Each month, those who are subscribed to Amazon Prime are able to acquire a wide range of free games as part of the company’s Prime Gaming initiative. For the month of September, players can get their hands on a strong line-up of titles including but not limited to Shadow of …
Read More »Monolith’s cancelled Batman game featured an early version of the Nemesis system
Monolith Productions is well known for its Lord of the Rings games, including Shadow or Modor and Shadow of War. Prior to landing on the LOTR IP, Monolith was working on something entirely different, a Batman videogame using the same version of Batman that appeared in the film trilogy directed …
Read More »Nearly a dozen games are leaving PS Plus Extra next month
Last week, Sony announced the full list of titles set to be added to PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium. As always, Sony giveth and Sony taketh away – with nearly a dozen titles set to be removed from the service next month. With November’s PlayStation Plus additions now officially live …
Read More »Warner Bros patents Shadow of Mordor’s ‘Nemesis System’
It has been years since Shadow of Mordor introduced us to the Nemesis System, a dynamic in-game mechanic that turns NPCs into long-term rivals throughout the single-player campaign. Many of us expected to see similar systems appear in other games over the years but there have been very few attempts …
Read More »Shadow of Mordor’s online features are shutting down this year
It has been six years since Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor released and during that time, the game's online features have remained intact. That will be changing soon though, with online features set to be removed at the end of this year. Shadow of Mordor brought in the debut of the …
Read More »Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor sequel leaked, set to launch this year
It looks like we can expect a Shadow of Mordor sequel announcement this year as Monolith's next game appears to have leaked over the weekend. Rather than being titled ‘Shadow of Mordor 2', the game's sequel will instead be called ‘Middle Earth: Shadow of War' and will focus on Talion's …
Read More »FTC settles with WB over shady Shadow of Mordor marketing
Back in 2014, during the build up to Shadow of Mordor's launch, Warner Bros own marketing campaign almost completely backfired when it was discovered that prominent YouTubers were being paid large sums of money for positive coverage surrounding the game. While paying YouTubers for sponsored content isn't uncommon, the rules …
Read More »Shadow of Mordor is getting a game of the year edition
Warner Bros has announced that it will be releasing Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor next week with all of the previous DLC included in a new Game of the Year Edition. The GOTY edition of the game will be heading to the PC, Xbox One and PS4- last gen gamers …
Read More »Warner Bros to be hit with company wide layoffs
Warner Bros is set to be hit with a company wide wave of layoffs later this week according to multiple reports. This could very well have a significant effect the Interactive Enterainment division which is responsible for publishing the Batman Akrham series, The Witcher series, the FEAR series along with …
Read More »Shadow of Mordor Lord of the Hunt DLC content announced
Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor turned out to be a pretty good game, we even did some basic testing with it. Now Warner Bros is hoping to keep players hooked in with its new DLC, Lord of the Hunt, which will add in mounted warchiefs, new monsters and expand the …
Read More »Shadow of Mordor PC testing – 1080p, 1440p, 4k
Over the last week or so, leading up to the release of Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor, we heard that Warner Bros was being funny about handing out PC review codes for the game and then we later found out that the graphics settings asked for 6GB of VRAM for …
Read More »Shadow of Mordor wants 6GB of VRAM for 1080p Ultra settings
Much like Bethesda's The Evil Within, Warner Bros' upcoming game, Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor will also have a high Video RAM requirement for ultra textures, a screenshot of the game's PC graphical settings has shown. If you want to play Shadow of Mordor on ultra then you're going to …
Read More »Warner Bros refusing to give out PC review codes for Shadow of Mordor
It has been revealed that Warner Bros won't be giving out any PC review codes before the launch of Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor. However, some outlets will be receiving console copies for review, casting doubt on the quality of the PC port. Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor is already …
Read More »Warner Bros to launch its own digital distribution platform
It's no secret that several big publishers have attempted to break away from Steam, EA switched to its own Origin service, Ubisoft released uPlay and now it looks like Warner Bros might be getting in on the action with its own digital distribution platform. Warner Bros is behind several big games …
Read More »Not all Shadow of Mordor characters are procedural
One of the biggest features of the upcoming open world, Middle-Earth centric RPG, Shadow of Mordor, is its Nemesis system, which helps generate unique enemies every time you play. That means all of the orcs be they grunts or lofty warchiefs will be generated at the start of the game …
Read More »Shadow of Mordor Season Pass announced
Even though pre-orders across the industry are declining, publishing giants like Ubisoft, Activision and indeed, Warner Bros, are still trying to tempt us into putting down money for games that aren't even released yet in an effort to better gauge how many copies they will sell – and to get …
Read More »Shadow of Mordor trailer shows powers of the wraith
Upcoming Assassin's Creed, fantasy mashup, Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor has a new trailer out, this time showing us some more of the abilities our protagonist Talion can perform when he utilises his wraith super powers, controlling and manipulating the orcs as he fights his way up the chain of command …
Read More »Middle Earth – Shadow of Mordor gets new story trailer
Middle Earth – Shadow of Mordor, or Assassin's Creed plus goblins, has a new trailer, this time showing us a little more of the game's story and setting. So far we know that as Talion, we're set to avenge the death of ourselves and our loved ones, but now we …
Read More »Shadow of Mordor trailer shows good reason for ork slaying
Beyond the obvious racism of the Lord of the Rings, the protagonist for upcoming Assassin's Creed, Tolkein mashup, Middle Earth: Shadows of Mordor, has a very good reason for killing the Elvish abominations, which we get to see first hand in the latest trailer for the Monolith developed game. [yframe …
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