The Turkish Ministry for Family and Social Policies has decided to open an investigation into famous videogame Minecraft following concerns from the population that the game could trigger violence in its players, especially against women. Turkish news site Hurriett Daily News reported today that the ministry has received multiple complaints regarding the violence required to progress and survive in Minecraft. As the ...
Read More »Dying Light Mods: a set of tools will be released
After the latest patch, it seemed that Dying Lights mods were being restricted on purpose by Techland. Patch 1.2.1 was designed to decrease the chances for cheaters to remain undetected but seemed to reduce the ability to create custom content for the game. As an open-world title, the community and fans of Dying Light clearly didn’t take the news well. ...
Read More »Steam Introduces Inventory Service
A new Steamworks Software Development Kit (SDK) update has been announced (via VG 24/7). It gives video game developers the tools needed to introduce items that will appear in players’ inventory on Steam. The Steam Inventory Service changes the user experience on the biggest digital distribution platform for PC, Mac and Linux games. This optional service allows developers to create items that users will ...
Read More »BioWare Austin Announces Shadow Realms Cancellation
The four-on-one story-drive action RPG, Shadow Realms, has been cancelled. Efforts will now be directed towards other BioWare titles.
Read More »Hellblade Still on Track Despite Critical Staff Departures
Two key staff have left Ninja Theory to pursue other careers, but the developer appears confident that Hellblade's development will continue.
Read More »Contrast Developer Teases Next Project
Compulsion Games has teased a new project that they have in the works. The developer has revealed that the new project is not a sequel to their 2013 puzzle platformer Contrast. It will involve “masks, drugs and memory loss, but we swear it’s not a swinger’s party.” The company has release two images that seem to show off the game’s visual style. This new ...
Read More »“Unboxing” Video Details Total War: Attila Special Edition
Creative Assembly's "unboxing" video for Total War: Attila features more horseback archers than details, but a full list is shown at the end.
Read More »Blackguards 2 Video Details New Monsters
Daedalic Entertainment has published a video that outlines four new monsters that feature in Blackguards 2. These enemies can be controlled.
Read More »Hitman Missions Available Through Arma 3 Mods
The Arma series has been the source of many popular mods. The best known one is DayZ, a survival simulator, set during a zombie apocalypse. This Arma 2 mod proved to be incredibly popular. As a result, the developer behind the Arma series, Bohemia Interactive, decided to work with the modder to bring a standalone version of DayZ to PCs. Now, ...
Read More »Major Armello Update Teased
Armello developer, League of Geeks, has teased (via Pixel Dynamo) the first major update for this RPG. The Wicked & The Wanted v0.3.1. update will introduce 10 new cards. This update will allow players to “influence Armello’s courts or sink the Kingdom into darkness.” It will introduce new dark spells, items, tricks and a “torturous” treasure. A new feature that will be ...
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