Tag: Games
2016 and Gaming: A Year in Preview
As we’re closing in on the end of one year and getting ready to start the next, a lot of people are reflecting on the year that’s past and others are looking at the year to come. I’m one of those looking to the future and I’ll tell you why: 2016 and the coming years […]
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 […]
Diablo 3 Season 5 Details, Starts January 15
Diablo 3 is one game that consistently has gotten better over the two years its been out. The first version of the game 1.0 was nearly unplayable. Over powered enemies, and endless loot grind, a real money auction house that allowed player to just buy victory, and a lack of diversity for hero builds all […]
Bungie bounty is back tonight only in Sparrow racing
Destiny’s “Bungie Bounty” event, during which you can earn special prizes by beating the developer at its own game, returns tonight, December 22. Starting at 4 PM PST / 7 PM EST, Bungie developers will hop into Sparrow Racing League matches on Xbox One–beat them and you’ll get a special emblem. “If […]
Hacknet Launches on Mac & Linux Today
Hacknet from Surprise Attack Games & Team Fractal Alligator launches today on Mac and Linux. Hacknet is an immersive, terminal-based hacking simulator for Windows, Linux and Mac. Dive down a rabbit hoIe as you follow the instructions of a recently deceased hacker, whose death may not have been the accident the media reports. Using old school […]
Steam winter sale to begin December 22nd
Valve has a horrid track record of concealing literally anything from anyone ever, so it really ought not to come as a surprise that the time and some details of the next steam sale have been revealed. Shacknews broke the story that an image had leaked out of a PayPal advertisement telling the public the date […]
Psyonix has made over 50 million on Rocket League
Developer Psyonix’s amazing super powered ultra fast sports racing car game is crazy fun. Dont belive me? Read my review or check my steam library and see all the play time. However it also seems that at least according to the Wall Street Journal its also crazy profitable. In an interview with the WSJ Psyonix said ““Rocket […]
Steam sale: the greatest good, or the worst evil?
The Beginning I remember a time when you couldn’t get computer games any way but by going out to Funcoland, or another store to buy them. In those days places like Funcoland had bargain bins, whole large bins full of games that were often rightly called shovelware. Most of these games would have fit right […]
Underrail leaves Early Access next week
Disappointed by Fallout 4? I cant imagine why, but if you are and your jonesing for something that resembles old school fall out you might want to check out Underrail. The isometric RPG feel extremely similar to early fallout titles, mixed in with the tough and gritty world of Metro 2033. The game has a […]
Beta Report: Paladins Champion of the Realm
Paladins Champion of the Realm, the newest game from Hi-Rez studios (creators of SMITE, and publisher of Tribes). The game features (so far) a cast of 9 characters who fight over a single point to capture. After capturing the point players must then escort a cannon to three “doors” which the cannon destroys advancing the […]
Broken Deals: 41 Steam Games for $4.99
Bundle Stars, has unleashed a huge new bundle. It contains 41 gmaes all of which appear in this format for the first time. you wont find this bundle anywhere else, and with games like Battle vs Chess, and Litchdom: Battlemage, the Killer Bundle 6 contains a staggering 41 must-play games. For the incredibly low price of just […]
2nd Annual Game Awards Report
Last night was the second annual Game Awards, with a full line up of presenters, world game premiers, and musical acts. Most people probably came for the world premieres, of which there were several. Included were: Where the Water Tastes Like Wine, Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End, Shaq-Fu: A Legend Reborn, a Telltale Games Batman […]
Steam adds game deletion option
Many people find themselves regretting a spur of the moment steam purchase, knowing that that game will stay in the see-through grey text of a game that is not installed taking up space for the rest of time you have a Steam account. No more, Steam will now allow users to delete games. This option […]