Hours upon hours of StarCraft 2 have undoubtedly been clocked since it officially dropped last week, and within those hours of gameplay, gamers have been discovering Easter eggs and nods to other Blizzard creations - old and new. The most recent discovery is actually a mini-game that runs within the engine. Within the cantina of Jim Raynor’s ship, the Hyperion, you will find an old arcade machine. Throw in a few coins and you’ll launch the mini-game....
Since the release of Throne of Eldraine, Magic: The Gathering’s newest set, Oko, Thief of Crowns has been wreaking serious havoc on a myriad of constructed formats. Indeed, the staggering power level of Oko has led many players to call for the card to be banned, and Wizards of the Coast has now complied, though the developer has not yet removed the Planeswalker from Standard, the format where it is currently causing the most trouble....
A recent study by AI researchers concludes that Magic: The Gathering is one of the world’s most complex games. The work provides new insights into game theory, as well as new considerations regarding Turing machines in the testing of certain game states. The premise of the game remains largely unchanged from its creation in 1993. Two players or more face off in a duel with a deck of at least 60 cards, and there is no maximum to that number, so long as a player can shuffle their deck in their hands unassisted....
TheGamer was treated to a peek behind the scenes of the making of The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan, and we weren’t disappointed. Medan is the first of eight installments in Supermassive Games’ horror anthology. After the (super)massively successful Until Dawn released in 2015 by the same studio, the standards were set rather high in anticipation for Medan, especially by the studio themselves. Over And Above In collaboration with facial capture and animation specialists Cubic Motion, Supermassive wanted to push production to its absolute limits with this title....
MapleStory 2 has served up 1 million downloads in its first week, according to developer Nexon, indicating that players are keen to try out the new free-to-play MMO. This surge of players has put a strain on Nexon’s servers, and as a result, they’re planning to expand. “Due to its rapid growth, the game continues to increase its servers,” reads Nexon’s press release. “Especially for the Oceania server, where the player population continues to exceed expectations....
Ubisoft has announced that Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle will be getting a season pass that will be available to purchase alongside the game at launch on August 29. This announcement was followed by details for its post-launch plans, which will include new weapons, additional solo challenges, cooperative maps and extra story content. Players who buy the season pass will be able to get eight exclusive steampunk-styled weapons, and each will have its own varying statistics....
There’s something to be said for those reliable developers that maybe aren’t producing the biggest AAA bangers but consistently produce solid, technically impressive games. Such is the case with Next Level Games and its latest release on Switch - Mario Strikers: Battle League. It’s a return to the series that helped forge the studio’s relationship with Nintendo but also a fantastic and fun football game that caters more to fans of NBA Jam rather than FIFA Soccer....
Metal Gear has inspired several imitators, but they could never capture what really makes Hideo Kojima’s series special. The game play, story, and art design all come together to form a whole significantly larger than the sum of its parts. The latter element is especially celebrated, having mostly been led by masterful artist Yoji Shinkawa since Metal Gear Solid for the PlayStation in 1998. His design for each of the main characters sticks in the brain....
If you’re one of the many gamers looking for a thrilling and suspenseful romp in a post-apocalyptic world, then you’ve definitely played the Metro games. The Metro franchise, along with S.T.A.L.K.E.R., pretty much captures the essence of horror, action, and survival set in a bleak future. Metro Exodus, the third game in the series, continues that tradition and you can pre-order the game now. Sadly, it looks like the Aurora Edition isn’t available for majority of PC players just yet....
Today third-party developers had two new airport releases in store for Microsoft Flight Simulator. We start with Amsim, which released another airport in Italy, Cagliari Elmas (LIEE), which serves as the main airport of the island of Sardinia. It’s currently available on Orbx Central for 12.79. Below you can see what you can expect from this scenery. High resolution ground texturesCustom ground markingsHigh-resolution custom ground textures, dirt and other detailsDetailed Main terminalSurrounding buildings fully modeled The second airport released today is Omaha Eppley Airfield (KOMA) in Nebraska, United States, by Verticalsim....
