Author: Garry Smith
Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games has laid out some ambitious plans for its next five years, following its recent announcement it would drastically increase its UK studio capacity over the same timeframe.In November, CIG revealed its plan to open an enormous new studio in Manchester, which would grow the company’s current 400-person team to 1000 by 2026.Read more Source – eurogamer.net
PUBG: Battlegrounds is now free-to-play, and the gambit appears to be going well so far, with the popular battle royale shooter having peaked at 669k concurrent players on Steam earlier today, meaning it came close to doubling December’s figures.As noted by industry analyst Daniel Ahmad on Twitter, PUBG saw its concurrent peak player count climb to 668,707 on Steam following its shift to free-to-play earlier today, beating its previous two month highs by more than 300k players.Read more Source – eurogamer.net
Monster Hunter Rise takes even greater strides to welcome in new players than 2017’s World.Series veterans will also encounter a number of quality of life improvements – from the way you explore biomes with wirebugs to using the camera in the heat of battle with gyro controls.Read more Source – eurogamer.net
Monster Hunter Rise has a dizzying array of weapon types that come in all shapes and sizes, so it can be overwhelming to decide which weapon type is best for you if you’re just getting started.This page has a full list of every type, in order of the game’s recommendation for beginners to more advanced players, and details of what makes them different from the next.Read more Source – eurogamer.net
Anime and manga Attack on Titan will appear in Call of Duty as part of a new promotion.The DLC will arrive in the WW2-themed Call of Duty: Vanguard and Warzone Pacific on 20th January, following major updates to both games.Read more Source – eurogamer.net
Weather, in the form of tornadoes and lightning, was released during Fortnite Chapter 3 Season 1.Originally teased in the initial Fortnite Chapter 3 trailer, the different types of weather helps give the island a sense of life in a similar manner to the introduction of wildlife during Chapter 2.Read more Source – eurogamer.net
Forza Street shuts down in the spring, Microsoft has announced.In a FAQ, Turn 10 Studios principal design director Andy Beaudoin said the “difficult decision” was made to close Forza Street “after careful consideration”.Read more Source – eurogamer.net
Duncan Jones, who directed 2009’s critically acclaimed sci-fi movie Moon and 2016’s considerably less critically acclaimed Warcraft adaptation, has reminded everyone he’d still very much like to make a Full Throttle movie, and if you could pester Disney that would be great.Jones’ affinity with Full Throttle – developer LucasArt’s 1995 point-and-click biker gang classic, written by the legendary Tim Schafer – is, of course, pretty well-known by this point. “It blew my mind! I LOVED that game,” he wrote in a tweet at the start of last year, “I mean, REALLY loved that game.” And he wasn’t joking, either.Read more…
Developer Amplitude Studios’ historical 4X strategy title Humankind will be receiving its first new cultural roster additions since launch on 20th January, when its first paid expansion, Cultures of Africa, arrives on Steam, Epic, and the Windows Store.As its name suggests, Africa is very much the focus of Humankind’s first paid expansion, and it introduces six new playable cultures spanning all six eras.Read more Source – eurogamer.net
Lego has announced it is indefinitely suspending the release of its Overwatch 2 Titan set, initially scheduled to launch on 1st February, in light of ongoing concerns related to Activision Blizzard’s workplace culture – which was described as a “breeding ground for harassment and discrimination against women” in a California State lawsuit launched last July.The controversy surrounding Activision Blizzard has only deepened since then; November saw the release of a damning Wall Street Journal report detailing further alleged sexual harassment, assault, and inappropriate behaviour at the company – with the publication levying particular criticism at CEO Bobby Kotick, claiming he’d…