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SWAT Team Raids Gamer’s Home During Twitch Stream

A Twitch streamer based in St Cloud, Minnesota, on Thursday aired an emotional message to the anonymous culprit who summoned a SWAT team to raid his home. Joshua Peters, who serves in the US Air Force, broke down in tears on camera after explaining that–moments prior–an armed SWAT team of about ten officers had forced […]

Evolve Review

Like many children, I was afraid of the mythical monster under the bed, but in time, this nightmare fodder gained a face and a name. It was the Sasquatch, a creature I came to fear when watching a cheap television film late at night which demonized the fictitious (or is it?!) beast. I refused to […]

Evolve 3GB Day-One Patch Improves Loading Times

Evolve will get a day-one patch that will improve several aspects of the game, developer Turtle Rock Studios has announced. The patch will vary in size depending on the platform, but it’s about 3GB, and most notably improves load times, matchmaking, and network bandwidth optimizations. The patch also addresses several bugs discovered during the Big […]

The Witness’ Developer Says Speedrun Still Took Him Over Six Hours

Even knowing all of the ins and outs of the game’s puzzles, it still took developer Jonathan Blow over six hours to make it through a speedrun of his next work-in-progress game, The Witness Though he said he forgot a part of the game after the fact, Blow played through The Witness as fast as […]

Watch 24 Minutes of Xenoblade Chronicles X Open World Gameplay

Nintendo has released a new, 24-minute video showing off open-world gameplay footage of the upcoming Wii U exclusive Xenoblade Chronicles X. Unfortunately, the video is only available in Japanese at the moment, but you can still gather a lot about the game by just watching gameplay. You’ll get to see a little bit of group […]

Battlefield Hardline Beta Hits 5 Million Players, More Than Destiny Beta

The Battlefield Hardline beta is proving to be incredibly popular as it passed the 5 million player mark. “Wow, we’ve passed 5 MILLION players in the #BFHardline beta!” General Manager of developer Visceral Games and Executive Producer of Battlefield Hardline Steve Papoutsis said on Twitter. “So proud of our team. Glad you’re having fun and […]

Valve Bans More Counter-Strike Pros, Tells Them Not to Bet on Matches [UPDATE]

Update: After the aptly named player PaweÅ‚ “innocent” Mocek protested that his team, ex-ESC, was banned without proof, Valve investigated the matter further and reversed its ban on him and his teammates. “The ex-ESC players were restricted from participating in Valve-sponsored events because their historical account activity matched allegations of misconduct,” Valve said in a […]

Evolve, Monster Hunter 4, The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask – New Releases

This week we get Evolve, Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask, The Escapists and Unmechanical.

The Crew Patch Improves Frame Rate, Adds New PvP Mode

Ubisoft has released new patch notes for its racing game The Crew, which outline significant changes and additions to the game. Ubisoft said that its development team has been working “on several changes and updates to tune and fix major gameplay elements.” Notable fixes include improvements to the game’s co-op and matchmaking, improved frame rate […]

Deus Ex’s Warren Spector Working on Underworld Ascendant

Deus Ex and Epic Mickey designer Warren Spector is acting as a creative advisor on the recently announced Kickstarter project Underworld Ascendant, developer Otherside Entertainment has announced. “Warren has never been timid to challenge conventional thinking about game design, and as a creative advisor to our team he keeps us on our toes,” Otherside Entertainment’s […]