Author: Rae Michelle Richards
Half Life 3 Confirmed…. To Be Prototyped With RTS Elements
Half-Life might as well be a mythical unicorn that poops rainbows and that could even the oldest video cards into a GTX 1080 by the simply being loaded. One journalist from Games Informer attempted to track down the elusive 10 year old piece of vaporware as revealed at the end of the most recent Game Informer […]
CES 2017: An Up Close Look At Microsoft’s Windows 10 VR Initiative
It has been a few months since we last heard from Microsoft’s Virtual Reality initiative set to launch later this year with the Windows 10 Creator’s Update. In the Fall the operating system developer promised to deliver several Virtual Reality focused improvements to Windows 10 – including a 3D version of paint, support for the […]
LiquidSky’s New Free Tier Offers Cutting Edge Gaming Performance To All
Playing the latest AAA games like DOOM, Battlefield 1 and Tom Clancy’s The Division at high or ultra setting can be a daunting task even for some top-end rigs. Trying to play the latest games on PC at the best graphical fidelity while on a budget can be a literal give & take scenario – […]
Game Centered Nintendo Switch Live Stream Announced For Jan 13th
Nintendo will be hosting a second Nintendo Switch focused live stream, this one dated for January 13th at 6:30 AM PST / 9:30 AM EST. This second video conference will focus on some of the games coming to the Nintendo Switch during its launch window. While the previous days stream, on January 12th, will reveal the […]
Snakebyte Announces Line of Accessories For Nintendo Switch
Nintendo’s upcoming hybrid Switch console doesn’t have an official release date, only a handful of confirmed titles or price but accessory creator Snakebyte have taken the opportunity to announce a line of accessories for the upcoming console at CES 2017. The first of these accessories is a foldable headset that the company is the perfect companion […]
Game Developers Choice Awards Nominees Unveiled
The Games Developer Conference (GDC) will once again play host to the industry’s retrospective on the past year with the annual Game Developer Choice Awards, with returning hosts Double Fine Productions’ Tim Schaefer overseeing this years’ accolades. With 14 different categories – including the brand new Best AR / VR Game category – there’s a […]
Assassin’s Creed Humble Bundle Offers The Stabby Stabby
Ubisoft has partnered with Humble Bundle for their latest sneak attack – the Humble Assassin’s Creed Bundle. Offering up the 2007 original plus the 2D side scrolling “Assassin’s Creed: Chronicles” titles for just a buck provides entertainment you can’t really hide from. To find out what the Templar’s are up to you might want to spring for the BTA […]
LucidSound To Release Officially Licensed Xbox One Headsets In 2017
Headset manufacturer LucidSound announced today that they have partnered with Microsoft to produce officially licensed products for both the Xbox One and Xbox One S later this year. The first officially headset will be released by March LucidSound confirmed via press-release today. Speaking about the Xbox brand’s presence within the gaming space, CEO of LucidSound Chris […]
Steam Sale or Why I Should Stop Buying So Many Games
Today is the final day for Valve’s annual holiday Steam Sale and that means you have less than 24 hours to save money on some of the biggest games of 2016 as well as an ever expanding catalog of indie titles. It’s time to rifle through your wishlist, search the couch cushions for spare change […]
Mass Effect Andromeda Gameplay To Be Shown At CES
New gameplay footage from Bioware’s next space RPG adventure Mass Effect Andromeda will be shown at Nvidia’s Consumer Electronics Show keynote event on January 4th. The confirmation of a brand new gameplay trailer, which will reportedly focus on in-game environments, comes via the official Mass Effect Twitter account. Here is the tweet that confirmed the brand […]
Shift Controller To Offer Room Scale Like Experience Without Sensors
Virtual Reality motion controllers can add to the immersion of an interactive experience but setting up various base-stations and sensors can be a daunting task for the less hardcore among us. The Shift cross-platform controller purports to offer a simpler solutions for VR physical presence with a set of motion controllers linked to a pair of […]
ARK Devs Offering Future Content For Steam Award Votes
With both the Steam Winter Sale and Steam Awards underway a number of 2016’s biggest titles are gaining a lot of attention. It isn’t uncommon for developers & community managers to rally their communities to garner votes but in the case of ARK: Survival Evolved, Studio Wildcard is offering future content to ensure that ARK complies […]
Star Citizen Switches To Amazon Lumberyard Engine
Star Citizen the ambitious crowd sourced multi-genre spaceship simulator under development at Cloud Imperium Games has made the switch from Crytek’s CryEngine to the Amazon.com developed Lumberyard engine. Lumberyard is a freely distributed fork of CryEngine that provides developers with the graphical capabilities and networking code to produce everything from indie to AAA titles. In addition to the […]
Login To Overwatch Before Jan 1st And Get 5 Free Loot Boxes
Blizzard is in the giving spirit – they’ve left 5 free Winter Wonderland loot boxes for every Overwatch player who logins between now and January 1st. Winter Wonderland’s loot boxes bring with them a chance to score some new event exclusive skins, winter themed sprays and chilled out player icons. Each loot box is guaranteed […]
Pokemon Go Players Have Walked Billions of Kilometers
Pokemon GO is one of the few unique mainstream games that rewards players for going out into the real world and exploring. Whether they’re walking down the block or across their entire city to hatch eggs, Pokemon Trainers the world over have racked up quite the tally – over 9 billion KM have been tallied […]