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Activision Blizzard Defends Bobby Kotick’s Salary As Shareholder Calls For Changes To His Pay

Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick is one of the highest-paid executives not only in video games, but across the entire entertainment media industry. He made more than $30 million in 2019. One of the company's shareholders, The CtW Investment Group, is now calling on other stakeholders to vote against a measure that gives the company freedom to pay Kotick high rates. [Update: Activision Blizzard has responded with a statement, which you can see below] In a filing with the United States government, The CtW Investment Groups' director Dieter Waizenegger called

Out Now: ‘Hills of Steel 2’, ‘Angelo and Deemon’, ‘bitDungeon III’, ‘Poker Showdown’, ‘2112TD: Tower Defense Survival’, ‘Yeager’, ‘Exos Heroes’, ‘Newton’s Cradle Puzzle Game’, ‘The Quest – Mithril Horde’, ‘Demon Blade’ and More

Each and every day new mobile games are hitting the App Store, and so each week we put together a big old list of all the best new releases of the past seven days. Back in the day the App Store would showcase the same games for a week, and then refresh those features each Thursday. Because of that developers got into the habit of releasing their games throughout Wednesday or very early Thursday in order to hopefully get one of those coveted features spots. Nowadays the App Store refreshes

‘Slay the Spire’ Finally Launching on iOS this Month, Will Cost $9.99 and Be the Same as the PC Version

There are certain games that built up a following on other platforms that just scream for a mobile port. Their set of mechanics, their interface, and the way they are controlled would just work perfectly on the touchscreen, and the actual game sessions can also be quick bursts or long marathons which also fit right into how mobile games are played. Over the past couple of years I can’t think of a game that fits this mold better than Slay the Spire from developer MegaCrit, and boy howdy have fans

Best deals from PlayStation Days of Play 2020 Sale

PlayStation has launched its Days of Play 2020 Sale and Shacknews has rounded up some of the best deals you can take advantage of over the next few weeks. PlayStation 4 owners, it's that time of year for you. Sony has kicked off one of its biggest sales of the year, the Days of Play Sale. The team at PlayStation wants to bring its community together through the annual Days of Play celebration and part of that involves taking a hatchet to a number of full-priced games and making them

13 Smart Sci-Fi Movies To Stream That Are Guaranteed To Melt Your Brain

13 Smart Sci-Fi Movies To Stream That Are Guaranteed To Melt Your Brain - GameSpot<meta id="js-loading-html" content=""> By Michael Rougeau on June 3, 2020 at 3:02PM PDT ]]> These streaming sci-fi movies will make you question everything, and you'll love them for it. We all need an escape from reality from time to time, and what better way than to expand our brains with some seriously cerebral science fiction? There are plenty of mind-bending sci-fi movies out there, and a lot are available to watch right now on streaming services.

Terra Battle, RPG From The Creator Of Final Fantasy, Is Shutting Down

Terra Battle, a 2014 mobile game from developer Mistwalker and producer Hironobu Sakaguchi--best known as the creator of Final Fantasy--will soon shut down all services. An upcoming termination of service has been announced, which will effectively end support for the game.Service for the game will terminate on June 30, at midnight UTC. The in-game Energy currency has already been discontinued, so you cannot spend money on it in-game. On June 15, players will be unable to transfer or recover game data, and at the end of the month the game

‘Exos Heroes’ Guide: Tips, Tricks and Hints on Getting to Grips with the Guardian Stones and Break Systems

Line Games and Oozoo’s hero-collecting RPG Exos Heroes is available now and brings an interesting take on the turn-based combat we’ve become accustomed to over the years. It has two systems called Guardian Stones and Break that work in tandem to make battles feel more involved. That does mean there’s a little more to learn than you might expect though, so we’ve got some tips to help you get started on the front foot. Classes and mana management As with most turn-based RPGs, there are a variety of roles you’ll

SwitchArcade Round-Up: ‘Shantae & the Seven Sirens’ Review, Today’s New Releases, and the Latest Sales Featuring ‘Resident Evil’ and More

Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for June 2nd, 2020. Not much gaming news right now, perhaps understandably so. We do have one new release to check out, and there is a full review of WayForward’s Shantae and the Seven Sirens for you to peruse at your leisure. We’ve also got a surprisingly decent list of new sales to dig into, with the lowest prices we’ve seen yet on Capcom’s Resident Evil ports. Let’s get to it! Reviews Shantae & the Seven Sirens ($29.99) I have a

‘Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc Anniversary Edition’ Review – No Need to Despair

When Spike Chunsoft announced an iOS and Android release for the Danganronpa trilogy, I was very pleased. I’ve played the first two games in the series on literally every platform they have been released on in English and basically adore the series. Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc ($15.99) is the first game in the series and it has arrived on iOS and Android as a premium release with a few enhancements and additions over the console and PC versions. If you’ve never heard of this series before, Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc

Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling Available Today on Xbox One

Bug Fables’ debut on Xbox One is here! We’ve worked hard for many years to make this love letter to RPGs, and reaching this milestone is a childhood dream come true! The support that let us push through Throughout development, we constantly posted updates. Our first demo was harshly critiqued, but we took the feedback to heart and started over! We launched an Indiegogo Campaign in February of 2018 which was successful. A great part of it was the Create a Character / Item tiers, for fans to add content