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Blizzard’s latest Overwatch patch makes much needed changes to Bastion and Tobjorn
Blizzard Entertainment has released a new patch for the Overwatch closed beta with the goal of bringing some much needed balance to some of the game’s strongest and weakest characters. Balance is a constant concern for all of Blizzard Entertainment’s games, and Overwatch is no different. While it is perfectly fine for some heroes to be situationally useful, Blizzard ...
Bethesda has three new “longer-term projects” in the works, says Todd Howard
Fallout 4 and Skyrim developer Bethesda Game Studios has always been notoriously tight-lipped about its upcoming titles. In fact, Fallout 4 was not even officially announced until six months before release. The studio is still keeping quiet on what exactly it is working on, but studio head Todd Howard has revealed that Bethesda is working on not one, ...
Twitchcon 2016 adds an extra day and moves to San Diego
Last year, Amazon-owned livestreaming service Twitch held the first ever Twitchcon in San Francisco, California, and the event was a huge success, with over 20,000 people attending. Twitch announced today that Twitchcon will be returning this year, but there will be a few changes to the event. The biggest change is that Twitchcon will be ...
Legendary game dev Warren Spector joins ‘System Shock 3’ studio
Veteran game designer Warren Spector, who has worked on iconic game like Ultima Underworld and Deus Ex, has announced that he is joining Otherside Entertainment, the studio behind Underworld Ascendant and the recently announced System Shock 3. For the last few years, Spector has been working at the University of Texas at Austin, helping the school develop a post-baccalaureate ...
PlayStation VR may not be arriving until Fall according to GameStop’s CEO
Console fans who were feeling left out by all of the PC love from virtual reality devices like Oculus Rift and HTC Vive were excited when Sony Corp announced its own PlayStation VR, but it looks like they may still have a bit of a wait before getting to try out the new device. According ...
Bethesda reveals Fallout 4 DLC details and announces season pass price hike
It has been over three months since the release of Fallout 4, and Bethesda Game Studios has finally revealed the first round of paid downloadable content that will be coming to the game. Bethesda actually revealed three separate add-ons coming to Fallout 4, all at different price points, including Automatron, Wasteland Workshop, and Far Harbor. Automatron (March 2016) ...
Three balance changes Overwatch desperately needs
It has been a week now since the return of the closed beta for Blizzard Entertainment’s highly anticipated team-based shooter, Overwatch, and while the game has been excellent in general, there are a few problems that Blizzard will need to address before launch, especially in regards to the way certain heroes are balanced. Bastion Transforming robot ...
BioWare job posting hints at a new MMO game made by The Old Republic team
Even as secretive as the video game industry can be, it is almost impossible to keep a new project under wraps, and now a job posting for BioWare Austin may have spilled the beans on a potential new MMO from the studio. The job posting is for a Lead Server Software Engineer based out of BioWare’s ...
Number of successful video game Kickstarters down for the second year in a row
Last year was a good year for games on Kickstarter PBC, with video game campaigns raising over $46 million through the crowdfunding platform in 2015, more than double what they had raised the previous year. However, according to Thomas Bidaux, co-founder and CEO of video game market intelligence firm Ico Partners, those numbers are somewhat misleading. While the overall ...
Star Citizen splits into two different games, Squadron 42 will be sold separately
Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games recently announced that the space sim would be splitting up into two separate products, and today the studio expanded on what exactly that will mean for the game. Up until now, Star Citizen has been a single, unified product, but Cloud Imperium said that the game’s single-player module, Squadron 42, will ...
