Author: Vikki Blake
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Try “chilled base builder” Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles now with this new “evolving demo”
[ad_1] There’s a new “evolving demo” on the way for the next stand-alone game set in the Falconeer universe, Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles. In a bid to “forego” the beta route, developer Tomas Sala says the “evolving demo” will be updated “based on real-time player feedback” as the project progresses. You can take a peek at…
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Blizzard is “actively working” on Diablo 4 beta’s queue times
[ad_1] Blizzard has thanked players for their patience after some were left waiting in hour-long queues to participate in Diablo 4’s open beta test this weekend. In a statement posted to the game’s official forum, the community team assured players that it was “actively working” on the issues, vowing to “increase the influx of players”…
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Amazon outlines why it changed Lost Ark’s Artist class skins for Western audiences
[ad_1] Amazon Games has outlined a little more about Lost Ark’s all-new advanced class, Artist, including an explanation about why it chose to “make localisation updates” that modified Artists skins to make them less sexualised and “better fit Western norms”. The first in an “entirely new class category” called Specialists, the Artist is “capable of…
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1.4m of us were simultaneously playing CS:GO this weekend and yes, that’s a new record
[ad_1] Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) has once again broken its all-time concurrent PC user peak, 11 years after it launched on Steam, and just a month after setting the last record. The shooter – which has been around in one form or another for over 20 years at this point – recently surpassed its own…
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The Forest was Europe’s third most-downloaded PS4 game in February following the success of Sons of the Forest
[ad_1] We already knew that Endnight’s early access survival horror Sons of the Forest has been a big hit – it almost instantly blew up on Steam, and managed to sell “over two million copies in the first 24 hours” – but now that success is tipping over into its fan-favourite predecessor, too. As detailed…
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PUBG: Battlegrounds’ next update, 22.2, is set to launch later this month
[ad_1] PUBG: Battlegrounds’ next update, 22.2, is set to launch on 14th March for PC players, and on 23rd March 23 for those fighting for a chicken dinner on consoles. As well as the usual QoL buffs and weapon balancing – it’s the turn of the AUG, M16AF, Mk47, Mutant, and P90 to get…
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There’s a Dead Cells: The Rogue-Lite Board game on the way
[ad_1] A campaign to crowdfund a new rogue-lite board game inspired by Dead Cells will shortly launch on Kickstarter. Dead Cells: The Rogue-Lite Board game – described as an adaptation of “one of the best action video games” – is a game by Antoine Bauza, Corentin Lebrat, Ludovic Maublanc, and Théo Rivière, and will be…
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Google says it is still “committed to games as an industry”
[ad_1] Google is “positioning itself as a go-to tech partner for publishers of live-service video games” by offering its cloud gaming tech to other companies. According to Axios, the tech megacorp is “pitching its Cloud program as proof it remains invested in gaming”, despite shuttering its cloud gaming service, Stadia, back in January. 10…
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Live-service shooter Lemnis Gate will shut down in July
[ad_1] Tactical first-person shooter, Lemnis Gate, is closing down. Whilst the shooter was only released in September 2021, developer Ratloop Game partnered with publisher Frontier to confirm the closure, saying the game will be pulled from sale on 11th April 2023, and shut down completely on 11th July 2023. Newscast: Where does Microsoft go next…
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Overwatch 2’s vice president, Jon Spector, is leaving Blizzard
[ad_1] Overwatch 2’s commercial lead and vice president, Jon Spector, is leaving Blizzard after six years with the company. Whilst Spector has not indicated his next steps nor revealed who’ll be taking over his position, he did confirm his departure on his personal Twitter account, insisting that the franchise would remain “in great hands” with…