Total War: Warhammer 2 has just announced a new playable race in addition to its current roster of High Elves, Dark Elves and Lizardmen factions. The fourth and final race introduced to the Warhammer 2 universe will be the Skaven, a subterranean rodent-human species known for their keen and cunning ways. Their motives obscured, the devious Skaven are a highly [...]
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Unity has just announced in a recent blog post that the game engine will now be offering support for development on the upcoming Xbox One X. With the Xbox One X's demanding 4K HDR output, scaling projects with Unity's support is "as easy as changing some quality settings". The process of developing for Xbox One X is the same as [...]
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Last weekend, Ubisoft hosted a tournament for its medieval brawler For Honor, with a prizepool of $10,000 USD for the final victor. The one lucky player who took home the prize however, managed to cheese his merry way to victory by abusing the "unlock tech" exploit in the game, a bug which renders the player's attacks unblockable by opponents. "I [...]
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Bad news for all those FPS gamers out there, a recent study suggests a "statistically significant" link between the loss of grey matter in the hippocampus and exposure to FPS and action games. Led by Prof. Gregory West at Université de Montréal, the recently published neuroimaging study "is the first to find conclusive evidence of grey matter loss in a [...]
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Today marks the highly anticipated worldwide release of Starcraft Remastered, the retrofitted remake of the original Starcraft. Starcraft Remastered has taken the world by storm, with many fans eager to relive the glory days of the iconic game, however South Korea's "PC Bangs" (the local term for internet cafes) are less than happy with Blizzard Korea's new pricing scheme for [...]
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Gamers will be happy to hear that Discord will finally be adding the much-needed videochat feature to its popular voicechat platform. According to a recent blog post, Discord has announced that 5% of its users will have access to the testing phase of its newly-added videochat and screenshare functions. Videochat will be limited to DMs and group DMs. Up to [...]
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Esports is officially becoming the next big thing. Hot on the heels of Madison Square Garden's recent acquisition of Counter Logic Gaming, the possibility of an Esports Olympic event is currently in consideration for the Paris 2024 Olympics. In 2016, global Esports viewership had reached an impressive 320 million people worldwide, with over £400 million ($520M USD) in revenue generated. [...]
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As Destiny 2 is gearing up for its release, eager fans can get in early on the action with the freshly launched catalogue of official Destiny 2 merchandise. September 8th may only be a month away, but Bungie knows Christmas is coming. Luckily, Bungie has just what you need to create that special, unforgettable date night experience with its new [...]
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Steam has seen a spike in new game releases after the implementation of Steam Direct, Valve's newly launched publishing platform. According to data gathered by Ico Partners, a rising trend in release numbers can be seen before and after Steam Direct's debut. Here are the number of releases of the previous weeks (from mid-April 2017). 🤔 pic.twitter.com/SJaiXvdMqe — Thom ⚔🎲 [...]
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Super Evil Megacorp, the studio behind the popular mobile MOBA Vainglory, has netted a hefty $19M in a recent round of funding. No doubt happy with their performance so far, Super Evil Megacorp has already doubled their studio space and is rolling up their sleeves for the next big step. "Like on every other platform, players on mobile will gravitate [...]
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