Level 1,000 Snow Globe card MeetPalmDesert, a Steam power user who just spent $3,160 on Steam Holiday cards. The level 260 Steam user reached level 1,000 on the Snow Globe from this year’s Steam Holiday sale, earning him 100,000 XP. Impressive, given that he’s had to collect cards for a ton of games ten times each, all with the holiday cards that are generated through purchases during the sale and community voting....
There’s five supports now! We all knew a support was coming toOverwatch, but I didn’t expect Pharah’s mom, and Iespeciallydidn’t expect her to be in playable state on the PTR today. Yes, if you’re so inclined, you canboot up your Battle.net client right now and try Ana out— I suggest you do so, because she’s a blast to play. Did I mention there are now five supports? Ana couldn’t have come at a better time....
Adorabot As I’m sure fans are aware, Atlus’ upcoming Nintendo 3DS titlePersona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinthfeatures dungeons (or “labyrinths”) based on movie genres. This new trailer for the chibi-sequel gives us a glimpse of the newly-revealed stage “A.I.G.I.S.” A clear spoof on A.I.-based sci-fi movies such asI, Robotand… er…A.I.,the labyrinth will feature a story aboutPersona 3’scutie-pie android gal, Aigis, and her attempts to break free from the shackles of drone-minded subservience....
Things are not what they seem “We weren’t really satisfied withHard West‘s depth; it always felt rushed. So this time around, we were constantly afraid of making a game that felt too shallow. Sometimes, I think we overdid it.” Kacper Szymczak finishes his statement with a rueful laugh. He’s just spent the last thirty minutes showing me how deepPhantom Doctrine‘s conspiracy-laden systems go. They’re anything but shallow, a tangled web of menus, mission objectives, and spy fiction that are so engrossing I’m struggling to keep up....
‘Not too much of a wait’ For the past year, talk surrounding next-generation consoles has been a slow dripfeed of tech specs and theoretical capabilities. Both PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X have centered early marketing around what’s inside their machines and what their target goals are. By and large, no one has really shown us games yet. Time is running out before PS5 and Xbox Series X launch this fall, and that means we have to hear something about games sometime soon....
Alan Wake 2is finally out. It’squite the scary ride, and one our review-in-progress offered plenty of praise for as Remedy Entertainment went back for round two. However,Alan Wake 2may suffer a few launch hiccups, as an annoying audio issue affects some Xbox players. After the sequel’s launch just days ago, player reports have included complaints about the game’s audio cutting out with no apparent cause. While the problem has no clear fix, Remedy Entertainment has acknowledged its existence and stated that it’s looking into a solution....
Following the announcement of Apple’s newnext-generation MacBook Pro with Retina displayyesterday, some of you questioned that games would even be able to run well at its 2880 x 1800 resolution with the included graphics hardware. Tech siteAnandtechtook the above screencap ofDiablo IIIrunning at 2880 x 1800, so Apple’s fancy new MacBook Pro works at least well enough to do that. Running the game at this max resolution, with high texure quality, high clutter density, high physics quality, anti-aliasing on and medium shadow quality, Anandtech says thatDiablo IIIwas “quite playable....
Could Aloy be platform-hopping? Earlier this morning, online retailer Amazon France opened a listing for a PC edition of Guerilla Games techno-adventureHorizon Zero Dawn, which has won the hearts of many a PS4 owner since its exclusive release back in 2017. As is often the case with these surprise situations,Amazon took the page downin the blink of an eye, but not before word had gotten out on social media, appearing on the Twitter accounts of@Nibellionand@Wario64....
At least it looks pretty Microsoft likesRyse: Son of Romeenough to put it in Monday’s press conference. If my hands-on time was any indication of the final product, there’s no reason to be so keen on it. Despite having only five minutes with the game, it didn’t do much to impress. The demo that I was given was the exact same segment that was shown during the briefing. It was useful in that it displayed the mechanics behind the fighting system, and probably gave a good indicator as to how the game will be structured....
In 2009, Sega released one of the best third-party games on the Nintendo Wii whenHouse of the Dead: Overkillmade its way to stores that February. It was one of two zombie killing games to hit the console that day, and while I do enjoy myself aOnechanbaraslash-and-dash fest,Overkillwas just too good to not dominate my Wii over the next two weeks. Hell, I went out and bought a gun-shaped accessory just for that game....
I’ve been around for a few years and seen all sorts of games and genres pop up. Over the past decade or so, however, one particular “genre” caught my eye, one whose appeal I never really understood. And that is, drum roll, gacha. FromLimbus CompanytoFate: Grand Orderto the currently massively popularUmamusume, there have been more than a few gacha games on the market these past few years. Even games that you wouldn’t consider gachas from a trailer or some images turn out to be precisely that:Genshin Impact,Zenless Zone Zero, and so on....
Expect more updates early next year So far we’ve mostly seen people wax poetic about how goodShenmue IIIwill be alongside of some concept art, but as of this week, Famitsu explains that development is heading into the “final stage,towardsfull-scale production.”Creator Yu Suzuki notesthat they’ll have new footage to show off early next year, and that a December 2017 target is still in place. In other news, as of tomorrow you’ll be able to pre-order the game on PC, which, as Suzuki claims, they’ve received “a lot” of requests for....
Derek Yu sees indie development blossoming thanks to platform competition The creator of smash indie hitSpelunky, Derek Yu, has said in aninterview with GamesIndustry Internationalthat developing a successful game for a mobile platform is like “a lottery” and doesn’t have the potential rewards of a PC or console release. “It’s just kind of intimidating,” says Yu. “It’s a very finicky business, too, in terms of what succeeds and what doesn’t.” WithSpelunky‘s success on Xbox Live Arcade after years as a free PC game and with its arrivalimminent on PS3 and Vita, Derek seems to have a good grasp of developing for consoles....
