Celebrations are in order for PC players.Screenshot: Kotaku /Square Enix Square Enix patched the controversial digital rights management and anti-cheat software Denuvo out of Nier Replicant, Rise of the Tomb Raider, and Shadow of the Tomb Raider earlier this week. Denuvo is middleware intended to prevent unauthorized copying of games which incorporate it. While it …
Image: Ubisoft / Kotaku Way back in 2004 a then-unknown developer called Crytek released the first game in what would become the Far Cry series, wowing players with its impressive visuals and sprawling, outdoor maps. Crytek moved on to creating the Crysis series, Ubisoft bought up Far Cry and continues to make new entries to …
Image: Ubisoft In May, Ubisoft took down some DRM servers that accidentally broke Might & Magic X – Legacy, to the point where the game had to be removed from shopfronts. A few months later, and probably after some folks had long assumed the game was simply dead, it’s back. In a statement tweeted out …
Screenshot: Nintendo Nothing’s free in this world. So why would anything, let alone public transit, be free in an idyllic video game world designed for escapism? When Animal Crossing: New Horizons soon gets the option to ride a ferry, those rides won’t be free. Nintendo’s enormously popular life sim, which some say is a representative …
As people finally settle in with Ubisoft’s latest Far Cry game, now’s the perfect time to look at some of the designs and models that went into its development. This is the first time we’ve looked specifically at a Far Cry game here on Fine Art since 2014, which is nice, since whatever your thoughts …
Image: Nintendo It’s been a hot minute since Animal Crossing: New Horizons received an update, with the last one, the Super Mario 35th Anniversary Event, launching way back in March 2021. But that’s about to change now that Nintendo’s announced the Happy Home Paradise DLC dropping on November 5. This paid DLC is so big, …
Who knew it would get so big? Image: Nintendo With the November 5 release of both Nintendo’s paid and free DLC, New Horizons becomes more than just another Animal Crossing game. By combining concepts from past installments and spin-offs like City Folk and Happy Home Designer, New Horizons is becoming the ultimate version of Animal …
Screenshot: Ubisoft / Kotaku A few nights ago, while playing Far Cry 6, I arrived at a small beachside shack that was surrounded by a tall fence. Inside I found notes about a man who was being terrorized by a mongoose. When he finally caught it, he trapped it in his shed behind his home …
Screenshot: Nintendo Animal Crossing: New Horizons gives players thousands of items with which to decorate their homes, but they all paled in comparison to the glory of previous entries’ beloved Froggy Chair. And now, Nintendo has finally seen fit to add it to the game. During today’s Animal Crossing-focused Direct presentation, squished between news about …
Remember this tease from last month’s Nintendo Direct?Screenshot: Nintendo The pigeon has come home to roost. Nintendo showed off how Brewster and his café The Roost will come to Animal Crossing: New Horizons along with other changes coming November 5. Brewster and The Roost got a shoutout during September’s previous, larger Nintendo Direct. The Animal …