League of Legends: $624 million revenue generated in 2013
League of Legends developer Riot Games has revealed that its MOBA generated $624 million in revenue through 2013. However, it wasn’t 2013′s biggest F2P money-maker. Can you guess what was?
Rambo: The Video Game footage shows stealth gameplay, watch it here
Rambo: The Video Game developer Teyon has released a new gameplay video, showing off a stealth mission. It’s not all pacifism and shadows however; just watch the clip to see an awful lot of ‘shit’ going down.
Titanfall gameplay details leak out of alpha test, load-outs, mechs & more
Titanfall developer Respawn Entertainment is running closed alpha tests now, and several new details have spilled out of the internet pipe.
Evolve’s medic class hunter detailed: weapons, skills & more revealed
Evolve developer Turtle Rock Studios has discussed the shooter’s medic class as part of its recent GameInformer coverage. Say hello to Val.
Deadbreed: the MOBA fuelled by pen-and-paper RPGs and a midlife crisis
Can any new MOBA stand out in a genre dominated by League of Legends? Stefan Ljungqvist and his team think horror-themed battler Deadbreed has a fighting chance.
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Ultra Street Fighter 4 community man teases 5th character reveal
Ultra Street Fighter 4′s mysterious fifth character has been teased in a new interview with VG247, during which Capcom’s senior community specialist for fighting games Peter Rosas bigged up her reveal.
Razer signs as Insomnia eSports sponsor in 2014, large League of Legends prize pool promised
Razer has signed on to sponsor UK eSports festival-holder Insomnia, and will stump up prize pools for the show’s League of Legends events.
Titanfall beta is a possibility, says Respawn
Some lucky few are currently enjoying a closed-alpha test of Titanfall on Xbox One, but that hasn’t stopped the rest of us wanting to dip our toes in the mech-pool before March. One fan has taken to Twitter to ask community manager Abbie Heppe if an open beta is on the cards.
Project Zomboid multiplayer coming soon, dev reveals
Project Zomboid’s developer have revealed that PvP and PvE multiplayer is coming soon.
YouTube personalities to stream War of the Vikings and Magicka: Wizard Wars this week
War of the Vikings and Magicka: Wizard Wars will be live-streamed by YouTube personalities including Angry Joe and NorthernLion as part of Paradox Interactive Convention 2014.
IGF Awards finalists added to Steam Greenlight
The latest batch of Steam Greenlight additions mark a departure from the community voting process of earlier batches, as it adds in games which made the final cut as IGF Award finalists.
League of Legends updates blocked by UK’s anti-porn filter – report
League of Legends fans have reported difficulties downloading updates for the game thanks to the UK’s new and apparently over-eager anti-porn filter.
Rust made in a month about 40% of what Garry's Mod made in nine years
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Rust doesn’t usually take hold overnight. It clings to the underside of things, invisible to those who aren’t looking for it, and spreads slowly while nobody’s looking.
That’s sort of how Facepunch expected Rust’s alpha to go - they hoped they’d built a slowburn, underground hit of Steam’s early access underside. Instead, the game hopped conspicuously to the uppermost rungs of Steam’s top seller’s list, where it remains. Facepunch were “knocked on their arses” by sales figures - and now say that Rust has dwarfed sales of the game that funded it: Garry’s Mod.
Assassin's Creed IV owes more to "comments about Far Cry 3" than Assassin's Creed III
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As every employee at Abstergo Entertainment knows, you can tell great stories if only you’re willing to fudge history a little. It would be easy to weave a narrative in which Assassin’s Creed 3 saw Ubisoft Montreal recognise their own hubris, and Black Flag display their newfound humility - but the truth is that the two projects were in the works simultaneously.
In fact, Black Flag learned its strongest lessons from its more lately successful sister series - Far Cry.
Alien: Isolation squeezes '70s film sets into your monitor; screenshots demonstrate how
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Simulated isolation - the hiker on the mountain, the solitary monk at prayer - photographs very nicely. But what you’ll find with actual isolation is that there’s nobody there to hold the camera. Pictures of dinner might suit Instagram, but they’ll never make the cover of the National Geographic.
It’s precisely that problem that might have stumped Creative Assembly in snapping this latest round of Alien: Isolation screenshots. But no stumpees they - they’ve filled their frames with all sorts of worthy, old-fashioned subjects: entrails, dodgy airlocks, Casio-style computers, sci-fi staple guns and - I’ll be damned - even the occasional Alien.
Telltale's The Walking Dead used in school to teach ethics, but not how to kill zombies
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I can't get through an episode of Telltale's The Walking Dead without becoming a guilt-ridden mess, and an exhausted one at that, having just spent a couple of hours making agonising choice after agonising choice. It's these ethical conundrums that have led to the adventure game being used in a school in Bergen, Norway.
The class has spent two weeks playing through the game as a group and vote on decisions, using their choices as a springboard to discuss ethics in an engaging way relating to the curriculum.
Jurassic Genetics Shows Off T-Rex Walking Animation (WIP)
The team behind Jurassic Genetics – formerly known as Jurassic Park Operations – has released two new videos, showcasing the walking animation cycle of their T-Rex. The team aims to release a tech demo this or next month in which T-Rex will be the big protagonist. As the title suggests, this is still WIP. Enjoy! Continue reading
Total War: Rome II – Open Beta Mod Tools Now Available
Great news you strategy fans as Creative Assembly has released some mod tools for Total War: Rome II. Now before jumping around like little bunnies in the hopes of someone else fixing Creative Assembly’s mess, know that these mod tools are not final. It’s a bit strange witnessing an open beta release for the mod tools of a game, but… well… anything can happen these days. Continue reading
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