Rainbow Six Siege’s mid-season reinforcements might be a thing of the past, however Ubisoft isn’t leaving players empty handed. Although the beneficial changes will come later down the line, the publisher’s new ‘Designer’s Notes’ blog aims to shed light on what solutions the Balancing Team has in store based on …
Read More »PC owners of Dark Souls will get a discount on the remaster after all
Shortly after Dark Souls: Remastered was first announced, publisher Bandai Namco mistakenly listed a ‘loyalty discount' for owners of the original game on PC, which would give them a 50 percent discount. At the time, they denied that such a discount would exist, but since then it looks like plans …
Read More »Why the Future of Video Games Will Ditch the Traditional Screen
In 1983, the Nintendo Entertainment System was released, introducing a technological marvel that hooked an entire generation of gamers. Imagine what it would be like to show one of today’s 4K-resolution, VR-capable powerhouses to someone from that era, who believed Super Mario Bros. was about as high-tech as video games …
Read More »H1Z1 is heading to PlayStation 4 next month
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is faring well with its exclusivity on the Xbox One, however PlayStation 4 owners have been left in the wind as to when the title might potentially come to the platform. In an effort to capitalise on that, Daybreak Games is hoping to win the crowd over with …
Read More »It’s official- The Nintendo Switch has been hacked and the tools are public
Over the last year, plenty of hackers have been poking around the Nintendo Switch in search of ways to exploit the system. Things got off to a really quick start with a browser exploit and by January this year, kernel access was achieved, paving the way for Homebrew software. Now, …
Read More »Wolfenstein II for the Nintendo Switch now has a release date and gameplay trailer
It has been a long time coming, but today Bethesda has officially announced the release date for Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus on Nintendo Switch. The game is arriving as part of Bethesda's effort to support Nintendo's latest platform, though frame rate and graphical compromises have had to be made. …
Read More »DICE will end monthly updates for Battlefield 1 in June- just in time for Battlefield V’s reveal
We've known for a while that Battlefield V is due to come out later this year, with a big showing set for E3 in June. With that in mind, it shouldn't be too surprising to hear that EA and DICE are winding down support for 2016's Battlefield 1, which has …
Read More »Fortnite: Battle Royale is headed to China alongside $15m eSports investment
After a week of teasing, it has been confirmed that Fortnite: Battle Royale will be making its way to the Chinese region. With it comes a sizeable $15 million investment into its competitive scene, helping to transform the super-massive hit into a go-to eSport across the world. Players received their …
Read More »Bloodrayne developer targets Microsoft for infringing on game engine patents
Bloodrayne and Nocturne developer, Terminal Reality, has joined up with Infernal Technologies to launch a lawsuit against Microsoft. The two companies claim that the tech giant infringed on two of its patents, which relate to shadow and lighting techniques within video games. Terminal Reality and Infernal Technologies claim that Microsoft …
Read More »The Xbox One is getting 120Hz support
Microsoft has been on a roll recently, ensuring that the Xbox One supports as many different displays as possible. In March we received native 1440p and FreeSync support, and now in May the Xbox team will be adding support for 120Hz refresh rates. That might sound a bit redundant, particularly …
Read More »Fortnite streamer Ninja has broken his own record for concurrent viewers
While Ninja had made a name for himself as one of the largest Twitch streamers before his collaboration, it was his partnership with superstar Drake that helped him set a record number of concurrent viewers on the platform. Ninja isn’t slowing down now, though, as he manages to smash his …
Read More »The next Windows 10 feature update should roll out this week
We've known to expect another Windows feature update in April for quite some time. Previously, it was thought that this update (codenamed Redstone 4 internally) would launch as the ‘Spring Creators Update', but it looks like that plan has changed, with Microsoft confirming that Redstone 4 will launch as the …
Read More »Journalists find themselves in court after reporting accusations against Quantic Dream
While God of War may have only just hit the spotlight, there is another major 2017 PS4 exclusive on its way soon- Detroit: Become Human, developed by Quantic Dream and spearheaded by David Cage. Back in January, the studio found itself in the middle of some controversy, as a French …
Read More »God of War and Yakuza 6 dominate the UK charts
Last week was a big one for Sony, as we saw the release of two PS4 exclusive games, which are dominating the UK charts as expected. First up, we have God of War, an incredible game that has racked up plenty of perfect review scores, and secondly, we have Yakuza …
Read More »Hearthstone director leaves Blizzard after 15 years
Ben Brode, the Game Director on Hearthstone, has announced that he is leaving Blizzard after spending 15 years at the studio. He started out as a game tester way back in the day and has spent the last ten years developing Hearthstone into the juggernaut it is today. Reflecting back …
