Games
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Ubisoft, Bungie, Crytivo: How the Gaming Industry is Supporting Australia’s Wildfire Relief Efforts
The ongoing wildfire situation in Australia has caught the attention of the entire world. In an attempt to control the fires, donations from across the globe have started pouring in. Among many others, the gaming industry has contributed a large amount to wildfire relief efforts. It’s certainly a noble cause,…
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Back Up Your Save File Before Installing Monster Hunter World’s Latest Expansion
After several months of console exclusivity, Monster Hunter World’s new Iceborne expansion finally hit PC last night. Unfortunately, the new content update has seemingly resulted in the loss of save files for a number of players. While most players installed the new expansion without any hitches, it’s definitely worth backing…
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Apex Legends Grand Soirée Arcade Event Adds Seven Limited Time Modes, Includes Third-Person
Approaching the end of its third season, Apex Legends is planning to run a variety of limited time modes over a period of two weeks. The free-to-play battle royale’s Grand Soirée event kicks off on January 14th. Seven rotating game modes, each running for two days, will allow players to…
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Street Fighter 5 Fan Mod Fixes Major Netcode Bug, Took Just Two Days to Develop
Street Fighter 5, Capcom’s fighting game which launched in 2016, is infamous for its awful netcode. Since its beta years ago, a bug relating to the game’s handling of online play meant that one player would lag whilst the other would remain unaffected. This nasty bug has made the game…
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Resident Evil 3 Remake Nears Completion, Capcom Promises Zero Delays
Resident Evil 3, Capcom’s remake of the 1999 survival horror game, is due for release later this year. The game was announced just last month, and has been given a release date of April 20th. With only a few months to go till launch, developer Capcom has confirmed that development…
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Battlefield V Players on Linux Are Getting Permanently Banned
Battlefield V, EA’s first-person shooter game that launched last year, is only available on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC via Microsoft Windows. However, enthusiastic Linux users have found a way to run the game on the open source operating system. Unfortunately, EA doesn’t think this is acceptable behavior, and…
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Escape From Tarkov Won’t Add Playable Female Characters Because it Requires a “Huge Amount of Work”
Battlestate Games, the studio behind the hardcore realistic first-person shooter Escape From Tarkov, has recently come under fire from fans over a controversial issue. For the second time since the game’s release, the developer is being criticized over the topic of playable female characters. Back in 2016, a controversy arose…
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Destiny 2 on Google Stadia Loses Half its Playerbase One Month After Launch
Not long ago, Google’s cloud-based streaming service Stadia attempted to reshape cloud gaming when it launched in November last year. The ambitious project allowed users to play a variety of games by simply using a reliable Internet connection. The cloud streaming service took off with over a dozen titles, including…
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World’s First 360Hz Monitor Announced – But What Games Can Achieve Stable 360 FPS?
Just before CES 2020 later this week, Nvidia and Asus have announced a new monitor capable of running at a record-breaking 360Hz. In addition to an extremely high refresh rate, the new 24.5 inch 1080p display uses G-Sync to provide a tear-free and smooth experience for competitive gamers. Until now,…
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Leaked Images Provide First Look At New PlayStation 5 Controller
With the next generation of PlayStation arriving at the end of this year, the gaming community has already begun speculating. Although Sony didn’t share detailed information in its initial announcement, it didn’t take long for leaked images of the PlayStation 5 dev kit to pop up on the Internet. Weeks…
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How Riot Games Manipulated Memes to Avoid Backlash When Announcing Controversial Games
Over the past few years, the gaming industry has evolved into one of the biggest in the world. With hundreds of new titles coming out every year, game development studios have to take a big risk when announcing games of uncommon genres. A prominent example of this is Diablo Immortal,…
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Bethesda Shares Screenshots of Fallout 76’s Upcoming Watoga Underground, Double XP Weekend Incoming
Fallout 76, Bethesda’s latest installment in the post-apocalyptic role-playing game series, will soon receive a hefty update. Initially scheduled for launch in Fall 2019, the Wastelanders update was pushed back to early 2020. The massive update will add new content in the form of human NPCs, more items, activities, and…
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Stalker 2 Will Use Unreal Engine, Might Launch As Epic Games Store Exclusive
