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Sad news for Gears of War fans: series producer and overseer Rod Fergusson will be leaving The Coalition and the franchise after 15 years. But good news for Diablo fans: he will be joining Blizzard starting March to oversee the Diablo franchise. https://twitter.com/GearsViking/status/1225198381095456769 https://twitter.com/GearsViking/status/122...
Remember that Xbox One exclusive Scalebound? No, you didn't, because that open-world action-adventure game from PlatinumGames was cancelled three years ago because both the company and Microsoft were at fault for not delivering what was needed. "I think there are areas where we could’ve done better and I’m sure there are areas that M...
The original Yooka-Laylee had a shaky launch, but it went on to sell more than a million units a year after its release. Just a few months ago, Playtonic Games released a spin-off called Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair and there's a chance it'll also be a mild success. For those of you haven't had the chance to play the 2.5D platformer, you'r...
Backwards compatibility is being touted as a major feature of both upcoming major consoles, the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. This has generated a lot of discussion on how it will work and whether or not it will affect the sales of next-gen consoles. Another topic of interest is cross-generation play. It's safe to assume that a significant port...
Despite all of its flaws, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is still one of the best Star Wars games to come out in recent years. The game's commercial and critical success tell us it deserves a sequel and it's quite possible that such a game has already been greenlit. Developer Respawn Entertainment has just put up three new job listings on the EA c...
Last week during The Game Awards 2019, Microsoft officially unveiled the next generation of the Xbox console; the Xbox Series X. No matter what you think about the name, it turns out that it's not really the name for the next-gen Xbox after all. The official name for the next-gen Xbox is simply Xbox. In a statement to Business Insider, a Microsof...
The next-gen Xbox console is revealed during the Game Awards 2019. It's called the Xbox Series X. As if the name isn't unique enough, it has a pretty odd vertical rectangle shape, the same exact Xbox One controller, lots of backwards compatibility options, and a 2020 holiday release date to go alongside the new Halo Infinite. Full debut trail...
Yes, we know the Xbox console dubbed Project Scarlett is going to "set a new bar for console power, speed, and performance". What isn't common knowledge is that its creator Microsoft is also working on a cheaper and disc-less version of the Scarlett. Its code name? Lockhart, according to four people briefed on the company's plans (via Kotaku). Her...
It looks like everyone's voicing their growing disinterest and abandonment of VR gaming, despite Valve shocking the gaming industry and the world last week by announcing Half-Life Alyx, a full-fledged major VR game and the iconic franchise’s official return since 2004’s Half-Life 2. CD Projekt Red recently called VR gaming "extrem...
The annual MINECON Live 2019 event took place on Sunday, 29 September 2019, and brought with it many exciting announcements for the game franchise. In August 2019 alone, more than a whopping 112 million people played Minecraft worldwide. Here are all the updates from MINECON Live 2019: Minecraft Earth [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzCBCo...
Developer The Coalition admit that they done effed up during Gears 5's launch weekend. Which is why they're offering reparations. The company has announced that it will be compensating all Gears 5 Ultimate Edition players due to the shaky launch last Friday 6th September GMT+8; players couldn't matchmake and stay on Gears 5 servers too long. That ...
Following such games like Diablo III and World of Warcraft Classic, Gears 5 is facing server issues aplenty during its launch week. Players who got Early Access privileges since Friday GMT+8 time have been facing these problems be it in the US or in Southeast Asia. The Coalition did release an update recently and would be monitoring the situation....
Ninja, a Twitch streamer who is now on Mixer because Microsoft has a lot of money on hand, streamed an exclusive first look at Gears 5's campaign. Seeing as Mixer is part of Microsoft, Gears 5 is an Xbox exclusive, Ninja has a contract to stream exclusively on said streaming platform, and the fact that he didn't reveal the fact that the stream is a...
Platform: Xbox One, PC Genre: The OG cover-based shooter with that gun with the chainsaw One may argue that the latest Xbox/PC exclusive cover-based shooter set in a gritty future filled with humanoid monster hiveminds is just reiterating on the same formula. But at the very least, you'll get a really polished and meaty experience out of it. Oh, a...
The idea of a Gears of War movie has been a talking point since the first Gears game and whenever we're talking about a movie adaptation for a game full of angry brawny men, Dave Bautista's has always been a popular choice to play main man Marcus Fenix. Bautista still isn't confirmed be filling that role in a Gears movie but it seems that he'll be...
4K gaming at 120fps! Minimal to no loading screens! It will even make you coffee! Okay, that last one is a stretch (unless...) but Xbox Project Scarlett is making a lot of promises and Xbox general manager Aaron Greeberg is saying that their focus on beefing up their CPU will be the game changer. Speaking to Official Xbox Magazine (now under Game...
One of the more thrilling additions to the upcoming Xbox One/PC third-person cover-heavy shooter Gears 5 is the Escape mode. Think Left 4 Dead co-op but with Locusts, traps, and deadly segmented rooms. You go from point A to B surviving and fighting while the entire room fills up with deadly gas. And if that isn't enough to entertain you, perhap...
It looks like the console wars may be winding down faster than fans think, or maybe it was never that concerning for those in the games industry itself. Gamers like to think of these massive corporations at each other's throats, always working to raze the other to the ground. However, according to Xbox head Phil Spencer, that's not the case at all...
According to a new change in policy, Microsoft will soon start shutting down Xbox accounts after two years of inactivity, instead of the previous five years. This will come into effect starting from 30 August 2019. It is apparently part of the company's policy that users must use their accounts to keep them 'active' and avoid getting shut down. ...
If you're looking forward to the next Gears of War game, you may want to check this piece of news out. Developer The Coalition will be launching a "Versus Multiplayer" tech test which will begin on 19 July. The test will give players access to the Arcade (a new Versus mode), Escalation, and King of the Hill game modes on two new multiplayer maps...
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