Gaming News
Bryan Singer Addresses Apocalypse Backlash
IGN - 2 May 2016 10:00
From the Ivan Ooze comparisons to the uncharacteristic voice, Bryan Singer responds to fan criticism of Apocalypse.
Overwatch Prepares For This Week's Open Beta With Call To Arms Video, Watch It Here
Cinema Blend - 2 May 2016 23:56
Blizzard released a primer video to help get gamers both familiar and unfamiliar with Overwatch prepped for the game's release on May 24. The video is pretty short and pretty sweet and only clocks in at two and a half mi...
Blizzard Could Be Rethinking The Shutdown Of The Vanilla Server, Get The Details
Cinema Blend - 2 May 2016 23:19
Blizzard caught some tempestuous ire from the gaming community over the shutdown of the private server Nostalrius. Despite the server operating illegally, according to Blizzard, the popularity of the server caused the co...
Houdini and Doyle: Series Premiere Review
IGN - 2 May 2016 23:10
Fox's latest new series has Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle team up to solve mysteries. Is it as fun as that premise sounds?
Nintendo's president gets grilled on its mobile business, NX plans
Game Developer - 2 May 2016 23:04
President Tatsumi Kimishima goes up in front of his company's investors -- and despite their best efforts, remains cagey about the company's future, even in the near-term. ...
Game of Thrones: Let's Talk About Last Night's Big Episode
IGN - 2 May 2016 22:49
The Dragons on the Wall crew discuss "Home" and all that occurred as we said goodbye to some characters and welcomed back others.
Uncharted 4 Multiplayer DLC Roadmap Revealed
IGN - 2 May 2016 22:45
Naughty Dog excepts to support Uncharted 4's multiplayer "for some time."
When Mighty No. 9 Is Officially Getting Released
Cinema Blend - 2 May 2016 22:26
The Mighty No. 9 project from legendary developer Keiji Inafune finally has a release date. The game has officially gone gold (which means development on the gold master is final) and they expect the title to release on ...
Video: 20 lessons learned from 20 years of making Magic: The Gathering
Game Developer - 2 May 2016 22:19
"Not a lot of people design the same game for twenty years," said venerable Magic: The Gathering head designer Mark Rosewater in his GDC 2016 game design talk. "Not a lot of games last twenty years." ...
An Island Most Epic: Celebrating The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
Arcade Sushi - 2 May 2016 22:00
Many years ago today, Morrowind hit the shelves, giving us much more than a sequel. It gave us a content-packed living and open world that was set a standard even above those set before it and become the new bar by which...
How Uncharted 4 DLC Will Be Totally Different
Cinema Blend - 2 May 2016 21:59
Naughty Dog and Sony have some interesting plans for the DLC roadmap of Uncharted 4: A Thief's End. In fact, the it's one of the most ambitious DLC roadmaps I've ever seen, providing gamers with more content than you can...
Blog: Consequences in games
Game Developer - 2 May 2016 21:59
"Consequences are a form of constraints, and contemporary players do not like constraints. They want to do whatever they want to do, as though they were on a playground or playing with toys." ...
Get a job: CCP Games in Atlanta seeks a VR Graphics Engineer
Game Developer - 2 May 2016 21:52
The Georgia-based branch of CCP Games, CCP Atlanta, is looking to hire a graphics programmer with VR/AR experience to work as part of a small team on VR projects. ...
Daily Deals: Call of Duty, Xbox One With $100 Credit, Iron Man Movie Three-Pack
IGN - 2 May 2016 21:32
Plus super cheap bluetooth speakers, 20% off Uncharted 4, Razer mice, $40 Kindle tablets, Wii U games and more.
How Epic came to embrace free-to-play and games-as-a-service
Game Developer - 2 May 2016 21:24
"I would describe it as seeing the writing on the wall," cofounder Tim Sweeney tells Polygon in a new feature. "There was an increasing realization that the old model wasn't working anymore." ...
What Did You Think of the CoD: Infinite Warfare Trailer?
IGN - 2 May 2016 21:20
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare is official, and we want to know what you think.
Patrice Desilets: 30 words on creativity, plus a peek at 1666
Game Developer - 2 May 2016 21:17
In his talk at the Reboot Develop conference, Patrice Desilets discussed 30 words that he associates with creativity...and showed off some in-engine footage of his game 1666: Amsterdam ...
We Can't Choose Between Battleborn or Overwatch
IGN - 2 May 2016 21:09
We couldn't decide which we wanted to stream more tomorrow, so we're just going to stream both!
Dishonored, and tactile interface metaphors
Game Developer - 2 May 2016 21:01
"The consistent and weighted emphasis of the moral dichotomy of player choice in Dishonored becomes only reinforced, as our bodily interactions with the controller approach our assumptions of how we might expect the acti...
Out This Week: Battleborn
IGN - 2 May 2016 21:00
Millions played the beta; now, Battleborn's full release is upon us.
When Oculus Rift Will Be On Sale Online...Before It Sells Out Again
Cinema Blend - 2 May 2016 20:37
The first shipment of Oculus Rift headsets sold in within a mere 14 minutes and since then, it's been pretty hard to get your hands on one. But Oculus has announced that there will be a small window of opportunity coming...
Modern Warfare Remaster Won't be a Standalone Release
IGN - 2 May 2016 20:31
The remastered version of the classic Call of Duty game won't be sold separately.