2014 has been a great year for gaming despite all the controversies, scandals, and massive amount of broken titles at launched. Console gaming in particular was incredibly popular this year, with both the Xbox One and PS4 selling many more units and titles than the last generation. This seems a bit strange considering that we haven’t had a big number of exclusives ...
Read More »Witcher 2, D4, MX vs ATV are the free Games with Gold in January
Microsoft just announced the Xbox 360 and Xbox One free games for the month of January. We’ll be looking at three titles spread across the two platforms next month thanks to the company’s Games with Gold program. It goes without saying that this deal is only available to Xbox Gold members, as per usual. Thus far, there have been a number ...
Read More »Mass Effect 4 dev discusses exploration, more details on the Mako
New details about the tentatively named Mass Effect 4 have not exactly been coming at a steady pace, but every once in a while we do get a little tease from Bioware. Recently, game designer Jos Hendriks shared a few more bits of info regarding the Mako and exploration in the game via a series of tweets. As you may or may not ...
Read More »Street Fighter V will be powered by Unreal Engine 4
Capcom made a couple of surprising announcements related to Street Fighter V these last couple of weeks. First off, official confirmation that the game is actually happening was seen as pretty surprising by some. However, even more so was the news that the latest installment in the long running fighting series will not be coming to the Xbox One as Capcom ...
Read More »Free game now available for Assassin’s Creed Unity Season Pass owners
If you are one of the people who purchased the Season Pass for Assassin’s Creed Unity, know that a free game is now available to you courtesy of Ubisoft. The company announced this “promotion” a while ago, but only now did they finish working on the website that allows you to download the free game. Available titles naturally only include ...
Read More »Evolve will get a Wraith as its third monster, official trailer revealed
We finally got a good look at the third monster in Turtle Rock Studios’ Evolve and it’s definitely not what I expected to see. It is in fact, even more awesome than I anticipated. The monster is entitled Wraith and that is no coincidence as the creature features abilities that make it worthy of its name. The Wraith seems to be able to ...
Read More »Flappy Bird – The most popular video game of 2014?
Forget about AAA titles like Destiny, Titanfall, and Watch Dogs, or highly rumored ones like Fallout 4 and Half-Life 3. Heck, forget even the highly anticipated Mass Effect 4 because the most looked up video game this year was none other than Flappy Bird. That’s right, a little mobile game developed by one person managed to spark more worldwide interest ...
Read More »Dragon Age Inquisition free DLC and expansion announced
Developer Bioware announced some new DLC packs for Dragon Age Inquisition, one of which is completely free. The free pack in question goes by the name of “Destruction” and introduces new content to the multiplayer component of the game. Destruction adds “new paths to existing destinations”, as well as new wild creatures that will attack “both friend and foe” according ...
Read More »Dota 2 Shifting Snows update brings gameplay patch 6.83, new items
Valve revealed the next Dota 2 major update while also detailing all the new content found within. Entitled Shifting Snows, the update brings new treasure chests, new items, new effects, and the brand new (or pretty old if you’re a veteran DotA player) 6.83 gameplay patch. Unsurprisingly, there’s a winter theme to this update, which is overall a small consolation seeing ...
Read More »Mass Effect 4 announcement inbound as Bioware is “pushing hard before the holidays”
The long awaited Mass Effect 4 trailer or some other important announcement regarding the game could arrive soon. Creative Director Mac Walters recently revealed that the upcoming title is “looking better every day” and that the ME team “is pushing hard before the holidays, and it shows.” This suggests that Bioware could be preparing to share some more details with us ...
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