Tag: gaming

‘Pokémon Go’ raid invites will let friends join your battle remotely

Pokémon Go creators recently announced that two of the game’s many planned updates will be available this summer: the ability to invite friends to raid battles, and a stickers feature for gifts. The raid battles feature is set to be released sometime… Source

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EA Play and the Steam Game Festival have been pushed back one week

EA is postponing its summer game showcase. The digital version of EA Play was originally scheduled for June 11th at 7 PM ET. Instead, it’ll take place at the same time a week later on June 18th. pic.twitter.com/6NSTb4cxqE— Electronic Arts (@EA) Jun… Source

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Valve is allowing racist bots to invade ‘Team Fortress 2’

Content warning: This story contains images and descriptions of hate speech.For the past two months, Team Fortress 2 has been under attack by a horde of racist, homophobic, sexist, pornographic and generally bigoted robots. The bots appear in nearly… Source

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EA Access to hit Steam this summer after delay

PC gamers have to wait a little bit longer to enjoy titles like Battlefield and the Star Wars Battlefront franchise. After announcing last fall that EA Access would come to Steam in Spring 2020, EA said this week that the subscription service won’t h… Source

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You can finally play Maxis’ long-lost ‘SimRefinery’ oil simulator

Once thought lost forever, Maxis’ SimRefinery has resurfaced. What’s more, you can play it right now thanks to the work of ArsTechnica and one of its readers. The story of how SimRefinery became playable again starts with journalist and game historia… Source

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Our readers find Nintendo’s Joy-Con controllers a crushing disappointment

I’ve been playing a lot of Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and it’s been mostly a delight. I talk to my villagers, I buy and make cool stuff for my house and I go to K.K. Slider’s concerts every Saturday. But it’s not all fantastic: When I go to grab… Source

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