Fans weren’t happy with the egregious storefront that allowed players to purchase better Orcs for their army in Shadow of War, putting many a potential player off of an otherwise fantastic game and its interesting extra downloadable content. Good news then, as Monolith and Warner Bros. Interactive have finally heard the call and made the announcement official: Shadow of War is dropping its microtransactions.
Believe it or not, but Warframe studio Digital Extremes is actually run by people who don't want to exploit their players with ludicrous microtransactions.
Developer CD Projekt Red is ready to move on past The Witcher and look to the future. A future that has its eye on next-gen apparently as they continue work on Cyberpunk 2077.
Following some dubious evidence posted online, God of War's game director has confirmed that the game won't be asking for more money from you as you play.
Beloved Polish developer CD Projekt Red have a new game out eventually, in the form of Cyberpunk 2077. Expected to be properly single-player (with some online elements) in a time where every developer is chasing the almighty dollar of revenue that social games dump into their coffers, you’d be forgiven for thinking that even the fan-favourite studio has an eye on earning some extra Zloty from including a touch of cosmetics in a game genre that could easily support that system. Not exactly.
If you’ve played one Ubisoft game, you’ve most likely played them all. When it comes to the sandbox genre, the French developer and publisher is utterly obsessed with larger arenas within which to ply their various licenses such as Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon, Tom Clancy’s Watch Dogs or Tom Clancy’s Assassin’s Creed for example. It’s a genre which isn’t just …
Counter to what discourse on forums might tell you, Activision is certainly not looking to let up with microtransactions. Especially when the profits from them are this darn high.
Are there ways for companies to make some extra scratch on the side without offering loot boxes/crates/containers/loot packages? Square Enix lvl 99 boss Yosuke Matsuda thinks that “games as a service” can move beyond those crate expectations.
Have you ever double-checked your doors at night because something just didn’t feel secure? …
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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