Assassin’s Creed Unity is scheduled to arrive later this year as you’re probably aware by now. If you have any interest in the series then maybe you watched a bit of gameplay footage or even the trailer. Perhaps you also know quite a bit about the game already, such as the fact that it’s set in 18th century Paris during the ...
Read More »Blizzard is deleting old World of Warcraft character names
Blizzard has just issued a character reclamation warning for all World of Warcraft players. Don’t panic just yet as this only applies to characters that haven’t logged into Wow since November 2008. If you’re like me, you probably created a character or two just to reserve those badass names you like so much. Well, if you haven’t logged in with ...
Read More »Hellraid’s new incarnation to be live-streamed tomorrow
Up until this year, Techland had been developing its upcoming medieval-fantasy first-person hack-and-slash title – Hellraid – for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC. In April, however, the Polish developer had announced that Hellraid would be transitioned to the latest version of Techland’s technology, designed to take full advantage of the newest hardware generation – Chrome Engine 6. As ...
Read More »Mojang was sold to Microsoft for $2.5 billion
Today, the rumors that Microsoft is buying Mojang were confirmed. Both companies released statements in which they announced that the Swedish developer is being sold to Microsoft for $2.5 billion. According to the same source, the acquisition is expected to close by the end of the year. Mojang explains the reasons for the sale through the fact that they didn’t ...
Read More »Destiny takes the crown as the most successful new IP launch in the UK
Some of us were truly amazed by the amount of hype surrounding Destiny, especially since the game generally only got average reviews from critics. However, this didn’t stop millions of people worldwide from purchasing Bungie’s latest title and helping it become even more popular in the process. Destiny was particularly well received in the UK where it managed to become ...
Read More »League of Legends undergoing mass texture overhaul
Riot announced a while back that its working on updating the Summoner’s Rift map, but it looks like that was just the first step. Now the company says that many League of Legends Champions will undergo certain changes as well. Don’t worry, Riot isn’t planning on changing any abilities or stats right as the changes they announced recently are merely cosmetic. ...
Read More »Rockstar Games explains Grand Theft Auto V’s PC delay
Yesterday, publisher Rockstar Games had revealed Grand Theft Auto V’s current-generation release date (November 18th), in addition to a brand-new trailer that is 100% composed of in-game footage captured from the PlayStation 4 rendition. Furthermore, a PC version was also mentioned, although it’ll be launching on January 27th, 2015. Because said delay sparked quite a few discussions (i.e. people were/are ...
Read More »Here’s why Techland isn’t developing Dead Island 2
Dead Island is a zombie-themed open-world first-person title originally released back in 2011. The game was created by Techland, and while it had received mixed reviews, it managed to sell over five million copies (which is crazy-good for a brand-new intellectual property). Two years later, said Polish developer came out with Dead Island: Riptide – a standalone expansion to the ...
Read More »GTA 5 PC, PS4, Xbox One release date officially announced, PC version delayed till 2015
All the rumors regarding the PC, PS4 and Xbox One versions of GTA 5 can finally stop as we finally have official confirmation from developer Rockstar. The company announced earlier that GTA 5 will arrive for the PS4 and Xbox One on November 18th while the PC version will only launch on January 27th, 2015. Well, it seems that Rockstar’s previous ...
Read More »Xbox One vs PS4: Sony still leading for the eight consecutive month
The NPD results for August 2014 are in and there are very few surprises to talk about. Seeing as how there were few game releases last month, software sales were not exactly incredible and we’re actually looking at an 21% decrease compared to August 2013. On the other hand, PS4 and Xbox One consoles continued to sell very good, which resulted ...
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