Today third-party developers revealed assets and updates about their upcoming add-ons for Microsoft Flight Simulators. We start with DC Designs, which provided new screenshots and an update about its AV-8B Harrier II. On top of that, we also get a tease of “one of the most modern and popular fighter aircraft in the world” coming “within a month or so” for both PC and Xbox. Incidentally, today we see liveries from the Italian and Spanish navy for the Harrier....
Today third-party developers shared news and a release of Microsoft Flight Simulator add-ons, including both aircraft and airports. We learn that Iris Simulations has sent its PC-21 to Pilatus for final review, once the manufacturer give the green light, a release date will be announced, depending on whether changes are required. Next, Orbx provided new screenshots of Unalaska Airport (PADU) in the Alaskan Aleutian Islands, which was announced yesterday. More screenshots come from Gate15Scenery showcasing Tokushima Awaodori Airport (RJOS) in Japan...
The Sims franchise first began on PC until it eventually expanded its universe to multiple platforms. However, despite this, the series has never integrated crossplay mechanics that allow players to continue their story on other systems. Yet, a new update could change this aspect of the game with the next installment, and we’ll explain whether or not The Sims 5 has crossplay. The Sims 5 Crossplay Explained Based on the announcements at the Behind The Sims Summit, The Sims 5, also known as Project Rene, does have crossplay compatibility....
The return of the Monkey Island series with the aptly named Return to Monkey Island was a welcome surprise when it was announced earlier this year (on April Fool’s Day no less). After all, we had not seen a new game with Guybrush Threepwood at the fore since 2009. However, while we are getting a return, this may not be the start of a new wave of games based in the sun-soaked Caribbean islands....
Key Points: This adding machine is really old – like 1750s old, and we don’t have any drawings or sketches of it. There have been reconstructions of the device made from the remaining written descriptions. His invention made an improvement on current calculators which were described as having, “wheels, springs, ratchets… make them costly, subject to repair, and inconvenient in use”. Jacob-Rodrigues Pereire In the 1751 issue of the earliest scientific journal in Europe—the french Le Journal des Sçavans, was published a description of the calculating machine of Jacob-Rodrigues Pereire (1715-1780) (see biography of Jacob-Rodrigues Pereire)....
Konami’s ‘Winning Eleven 9’ has been beaten to the top this week by the DS fighter ‘Jump Super Stars’. ‘Jump Super Stars’ is a fighter in the same style as Nintendo’s ‘Super Smash Bros’. Elsewhere in the chart ‘Gentle Brain Exercises’ has moved up to No.3 in the chart with another quirky DS title, ‘DS Training For Adults: Work Your Brain’ at No.7.
Note: This is a spoiler-free review of Jumanji: The Next Level, but it does cover plot details from the previous films. It’s Christmas time and, once again, here comes the sound of drums. The belated Jumanji sequel Welcome To The Jungle was 2017’s biggest unexpected hit, wooing family audiences through the festive season and the early months of 2018, so inevitably, director Jake Kasdan has brought back the entire cast – led by Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Karen Gillan and Kevin Hart – for The Next Level....
A game named Jump King is going viral with Twitch streamers. The game has recently been played by top streamers including AdmiralBahroo, Summit1g, lirik, forsen, and many, many more. The reason why is, like many games that go viral with Twitch streamers, Jump King is extremely challenging and punishing. It’s the perfect kind of game for having fun with Twitch chat and encourages all manner of interaction. Jump King is a platforming game where the player is trying to lead their character up through a very tall tower....
The era of the Nintendo Wii is finally coming to an end, as Just Dance 2020 will be the final game released for Nintendo’s most popular home console. The original Just Dance was a Nintendo Wii-exclusive that was released back in 2009 and featured songs from the likes of Blondie, Gorillaz, and the Spice Girls. The game was received harshly by critics, but was a huge commercial success and spawned a series of thirty mainline entries and spin-off titles....
Katana ZERO scratches one of those eternal itches of gaming. It lets you be a master swordsman of superhuman caliber: bounce off a wall, deflect a bullet back at the gunman with a perfectly-timed sword swing, roll under a shotgun blast, and then cleave its wielder in two. From what I’ve played, it also makes this extraordinarily satisfying. It does this by being bastard hard. I don’t like making direct comparisons to other games too often – it’s lazy writing, frankly – but Katana ZERO wears a lot of Hotline Miami inspirations on its sleeve....
