Month: September 2018

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report this ad After years of progress, the French conglomerate Vivendi has reportedly retired its efforts to commit a ‘hostile takeover’ of Ubisoft. Ubisoft can now breathe a sigh of relief knowing that its defenses against the major shareholder have succeeded and are no longer needed. Three years ago Ubisoft stated that one of its shareholders, Vivendi, was attempting a ‘hostile takeover’. By purchasing a large portion of Ubisoft’s stocks, Vivendi sought to become a majority shareholder. Quickly, Ubisoft began defending its company by seeking long-term investors who wouldn’t resell their shares to Vivendi. In 2016, Vivendi had acquired over ... Read more

report this ad Several months ago, the video game developer Bungie officially announced a partnership with NetEase, the Chinese Internet technology company, in order to create a brand new intellectual property. Now, the studio behind Destiny 2 has filed a trademark in the EU for “Matter”, which has led many to speculate that this is going to be the official title of the aforementioned IP. When Bungie initially announced its collaboration with NetEase, the developer stated that it aimed to “become an entertainment company that sustains many worlds simultaneously”, with plans including the further growth of Destiny and “new worlds ... Read more

You know what Sokoban puzzles are? They’re the ones where you have to push boxes around on a grid until they’re in the right positions, normally in the corners of an oddly shaped warehouse. And then, if you’re me, you realize you’ve accidentally squeezed one of those boxes into a corner and because you can only push and not pull there’s no way to get it out and you quit. Resynth is a Sokoban-style puzzle game from two indie designers who previously worked on the paint-splatting platformer de Blob, which had an excellent jazz/funk soundtrack. Music’s important to Resynth too. ... Read more

Pandas are coming to Minecraft. Pandas are coming to Minecraft! Pandas! Are! Coming! To! Minecraft! They were revealed in a Minecon World stream today, and they are “lazy and playful.” They will appear in the holiday update coming to Minecraft later this year.

Data digger Lance McDonald has worked through the game files in the original alpha for Dark Souls III and has discovered some radical environmental changes that were implemented then cut from the game. The key to changing environment effects in the game has to do with what is labelled in the game files as “ceremonies.” These ceremonies are game states that have different skyboxes and environmental lighting, and as McDonald points out, some of these are still present in the game. For example, the visual difference between the Cemetery of Ash area and the Untended Graves area that is found ... Read more

At Minecon today, Mojang announced a new role-playing game set in the Minecraft universe. It’s called Minecraft: Dungeons. Due out next year on Windows PC (no word yet on other platforms), the game is being developed at Mojang’s home base in Sweden. It’s an overhead-view dungeon crawler, populated by monsters and familiar figures from the Minecraft world. Players can take on the world alone, or as part of a four-person group. Visually, the world is an enhanced version of Minecraft’s familiar landscape of blocks. Minecon is an annual digital presentation to Minecraft fans and the modding community. Other announcements today ... Read more

“If it’s in the game, it’s in the game.” For more than two decades, video game studio EA Sports seared this slogan, which plays in the opening credits of nearly every one of its games, into the hearts and mind of millions of fans. With each new season it seems more true; sports games reflect everything fans expect from their favorite sports, no matter how small the detail. Unfortunately, that also includes advertisements. Sports games have adopted the same penchant for aggressive advertising as their real-world counterparts. As the games have grown more complex, so have the ads. Here’s how ... Read more

Applications from Splyce and a joint venture between H2K Gaming and Paris Saint-Germain have been declined for permanent slots in the European League Championship Series as Riot begins to select franchise partners, league sources told ESPN. From Heroes of Newerth to League of Legends, Kingrd is finally finding his stride with paiN in Dota 2. Panda Global is investigating claims that one of its players, Lee “Infiltration” Seon-woo, was found guilty of domestic assault in 2017. Timothy “oLARRY” Anselimo, who was shot multiple times during a mass shooting in Florida in August, is continuing his pro gaming career. 2 Related ... Read more

By Tyler Fischer – September 29, 2018 (Photo: Blizzard) According to Overwatch’s Assistant Art Director, Arnold Tsang, Bastion once was able to fly. That’s right, Overwatch’s loveable turret originally had the magical power of flight. Speaking to Gamerant, Tsang revealed that Blizzard originally had a much different design for Bastion. “Bastion used to be able to fly – we tried a lot of different things for his ultimate,” said Tsang. Tsang seems to imply that perhaps Bastion only could fly when he used his ultimate. I like to believe that he had hidden wings that only appeared when he busted ... Read more