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More Details Emerge On PS4.5, Which Reportedly Won’t Get Its Own Games
Last month, we told you that Sony was working on a new, improved model of the PS4, what was basically a PS4.5. Now Giant Bomb is reporting some further details on this new console, and it all sounds…a bit weird. Their reportsays Sony is referring to the upgraded hardware as NEO (something we’ve also heard),…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 18, 2016 -
Street Fighter V Mod Hits The Light Switch On All Stages
Street Fighter V might not have weather effects or time of day changes during battles, but this is something modders can fix quickly. Moddah played around with lighting and gave all the daytime stages a darker, nighttime look. Great stuff, it gives a whole new atmosphere to the locations, especially Union Station, Hillside Plaza and…
By Gergo Vas Published April 15, 2016 -
EsportsThat’s One Way To Play Overwatch
Blizzard’s shooter isn’t even out, yet some folks already found ways to play the game absolutely unintended ways. Instead of chasing each other on the map, these players have set up a silly orb deflecting mini-game. It’s a reminder of Team Fortress 2 days and Pyro Airblasts. Symmetra is firing her orb to the ninja…
By Gergo Vas Published April 14, 2016 -
Battleborn Beta Impressions: It’s Alright
A name similar to Battlefront, Battlecry and even Bloodborne hasn’t helped next month’s Battleborn stand out. Descriptions of the game place it in an overflowing stew of team shooters and MOBA-influenced games. This week, at last, there’s an open beta which allows us to at least judge the game on its pre-release merits. And the…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 13, 2016 -
Codemasters Acquires Recently Shut Down Driveclub Studio
Codemasters, the British publisher and developer behind the F1 and Dirt racing series, among a long list of other games, is joining forces with DriveClub’s recently shut down developer, Evolution Studios. In addition to Codemasters taking on “most” of the studios’ staff, former Evolution Group Director Mike Hocking will also become the company’s new VP…
By András Neltz Published April 11, 2016 -
The Gamble To Make A Video Game About Infiltrating A 1970s Cult
“You’re sort of buying a lottery ticket,” the game developer Richard Rouse recently told me while explaining the mindset of trying to make an indie game after spending many years doing big budget stuff for Microsoft, Ubisoft and others. “It might be really successful,” he said. “I certainly hope it is. But you shouldn’t go…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 8, 2016 -
There’s No Such Thing As An Unreachable Spot In Just Cause 3
Platforming through lamp posts with a pogo stick or using vehicles as slingshots to reach some unreachable top of a building in Just Cause 3? No problem for the folks at EvolveStunting Their latest montage is full of crazy highlights: To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]
By Gergo Vas Published April 8, 2016 -
The Evolution of Final Fantasy‘s Iron Giant From 1988 To 2016
Besides the Tonberry, or the Behemoth, the Iron Giant is another iconic returning enemy in the Final Fantasy games. As we’ve seen, it’ll appear in Final Fantasy XV too, and RinoaMoogle collected all its appearances starting from 1988 with Final Fantasy II Its physical appearance remained roughly the same, being a colossal, 2D metal beast…
By Gergo Vas Published April 6, 2016 -
PlayStation Employee Builds Custom Controller For Gamer With Cerebral Palsy
College student Peter Byrne has cerebral palsy, and as a result has been having problems with his new DualShock 4 controller. Or, was having problems, until a PlayStation employee got him sorted out. Byrne wrote to Sony to explain an issue he was having, where his left hand was constantly brushing against the DS4’s touchpad,…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 3, 2016 -
Destiny Is Getting A Bunch Of Cool New Gear In April
Bungie just showed off some really nice-looking new armor sets and some other little additions coming next month to Destiny, a sci-fi shooter video game whose biggest fan picked the wrong week to go on vacation. The star of Bungie’s sneak-peek livestream was the new Desolate armor. It was teased last week and is modeled…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 30, 2016 -
GTA V Player Completes Insane Parkour Map In Record Time
Nearly impossible, custom-made parkour maps are a popular part of GTA Online, with their very own community. They test the limits of the game’s engine, which sometimes results in some truly spectacular runs. This is Albert using an Enduro bike (which is great for wall rides) on a really evil map made by Retro maniA,…
By Gergo Vas Published March 25, 2016 -
Spelunky’s Journey From Pixel Game To Console Classic
It’s rare that gamers ever get to hear the full story behind how (and why) a game was made. So it’s awesome that Derek Yu, the creator of Spelunky, has written a book that does just that. Published by Boss Fight, Spelunky is Yu’s autobiographical, full-blown account of the making of the game, going very…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 21, 2016 -
Sources: Sony Is Working On A ‘PlayStation 4.5’
Sony is currently planning a new version of the PS4 with increased graphical power and games running at 4K resolution, developer sources tell Kotaku. We don’t know whether current PS4 owners will be able to upgrade or if they’ll have to buy an entirely new device to benefit from this power boost, but from what…
By Patrick Klepek Published March 18, 2016
