During a recent live-stream event on Nico Nico, Ubisoft Japan Managing Director Steve Miller, Marketing Manager Yoshitaka Tsuji, and PR Specialist Ranko Fukui had revealed Assassin’s Creed Rogue is actually a PlayStation 3 exclusive title in the Land of the Rising Sun. The sole reason why Assassin’s Creed Rogue title is skipping the Xbox 360 in Japan is because 360 ...
Read More »Far Cry 4 has gone gold
Publisher Ubisoft has recently announced via its latest blog-post the upcoming first-person shooter set in the Himalayas – Far Cry 4 – has officially gone gold, ahead of its mid-November launch date. Far Cry 4 launches on November 18th in North America and Europe, and November 20th in Australia, on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and ...
Read More »This War of Mine gets a release date, new trailer
Developer 11 bit studios has recently announced the release date for its upcoming 2D adventure title This War of Mine, in addition to revealing a brand-new trailer entitled ‘The Things That Take us Back’. This War of Mine – an atypical war-themed title in which players take on the roles of several innocent civilians caught in the horrors of warfare – ...
Read More »Borderlands The Pre-Sequel’s first DLC adds new character
Developer Gearbox has recently announced Borderlands The Pre-Sequel’s first downloadable package called the Handsome Jack Doppelganger Pack brings in a fifth playable character, and – as the name implies – this newest addition to the game’s cast is Jack the Doppelganger. The Handsome Jack Doppelganger Pack lands on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC on November 11th, and will set ...
Read More »Dragon Age Inquisition has gone gold
Developer BioWare has announced via its latest blog-post Dragon Age Inquisition has officially gone gold on all platforms. BioWare had started working on Dragon Age Inquisition about four years ago, even before shipping the second installment in the series. This latest entry in the franchise is built on a brand-new engine – Frostbite 3 – and features a re-imagined combat, ...
Read More »Smaller, more efficient 20nm chip to be fitted on the Xbox One Slim
AMD is prepping its main processing unit for the upcoming slim version of the Xbox One as revealed by an accidental leak on the Linkedin profile of an AMD Senior SOC (system on chip) Physical Design Manager. According to this behind the scenes feed, the company has developed a 20nm processor destined for Xbox One Slim consoles; a chip that will ...
Read More »Counter-Strike: Global Offensive CEVO Season 6 prize pool announced
CEVO opened the registrations and announced the prize pool for the eSports competitions that will take place during Season 6. While Season 5 featured $19,635 in prize money, in Season 6 we’re seeing an increased of over $4,000 for a total prize pool of $24,100. In addition, the prize pool has the potential of getting even bigger thanks to CEVO’s community ...
Read More »Dota 2 finally has a better item drop system thanks to the latest patch
Item drops in Dota 2 used to be a wonderful thing back in the day when you actually got something useful every once in a while. If you’re like me, by now your inventory is probably full of common items for heroes you never play with and the worst part is that you can’t even sell these items because nobody wants ...
Read More »Blizzard starts permanently banning Hearthstone win traders
Blizzard recently started dropping the banhammer on Hearthstone players found using bots to hep them gain gold and levels faster. The bans were initially only meant to last for two months, but they will be permanent from now on according to the company. This was just the beginning however because Blizzard has now started banning win traders as well. The company ...
Read More »Nosgoth will have its own ESL Cup Series starting next month
The eSports scene is going to include yet another game very soon with the arrival of the upcoming online action-adventure title Nosgoth. The game is still in its Closed Beta phase and a release date has not been announced yet, but that didn’t stop publisher Square Enix from creating a series of competitions in collaboration with the Electronic Sports League. The ESL ...
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