Author: Garry Smith
Amazon has announced its massively multiplayer online RPG New World will be switching to a new seasonal release model – complete with a battle-pass-style Season Pass – from 28th March. To date, New World’s monetisation (after an initial full-price purchase) has largely be focused around a cosmetics-based premium shop but, from March, players will have the option to purchase the new Season Pass’ 100-tier paid reward track as part of a shift to a three-month seasonal release model. A free track will also be also available. To progress through a Season Pass and unlock the likes of emotes, skins, gear,…
The idea of a video game about mental illness can feel like an oxymoron; we think of video games as fun, bombastic and progressive, and mental illness as miserable, colourless and static. But games that convey the experience of depression and grief – particularly indie games – have flourished in the past few years, both through exploiting the aptness of games for immersive, intimate, environmental storytelling and pushing the limits of the form, subverting our basic assumptions about what gaming is supposed to be and how it’s supposed to make us feel. The elegant puzzle-platformer or dark visual novel about…
The original Angry Birds is being pulled from Google Play due to its business “impact” on developer Rovio’s other mobile games. On iPhone, Angry Birds will stay available – albeit under a new and instantly-forgettable name: “Red’s First Flight”. Why? In a statement, Rovio suggests the original Angry Birds is simply too popular, and that players are too happy to spend the app’s one-off 79p price rather than download the brand’s many free-to-play sequels and spin-offs which contain further microtransactions. Read more Source – eurogamer.net All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational…
Valve has issued a stark warning to Dota 2 cheaters, while confirming it has permanently banned over 40,000 accounts using a “honeypot” tactic. In a blog post published last night, Valve said it had banned accounts it found were using third-party software to cheat in its hugely popular MOBA over the last few weeks. According to Valve, this software accessed information used internally by the Dota client that wasn’t visible during normal gameplay, giving cheaters an unfair advantage. Read more Source – eurogamer.net All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only…
There’s some good news if your Forza Horizon 5 experience is starting to get a little grey around the edges; Microsoft and developer Playground Games will be announcing the open-world racer’s next expansion this Thursday, 23rd February. This mysterious new addition will be Forza Horizon 5’s second paid expansion, following on from last year’s Hot Wheels update. That introduced what Microsoft called the series’ “most extreme tracks ever devised” high above Mexico, as well as ten new vehicles. There’s no real hint as to what Playground Games has in store for expansion number 2 – I gave a quick squint…
Sci-fi strategy game Stellaris’ latest Story Pack DLC, First Contact, now has a release date and will rolling out the red carpet for new galactic guests on 14th March. Story Packs, if you’re unfamiliar, are mid-sized expansions designed to expand Stellaris’ narrative potential, and First Contact will be game’s fifth, following on from Leviathans, Synthetic Dawn, Distant Stars, and Ancient Relics. This time around, the focus is on the experiences of pre-FTL civilisations, both from their point of view and the perspective of their observers. To that end, First Contact introduces a revamped Observation system bringing in elements of civilisation…
Today in Brussels, I watched Microsoft president Brad Smith produce a copy of the agreement he still hopes Sony will sign: a contract to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation and remove the concerns of Xbox’s biggest rival from blocking its $68.7bn Activision Blizzard buyout. But even as the Microsoft exec waved his piece of A4 aloft, Sony’s disagreement over the deal remained a major sticking point in getting the acquisition past regulators here in Europe, in the UK, and in the US. And despite my summons by Microsoft to Brussels – the site of a meeting today between it,…
Bandai Namco has released a new video showing off Kazuya in Tekken 8. Kazuya Mishima, who has been a playable character in each mainline Tekken game, makes his expected appearance in the upcoming Tekken 8 complete with all his signature moves, such as his God Fists, Spinning Demon and Flash Punch combo. In the video, below, we see Kazuya knock lumps out of his son, Jin Kazama, before transforming into Devil Kazuya and continuing the beatdown. The gameplay ends with Kazuya’s flashy Rage Art. Read more Source – eurogamer.net All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article…
Destiny developer Bungie has won a $4.4m lawsuit against cheat seller AimJunkies in arbitration. The lawsuit has been ongoing since April 2021 when Bungie first filed suit. In November last year AimJunkies lost a bid to countersue Bungie for allegedly accessing its computers. Now Bungie has won $4,396,222 in both damages and fees. Read more Source – eurogamer.net All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.
Happy PlayStation VR2 launch day everyone! Sort of…If you live in the UK you’re going to have to wait until the 22nd of February to get your hands on your much anticipated, pre-ordered PS VR2 headset. But, much like how people around the world celebrate New Years Eve at different times, the release of the PS VR2 is actually rolling out across the globe in accordance with humanity’s long established time zones.We’ve already got our PS VR2 though so we’re allowed to skip some of that waiting and start streaming PS VR2 gameplay from 1pm GMT today, which is when…