Pay Day 2 studio apologizes

Posted on November 21, 2015 by Fionna Schweit

Unless you have been living under a rock the past few weeks, you are probably aware that there was HUGE controversy over Pay day 2’s developer Overkill adding micro-transactions. The drama itself was long, drawn out and complex to explain, but there is a pretty good summary here. The long and short of it is that a TF2 crate type system was added to the game, with the crates containing among other things better weapons.  These crates wereopened with special “drills” available on the steam marketplace for real dollars only. This upset the community because the developers had promised never to

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GameStop Pre-Black Friday Deals Revealed

Posted on November 21, 2015 by Fionna Schweit

GameStop has always been a leader in Black Friday video game deals. This year it seems will be no different. Offering stellar door busters beginning Tuesday, November 24, the retailer will offerPlayStation 4 hardware bundles with various extras and 50 percent off a variety of games. One of the “Door buster” deals, good November 24 and 25 only, is the Call of Duty: Black Ops III PS4 bundle with a free copy of Destiny: The Taken King – Legendary Edition. You can also get a free console carrier backpack with the purchase the Star Wars Battlefront PS4 system. Other deals include

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The Overwatch Stress Test Changed My Opinion Of The Game

Posted on November 20, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

I’ve known about Blizzard’s colorful and vibrant first person shooter, Overwatch, for a while now. I remember everyone getting totally amped up about the game last November when the game was unveiled but I wasn’t as taken in my the initial gameplay trailers and character reveals as some fans where. After spending several hours with this weekends Beta Stress Test my opinion on the game has radically changed. Here’s a rundown of what I played and why I enjoyed it so much!

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Fallout 4: Bethesda to Release 1st Patch for Game to PC, (and later Xbox One and Playstation 4)

Posted on November 20, 2015 by Tamsin Heineman

Seems by next week we’ll have our first (much needed) patch for Fallout 4 from Bethesda, which is coming to PC first followed later by Xbox One and Playstation 4 releases. Our process for updating the game will include releasing a beta patch on Steam, followed by full release on PC, then release on the consoles. This process has worked well for us in the past and allows us to get more fixes out faster. Expect to see more updates, that are smaller and more frequent, than a few big ones. This allows us to make sure each fix is

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Broken Cast Episode #7 Just Cause 3 Dev Interview

Posted on November 19, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

On this brand new episode of the Broken Cast about the upcoming Just Cause 3, EIC Rae Michelle Richards and Managing Editor Fionna Fox sit down with Josephine Doggett one of the two visual effects Artists who is currently working on Square Enix’s upcoming open world action game Just Cause 3. Over the course of the hour long discussion we talk about Josephine’s long career in videogame art – stretching all the way back to the 1990s with Ion Storm! We talk about the cancelled Kingdoms of Amalour MMORPG and what it’s like working on a project that will never see

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Surprising No One Fallout 4 Is Still The 2nd Most Played Game On Steam

Posted on November 18, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

Bethesda’s Fallout 4 is the 2nd most played game on Steam a week after its release with 256,000+ players. This comes after the game broke existing records when it launched last week with 360,000 players – the game went live at midnight on November 11th. Previously RockStar Game’s Grand Theft Auto V held the record for concurrent players with 301,000+ when it was released on PC this past April. Fallout 4’s numbers are nowhere near the reigning champion, Valve’s DOTA 2, which had 318,000 concurrent players as of press time and a peak today of nearly a million players today!

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Kenny’s Fallout 4 Log – Day 7

Posted on November 18, 2015 by Kenny Keelan

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb November 18th, 2015 So, here we are: I’ve had this game for a full week and even the acquisition of NHL 16 hasn’t slowed progress any… that’s saying a lot because I’m a humongous hockey fan. It’s been a long time and the path through the Commonwealth has been fraught with small victories and huge losses and while Fallout 4‘s improvements made themselves apparent right away, a lot of the franchise staples have made themselves apparent as I, finally, start to embrace the main quest line that the game has set out

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Every FPS feels exactly the same

Posted on November 18, 2015 by Fionna Schweit

This month saw the release of two of the industry’s biggest first person shooter (FPS) titles, a Halo game, and a Call of Duty game. Playing each one, one right after the other, it would be easy to mistake these two titles as one series of games just set in a different world. That generic feeling, you run around a map, you can sprint, you can jump and boost. You can mantle over things, you have some sort of unique power that you can use that will give you an advantage (thanks for that Destiny). Your player can run on

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Rainbow Six: Siege Open Beta Commences Next Weekend

Posted on November 18, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

Rainbow Six Siege
Ubisoft has announced than an open beta for their upcoming tactical multiplayer shooter Rainbow Six: Siege will be taking place from November 25th until the 29th. If you weren’t part of the previously extended closed beta that took place last month here is your chance to try a slice of Rainbow Six’s unique take on competitive team based multiplayer before the full game blasts its way into retail. In terms of content the open beta will offer up 14 of the final game’s 20 operators and 3 different maps. Returning from the closed beta are the maps House and Hereford

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Making potions: A development series with Renee Gittins part 2

Posted on November 18, 2015 by Fionna Schweit

Welcome back to our weekly dev log with Renee! Today Renee talks about  her first experiences in Unity, including animation, character movement, throwing objects, and prefabs, as she works towards making Potions a Curious tale.  She also talks slightly about the doubts she faces stepping into the unknown. Join us as we onece again delve in to the developing world of Renee’s game Potions a Curious tale, and as always be sure to visit Renee on twitter @RikuKat and check out the game as it stands today over at the site for her company Stumbling Cat  Hit the read more tag for the full

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Critics Feel A Mixed Reaction In The Force As Star Wars Battlefront Launches

Posted on November 17, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

It’s as if dozens of critics cried out in terror that one of the most anticipated games of 2015 might not live up to fan’s monumental expectations. Today is November 17th and it is probably the second most hyped days this year for long time fans of The Force – save for the December 18th launch of The Force Awakens – today is the day that EA unleashes the highly anticipated Star Wars Battlefront on PlayStation 4, Windows PC and Xbox One.

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