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Three separate South Korean game developers have been fined by South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission after allegedly duping their customers through loot boxes. An internal investigation by the commission found that game developers Nexon, Netmarble, and NextFloor intentionally misled their customers after launching loot boxes that served as a tie-in for special in-game events. The FTC subsequently fined the three companies for a combined $945,000 on April 1. While all three game developers were punished by the commission, the largest penalty was issued to Nexon Korea at $882,000....

To commemorate the launch of the third and final update to its cozy management game about dying, developer Thunder Lotus announced today Spiritfarer: Farewell Edition. Available from today alongside the Jackie & Daria Update, Spiritfarer: Farewell Edition packages the base game alongside all the three additional post-launch updates released to date. As Thunder Lotus explains: Thunder Lotus has edited together a trailer marking the occasion, which offers more detail about what the Farewell Edition is all about....

As you play through Splatoon 3, you’ll realize that the Drizzle Season Catalog has loads of rewards to unlock! As with most games, in Splatoon 3, when you play online matches, you earn experience. All of this experience goes toward your Catalog Level. Every time you gain a level, you can visit Harmony to pick up some cool rewards for the work you put into leveling up. You can get various things ranging from gear, clothing, titles, and even more....

Hide and seek is the name of the game in Respawns new Star Wars title. At long last, Respawn Entertainment has unveiled the official trailer for their new Star Wars title, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. Shown at the Star Wars Celebration event in Chicago, the games premise shows the state of the Jedi Order after Palpatine dismantles them at the end of Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith. On top of that, the game has an official release date for November 15, 2019....

Next-gen only Update 01.003.000 has arrived for Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, and here’s the full list of changes and fixes added with this patch. This update that has been released today is only available for the PS5 and Xbox Series platforms. It does not appear as if the update is out for the older PC, PS4 and Xbox One versions of the game. It looks like this new update does not add any new content to the game....

So you haven’t had the opportunity to experience the joys of Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty? Well you can get in on the action with the demo that was recently released by the team at Blizzard. The demo features a fully accessible single player campaign, well the first three mission are available at this time. Also included is unlimited access to skirmish mode as the Terrans vs. enemy A.I. Be careful though, the first three campaign missions are more than enough to sink the hook....

Starcraft II has just gotten another patch. Version 1.2.1 is now live on all public servers with the latest changes to the matchmaking features of Starcraft II. Other Bugs were addressed in the patch which included General fixes, Maps, and Editor patches that may effect gameplay going forward. Check out the full list of fixes for patch 1.2.1 below. General Matchmaking has been updated to better match players queuing with pre-made teams in 2v2, 3v3, and 4v4 brackets....

Stardew Valley is a farming simulation game that released on PC earlier this year, though the game quickly adopted a big following and has kept that support throughout the year. It has been many months since the game launched on PC, but next month console players will finally be able to see what all the fuss is about. The game will be making its PlayStation 4 debut on December 13th, and its Xbox One debut on December 14th....

Square Enix has released a new teaser trailer for the upcoming “Different Future” DLC for Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin. The teaser shows Jack having to go to an alternate timeline to face a new foe, with the ending of the tease hinting at a connection with Final Fantasy II. The DLC will include new missions, classes, and weapons for Jack, including a gun. The DLC is described as the journey’s end and will launch on January 27, 2023....

Streaming can provide a decent living for someone. If a streamer gets big enough, wealth and fame await them when they make it. Now, this includes book deals and Twitch’s top streamer, Ninja, has begun the process of doing that. As reported by eSports Observer, Ninja, Tyler Blevins, will author three books under two of Random House’s imprints. Ninja has quite the credentials. His Twitch channel boasts over 14 million followers and, according to Twitch Metrics, he is Twitch’s most popular streamer....

How powerful a Pokemon is can be determined by many different factors. Their Base Stats determine how naturally strong a Pokemon can be but there are many categories that Pokemon fit into. Normal Arceus is the strongest Normal Type Pokemon with the highest Base Stat total of any Pokemon in their base forms. It was 120 Base Stats for each of its stats for a total of 720. It is able to change its typing when holding different Plates but its default form is Normal....

Samsung unveiled its first-ever 5nm chipset before the close of 2020. The Exynos 1080 holds this title but it is no flagship chipset. As promised, the Korean giant has taken the wraps off its flagship Exynos 2100 chipset at a virtual event today. It will rival the other 5nm-based flagship chipsets, i.e Apple A14 Bionic and Snapdragon 888, in 2021. Samsung boasts that Exynos 2100 is the company’s first-ever premium 5G-integrated mobile processor....

Apple Watch has long been a golden standard for smartwatches, reeling users with its health-tracking features and robust app library. The Android smartwatch ecosystem, on the other hand, has been dwindling with lackluster offerings and no buyers. Well, Samsung has finally stepped up to the task by joining hands with Google and marked the beginning of a new era with the launch of the Galaxy Watch 4. Over the past few weeks, I have had ample opportunity to test out the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4’s capabilities in various scenarios....

You actually can behead the Headless Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice features a lot of bosses that you will have to fight to save the Divine Heir and restore your honor. There’s also a lot of bosses that you might not have to fight, but you definitely should, either because the battle is epic or the rewards are great. Headless is one of the latter, appearing first in a side area of Ashina Outskirts and presenting early players with a massive challenge to overcome....

Use stealth and quick grapples to avoid this massive enemy. In Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice there is one of the most massive baddies that we’ve ever seen in a From Software game. This massive white snake guards a path early on in the game and you’ve got to use a combination of stealth and quick reactions to get past it. This guide will explain how to get past the giant snake in Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice....

New look, same old Senran Kagura. After eight years, Senran Kagura has come full circle, bringing the series’ first title to modern platforms with (mostly) modern features and graphics to match. But first, let’s just get this out of the way: Senran Kagura Burst Re:Newal is a fanservice game through and through. The series carries a lot of baggage, but I’ll try to convince you of its worth nonetheless. Don’t know what I’m talking about?...

For me, being able to access the different drives on the computer and my network devices was far more important than accessing frequently used folders or recently opened files. It’s a useful feature, but I don’t mind having to click once to access it. In this post, I’ll show you how to change the default folder from Quick Access to This PC when opening Explorer. In addition, I’ll also show you a trick whereby you can set any folder to be the default folder when opening Explorer in Windows 10....

After teasing an announcement for the upcoming Tomb Raider game yesterday with fans letting the cat out of the bag early, Square Enix has released a teaser trailer for Shadow of the Tomb Raider. Previously, the official Tomb Raider website was updated with a tease for the announcement today, which fans quickly deduced via the HTML code that it would be for Shadow of the Tomb Raider. Today, the trailer that was being teased is out to view, and it’s the first glimpse we’ve seen of the upcoming game....

As one of the most successful Kickstarter projects over the past couple of years, Shadowrun Returns is one of the most highly anticipated games coming out of the crowd funding craze. Shadowrun fans turned out in droves to support the new project in 2012, pledging nearly 2 million dollars into this spiritual successor and revival of the series. Shadowrun has been kicking around since the 1980’s. Alongside its table top games, it saw incarnations on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, the Sega Genesis, Xbox 360, and now on the PC with Shadowrun returns....

Below are Spoilers for God of War Ragnarok’s story! God of War Ragnarok is full of difficult boss fights, but one of the most strenuous (both strategically and emotionally) is the fight against Gryla. Gryla is the grandmother of Angrboda, and one of the last remaining Giants in Jotunheim. There seems to be a lot more to the story between these two characters than the player is let on to, but from what can be gathered, Gryla has a grudge against Angrboda’s mother and blames her for her father’s faithful following of destiny....