an FTX patch on their uniform, FTX founder and CEO Sam Bankman-Fried tweeted Wednesday. Over time, the agreement is expected to evolve to include collaboration on the design of world-leading brands.“It's not the only partnership we were considering, but the enthusiasm and creativity of the MLB

It Takes Two Has Sold 2 Million Copies

Hazelight Studios’ It Takes Two launched earlier this year to widespread acclaim, with Josef Fares and his team once again delivering an excellent co-op game full of variety and creativity, and the game has, thankfully, enjoyed the kind of commercial success it deserves. Back in April, the developer confirmed that it had sold a million copies, and now, it’s crossed another major sales milestone. Hazelight recently took to Twitter and announced that It Takes Two has now sold over 2 million copies worldwide. Clearly, sales are keeping a pretty steady momentum. It’s a

How many players will there be in Halo Infinite multiplayer?

Halo Infinite will officially be released in the holiday season of 2021 and the multiplayer portion of the game will be entirely free-to-play. So, how many players will there be in total in multiplayer? Well, that will differ depending on what game mode you’re playing. In Big Team Battle, a staple of the Halo franchise, Infinite will allow up to 24 players to play in one lobby, 12 on each team. For your regular slayer modes, games will likely be four-vs-four or similar numbers, and the competitive modes will absolutely

Doki Doki Literature Club Plus Announced for PS5, Switch, PS4, PC, & Xbox

Today Team Salvato & Serenity Forge announced Doki Doki Literature Club Plus, an expanded version of the original Doki Doki Literature Club. On top of being bigger and better, the game will expand to new platforms and will come for PS5, Xbox, PS4, Nintendo Switch, and PC (via Serenity Forge’s store, Steam, and Epic Games Store) PS5, PS4, and Nintendo switch will even have a physical version and the release date is very soon, June 30, 2021. The pricing will be $14.99 for the digital editions and $29.99 for the physical

CD Project Red & Netflix Announce Virtual Fan Event WitcherCon Streaming in July

Earlier today, a conversation between the official Twitter for The Witcher Games and Netflix series had everyone questioning what the two could possibly be up to. Fans didn’t have to wait too long to find out what the collaboration would be, as CD PROJEKT RED and Netflix announced WitcherCon just a little bit ago. Dubbed as an global online celebration of The Witcher Franchise, WitcherCon will take place July 9th 2021, showcasing everything old and new fans of the series love all in one place, right from the comfort of

Here are the best Classic pistol skins in VALORANT

VALORANT‘s skins hold wide acclaim in esports circles for their creativity and design. Players across the world deck themselves out in their skin of choice, from simple reflective recolors to full reskins. At some point in time, either on a pistol round or a save round, you’ll have to play with the Classic. This isn’t the difference between the Phantom and the Vandal, where you can get away with one and not the other–the Classic will be used at some point. When you do have to snag it, make sure