Read More »Valve has acquired Campo Santo, the studio behind Firewatch
Campo Santo captured the attention of a large number of gamers a couple of years ago with the release of Firewatch. Now, it looks like Valve was also suitably impressed as over the weekend, it was announced that Valve had acquired Campo Santo, who will now be releasing their next …
Read More »Netflix’s first season of The Witcher will be 8 episodes long
Back in May 2017, we learned that Netflix would be putting together a TV series based on The Witcher. Rather than taking notes from the video game series, the TV show will follow the original books. The pilot script has been written, we know about some of the characters set …
Read More »Rainbow Six Siege community tournaments hope to raise money for charity
Since its debut, Rainbow Six Siege has proven to have immense potential in the eSports scene. Alongside its established ESL-sponsored Pro League, it seems communities are getting in on the action by running their own tournaments. Denis Luso’s Iron Charity Cup is the latest in this line, with all donations …
Read More »eSports is getting sanctioned as a high school sport, without first-person shooters
The National Federation of State High Schools (NFHS) helps govern educational sports across the United States, crafting rules and broadcasting state tournaments. eSports will soon be joining its 17 traditional sports as a part of its push into the electronic scene, however it seems that shooters in particular are out …
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Read More »Game Freak hints at rare Pokémon with ‘Ultra Shiny’ trademark
As the generations progressed, highly sought after Shiny Pokémon evolved from being so rare that owning one would prompt jealousy among friendship groups to a regular occurrence that could be farmed through a variety of techniques. With a new trademark registration, Nintendo could possibly be bringing back this exclusively elite …
Read More »PUBG players will soon be able to select their map preference
Since the launch of PUBG’s second map, players have voiced their want for the choice between Miramar and original map Erangel. This want has only increased in recent weeks, as its third map is in testing but it looks like players won’t have to wait too much longer for the …
Read More »The Netherlands Gaming Authority finds that some loot boxes do breach gambling laws
Over the last six months, there has been no shortage of politicians and regulatory groups getting involved in the gaming space due to the controversy surrounding loot boxes. The Netherlands Gaming Authority recently conducted its own study of ten games featuring loot boxes, and while the majority of them were …
Read More »Microtransactions are back in Star Wars Battlefront II but only for cosmetics
Back when Star Wars Battlefront II first launched, EA was forced to disable the game's microtransactions due to backlash. Last month, DICE officially got around to changing the game's entire progression system to address issues with the core game. With all of that work out of the way, EA has …
Read More »Two Nintendo Switch emulators are already able to boot games
Since the Nintendo Switch first launched, there have been plenty of software tinkerers trying to figure out how to modify the system. Hackers were able to poke around the inner workings of the Switch just one week after release. Since then, some have managed to get Linux up and running …
Read More »Battlefield V may also feature a Battle Royale mode
Over the course of 2017, Battle Royale became the next big thing in multiplayer gaming. We saw PUBG explode, Fortnite arrived and gave it some serious competition and now various Triple A developers are looking to implement the game mode themselves. We've heard that Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption 2 might …
Read More »Epic Games is temporarily removing Fortnite’s guided missile to fix balancing issues
What sets Fortnite: Battle Royale apart from other titles in the genre is its willingness to not take itself so seriously. This has created a new layer with its building mechanics, added new film-inspired skins and introduced wacky new weapons into the mix. Unfortunately, Epic Games is concerned about the …
Read More »Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 said to remove single-player campaign in favor of Battle Royale
It looks like Call of Duty could be set to make some major changes this year, with reports claiming that Black Ops 4 will be the first game in the series to not feature a single-player campaign. Instead, Black Ops 4 is said to be multiplayer only, with a larger …
Read More »Bandai Namco has delayed Dark Souls: Remastered for the Nintendo Switch
Nintendo Switch owners were treated to a special announcement in January, in which Bandai Namco unveiled that the first title in the Dark Souls series was being remastered for the portable platform. Unfortunately, it seems that players will have wait for the real sun to begin praising once again as …
Read More »UK says Chinese manufacturer ZTE poses national security concerns
Chinese manufacturer ZTE has been called into question by British cyber-security experts as a potential threat to national security. As a result, telecommunications companies have been warned against working with the manufacturer, echoing the crumbling relationship between the US and smartphone maker Huawei. The warning comes from the British National …
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