One thing we as gamers always seem to enjoy are rankings of games. We already had the Steam Awards, in which we decided which games were best from a personal perspective. But the best game isn’t always the best grossing game, and Valve seems to have noticed this. They have announced the top 100 grossing games for 2016 in a ...
Read More »Drunk or Dead VR Game Enters Greenlight
VR is a very experimental platform at the moment. It’s freshly broken ground, and not a lot of developers seem to know what to do with it. Plenty of attempts have been made at charting this new frontier, with mixed results. Some games are built from the ground up for VR, while others feature VR as an optional peripheral. A ...
Read More »Postal Source Code Released To Public
Postal was a very interesting and bizarre game series. Following a psychotic man in sunglasses and a trench coat, players undertook violent rampages. Said rampages claim the lives of police, military, bystanders and just about everyone else. It’s a particularly bloody series that has managed to earn both controversy and cult appeal. There have been three main entries in the ...
Read More »Playstation Plus Games for January
Christmas is now over and New year is approaching fast. The last 12 months have seen some truly amazing games released. For Playstation Plus members, you have been able to get some great games each month of the past year. Now Playstation has announced their first Playstation Plus line up of the new year. From January 3rd Playstation Plus members will ...
Read More »The Creation of Ghost Recon Wildlands’ Reactive World
Ubisoft’s decision to use Bolivia as a model for the world in Ghost Recon Wildlands is exciting because of the scope and variety that it suggests. Snowy mountaintops, salt flats, expansive fields and sprawling villages all offer a lot of potential for a Tom Clancy game. Of course, Bolivia is a massive place, so Ubisoft decided wisely to not try ...
Read More »VR Monster Awakens Enters Steam Early Access
Many recent virtual reality experiences have been designed so that people can experience being a human in a virtual world, but VR Monster Awakens allows the player be a monster. The premise is simple: you, the monster, are disturbed in your sleep, so you awake and wreak havoc! The visuals look very much like Minecraft: boxy people, buildings and environment. FIGHT4DREAM, ...
Read More »Players Hold In-Game Vigils in Remembrance of Carrie Fisher
It’s a sad day for fans of all things Star Wars. After the news of Carrie Fisher’s death today due to a heart attack she suffered earlier this week, the internet has been alive with memorials and kind words about the actress who played Princess Leia Organa. Players of Star Wars: The Old Republic also took time today to honor ...
Read More »Steam Fined Millions for Refusing Game Refunds
It seems digital distribution giant Steam is in hot water with the Australian government. Australia is known for having very strict consumer protection laws that were set in place to make sure that citizens don’t fall victim to false advertising and other misleading business tactics. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has a large amount of power over the ...
Read More »ESL’s Upcoming Hearthstone Trinity Series
2016 has been a big year for Hearthstone, and Blizzard is making a lot of changes to make the competitive scene even more vibrant in 2017. Blizzard’s new Championship Tour includes more global championships in the form of season championships, regional season playoffs, an overhaul of the points and cups system, a prize pool of over $2 million USD and ...
Read More »Star Citizen to Use Amazon Lumberyard
Yesterday, on December 23, Cloud Imperium Games (CIG) announced that their upcoming and highly anticipated space sims Star Citizen and Squadron 42 will use the Amazon Lumberyard engine. Amazon’s game engine, Lumberyard, is an impressive free AAA engine that not only allows game designers to design incredibly detailed 3D games (as shown by the immaculate screen shots of both games ...
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