Team Fortress 2 Gets An Incredible 15-Minute Animated Short Film
Valve has released an amazing animated short film for Team Fortress 2, in which the Scout falls in love with Miss Pauling (and asks Spy to help him in order to ask her for a date) while Engineer and Medic make an unsettling new discovery. This is a lovely animated film that was created via Source Filmmaker, so make sure to watch it. Enjoy! Continue reading
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Gets “Behind The Scenes” Video
Oh, I bloody hell know that a lot of you are not interested in yet another COD title. But some of you are, right? Right? Activision has released a new ‘behind the scenes’ video for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare in which Sledgehammer Games’ Creative Director – Bret Robbins – discusses how research and technology come together to ‘elevate the storytelling experience‘. COD: Advanced Warfare has been in development for three years and is planned for a November 4th release. Enjoy! Continue reading
The Witcher 3 – Current-Gen Consoles Equivalent To PC High, Ultra Settings “The Peak In Games”
After what has happened with Watch_Dogs, a lot of PC gamers are a bit skeptical about all the upcoming PC releases. One game that has amazed everyone with its visuals is The Witcher 3; a game that puts Watch_Dogs to shame and is considered as a ‘true’ next-gen game. But will CD Projekt RED pull another Watch_Dogs on us? Apparently not. Continue reading
ProSiebenSat.1 and Planetside 2 part ways; EU accounts to migrate back to SOE
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The division between the European Planestide 2 community and its international counterpart became much starker with the introduction of the game's Player Studio, which wasn't available on ProSienbenSat.1's EU servers.
So the atmosphere today is of quiet gratitude on the official SOE forums, and of sweary celebration over on the Planetside Reddit. SOE have announced the near-future migration of all ProSienbenSat.1 accounts for Planetside 2, DC Universe Online and EverQuest II back to SOE.
Wildstar's Strain Ultradrop update will add more zones and monsters this month
If I'd just released an MMO I think I'd dissolve into a pool of exhausted mansludge and refuse to do any work for a month. Not so for the Carbine team, who are already teasing their first major update to Wildstar. The incoming Strain Ultradrop will add new zones, enemies, bosses, gear and emotes later this month.
Magrunner: Dark Pulse is free for 24 hours at the GOG Summer Sale
If you've been paying attention, you already know that the GOG Summer Sale is in full swing, with big bundles, ridiculously cheap flash sales and other such digital gaming goodness. But right now, and for the next 24 hours, you can snag the first-person puzzle game Magrunner: Dark Pulse for even better than cheap. I'm talkin' 'bout free.
Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls 2.1 patch detailed, headed to PTR
Over two years after Diablo 3's release, Blizzard are still thinking up new ways for its fans to click on things. They describe update 2.1.0 as a "major content patch", and it's designed to further encourage repeatable play—continuing the work started by Reaper of Souls to create a long-lasting ARPG. In a preview post on the Diablo 3 blog, Blizzard detail the major contents of the patch, which they say will soon be arriving on the game's Public Test Realm.
Twin Souls: The Path of Shadows offers 'old school' third-person stealth, needs your help
Described as a mix of Tenchu, Mark of the Ninja and Dishonored, Twin Souls: The Path of Shadows is a third-person stealth action game in need of Kickstarter funding. You play as 'spirit of vengeance' Aragami, whose key pursuits in life are to “sneak past guards, teleport between shadows, create [--] areas of darkness and strategically assassinate targets.”
Star Citizen interview with Chris Roberts at E3 2014
We've played Star Citizen's Arena Commander module and gotten our first taste of dogfighting in Chris Roberts' new universe. At E3 2014, we had time to talk to the man himself. Roberts gave us all kinds of information about the current state of Star Citizen and what's coming in the next two years. He talks about the Oculus Rift, planetside gameplay, server architecture, and much more.
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