Microsoft today revealed PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds would be free-to-play this weekend, the first time the game has ever been free on that platform. It’s a pleasant surprise for gamers, but as far as the game itself is concerned, it looks like a last-ditch effort to generate interest in a game that’s rapidly losing its large fanbase. Play PUBG on Xbox One for free this weekend during the Free Play Days For All event running from November 8 to 11. Learn more: https://t.co/MF2rBmeWdK pic.twitter.com/cWB6Fm60Vn — PUBG (@PUBG) November 7, 2018 Once the biggest game in the now-massive battle royale genre, the game has notably…
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A team of scientists from the University of Southern California (USC) are taking on a decades-old mystery concerning the human brain and how it processes utterances that aren’t linguistic in nature. You may know this phenomenon as beatboxing. The legends surrounding the birth of hip hop invariably begin in New York City with DJs cutting together record samples to create a new style of music. But, there are those who cite beatboxing – the art of making beats with your mouth – as the real soundtrack to the movement. Beatboxing rose to popularity on the work of artists like Doug…
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Nintendo today revealed it was removing a certain move from the latest Smash Bros game, apparently not realizing it was more than a little racist. It’s definitely not the first time Nintendo‘s had to clean up a character, nor the first time it’s claimed ignorance of insensitive imagery. In case you missed it, Nintendo took some heat this week when gamers discovered a rather uncomfortable game reference buried in the latest footage of Super Smash Bros Ultimate. Specifically, it appeared the character Mr. Game & Watch had a new attack wherein he morphed in a caricature of a Native American, as depicted in…
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