2015 Game Awards Draw 2.3 Million Viewers

Posted on December 10, 2015 by Fionna Schweit

Last weeks Game Awards were apparently a great sucess. If you by chance missed the show, and want to know what went down and who did what, take a few minutes to give our breakdown a read. But if like me you watched it live you already know that compared to last year at least it was a MASSIVE sucess. Now Polygon has an interview with show creator, financier, and host Geoff Keighley, where in he says that the show pulled over 2 million viewers and did over 20% better than last year. Additionally the social media game was completly crushed

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Tribes: Ascend Gets New Update Two Years After Last One

Posted on December 10, 2015 by Broken Joysticks

Tribes: Ascend
Tribes: Ascend is getting a new patch, which is surprising seeing as the last one was in March 2013. At 5 PM EST today the servers will go down for a total of six hours, after which the new patch will be live. The changes the patch makes to the game are too many to list here, but the major improvements include 3 new maps, new weapons, changes to the way the game’s premium currency works, and the rebalancing of existing classes and weapons. The patch notes can be found here. 

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Sony PlayStation Store Holiday Sale On Now

Posted on December 10, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

Sony’s annual Holiday Sale is usually awaited with baited breath by the PlayStation community. It is in these final few weeks leading up the holidays that we can sometimes find some fantastic deals on digital games. This week marks the beginning of multi-week sale on all currently active PlayStation platforms – for a full list of deals check out the official PlayStation Blog but listed below are some of my favorites. PlayStation 4 v – $18.00 USD Geometry Wars: Evolved – $6.90 God of War Remastered – $31.99 Grand Theft Auto V Remastered – $31.99 USD Journey – $11.99 USD The

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NIS America Unleashes New Media For The Witch and the Hundred Knight: Revival Edition

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

Nippon Ichi Software America has released a brand new trailer as well as a whole set of screenshots for the upcoming The Witch and the Hundred Knight: Revival Edition for the PlayStation 4. The Witch and the Hundred Knight: Revival Edition is an action-RPG where players take the role of the titular The Hundred Knight – the strongest creature in this game’s universe. By completing the bidding of your master, Metalia, you’ll help spread her influence beyond the small swamp that she currently inhabits. NIS originally released The Witch and The Hundred Knight on PlayStation 3, so you might be wondering

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Cyberpunk 2077 To Go Silent As Witcher III Becomes The Focus For The Next Year

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

Last week we brought you some news via a translated interview that CD Projekt’s ambitious role-playing game Cyberpunk 2077  was going to be even more ambitious than this year’s The Witcher III.  The game is in the news once again thanks to an interview the CEO of the CD Projekt RED gave to the Polish show Money. It is not a surprise to anyone that The Witcher III has been an absolute success for the company – reaching sales of over 6 million units since the game’s launch this past May. It is so successful that the company’s CEO says

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Broken Deals: 41 Steam Games for $4.99

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Fionna Schweit

Bundle Stars, has unleashed a huge new bundle. It contains 41 gmaes all of which appear in this format for the first time. you wont find this bundle anywhere else, and with games like Battle vs Chess, and Litchdom: Battlemage, the Killer Bundle 6 contains a staggering 41 must-play games. For the incredibly low price of just $4.99. The normal retail value of the featured games is a substantial $190, so that’s a saving of 97%. Here is a partial list of the games in the bundle.  ●     3D Realms Anthology – Steam Edition (Windows/Mac) – A mega collection of 32 Steam

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Counter Strike: Global Offensive Winter Update Brings New Weapon Skins

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

Valve has released the Winter Update for Counter-Strike­­­: Global Offensive. This update brings with it a brand new type of weapons case, new unlockable skins, a “Killer Replay” feature for Casual play and some other minor adjustments. A brand new weapon has been added to the load-out screen, called the “R8” revolver, it replaces the Dessert Eagle. Are you eager to check this new piece of hardware out? The new “Killer Replay” features allows you to view the game through your killer’s eyes beyond the initial Kill Cam. This feature only works in Demolition and Casual play as of the

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HTC Vive Will Officially Launch In April 2016

