If you’re looking to rustle some jimmies or meme it up on the Assassin’s Creed Origin forums, you might want to think twice or risk the wrath of some overworked, twitchy moderators. The forums are undergoing an apparent fumigation after they were targeted by a collective of trolls and angry gamers responding to so-called “blackwashing,” … Continue reading “[NM] Assassin’s Creed Forums Struck By Trolling Over Skin Color”
Cliff Bleszinski has a long history with PC games, although you may not know it if you just started gaming within the last ten years. For a while, Bleszinski had a great relationship with the PC platform, until Unreal Tournament allegedly sold quite poorly on the system (according to Gamespy online stats from the time), … Continue reading “[Community] PC Gaming May Not Be Dead, But Lawbreakers Is Starting Out Weak”
Have you been waiting for an opportunity to try out Ghost Recon: Wildlands and also happen to game on Playstation 4 or Xbox One? Well you are in luck. Ubisoft today launched a free trial for both consoles (nothing for PC, sadly), giving an opportunity to give the game a go before throwing down sixty … Continue reading “PSA: Ghost Recon Wildlands Free Trial Available”
What is free to play this weekend? Everything, apparently. Well maybe not everything, but there are a fair amount of free games to fill your weekend, especially if you’re willing to subject yourself to things like the Uplay launcher. Of the games listed below, Battleborn is permanently free to try and Payday 2 is the … Continue reading “Weekend Starter: A Collection of Free Weekend Games”
G2A.com is hitting back against Gearbox and critics after Gearbox Software pulled its partnership in response to consumer backlash over a publishing partnership between Gearbox and G2A. “Some developers,” said the company, “and a few influential YouTubers (with John Bain at the forefront) would like to spread an image of G2A.COM as a place which … Continue reading “G2A Blames Gearbox Backlash On “Lack of Knowledge””
The Rainbow Six Siege Starter Pack is available once again in the Ubisoft store, but unlike last time it won’t be around for a limited time. Up for $15, the starter pack gives you access to the entire game with one caveat: The price to unlock operators is significantly higher, we’re talking 5-6 times the … Continue reading “PSA: Rainbow Six Siege Starter Edition Is Back, Forever”
Since I’ve managed to once again push the new year predictions until it’s actually the new year, it’s time to throw everything I have in the old portfolio onto the table and get it all out of the way at once. The World of Warcraft Nostalrius successor will become a huge item among its community, … Continue reading “2017 Predictions for 2017: 2017 Edition, Part 2: Let’s Throw Everything at the Wall”
Why wait for the blizzard to hit New York City when you can play The Division and experience it right now? Ubisoft’s second expansion for The Division is playable now, on the public test server, and will remain up until November 13th. In this new expansion, players will face extreme conditions after their chopper is … Continue reading “The Division: Survivor Expansion Now Testing”
Let’s start this piece by making a bold statement that I’ve repeated to no end on Twitter: The gaming industry is the only one where you can outright lie to customers and just blame the fact that you were really excited to talk about it. This isn’t the first time I’ve made such a claim and it … Continue reading “[Rant] You Couldn’t Lie Like This In Other Industries”
With Ubisoft announcing just a few days ago that it would be banning permanently banning cheaters in Rainbow Six Siege, the idea that The Division would follow suit was merely an inevitability. In no surprising motion, the developer has announced that the zero-tolerance policy will indeed be making its way to the streets of Manhattan … Continue reading “The Division Hops On Board The Perma-Ban Train”
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