If like many of our readers, you've been hunting and being hunted in the jungles and deserts of Turtle Rock's Evolve for the past few days, then chances are like us and the many people who have killed us in that same period, you are a little sad that the …
Read More »Star Citizen to support 4K, 8K UHD resolutions, won’t run on consoles
Star Citizen, an upcoming space trading and combat simulator video game that is developed by legendary Chris Roberts, has already become the highest raising crowdfunded project of all time and is the first AAA crowdfunded video game. Apparently, the title could also become the first video game that will natively …
Read More »Prey 2 cancelled, its official
If you were hoping that the long-development of Prey 2 meant that the developers were just perfecting its anus-door animation, I have some sad news: there will be no more anus doors, because there will be no Prey 2. It's been officially confirmed by Bethesda, that the troubled production of …
Read More »Mighty No. 9 is going for a third round of crowd funding
Keiji Inafune is attempting to crowd fund even more content for Mighty No. 9, his spiritual successor to Megaman. The game was successfully funded on Kickstarter last year but Inafune attempted to gain more funding earlier this year by offering up more crowd funding incentives, such as an English language …
Read More »Xbox Entertainment Studios has officially shut down
The Xbox division's in-house made entertainment ambitions were short lived. It was announced earlier this year that Xbox Entertainment Studios, responsible for the Halo TV series and mini series, the upcoming Quantum Break series and several documentaries would be closing down and now it has fully disbanded, leaving an uncertain …
Read More »Bethesda fixes up Evil Within PC FPS, black bar issues
When Bethesda's The Evil Within was released a few weeks ago, it was generally quite well received by the public and critics alike. However there were a lot of criticisms of the PC port, which featured a cap on the frame rate at 30 FPS, performance that regularly struggled to …
Read More »Google appoints Sundar Pichai to oversee key products
In a surprising move late last week, Larry Page, chief executive officer of Google, appointed Sundar Pichai to the position of the senior vice president of essentially all Google’s products. It is believed that the appointment will allow Mr. Page to concentrate on long-term projects. Until recently, Sundar Pichai was …
Read More »Former EA head appointed Unity CEO
The former head of EA, John Riccitello, has now been appointed as the new CEO of Unity Technologies while company co-founder and ex-CEO, David Helgason, will be taking a step back to serve as the Executive Vice President of Strategy and Communications. Riccitello had resigned from EA during March of …
Read More »Naughty Dog to continue pushing for 1080p 60FPS on PS4
Naughty Dog has confirmed that it is continuing to push for 1080p and 60 frames per second for all of its future games on the Playstation 4. The company's dedication to full HD resolution and smoother frame rates solidified after it released The Last of Us Remastered on the PS4, …
Read More »Indie Dev resigns after Twitter rant at Gabe Newell
Indie developer, Mike Maulbeck, went on a little Twitter rant last night, which resulted in him claiming that he was going to “kill Gabe Newell”. Once the tweet spread around, Valve decided to pull his game, Paranautical Activity from Steam. After embarrassing himself on the Internet, Maulbeck has now resigned. …
Read More »Gabe Newell death threat dev has game pulled from Steam
There's been a lot of discussions about online death threats and harassment as of late, most of the evidence of which is swirling around the dunce cap wearing tempest in the corner called GamerGate. However it turns out that threatening to kill the founder of Valve, Game Newell isn't a …
Read More »Resident Evil producer says VR makes ‘perfect sense’ for horror games
Resident Evil: Revelations 2 producer, Michiteru Okabe, has expressed his excitement surrounding virtual reality headsets and what they can do for horror titles. While virtual reality technology is still in development and has some way to go, game companies are already eager to make games for VR headsets and Oculus …
Read More »Unity technologies is not up for sale
Last week it was reported that the Unity development platform may be up for sale, with presentations outlining the company's business value hitting the desks of Microsoft and Google amongst other companies. However, Unity co-founder, Joachim Ante has since denied these rumors, stating that while several partners have tried discussing …
Read More »Here’s what Star Citizen looks like in an atmosphere
Star Citizen is a game of many things. It's a super crowd-funding success story, it's an ambitious pipe dream and it's an epic space adventuring game. However as empty, and as vast as space is, sometimes you need to head down to the surface of a planet and for the first …
Read More »Lindsey Lohan filed a 67 page long complaint against Rockstar
You've probably heard by now that Lindsey Lohan is attempting to sue Rockstar over her ‘likeness' appearing in Grand Theft Auto V and it looks like the case isn't going anywhere anytime soon as the actress has hit Take-Two and Rockstar with a new 67 page long complaint against the companies. …
