The feminist critic and resident troublemaker Anita Sarkeesian has appeared on an ABC nightline interview. The Anita Sarkeesian interview is called “What It Feels Like to Be a Gamergate Target” and explores the fear that women in the gaming community have felt during the Gamergate controversy. For those who aren’t familiar, Anita Sarkeesian runs a YouTube channel called Feminist Frequency. ...
Read More »Free games this weekend include Civilization: Beyond Earth and Saints Row IV
The weekend has technically not started yet, but Steam thinks otherwise and is offering a couple of free games for us to enjoy until the end of the week. Seeing as how we ‘re not in the habit of looking a gift horse in the mouth, we haven’t asked them to give us any explanations regarding their reasons for doing this. All ...
Read More »Telltale Games promise explosive 2015
Telltale Games’ new CEO Kevin Bruner has recently revealed that the California-based studio are working on a mysterious new series. He has also hinted at “unannounced partnerships”, implying that new series are going to be announced later this year. The creation of a new IP is a first for Tellale Games, who have previously only created games based on established universes, such as The ...
Read More »Pillars of Eternity release date finally revealed after initial delay
Paradox Interactive and Obsidian Games have announced a Pillars of Eternity release date. The Pillars of Eternity release date is slated for March and will accompany a worldwide launch. The announcement was made recently on Paradox Interactive’s official website and it is going to be followed by the release of new “never-before-seen content”. Pillars of Eternity is being developed by the creators of Knights of the Old Republic ...
Read More »GTA 5 PC delayed after all, but at least Rockstar released screenshots
Well, I called it last week didn’t I? Rockstar Games announced earlier today that the master race will have to be patient because GTA 5 PC has been delayed until March 24th. This is already the second delay as the highly anticipated title was initially meant to come out last year before being pushed back until January 27th. Although the ...
Read More »World of Warcraft patch 6.1 brings Twitter integration, upgradable Heirlooms, Veteran Edition accounts
Curious to find out what the next major World of Warcraft patch will bring to the table? Well, you don’t need to wait for Blizzard to make an official announcement because the change log for patch 6.1 has already been leaked online. An interesting new feature that will make its way to the game soon will apparently be Twitter integration. If you ...
Read More »Heroes of the Storm brings new skins, mounts, and warchief Thrall
Heroes of the Storm will enter its beta phase next week and Blizzard just revealed a few of the new additions we can expect to see once it does. The company says that we can look forward to several news skins, a couple of new mounts, and a new hero in the form of warchief Thrall. Okay, so technically Vol’jin ...
Read More »Evolve Xbox One beta lets you play as Wraith if you pre-purchase
Want to play as Wraith, the recently revealed Evolve monster? Of course you do. The good news is that you won’t even have to wait until the game officially launches because the upcoming Xbox One open beta will allow you do to just that. Needless to say, you must own an Xbox One an opt in for the beta in ...
Read More »The Elder Scrolls Online already has an Xbox One release date
The Elder Scrolls Online was originally launched in April of 2014 for the PC and was also supposed to arrive on consoles a few months later. Zenimax initially pushed the Xbox One and PS4 versions of the game back until late 2014, although they ultimately never saw the light of day. A lot of console owners have been dying to get ...
Read More »Dota 2 gets its first update of the year
Valve just announced the first update of 2015 for their highly popular massive online battle arena, Dota 2. While the last couple of updates for the game have been quite substantial, this particular one is very small and brings only a few changes to the table. First off, the company says that normal All Pick matches will use the same alternating ...
Read More »