Monthly Archives: November 2019

Battleborn, we hardly knew ye. Gearbox’s hero shooter was released in May 2016 to a semi-decent reception. While a lot of outlets found the game to be mediocre at best, it certainly found its player base. That was until, a little less than a month later, Overwatch was released.

Blizzard’s Overwatch, which was already in beta at the time of Battleborn’s release, made short work of its competition when it was released in full just a few weeks later. Despite the fundamental differences between the two games, Battleborn’s players dwindled once Overwatch hit the market. Now we have a little over a year before the former disappears entirely.

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aLQNgyeqh8[/embed]

It’s a surreal thing to experience, but once the Battleborn servers go down in January 2021, players won’t be able to play either multiplayer or the single-player campaign. Th

Battleborn, we hardly knew ye. Gearbox’s hero shooter was released in May 2016 to a semi-decent reception. While a lot of outlets found the game to be mediocre at best, it certainly found its player base. That was until, a little less than a month later, Overwatch was released.

Blizzard’s Overwatch, which was already in beta at the time of Battleborn’s release, made short work of its competition when it was released in full just a few weeks later. Despite the fundamental differences between the two games, Battleborn’s players dwindled once Overwatch hit the market. Now we have a little over a year before the former disappears entirely.

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aLQNgyeqh8[/embed]

It’s a surreal thing to experience, but once the Battleborn servers go down in January 2021, players won’t be able to play either multiplayer or the single-player campaign. The game w

I think I speak for a large swath of gamers out there when I ask: just what in the sam hill is Rockstar working on? The rumors have been flying ever since they shipped Red Dead Redemption 2 for PC (though woefully incomplete, some might argue). A recent programming job posting by Rockstar mentioned “building animations for an upcoming open-world project.” While no project title was listed, fans were quick to speculate (and hope and dream) that the project could be the long-awaited Grand Theft Auto 6.

However, in a LinkedIn post from Pawas Saxena, a Rockstar character artist, Saxena wrote that his most recent project entailed working on environment pieces “following medieval architectural style” for a yet-to-be-announced IP. A few years back, Rockstar was reportedly working on an

Cloud-based gaming has been gaining grounds lately with the arrival of more platforms. Could this be the end of the traditional consoles?

For years, the gaming community has been used to playing on their favorite consoles. They could have started their journey on a family computer to the latest models of PlayStation or Xbox. However, the scenario has been slowly changing lately. Several tech companies have begun introducing their respective cloud gaming services.

Last week, Google launched its brand of gaming on-demand platform. Google Stadia is pushing for the availability of video games, without the limitations of using a PC or console.

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeFnQrgtZ9k[/embed]

The company said in a statement that its cloud-based gaming service is about providing a “powerful” platform. This is for both gamers and the community that loves to watch available games.

In the meantime, more and more tech firms are ex

Cloud-based gaming has been gaining grounds lately with the arrival of more platforms. Could this be the end of the traditional consoles?

For years, the gaming community has been used to playing on their favorite consoles. They could have started their journey on a family computer to the latest models of PlayStation or Xbox. However, the scenario has been slowly changing lately. Several tech companies have begun introducing their respective cloud gaming services.

Last week, Google launched its brand of gaming on-demand platform. Google Stadia is pushing for the availability of video games, without the limitations of using a PC or console.

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeFnQrgtZ9k[/embed]

The company said in a statement that its cloud-based gaming service is about providing a “powerful” platform. This is for both gamers and the community that loves to watch available games.

In the meantime, more and more tech firms are ex

Breakpoint is the latest game in the Ghost Recon series. Unfortunately, it was met with mixed reviews. Some portions really have their fun moments, such as the decent gun mechanics and competent progression system. Others don’t shine so brightly like the bevvy of bugs and limited enemy AI.

Ubisoft — despite receiving some backlash — hasn’t given up on the game. They have included several updates since launch and even plan on re-hauling the game completely. Somehow, even after the success of Ghost Recon Wildlands, they missed the mark with this latest installment.

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They have since gone on to acknowledge this and just unveiled another patch. One of the biggest changes in update 1.0.3.1 is the ability to change your character at any point during the game. For example, you could be in the middle of a mission and decide to change the complete structure of your face.