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ANNOUNCEMENT 09 Aug 2016­ by J. A. Kinghorn

Pan-Pan Gets Gameplay Trailer

After a short Summer break, Might and Delight return with a gameplay trailer for Pan-Pan. The video gives us a glimpse of the game's odd-ball tone and isometric world. Already, I'm rather endeared. This new footage comes ahead of the puzzle game's release date. The press release also divulges that an 'Explorer's Guide' will be…
NEWS 08 Aug 2016­ by Jordan Fong

Viveport? Yes! More VR Peripherals? Please

Greetings again, welcome back to another segment I like to call “VR News, Is There Any? There Is? Let’s Write About It.” It’s been a little while since there’s been any big news when it comes to the Vive, but of course that’s why I’m here, isn’t it. A few days ago at an expo…
NEWS 08 Aug 2016­ by Kyle Johnson

A Primer to Battlefield 1’s Weaponry

As with any game taking place at a major technological and social shift, Battlefield 1 has the unique liberty to explore experimental and deadly weapons, from flamethrowers to toxic gasses to lumbering machines of war and beyond. With nations throwing men at each other endlessly on an ever-changing battlefield, such new concepts needed to be…
ANNOUNCEMENT 08 Aug 2016­ by Lee Braden

XCOM 2 Long War Studios Alien Pack

Right, who wants a new pair of trousers then, as this is quite scary. The next instalment of the LWS mods for XCOM 2 is out, and it's the Alien Pack, and some of these are evil. In keeping with how Long War added new aliens and weapons to XCOM: EW, most of the stuff…
ANNOUNCEMENT 06 Aug 2016­ by Stephen Haselden

Sudden Strike Makes a Return

Kalypso are reviving another franchise. Sudden Strike 4 will be the sequel to a series that saw its last instalment in 2007, taking place in WWII this RTS will be infused with all the popular features you’d expect from a modern RTS, including: Realistic real-time strategy gameplay with tactical depth and a historical setting Three…
ANNOUNCEMENT 06 Aug 2016­ by David Pink

Evolve Stage 2 Shear Madness

Turtle Rock Studios and 2K are on a roll lately with their recent change to a Free-to-Play format with Evolve Stage 2. With the huge influx of new and returning players, an arena based 4v1 game needs a lot of constant care and updating to remain fresh and fun. Turtle Rock has given its players…
ANNOUNCEMENT 06 Aug 2016­ by L Coulsen

Sir, You Are Being Sci-fi’d

Okay Big Robot, you and I need to have words. Why do you keep making games...without big robots in them? Yes, both Sir and your newly announced The Signal From Tölva have robots in them, but not big robots. False advertising! Joking aside though, their latest offering takes you to the titular Tölva to discover…
ANNOUNCEMENT 06 Aug 2016­ by Lee Braden

Steam VAC Bans Now for Friends

In a bit of an odd, yet understandable, due to certain circumstances, move Valve has changed the way that VAC bans work for gifted games. Something that could bite a couple of streamers has been written into the updated TOS for Steam, but it's main force is to deal with people who use an alternate…
ANNOUNCEMENT 05 Aug 2016­ by Nail Garejev

Nvidia Titan X (Pascal) First Benchmarks

Nvidia has released their latest Nvidia Titan X graphics card and together with its release, there are independent benchmarks and more details about the card’s capabilities. While named in a confusing way, similar to GeForce GTX Titan X (Maxwell), the new Titan X drops GeForce name, but is often referred as Titan X (Pascal) or…
ANNOUNCEMENT 05 Aug 2016­ by David Pink

HITMAN’s Fourth Episode Coming August 16th

It seems like every week something new about HITMAN finds itself in my mailbox, you have to give Square Enix some well-earned credit with the constant love and attention they’ve been showing the game and all its players. This week we get two little surprises, first being that all you master assassins out there will…
NEWS 05 Aug 2016­ by L Coulsen

QuakeCon 2016: Bethesda

Not content with showing off their skills at this year's E3, Bethesda have gone into full blown tease mode. Not least because so much of QuakeCon 2016's revelations has been done behind closed doors. Leaving those on the outside looking in, with some tantalising snippets of awesome to wet our appetites. Of course, all of…
ANNOUNCEMENT 04 Aug 2016­ by Lee Braden

BATTLETECH Pre-Alpha Gameplay

So, it seems an unlisted video has been leaked everywhere, but it shows off the current pre-alpha gameplay of BATTLETECH. In their hotel room before GenCon we have Jordan Weisman, Mitch Gitelman, and Mike McCain showing off the current build that exists of BATTLETECH, and also how bad McCain is at playing the game. We…
ANNOUNCEMENT 04 Aug 2016­ by Kyle Johnson

Long Live the Captain in Infinite Warfare

Moving away from the first-person pre-rendered cutscenes seen in most other Call of Duty games, Infinite Warfare, in addition to taking the fight to space, has upped the ante on the in-game cinematics. Today, they’re showcasing a scene from presumably early on in the game, where the protagonist, Lieutenant Reyes is given command of the…
ANNOUNCEMENT 04 Aug 2016­ by L Coulsen

Falling Unbound Into 2017

Over the Moon is an apt description of this humble writer's mood right now. In fact, one might say that I am experiencing Unbound enthusiasm for recent developments, as The Fall 2 makes its way to all major platforms in the first quarter of 2017. Picking up right where the first lefts off, with poor…