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CitizenCon Puts New Star Citizen Gameplay Footage On Display: Sandstorms, Sandworms, & AI, Oh My!

October 10, 2016 Sean Sullivan Comments

CitizenCon 2016 revealed a half hour of scripted Star Citizen gameplay, showing off silky smooth animations that have become synonymous with Roberts Space Industries. I have to admit it's beautiful thanks to planetary procedural generation, some silly AI, and an unprecedented attention to detail. As you follow the camera it breaks through a planet's atmosphere and hovers across the surface, displaying multiple ecosystems [...]

Rumor: Overwatch's Sombra And Halloween Event Leaked

October 9, 2016 Sean Sullivan Comments

A Russian Overwatch group has leaked information about hero Sombra along with details about an upcoming Halloween event. The URL has been removed but thanks to Reddit we can share the following image and information. What's funny is the news drops just 3 days after game director Jeff Kaplan discussed upcoming heroes and new maps. Thanks to Redditor vitulla for [...]

Valve Introduces Graffiti Sprays To Counter-Strike: Global Offensive As Monetization

October 7, 2016 Sean Sullivan Comments

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive finally has sprays thanks to Valve's latest patch, but they are a monetized feature with limited use. And you won't be expressing your inner artist like back in the day. Players can obtain graffiti in one of three ways: as a free weekly drop for ranking up, by purchasing Graffiti boxes, or by buying them on the Steam market. Unsealing a [...]

Dual Universe's Character Customization And Progression Detailed

October 7, 2016 Matt Chelen Comments

In a Kickstarter update that went out yesterday, Dual Universe developer Novaquark detailed character customization and progression. For the time being, players can only change their name, gender, and the color of various parts of their outfit, but it is noted that this is just a Pre-Alpha version of character creation and that more features will be introduced in the [...]

The Weekly Raid: What's Your Favorite In-Game Event?

October 11, 2016 Sean Sullivan Comments

Tis the season when every MMO runs a similar event: goofy skins, ghosts, and rhyming posts. It's Halloween, my favorite time of year for in-game events. I'm all about cobwebs and spiders and wearing bedsheets which is why I stopped cleaning my apartment on October 1st. But there's more to in-game events then just Halloween. And on this special Tuesday we [...]

Chicago Federal Authorities Charge Two After Investigating PoodleCorp And Lizard Squad

October 7, 2016 Sean Sullivan Comments

Chicago Federal authorities are charging two 19 year old suspects in connection with computer hacking groups PoodleCorp and Lizard Squad: Zachary Buchta of Maryland (' also known as “pein,” “@fbiarelosers,” “@xotehpoodle,” and “lizard,”') and Bradley Jan Willem Van Rooy of the Netherlands ('also known as “Uchiha,” “@UchihaLS,” “dragon,” and “fox,”'). Buchta and van Rooy allegedly conspired with others to launch destructive cyber [...]

Latest Developer Update Reveals Two New Overwatch Heroes Are In The Works, And New Maps

October 6, 2016 Sean Sullivan Comments

According to Overwatch game director Jeff Kaplan two new Overwatch heroes are in the works and a number of new maps are also being developed. One of the new heroes is currently being playtested internally at Blizzard and "will be seeing the light of day sooner rather than later." Is it Sombra? Sombra has been hinted at for quite a while, [...]

Snail Games Details Dark And Light's Camps, Cities, And NPCs

October 6, 2016 Matt Chelen Comments

Following last week's showcase of Dark and Light's environments, Snail Games has released an assortment of details about and screenshots of its camps, cities, and NPCs. The new screenshots give us a look at one of the game's shantytowns and one of its cities, as well as a glimpse at NPCs and an idea of the way that our characters might look. We [...]

eSports Weekly 10/10/16

October 10, 2016 James Hwang Comments

This week’s hottest eSports news and highlights for League of Legends, CS:GO, Dota 2, and Overwatch. Expect spoilers! Brackets from TeamLiquid. Contents (Click to Jump to Section) League of Legends NA LCS EU LCS LCK LPL Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Dota 2 Overwatch League of Legends 2016 League of Legends World Championship The biggest international tournament for the biggest eSport [...]

Revelation Online Enters Closed Beta On October 25th

October 12, 2016 Sean Sullivan Comments

Revelation Online is entering its first closed beta test on Tuesday, October 25, 2016, and end on November 8th. That's right, "first," which means there's more to follow. As part of the announcement a new CBT trailer has been released, brimming with hype-me-up quotes to make you wish time sped up, that you can watch below. The Closed Beta will [...]

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