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Doom returns to the arcade action roots of early shooters | #E32015
Fallout and Elder Scrolls maker Bethesda Softworks owns several studios through its publishing arm, ZeniMax Media, including veteran Dallas-based game maker Id Software, whose games helped define the first-person shooter genre starting with 1992’s Wolfenstein 3d. Next year, Id is returning to those action-heavy FPS roots with a brand new Doom. Originally intended to be Doom 4, the game underwent ...
Everything we learned about Fallout 4 | #E32015
At an E3 press conference on Sunday, Bethesda Game Studios finally presented a full showcase of Fallout 4, the long-awaited new entry into a post-apocalyptic series that has been running since 1997. The game was first officially revealed less than two weeks ago, and now Bethesda has already announced a release date for November 10 of this year, only ...
Fallout 4, Dishonored 2, Doom and more shown off by Bethesda | #E32015
Bethesda held its first ever E3 press conference on Sunday, and the Maryland-based studio and publisher did not disappoint. In the span of roughly one hour, Bethesda showed off some of the biggest names in gaming, and they closed everything out by revealing that the eagerly awaited Fallout 4 would be released this year on November ...
Riot donates over $30k in League of Legends fines to LGBTQ charity
Riot Games’ hugely successful MOBA game League of Legends has a reputation for a somewhat toxic player base, but the studio is trying to make something positive out of some of the community’s negative behaviors by donating $31,850 in player fines to The Trevor Project, a charity that provides “crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to ...
Google’s new tool to choose an Android phone is useless
Today, Google Inc introduced a new website designed to help users find the Android phone that is right for them, but the tool appears to be about as useful as a “Which Twilight character are you?” quiz. “With many Android phones to choose from, here’s a great place to start,” the page says. “Answer three ...
Google to launch YouTube Gaming to compete with Twitch
Google Inc has been eyeing Twitch’s success with gamers for some time now, and for a short time the company was rumored to be interested in buying Twitch. Those rumors ended last August when Twitch was purchased by Amazon Inc instead for around $970 million. Google’s own YouTube has an enormous gamer audience, and now the video site will be launching ...
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night becomes the most funded game ever on Kickstarter
Mixing a video game industry veteran with a spiritual successor to a beloved classic game seems to be the winning combination for Kickstarter, and the success of that formula has once again been demonstrated by Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, a new game from former Castlevania producer Koji Igarashi. With less than a day remaining in its campaign, Bloodstained has broken ...
How Rockstar Games weaseled its way out of discounting GTA V on Steam
The Steam Summer Sale is a time for PC gamers to rejoice in hundreds of discounts on some of today’s top games, but it seems like some game studios do not want to play fair. A quick glance at Steam might lead you to think that Grand Theft Auto V is one of the many games ...
Reddit bans spark a flood of trolls that are intentionally ruining the site
Since yesterday’s announcement that several “harassing” subreddits, including r/FatPeopleHate, had been banned from the website, Reddit has seen a massive backlash from trolls that are overwhelming the site with dozens of replacement subreddits that are being pushed to the frontpage. The new subreddits included names like “FatPeopleHate2,” “FatPeopleHate3,” and…well, you get the idea. Cleverness is not ...
The Steam Monster Summer Sale kicks of with deals on GTA 5, Elite: Dangerous, and more
Update: It appears Rockstar Games has engaged in some shady business to avoid the sale. The studio bundled Grand Theft Auto V with a Shark Cash Card, making the discounted price still $59.99. GTA V itself is not actually on sale. Original Article: Prepare your wallets, the Steam Summer sale has finally arrived, and the first day kicks of ...