“Stars of Blood” isn’t a name you’ve heard in a long time, if at all. And there’s good reason for that – the last public message for the game came from Gabe Newell himself in 2012. Nine years later, concept art for the long-cancelled Valve project has surfaced, giving us a glimpse at what could have been.
Whether this move is related to China’s new gaming regulations is unclear, but regardless of the reason, the results remain: starting on November 1st, Chinese Fortnite players will be unable to make new accounts. And 15 days later, the game as a whole will go offline.
A few days ago, two of Nintendo’s North-American offices shut its doors. One was in Redwood City, California – and soon after, the office in Toronto, Ontario followed suit. Roughly 100 employees were laid off from the Redwood facility alone.
Ali Nassar Abulaban, aka JinnKid, is the creator of the popular “Skyrim In Real Life” – a series of TikTok clips featuring him and others recreating Skyrim’s infamously strange NPC-player interactions. And now, he faces one hell of a prison sentence as the San Diego legal system prepares their case.
Guardians of the Galaxy is just a fun game, right? Eidos Montreal doesn’t have anything devious going on, right? Sure. Of course. Pay no attention to the Rick Astley behind the screen, you will not fall victim to the internet’s most infamous prank.
Blizzcon sees its third annual interruption, this time through a wholesale cancellation. They claim it’s because they need time to “reimagine” things, though with ongoing allegations plaguing the company’s reputation, it’s not hard to “imagine” why something like this needed cancelling.
It’s a problem every PC player has faced before: the constant shuffle of large installed games, the constant need to make space for all those fancy new releases. If you’ve faced an issue like that before, it may surprise you to know that Call of Duty: Vanguard may not need to be rotated out of your hard drive.
When Jesse McCree’s name was changed to Cole Cassidy, many players were surprised to see just how deeply ingrained the changes were. Lines of dialogue were re-recorded, sprays were redesigned, everything you can imagine. As of today, these changes are live on Overwatch’s servers.
Road 96 is a game designed to send you on an unforgettable journey, again and again. Its a kind of procedural storytelling that shows a world evolve over time, as you attempt run after run. With this new documentary, DigixArt aims to tell the game’s final, untold tale.
The EA-published Battlefield 2042 has a wide selection of specialists to choose from, though until this game, the series has yet to include a single definitively non-binary character. Emma “Sundance” Rosier has changed that, forever.
