5 Minutes Rage is an upcoming side-scrolling sports/shooter hybrid from In Verbis Virtus developer Indomitus Games. In it, two teams of either one or two players go head-to-head as they attempt to grab the ball and score goals on the opposing team, all the while attempting to kill the opposing team, should they take control of the ball. It's a [...]
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In a recent interview at GDC 2017, League of Legends's design director Greg Street sat down with Polygon to discuss the eventual inclusion of LGBT characters amongst the game's roster. Citing Overwatch's overwhelmingly positive reception for Tracer's trailblazing reveal, Street is eager to follow suit and make an impact. “We owe it to the players and, I think, to the [...]
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The Game Creators is probably most well known for its game development software like DarkBASIC and App Game Kit, but, in recent times, it seems that the company has been trying to bridge the gap between games and game development, what with projects like FPS Creator successor GameGuru. Yesterday, it attempted to bridge the gap even more so with the [...]
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As of yesterday, Warhammer 40K: Eternal Crusade can officially be played for free. The new free version of the game, dubbed the "Free Carnage Edition," allows players to play four of five classes on each of the game's factions, rather than the original plan of allowing players to only play on the Ork faction, and progress at one-third of the [...]
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GWENT: The Witcher Card Game has partnered with ESL to host a tournament with both eSports pros and fans, competing for $100,000. Since GWENT isn't released—still in Closed Beta—the pros are from Hearthstone: "Trump (Jeffrey Shih), Lifecoach (Adrian Koy), Noxious (Kacem Khilaji) and ppd (Peter Dager)." “It’s a real privilege to observe how active GWENT players are in the realm [...]
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The Dark and Light team has officially announced that their sandbox MMORPG has been delayed until summer. That's right. What was supposed to release before the end of 2016 has once again been pushed back. The announcement was made on the official website, so it is not in English, but if you use Chrome and Translate you can check it [...]
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Hi-Rez Studios has made the decision to shelve development on their mobile CCG Smite Rivals for an indefinite period. Instead, the team is shifting their focus to continuing to the as of yet unreleased CCG strategy game Smite Tactics—you can register for CBT by visiting the game's website. I know fans are looking forward to it, but we have decided [...]
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Character shooter Lawbreakers is holding its first Closed Beta test, but it only lasts until Sunday, March 19th. The game is available through Steam. While I haven't played, apparently the game has changed quite a bit since Alpha. (Expect a first impressions soon.) The PAX East 2017 gameplay, which you can watch below, shows off fast-paced gameplay with a bit [...]
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Diablo 3's Necromancer is not ready for release but Blizzard has revealed a few of the classes' abilities, with stylish GIFs to match. Many of the moves will be familiar to Diablo 2 players. Though I'm disappointed I don't see Raise Skeletons on the list yet. I loved rolling up to Deckard Cain with my undead crew—who could be part [...]
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Korean eSports website Sports Seoul is reporting that Blizzard is gearing up to release a graphically overhauled Starcraft 1, called StarCraft: Remastered around May or June of this year. The re-release would include the original RTS along with Brood War (the right choice). Blizzard may make an official announcement in Korea next week. The game wouldn't change beyond making higher-resolutions [...]
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