The rumored deal that will see Google acquire game-streaming service Twitch has been confirmed, according to a GamesBeat report. Variety reported back in May that YouTube–a subsidiary of Google–had reached a deal to acquire Twitch for $1 billion. (Microsoft was also rumored to have been interested.) The companies refused to comment on the matter at […]
A new take on Batman will soon be added to Square Enix’s Play Arts Kai line of collectibles. It’s not the first, but it is notable because of who’s creating it: Tetsuya Nomura, best known for his extensive work on the Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts series. Square Enix announced today that a new, original […]
At the Halo: Nightfall panel today at San Diego Comic-Con, we got a first look at the Ridley Scott-directed film project. Whereas Forward Unto Dawn looked at Halo‘s past, Nightfall will focus on the “present,” in terms of game chronology, and lead directly into the events of Halo 5: Guardians. The Nightfall character Locke, who […]
GameSpot and Activision “Road to GamesCom” 2014 Contest – Terms and Conditions The Contest The GameSpot and Activision “Road to GamesCom” 2014 Contest (hereby referred as “Contest”) is organized by CBS Interactive Ltd and Activision Blizzard UK Limited. CBS Interactive is responsible for the first part of the Contest, which is the publication and adjudication […]
In 2011, PlayStation Network was attacked by hackers, bringing the service down for three weeks and making millions of users’ personal information vulnerable to theft. Sony eventually fixed the problem and offered games and other services in a “Welcome Back” program to apologize for the outage. But some people didn’t think that was enough compensation, […]
BioShock creator Irrational Games may have shut down earlier this year, but that doesn’t mean the BioShock series is going away. Some kind of announcement on that front sounds as if it could be coming soon based on a pair of tweets sent out by the 2K Games’ international Twitter account. Both tweets were accompanied […]
Evolution Studios has responded to criticism of Driveclub‘s 30 frames-per-second limit, encouraging skeptics to try the PS4-exclusive title. Speaking to Red Bull, game director Paul Rustchynsky said, “I can see why players assume that a higher frame rate means better quality, because in pretty much every other technical statistic the higher numbers directly translate to […]
It’s far from an indication that such a game will ever be made, but a number of employees at Obsidian Entertainment continue to be interested in making a third game in the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic series. Speaking with IGN, Obsidian’s Josh Sawyer says, “I think there are a lot of the […]
At this year’s E3, we were given a glimpse at what the next entry in the Call of Duty series has to offer. We saw a demo showcasing future war in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, with gadgets, exoskeletons, and swarms of unmanned drones. But it was a single-player demo, and so some people wondered […]
As video game consoles have become increasingly online-centric, the games industry has experimented with different ways of making money from the opportunities this has presented. One such example: offering paid boosts that provide players with in-game money or immediate access to unlockables (be it cars, guns, or whatever else). Several developers have been implementing these […]
