Category: NEWS

Ubisoft teases Far Cry 4 elephants

Ubisoft teased a new feature that will be present in Far Cry 4. According to the company, elephants in the game can be your biggest and most badass asset or your worst enemy. The way players can use elephants to defeat their enemies is shown in a Far Cry 4 trailer released by the developer. ...

The Order: 1886 dev. – “any Destiny review under 8 is ‘ludicrous'”

Last week, publisher Activision had revealed that Bungie’s recently-released sci-fi first-person shooter – Destiny – had managed to sell over $500 million worth of copies on its first day alone. Moreover, the game’s launch now represents the most successful one in the history of the United Kingdom. So, going by those numbers alone, one would ...

Hearthstone has reached over 20 million active players

Blizzard’s free-to-play card-combat game managed to reach 20 million active players so far, according to the developer. The company made the announcement on Twitter, marking the milestone with a special card. Thank you all for joining us in #Hearthstone! We’re going to need a bigger tavern! pic.twitter.com/7OUMMIM5ww — Hearthstone (@PlayHearthstone) September 15, 2014 Hearthstone: Heroes ...

Assassin’s Creed Unity dev explains why there are no French accents within the game

Assassin’s Creed Unity is scheduled to arrive later this year as you’re probably aware by now. If you have any interest in the series then maybe you watched a bit of gameplay footage or even the trailer. Perhaps you also know quite a bit about the game already, such as the fact that it’s set in ...

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare will have “momentum” multiplayer

A new multiplayer mode for “Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare” was revealed. First seen in “Call of Duty 3: World at War”, the “momentum” game mode will make a return in the next CoD instalment. Momentum is a game mode that requires players to get capture points, which are placed in a straight line. It’s ...

Chivalry: Medieval Warfare coming to PS3 & 360

Award-winning PC title Chivalry: Medieval Warfare will soon be coming to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles. The game is going to be published by Activision, and it’s in development over at Torn Banner Studios in collaboration with Mercenary Technology. Now refined for consoles, this 12-player online action game will be digital-only, and will ...

Blizzard is deleting old World of Warcraft character names

Blizzard has just issued a character reclamation warning for all World of Warcraft players. Don’t panic just yet as this only applies to characters that haven’t logged into Wow since November 2008. If you’re like me, you probably created a character or two just to reserve those badass names you like so much. Well, if ...

Hellraid’s new incarnation to be live-streamed tomorrow

Up until this year, Techland had been developing its upcoming medieval-fantasy first-person hack-and-slash title – Hellraid – for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC. In April, however, the Polish developer had announced that Hellraid would be transitioned to the latest version of Techland’s technology, designed to take full advantage of the newest hardware generation ...

Oculus Rift consumer edition said to launch next summer

According to VRFocus, Oculus VR is going to launch a public beta for the consumer version of Oculus Rift next summer. The head-mounted displays will be limited in number and distributed by the company itself. It has been revealed by several sources that the distribution of Oculus Rift might commence around April 2015 the earliest. ...

Mojang was sold to Microsoft for $2.5 billion

Today, the rumors that Microsoft is buying Mojang were confirmed. Both companies released statements in which they announced that the Swedish developer is being sold to Microsoft for $2.5 billion. According to the same source, the acquisition is expected to close by the end of the year. Mojang explains the reasons for the sale through ...