Archive for the ‘PC’ Category

Minecraft: Pocket Edition Gets Biggest Update Yet July 10

Minecraft: Pocket Edition, the mobile version of the game available through the iTunes App Store and Google Play, will get its biggest update to date on Thursday, July 10. Version 0.9.0 will bring the mobile version closer to its PC counterpart by adding infinite worlds, caves, many new blocks and items including Monster Eggs and […]

Valve Will Explain Dota 2 to Newcomers in a Dedicated Broadcast of Its $10 Million Championship

The prize pool for the Dota 2 world championship tournament The International is now greater than $10 million thanks to sales of its digital program, The Compendium. With that much money on the line, you might be curious about the eSports event, but no sporting event is fun to watch if you don’t understand what’s […]

Cole Train Actor Says He’ll Reprise His Role in Next Gears of War

Lester Speight, the actor who voiced Augustus “Cole Train” Cole in the previous Gears of War games, has said that he’s been approached to reprise his role. Speight made the announcement in response to a question from a fan on Twitter. He didn’t share any additional details about the game, but the only Gears of […]

Blizzard Still Debating Post-Launch Support for Diablo 3 Ultimate Evil Edition

Diablo III players on PC are used to getting regular updates that address bugs and balancing issues, as well as new content. The console version of the game hasn’t received the same treatment, and Blizzard is currently debating how it will support the Xbox One and PlayStation 4-bound Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition after launch. […]

Ubisoft Says Players More Open to DLC Now — Are You?

Ubisoft VP of digital publishing Chris Early has said that players don’t resist DLC and other digital content for games as much as they used to. Speaking with GamesIndustry International, Early noted that barely any players complained about Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag’s “Time saver” DLC packs, which unlock resources and hidden locations in the […]

A Huge Proportion of PS4 Owners Never Played The Last of Us, Sony Says

If you’ve already played The Last of Us on the PlayStation 3, you might be less inclined to buy The Last of Us Remastered on the PlayStation 4 for $50, but according to Sony there are many PlayStation 4 owners who haven’t played Naughty Dog’s award winning game before. “The Last of Us is considered […]

Watch Halo: The Master Chief Collection Developer Panel

Update: 343 and Certain Affinity have finished their panel at RTX. If you’re a Halo fanatic but weren’t able to catch the broadcast, these are the highlights: The Halo YouTube channel uploaded a new trailer (above) for the game featuring The Arbiter, voiced by actor Keith David. 343 announced that Coagulation will be one of […]

Unlike Apple, Amazon Refuses to Settle Over In-App Purchases Made Without Parental Consent

Back in January, Apple agreed to pay at least $32.5 million in refunds to consumers to settle a Federal Trade Commission complaint brought against the company related to the way in which iOS devices make it simple for children to spend real-world money on in-app purchases without parental consent. The FTC filed the same complaint […]

Plants vs. Zombies 2 Producer Joins Oculus VR

Virtual reality headset maker Oculus VR has hired Plants vs. Zombies 2: It’s About Time producer Bernard Yee. Yee, who was Senior Producer at the Electronic Arts-owned Plants vs. Zombies 2 developer PopCap Games, previously worked on Destiny’s companion app at Bungie, Harmonix, Atari, and Sony Online Entertainment’s massively multiplayer online role-playing game EverQuest. Yee […]

Support Reading Rainbow Kickstarter by Buying Special Edition Ouya

Actor LeVar Burton’s Reading Rainbow Kickstarter has hit its $1 million funding goal and then some. At the time of writing, the Kickstarter is closing in on $4.5 million from more than 90,000 backers, but with only a few days until the campaign ends, Burton hopes new rewards from Kickstarter’s most successful projects, including the […]