Elite: Dangerous has launched its fourth and final Alpha phase and is preparing to enter Beta on May 30, developer Frontier Developments has announced. Alpha 4 significantly expands the single player portion of the game. It’s set within a “200 cubic light-year volume” containing five star systems in contested space centred around “the Boötes constellation,” […]
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Persona 4 Arena Ultimax coming to North America this fall for $60
May 17th, 2014
Mark Persona 4 Arena Ultimax will release in North America on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 this fall for $60, publisher and developer Atlus has announced. Persona 4 Arena Ultimax is the sequel to Persona 4 Arena, which is itself a 2D fighting game sequel to the Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 role-playing game. It […]
Hackers attack online fundraiser supplying games to U.S. troops abroad
May 17th, 2014
Mark Operation Supply Drop, an organization that provides games to U.S. troops serving abroad, says that it came under a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack shortly after starting its third annual 8-Bit Salute event this morning. “Yes, 27-minutes after the official 0800 CST start time of the 3rd Annual 8-Bit Salute, some nefarious creatures took our site […]
PS4, Xbox One are energy hogs, add up to “several power plants of electricity,” new report finds
May 17th, 2014
Mark The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consume much more energy than the previous generation of consoles, a new report from the Natural Resources Defense Council finds. “We don’t have a problem with people playing games. But the problem is the amount of energy used when not playing a game,” NRDC’s director of high-tech energy efficiency […]
PS Vita Borderlands 2 adding cross-save feature next week
May 17th, 2014
Mark President of Gearbox Software Randy Pitchford announced on Twitter that the PlayStation Vita version of Borderlands 2 will get its cross-save functionality added via a PlayStation 3 patch this Tuesday, May 20. One of the most exciting features in the PS Vita version of Borderlands 2 is cross-save compatibility with the PlayStation 3, which allows […]
Dust to Dust: The History of Counter-Strike
May 17th, 2014
Mark The Counter-Strike series may consistently hit the top end on Steam’s chart of concurrent users today, but this competitive multiplayer phenomenon began with humble origins. To commemorate the 15 years that have passed since Counter-Strike was first released, I spoke to co-creator Minh “Gooseman” Le for an insight into the creation of the original mod, […]
Star Citizen launches Arena Commander mode this month
May 17th, 2014
Mark The many fans that have backed Star Citizen will soon have their first taste of the upcoming space sim from Wing Commander creator Chris Roberts. Roberts announced that the game’s Arena Commander dogfighting mode will release on May 29. The small, multiplayer-focused piece of the game will give players a feel for how it looks […]
More games released on Steam in 2014 already than during all of 2013
May 17th, 2014
Mark More games have been released on Steam just 20 weeks into 2014 than have been during all of 2013. According to an Analysis from Gamasutra, the influx of new releases is thanks in part to Steam Greenlight, which has been adding as much as 75 games to Steam at a time recently. Since Valve’s co-founder […]
Get Titanfall PC for 40% discount in Origin Flash Sale
May 17th, 2014
Mark If you’re not one of the people who already bought Titanfall and helped it become the top selling game for the second month in a row, you can now get the PC version of the game from Origin for a 40 percent discount, bringing its price down from the normal $60 to $36. The Flash […]
Diablo III Anniversary Livestream VOD Now Available
May 17th, 2014
Mark On May 15th, several members of the Diablo III development team and I partied up with a handful of community influencers and rumbled our way through Reaper of Souls™. Brought together in celebration of Diablo III's second anniversary, we slaughtered demons, found amazing loot, and answered some of your questions! If you weren't able to […]

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