by Nicholas Armstrong | Dec 17, 2018 | News, News Section, Videogames
For fans of MOBAs, it has been obvious for some time that Heroes of the Storm was not competing on par with League of Legends or Dota 2. Heroes of the Storm launched to mediocre reception in 2015, and it has never really gained any kind of foothold, but now even...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Dec 17, 2018 | Indie, News, News Section, Videogames
In 2019, the war for digital distribution is officially on. Discord has jumped into the ring, joining Valve and Epic Games by offering the highest revenue split for developers yet. The company announced days ago that after assessing the true cost of distribution, they...
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 | Esports, Esports section, News
The South Korean government’s recent ‘Act on Punishment of Alternative Game Act’ will make account boosting illegal. Set to go into effect in approximately six months, the Act could punish anyone guilty of boosting with up to two years in prison or a fine of about...
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...
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