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Bethesda
Bethesda's Pete Hines has said that, despite Fallout 76 skipping Steam in favour of its own exclusive launcher Bethesda.net, it doesn't mean that all future Bethesda games will forego Valve's platform. credit//Bethesda Softworks There was a bit of a storm in a teacup last week, when it was announced that Fallout 76 wouldn't be coming to Steam[...]
Doom Eternal Logo
The Doom reboot from 2016 took the world by storm, it becoming one of the year's most beloved games It was fast, furious, bloody and most of all, really great fun The sequel won't have that surprise factor going for it, but I am certain it will be able to delight in a similar fashion if[...]
Red dead Redemption 2
A core Rockstar game doesn't come around every year, but that doesn't stop games like Grand Theft Auto V topping video game charts even to this day, years after launch Red Dead Redemption 2 will almost certainly perform similarly, and because of that, any bit of news that comes out about the game is eagerly anticipated. With[...]
Fallout 76 announcement photo
While a few years ago Steam held a monopoly with a few fringe services like GoG and Origins, that has seemingly freed up a little bit with some games having great success off of Steam From Xbox's Play Anywhere to Origin Access and, of course, Epic's launcher with Fortnite, it seems that games and services can[...]
Overwatch
Blizzard has announced that Overwatch's Summer Games event will begin later this week, bringing new skins, emotes and a new map to LucioBall. The summer is in its latter half now, although you'd be forgiven for not thinking it The sun seems to be blaring down on just about everyone right now, especially those of us[...]
FIFA EA
There are countless examples of games that have adopted elements from the big boom of Survival games a few years ago, with crafting, permadeath and hardcore sensibilities all becoming pretty common in games all across the board One place it hasn't quite found a way to penetrate though? Sports games How would that even work? Oh[...]
Bioware, Mass Effect
Bioware head Casey Hudson has acknowledged that Bioware knows fans want more Dragon Age and Mass Effect games in the future, away from the world of Anthem. Anthem is a new direction for Bioware, that much is clear The developer is mostly known for single-player action RPG narratives these days, with fans falling in love with[...]
Dragon Ball FighterZ
As reported by Games Talk, (via Gematsu) that Dragon Ball FighterZ's beta will be landing next week, running from August 10 to 12 on the console It is substantial too The beta will bring 23 characters, the normal mode, the new 'extreme mode', Arena match and circle party match for up to six players That is a lot[...]
Octopath traveller
While the genre has evolved dramatically over time, there is still a hungry audience for games in the vein of older Final Fantasys The turn-based, grindfests with a focus on long, sprawling storylines still has a place in many hearts still, and Octopath Traveler is very much in that vein Since its release, it's been scratching[...]
Mafia III
Sony has announced its PlayStation Plus lineup for August, bringing in titles like Mafia III and Dead by Daylight among a whole slew of others too. It's a new month, which means that a whole bunch of free games are about to be making their way to us Alongside other promotions from other companies, if you subscribe[...]
Elon Musk Wants Help Putting Games In Tesla Cars
You could fill a whole blog just about some of the out there ideas he has, be they ethically questionable and not entirely effective all the time (see his recently submarine efforts.) Today though, he is out there with something more innocuous, but equally interesting. The business magnate and engineer took to Twitter last evening to put[...]
DayZ
Bohemia Interactive has taken to their blog to talk about the Xbox One version of DayZ, saying that the game should still make its debut on console later this summer. Once upon a time, DayZ was one of the biggest games around Despite being in early access, the title, which started life as an Arma mod,[...]
Artifact
Valve has announced the release date for its next game, the Dota 2 themed card game Artifact for November. The common feeling around Valve for the past few years is that they aren't in the business of making games any more Of course, this isn't true at all The team maintains games like Counter-Strike, Team Fortress 2 and[...]
Nintendo Switch Red Blue
Of course, the console might well have crossed that line over July, but we won't know until the next report. The console isn't just shifting consoles, though — it's also moving games Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze sold an impressive 1.4 million units, with Mario Tennis Aces not far behind with 1.38 million during the period[...]