In a Andrew Wilson Thanks to the rise in digital gaming, EA is better-equipped to make changes on the fly, Wilson said. “One of the things that we’re learning as we make the digital transformation is that we don’t need to guess what players want any more. For the longest time we had to guess, […]
Microsoft’s business deal with Square Enix to make Rise of the Tomb Raider “exclusive” to Xbox 360 and Xbox One for holiday 2015 is not an attack on PlayStation or any other platforms, Xbox boss Phil Spencer says. In a new interview with Eurogamer, Spencer said he understands some of the blowback to the controversial […]
Warner Bros. today announced that upcoming role-playing game Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor will have a DLC pass, but didn’t answer all the questions gamers will probably have about it. The DLC Pass includes the exclusive Guardians of the Flaming Eye mission (and you can earn the Rising Flame rune by completing it), and early access […]
Nintendo has responded to a fan petition that calls on the company to name a character in the next Legend of Zelda game for Wii U after the late comedian/actor Robin Williams. The petition, posted at Change.org, was launched immediately following news of the actor’s death last week and calls for a non-player character to […]
Before Trent Reznor took to the stage in Dallas last night for a Nine Inch Nails show, the acclaimed musician got demo of the Oculus Rift virtual reality technology. Oculus VR CTO John Carmack wrote on Twitter, “Gave Trent Reznor a demo of some new VR teach before the NIN show tonight. He totally gets […]
The crowdfunding campaign for Star Citizen, the upcoming PC space simulator from Wing Commander creator Chris Roberts, has reached $51 million in funding. This is up from $49 million recorded just two weeks ago. At press time funding stands at $51,096,609 from 525,341 backers. The new funding milestone was recorded over the weekend following the […]
A designer who worked on action-RPG Sacred 3 has stated that sequel’s divergence from the deeper gameplay of previous titles in the series was pushed by the marketing department of publisher Deep Silver. Posting on the Steam Community page for Sacred 3, former Keen Games junior game designer Sascha Wagentrotz said, “The marketing department of […]
The cost of subscribing to Blizzard’s MMORPG World of Warcraft will rise for the UK region when the Warlords of Draenor expansion launches on November 13. The announcement was made on the World of Warcraft forums for the Europe region by Blizzard community manager Taepsilum. According to the post, the recommended retail pricing of the […]
The cost of subscribing to Blizzard’s MMORPG World of Warcraft will rise for the UK region when the Warlords of Draenor expansion launches on November 13. The announcement was made on the World of Warcraft forums for the Europe region by Blizzard community manager Taepsilum. According to the post, the recommended retail pricing of the […]
Creator of Minecraft Markus “Notch” Persson said on Twitter that he’s no longer angry that Facebook acquired Oculus VR. Oculus’ Chief Technical Officer John Carmack responded, offering to help port the game to the Rift. “And about now I’m officially over being upset about Facebook buying Oculus,” Persson tweeted on Friday. “I’m upset about there […]
