Write what you are looking for and press enter to begin your search!
At this point, it's difficult to find modern games that don't implement microtransactions and randomised lootboxes. This games-as-a-service business model is changing the way games are made, and not in a good way. However, the people at Psyonix and Epic Games are taking small but meaningful steps towards ridding themselves of such features. Psyon...
Gamescom is often dubbed as the "E3 of Europe" and that's actually not too far from the truth. However, one major difference is that Gamescom has always been open to the public while E3 has mostly only allowed attendance from the press and industry figures. Gamescom 2019 is looking up to be even more exciting than E3 2019 and looking back at how u...
Recently we were treated with a Kaiju vs. Mech battle smack dab right in the middle of the Fortnite map. It may have just been around 4 or 5 minutes long but it was pretty damn awesome to watch. Nothing of that scale was ever done before in Fortnite. Season 10 is not too far away now and everyone's excited to see what's in store. With each new sea...
The Fortnite World Cup took place over the weekend at the Arthur Ashe stadium in Queens, New York, and a 16-year-old teenager walked home an instant millionaire. Kyle “Bugha†Giersdorf from North America became the champion of the first-ever Fortnite World Cup, winning a whopping US$3 million in the process. Bugha is also a pro player ...
Battle royale games have been here for a couple of years now and with it, popular titles like PUBG, Fortnite, and Apex Legends played by millions of gamers worldwide. In fact, Newzoo statistics show that around 41 percent of all gamers in the U.S. play battle royale games. Of that number, the majority (59 percent) of battle royale players are loya...
Epic Games' Fortnite is far from finished, but recent news might steer the battle royale ship to a different money-making course. According to a SuperData report as of late, the game's digital revenues have decreased significantly from the same month last year. The amount? Still a whopping US$203 million across all platforms in May 2019, which is ...
The Stardew Valley shoot 'em up game, Atomicrops, is coming soon in 2020, to consoles and PC. It will release on the latter via Epic Games Store as an exclusive as developer Bird Bath puts it: "in the indie dev world, nothing is guaranteed." [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bejbt8FHGFs] Bird Bath consists of Stardew Valley enthusiasts, su...
The Epic Games Store started its giveaway programme at the end of last year giving out free games bi-weekly. Epic Games Store had its inaugural sale a month ago, dubbed the Mega Sale, and had price slashes as well as a special USD10 Epic sponsored discount that applies to every game priced above USD15. During the Mega Sale, the Store increased the ...
One of the most popular mods for Dota 2 is going to be a standalone game on the Epic Games Store. Hooray for those people, I guess. Dota Auto Chess, a joy-filled deck-based Dota 2 game that made Artifact obsolete and Malaysian/Singaporean streamers go nuts over for some unknown reason, was so popular it's going to be a Valve-made game on Steam. Ho...
Steam is best known for its massive holiday sales but it looks like a contender is about to join the fray. The Epic Games Store may be gearing up for its first major sale, as evident by a message of the day that appeared when everyone logged into Fortnite yesterday. As posted on Reddit, the panel in question states: “The Epic Games store Me...
Epic Games has announced that it has acquired Rocket League developer Psyonix. What does this mean for Rocket League? For starters, the multiplayer game will soon be available in the Epic Games Store, by late 2019. However, Rocket League will still be supported for existing owners of the game on Steam (for now). According to Psyonix, the Epic Game...
Recently, Epic Games boss Tim Sweeney made a tweet regarding a surefire method to end its controversial exclusivity agreements with games like Metro Exodus, Phoenix Point, and Borderlands 3. Hint: it involves money. Epic Games will end its exclusivity clauses if Steam raises its revenue cut for developers. His tweet stated the following: "If Steam...
Epic Games is teasing yet another crossover with Marvel and this time it's coinciding with the highly-anticipated release of Avengers Endgame. Last year's Fortnite Avengers Infinity War event allowed players to equip the Infinity Gauntlet and transform into Thano temporarily in what was called the Infinity Gauntlet Mode. The official Fortnite Twit...
It's been a while since a decent DC Comics game was released, the most recent of which was Rocksteady's Batman Arkham Knight in 2015. A new DC game is long overdue, and it looks like a new one might finally be announced soon. According to ResetEra user Ibuki, a promo image for a new DC Comics game titled Outlaws will purportedly be posted on the o...
A recent email to backers of Julian Gollop's upcoming strategy game Phoenix Point has shed some light in how Epic Games secures exclusivity for their digital store. Before all this exclusivity nonsense, Phoenix Point was previously funded via crowdfunding site Fig, where fans and contributors can also buy shares for a particular title (up to the d...
The recent Epic Games Store exclusivity debacle has surely caught the attention of gamers worldwide. Twitter has even accused Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney of duplicity. Being angry gamers, they decided to take matters into their own hands by review bombing the hell out of the Borderlands 2 Steam store page, resulting with more than a thousand negati...
We reported earlier this week that the PC version of Borderlands 3 is an Epic Store exclusive (for 6 months) following Epic Games CEO's quest to buy exclusives. Twenty-four hours later, the internet bombs the Borderlands games with negative reviews to protest this move. Here's a breakdown over what happened from 4 to 5 April: Borderlands 2 on St...
It's been revealed that Fortnite will be getting a new 'undo' button soon. This was confirmed in by an Epic Games representative on a Reddit forum post, in reply to a question posed by a user. User SpicyHabanero69 initially asked why the Japanese version of Fortnite had confirmation screens for gamers who wish to purchase in-game content, but not ...
"Hey, can I copy your homework", said Fortnite. "Sure, just change it a bit so it doesn't look obvious", Apex Legends replied. "No problem!", Fortnite gleefully answered. I think this is the dialogue between rivals Fortnite and Apex Legends recently, as a respawn system in Fortnite was leaked. Some eagle-eyed players spotted a van around the ...
Epic Games is suing the organisers of Fortnite Live, an unlicensed and under-planned Fortnite party that drew quite a crowd in England then disappointed them, for using the game's name and imagery without permission. Let's go back and see what went wrong: The entrance fee cost parents £12-20 (RM64 to RM106) to a show that offers some terri...
">
">
">
">
