Category: News
Freedom Planet 2 announced
Sonic like platformer Freedom Planet has new trailer and a launch window. The game is a bit of a cult classic, playing to lovers of sonic, 8 bits, and other nostalgic choices. developer Stephen DiDuro says on the Freedom Planet 2 site: “The original Freedom Planet was modeled as a tribute to Sega Genesis platform games,We’ve learned […]
Halo 5 Forge Used to Create Star Wars Hoth Map
Halo’s Forge mode has always been powerful, and its latest installment is keeping up the tradition, with Halo 5 giving players an unprecedented set of tools and palettes to work with. As always the community has gotten hold of forge mode and made some truly amazing things, including tributes to lots of other games. One […]
Rail Gun aims to bring “most immersive ever” controller to market
It seems like most of the time, gun shaped controllers for FPS games are pretty much flops right out of the gate. Peripherals have to work with multiple games, multiple types of hardware, and across regions. Yet for the new wave of VR to truly feel immersive, you need to have a variety of controllers […]
Final Fantasy XV PS4 Version Slated For June Release By Amazon Japan
Amazon Japan has created an entry for Final Fantasy XV that may reveal that the game is scheduled for a June 2016 in that country. We already know that Square Enix is planning to announce the release date of XV sometime this coming March so perhaps a early summer release in Japan and a Fall […]
Minecraft Wii U Is Already Among The All Time Top 10 Downloads In Japan
Mojang’s smash hit about your struggle to survive the night all while hissing snake creatures try to blow up your home, Minecraft, has already cracked the top ten all time downloads in the Japanese Wii U E Shop. According to the all time download purchase rankings available on the Nintendo Japan website Microsoft’s latest acquisition […]
GameStop Accidently Ships Pirated Game Just In Time For Christmas
It’s frustrating when someone gifts you a game you’ve waited months for only to find out you’re one of the unlucky few who have a defective product. What would your reaction be if it turns out you were gifted a pirated copy of a game by mistake? The parents of Reddit user Vernm51 bought them […]
ARK: Survival Evolved Winter Update Rings In The Holidays
Dinosaur tamers and hunters beware because tis the season for Winter to come to the world of Ark: Survival Evolved. The latest update dropped on Christmas Eve and transformers the game world into a winter paradise while adding holiday event items, new challenges and special presents from Santa Clause stand in – Raptor Clause! If […]
Video games are leaking in to the real world
Its not often that you see a character from popular JRPG’s on an advertisement for something other than that game it self. Final fantasy seems to have worked its way in to the general consciousness well enough to merit it happening though. Lightning is literally advertising purses now. The new “Series 4” (was there a […]
Here’s Most of The Canadian Boxing Day Gaming Deals
With Christmas Day now past us I’m sure some of our readers are collecting their holiday cash and gift cards and getting ready to head down to the favorite retailer to purchase some new games. Perhaps you’re staying in-doors and doing a little shopping online instead? Regardless – Broken Joysticks has a rundown of all […]
Want To Make Your Own Game? Have $15? Clickteam Fusion 2.5 Is 85% Off On Steam!
There’s no secret that the games market, especially on PC, has been experiencing in indies boom for the last few years. Games like Titan Souls, Mini Metro, Axiom Verge and others have shown us that there is still a large player base for smaller 2D titles inspired by the 16-bit era but infused with more […]
Steam’s Christmas Gift- A non-working store!
After getting messaged by a friend on steam on how to clear out card info, I wondered to myself, “what the heck is going on?” I looked over onto SteamDB’s Twitter to see that “Valve is having caching issues allowing users to view things such as account information of other users. Don’t use Store for […]
Users Reporting Sign-In Issues With PlayStation Network
Last Christmas gamers all over the world filled social media, popular gaming forums and online spaces with stories of their frustration connecting to both the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live. The DDOS attacks of 2014 were the responsibility of a group calling themselves “Lizard Squad” and if early reports are accurate Christmas is about to […]
A Tribute to Joe Waters – Video Game Industry Veteran
Joe Waters passed away on the morning of December 23rd. He was a dear friend of mine and of countless others. As someone who was blessed with knowing him well, both within the game industry and as a friend, I would like to share some words about him. Joe was a self-declared “asshole”. He was […]
PlayStation Flash sale Could Be Imminent
If a social media screen-cap posted on Neogaf is to be believed then a holiday weekend long Flash Sale may be forthcoming in the next few hours on the playstation store. Posted by Gaf user Spy this Facebook post seemingly comes from PlayStation’s Mexican social media page and advertises a sale featuring some of the […]