The way Electronic Arts COO Peter Moore sees it, right now we’re entering a “golden age” of gaming, with a wide variety of games and price points available at any moment. But this expansion into new sectors (free-to-play being one of them) is not universally adored, especially by some core gamers, Moore says in a […]
2K Games’ upcoming monster-hunting game Evolve is poised to be the “defining” Xbox One and PlayStation 4 game of 2014, according to Christoph Hartmann, president of the publishing label. In a statement today heralding Evolve’s recent domination of the E3 2014 Game Critics Awards, Hartmann said the game’s recent high praise means there is a […]
The Microsoft-published free-to-play RTS Age of Empires Online is officially no more. The game’s planned closure took place yesterday, July 1, with servers permanently shutting down at 4 p.m. PDT. “All good things must come to an end, and that time has come for Age of Empires Online,” reads an update on the game’s website. […]
Not so long ago, Microsoft owned Bungie, and the acclaimed developer’s Halo titles were released on consoles only for the Xbox platform. But so much has changed. Bungie has since regained its independence with Destiny, and has aligned closely with Sony for the upcoming sci-fi shooter. An alpha for the game was available only on […]
Murdered: Soul Suspect developer Airtight Games has reportedly shut its doors. Geekwire reports that the independent game studio quietly closed its Redmond, Washington office this week. The move comes less than a month after the release of supernatural thriller Murdered: Soul Suspect for Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and PC. You can […]
Blizzard has announced the launch of Sydney-based servers to support Australian and New Zealand players in its upcoming multiplayer brawler game, Heroes of the Storm. The local game servers are currently available to participants in the technical alpha. To correspond with the launch of the servers, Blizzard has also sent out a “significant” amount of […]
Far Cry 4 concept art Upcoming open-world action game Far Cry 4 does not feature any playable female characters, but that doesn’t mean the title is completely male-focused. The reality is quite the opposite, according to Far Cry 4 director Alex Hutchinson. In an interview with Outside Xbox, Hutchinson said you can expect to encounter […]
Publisher and developer Atari has partnered with diner Denny’s for a summer promotion, and it’s as great as you’d expect. Atari has remade three of its classic games with themes having to do with the diner and its food. Asteroids, Centipede, and Breakout all got a breakfast makeover. You can play Hashteroids, Centipup, and Take-Out […]
Hironobu Sakaguchi Update: We should be hearing more about Terra Battle in the coming days, as Mistwalker announced today that Hironobu Sakaguchi will attend Japan Expo 2014 in Paris on July 2 and then be the Guest of Honor on July 3 at the VideoGameStory Exhibition, which is also being held in Paris. In addition […]
This year’s It’s never too late to reconsider playing games that you might have missed, especially when they cost $1. Huge Multiplayer Base At the moment, Sony and Microsoft have sold over 80 million units each of their respective last-gen consoles. Compare that to the seven million PlayStation 4s and five million Xbox Ones that […]
