by Nicholas Armstrong | Dec 14, 2018 | News, News Section, Videogames
Riot’s COO, Scott Gelb, has been suspended for two months over misconduct and harassment allegations. This was announced to the enter staff at Riot from the CEO, Nicolo Laurent. Laurent’s email announced that numerous employees had called out Gelb for childish, and...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Dec 14, 2018 | News, News Section, Videogames
The Call of Duty developer Infinity Ward was among a number of businesses and institutions that were threatened by terrorist attacks on Thursday. According to the NYPD, these threats were being made by email but have been found to be completely unfounded so far....
by Nicholas Armstrong | Dec 13, 2018 | News, News Section, Videogames
Surprising to no one, Super Smash Bros Ultimate has done incredibly well in the sales department. In just its first week in Japan, the game has sold over 1.24 million copies. If that were not impressive enough, Nintendo also saw a huge upswing in sales of the Switch....
by Nicholas Armstrong | Dec 13, 2018 | News, News Section, Videogames
More correctly, ZeniMax, Bethesda’s parent company, has finally settled a lawsuit between Facebook and Oculus. After five years, the companies have come to an undisclosed settlement regarding ZeniMax’s claims of stolen intellectual property.This whole thing started...
by Jonathan de Roulet | Dec 13, 2018 | Indie, News, News Section, Videogames
The point and click genre is a tough one to traverse, as is the puzzle game. With point and clicks, the developer needs to convey exactly what a player can interact with in an easy to define way. The puzzle genre, however, ranges wildly in difficulty based on what...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Dec 12, 2018 | Indie, News, News Section, Videogames
Fae Tactics is the brightest, most exciting looking tactical RPG in years. While most tactical games go with a gritty, serious tone – something Final Fantasy Tactics established years ago – Fae Tactics has all the color and vibrancy of a game like Fortnite. Fae...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Dec 11, 2018 | News, News Section, Videogames
Adult games that feature underage characters – or characters that appear underage – have quietly been removed from Steam. In the span of a few days, games started to vanish from the storefront. As per Valve’s usual policy, they do not need to warn companies before...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Dec 11, 2018 | News, News Section, Videogames
Path of Exile is a free-to-play MMORPG on Steam. It has been out for nearly five years, and in that time, it has mostly gone under players’ radar. However, a recent update to the game – Betrayal – has pushed the Path of Exile player count to the highest it has ever...
by Charles Rathbone | Dec 10, 2018 | News, News Section, Videogames
China has a new gaming ethics committee that’s processing games for approval for Chinese audiences. As it stands, video game approvals have been halted in China since a government restructuring in March. The country is notorious for its strict stance on video gaming...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Dec 10, 2018 | News, News Section, Videogames
Epic Games may be gearing up to take on Steam with a huge revenue increase to developers, but before they start raking in their cash, they will need to make sure they can navigate the complex maze of laws around selling games. Like many distributors and companies,...
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