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I admit – I’m a sucker for open world survival games. I’ve played DayZ and various variations of the original Arma 2 mod for a very long time. I’ve also dabbled with the DayZ standalone, but since that’s far from being where I want it to be (and still has serious frame-rate issues), I’ve obviously been looking for alternatives. H1Z1 ...

PlayStation 4 exclusive, “The Order: 1886“ is something of gamble for Sony. Having recently wrapped development at Irvine based studio Ready at Dawn, its early showings have elicited mixed reactions from press and fans. The most recent coverage out of  December’s PSX event was considerably more positive. However, it’s safe to say that gamers, and the press at large are still ...

For fans of Hidetaka Miyazaki’s “Demons’ Souls” and “Dark Souls” games, the mere mention of the name, “Bloodborne,” is enough to ignite a manic spark in the eye. If you’re one of those people, you might want to sit down, Sony and developer From Software have decided to release a staggering 18 minutes of gameplay from the very start of ...

In the era of big AAA games, a smaller title is rising steadily to prominence. Prison Architect is a prison construction and management simulation game by the British game developer Introversion Software. You may know Introversion as the creators of Darwinia, Uplink, and DEFCON. Introversion’s latest hasn’t even officially launched yet, but it has sold more than 1million copies since ...

The Apr. 14 release date of Mortal Kombat X, NetherRealm Studios’ next entry in the long-running franchise draws ever closer, and the marketing gears have begun to turn. We’re only 30 days in, but I’m calling it, this episode of Conan’s Clueless Gamer, featuring Mortal Kombat X is already the best video of the year. The setup is simple. With the Super ...

Who’s developing the game? Dying Light is being developed by prolific Polish game development studio, Techland. What else have they made? Techland is perhaps most famous for developing Dead Island and Dead Island: Riptide, both zombie-infested, open world survival horror games. They’re also well known for developing the Call of Juarez games, including 2013’s excellent but overlooked Call of Juarez: Gunslinger. ...

In a time when most MMORPGs have long-since gone free to play, there are a few that still hang on for dear life to the subscription model. World of Warcraft is the best example for this as the game has already been running for more than ten years and you still have to pay a monthly fee if you want to ...

2014 offered some of the best RPGs we’ve had in years and we’re all very grateful for that. That said, now it’s time to look to the future and see what this year can bring to the table in terms of role-playing games. Whether we’re talking about highly anticipated sequels to already acclaimed games or brand new IPs that promise to ...

The Halo 5 multiplayer beta will be wrapping up in just a matter of days and the folks over at 343 Industries have said that another testing phase is not being planned at the moment. That means that fans of the series who are eagerly awaiting to play the latest installment will have to wait a while longer until they ...

If you’ve been on Facebook for a while chances are that you already received plenty of invites to play browser games like Candy Crush Saga, Pet Rescue Saga, Farmvile, Criminal Case, Angry Birds, and others like them. If you don’t usually play games like that, those notifications tend to get very annoying, very fast. I’m speaking from experience here as ...