After just over a year in operation and three expansions, Back 4 Blood will no longer be getting new content as the co-op zombie shooter transitions to maintenance mode. Turtle Rock’s decision to end post-launch support for the game isn’t because the game is dying (it’s not), but because they need the manpower to work on another game. “Turtle Rock [...]
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Cloud Imperium Games looks back at what they’ve accomplished in Star Citizen over the past month in its monthly development report for January. Of significant note is the ongoing work to improve AI behavior in the space simulation MMO, including teaching enemy NPCs to throw grenades. The team reports that they’ve also added attack and defend area behaviors for AI, [...]
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As Destiny 2 awaits the launch of its Lightfall expansion at the end of the month, Bungie has taken time to pen a dev blog that offers an in-depth preview of what players can expect when the expansion drops and Season 20 begins. The meat of the expansion will be dedicated to a “substantial” balance pass for heavy weapons in [...]
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Maxis has confirmed that the fifth installment in The Sims franchise, codenamed Project Rene, will have multiplayer features. Unfortunately for those hoping that it will be an MMO of some sort, that’s not going to be the case as confirmed by Game Director Grant Rodiek in a new Behind The Sims dev vlog. “One thing to keep in mind is [...]
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With Overwatch 2 Season 2 coming to a close, Blizzard has offered a glimpse of what’s to come when the hero shooter’s third season begins. One of the highlights of Season 3 will be the return of Overwatch Credits which players can earn through the battle pass or as rewards to spend on various items including legendary skins. “These changes [...]
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Sci-fi survival shooter Dysterra has kicked off its second season and drops its first major update since its early access in November. The Season 2 update adds two brand-new maps: The Bunker, which is a free-for-all PvP map, and The Hyena Den for solo PvE players. The meaty season update also introduces new map functionality, three new guns, a new [...]
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The rumors that Ubisoft was set to announce a new The Crew game have turned out to be true, as most rumors in the video game world tend to be. The French publisher officially unveiled the third game in the multiplayer action driving franchise earlier today, called The Crew Motorfest, which will send players off to the tropical island of [...]
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Ben Brode and his team have finally rolled out one of the most-requested features in Marvel Snap – the ability to challenge your friends to one-on-one battles. The new non-ranked Battle Mode arrived with yesterday’s update, allowing players to compete with their friends in “ultra-competitive” matches over multiple rounds using just one deck. Each player starts the match with 10 [...]
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Riot Games will be bumping up its update cadence for Legends of Runeterra in response to feedback from its community. The studio will now be pushing out new content on a quarterly basis and have offered a general outline of its plans for the League of Legends collectible card game this year. “As a small team of passionate developers, we [...]
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Are you done playing Halo Infinite yet? Because that’s the question that Microsoft asked in a recent survey sent out to a select group of respondents. The ominous survey has raised doubts about the game’s future. To be fair, Microsoft did also ask whether the community felt that 343 Industries was listening to them, whether the studio was communicating enough, [...]
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