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News 12 years ago
Sony To Possibly Unveil PlayStation 4 This Month
Rumors regarding Sony’s unveiling of their next-gen system (which many have cleverly dubbed the “PlayStation 4”) have been swirling for months now. But if the latest gossip is to be believed, all the months of waiting might finally be over.
News 12 years ago
TERA Free to Play
From February 5th onwards, TERA will adopt a free-to-play model. According to En Masse Entertainment, publisher of TERA, the MMORPG will walk the “freemium” route. That is, you can still pay for in-game items, but that is completely optional. Just in case you’re a TERA player, let us see what is in store.
SuperBot and Sony Have Parted Ways
SuperBot Entertainment, the studio behind PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, and Sony have officially separated, ending what could have been a nice marriage. A Sony rep confirmed that “the working agreement with developer SuperBot Entertainment has amicably ended.”
News 12 years ago
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt officially revealed!
Thanks to some revealing on the part of Game Informer, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has officially been announced to the world. As such, studio head Adam Badowski took to the blog for The Witcher 2 to reveal more information about The Witcher 3. The first thing of note is that this will be the last chapter in Geralt of Rivia’s story.
And The Best Selling Xbox Live Arcade Goes To…
Minecraft? Was it really that surprising? Partially (or mostly) thanks to Minecraft, revenues for Xbox Live Arcade for 2012, at $290 million, have doubled from 2011’s. I’m going to go ahead and predict that it will be the best-selling XBLA game of 2013 as well.
Arcadecraft On XBLA
The list of games with “craft” at the end of their title has just grown a little longer thanks to the release of Firebase Industries’ Arcadecraft in the Indie Games section of Xbox Live Arcade. In Arcadecraft, players assume the role of a struggling entrepreneur who must dig their way out of debt by starting and managing their own arcade. In addition to getting to name the arcade and customize its floor pattern, wall color, and decorations, players will also be able to purchase various arcade games from a total list of roughly 80 different machines.
News 12 years ago
Guild Wars 2 – new changes released
Changes were announced for ArenaNet’s popular Buy-to-Play MMO Guild Wars 2. A new dev blog posted by the game’s lead designer Isaiah Cartwright outlines some of the new changes coming to the game’s dynamic leveling system. For those who may not be familiar with Guild Wars 2’s nuances, the dynamic leveling system basically allows higher-level players to advance their characters by playing through lower-level content by “scaling down” their stats and attributes.
News 12 years ago
Injustice: Gods Among Us “Red Son” Special Edition Coming To UK
NetherRealm Studios’ new DC-based brawler Injustice: Gods Among Us will be available on April 19th no matter where in the world you live. But fans living “across the pond” as it were will be able to get their hands on an exclusive ‘Red Son Special Edition’ of the game that includes a few extra goodies. Along with a copy of the game, the ‘Red Son’ Special Edition also comes with an exclusive “Steelbook” (which I assume contains concept art and…
News 12 years ago
Open beta for MOBA Smite
MOBA games have grown into real power in recent years and more and more developers try their hand at this genre. Among them there are also people from Hi-Rez Studios with Smite. Work on this title is nearly finished, allowing authors to open beta launch. Good news is that everything from this point including the development of the characters will then be transferred to the full version. There will be no resets on characters. In addition, people which gain the…
News 12 years ago
THQ SOLD!
The auction is finished and THQ have been sold! Majority of owned publisher development teams and brands were sold for a total amount of 100 million dollars. Auction is not approved by the court yet, but this is just a formality. The most valuable piece of the pie turned out to be Relic Entertainment studio, together with all rights to the Company of Heroes 2. This kit was acquired by Sega for 26.6 million dollars, which overbid competitive offer from ZeniMax Media company.