Read More »Witcher 3 dev denies ‘year of crunch’ claims
Earlier this week, an anonymous NeoGAF user claiming to be close to the Witcher 3 project, went off on a small rant, stating that CD Projekt Red is not some “magical dev studio with only the best interests of the games in mind”. He then went on to claim that …
Read More »The Unity development platform might be up for sale
Unity has been a hit with indie game developers, providing the tools to create high quality games on a budget. However, it looks like the platform may soon have a new owner as Unity is reportedly up for sale. A presentation outlining the value of the business is apparently doing …
Read More »Sony developing social games for Project Morpheus
Sony has been working on its virtual reality headset, Project Morpheus, for a while now but as we inch closer to consumer grade VR one thing is becoming more increasingly important to the likes of Oculus and Sony, headset users are going to need some social experiences. Virtual Reality may seem …
Read More »Kickstarter games backing appears to be in decline
It turns out that pledges for games on Kickstarter are on the decline as new statistics are suggesting that crowd funded games are making half as much as they did in 2013. Based on data from the first half of this year, analyst firm, ICO, is expecting to see $27,023,480 …
Read More »Mount and Blade II: Bannerlord doesn’t look awful
I love Mount and Blade and especially its pseudo-sequel, Warband. I've put hundreds of hours into the franchise, be it in the native game or in modifications. It's one of the most engrossing, expansive and challenging single player experiences I've ever had, but it did let fans down in one …
Read More »Sims 4 getting free content updates, including pools!
I hate to say it, but it looks like EA might be starting to learn that pleasing its fan base is a good thing for business, as the publisher has just announced that an update for the Sims 4 set to arrive in November, is going to add swimming pools …
Read More »Ryse gets fidelity boost on PC
Ryse: Son of Rome, originally an Xbox One exclusive, caused developer Crytek a lot of problems, as despite being a beautiful rendering of what new-gen games could look like, its gameplay was lacklustre, with quick time events galore and repetitive combat. However now in an effort to recoup a little …
Read More »Final Fantasy XV is only 50% complete
Final Fantasy XV has been in development hell since 2006 but over the last two years some real progress has been made on the project. The game is around 55 per cent complete according to its new director and while a release date hasn't been announced, he did say that …
Read More »UK Games companies are worth £1.7 Billion
The UK gaming industry consists of just under 2000 companies, 1902 to be exact and they seem to be doing quite well as they have a reported total economic value of around £1.72 Billion. This estimate is double what the UK industry was deemed to be worth back in 2012, …
Read More »Double Fine on why it’s rushing Spacebase release
Double Fine has one of the better legacies in the industry in terms of games put out. It's responsible for Psychonauts, Brutal Legend, Stacking, Costume Quest and its founder Tim Schafer was involved in some of the best point and clicks from the 90s and early 00s. However despite this …
Read More »Gratuitous Space Battles 2 shows of colours, ship editing
If you could have levied one complaint against the visual stylings of the original Gratuitous Space Battles, you could say that the colours weren't the most eye catching. There wer lots of greys and muted blues, which is fine if you're making Man of Steel, but not necessarily what you …
Read More »EA to re-establish ‘player first culture’
EA CEO, Andrew Wilson, has been making an effort to turn around the publisher's image this year, admitting to mistakes and claiming that changes are coming. These changes have yet to really come in to play as game development is a long process but Wilson is looking to assure gamers …
Read More »Leeroy and Starving Buzzard getting Hearthstone nerfs
In one of your games of Hearthstone in the past few months, have you come across a combination that made use of Leeroy Jenkins to take you out in one turn before you could react? Perhaps when going up against a Hunter your opponent was able to draw themselves upwards …
Read More »Attack on Titan UE4 concept excites fans
Attack on Titan is a snowballing phenomenon of an anime/manga, in the West as much as the East, but if you aren't aware of it, it's often described as Japan's equivalent of the Walking Dead. Only with naked giants without genitals instead of zombies. Despite its popularity though, its only …
Read More »DayZ producer addresses community concerns
DayZ launched on Steam's early access program last year and since then, millions of excited fans have bought the game, dismissing the fact that it is far from being finished. As a result, users are starting to complain that these early access builds are still missing many features. Now DayZ …
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