Whether you love them or hate them, it's undeniable that the Skylanders toy/game fusions are immensely popular. You probably own one of the versions (whether you like to admit it or not), especially if you have kids.
Welcome to Beyond Co-Op, the weekly piece that looks at important stories around the gaming industry that may or may not be related to cooperative videogames. This week is all about Valve, Steam specifically, as the Washington based company announced their living room effort.
Yup, Diablo 3 has drawn everyone back to the couch. There's nothing better than a sofa full of friends, a bowl full of snacks, and a screen full of loot.
Larian Studios’ upcoming entry in the Divinity franchise, Divinity: Original Sin, has gotten tighter release window, down to the month. With this news comes the news of a delay, but with good cause. Many of the stretch goals affected the game world in large ways, and in an update video to fans, Swen Vincke, Founder and Creative Direction at Larian Studio, detailed what improvements players could look forward to.
Star Citizen, the upcoming game from Wing Commander creator Chris Roberts, has just broke the 20 million dollar threshold for funding. While the game had an initial funding phase on both Kickstarter and the Star Citizen website, once those campaigns close funding continued through add-on purchases and member additions.
Rockstar announced GTA Online will support real money purchases through the in-game store. Players are allowed to purchase "GTA$" in the online mode to be granted faster access to top tier weapons, vehicles, and property. Rockstar stressed "the game and its economy have been designed and balanced for the vast majority of players who will not buy extra cash." Players can still earn the highest level rewards through in-game currency, which is obtained by such activities as knocking over armored cars and stealing old ladies' purses. You know, the family-friendly fun GTA is famous for.
Zen Studios is proud to announce that their latest addition to CastleStorm, “The Warrior Queen” DLC is now available via Steam. The XBLA version’s will follow soon after, adding a breath of fresh air to the game since the release of the “From Outcast to Savior” DLC only a couple of months ago. In this second DLC, pl...
Shaping up to be one of PlayStation 3’s last great masterpieces, Beyond: Two Souls will release in October of this year. For those who can’t wait, the full 30 minute demo has been posted online. Currently the demo is only available to those who pre-ordered the game from GameStop or GAME, as well as anyone who managed to grab a code from GameStop via Facebook.
We've got another contest for you today, this time for an upcoming headset from Plantronics. It's called the Plantronics RIG and the headset and mixer is designed for users who have audio coming from multiple sources. Using the mixer you'll be able to seamlessly mix audio from consoles, PC, smart phones, and other devices with ease.
Another year, another Armored Core game. Armored Core: Verdict Day is out now for the 360 and the PS3 and brings with it all the gratuitous robot warfare one could ask for. From Software has cranked out their mecha warfare simulation/action games for the past 15 years and they aren't going to stop now. They've even attempted ...
Having worked on this website for almost seven years now, my inbox tends to get a few dozen press releases a day about not only gaming products, but various other pieces of hardware and software. One thing that piqued my interest was a monitor from AOC, whose 3D monitor we looked at last year. Their latest monitor is a 29” ultrawide display with a resolution of 2560x1080. While this is an uncommon form factor, it’s the features this monitor offered that attracted me to it among the others.
Like a highly trained assassin, the new Homeland DLC for Splinter Cell: Blacklist has snuck up without us even realizing. The pack is out on 360, PS3, PC, Wii U will set you back $6.99 on all platforms. Included are two previously pre-order exclusive co-op missions, but also plenty of other extras.
