Humble Bundle, best known for pay-what-you-want bundles of games, announced today that its Humble Store has raised $1 million for charity. The Humble Store, a digital distribution platform like Steam or GOG.com, launched last November and has about 500 games available for purchase. 10 percent of all sales go directly to charity organizations. Humble Bundle […]
Responding to critics who say that this year’s Battlefield Hardline looks too iterative, developer Visceral Games has detailed the differences between Hardline and last year’s Battlefield 4. In an interview with PlayStation Lifestyle, lead multiplayer designer Thad Sesser explained the improvements, tweaks, and additions the studio has made to the Battlefield 4 formula. Hardline will […]
The Xbox 360 and Xbox One versions of upcoming racing game Forza Horizon 2 share the same guiding philosophy, but are to be thought of as “different” games, according to creative director Ralph Fulton. “It’s based in the same world, it’s based on the same themes,” Fulton told Digital Spy. “Rather than thinking of them […]
Monster hunting is serious business, and any hunters worth their salt will tell you that no matter how tough they may be, their best friend on the battlefield isn’t an assault rifle, but an ally who’s tough enough to brave the front lines and watch his comrades’ backs. Anyone can fire a gun, but how […]
Five developers have created a new indie studio called Friend & Foe Games and have announced that they are working on two new games. The five have worked on a number of different AAA titles, including Battlefield 3, The Last Guardian, Bionic Commando, and Killzone. They founded Friend & Foe when they lost interest in […]
Co-op is finally coming to Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed series through this year’s Assassin’s Creed Unity for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC. Some fans have been calling for the mode for a while now, so why is it just happening now, in 2014? According to senior producer Vincent Pontbriand, introducing co-op to the stealth-action series […]
Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution 2, a sequel to Firaxis Games’ 2008 turn-based strategy game, will launch next month for mobile devices. The game will be available July 2 for iOS devices, with an Android release coming sometime later. Civilization Revolution 2 is the first game in the acclaimed series to be developed exclusively for mobile […]
Ahead of the game’s release in August, retailers like Amazon and GameStop have posted the box art for Madden NFL 15. It shows controversial cover star Richard Sherman, a cornerback for the Seattle Seahawks, striking a strange pose that we can’t quite get our head around. EA Sports says Madden NFL 15 is improving defense, […]
When Ubisoft Montreal first approached the conception of 2. LESS-RESTRICTIVE STORY MISSIONS Far Cry 3’s story missions contained frequent moments that seemed to go against the spirit of Far Cry: you were bound to a small, arbitrary mission area, and control was frequently taken away so that first-person cutscenes could play out before you. This […]
The city of Oakland, Calif. is expected to lift its 80-year ban on pinball machines when the City Council’s public safety committee meets this week to approve the measure, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Thousands of cities across the United States, including Oakland, banned pinball in the 1930s because the machines were used for gambling. […]
