Category: Technology
Square Enix Ends Its Business With Hitman Developer IO Interactive
Square Enix included a statement in its’ recent year-end financial report that the publisher will be seeking to end its’ business relationship with Hitman creators IO Interactive. In their brief statement that accompanied their financial report Square says that they have made this decision to “maximize player satisfaction” and their “market potential”. Interestingly this decision […]
Twitch Prime Members Get a SWTOR Premium Expansion & Exclusive Mount
Do you have a Sith Warrior, Bounty Hunter or Jedi Knight that you’ve left unplayed in a galaxy far far away? Twitch.TV and Electronic Arts are giving lapsed SWTOR players who also happen to be Twitch Prime members a great reason to jump back into the game – a free AC-PT mount, a free level […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Rocket League Receiving New Dropshot Mode In Next Free Update
Psyonix is bringing a brand new mode to Rocket League on March 22nd that does away with goalposts all together. Instead of scoring a goal on a traditional soccer net, the two teams of cars must dribble an electrified ball across the field to open up a hole on their opponents side of the arena. […]
GDC17: GameMaker Studios 2.0 Takes On Industry Titans
Article By: Tori Dominowski Long since a staple of the ready-made game engine marketplace, YoYo Games’ GameMaker has reinvented itself in recent years after coming under its new ownership. Their recent GameMaker Studio suite got attention by overhauling nearly every piece of the software, turning it from a designer’s prototype plaything into a game engine […]
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Raises 400% of Original Crowdfunding Goal
Obsidian Entertainment’s crowdfunding campaign for Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire has ended with the developer reaching over 400% of their original goal. Over 33,000 backers pledged $4,407,598 towards the development of the RPG sequel. Obsidian updated the campaign to let backers know that the $4.25M stretch goal had been reached – meaning that players will […]
World of Darkness Returns With a Pair of Interactive Novels
World of Darkness creators White Wolf have returned to the realm of video games with a pair of interactive stories available on Steam, iOS and Android devices. Modeled after the old “choose your own adventure” stories from the 80s & 90s either Vampire The Masquerade: We Eat Blood and Mage The Awakening: Refuge provide players […]
Counter Strike Global Offensive Takes On Gambling & Dust Remake In New Interview
Valve News Network got the chance to sit down with members of the Counter Strike Global Offensive development team during their recent trip to Valve’s offices. During the over 20 minute interview VNN got the chance to talk to dev team members about their opinion on the gambling economy that have sprung up around tournaments and […]
Atelier Sophie Synthesized For Steam Release
The latest alchemically magical release in the long-running Atelier series has finally been concocted for Steam thanks to the wizards at Koei Tecmo. Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book is now available on Steam for $32.99 CDN or as a bundle with another recent Koei Tecmo release on windows, Nights of Azure for […]
A Tabletop Focused PAX Event Is Coming To Philadelphia, PAX Unplugged!
Do you enjoy table top gaming? How about vividly imagining you are a stealthy rogue or a super strong barbarian? Then you are going to love attending the brand new PAX spin-off event that was recently announced. PAX Unplugged. Taking place between November 17th and 19th this new convention focuses exclusively on tabletop roleplaying games and other […]
Pillars of Eternity Sequel Reaches Funding Raising Goals Within 24 Hours
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire has reached its funding goals on Fig in less than 24 hours, raising over $1.1 million USD with the help of 9, 741 fans, Obsidian Entertainment announced this morning. Deadfire seers players return to the world of Eora, where players will explore the titular area – this time traversing a series of islands […]
What does the possible elimination of the NEA mean to video games?
In the United States, there is a federal agency that goes by the name the National Endowment of the Arts. According to their website, they are “an independent federal agency that funds, promotes, and strengthens the creative capacity of our communities by providing all Americans with diverse opportunities for arts participation.”. On January 19th, a […]
Razer Announces Successor To The Popular Black Widow Chroma Keyboard
Peripheral manufacturer Razer has announced the successor to their very success BlackWidow Chroma keyboard with the introduction of the aptly named BlackWidow Chroma V2, which will replace the original at retail. This improved keyboard brings with it some smaller improvements that may entice existing owners to upgrade as well as one larger one – a brand […]