Gaming
After 18 Years, Ubisoft Shutting Down Its Studio in Morocco
Ubisoft announced today that it will close its studio in Casablanca, Morocco. The official shutdown will take place on June 13.In a statement, Ubisoft said employees were told about the shutdown sometime last week. Additionally, Ubisoft will provide "transfer opportunities" to other Ubisoft studios, or "assistance" for the employees who are being let go.The headcount for Ubisoft Casablanca was not...[Read More]
The Division Now Bans Cheaters Permanently on the First Offense
Ubisoft has taken steps to deal with cheaters in The Division since its launch in March. Today, it announced the strongest measure being taken to date: permanent bans on the first offense.Cheating is especially problematic in The Division. Its Dark Zone area allows players to kill each other and loot any gear they've recently collected, making the idea that someone has an unfair advantage even mor...[Read More]
Injustice 2 Announced for 2017
DC fans rejoice! After tweets and leaks teasing the presence of Injustice 2, Warner Bros finally announced the game, arriving to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in 2017. The game is the sequel to NetherRealm Studios’ Injustice: Gods Among Us, released in 2013. It’s meant to continue the storyline of the original while expanding the roster of superheroes and supervillains. Batman and his crew are lookin...[Read More]
Rumors of Skyrim Remaster, Wolfenstein 2 for Bethesda at E3
The E3 2016 rumor mill is at full churn, and now Bethesda will take a turn at it. The publisher is at the center of rumors concerning the games they will debut during their conference on June 12th. Eurogamer has pooled information from multiple sources that seem to back up the rumors. First among the rumors is that Bethesda will announce a remastered version of The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim. Sources...[Read More]
Retro Review: Rygar (NES)
Release Date: 1987 Developer: Tecmo Publisher: Tecmo The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) has more than its share of classic titles. I loved playing them all, but I much preferred discovering games that, while not heralded as absolute classics, I still enjoyed playing for hours on end. Tecmo’s Rygar, a cult classic among NES fans, fits that description for me to a tee. Rygar started life...[Read More]
Dead Rising 4 Leaks, May Be Xbox One Exclusive
Images for Dead Rising 4 have leaked, confirming the game’s existence. The images, posted on ThisGenGaming, were corroborated by Kotaku. They show a character that looks like Frank West, and one image shows him outside in the snow. The game, developed by Capcom Vancouver, is said to be a remake of the original Dead Rising, which was set in Willamette, Colorado. It is also rumored to allow 4-player...[Read More]
Watch Dogs 2 Revealed Prior to E3
Ubisoft, not content to wait for E3, has started revealing all sorts of information about the upcoming Watch Dogs 2. The French publisher has set up a Web site that is counting down to June 8th at 9:00 AM PDT. The site will host Ubisoft’s reveal event for Watch Dogs 2. One day ahead of the reveal event, however, an advertisement has appeared that reveals some details about the game. The advertisem...[Read More]
Indie Game Lookout for June 2, 2016
I had fun putting together last week’s Indie Game Lookout, so I went hunting for more promising indie games this week with much more vigor. As usual, there is no overriding theme to my picks; I simply point out the titles I find promising. First among them is a title I am really hyped for. Prisma [youtube id=”SxAioJPqR5I” autoplay=”no”] Developer: Shiny Bolt Platform: PC, M...[Read More]
Blizzard Working to Stream Their PC Games Directly to Facebook
Blizzard Entertainment announced that is it working with Facebook to implement Facebook’s Live API into its current list of games. Once implemented, players will be able to use their Facebook login to access Blizzard games on PC, including Overwatch, Hearthstone, World of Warcraft, Heroes of the Storm, StarCraft 2, and Diablo III. While the immediate benefit of this partnership will be an easy way...[Read More]
Blizzard Will “Keep an Eye” on Overwatch Cross-Play
A response to a tweet on the Overwatch account has opened up some hope that Overwatch cross-play between the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One will be possible: “There is no cross-platform play. We’ll keep an eye on cross-platform possibilities on the consoles.” While the tweet does not confirm that Blizzard is working on console cross-play, it’s not out of the realm of possibility. Microsoft recently an...[Read More]
P.T. Spiritual Successor Cancelled
Allison Road, the horror game inspired by Konami’s cancelled P.T., has been cancelled by UK studio Lilith. The cancellation was announced on Twitter over the weekend. No reason was given for the cancellation. The buzz for Allison Road grew quickly after a YouTube video showing prototype gameplay surfaced. Comparisons to P.T., Konami’s playable teaser of the since-cancelled Silent Hills, began almo...[Read More]
Upcoming Xbox One updates adding Cortana and Marketplace Unification
This summer, the Xbox One will receive two updates that will add Microsoft’s Cortana voice assistant to the console and start unifying the Xbox and Windows Stores. Mike Ybarra, Xbox’s director of program management, wrote on Major Nelson’s blog to explain how Cortana would work. He said that voice commands will work with both headsets and Kinect and can be used to find games, search for friends, a...[Read More]