Hellgate: London is back, again, again, and this time it is hitting Steam as a single player only game with the Tokyo expansion that Hanbitsoft added on after Flagship Studios went bankrupt. There are no microtransactions or cash shop items, and the game is available for a single purchase of $12.99 with a launch sale … Continue reading “Hellgate: London Launches To Steam, No Tokyo Content For Launch”
Trion Worlds has been purchased by MMO publisher Gamigo, a story that might come off as a little more positive if it weren’t for the fact that they also sealed the deal by firing most of the company’s staff. According to a statement obtained by Gamasutra from an inside source, only 25 employees are remaining … Continue reading “Gamigo Buys Trion Worlds, Immediately Fires Most Of Company”
Team-based survival game Rend has entered early access on Steam this week, and the reviews are so far looking mostly positive. Developed by Frostkeep Studios and published by the same, Rend is a game inspired by Norse mythology that tasks players with building their faction’s stronghold and then of course battling it out with both … Continue reading “Steam: Rend Enters Early Access To Mostly Positive Reviews”
Hi-Rez Studios this week announced that the controversial, albeit apparently successful, Cards Unbound updated will be removed from Paladins over the next major release cycle. Cards Unbound is a controversial update that changed the way that cards (which can affect power) are collected. The update was criticized by long-term players who saw the update as … Continue reading “Hi-Rez To Roll Back Card Unbound”
Fraudster: 2a: a person who is not what he or she pretends to be :impostor; Despite all evidence to the contrary, I actually get a lot of criticism when it comes to Crowdfunding Fraudsters for apparently being too lenient on the subjects. I take a lot of time to carefully parse my statements so that we’re … Continue reading “Crowdfunding Fraudsters: Marvel Heroes and the Diploma Mill of Nostalgia”
Lawbreakers is currently 50% off in preparation for a free weekend which starts on Thursday and runs through Sunday, and while the sale is a nice jump on the pre-holiday mass discounts, the need for a free weekend can not be better shown than through the screenshot above. While bringing up the announcement, we seem … Continue reading “[NM] Lawbreakers Population Before Free Weekend Is Fitting”
Thought about picking up Chivalry: Medieval Warfare and for some reason just never got around to it? Well today is your lucky day, because Torn Banner Studios has made the game free for the next day or so. This isn’t some free weekend trial sort of deal, either, once you activate the game you get … Continue reading “PSA: Chivalry: Medieval Warfare is Free On Steam”
We’ve been keeping a close eye on Evolve ever since its Stage 2 update to free to play went into beta on PC, hoping that it would revitalize the community and bring new life into a game that hit too many hurdles (many it placed itself) during development. It didn’t, while Evolve ballooned up to … Continue reading “Evolved Into Abandonware: Turtle Rock Ends Development of Evolve”
I’m writing this while viewing my profile page on Paladins, the latest title by Hi-Rez Studios and something of a cross between a MOBA and modern day Team Fortress 2. It’s a pretty simple concept, one that has been in beta for the better part of the last year. Two teams fight over control of … Continue reading “Rant: The Miserable Experience of Paladins”
Nexon, developer of everything and publisher of everything else, has finally announced their second quarter results for the 2016 fiscal year, referencing their performance as “strong” despite lower than expected revenue. Second quarter revenues reached 38 billion yen, down 11% over last year with net income amounting to 7.6 billion yen over the same period. … Continue reading “Nexon Q2 Quarterly Revenues Hit “Strong,””
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