ANNOUNCEMENT 29 Sep 2016­ by L Coulsen

Vampyr Screenshots Show Reid’s Combat Prowess

A scant month since DONTNOD showed us some rough alpha gameplay of supernatural action sleuthing game Vampyr and now we have a few screenshots showing a world of progress. Where the previous video showed combat only in its most basic, cheap and cheerful conceptual sense, we now have a much clearer idea of Doctor Reid's…
ANNOUNCEMENT 28 Sep 2016­ by L Coulsen

NMS vs ASA

According to a Reddit user by the name of AzzerUK and confirmed by our colleagues at Eurogamer, Hello Games have run afoul of the British Advertising Standards Agency regarding the Steam store page for No Man's Sky. In case you can't guess, the allegation is that Hello mislead consumers, and are continuing to do so,…
ANNOUNCEMENT 28 Sep 2016­ by L Coulsen

Homefront’s DLC Beseeches You Listen to the Voice of F…

Set before the events of the main game, Homefront: The Revolution's newly released DLC, The Voice of Freedom puts you in the shoes of resistance Demigod Benjamin Walker. So anyone who thought he seemed a bit naff, and it was all just a bunch of exaggeration, mayhap now it's time to change your mind. Taking…
PREVIEWS 27 Sep 2016­ by L Coulsen

For Honor

In an alternate universe, a three-way war has broken out between old English Knights, Samurai and Viking warriors. That's about all you really need to know. To put it bluntly, For Honor was the very best Alpha this humble reviewer has ever taken part in. A damn fine looking game that already ran at a…
ANNOUNCEMENT 26 Sep 2016­ by L Coulsen

Valve Are Overhauling the Steam Storefront

As unearthed (as always) by those meddling ki...uhm, a NeoGAF user by the name of Nzyme32 (who has an avatar of Mark Lamarr for some terrifying reason) and confirmed by our colleagues at TechRaptor the Steam Storefront will soon look very different. And a whole lot better in my opinion. Making game images larger, adding…
ANNOUNCEMENT 23 Sep 2016­ by L Coulsen

The Surge Shows Off its Exo-Duds

On the surface, it may not seem like there's all that much going on in the three The Surge screenshots we have for you today. But each of them is actually a showcase for one (or more) of the various exo-skeletons which will be available for use. Ranging from combat heavy PROTEUS of the second picture,…
ANNOUNCEMENT 23 Sep 2016­ by L Coulsen

Watch_Dogs 2 Trailer Now With 100% More Dogs

Well, this latest Watch_Dogs 2 trailer has a dude (the main antagonist) in the Downward Facing Dog yoga pose, but beggars can't be choosers. There are also significantly more beards in attendance, which is never a bad thing. It does leave one wondering, however, if both the antagonist and his antagonist have beards...that's, like, if Chuck…
ANNOUNCEMENT 20 Sep 2016­ by L Coulsen

Angels With Guns: Seraph Hits Steam

Coming to Steam today, Seraph is "a skill based acrobatic shooter...without aiming!" Currently already endowed with 50 reviews for the Early Access version, and standing at a Steam user review Very Positive, t'would seem there's a lot to like. And it does look rather tasty. Quick, chaotic and boasting a dynamically shifting difficulty curve...yeah, that's…
ANNOUNCEMENT 17 Sep 2016­ by L Coulsen

Tokyo Game Show Unleashes the Shadow Tactics Release Date

Featuring five characters available to the player simultaneously Shadow Tactics - Blades of the Shogun is a merging of real time strategy and stealth action. And it's sneaking up on a December release window. Due to arrive on the 4th specifically, across Windows, Mac and Linux. Your task is to sneak and murder your way…
ANNOUNCEMENT 16 Sep 2016­ by L Coulsen

Eugen Harton Tells us Making DayZ is Hard

This should come as no surprise but it seems DayZ's playerbase had grown so disgruntled with the apparent lack of engagement by development staff, that Eugen took to Reddit to respond to their frustrations. It's a lengthy, and oft times quite technical, post giving a broad overview of precisely what is involved in continued development…
ANNOUNCEMENT 15 Sep 2016­ by L Coulsen

EA Does the Employee Shuffle Shake

After some rather rough times (worst company in America and all that) and a not insignificant number of lay-offs in the last few years, things are continuing on their upward trend for Electronic Arts. They posted some unexpectedly large earnings not too long ago, recruited Amy frikkin' Hennig! And now they're doing a little internal…
ANNOUNCEMENT 14 Sep 2016­ by L Coulsen

Ubi 30 Forms its own Crew

The latest in Ubisoft's continuing free games is racing MMO The Crew, a game I have already pumped more than my fair share of hours into, and will most certainly be heading back to when the next expansion hits in November. Now that the base game is free for everyone for a couple of months,…
ANNOUNCEMENT 14 Sep 2016­ by L Coulsen

For Honor Samurai and Special Units Prepare for the Coming A…

With the first Alpha cycle right on our doorstep, Ubisoft are kicking advertising of their Medieval multiplayer battle arena For Honor into high gear. Giving us not one, or even three this time, but four new videos to sink our teeth into. All of which shows content which will be available in the Alpha from…
ANNOUNCEMENT 10 Sep 2016­ by L Coulsen

A Freshly Woven Kickstarter Wants to Fill You With Wonder

An idea that has been kicking around in the developers' heads for quite a while now, Woven has grown into a point and click adventure which takes place in a world made entirely of fabric. Everything. From the walls, to the trees, to the living inhabitants. Your goal is to explore the world as a…