by Nicholas Armstrong | Dec 27, 2018 | News, News Section, Videogames
A study published in Nature, an international journal of science, has found that it is possible that playing video games actually leads to greater volume and activity in the gray matter region of the brain. This study was conducted jointly by the Chinese University of...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Dec 27, 2018 | Indie, News, News Section, Videogames
MINImax Tinyverse is the newest take on the tower-rush genre. Similar to tower defense games, tower-rush games focus on quickly deploying units against an opponent in order to reach their base or master. This typically involves many different types of units as well as...
by Jordan Love | Dec 26, 2018 | Indie, News, News Section, Videogames
One Reddit user really got into the holiday spirit this year when they decided to give away hundreds of free steam games on Christmas day. Redditor u/graydoggames made a post on r/humblebundles promising a free game to anyone who commented, no strings attached....
by Nicholas Armstrong | Dec 26, 2018 | Indie, News, News Section, Videogames
Discord has just finished a new funding round that has been hugely successful by any measurement. Beating out previous funding reports for esports and many developers, Discord walked away with $150 million, pulling in investments from a number of technology investors...
by Steven Lunn | Dec 26, 2018 | Indie, News, News Section, Videogames
Doing a proper game launch is difficult, but doing one as spectacularly bad as Grapeseed Games’ Atlas is an art. For those that have not heard of it, Atlas was to be a truly expansive and immersive MMO. It boasted huge worlds where players could set out to sea, man...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Dec 24, 2018 | News, News Section, Videogames
Gunfire Games second patch to Darksiders III is pretty considerable. Although much of the content remains the same, a few key differences have been added. Namely, combat can now be switched between “Default” mode – the standard dodging mechanics – and “Classic”. The...
by Elizabeth Freeman | Dec 24, 2018 | News, News Section, Videogames
Valve does not often admit they are wrong, mostly because they do not often actually talk to their fans. This is especially true for balance, but in a lengthy blog post, Valve announced a number of changes coming to Artifact. These changes are not just in how the game...
by Charles Rathbone | Dec 21, 2018 | Indie, News, News Section, Videogames
Niantic has been pretty successful with a little AR game called Pokemon GO, even if a lot of people don’t actually use the AR function in the game. They’ve grown so successful in fact, that they’re now worth an estimated $3.9 billion. Now they’re ready to give a...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Dec 21, 2018 | Indie, News, News Section, Videogames
Cloud Imperium, the company behind Star Citizen and Squadron 42, has secured $42 million in outside investment. Unlike previous funding, this money comes completely from outside corporations, and it was given over in exchange for 10% of the shares of both the US and...
by Jordan Love | Dec 20, 2018 | Indie, News, News Section, Videogames
The story of Geneshift is a short one, despite spanning over nine years. The story goes that a man named Ben created a tiny GTA2-inspired shooter all by himself, and it took about nine years. Then he added a battle royale mode because Reddit told him he should....
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