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News 11 years ago
Half-Life Remake Black Mesa: Source Can Now Be Sold On Steam
Black Mesa: Source, a fan project that remade the original Half-Life in high-definition, will soon be available to purchase on Steam. It’s currently available for free, but Valve was kind enough to let the developers sell the game on their digital-distribution service. The icing on the cake was that Valve informed Black Mesa about this news on Half-Life’s 15th anniversary. Here’s project lead Carlos Montero’s forum post announcement: HAPPY 15TH BIRTHDAY HALF-LIFE! We here at Black Mesa have some big…
News 11 years ago
Call of Duty: Ghosts Map Pack Names Leaked
The names of all four map packs for Call of Duty: Ghosts have apparently been revealed by Activision on accident. According to VG24/7, a gamer by the name of Fariko_Scorch, a member of the competitive gaming group Fariko, posted an email sent to him by Activision that detailed the upcoming DLC. Here’s the tweet below: @charlieINTEL i got a email from call of duty pic.twitter.com/urug90TKqE — Ryan (@Fariko_Scorch) November 21, 2013 This image is more than likely legit.…
News 11 years ago
Ubisoft: PC Performance Doesn’t Matter, “Buy a Bigger GPU”
Ubisoft's Sylvain Trottier gave a worrying statement recently that might just explain why PC gamers are so often screwed over with poor ports from the big publishers.
News 11 years ago
Hitman: Absolution Turns One, Played by Six Million
Hitman: Absolution has been out for a year, and to celebrate, IO Interactive released a few facts and figures about how successful the game was. The answer is more impressive than you might think.
News 11 years ago
Sony Replacing Defective Playstation 4 Consoles ASAP
The debut of the Playstation 4 has been a bit of a mixed bag, mainly due to a lack of noteworthy launch titles. So, pretty par for the course as far as new console launches are concerned. However, there have been many people online that have reported that their next-gen consoles are defective, some just flat-out not working. Game Informer recently spoke Sony about these issues: “There have been several issues reported, which leads us to believe there isn’t a…
News 11 years ago
Twitch Coming To Xbox One In 2014
While Playstation 4 users have been able to stream games via Twitch since launch, the Xbox One won’t get the service until 2014. There isn’t an official release date yet, but more than likely Twitch be available early in the new year. Here’s more from a company blog post: We know the ability to instantly broadcast gameplay is something the gaming community is excited about, and we are too. We are working to ensure the initial Twitch on Xbox One…
News 11 years ago
Man Fatally Shot Over Playstation 4
A Florida man was shot dead after a deal gone wrong over a Playstation 4, the Orlando Sentinel reports. The victim, 25-year-old Emmanuel Johnson, met up with another man at around 4:30 p.m. November 17th to haggle over the PS4. The two were originally supposed to meet near the Orlando police headquarters, but one of them decided to change the location at the last minute. When they finally met, things went from bad to worse and a shootout ensued, killing Johnson and wounding the other man. The shooting is still under investigation.
News 11 years ago
Bioshock, Grand Theft Auto V Highlight Spike VGX Awards
The nominees for Spike VGX awards have been announced, with Grand Theft Auto V receiving the most nominations. Formerly known as Spike Video Game Awards, VGX will take place on December 7th, this time giving the fans a chance to voice their opinion by voting for their favorites on the official website. Gamers will also be able to dictate the outcome of one category: “Most Anticipated Game.” These Spike awards have always been hit and miss with the gaming crowd,…
News 11 years ago
Tomb Raider Coming to PS4?
Cross-gen games are definitely going to be a thing in the first year of PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, especially from third party developers. The latest to be added to the list of maybes (along with The Last of Us and Grand Theft Auto V) is Tomb Raider, which Amazon have listed for the PlayStation 4.
News 11 years ago
Final Fantasy X|X-2 HD Remaster Release Date Announced
The release date for the Final Fantasy X|X-2 HD Remaster has been up in the air since it was announced, to the confusion of fans. It was first revealed over two years ago and little was said about it for quite a while. Amazing for what is, effectively, just a re-release of two already completed games.