Category: News
Layoffs Rock Activision’s Guitar Hero & Skylanders Franchises
Yesterday was no party for the folks who work hard on Activision’s long running Guitar Hero and Skylanders franchises. As first reported by game informer via an anonymous source, it appears that the layoffs have specifically affected the development staff based in Minneapolis Minnesota. The first entry in the Guitar Hero franchise in a number […]
The 12th annual International Mobile Gaming Awards nominees announced
The 12 annual International Mobile Gaming Awards (IMGA) nominees have been announced. Gamers and nominees’ fans are now invited to vote for their favorite game to determine the People Choice’s Award at www.imgawards.com . Winners will be revealed at the annual IMGA ceremony held in San Francisco on March 15, 2016 at the 111 Minna Gallery. The 12th annual […]
AMD Reveals Which CPUs They Recommend For Use With Oculus Rift
Owners of AMD hardware have been kept in the dark in terms of detailed specs for the upcoming Oculus Rift headset. Officially Oculus recommends that potential owners have a “Intel i5-4590 equivalent or greater” but that does very little except give the reader the exact processor that they might need if they were gaming on […]
Doom’s Single-Player Campaign Is 13 Hours Long
The developers of the Doom reboot have confirmed on twitter the campaign will be a hefty thirteen hours long. If you were worried about the game being a five hour romp largely focused on the multiplayer, as many shooters are these days, you can rest easy. Personally, I much prefer quality to quantity. I don’t […]
Crash Bandicoot Reboot Possibly Leaked by NECA Toys Director
Randy Falk, director of NECA Toys, may have inadvertently let slip details about a revival of the Crash Bandicoot franchise. This is not too long after Sony teased a return of the old franchise on their Middle Eastern account. Speaking to youtuber PixelDan, Falk said: “We’ve got back in with Sony. And looking at some […]
Rumor: New Round of Nintendo Selects To Hit Canada On March 11th
Canadian retailers might be receiving a new round of permanent discounted Nintendo titles thanks to the ‘Nintendo Selects’ label. Originally posted on the twitter account for retailer Video Games Plus before being permanently deleted. The below image has been making the rounds and if it’s accurate than games once considered rare, one off prints, like […]
Chaos rises in the new Trailer for Battle Fleet Gothic
Warhammer 40,000 games are some of my favorite games I have ever played. The groundbreaking RTS Dawn of War from Relic Entertainment is still one of my most played steam games. So when I heard there was going to be a space game set in the 40K universe, it was an instant buy. Now just […]
New Dead Island game confirmed by Australian Government
Australia’s ratings board is pretty well known for spoiling major game reveals. So when PCgamer reports that they have broken the seals on a new Dead Island game, I am inclined to believe them. The classification site recently listed a new game called Dead Island Retro Revenge, which it slapped with an “M” rating for bloody […]
Game Developers Choice Awards & IGDFA Open Up Audience Voting
This year at the 30th Game Developers Conference the Game Developer’s Choice Awards & Independent Games Festival Awards will announce this years slate of winners on Wednesday March 16 in San Francisco, California. Now both organizations are asking their audience for their say – with the Audience’s Choice awards. Here are the finalist for the […]
Fallout 4 DLC Confirmed For Near Future
Today Bethesda took to twitter to let us know Fallout 4 DLC is in the pipelines. While this is not a major surprise to anyone, it is still interesting to hear about it now after a relatively long period of time since release. Fallout 4 has been out for three months now and is still […]
League of Legends kills off Dominion game type
Riot has announced today in a blog post that its capture based game made for League of Legends will be shutting down. Since its inception Dominion has been an unpopular game mode, and it never pulled in the numbers that Riot had hoped. It will be retired on Feburary 22nd, after which it will not […]
SEGA to offer Classics Decal Sheet with pre-orders of SEGA 3D Classics Collection
SEGA has announced today that they will be giving out a 3DS sticker sheet with a limited number of pre-order and launch copies of Sega Classics 3D collection. The press release does not specify how many launch games will come with the sticker, but it does say that all pre-orders will receive the sheet. Gamers in […]
Far Cry Primal gets new five minute trailer
Ubisoft has released a new trailer for Far Cry Primal, containing all you need to know about Far Cry Primal’s weapons, powerful Beast Master abilities, and vicious human foes. The five-minute trailer features an overview of who the player character is, weapons, and the basics of the story. You will play Takkar the Beastmaster, armed […]
ASUS & Alienware Unveil First Oculus Ready PCs
2016 may very well be the year that virtual reality hits the mainstream with the impending release of both the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. With the Rift set to ship to customers who pre-ordered starting later next month, March 28th, ASUS and Alienware have unveiled their lineups of “Oculus Ready” PCs. Both manufacturers will […]
Mad Catz Laying Off 37% of Their Workforce Shows What’s Wrong With AAA Publishers
Bad news for Mad Catz the folks behind last Fall’s Rock Band 4 peripherals as well as the Heavy Precision Control System which was aimed at the hardcore Farming Simulator crowd. President / CEO Darren Ridchardson resigned ahead of the company reporting a profit of $1.2million for the last quarter of 2014. This quarter was […]