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Gearbox announced today that Borderlands 3 will be a limited-time exclusive on the Epic Games Store. In a statement, publisher 2K Games said: The PC gaming community has been an important part of the success of the Borderlands series, and we are excited to be partnering with Epic who recognize its worldwide popularity and share in our … Read more
Activision is releasing a new map for its Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 ‘Blackout’ mode. Located on the infamous Alcatraz Island – home to the former prison – the map introduces close-quarters battle royale combat. “The new Blackout Alcatraz map is set in a fog-filled island boasting a variety of environments that all lead … Read more
Apex Legends took the stage in early 2019, breaking records almost instantly. With 50 million players in the first month alone, King’s Canyon will be seeing players fight for victory for a long time yet. While picking up the game isn’t too hard, there’s definitely a learning curve to become a top Legend. Here are … Read more
After teasing fans two weeks ago, Gearbox made it official today at PAX East: Borderlands 3 is coming. They didn’t stop there with their announcements, though. In addition to unveiling the first Borderlands 3 gameplay trailer, Gearbox also announced that they are releasing a remastered version of the original Borderlands on April 3. Borderlands: Game … Read more
Wolfenstein: Youngblood, a co-op focused shooter, is coming to PC, PS4, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox One this summer. According to Bethesda: Wolfenstein: Youngblood will throw you (and a friend!) back in time to 1980s Paris, fighting the Reich’s war machine as one of BJ Blazkowicz’s twin daughters, Jess or Soph. Terrorize the goose-stepping fascists with a … Read more
Twenty-two years after the launch of Final Fantasy VII, Square’s classic RPG finally makes its debut on a Nintendo console. Final Fantasy VII has been ported to all manner of consoles and mobile devices – including PSP, PS3, PS4, PC, iPhone, and Android – but it’s never made an appearance on a Nintendo system. That … Read more
Today marks the 25th anniversary of The Elder Scrolls franchise. That’s a quarter century of giant rats, dungeons, spells, and open-world game design. Bethesda first invited players to the world of Tamriel on March 25, 1994. The Elder Scrolls: Arena combined randomly-generated small towns and places of interest, along with hundreds of dungeons, in a … Read more
Welcome to King’s Canyon. Get ready to drop into a chaotic battlefield where you fight tooth and nail for the title of champion. Apex Legends has a bit of an odd title, but it lets you know what you’re getting into. Dropping from a ship onto an island battlefield, you fight other self-made legends in … Read more
As the first mainline Devil May Cry game in over a decade, Devil May Cry 5 garnered a lot of interest from longtime fans and generated buzz in the gaming press. Now that it’s out, how is the game doing with critics? The short answer: critics like it. Some like it a lot. It is … Read more
Developer Gearbox is likely announcing Borderlands 3 on March 27. The company teased gamers via Twitter with a screenshot of a cel-shaded game in Borderlands style with the date “March 28” and “Exit 3” posted on a road sign. Borderlands first appeared on PS3 and Xbox 360 back in 2009. The original game, along with … Read more
Destiny is a game that promised the moon: a persistent online world with dynamic environments, MMO elements, on-the-fly matchmaking, and next-gen graphics, all wrapped in a sci-fi storyline that would put Halo – Bungie’s former beloved series – to shame. And while you do, in fact, get to travel to the moon, it does not … Read more
The new Homestead update for ARK: Survival Evolved launched today for free. The Homestead update improves existing structures, adds new customizable building pieces with increased placement options, and simplifies the Kibble system for creature taming. The update is live across PC, PS4, and Xbox One. According to the developers at Studio Wildcard, the Homestead update … Read more
Welcome to Neo-Paris in the year 2084. Imagine a time when augmented reality and memory digitization are standard practice. Memories are stored, bought, sold, traded, and even stolen. Privacy is a relic of the past. Citizens have given up their rights in exchange for convenience. Sound familiar? Capcom’s Remember Me sounds like a dystopia that … Read more
Anthem is EA’s just-released online multiplayer action-RPG from developer BioWare, the makers of Mass Effect and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. Curious how it’s doing with critics? So are we. Reviews of the game are fresh off the printing press as Anthem just came out for PC, PS4, and Xbox One on February … Read more
Grand Theft Auto is one of the seminal franchises for open-world video games and the most successful entertainment product ever released. So it should be no surprise that Grand Theft Auto V immediately became a cultural phenomenon, managing nearly $1 billion dollars in revenue on its first day alone. To date, it has sold an … Read more
Psyonix announced today that Rocket League will have an update released on February 19 that adds the ability to have cross-play friends lists. Cross-platform play between PC, Switch, and Xbox One has been a feature since April 2018. Cross-play support was added for PS4 last month, but the support only extended to matchmaking. Now, you … Read more
EA announced today that the just-released Apex Legends has already topped 25 million players. The free-to-play shooter from Respawn is barely a week old and already outpacing Fortnite, which took 40 days to reach 20 million players. This is leading analysts like Baird’s Colin Sebastian to raise their price target of EA, which has been … Read more
Armature Studios was more than willing to admit that it wanted to go with the Metroidvania theme when developing Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate, the handheld tie-in to the console game Batman: Arkham Origins. Unfortunately, it might have been better off thinking about ways to make the Batman: Arkham series’ hand-to-hand combat system and gadget-based exploration … Read more
