Archive for the ‘Xbox360’ Category

Xbox One Dominates PS4 on Black Friday, Study Says

The Xbox One was the best selling console at US stores, according to a study from retail analytics firm InfoScout. A post to the InfoScout’s blog said that Xbox One made up 53 percent of all consoles sold in stores on Black Friday while the PlayStation 4 came in second 31 percent. The Xbox 360 […]

Broken Age Act 2 Coming in Early 2015

Broken Age Act 2 is now set to release in early 2015, developer Double Fine has announced. Double Fine also said it’s now able to playtest the game from beginning to end, which is taking testers 8-12 hours to complete. “The goal now is to get all the finale work done so we can hit […]

Steam Changes Its Game Trading Policy

Valve has changed Steam’s policy to disallow users from immediately trading games purchased as gifts. The company made the announcement with brief post to the Steam Trading Cards Group page. “We’ve made this change to make trading gifts a better experience for those receiving the gifts,” Valve said. “We’re hoping this lowers the number of […]

New RTS From Command & Conquer Creators Grey Goo Gets a Release Date

Real-time strategy game Grey Goo will release on PC via Steam on January 23, 2015, developer Petroglyph has announced. Petroglyph originally planned to follow its Alpha testing with a Closed Alpha and more comprehensive Beta Testing, but it said that the information it already gathered on balance and stability was enough to come up with […]

Batman: Arkham Knight Devs Talk About Batman’s Suit, Predator Challenges, and More

Batman: Arkham Knight developer Rocksteady held a Reddit Ask Me Anything yesterday where they answered some questions about the upcoming game as well as their previous entries in the series. Reddit user dart278 asked why Batman’s suit looks more robotic than it did in previous games. RockSteady: “We wanted to highlight the interaction between Batman […]

Counter-Strike eSports Team Forfeits Victory After Using Map Exploit

Pro Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team Fnatic has forfeited a rematch against team LDLC after using a map exploit during the $250,000 DreamHack Winter eSports event. Fnatic won the match yesterday by boosting one of its players to a ledge that gave him a view and sniping position on almost the entire Overpass map. You can […]

Battlefield Hardline Is A Self-Aware Stealth Game

After playing two chapters of Battlefield Hardline‘s singleplayer campaign, there’s one major thing I came away with that EA isn’t telling you: this is a stealth game. Where prior Battlefield campaigns placed you smack bang in the middle of large-scale combined arms combat scenarios, Hardline’s cops-versus-criminals campaign is about smaller, quieter moments. Sneaking into a […]

Why Warlords of Draenor Got Me Back into World of Warcraft

Warlords of Draenor has pulled millions of people back into World of Warcraft, and Zorine is one of them. She explains how she caught the bug again.

Remember Me Dev Working on New PS4, Xbox One RPG

Remember Me developer Dontnod is working on a new role-playing game or action role-playing game for the Xbox One and PlayStation 4, according to a recent job posting. A post to the developer’s website links to a French jobs site, where Dontnod says it’s looking for an experienced game/level designer with a strong RPG/ARPG background […]

Star Citizen Adds Pets as It Nears $65 Million in Funding

Space sim Star Citizen will add traditional and alien pets to the game, as promised by its $64 million stretch goal, which it reached just days after hitting the $63 million mark. “We have repair bots, we have fish… but we haven’t implemented a traditional pet system in Star Citizen yet. At $64 million, that […]