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Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare from Windows Store Cannot Connect With Steam Users
With Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare out today, tens of thousands of veteran players can now jump on multiplayer and tell me how they slept with my mother…INNNNNNNN SPAAAAAAAAAACE! Unfortunately, some PC owners will discover that the pool of fellow “adults” they can grief is much smaller than they hoped for. Customers who bought the game via the Windows Store are discovering that they cannot play w...[Read More]
Titanfall 2 Will Have No Season Pass or “Hidden Costs”
There are a slew of big-name titles dropping for interested gamers. Many of them are intriguing, some not so much. Almost all, however, have one thing in common: Season Passes that promise “exciting” content at a later date for some money now. Titanfall 2, out tomorrow, will be one title that will not play that game. If you head on to Respawn Entertainment’s site and read their “10 Ways Titanfall ...[Read More]
Microsoft Announces VR Headsets for Windows 10
During a Windows 10 event, Microsoft announced it is partnering with other companies to ship a new line of virtual reality headsets for their operating system. The VR headsets are expected to “start at $299.” Microsoft’s partners – Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, and Lenovo – will be shipping headsets with their own branding. The headsets will include inside –out tracking sensors, which obviate ...[Read More]
Turtle Rock Studios No Longer Supporting Evolve
Turtle Rock Studios, the development team behind Evolve, has announced that they will no longer be supporting the game, effective immediately. The game’s servers will, however stay online “for the foreseeable future.” The announcement was made in a blog post by Turtle Rock’s co-founder Chris Ashton. In the post, he clarified that Evolve is not owned by Turtle Rock and they did not make the decisio...[Read More]
Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 Open Beta Impressions
By the time I realized that the open beta for Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 was running, I was halfway into this past weekend. My time with the game might not have been as extensive, but I put enough time in to give my impressions. The first thing I can happily say about Bandai Namco’s latest entry is that it feels like the original, only more polished. I’m a complete DBZ dork, and any chance to smoothl...[Read More]
New Video Game Releases for Week of October 18, 2016
This week, Batman: Return to Arkham pops on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The bundled remaster of Batman: Arkham Aslylum and Batman: Arkham City would normally take top billing on a new release calendar. LEGO Harry Potter Collection would interest fans and demand attention on the calendar as well. RPG fans would be happy with Exist Archive: The Other Side of the Sky making an appearance. But let...[Read More]
Cuphead Delayed until Mid-2017
Ah, phooey! Cuphead, the run-n-gun homage to 1930s cartoons and recreational LSD use, is being delayed. Originally, it was set to release later this year. But developer Studio MDHR decided the game needed a little more time to marinate. It explained its reasoning in a blog post. “Throughout this year we discussed reducing the scope to make a 2016 release, but we made the difficult decision to dela...[Read More]
New Video Game Releases for Week of October 11, 2016
The list of games below may make it look like it’s a slow week. Think again! With the PlayStation VR out, the VR titles are beginning to come out. This week’s headlines include Batman: Arkham VR and Until Dawn: Rush of Blood. Also, the PS4 and PC finally get Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration. The Xbox One, of course, has its own ammo, with Gears of War 4 finally making its debut. Click ...[Read More]
Never Played: Prison Architect
As I write this, I am working on my third prison in Prison Architect. When I mean I’m working on it, I mean it’s on one of my 4 monitors. It’s running in the background as I write this. I am $157 in the red with this prison. But as soon as stupid prisoners buy into the Foundation Education Program, I’ll be in the black financially. Then again, if I expand the prison wing by another 85 inmates, I’l...[Read More]
Overwatch Leak Shows Halloween Terror Event…and Another Secret
As usually happens, screenshots talking about Halloween loot boxes has leaked. The particular leak happened on the Xbox Store. This shows that Blizzard is planning for special event, named Halloween Terror. Players who play during the event that grab loot boxes will receive Halloween-themed loot, similar to the loot for the Olympics. That in itself is not too much of a surprise. Players will now h...[Read More]
Ubisoft Releases Statistics of For Honor Closed Alpha
For Honor had its closed alpha last month, and Ubisoft has released some infographics that detail a lot of the data collected during the test. The data shown mainly deals with hero preference, mode preference, and kill and death rates. The first infographic shows that the Orochi was the most picked hero during the closed alpha. The hero was picked by 30% of participating gamers. He was followed b...[Read More]
New Video Game Releases for Week of October 4, 2016
It may be the week of the 4th, but the biggest releases pop on the 7th. On that day, we get Mafia III for the major consoles and PC. The Wii U gets Paper Mario: Color Splash. Old-school mavens like me can try out Atari Flashback Classics on the PS4, assuming you don’t have another way to play the games packed in. Click on the games for more info. Game Platform Date A Bastard’s Tale PS4 10/4/...[Read More]