NEWS

Just a few days ago we reported that former Alternate member Simon “smn” Beck was banned for cheating in an official ESEA match. Today, yet another Counter-Strike: Global Offensive professional player suffered a similar fate, although the circumstances were a bit different. The player in question is none other than Hovik “Kqly” Tovmassian from team Titan, who was banned by Valve’s own Anti-Cheat ...

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 ...

Publisher Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has announced Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor players will soon be able to outfit their protagonist with a brand-new skin – the Lithariel character skin (see above) – in addition to trying out a new challenge mode and epic rune. All of these will be available in the Power of Defiance bundle, which is coming to ...

The Xbox One will have a new and much welcomed app today as HBO Go launches on the system. HBO Go has been an app missed by many Xbox One users, as it was present on the 360, but has been missing on the Xbox One version up until now. The HBO Go app will bring the Xbox One a ...

Publisher Ubisoft has revealed a new trailer for its recently-released open-world first-person shooter set in the Himalayas, Far Cry 4. This latest video focuses on the game’s map editor, with which players can create whole new levels by adding all sorts of enemy-soldiers, animals, buildings, and terrain. Additionally, the trailer has also revealed gamers will be able to share their ...

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 ...

Publisher Ubisoft has just announced The Crew’s first open beta will run from November 25th to November 27th, exclusively on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. This will be the last time consoles gamers will get the chance to experience The Crew ahead of its December 2nd release. Additionally, the French publisher has also revealed more than one million players ...

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 ...

Respawn Entertainment have managed to create one of the best games of 2014, a game that was a must play for pretty much everyone back in March. The game in question is of course the mech themed multiplayer FPS Titanfall. Publisher EA bragged quite a bit with this title on several occasions, but has yet to actually reveal any specific ...

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 ...