By: Martin Gaston Lara Croft: Reflections has been unveiled, and it’s a free-to-play collectible card game for iOS. Watch out Hearthstone! The app has been released on the New Zealand and Australian app stores, which is fairly common practice–expect to see it filter to other territories in the near future. The game is free to download, with packs of virtual currency being sold as in-app … Continue reading Now Lara Croft has a F2P card game
By: Eddie Makuch BioWare executive producer Mark Darrah today penned a detailed blog post regarding the status of the studio’s long-in-development role-playing game Dragon Age: Inquisition, saying it has “come a long way” since the company last showed it at PAX Prime in August. Darrah also explained that BioWare has created a “Holiday Build” for the game, that is, a build of the game that … Continue reading How is Dragon Age: Inquisition shaping up?
By: Eddie Makuc [UPDATE] The official class-action claim [PDF] shows that various Electronic Arts senior executives sold thousands of shares ahead of Battlefield 4’s release. Check out the graph below for more. The original story is below. Electronic Arts is facing yet another legal battle over its military shooter Battlefield 4. Just a week after a Georgia law firm launched an investigation into the company … Continue reading Class-action lawsuit commenced over buggy Battlefield 4, EA calls it “meritless” [UPDATE]
By: Eddie Makuch It’s clear that competitive gaming is on the rise, but will eSports ever be seen by the mainstream sports community as a legitimate sport? That’s exactly what HBO’s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel debated recently, with panelists largely dismissing cyber-athletes and their profession. After acknowledging she had no idea that eSports even existed, sportscaster and former professional tennis player Mary Carillo said, … Continue reading Is competitive gaming a legitimate sport?
By: Eddie Makuch Gamers awaiting the first expansion for Xbox One title Dead Rising 3 will need to wait a little longer. Microsoft announced today that the game’s Operation Broken Eagle DLC will now launch on January 21, a few weeks after the game’s previously announced December 24 release date. “Adding new content to the massive open world of Los Perdidos is a major undertaking, … Continue reading Dead Rising 3’s first DLC delayed until January for extra polish
By: Eddie Makuch Uncharted and The Last of Us developer Naughty Dog has teased that it has some major plans in the works for next year. “2014 marks a very special time in Naughty Dog’s history and we’ll have more information about what that means early next year,” Naughty Dog said on its website. The only announced new project from Naughty Dog, beyond new single-player … Continue reading Uncharted, The Last of Us dev hints at a “very special” 2014
By: Eddie Makuch The 38 Studios/Big Huge Games liquidation auction held this week found no buyer for Project Copernicus, the company’s in-development MMORPG, or sequel rights for Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. In addition, 38 Studios social media platform called Helios did not find a buyer. Other unsold assets included the Big Huge Games Engine and intellectual property rights for Catan. The state of Rhode Island’s … Continue reading 38 Studios auction finds no buyer for Amalur MMO, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning sequel
By: Eddie Makuch Reports of PlayStation 3 teen-style horror game Until Dawn’s cancellation are false, developer Supermassive Games confirmed today with VG247. “Until Dawn is most definitely not cancelled and we are still developing it,” managing director Pete Samuels said. “Not only that, but we’re really excited about what we’re creating and can’t wait to tell more and show more sometime soon. I understand that … Continue reading Teen-style horror game Until Dawn not canceled, but delayed
By: Eddie Makuch Sony today released PlayStation 4 system update 1.52, which promises to improve system software stability. The firmware update can be manually downloaded via the Settings menu. Users can also set their systems to automatically download updates by enabling Automatic Downloads. Competitor Microsoft yesterday released a firmware update for the Xbox One, which addressed various SmartGlass, operating system, and matchmaking issues. The PS4 … Continue reading PS4 system update 1.52 available now, improves system stability
By: Martin Gaston Upcoming MMO The Elder Scrolls Online will be released for PC and Mac on April 4, 2014, Bethesda has announced. The Elder Scrolls Online will also be coming to Xbox One and PlayStation 4, the company added, but not until June 2014. Alongside the announcement, Bethesda released a new trailer for the upcoming subscription-based game, highlighting the conflict between The Elder Scrolls … Continue reading The Elder Scrolls Online Xbox One and PS4 release date is two months after PC
