Welcome to this week’s edition of Free Games Friday, our weekly look at games, demos, and betas that you can enjoy for the same price as a free bus pass. This week we’re recommending an excellent arcade-style action game, an iOS racer based on one of last year’s console releases, and the closed beta of […]
Archive for the ‘Xbox360’ Category
Titanfall PC’s CTF mode cut: Why it was dumped, and why it’s now back
May 23rd, 2014
Mark Respawn recently dropped two playlists from the PC version of Titanfall, removing players’ ability to choose to exclusively play Capture the Flag or Pilot Hunter matches. This move was criticized by many, as it seemingly provided fewer options to the player without offering something positive in return. Respawn has now provided an explanation for the […]
Disney cancels Star Wars: Attack Squadrons before it even gets out of beta
May 23rd, 2014
Mark Disney’s Star Wars: Attack Squadrons, a free-to-play PC game that channeled classic Nintendo 64 title Rogue Squadron, is no more. The developer today canceled the game, just five months after announcing it in December 2013. A message posted on the game’s website informs players of the shutdown. “We want to thank all of the fans […]
PS4’s lowest-rated game will be rebuilt from scratch, developer pledges
May 23rd, 2014
Mark The developer behind the lowest-rated game on PlayStation 4, Basement Crawl, has said to GameSpot that it is working to rebuild the game from scratch as a way of apologising to those who purchased it to begin with. Basement Crawl was released back in February, and was described as a “lackluster, multiplayer-only Bomberman clone bereft […]
World’s first Watch Dogs "review" comes from Conan O’Brien
May 23rd, 2014
Mark The world’s first Watch Dogs review has arrived, but it’s come from an unlikely source: comedian Conan O’Brien. As part of his regular “Clueless Gamer” segment, O’Brien plays and critiques the PlayStation 4 version of Watch Dogs, wreaking havoc on the game’s fictional Chicago and making fun of things like main character Aiden Pearce’s Jacket. […]
New Zelda game gets release date for Japan
May 21st, 2014
Mark Hack and slash action game Hyrule Warriors will be released in Japan in August this year. The game is set in the Legends of Zelda universe, and is a collaboration between Nintendo and Dynasty Warriors series developer Tecmo Koei. According to Siliconera, the most recent issue of Famitsu magazine reported a scheduled release date of […]
Alienware’s Steam Machine will be their "least profitable system" ever
May 21st, 2014
Mark After the glut of information about upcoming Steam Machines during this year’s CES, new details have been hard to come by. But speaking with the Wall Street Journal, Frank Azor, general manager of Dell Inc.’s Alienware game-PC division, said that they don’t expect the their Steam Machine to be a large profit driver. “It’s going […]
Quick Look: Wolfenstein: The New Order
May 21st, 2014
Mark Watch extended gameplay footage from Wolfenstein: The New Order featuring the Giant Bomb crew.
GS News – Far Cry 4 DLC Pass; Can Mario Kart 8 Save Wii U?
May 21st, 2014
Mark A Far Cry 4 season pass has already appeared, Nintendo are betting all on Mario Kart, and The Witcher 3 won’t have platform exclusive content!
The Forest – Trailer 3
May 20th, 2014
Mark Take another look into this open world survivor horror adventure.

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