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Rockstar Becomes Latest Developer To Ask Teams To Work From Home

Rockstar Games, the publisher and developer of Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption 2, is sending its employees home. In an announcement on Twitter, Rockstar Games has said that, as with many businesses around the world, they are taking steps to prevent the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus) among employees and the people around them.The statement says that the company "has implemented work from home policies across (their) international offices and studios," and that Rockstar Games started "rolling out remote work solutions worldwide across the past week."The tweet also

Xbox Live Is Down Right Now For Some

Xbox Live is down again. Microsoft confirmed that the online network is experiencing issues for the second time in less than a week. The issues are pretty serious, as some people are unable to log into Xbox Live or, if they can connect, they're struggling to find matches.As always, your mileage may vary. For some, Xbox Live remains online and available with no interruptions. Xbox Live is a global network that relies on server infrastructure that exists around the world and depends on a number of different factors for smooth

TouchArcade Game of the Week: ‘You’re Fired! Job Simulator!’

The idea behind the TouchArcade Game of the Week is that every Friday afternoon we post the one game that came out this week that we think is worth giving a special nod to. Now, before anyone goes over-thinking this, it doesn’t necessarily mean our Game of the Week pick is the highest scoring game in a review, the game with the best graphics, or really any other quantifiable “best" thing. Instead, it’s more just us picking out the single game out of the week’s releases that we think is

Remembering E3’s Biggest Moments And Announcements

E3 is one of the biggest yearly events in the games industry with an extensive history packed with exciting and memorable moments. While it may be canceled this year, that won't stop us from reminiscing about E3's from days gone. After all, there's a lot to talk about.Below you can find GameSpot's personal favorite moments from E3's over two-decade long history. But what are some of your favorite moments? Which announcement or press conference got you to flip your living room table, or cringe at the awkwardness? Shout out your

SwitchArcade Round-Up: ‘My Hero One’s Justice’, ‘Syder Reloaded’, and Today’s Other New Releases, the Latest Sales Featuring ‘Jamestown+’ and More

Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for March 13th, 2020. Friday the 13th. Ooh, spooky. Given how this year has been going so far, a psychotic axe murderer might be a mercy. Well, you’re here for games, not kvetching. We’ll get right to them, because we have got an absolute ton of new titles to check out along with a monster-sized list of sales. Let’s swim to the deep end! New Releases My Hero One’s Justice 2 ($59.99) SwitchArcade Highlight! The original My Hero One’s Justice had

Bouncy Dungeon Crawler ‘Roundguard’ from Wonderbelly Games Is the Newest Addition to Apple Arcade

TouchArcade Rating: After the initial few weeks of multiple games launching each Friday, Apple slowly went into a pattern of releasing one new game per week on the subscription service. That pattern has been broken with a pretty erratic release schedule where people aren’t sure if a new game is releasing or not each week. Today, after bit of a break, Roundguard () from Wonderbelly Games has arrived on the service. The game also launched on other platforms including Nintendo Switch and Steam alongside Apple Arcade today. Watch the trailer

WATCH: Final Fantasy VII Gets Infused on Press X To Get High

Final Fantasy VII get’s infused on this week’s Twitch stream of Press X To Get High    Final Fantasy VII Gets Infused on Press X To Get High On this week’s episode of Press X To Get High hosts Jake, Ben 64 and Logan test the new Final Fantasy VII remake demo. Photographer and model Mia Rosa also joins for much of the show. The X-Team also continue their ongoing walk through of N64’s Zelda: Ocarina of Time. If you’ve been keeping up, this retro gaming walkthrough entices constant hilarity. PXTGH

Michael Walsh and Mass Nerder Pack the House for 150th

The Mass Nerder Podcast and guest Michael Walsh celebrated their 150th episode with a live show to a packed house at Hamilton’s Arcade Mass Nerder performs live to a packed room – Photo By Mia Rosa Ally Blundy, James “Cubby” Nelan in his sweet R2D2 hat and Cole Rispin of The Mass Nerder Podcast – Photo By Jeff Fitzgerald Standing Room Only Hamilton, Ontario – Higher Mentality’s own cannabis infused pop culture podcast, Mass Nerder celebrated their 150th milestone episode by hosting their very first live show at licensed retro-arcade

WATCH: Doom Gets Infused on Press X To Get High

Video game series DOOM get’s infused on this weeks Live Stream of Press X To Get High Press X To Get High Infuse Doom on this week’s episode On this week’s episode of Press X To Get High host gamers Jake Reimer, Ben 64 and Logan celebrate the entirety of the DOOM catalog. The boys decide to infuse and pay homage in anticipation of DOOM: Eternal, which is set to release March 20th 2020 on Bethesda Games.  The crew closed out the show by continuing their ongoing walk through of

The internet changed gaming forever. How’s player support keeping up?

“Gaming has changed,” I thought to myself as I slowly maneuvered past the young cosplayers crowding the halls at Gamescom, the largest gaming conference in Europe for players and industry professionals.I thought back to my childhood, and the games I grew up with. Mario and Sonic were still present, I could still find Street Fighter and Fallout merchandise, and FIFA 20 was, somewhat expectedly, huge. But that was pretty much it — the gaming universe I used to know, tucked in between massive displays of games I’ve never heard of.