Posted on December 8, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

The HTC Vive – a new virtual reality headset spearheaded by hardware manufacturer HTC and software behemoth Valve won’t see a limited release this year as expected. Instead of getting a “limited number” of headsets into the hands of consumers this winter HTC will launch the commercial version of the headset next April the company announced via their Facebook page today. Over 7000 additional development kits for the HTC Vive are expected to be in the hands of developers by the beginning of next year. Will this additional time give HTC & Valve enough breathing room to best the folks

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Guilty Gear Xrd –Sign- Coming To Steam

Posted on December 8, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

Arc System work’s latest entry in the long running Guilty Gear franchise, Guilty Gear Xrd –Sign-, will be brawling its way on to steam starting tomorrow. To celebrate the impending release of this 2014 fighting game on to Windows PC the developer has released a brand new trailer alongside a fact sheet that gives readers a rundown of some of the new features on display in Guilty Gear Xrd –Sign-. Here are just a few of the highlights of Xrd –Sign-: 17 Total Characters – 12 returning from previous versions of Guilty Gear and 5 brand new characters. 3 additional

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Shovel Knight Amiibo To Be Released January 8th In North America

Posted on December 8, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

Yacht Club Game’s Shovel Knight will make his amiibo debut on January 8th in North America and December 11th in Europe the developers have announced via their blog. The reason for the almost month long gap between launches in the two territories stems from an issue with the figure’s production. Rather than only ship a limited supply to North America for Christmas Nintendo & Yacht Club Games have decided to post-pone the figures release. Once you get your hands on the blue digging hero what can he be used for? Here’s a rundown of everything you can do with your

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Nexus mods has been hacked, unauthorized changes made to Fall Out 4 mods

Posted on December 8, 2015 by Fionna Schweit

Rock Paper Shotgun is reporting this morning that: “Nexus Mods, the site which has long hosted a gazillion mods for 216 games, particularly Bethesda RPGs – including Fallout 4, which has not yet followed Skyrim to the Steam Workshop. There’s been a possible hack, with some Fallout 4 mod-makers reporting suspicious changes having been made to their uploaded files. Nexus’ owners have established that the breach only affects user registrations up until mid-2013, although that still comprises almost six million accounts and very much covers the Skyrim heyday.” Basically some un-authorized changes have been made to mods for super popular Fallout

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Codemaster’s DIRT Rally Takes a Sharp Turn Out of Early Access

Posted on December 8, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

After collecting driver feedback through the Steam Early Access program Codemaster’s next racer, DIRT Rally has given the full release treatment on Valve’s digital distribution platform.  A physical release for current-gen consoles (Xbox One & PS4) as well as a Windows PC DVD release is expected to hit store shelves on April 5th 2016. Dirt Rally entered Early Access this past March with 36 stages and 14 cars. In contrast the full version of Rally features an increased number of vehicles and tracks to test your handling skills on. In the latest update – titled Winter Wonderland – three new

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Sparrow Racing League Goes Live Today In Destiny: The Taken King

Posted on December 7, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

Starting today guardians who visit the universe of Bungie’s Destiny can participate in a six-person death race on a brand new Sparrow. The next major patch – which goes live today – Destiny 2.1 – will add two new NPCs to the tower. By speaking to Tess Everis Guardians will have the option to purchase new in-game emotes, similar to the one’s that were made available during the Halloween event. By speaking to the second NPC, Amanda Holliday, players will be able to earn their Sparrow Racing League License and complete bounty for new gear. The Sparrow Racing League will

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Warhammer: End Times – Vermintide review

Posted on December 7, 2015 by Fionna Schweit

Warhammer: End Times – Vermintide for the PC from developer Fatshark is the newest entry in to the ever growing lore chest that is Games Workshop games. This one takes us for the first time in modern gaming in to the Warhammer Fantasy realm. Its a realm of Dwarves, Wizards, Elves, Humans and Greenskins, rather than Eldar, Orks, Humans, and Chaos. That doesn’t mean there isint any crazy stuff going on, indeed this is a world in as the title suggests “the end times”.  Rat like Skaven have overrun the city you play in and its up to you and

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