Valve’s digital gaming platform Steam continues to grow. Yesterday, June 29, at 11:44 a.m., a total of 8,020,700 people were logged into the service at the same time. That’s a record for concurrent usage, up from 7.6 million six months ago. The surge in popularity recently likely had something to do with Steam’s ongoing Summer […]
The Last of Us Remastered, the upcoming PlayStation 4 version of 2013’s acclaimed PlayStation 3 title, will run at 60fps, developer Naughty Dog has strongly suggested. “Played some #TLOU at 60 fps tonight for the first time (60fps cutscenes and all). Transformitive [sic]. I’m a believer. Don’t think I can go back,” Naughty Dog designer […]
Robot Entertainment recently made controversial comments about Orcs Must Die! Unchained that suggested toxic player behavior would be welcomed in the upcoming PC game. But this is not the case, not at all, according to a new statement from the developer. “Before we get started, let us be crystal clear–toxic players that worsen the experience […]
On July 1st Rolling Stone Country will premiere the video for “Home Sweet Home” the first single off Nashville Outlaws A Tribute to Mötley Crüe which features artists including Florida Georgia Line LeAnn Rimes the Mavericks and Cassadee Pope offering country interpretations of the Eighties hard-rock titans’ biggest hits For…
Why is there so much violence in video games? According to Ken Levine, creator of the decidedly violent BioShock series, it’s because violence is technically simple to create and it’s what people want. “One of the reasons there’s been a lot of violence in video games is because it’s relatively easy to simulate,” Levine told […]
Nicki Minaj made some barbed comments during her acceptance speech for her fifth consecutive win as Best Female Hip-Hop Artist at the BET Awards Sunday night that appeared to be directed toward Iggy Azalea After quasi-plugging her upcoming album The Pink Print Minaj said “What I want the world to know…
“We needed an anthem” Spike Lee said “When I wrote the script for Do the Right Thing every time when the Radio Raheem character showed up he had music blasting I wanted Public Enemy” The director may have asked for an anthem for his 1989 chronicle of big-city racial tensions but…
Electronic Arts and PopCap Games today announced the “Tactical Taco Party Pack” for the bizarre console and PC shooter Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare. The free expansion launches tomorrow, July 1, on Xbox 360, Xbox One, and PC, bringing players “south of the border” and introducing a new map and mode. The new Western-themed map […]
The Who have announced dates for the first leg of their 50th anniversary tour “The Who Hits 50″ that will find the band visiting arenas across England in November and December before a planned North America tour in 2015 “This is the beginning of a long goodbye” Roger Daltrey said in…
Of note: We don’t know which video game gun was used to subdue the intruder. This is just one possibility. How did you spend your Sunday? For a 24-year-old Pittsburgh man, it involved subduing an intruder with a prop gun he was using to play a video game. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that a 24-year-old […]