Stalker 2, the sequel to the 2007 survival horror first-person shooter, was first announced over a decade ago. The game was initially slated for release in 2012, but a series of complications led to the studio shutting down and the project being shelved. Years later, GSC Game World was revived…
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Epic Games Store’s Freebies Continue With Two Darksiders Games, Steep
In celebration of the holiday season, Fortnite developer Epic Games decided to hand out free games to every user on its digital store. For twelve consecutive days starting December 19th, the Epic Games Store gave away one free game every day. Although the holiday season is now over, the generous…
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The Witcher 3 Sets New All Time Peak of 100K Concurrent Players
Recently, Netflix’s The Witcher TV series turned heads with its debut on December 20th. The first season of the show had a much larger impact than anticipated. Not long after its release, CD Projekt Red’s The Witcher action role-playing games saw a huge boost to their player count. The surge…
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Escape from Tarkov Update Brings New Guns For Players Along With More Weapon Mods
Escape from Tarkov is a hardcore survival shooter game with realistic elements. The game is still in heavy development, with the devs adding more content as they inch towards a full release. A new content update was dropped recently, giving players new guns and equipments. This also included some major…
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Battlefield V Developer Discusses Complexities of Adding Helicopters To Multiplayer
Battlefield V’s Firestorm is a 64-player game mode set on the largest map the series has ever seen. Similar to other battle royale modes, Firestorm featured looting, driving, and a shrinking play area. The mode added a lot of new things to the series, and some of them were so…
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Bungie Says Destiny 2 Skipped Epic Games Store For “All The Obvious Reasons”
Earlier this year, Bungie’s Destiny 2 PC version migrated from Battle.net to Steam. The free-to-play online mutiplayer first-person shooter launched on Valve’s digital storefront on October 1st alongside the Shadowkeep expansion. As evident from the high concurrent player count, the move to Steam was definitely the right choice for Destiny…
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Rainbow Six Siege Celebrates The Holiday Season By Handing Out Free “Holiday Packs”
With the holiday season finally here, game developers are celebrating the festivities in all forms. Rainbow Six Siege developer Ubisoft is joining in on the action by gifting all players a Holiday Pack. This unique alpha pack variant can be obtained by all players by simply logging on in the…
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Bethesda’s Response to Fallout 76 “Inventory Stealing Hack” Angers Players
Like all online multiplayer games, Fallout 76 has its fair share of cheaters. Although hacks and exploits generally aim to provide the player an unfair advantage, a newly discovered cheat seems to be more destructive. Earlier this week, Fallout 76 players reported having their entire inventories stolen by cheaters. Later…
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More Witcher Games Coming? CD Projekt Confirms a New Copyrights Deal with “The Witcher” Creator Andrzej Skapowski
CD Projekt hit gold with Andrzej Skapowski and his brainchild, The Witcher series. The writer’s story and character continue to evolve even today with the recent most introduction to the online streaming world: The Witcher on Netflix. Spoiler alert, even reviewers claim it is quite amazing. The Witcher series saw…
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Recent Update Makes Marksman Rifles More Accurate
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has received another update after its big patch drop, this update addresses a number of issues with the game and the big changes are summarized below. Coming to audio balance, many players feel the sound cues are inconsistent and rather loud even at a considerable…
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Rainbow Six Siege’s Adds “Nighthaven” Packs, New Story Trailer Released
With Rainbow Six Siege’s fourth year coming to a close, Ubisoft has now begun investing in the game’s story. Following its announcement in a recent developer blog, a story trailer showcasing the new Nighthaven organization has been released. In addition, Ubisoft has launched a new line of premium cosmetics available…
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Google Acquires a New Triple-A Studio for its Cloud Gaming Platform Stadia
Content is one of the major drivers of an ecosystem and something Stadia dearly needs now to pull in a loyal crowd. The dream of a seamless cloud gaming experience is exciting but Stadia hasn’t done enough to convince people to drop their physical hardware, which also happens to be…
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Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition First Major Update Brings Map Ban in Ranked Games
Age Of Empires 2 Definitive Edition recently received its first major update and this build has a massive list of changes. This update has everything from stability and performance improvements to major balances changes. All the major changes are listed below, you can read the complete changelog here for the…