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‘We haven’t managed to get the active player numbers to a level that justifies further development at this time’ FirstAnthem, nowArtifact– who else has ahard-to-justify game revivalthat needs to be scrapped? In an ominously-titled “The Future of Artifact” post, Valve shared the news thatArtifact, a collectible card gamebased onDota 2that didn’t draw in enough players, won’t get more “gameplay updates.” The team wrote that “while we’re reasonably satisfied we accomplished most of our game-side goals, we haven’t managed to get the active player numbers to a level that justifies further development at this time....

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, the Ubisoft title stemming from James Cameron’sAvatarfranchise, is set to receive its first story DLC.The Sky Breaker, the upcoming story expansion, is going to be released on July 16. Ubisoft released the trailer forThe Sky Breaker, which showed the Na’vi celebrating their victory after the events of the base game. The celebrations are cut short when a ship crashes down at the festival, carrying the notion that the fight for survival and their home planet is not over yet....

TheEA FC 24Supreme Defender Evolution allows players to upgrade one of their lower-rated cards for a price of either 125,000 coins or 500 FC Points. While free evolutions seem better in terms of their proposed values, the upgrades offered as part of Supreme Defender could be really useful for many cards. You also get additional playstayle, but first, let’s observe the requirements. Level 1 upgrades Level 2 upgrades Level 3 upgrades...

Hold the cheese, I’m intolerant you monster XSEED Games has announced thatBurgerTime Party!will be arriving in the west on Nintendo Switch this fall. G-Mode’s “reimagining” of Data East’s classic 1982 arcade will spice up the old-school platforming gameplay with a slick new look and multiplayer action. BurgerTime Party!will also feature new enemies and hazards as Chef Peter Pepper – clearly destined to be a cook by his birthname – attempts to build a selection of humongous hamburgers while fending off sentient eggs, sausages and gherkins, armed with only a pepper shaker and a smug facial expression....

Most substantial update in two years Wol_lay, the developer ofCubeWorld, has released a new song that’ll feature in the game. It’s not the update we’ve been waiting overtwo yearsfor, but it’s something. He postedDruids of Manato SoundCloud, and honestly it’s a very pretty song. It seems like it’d fit incredibly well into the absolutely gorgeous gameCubeWorldis. Wol_lay has been trudging away atCubeWorldfor years and years now, throwing out a screenshot here, or a snippet of information there....

#YesFilter Filters. Everyone uses ’em, and that’s why everyone has a dog nose or big anime eyes. A photo doesn’t make its way online anymore without some touchups and enhancements. That’s life in the Insta-age. Most everyone expectsCyberpunk 2077to look great, but the photo mode is going to take it to a whole new level. CD Projekt Red released a trailer that showcases all the photo mode’s features, and there are a lot of ways to gussy up your screenshots....

Yesterday, THQreleased a new trailerforDarksiders II, showcasing Death’s presence and influence throughout human history. A few people thought that the trailer was funny, since Death’s mask had been stuck onto a bunch of pictures to make them look silly. Those people were wrong, and this new, alternate take on the trailer show you just how epic the concept is. Death’siconic maskmakes everything terrifying, as this horrific, ambitious, epic new video shall demonstrate....

Reading’s for chumps anyway It sounds likeDestiny‘s most annoying storytelling device, Grimoire Cards, won’t be included in its sequel. According to a report onForbes,Destiny 2is ditching both the Grimoire Cards and a whole bunch of required, out-of-game reading for more conventional methods. Bungie developer Steve Cotton told Forbes’ Erik Kain that the studio “[Wants] to put the lore in the game. We want people to be able to find the lore....

Season of the Wishfeels just about over, despite lingering on until June. It’s on track to go out as one of the most tepid seasonal experiences in recentDestiny 2memory, sidestepping any pomp and circumstance surrounding the last official season. And that’s a bummer, considering Bungie previously promised some significant changes for Season 23. Following the upcomingThe Final Shapeexpansion in June, the game will switch to a new format called Episodes. WhileSeason of the Wishshould have been a swan song of the seasonal model, showcasing years of implemented improvement and teeing up what players might be excited about with the new episodic format, it’s just been pretty forgettable....

And it’ll run through September 8 Destiny 2is turning three years old next month, but before that happens, developer Bungie is kicking off the Solstice of Heroes event. It runs from today through September 8, and features the typical array of event cosmetics you’ve come to expect since this franchise was first born. This year you’ll take to the European Aerial Zone and take down bosses for loot: which is mainly armor-based....

‘You’ve got the touch!’ Part of me wishes that a game calledCrossing Soulswould be anAnimal Crossing/Dark Soulscrossover, but I am still pretty pleased with howCrossing Soulsactually looks anyway. Will we ever get sick of the totally tubular pink and teal palette resurgence? I hope not. It’s a little bit of a bummer that only the cutscenes are delivered in 1980s cartoon style, and the gameplay goes to 2D pixel art, but it still looks cool....

Conservative personalities unearthed tweets with jokes about rape and pedophelia James Gunn, writer-director of the first twoGuardians of the Galaxyfilms, is no longer associated with Marvel Studios and Disney. Several far-right personalities on Twitterpointed outold tweets from before his time with Marvel Studios that joked about rape and pedophelia. Walt Disney Studios chairman Alan Horn released a statement: “The offensive attitudes and statements discovered on James’ Twitter feed are indefensible and inconsistent with our studio’s values, and we have severed our business relationship with him....

We need another Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero BeforeSekiroignited the whole “difficult games” conversation again (which is an easy one to answer: everyone is correct and creators simultaneously reserve the right to make something the way they want to make it), there were challenging old school experiences and projects that emulated that look and feel, like the PSP’sPrinny: Can I Really Be the Hero. It’s a short-lived two-entry series that will forever live on in my mind as I nearly slammed my PSP against the wall during some particularly heated boss battles; but when it was all said and done I felt an unparalleled sense of accomplishment....