A few days ago Blizzard revealed that the first edition of the Hearthstone World Championships will be held at this year’s BlizzCon. The tournament features a total prize pool of $250.000, with the winner receiving the generous sum of $100.000. The rest of the money will be split among the other top 15 players as follows: 2nd place takes home $50K, ...
Read More »Star Citizen reaches the $44 million milestone
Funding for Star Citizen has reached $44 million according to the game’s blog. The title is currently in development by Cloud Imperium Games and is being directed by the legendary Chris Roberts. In order to celebrate the new milestone, a new piece of concept art was revealed, which can be viewed below. The image depicts the “negotiation room” located on the ...
Read More »The Order: 1886 news rumored to arrive next week
It’s been almost a year since The Order: 1886 was announced, but details about the game have been very scarce until now. This is about to change starting next week if rumors are to be believed. Notorious industry insider Shinobi leaked some info recently hinting that we’ll be hearing more about The Order: 1886 starting next Tuesday, May 27th. Forgot to mention that ...
Read More »Minecraft for current-gen will launch in August
Mojang finally made the launch window for Minecraft on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 public. The game will hit stores in August of this year and it will come in two different price ranges, meaning you get a discount if you bought the game on the older consoles (Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3). If you want to buy the game on ...
Read More »Ubisoft revealed its lineup for E3 2014
Ubisoft has officially announced its game lineup for E3 2014. The company plans on taking this year’s expo by storm and will be presenting a lot of games, including some highly anticipated ones. Four titles have been detailed at the moment and you can view their descriptions below via Ubisoft’s blog. ASSASSIN’S CREED UNITY A new Assassin, a new era. Assassin’s Creed ...
Read More »Crytek announced their new MOBA game: Arena of Fate
The company behind the Crysis series have announced Arena of Fate today. The game is a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) that features “iconic characters from history and fantasy”. Crytek confirmed that Arena of Fate is currently in development for PC and consoles, and will be arriving sometime this summer. What can Arena of Fate bring to the table when ...
Read More »Evolve is coming to PC and next-gen this October
2K Games and Turtle Rock Studios have just announced that the highly anticipated co-op shooter Evolve will be released on October 21st. The game is being developed by the creators of Left 4 Dead and is similar to the series in some aspects. Evolve features the same four-player survival gameplay we know from L4D, except there’s a twist this time ...
Read More »Diablo 3 Anniversary buff is here to stay
Blizzard announced that the Anniversary buff for Diablo 3 will be made permanent. The buff was made available on May 15 in honor of Diablo 3’s two-year anniversary, and was meant to last until May 22. The company said earlier in a Battle.net post that the increased Legendary drop rate will remain the same even after the buff is removed. “I ...
Read More »Wasteland 2 release date set to August
Fans of post-apocalyptic turn-based RPG delights will finally get their hands on Wasteland 2 in late August, according to developer inXile Entertainment. After 26 years, Wasteland, the game that set the foundations on which the legendary Fallout series was built is bound to receive a worthy sequel. In 2012, inXile set a goal of $900.000 on Kickstarter in order to ...
Read More »Dark Souls director is the new president of From Software
From Software have announced today that Hidetaka Miyazaki, the creator of the unforgiving yet increasingly popular Souls RPG series has become the company’s new president. Miyazaki has been working for From Software since 2004, where he created and directed both the 2009 PS3-exclusive hit Demon’s Souls and 2011’s Dark Souls, two games that built up into to a cult series. ...
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