The dissolution of THQ last year was a heavy blow to the gaming industry. The company was responsible for creating excellent series such as Saints Row, Company of Heroes, Homefront, Red Faction, Warhammer 40K, and of course, Darksiders. These franchises were later bough by other companies who said they are planning to continue the good work of THQ. Both Darksiders and Red ...
Read More »Evolve Alpha has arrived, only NA residents eligible for now
Turtle Rock Studios and 2K Games have just announced that Evolve will be entering the Alpha testing phase very soon. Those who wish to participate must meet a few requirements in order to be considered eligible for testing. First off, you must be located in mainland North America. Next, you must own a PC capable of running Evolve (we’ve posted the ...
Read More »Civilization: Beyond Earth coming in October
2K games has revealed that Civilization: Beyond Earth will release October 24. Pre-ordering the game now will grant access to the Exoplanets Map Packs. This additional content provides six maps, including Kepler 186f, Rigil Khantoris Bb, Tau Ceti d, Mu Arae f, 82 Eridani e and Eta Vulpeculae b. The scientific names have been used because they are real life ...
Read More »Sony already sold 9 million PS4 units according to a new report
A new report suggests that Sony might be doing even better than anticipated when it comes to PS4 sales. Microsoft VP Phil Harrison recently had an interview with Edge magazine(via IBTimes) in which several aspects were discussed, including the “classic by now” Xbox One vs PS4 console wars. Harrison didn’t reveal anything new in regards to Microsoft’s sales, but reminded us of the “north of 5 ...
Read More »Women excluded from Hearthstone e-sports tournament
A Finnish e-sports tournament of Heartstone has become the center of a massive controversy after advertising separate categories for men and women. The Assembly Summer 2014 tournament is the national qualifier for the men’s Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft IeSF World Championship tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan in November. The World Championship will also host male-only competitions in three other games: Starcraft ...
Read More »GTA 5 developer Rockstar sued by Lindsay Lohan
Yes, you did read that right. Actress/model/singer/ etc. Lindsay Lohan actually sued GTA 5 creators Rockstar Games and Take Two Interactive today. Lohan claims the developers have borrowed her likeness when creating the Lacey Jonas character. Lawyers are saying that GTA 5 uses the actresses entire image and shows her struggles with the paparazzi. Apparently Lohan is troubled by the ...
Read More »Battlefield Hardline improved thanks to community feedback
It would appear that Visceral Games are taking their job seriously and have decided to bring a host of improvements to Battlefield Hardline based on the feedback they received from beta testers. The company just started a new initiative called CMW – Community’s Most Wanted. This is where they will list some of the most important improvements and fixes for ...
Read More »Far Cry 4 features lots of women including 2 of the antagonists
We already knew that Ubisoft’s Far Cry 4 will not include any playable female characters, but apparently women will play an important role in the upcoming title nevertheless. Creative director Alex Hutchinson revealed for Outside Xbox that we’ll be seeing a lot of ladies throughout the game. The company “tried very hard to make sure of the four main antagonists, half ...
Read More »Analyst suggests Destiny could be biggest selling game of the year
According to analysis done by Doug Creutz, a Cowen Research analyst, Destiny could on its way to being the biggest selling game of the year. Using statistical analysis based on the number of pre-orders, Cowen’s ‘Ordometer’ is able to predict the likely number of sales a game will see. Bungie’s latest game has the highest score on the Ordometer of ...
Read More »Crimsonlands coming to PS4 July 15
An updated version of 2003’s Crimsonland is coming to the PlayStation 4 on July 15th, Finnish developer 10tons has revealed in a PlayStation Blog post. The classic top-down twin-stick shooter started as a student project for the PC, but its success spawned a company that now has nearly three dozen games under its belt. Now the guts, gore, and immaculately-paced ...
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