Chivalry: Deadliest Warrior
What every middle school student WANTED history class to be about
Pirate vs. Ninja? Knight vs. Viking? Spartan vs. Samurai? Astronaut vs. Caveman? You'd be hard-pressed to find someone that hadn't at one point engaged in the pointless discussion of "Who would win?" out of two seemingly equivalent groups. It's a fun and addicting conversation, but it ultimately leads to nothing except frustration. That is a feeling that Torn Banners managed to accomplish with the "Deadliest Warrior" DLC for its "Chivalry: Medieval Warfare" game. While may not quite quite have cavemen and astronauts yet (though points to you if you got the reference), the other factions do make a grand appearance. Read more »
League of Legends Earns $624 Million in 2013
New Report Reveals the Power of F2P Model
A report from research group SuperData reveals earnings for "League of Legends" totaling $624 million in 2013. While this is a colossal number for a free-to-play game, it is still only two thirds of the earnings generated by "Crossfire", a popular Korean free-to-play FPS at $957 million. Read more »
Basement Crawl Release and Genre Confuse Players
Bomberman-Style Game for PS4 Release Date Wrong
Sony released their next generation console with a bang last November, but as can be expected with any new console release, the choice of high-quality games is limited while developers scramble to get their resources together. Read more »
Broken Age: Part 1
Double Fine’s Kickstarter Debut
After many delays and going far over budget, the first chapter of Double Fine’s Kickstarter game "Broken Age" finally arrived. Did the title live up to its promise to bring back point-and-click adventure game genre? Let’s find out. Read more »
Former WoW Lead System Designer GhostCrawler Finds a New Home
Greg "GhostCrawler" Street, Finds a New Home at Riot Games
A few months ago, Greg "GhostCrawler" Street surprised many World of Warcraft players when he announcing that he would be stepping down as the Lead System Designer for WoW. GhostCrawler had become somewhat of the face of the company to many fans as "that guy who nerfed my class" and even as an in-game rare mob. Read more »
IO Interactive Reveals Details on Next-Gen “Hitman” Title
Promises a Return to Open-World Freedom
In an open letter to fans of the series, IO Interactive has revealed details about the next "Hitman" installment. The release is slated for PS4, Xbox One, and PC with no details yet on a release date. This is welcome news considering the rumors swirling over its cancellation last week. Read more »
Capcom Releases Prologue Trailer For “Deep Down”
Still No Official North American Release Date Confirmed
Capcom has released a trailer for their newest PS4 IP, "Deep Down"'. Read more »
The Walking Dead: All That Remains (Season 2, Episode 1)
Walkers, a Dog, and a Shed You’ll Never Forget
Telltale Games resumed its "Walking Dead" series this month with the onset of the second season, this time shifting away from Lee, the protagonist of the first season, to center around young Clementine. After a brief introduction, the plot advances 16 months to show Clementine as she’s separated from the last living person to care for her, leaving her alone to face the stark reality of the zombified, er, walkerfied world. New allies abound, although the favorable ones aren’t as clearly cut as in previous installments. Read more »
VGX Premieres Telltale’s “Game of Thrones”
Winter Is (Officially) Coming
Following the leak few weeks ago, where it was all but confirmed that Telltale was working on an ambitious project set in Westeros, a few minutes ago on the VGX award show, there was a world premiere of the Telltale Games' "Game of Thrones" game teaser. Read more »
Bethesda Not Making Announcements at Spike TV’s VGX Awards
PR vice President Dashes Hopes of Fallout 4 Announcement
Vice President of PR and Marketing for Bethesda, Pete Hines, announced via Twitter that Bethesda will not be making an appearance at Spike TV's VGX Awards. Read more »
First “Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag” DLC gets Mid-Dec. Release Date
Game Informer advertisement reveals December 17th launch
An advertisement in the January 2014 issue of Game Informer has revealed the release date for "Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag's" first downloadable content. Titled "Freedom Cry", the 4+ hours of content will be available for download December 17th. It is included as part of the ACIV season pass, so those who have purchased it will get the content as part of the package. While the ad pictures logos for Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS3 and PS4 are pictured, it makes no mention of the WiiU or PC titles, suggesting players on those consoles may have to wait a little longer. Read more »
PS4: Hands on and First Impressions
First Run through with the PlayStation 4
We've all gotten our PS4s on launch day and have been digging in and getting our grubby little hands on every nook and cranny we can find. Does it live up to the hype? Let’s find out. Read more »
Twitch Streaming on Xbox One Delayed
Microsoft anticipates an early 2014 release date
Microsoft has announced today that Xbox One owners will have to wait until the "first part of 2014" to stream gameplay via the Twitch app. Until then, users will be able to view live feeds on the app, but not create their own stream through the Xbox One’s built-in streaming features. MS has announced the delay citing that they are very excited for its implementation, but want to ensure that it meets "expectations of the Twitch community". Read more »
Blizzcon 2013: Warlords of Draenor Mega Post
The Fifth Expansion Deconstructed
A portal into Warcraft history has ripped open, and the fifth World of Warcraft expansion has been revealed! Warlords of Draenor sends players to the savage world of Draenor—home of the mighty orcs and haven of the mystic draenei—to fight against and alongside legends from Warcraft’s brutal past. Read more »
Humble Bundle Opens New Store
You May Want to Hide Your Wallet
Humble Bundle opened a new store today. Rather than offering buyers to pay what they want for a collection of games, the new Humble Bundle Store provides games at a discount, similar to Steam’s daily and weekend deals. With first day sales including titles such as "Prison Architect," "The Swapper," and "Don’t Starve," Humble Bundle offers deep price cuts ranging from 50 percent to 75 percent. Read more »
BlizzCon Log 1: The Goodie Bag
Lets Dig In
Every year, Blizzard gifts convention attendees a goodie bag when they pick up their badge. The bag contains items which are considered very rare and are highly coveted by fans. If you're savvy with eBay, you could make back the price of your ticket just be selling the bags contents. The items in the bag are unknown up until pickup but some things keep popping up from year to year enabling some to predict what all is inside. Read more »
The Wolf Among Us: Episode One
My, What Compelling Narrative You Have!
I squealed like a schoolgirl when I heard that Telltale Games was making a "Walking Dead"-style game based in the Fables universe starring Bigby Wolf. Read more »
Steam Sales Leaked!
2013 Fall and Holiday Sale Dates Revealed!
Gabe Newell's birthday is November 3rd, but I can imagine that he's had better days. While it may just be a rumor, apparently an email was leaked by a Steam-game developer which reveals the start and end dates for the Autumn and Holiday Steam sales at the end of this year. Read more »
Batman: Arkham Origins
Christmas for the Criminally Insane
When "Arkham Origins" was announced, I was ecstatic. I’ve played its predecessors to completion three or four times and never got tired of it. So obviously, a sequel to one of my favorite series would get me jumping around the room. Read more »
Blizzcon 2013 Opens Nov. 7
Blizzard’s Yearly Convention to Release New Information on Blizzard Games
Blizzcon opens this Thursday, Nov. 7 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, Ca. to hordes of ecstatic fans of the "Warcraft," "Starcraft," and "Diablo" universes. This particular Blizzcon also marks the return to the celebration of Blizzard’s long-standing IPs after a lull prompted the developer to cancel the convention last year. Read more »
