Developer Trion has recently announced the Xbox 360 version of its massively multiplayer online third-person shooter Defiance has officially gone free-to-play. The game tying into the Syfy television series originally launched in April 2013, on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC. It then went free-to-play in June this year on the PC, while the PS3 version followed it shortly thereafter. ...
Read More »Can Evolve become successful on the eSports scene?
Turtle Rock Studios have managed to impress a lot of people with their upcoming 4v1 action FPS, Evolve. The game is still in the Alpha testing phase but has already been embraced by the press and the gamers who were able to get in on the action during this early phase of testing. I’m fairly certain that Evolve will end ...
Read More »This War of Mine developer giving free copies to pirates
Developer/publisher 11 bit studios’ 2.5D survival adventure title, This War of Mine, has recently been released, and while pirates have already “cracked” it, 11 bit is actually okay with it. Taking to the comments section where This War of Mine is illegally distributed, the studio wrote “It’s Karol from 11 bit studios, the developers of This War of Mine. We ...
Read More »Never Alone’s PS4 version has been delayed in Europe
Publisher E-Line Media and developer Upper One Games have revealed the PlayStation 4 version of their recently released 2.5D puzzle platformer – Never Alone – has been delayed in Europe. Said set-back is directly related to an update of the game still being in certification with Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. “E-Line and Upper One Games are committed to delivering the ...
Read More »Large crowds are not the reason for Unity’s frame-rate issues
Assassin’s Creed Unity’s publisher and developers are still struggling with patching up their latest entry in the mega-popular franchise, this resulting in yet another update on the game’s official blog. Some players have recently suggested lowering the number of NPCs displayed in any one scene, suspecting it has something to do with Unity’s frames-per-second dropping so low. Apparently, that’s not ...
Read More »Far Cry 4 director sends a message to PC pirates
Publisher Ubisoft’s open-world first-person shooter Far Cry 4 has recently been released on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC. Out of all these platforms, the PC version includes an option to change the game’s field of view. That said, the customisation is only available if you download Far Cry 4’s first patch. Some users have ...
Read More »Xbox and Playstation Collaboration
An Xbox and Playstation Collaboration is something that must have crossed every gamer’s mind. This may be looking far, far ahead to an ideal world but with all the complaints about Xbox and Playstation players being left out of content exclusive to the other it makes one think about a collaboration between the two. Do we really need two types ...
Read More »Dota 2: New hero, treasure, creep models, Compendium reward, and more coming with the next update
Valve announced back in September that they were working on a number of major updates for Dota 2, with some of them scheduled to hit the game later this year. The first such update goes by the name of “Foreseer’s Contract” and comes with a lot of brand new content including a new hero and a new Arcana item. Valve teased ...
Read More »Was Destiny What We Were Promised?
Destiny was at the forefront of our dreams for the next generation of console gaming. When news that the Publishers of Call of Duty, Activision, and the Developers of Halo, Bungie, were coming together to make an open world First Person Shooter, the gaming community exploded with excitement. With these two companies backing Destiny and the largest yet seen budget ...
Read More »Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris goes gold, gets new diary
Publisher Square Enix has just announced its upcoming top-down action-platformer Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris has officially gone gold. To celebrate said milestone, Crystal Dynamics has released a new developer diary, which details the game’s puzzles. In this second diary, Executive Producer Scot Amos is joined by Lead Level Designer Jeff Wajcs, who discuss the difficult task of ...
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