DeAndre Cortez Way, better known by his stage name Soulja Boy, had updated his storefront SouljaWatch with a new handheld console titled “SouljaGame Handheld.” The newest addition to his line up of Soulja-branded electronics comes just two weeks after he pulled consoles that contained hundreds of unauthorized ROMs from various game developers amid a potential […]
Bungie, the developer behind the iconic series Halo and the now beloved franchise Destiny, is parting ways with their publisher Activision after almost a decade of partnership. Bungie made the announcement on their website and said that that the transition process is already in the early stages and that both companies are “committed to making sure […]
DeAndre Cortez Way, better known by his stage name ‘Soulja Boy,’ has pulled his gaming consoles from his store SouljaWatch amid a potential lawsuit from Nintendo. Earlier in December, Mr. Way was contacted by Nintendo who threatened criminal charges against him for possibly violating the Trademark Counterfeiting Act. The law, which is an amendment to the Lanham Act, […]
In almost comical fashion, Bethesda’s PR nightmare isn’t over yet. It seems that their ticketing system bugged out and allowed users who submitted tickets to Bethesda support to see tickets submitted by other users and change the state of them (like closing tickets out). A plethora of those tickets just happened to be for the […]
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BioWare has announced that it’s upcoming title Anthem is getting a closed alpha in December, and sign ups are open right now for all platforms. The closed alpha runs from December 8th to the 9th and is open to anyone who signs up and grabs an invite. Here’s how to get in. Head to the […]
Just weeks after making it to the semi-finals of the League of Legends World Championship, a feat that hasn’t been done by a North American team in seven years, Cloud9 is shaking up ‘NA’s last hope’ roster by trading mid laner Nicolaj “Jensen” Jensen to Team Liquid. Cloud9 announced the roster change in a blog […]
Like the war the game is based on, Battlefield V was met with incredible backlash and skepticism when it was announced earlier this year. Unlike its predecessor that took the FPS genre and the series to a new and virtually unexplored era, Battlefield V was heading back home to its World War 2 roots, and […]
In 2010, Treyarch would release what some could argue as being the second-best Call of Duty game ever: Black Ops. This inaugural title that would become beloved among Call of Duty fans contained a map so fast, so frustrating, it was like you were pumped adrenaline and the supply never ran out. Nuketown became the […]
Note: the views expressed in this article are solely that of the author’s and does not represent the views of MP1st and its staff as a whole. Gamers everywhere are finally turning on Blizzard after years of good faith built up through Overwatch, and why? Because a mobile game for Diablo was announced. *SIGH* Now, […]
Halo 5: Guardians is getting into the holiday spirit by giving the classic Infection playlist a Halloween twist. Players will be able to play on new maps with new modes for double XP until the end of the month. The first new game mode announced is called Castle Raid, where you and other players must […]
In a new Vulture interview of Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser, Houser told the publication that its employees had been working 100-hour weeks several times during Red Dead Redemption 2’s development. The polishing, rewrites, and reedits Rockstar does are immense. ‘We were working 100-hour weeks’ several times in 2018, Dan says. The finished game includes 300,000 animations, […]
Producer Jim Vessella of Electronic Arts has announced on the OpenRA forums that his team is looking into developing a Command & Conquer remaster for PC. In an open letter on the website, Vessella states that after the announcement of Command & Conquer: Rivals at E3 this year, fans of C&C made it clear that […]
According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, Japanese game developer and publisher Nintendo is looking to revamp it’s Nintendo Switch in the latter half of 2019. What this revamp could include new hardware specs and features, but those details have not been finalized. The one notable feature WSJ does mention is that the […]
Dirt Rally 2 has quietly been getting some more information after it was announced that the game would be launching on the 25th of February in 2019. This new info includes a rough amount of how many cars will be in the game, and which locations players will be able to rally across. Via its […]
Codemasters, the developer behind the popular racing series DiRT, has announced a sequel to DiRT Rally, aptly named DiRT Rally 2.0, which will launch on February 26, 2019. The newest installment to the rally franchise will include six rally locations and an unnamed amount of cars to rally with. Players will also be able to […]
Twitch, the massive streaming service that has dominated the gaming world and how gamers consume content, has announced that its Twitch Prime membership will no longer allow ad-free viewing as one of its perks starting September 14. The announcement has many creators and viewers uneasy, but Twitch says that the change will be beneficial for […]
Surprise! Electronic Arts and Battlefield developer DICE have announced a second closed alpha testing session for Battlefield 5, which is due to be out in October later this year. Starting on August 14th and ending on an undisclosed date, the second Battlefield 5 alpha will contain no changes to maps, modes, weapons, or vehicles. So […]
[Update]: IGN has released a statement regarding the issue on their Twitter, stating that their internal investigation concluded that writer Filip Miucin did plagiarize, and as a result he was been terminated. You can read the full statement below. [Original Story Below] IGN, the most iconic of the video game focused websites, has been accused […]
If you’re on the hype-train for Battlefield 5, you might still be kicking it with Battlefield 1, which means you’re going to enjoy this latest update from Swedish developer DICE which brings in 4k support for the Xbox One X and a plethora of new UI customization. For Xbox One X owners, 4K support means […]