Switchblade Closed Beta Announced
Lucid Games has announced the start of a closed beta for upcoming 5v5 vehicular shooter Switchblade. Slated for a full release on Sony’s PlayStation®4 console in late 2018, this game looks to evoke classic vehicle combat games of past PlayStation consoles with a modern free-to-play twist.
Leveling the Playing Field With Haste
We’ve all been there: sprinting around a corner in an online FPS, only to get hosed out of no where by another player who literally saw us a split-second sooner thanks to an unfortunate bout of 300ms ping. Or maybe it was a raid in a favorite MMO, where the healer simply didn’t get the information that our health was nosediving until it was a just too late. Perhaps MOBAs are your thing instead, an...[Read More]
BANDAI NAMCO Announce NEW GUNDAM BREAKER For North American Release
Chalk this one up under “Things we didn’t expect to see in 2018.” BANDAI NAMCO announced today that a Gunpla (that’s Gundam models to most folks) focused game is coming exclusively for the PlayStation®4 console later this year.
Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China Takes Off on Xbox One!
Screaming out of the sun, machine-guns blazing, with the distinctive shark mouth emblazoned on the nose of its P-40 Warhawks, Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China releases today on Microsoft’s Xbox One family of consoles. Featuring a variety of American, British, Japanese, and Russian aircraft; this flight-action game puts players in the boots of pilots in the Southeast Asian theatre during Wor...[Read More]
Officially Licensed Dakar Rally Game Announced – DAKAR 18
It is the king of off-road rallies. A two-week torture test that pushes the endurance of both humans and machines to their absolute limits, and beyond. Crossing 10,000km in twelve stages, the Dakar is a bucket-list event for many race fans around the world. And this year, it’s finally coming to PCs and consoles.
First Ever eMLS Cup To Be Played at PAX East 2018
Late-breaking news from the official PAX Twitter feed and Major League Soccer on Friday night: the eMLS league, a collaboration between the MLS and EA Sports, will play their inaugural eMLS Cup event at this year’s PAX East.
Trailmakers Rolls Onto Steam Early Access in January
Flashbulb Games has announced that their game, Trailmakers, will be arriving on Steam Early Access on January 31st. The open world vehicle driving/constructing game is the studio’s first title, and is expected to be in Early Access for approximately a year.
Sci-Fi Mystery FPS The Station Gets a Release Date
First Contact. It’s a theme that’s been done in countless books, movies, and TV shows over the years, but rarely in games. The Station aims to change that with a unique new spin on the theme, and with a newly announced official launch date, it looks like gamers are going to get a chance to experience this vision soon.
Rumor Mill: Microsoft Expanding Xbox Avatar Ecosystem With Careers and Loot
Time to start grinding out those Gamerscore points. Microsoft is currently testing some major updates to the Avatar system that would radically shake up a system that hasn’t really changed much since the early Xbox 360 days, over ten years ago!
Snowed In? “Alexa, Order Utter Nonsense!”
Snow days, and even regular school holidays can be tough when it’s just too cold to tell the kids to go play outside. Coming out of Christmas vacation and my family’s first annual Tabletop Gaming Championship, I know from personal experience that there’s only so many rounds of Uno and Sorry that one can go through before taking to the internet to see if there’s any family g...[Read More]
Nexon’s Hyper Universe Launches From Early Access
Nexon America has officially announced the date for their side-scrolling MOBA Hyper Universe to depart from Steam’s Early Access program and go into full Free To Play mode on both Steam and the Nexon Launcher. Accompanying the launch will be a rebalancing of the game’s major mechanics to increase emphasis on both individual skill and coordinated teamplay.
Star Wars™ Battlefront™ II Makes Economy Updates
At this point, saying that Star Wars™ Battlefront™ II has had a rocky launch would be a gross understatement. EA seems to be attempting to address at least some of the issues though, with today’s patch announcement of some significant economic changes in preparation for the launch of Star Wars™ Battlefront™ II The Last Jedi Season.