Get your wallets out because Valve’s annual Steam Winter Sale is now live along with a winter-themed minigame. This year Valve is granting as much as 75% discount on popular game franchises including Call of Duty, Dragon Ball, Fallout, Final Fantasy, Resident Evil, Saints Row, The Elder Scrolls, The Witcher, and more. A whole host of MMOs are also on [...]
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Former ArenaNet co-founder and Undead Labs Studio Head and Founder Jeff Strain has just founded a new game development studio and a broad-discipline game development academy in New Orleans, Louisiana. The new studio and academy aims to discover new talent in relatively unknown areas and give them opportunities to build a career in the game industry. “As anyone who has [...]
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Here’s a full rundown of the winners and nominees during last night’s The Game Awards 2019: Best Community Support Winner: Apex Legends Nominees: Destiny 2, Final Fantasy XIV, Fortnite, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege Best Audio Design Winner: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Nominees: Control, Death Stranding, Gears 5, Resident Evil 2, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Best Score & Music [...]
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Epic Games is on the verge of another legal battle over another Fortnite dance emote. This time around, it’s the Halloween-themed “Pump It Up” emote that’s taking the flak from the Dancing Pumpkin Man himself, Matt Geiler. Geiler is threatening to sue the studio for “stealing” his groovy dance moves if they don’t comply with the cease and desist order. [...]
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2K Games has just announced that they’re working on the next game in the BioShock franchise. According to the official press release, development will be headed by Cloud Chamber, a newly-founded game development studio wholly-owned by 2K. “A collective of storytellers eager to push the frontlines of interactive entertainment by making unique, entertaining and thoughtful experiences that engage the world, [...]
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In August 2018, Kotaku published an article that exposed the rampant “bro culture”, sexual, harassment, and gender discrimination happening within Riot Games’ walls. The studio was consequently served with a class-action lawsuit in November 2018 which they agreed to settle in August this year. The LA Times has just revealed the details of the settlement. Riot Games has agreed to [...]
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Google is currently being bombarded with allegations of false advertising related to their recently launched cloud gaming service, Google Stadia. A number of users and reviewers are accusing the tech giant of under-delivering and exaggerating their claim that “all” games will support Ultra HD 4K at 60fps at launch. Apparently, Google Stadia renders games at 1080p and upscales it to [...]
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Playing games with friends is definitely better than joining public lobbies or playing alone. Unfortunately, we don’t all have the same games in our Steam libraries and not everyone is willing to purchase a game just so you have someone to play with. Along comes the new Steam Remote Play Together feature which should make Friday night gaming sessions a [...]
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Over the past few years, mobile gaming has steadily gained popularity as more and more AAA developers started releasing and porting games over to mobile devices. For those who’d rather play mobile games on their PCs, emulators like BlueStacks and Nox have been the popular choice. Apparently, NCSoft wants a piece of the pie and have developed their own in-house [...]
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It’s with a heavy heart that we report that veteran MMORPG developer Brad McQuaid has passed away at the age of 51. The sad news was announced on the official Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen Twitter page and official forums. From the EverQuest Teams, We are devastated to hear of the passing of Brad McQuaid and are eternally grateful for [...]
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