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Scratch that – 7 Million People Played The Battlefield Hardline Beta
That number has now been dwarfed, by an updated total. Announced on the game's official Twitter, it turns out 7 million total players turned up to play the cops and robbers Battlefield across all platforms. Thank you to the 7 million who played the #HardlineBeta: http://t.co/gvewcoe7fI RT if you played Beta pic.twitter.com/ziAW0vK84f — Battlefield (@Battlefield) February 10, 2015 This[...]
EA Suggest That Titanfall 2 Is Coming And It Won't Be Xbox Exclusive
The game had stellar drop off after a few weeks and now the online community has a deeply dedicated but 'smaller-than-you'd-expect' player base. Well, according to EA CFO Blake Jorgensen (via GameSpot), a new game will likely come and it won't be Xbox and PC exclusive During Monday's Technology, Internet & Media Conference, Jorgensen said: Last year it was[...]
Telltale's First Original IP Is The 'Most Ambitious' Thing The Studio Has Ever Done
Speaking to GamesIndustry International, Bruner opened up a little bit more on the game and the developer's ambition with it In the interview he says: I'll say we've spent a lot of time experimenting over the last decade with how powerful a storytelling tool interactive can be and when we thought about building something from the[...]
Towerfall Developer Includes Anita Sarkeesian Inspired Character In New DLC
Video Games host Here is what they had to say about the character: Anita's work has been an inspiration to the TowerFall team Her "Tropes vs Women in Games" video series gave us a valuable new lens through which to assess our character designs TowerFall is about bringing people together, so it's vitally important that the[...]
Bethesda Announce Their First E3 Press Conference – Everybody Screams Fallout 4
They are certainly the most daring publisher in my book, championing games that might struggle to find a home at EA, Ubisoft or Activision. That is why I'm excited to see the company is going to have their own pre-E3 press conference this year Hopefully there will be new and exciting franchises announced, but I'm pretty[...]
Watch Tekken 7's Ludicrous Opening Cinematic
You'd think Heihachi Mishima and Kazuya Mishima would realise that after six numbered games that they are never going to "settle this" They will continue to fight forever and ever until the whole world is pounded to dust Judging by this opening cinematic released by the TekkenChannel, they are doing a pretty good job. The cinematic shows[...]
This New Evolve Trailer Is A Frantic Trip Through The Game's Marketing
Evolve is out today and to celebrate, 2K Games have put out this launch trailer for the title It's an odd one as it seems to be a bit of a Frankenstein's monster of previous promotional material I've seen all this content before, just in their own individual spots. It's pretty frantic, but be sure to[...]
Bioware Cancels Asymmetrical Multiplayer Game Shadow Realms
I remember the asymmetrical multiplayer game Shadow Realms being announced at GamesCom last year and thinking, "Well, this doesn't feel like a Bioware game" Granted, it was a new IP under a different Bioware division, but it never felt like it fit properly under the Bioware banner. It seems it is to stay that way too[...]
The Next Law And Order: SVU Looks To Be About Anita Sarkeesian And GamerGate
These are almost identical situations to those that Anita Sarkeesian has faced as a social critic of the representation of women in video games If not her, Zoe Quinn, Briana Wuu or a ton of other female gaming personalities, some of who I know personally. Also, for the record, I'm not saying all involved in[...]
PlayStation 4's Online Multiplayer Service Is Free This Coming Weekend
Obviously you get access to all the online features of the games you own, but you'll also come to own even more games as the service offers several titles for free each month. If you are still on the fence about it though, this weekend Sony are offering online multiplayer for free Going from the 13th-15th,[...]
Dying Light Review – Infectious
It is no secret Techland have a very up and down track record. That was never exemplified better than in Dead Island. It was a game that you could come to
Uncharted 4's Animation Is 'Close To Film Now' Says Artist
Speaking to CG Master Academy (Transcribed by Gamespur), Naughty Dog's lead character artist Frank Tzeng talked about that realism in the animation. Game quality is really close to film right now, look at the stuff we do in Naughty Dog This character, I'm telling you guys, this character can easily be a digital double in a film[...]
Xenoblade Chronicles 3D Coming April 10th For New 3DS
There has been a lot of chatter about Xenoblade Chronicles X and now the 3DS remaster of the game has a US release date. Nintendo announced that the game will come exclusively to the New 3DS on April 10th in the States, Keep in mind, it's one of the few games that's not backwards compatible on[...]
Make Your Valentine's Day Super Nintendo With These Free Cards
I'm not sure these are going to cut it as a standalone gift as cute as they are. Thanks to Gamespot for the heads up. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXc7HYKWEMo[/youtube] Valentine's Day is coming up and Nintendo are trying to invade the day with their franchises Not that that is a bad thing[...]
Watch 11 Minutes Of Gameplay From The Order: 1886
The visuals should be what really count here though and they sure are very pretty. [dailymotion]http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2gmnp4_videogames[/dailymotion] The Order will finally touch down on Febraury 20th Not long now! The Order: 1886 is creeping ever closer to release and it's set to be one of PlayStation 4's biggest exclusives yet. To get you nice and primed, AGB have released[...]
Liam Neeson's Clash Of Clans Advert Was The SuperBowl's Most Successful
Many of the hardcore often don't consider mobile games in the spectrum, but if there was ever reminder need it is this: The Liam Neeson Clash of Clans advert was the most successful to air during the SuperBowl The ad currently sits at 32 million views on YouTube, becoming the first commercial to break the 30[...]
Dragon Age
Playing video games is like learning a language I know to those of us who play them, it may not seem that way, but they really are If you hand a controller to someone who's never played a game before you will see this in action Using one stick for movement and another for camera[...]
Treyarch Confirmed For The Next Call Of Duty – Is It World At War II?
This is no surprise as Call of Duty is shared by three studios on a rota and 2015 is Tryarch's year, just as next year's will be Infinity Ward and 2017 will be Sledgehammer Games'. The interesting thing now though is that a lot of people are talking about the game being rumored as World at War[...]