With a far more generous cut of the sales of games done through them, the Epic Games Store has managed to earn plenty of exclusive titles and scorn from gamers alike. So what does Epic Games founder and head honcho Tim Sweeney have to say about all this? That this aggressive approach is the only way to break Valve’s monopoly on the industry.
Chinese developer miHoYo seems to have taken a little more than pure inspiration from Nintendo’s incredibly successful open-world experience.
Season two of Apex Legends is just a few days away, but a pair of debut trailers have leaked online early showing off all the cataclysmic changes coming to the hit battle royale game!
There’s a great big trade war between US president Trump’s administration and China. Trump wants to Make America Great Again by making everything in America more expensive, by shifting manufacturing away from China. There are some unfathomable trade tariffs looming that’ll see goods involving Chinese manufacture even more expensive. While it hasn’t been implemented yet, there’s a very real possibility of a 25% tariff on things like consoles – making them more expensive to make, more expensive to bring into the US and more expensive to sell.
PUBG Corp. have announced that they’ll be branching out into AAA game territory with a new title set within the PUBG Universe, and it’ll feature none other than Dead Space and Call of Duty mastermind Glen Schofield heading up new studio Striking Distance for project, which has been labelled as an “original narrative experience”.
The last few months for PlayStation Plus have been pretty good! Just this month, subscribers have been gifted the always enjoyable Borderlands Handsome Collection, and the delightfully good retro-tastic Sonic Mania Plus. The good times can’t last forever though. July’s games are rubbish.
2014 saw the release of RWBY: Grimm Eclipse, while RWBY Chibi would take the series and its fan favourite characters in a more light-hearted direction. Now, there’s RWBY: Crystal Quest is the latest game in the series, combining Candy Crush with the anime aesthetics of the style that looks equally adorable and wacky.
I am not a creator. I’m no good at conceptualising things and even worse at putting them together, so on the surface, Super Mario Maker 2 doesn’t seem like something I’d enjoy. And, if we’re honest, when it comes to the game’s creation suite, it’s not. I’ve tried my hand at using the game’s ridiculously robust, easy-to-use toolset, but I’m …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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