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LGBTQ-friendly game convention funded in two days

GaymerX2–the second annual convention that celebrates the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer gaming community–has met its initial funding goal of $10,000 only two days after it launched its Kickstarter campaign. At press time, funding stands at $13,599 from 168 backers with 30 days to go. Funding stretch goals will allow the organizers to produce […]

Kiefer Sutherland says he contributed to unannounced Mortal Kombat game

24 star Kiefer Sutherland has been working on his role as Snake in the upcoming Metal Gear Solid V for over a year, but apparently that’s not the only video game he’s been involved with recently. “I did Mortal Kombat, and that’s such a huge game, but it’s not like [Metal Gear Solid 5],” Sutherland […]

Minecraft: Pocket Edition about to get much bigger

Future updates to Minecraft: Pocket Edition, the game’s mobile version, will add “significantly bigger worlds,” Mojang’s Daniel Kaplan announced on the company’s official site. The current size of Pocket Edition worlds is 256 by 256 blocks. Kaplan’s announcement did not specify what sizes the update will bring, but one Mojang developer on Reddit said that […]

Action RPG Risen 3: Titan Lords revealed

A cover of an upcoming issue of German gaming magazine PC Games reveals that the action role-playing game Risen 3: Titan Lords is currently in development. German developer Piranha Bytes, which is responsible for the previous Risen games and for the Gothic fantasy RPG series, is making Risen 3: Titan Lords as well. It follows […]

Top 5 Skyrim Mods of the Week – Final Fantasy Arena Fighting!

If Kevin is going to become an arena champion, he’ll need a good weapon. How about a combo buster sword with masamune blade? Yeah, that’ll work. Also, it’s our birthday!

Rust already made more than Garry’s Mod’s $30 million

Facepunch Studios’ Garry Newman said on Twitter that Garry’s Mod broke $30 million in sales yesterday, but that his more recent game Rust, which hit Steam Early Access in December of last year, has already surpassed it. “Garry’s Mod has just broke $30,000,000!” he said. “And if my calculations are correct – we have now […]

The Last of Us 2 is a 50-50 chance

Yesterday, The Last of Us Creative Director Neil Druckmann and Game Director Bruce Straley held a Reddit Ask Me Anything where they said developer Naughty Dog has yet to reach a decision, but there’s a possibility we’ll see a sequel to The Last of Us. “Right now I’d say it’s 50/50,” Druckmann said. Earlier this […]

How to Fix Final Fantasy

Final Fantasy is broken. With Lightning Returns,it has become clear that Square Enix is suffering from a crisis of imagination, caught between a desire to give players what we want while still searching for the creative energy to deliver something we’ve never seen before. I believe, however, that with Toriyama’s trilogy past us, Final Fantasy […]

Titanfall beta had 2 million players

Respawn Entertainment’s Titanfall beta last week started with a limited number of players who were lucky enough to get in. On Saturday night, Feb. 15, Respawn opened the beta to all players on Xbox One and later all PC players as well. By the time the Titanfall beta ended on Feb. 19, around 2 million […]

Oculus Rift company trademarks RiftCon

Oculus VR, the company developing the Oculus Rift virtual reality goggles, has filed a trademark for “RiftCon,” a convention focused on virtual reality gaming. The United States Patent and Trademark Office website shows that the application was filed on Feb. 14. The page also describes the goods and services RiftCon will provide: “Organizing exhibitions for […]