Not much is yet known about Ninja Theory’s latest project Hellblade. Most information comes from a dev diary released last month covering environments, enemy design, and combat. Even after the recent staff departures at Ninja Theory, however, it can be said that work on Hellblade is still moving steadily along. A closer look at the game was released today through an ...
Read More »Elite: Dangerous 1.1 Update Launches Today
Elite: Dangerous' 1.1 update introduces community goals for players to participate in, as well as a bunch of fixes and Jaques Station.
Read More »Plans Unveiled for Updates to Star Wars: The Old Republic
A new post from senior producer for Star Wars: The Old Republic Bruce Maclean has laid out the first plans for further updates for the MMORPG from BioWare. The game already saw plenty of improvements last year with two expansions, a reworking of the class system where Disciplines replaced the old Skill Tree function, and continued regular story updates through ...
Read More »CrossFire North America Announces Free-to-Play Weekend Event
Smilegate, the creators of the tactical first person shooter CrossFire, announced that they will be hosting an entirely free-to-play weekend in which both the new and current players will have a chance to reap the benefits. Players who are new to the game will receive both the M4A1 Liberty (7d) and the Dual Desert Eagle Red Vein (7d) for participating in ...
Read More »Steam Client Beta brings an improved content UI
Updating to the Beta version of Valve’s client is always a Russian roulette, as things can get broken or radically changed resulting in the way too familiar feeling of frustration and confusion that switching to unfamiliar software always brings. The latest beta version has, though, a pleasant surprise in store for all testers. Valve has been working on a new ...
Read More »The Sims 4 Get to Work has been unveiled by EA
Buying a new episode of Maxis’s famous franchise as soon as it comes out is always a bit of a waste of money, as EA is well known for its DLC policy. The Sims 4 was no exception to the rule as, on release, the game lacked most of the features we had seen in the previous episodes, including the ...
Read More »Warhammer: End Times – Vermintide announced
When it comes to Warhammer games, I have simply lost all of my hopes to see a good title coming out after Warhammer 40000: Storm of Vengeance was brought to this world in 2014. Out of the frozen landscapes of Sweden, though, an independent developer known as Fatshark has announced their intention to release Warhammer: End Times – Vermintide. Fatshark ...
Read More »Minecraft is under investigation in Turkey
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 ...
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