Icebird Games' RTS/MOBA hybrid Subsiege has officially launched on Steam Early Access. The game tasks players with defeating all opposing teams while simultaneously attempting to gather resources to buy and upgrade ships, including replacing lost ships, and gather oxygen to stay alive. A timer is constantly ticking down as you play, reminding you that your time is finite if you don't find [...]
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It's been a rough few weeks for those who are still using Windows XP, which has been around for over 15 years now. First, Blizzard Entertainment drops support for the platform and now, both Neverwinter and Star Trek Online have dropped support for "Windows XP and Direct3D9" and "Video Cards with a Direct3D Hardware Feature Level less than 10.0"—you can find the [...]
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People are consistently concerned that WildStar will up and shut down at any moment, but Carbine Studios isn't down for the count just yet. The Power of the Primal Matrix expansion went live earlier today, bringing with it a new "Prime Difficulty," a new dungeon called "Coldblood Citadel," a new expedition called "Evil from the Ether," changes to the way [...]
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One year of Early Access and "over half a million downloads" later, Faeria officially launched earlier today. You guys remember Faeria, right? The card game/strategy game hybrid in which you have the chance to build the battlefield you fight on as you play? Yeah, that one. Faeria is launching with new cards and content. The team also notes that more [...]
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After just over a year and a half in Early Access, LEGO Worlds launched today on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. The title is a procedurally-generated LEGO sandbox in which you can create whatever you want without worrying about not having enough blue LEGO bricks—you also don't have to worry about stepping on LEGO bricks that you drop on the [...]
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Bethesda Softworks' announced today that Closed Beta sign ups have opened for its "highly anticipated" AAA resurrection of the arena shooter genre, Quake Champions. The game is said to be bringing back the classic Quake formula with the new twist that there are "Champions," which essentially equate to classes. Quake Champions will be a free to play game with an [...]
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In the past year alone, Crytek has failed to make payroll, subsequently shut down five of its studios, and handed over Warface's NA/EU publishing rights to My.com, after which it let fifteen members of Warface's previous publishing staff go. Now, according to GamesIndustry.biz, the company has sold its Crytek Black Sea studio, which is located in Bulgaria, to SEGA, who [...]
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Motiga's had a rough go of it in the past. Last February, the developer of Gigantic saw "significant layoffs" that could have affected the game's release. Yesterday, Motiga CEO and founder Chris Chung confirmed to Destructoid that another round of layoffs, totaling "15 of the studio's 82 employees" were laid off. The following quote was provided. Any kind of layoff is [...]
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If there's one thing that it seems that we can always count on, it's that we'll be asking "so...where's Dark and Light?" for some time to come. Snail Games USA Associate Producer Horsejoke answers questions in the Pre-Early Access FAQ Steam Discussions thread from time to time, but we still don't have an estimated release date other than "later this year." [...]
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Ubisoft's open world shooter, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands, was released earlier today. The game challenges players to take on the Santa Blanca cartel in an open world rendition of Bolivia. Along their way, they can choose to either go it alone or join up to three other players in online co-op. Whereas the Open Beta had not-so-positive reviews, the release version [...]
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