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PlayStation Now adds Marvel’s Spider-Man, Just Cause 4, & more

PlayStation Now users are getting a slew of new games to help make this period of social distancing a bit less painful. Need something else to play that isn't the upcoming Final Fantasy VII Remake that's out this weekend? Even though we awarded it a 9 out of 10? Okay, well, PlayStation just added a few new titles to its PlayStation Now service. How about that? Starting today, you can access Marvel's Spider-Man, Just Cause 4, and The Golf Club 2019 as part of the streaming service, Sony announced. That

Rockstar Games will donate 5% of online revenue for COVID-19 relief

Rockstar Games is looking to help with ongoing COVID-19 relief efforts by offering five percent of all revenue from GTA Online and Red Dead Online. The gaming world is continuing to step up its efforts to help everyone adjust to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. Some are even going the extra mile by contributing to relief efforts. Among those assisting will be Rockstar Games. The publisher announced that it would take a portion of its revenue for the month of March and April and donate it towards coronavirus relief efforts. Rockstar

HQ Trivia Is Back, Promises To Cash Out Any Money Owed

After closing its doors on February 14 this year and firing all its staff, HQ trivia is back. The surprise resurrection was announced by company CEO Rus Yusupov on Twitter, and a push notification was sent to users who still have the app installed on their phone.The response to the announcement has been mixed. While some users are keen for the distraction in a time when we desperately need it, others are still owed money from an app that closed without enough funds to pay its staff severance or cash

Twitch Stream Aid 2020 raises over $2.7M for COVID-19 relief

Twitch Stream Aid 2020 has concluded and the team at Twitch, along with friends from the gaming, music, and sports worlds, have raised over $2.7 million for COVID-19 relief. Earlier this week, Twitch detailed its plans for an internet-wide fundraiser aimed at benefitting COVID-19 relief efforts. Twitch Stream Aid 2020 has been a unique event filled with gaming competitions, live musical performances, and cameos from some big-time stars. By the time the 12-hour fundraiser concluded, Twitch raised over $2.7 milion for the United Nations Foundation to help the fight against

First Post! March 25, 2020

Hey Shacknews, it's time for First Post! Let's officially kick off our day of posting. Please take a look. LOOP DADDY 2020 Dude, we raised over $30,000 for Coronavirus relief with these quaranstreams!! Y’all are fucking amazing. Once I get the funds I’ll post a receipt with our donation ❤️ pic.twitter.com/lQzvmb2xBa — Marc Rebillet (@marcrebillet) March 25, 2020 Great work, Marc! Latinx in Gaming Directo announced! On April 11th at 10:30 am PST / 1:30 pm EST the Latinx in Gaming team is bringing you the LATINX Directo!We'll be talking

Enjin Coin Review: Putting Gaming On The Blockchain

Enjin is a project has been growing at a rapid pace. This gaming community supports over 300,000 gaming communities, with 19 million registered gamers. Since 2009 Enjin has enabled gamers to create websites for clans and guilds, create forums, add wikis, chat groups, and much more. And in 2017 they held an ICO in order to bring their technology onto the blockchain – as well as adding innovative new features. However, is the Enjin Coin still worth considering? In this Enjin review I will attempt to answer that by taking

Some Seriously Great News. No, Seriously …

Exactly six years ago today I received an email from my friend Ynon Kreiz introducing me to Andrew Stalbow and Petri Järvilehto. Ynon had been the CEO of Maker Studios and I trust his opinion a great deal so of course I took the meeting.Andrew and Petri had left game developer Rovio (of Angry Birds fame) and were creating a new games company called Seriously that would combine compelling intellectual property (characters), great narratives, and fun game play in a mobile-first application. Their initial release would be a product called