Author: Rae Michelle Richards
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Playerbase Eclipses 1,000,000
The player base for the surprise Steam hit PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds – the battle royal survival action shooter – has eclipsed over 1 million players since its’ launch two weeks ago. Brandon Green (PlayerUnknown) whose namesake adorns the title had this to say about the game’s success: “We couldn’t have reached this milestone without the dedication […]
New Xbox ‘Project Scorpio’ Details Revealed
The first confirmed details for Xbox’s’ next iterative console, codenamed Scoprio, since its surprise E3 2016 reveal have surfaced. As expected, the fine reporters at Digital Foundry took a trip to Redmond and got a first-hand look under the hood of Microsoft’s upcoming console powerhouse. Details like the final industrial design of Project Scorpio or […]
LiquidSky 2.0 Is More of a SpaceX Crash Than a Launch
At CES 2017 cloud streaming service LiquidSky promised that when their company launched their public beta later this year they would offer “the world’s first free gaming PC” by providing free game time to users in exchange for the ability to serve advertisements to free tier users. After months of anticipation LiquidSky 2.0 was set […]
HAL Laboratory Worked On Nintendo Switch System Software
The Nintendo Switch has been the talk of the industry among developers and players alike for the past month or so but did you know that some of the minds behind the Super Smash Bros and Kirby franchises helped out with the hybrid tablets’ development? HAL Laboratories recently shared an image of the 32 staff […]
Batman Arkham VR Coming To PC On April 25th
Warmer Bros Interactive Entertainment will be bringing its’ first person VR simulation of the dark knight to Windows when Batman Arkham VR launches on HTC Vive and Oculus Touch on April 25th. Arkham VR will support the Oculus Tocuh controllers and HTC VIVE wands for motion enabled gameplay such as putting on the famous cowl […]
Attack On Titan Season 2 Kicks Off With A Cliffhanger
Shonen Jump’s popular Attack On Titan anime adaptation has finally returned with brand new episodes after a crushing 3 year wait. Fans have waited patiently for the show’s return after it was announced nearly a year ago that production delays would mean that the series wouldn’t meet its original Summer 2016 release window. SPOILER WARNING […]
Tactics Alexander Savagely Gives Us a Taste of 16-Bit FFXIV
April Fools Day may have come and gone but the Final Fantasy XIV team produced one of the most obvious yet fantastic pranks this year. Titled Alexander Tactics: Savage this fake game features recognizable encounters, monsters and NPCS from FFXIV Heavanswards’ raid content and adapts them in the style of Final Fantasy Tactics. I had […]
Steam’s Anime Weekend Sale Slashes Prices On Games & Shows
Steam has launched a brand new weekend sale that might prove to be more popular with Anime fans than discount Ramen and a Crunchyroll subscription combined. For the following 72 hours users of Valve’s digital distribution service can save lots of yen (or whatever the local currency of your country may be) on a number […]
New Mode Arrives With Free To Play Update For DropZone, Due Out Next Week
The most requested mode from the DropZone community has been the addition of a mode where players control only a single unit in this unique RTS / MOBA hybrid rather than the usual trio of playable units. The developers at Sparkypants have heard their communities’ request and are set to deliver. Over the next two […]
Quake Champions Newest Hero, Anarki, Is Totally 90s
The latest champion revealed for Bethesda / id Software’s Free-to-play FPS Quake Champions is Anarki – a hover board skating, transhumanism punk who appears to embrace the 90s surfer attitude alongside old school FPS action. Anarki’s active ability is health injection which allows him to gain a temporary health boost, which would be great to […]
The Secret World Ditches MMO Genre & Resets Servers, Community Rages
Funcom has been in the news recently thanks to the success of Conan Exhiles and how that titles literally saved them from bankruptcy but the developer / publisher isn’t busy enjoying “what’s best in life” because they’ve massively upset the hardcore player base of The Secret World by announcing a complete server wipe & genre […]
Last Final Fantasy XIV: Heavnsward Patch Released
Great news for adventurers and Warriors of Light all around Eorzea – the last patch for Final Fantasy XIV: Heavansward has been released, leading up to June’s Stormblood expansion. With this latest patch before the next expansion drops Square Enix have brought us 4 new Main Story Quests. In addition there have been changes for Heavenswards’ raid […]
Next Titanfall 2 DLC – The Colony – Drops Alongside Free Trial Next Weekend
Titanfall 2 pilots who might have lapsed in their combat training or perspective pilots who have yet to get behind the controls of giant mecha have a reason to suit up with news of the game’s next content drop & free trial hitting consoles & PC next weekend. Respawn Entertainment will release an updated version […]
Destiny 2 Leaks Point To A Likely PC Release
It is no secret that Bungie & Activision are hard at work on a sequel to 2014’s Destiny, the loot-based shooter that launched 3 additional content heavy expansions that when combined with the base game have kept guardians busy for years. A set of new leaks, one comprised of promotional materials from an Italian retailer, and […]
Capcom Releases Part 1 of Resident Evil 7 Development Documentary
Get an inside look at the thought processes, early concepts and internal deliberations that took place in early 204 when Capcom Osaka decided to revitalize their long stagnant undead franchise. Featuring narration from Executive Producer Tsuyoshi Kanda and Director Masachika Kawata, this behind the scenes look at Capcom Osaka’s development process exposes some of ideas that lead […]