Valve managed to upset a lot of Dota 2 players a few months back when they announced that there won’t be a Diretide event this year. Perhaps in an attempt to make it up to us, Valve created a new and very different event that’s unlike anything they’ve done before. The Nemesis Assassin event was first hinted at in the recently ...
Read More »World of Warcraft subscribers back at over 10 million thanks to Warlords of Draenor
Against all odds, the glory days of World of Warcraft are returning as millions of players from around the world are flocking to check out the new Warlords of Draenor expansion pack. Back in July, the game was not doing so well with only about 6.8 million active subscribers, although as the expansion approached this number grew to 7.4 million ...
Read More »League of Legends patch 4.20 is here, full patch notes revealed
Patch 4.20 – also known as one of the biggest League of Legends updates ever – is now live. This is the first patch of the 2015 preseason and it’s all about “strategic diversity” according to Riot. If you’re thinking this sounds a little vague it’s because it does, but fortunately the company goes on to explain what this actually ...
Read More »Geometry Wars 3 Gets New Pre-Order Bonuses
Sierra Entertainment has announced two new bonus levels as a pre-order sweetener for the upcoming release of Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions. The two bonus levels – the availability of which will vary by platform – feature a “unique triangle-shaped grid with an evolving cubed wall” level called Secret Eye, and a “unique Torus-shaped” grid level entitled Blood Count. The latter will ...
Read More »Apple Removes ‘Free’ From Free To Play
Apple has made further changes in its approach to listing free-to-play games on its App Store by replacing the term “FREE” with “GET” from the buy button from free-to-play games that include in-app purchases. Consumer regulatory commissions, such as Federal Trade Commission, U.K. Office of Fair Trading and the European Commission, have been taking action against distributors of free-to-play child-friendly ...
Read More »Need for Speed No Limits revealed by EA
Let’s start with the good news. Publisher Electronic Arts has announced a new entry in the Need for Speed series called Need for Speed No Limits. The bad news? It’s an iOS/iPad/Android exclusive. Need for Speed No Limits is currently in the works over at Real Racing 3 developer Firemonkeys, and it’s slated for a 2015 launch. You can get ...
Read More »Halo: The Master Chief Collection Patch Released Today
343 Industries plans to roll out this week’s Halo: The Master Chief Collection content update mid-late afternoon Pacific Time on Thursday, November 20 to address matchmaking performance, UI, gameplay and title-specific issues. Initially scheduled to be released on November 18, the developer pushed this week’s content update back a few days to complete the testing and certification process and to allow for additional fixes. ...
Read More »David Kim reiterates that Starcraft 2: Legacy of the Void changes are not final
Earlier this month at Blizzcon 2014, Blizzard finally gave us a more detailed look at Starcraft 2: Legacy of the Void. The company announced lots of changes for the upcoming game, as well as new units and features. While most SC2 fast were very excited to take a look at all the new additions, not everybody was entirely happy with them. ...
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 »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 ...
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