Top eight will be streamed As a way of saying thanks for raising over $78,000 in the Evo charity drive for breast cancer research, Evo will be helping outSkullgirlsat this year’s tournament.Skullgirlswill get its own dedicated equipment to host a side tournament during the big event and Evo is even throwing $1,000 into the prize pool. As a cherry on top, the matches between the top eight finalists will be streamed to the masses....
Men aren’t necessarily from Mars You may recall last yearwe reported on super-chill sci-fi title,Haven. The intergalactic indie adventure, about an eloping couple on a distant planet, is ready for launch, and will take off on PS4, Nintendo Switch, and PC (via Epic Games Store) February 4, following its release last month on PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X. Developed by The Game Bakers,Havenis the tale of the young lovers, Yu and Kay, who escape the chaos of civilization to live together on a strange and exotic new planet....
In the upcoming D.I.C.E awards,Spider-Man 2takes an early lead by scoring nine nominations. The awards ceremony is scheduled for February 15 this year. Categories that Insomniac’s superhero game is in include Game of the Year, Outstanding Achievement in Animation, and Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design, to name a few.Alan Wake 2trails not too far behind with eight nominations. Remedy’s survival horror has managed to catch the eyes of critics thanks to its metastory, use of music, and phenomenal ensemble of characters....
Movie Poster 101 Marvel Studios and Sony and Disney and Columbia Pictures and whomever else is distributingSpider-Man: Homecominghave released a new poster to promote the film’s release, and whileothers might say “it’s not very good,”I’m going to call it what it is: a clusterf@%k. There are at least 10 people crammed in this thing in every size imaginable along with more credits than I can count (see below for full image)....
Invites for beta on March 31 Where were you when that debut trailer forStarCraft IIpopped up online? It made its announcement all the way back in 2007 at the Blizzard Worldwide Invitational in South Korea. Much has changed since then. With the release of twoStarCraft IItitles so far, Blizzard has been trying to keep things interesting for the series in the face of evolving tastes and new games. But one thing sure hasn’t changed in the time since its debut all those years ago....
Caliban isn’t new toWarframe, but since his introduction, he was widely considered one of the (if not the) worst characters in the game. That’s all changed now, thanks to a massive rework that’s turned Caliban into an extremely powerful, top-tier Warframe in his own right. TheKoumei & the Five Fatesupdate has brought with it tons of changes, not just to Caliban, butcompanions have been reworkedon top of introducing a new Warframe, Koumei....
Available now Marvelous and Nintendo have given owners ofDaemon X Machinamany reasons to keep returning to the game week after week. Free content updates have added a lot of value to the package and the developers haven’t been shy about pushing out new skins. Not long ago, the animeEureka Sevengot some representation in the game and today, it’sThe Witcher 3‘s turn. The Geralt and Ciri skins are available right now in the eShop for free, however, at the time of this publication, you can’t download them from the Nintendo website....
In case youmissed the announcement last week, here’s a reminder: the three songRock Band“PAX Pack” is available for download today from the Xbox LIVE Marketplace. The pack includes three tracks, each from bands/artists that performed at this past weekend’s Penny Arcade Expo: Each track will run you $0.99 a piece (80 MS Points) or you’re able to pick up all three for $2.99 (240 MS Points). The Harmonix/MTV Games’ proceeds from the sales of the pack between today and and Holiday 2008 will be donated to the Child’s Play Charity....
There are a lot of Soulslike games that have taken from plenty of From Software’s standard-setting works. Games likeStar Wars Jedi: Fallen Orderhave used the format of the Soulslike and thrown in Metroidvania-styled exploration, while also doubling down on a parry mechanic despite being released beforeSekiro. Still, despite the popularity of Soulslikes, it has not felt like enough games have taken inspiration from Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. Many fans of From Software’s games, as well as those who simply appreciate a well-made video game with fleshed-out combat mechanics, tend to refer to it as a masterpiece....
While fans of George R R Martin’s epic fantasy saga,A Song of Ice and Fire, are used to putting up with the author’s “it will be done when it’s done” attitude, elsewhere in the franchise it’sa lot more prolific. Hot on the heels of Cyanide’s less than stellarA Game of Thrones: Genesis, the developer is working on an RPG for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Apparently the lucky buggers over at Cyanide have been getting sneak peaks at the second season of HBO’s adaptation so that they will run parallel....
From the developers of Red Orchestra 2 Coming from an eclectic team made up of developers from Tripwire Interactive and community modders,Rising Stormis looking to takeRed Orchestra’sstyle of World War II combat into the Pacific theater with more guns, explosions, and katanas. So far the game is looking promising, boasting nice features such as a co-op enabled campaign for you and your friends, sporting unique time-period weaponry like the Japanese knee mortar and the devastating American flamethrower....
Aisha Tyler makes another apperance for Ubisoft It’s “Video Game Week” on the Jimmy Fallon show, and after ahokey Microsoftand ahumble Sony presentation, Ubisoft is on deck withWatch Dogs. This time aroundAisha Tylerjoins Jimmy and Ubisoft’s Nicholas Mainville to show off the game — and it’s not pretty. Jimmy calls himself a gamer, but he utterly fails the demo when he crashes a car, lets a target get away, and ends the presentation early....
So I went to a UFC boot camp last week, which was located at The Ultimate Fighter gym, right where the television show is filmed. Yes, imagine me in shorts. Exercising. “Working out.” I laughed too. I said “I don’t go gyms, and I don’t do shorts.” Somehow I ended up doing it anyway. To be fair, I didn’t do much. I let Rey do all the heavy lifting. Rey went through all the disciplines with actual UFC trainers....
