"Civilization, but set in the future on an alien planet." That is really all Firaxis and 2K needed to say to get people excited for the next entry in the long-running turn-based strategy series. There is a fair amount of new ...
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6:00 AM on 10.23.2014 Court rules for EA in lawsuit over Battlefield 4 launchThe lawsuit over Battlefield 4's disastrous launch was dealt a serious blow this week. On Monday, a federal judge ruled against shareholders who claim Electronic Arts mislead investors with regards to the readiness of the fir...
5:00 PM on 10.22.2014 What is a Panopticon?Ahead of Freedom Wars' October 28 release in North America, PlayStation Blog has listed which Panopticons will appear in the Western version of the PS Vita game. A what now? Think of a building designed in such a way that a p...
4:30 PM on 10.22.2014 First else Heart.Break() trailer reminds me it existsEveryone remembers else Heart.Break(), right? Of course you do, because it was on my "Top 30 indies to look out for in 2013" list! There was very little information on the game at that point, and apparently I thought it woul...
4:00 PM on 10.22.2014 Risk of Rain's new engine should mean less slowdownRisk of Rain is a great little action platformer that'll make you feel like garbage before building you up into an unstoppable force of destruction. Try it, sometime! You can even bring friends along. Developer Hopoo Games ha...
3:30 PM on 10.22.2014 Slowpoke: A short storyIt was morning. Slowpoke's eyes casually fluttered open, as bit by bit the creature came to the realization it had survived another night. Costively, Slowpoke began mulling over what to do with its day. This went on for some ...
3:00 PM on 10.22.2014 We wanted to play 'Ninja Mystery,' the game inside 50 Cent: Blood on the SandMax and I are really getting goofy on Bacardi and Vitamin Water in this portion of our live playthrough of 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand. We discover an awesome arcade cabinet called Ninja Mystery in the game. We also talk abou...
2:45 PM on 10.22.2014 Slugcat gifs? Slugcat gifsIt's been a while since I've espoused my love for Rain World. It looks even smoother in this interesting Kickstarter update, as the game has transitioned to Unity. The update is a good read, but if you're just here for the gifs, well, I feel you. Ain't nothing wrong with that.
2:30 PM on 10.22.2014 Five Nights at Freddy's 2 jump scares onto GreenlightJust getting over the PTSD of your last visit to Freddy Fazbear's Pizza? Well too damn bad, because it's time to get spooked again. Normally I'd roll my eyes at the idea of a sequel being announced barely three months since t...
2:00 PM on 10.22.2014 Hatred proves that we need violence to mean something againLast week, we saw the announcement and reveal trailer for Hatred -- a game that puts the player in control of a suicidal person who sets off on a rampage to kill as many citizens and cops as possible before being killed ...
1:30 PM on 10.22.2014 Former Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello is the new CEO of UnityFormer Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello, the man whose impossible name led to the invention of the copy and paste commands, is now in charge of game engine maker Unity Technologies. Co-founder David Helgason has stepped d...
1:15 PM on 10.22.2014 Strike Suit Zero dev brings bigger space fights with Fractured SpaceThe makers of Strike Suit Zero are increasing the scale of their space battles with a new game, Fractured Space, which features 5 vs 5 matches between massive ships. "Above all else we want to transmit a sense of scale to the...
1:00 PM on 10.22.2014 Good thing Titanfall is getting a horde mode because there's no one else to play withIn a live Twitch Stream today, Respawn announced and demonstrated a new horde-style game mode for Titanfall, yay! Why am I the only one excited? Well, for anyone else who's still playing Titanfall, we can expect a fairly stan...
12:30 PM on 10.22.2014 Halo: Nightfall trailer takes the war to themWhen players pick up Halo: The Master Chief Collection on November 11, they're going to get the entirety of the live-action Halo: Nightfall. Microsoft wants to make sure that they know what to expect, so it's released a...
12:00 PM on 10.22.2014 Hearthstone will finally come to Android, iPhones in 2015First Hearthstone hit the PC, then it was available on iPads some time after that. But it still hasn't hit Android at all, and the iPhone release never really had a clear release date outside of "TBA 2014."Thankfully Bli...
11:30 AM on 10.22.2014 Developer responds to criticism for Lords of the Fallen preview buildLords of the Fallen preview builds are making the rounds, and some folks haven't had a favorable view of the game so far. It seems like a lot of people are having trouble with some of the game's core mechanics, so the d...
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