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NetherRealm Clarifies Injustice 2’s Gear System
Injustice 2, NetherRealm’s sequel to the 2013 DC superhero fighting game, plans to add new features to the game. One of those features is the new gear system. After a fight, players have the opportunity to receive loot in the form of gear pieces. The pieces can help players customize their characters to their taste. The pieces, however, can also grant stat bonuses to a player’s character. This pro...[Read More]
DayZ Still Coming to PS4 and Xbox One but PC Still has Priority for Now
DayZ is one of those games that attract an unusual amount of interest. The game, originally a mod for ARMA II, has become a monster of its own, despite not being technically finished. When creator Dean Hall stood on the Gamescom stage two years ago and announced the zombie survival game would hit consoles, the monster grew bigger fangs and threatened to eat everything it saw. Since the announcemen...[Read More]
Star Wars Battlefront Removes a Feature – and Gamers Rejoice!
Usually, when a developer or publisher removes a feature in a game, player outrage is soon to follow. When EA and DICE removed one particular feature from Star Wars Battlefront, however, players rejoiced. A recent patch for the game, coinciding with the new Death Star expansion, lists a bevy of changes. Tucked well within the “General” section of the patch’s notes is one seemingly-innocuous ...[Read More]
Blizzard Doing Away with Battle.net Name
Blizzard has been using the Battle.net name since it launched Diablo in 1996. Twenty years later, Blizzard is doing away with the Battle.net name. The service, which started as just an online gaming and platform, has become Blizzard’s digital distribution and digital rights management (DRM) platform on PC. When Battle.net was created, the very thought of online multiplayer gaming was alien to the ...[Read More]
Modern Warfare Remastered May be Sold Separately – Or Not
I pity anyone who has to talk to media outlets when video games are concerned. Say one thing wrong and the internet is gonna eat you alive…or do endless cartwheels. That was what seemingly happened when Raven Software director David Pellas sat down with Game Reactor to talk about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered. The game, a gussied-up version of the most beloved game in the Call of Duty se...[Read More]
New Video Game Releases for Week of September 20, 2016
This week’s new releases feature a couple of heavy hitters in Destiny: Rise of Iron and Forza Horizon 3. The second episode of Batman: The Telltale Series also drops this week. PC users get NBA 2K17 after a week’s wait. Indie lovers can round out their collections on their favorite consoles. Vbox One owners get to try out Firewatch, and both they and PS4 owners will have Dear Esther: Landmark Edit...[Read More]
Street Fighter V adding Urien with Latest Update
Major content for the first season of DLC for Street Fighter V comes to a close with the latest update, version 1.04. The update, dated September 22nd, will add the last of the season’s characters, Urien. The character, first introduced in Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact, can be unlocked via the same methods as for all the others. Diehard players can unlock him for 100,000 Fight Money, the game’s i...[Read More]
For Honor Impressions
I guess the following little anecdote can best explain my feelings for the game For Honor: When Ubisoft announced the game’s closed alpha, I signed up immediately. For Honor is one of the games I saw at E3 that really interested me, and I wanted to take it for a spin. Of course, since I am older than video games, I promptly forgot about it and went on with my life. Last Friday, I received an email...[Read More]
South Park The Fractured But Whole Delayed until 2017
Well, there goes my Christmas. A post on Ubisoft’s blog reports that South Park The Fractured But Whole will be delayed to Q1 2017. It was originally scheduled to be released on December 6th. The post explains that delay is needed because “the development team wants to make sure the game experience meets the high expectations of fans and the additional time will help them achieve this goal.&...[Read More]
Indie Game Lookout for September 15, 2016
I’ve been gone for two weeks, but I’m back! Why was I gone? World of Warcraft: Legion, that’s why! Don’t worry, my school and job didn’t like that excuse, either. Thankfully, my school forgave me when I told them about Overwatch’s free weekend. So here I go. These are the games that I’ve come across that I find notable. If you know of any great indie games that you would like me to check out, let ...[Read More]
CSGO Drops Banhammer on More Than 11,000 Cheaters
Many Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players logged in yesterday and felt a sharp pain. Valve brushed off its GSGO banhammer and dropped it on their heads. Kotaku posted an article yesterday that detailed how over 11,000 CSGO players were banned by the Valve Anti-Cheat system for cheating. VAC has been banning players continually, but it seems the system is now able to detect previously stealthy ...[Read More]
My Ode to Chris Metzen
I have been playing video games for as long as I can recall having memories. There are literally dozens of video games that I feel have stayed with me as touchstones. I would have to say that my first was Atari’s Football arcade game. As a child, I distinctly recall being told by my mother to watch after my younger brother after she left us at an arcade to go shop at Richard’s, a popular departmen...[Read More]