If you fall into the tiny niche that is "looking for a new online tank battling game that isn't World of Tanks or Armored Warfare or War Thunder," this bit of news may be for you. Following a small delay, MoYi Technology's online tank battling game iStorm is now available on Steam. The game was greenlit earlier this year, but [...]
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Heroes of the Storm next content injection adds the stoic ninja from Overwatch Genji to the roster, along with the Overwatch map Hanamura. Cross-promotional content never hurts. Genji plays similarly to how he does in Overwatch, throwing shurikens and sprinting towards enemies to quickly slash, while also blocking attacks using superhuman reflexes. His most iconic move is also in the [...]
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On April 14, 2017 Star Citizen published a highly detailed schedule report for the 3.0 Planetary Tech update. The web post was accompanied by a bizarre 20 minute video that goes into the minutia of the development team's internal project management system. I'm not sure who such a video is aimed at, but the dialogue reminded me of the dystopian [...]
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Sometime in 2010, I tried out a top-down online multiplayer shooter called "Subvein." At the time, the game was a free, online-only experience reminiscent of the early Grand Theft Auto games, except utilizing competitive online multiplayer modes instead of a sandbox campaign. At the time, it didn't have much of a playerbase and it eventually faded into obscurity. Fast forward [...]
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When you finally get to play Rend, you will have options in regards to what class you play and how it is built. When you hit level two, you will begin to accrue talent points with each level; these can be spent on the game's "class paths," which are talent trees without branches. The game will feature four class paths, [...]
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After a less-than-successful run as a PC-exclusive game lasting nearly two years, Square Enix released its free-to-play mech shooter Figureheads on PlayStation 4 in Japan last month. At the time, it was unclear whether the move would affect the game in any significant way, but we've also seen a number of MMOs and MMORPGs alike being ported to consoles, so [...]
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Just over a week ago, the developers of Techwars Online and Techwars Online 2 were caught using multiple Steam accounts to post fake positive reviews of their game. At the time, the developers insisted that they didn't do it and asked Valve to take a look into the matter. Yesterday, exactly one week after the games were removed, as if [...]
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Following up on Tanki Online's Steam release last month, AlternativaPlatform announced today that its Tanki Online successor, Tanki X, will be launching on Steam Early Access on April 20th. Tanki X originally entered Open Beta on September 15th as a direct download that was made available exclusively via the official website, but those who would prefer to remain in the [...]
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If you’re a fan of survival games you’ve probably ended up with a knife in your back more times than you can count. Upcoming survival game Rend plans to do away with all the treachery by implementing factions: three of them. Developer Jordan Leithart explains: “One of the biggest draws of survival games is the community. I know it sounds [...]
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Certain members of the Overwatch community consider smurfing to be a plague worthy of Egypt, and Jeff Kaplan explained his position on the official forums. He writes, "Smurfing -- and I know this isn't what you want to hear -- isn't really that big of an issue." And before you jump to the comments section let's read the rest of [...]
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