A History of Halo: Glitch Hunting, Machinima and Social Gaming
With a confirmed Halo title on the cards, many fans of Master Chief’s adventures are waiting to see what the next iteration holds, whether it's a reboot of an old favourite, or an entirely new adventure. Whilst the wait continues, I want to take a look at the history of…
Square Enix secure trademark for “Shinra Company” (Edit)
For the many millions who know of Final Fantasy VIIs storyline, news of Japanese game developers, Square Enix, trademarking the name "Shinra Company" could be either exciting or terrifying. With the in game version of Shinra essentially being a mega corporation, responsible for the worlds energy, as well as creating…
Free copy of the original Dungeon Keeper for GOG.com members
What better way to celebrate Valentines day than to slap some imps, build libraries for Warlocks, and feed Bile Demons cute little baby chicks? If you honestly can't think of a better way, then you are in luck as Bullfrogs epic game, Dungeon Keeper is 100% free from now until…
Gfinity continues to develop the UK eSports industry
UK based professional gaming teams can rejoice as eSports are becoming easier to access for Europeans. Gfinity is now the leading in UK based eSports, bringing the concept to a larger audience. With tournaments being accessible all over the world, it is good to have a company representing the UK.…
Titanfall Beta now open for registration
Upcoming, and much hyped mech riding shooter, Titanfall, has opened it's huge metallic arms for anyone who owns an Xbox One or a PC that can handle the specs, to put themselves forward to play the closed beta, due to start sometime in the near future. Registration opened last night,…
New world event, Escape From Lions Arch, coming to Guild wars 2
Lions Arch has long been a huge player hub in the Guild Wars universe. As a stronghold that has withstood a lot of attacks over the cities 250 year life span, it is sure to have some tricky situations lined up in its inevitable timeline. One of which is actually…
Naughty Dog claim possibility of The Last Of Us 2
The huge success of last years blockbuster title, The Last Of Us, has paved way for much more in terms of the games cannon. With the new DLC, named Left Behind, on it's way just in just under a week, exploring more of Ellie's story line, it is already clear…
GAME stores to open new trade-in locations
After retailer, GAME, went into administration in 2012, almost half of their UK based stores where closed down, and the company had taken quite a hit. Just under two years later, and under new ownership, it appears that the UK best known games retailer may be on the rise again.…
Free copy of Pid when you sign up to Bundle Stars
Developed by Might and Delight, the creators of Shelter, Pid is currently free for any one who subscribes to Bundle Stars. To subscribe you must sign in through your Steam account and supply an email for the code to be sent to. Bundle stars is a CD-key website that offers…
Elder Scrolls Online to release a February batch of beta invites
For the many who didn't get invited to the last beta event, it may be time to check your emails again as The Elder Scrolls Online has just announced that new invitations have just gone out. The post also states that there is a secondary chance to get into the…
New Screenshot for Tom Clancy’s The Division
Upcoming third person RPG shooter, Tom Clancy's The Division, has had very little media released about it. After it's announcement at E3, all that existed was the official site, a few screenshots and a video. Now, we can add one more screenshot to that list as it has just emerged…
GOG.com celebrates 30 years of PC gaming with a DRM free sale
Good Old Games is having a sale today including many retro titles. As a celebration of thirty years of commercial PC gaming, the sale is a tribute to where gaming started, and will include plenty of older, DRM free titles. The sale will work in a unique way, in that…
Project Nimbus leaves it’s Kickstarter goal in the clouds
Project Nimbus, a mecha suit, flying, shoot em up, has not only reached its goal of £6,000, but has actually surpassed it by 295%. The total takings after the Kickstarter had ended was £17,689. Project Nimbus takes themes from anime shows such as Gundam or Evangelion and features robot fighting…
The Dead Linger gets a new update that fixes frame rate issues
The Dead Linger, a Zombie survival game by Sandswept Studios, recently had a new patch implemented that has cleared up a lot of optimization issues. Due to the movement code for the zombies, large amounts of dead heads on screen at any one time could cause frame rate drops and…
Steven Spielbergs plans for who will direct Halo TV pilot
It has been reported on a site named Latino review, that the Halo TV series, announced by Steven Spielberg at Microsofts reveal of the Xbox One, has a potential director for the pilot. Spielberg reportedly wants Niell Blomkamp, director of films such District 9 and Elysium, and the original director…
Broken on release: Is early access ruining games?
Over the last few years, the notion of buying a game has changed. It used to be that if you wanted a game you would go to a store and pick it up knowing that the product you have bought would work. Whilst any bugs that did creep through could…
New screenshots from upcoming horror survival, The Forest
Currently in development by Endnight Games, The Forest is looking to be a very interesting game. New screenshots identify that it appears that fire spreads across The Forest. As seen with game before, such as Far Cry 2 and so on, the use of fire can be very tactically helpful…
New character art for Until Dark is revealed.
Shiro Games has posted new character art on their site as well as a bit more information on Until Dark. The character is called Akkad and appears to be the second of six, after the first character, Leaf. Along with the concept art, the information on the characters was expanded…
DayZ developer engages questions in a Reddit AMA
DayZ developer Dean 'Rocket' Hall took part in an ask me anything session on Reddit last night, prompting much information about the next update. Many users had questions about the future of DayZ, including what features we could expect sooner rather than later. When asked about the potential for fortifying…
Cube World developer previews quest system
Cube World developer, Woolay, has teased in a post about the new questing system, due to release with the next update. The preview announces 4 types of quests, including dungeon quests, monster quests, mini quests and main quests. It's fair to say that with any RPG, that quests are quite…
Titanfall gets a rating by ESRB
The ESRB rating for Titanfall has been announced as an M (for mature) rated game. The rating information synopsis revealed that the games content included "blood and gore, strong language and violence". The summary mentions "cries of pain, impact sounds, and blood splashes" and then goes on to depict graphic details such…