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Are Online-Only Games Committing Suicide?

Multiplayer-only games have been around almost as long as the internet has, and we've probably all been addicted to one at some point in our lives as gamers, most likely a free-to-play RPG, MOBA or FPS. Lately I've noticed a trend in some of the much larger AAA titles failing to keep hold of a profitable userbase. We'll go over a few that have failed to succeed, the few who seem to have quite literally nailed it and others who have yet to prove they're made of the right stuff to be successful. MP Only LossesFirst up we have Titanfall from EA, now I personally

Author: SlipSlot

25.07.2016

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The thing about Mafia III

BUONA SERA FAMIGLIAMafia III will be released on October 7th and for me as an absolute passionate mafia lover, it comes with mixed feelings. The mafia theme always had something attractive and I remember the good old first Mafia game. A well dressed gentleman does everything to serve and protect the family of Salieri and gets more and more involved in this entire underground business that - when we're all honest - loved so much.The atmosphere of being a mobster that gets straight into his crazy everyday life:Protection moneyWhiskey smuggling Contract killingDrive-BysAnd so much more.For my part and I bet many of you as

Author: Cede Maiori

22.07.2016

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Command & Conquer Multiplay(er)able

Command&Conquer onlineI want to share this information with everyone who loved the glory of C&C - especially in multiplayer.Yes it's true, EA took the servers for all of the C&C games down, but for anyone who might not know, fans of the amazing sagacreated an own network to play online. All you have to do is to go toC&C Online, register on the website and download the launcher. It will automatically ask you to create a log-in for the C&C Online servers.Once done you simply start the launcher and you're ready to play online.If you have the Steam Version of the game, you might run in

Author: Cede Maiori

04.07.2016

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The end for Desura?

Is Desura gone forever?So as I am sure many of you know, just under a year ago now, Desura's parent company (Bad Juju Games, Inc) filed for bankruptcy and although the website was still up, it was relatively unsupported and hadn't been updated since last year.A couple of days ago, the website appeared to be down and has not come back up since. Does this mark the end for Desura?A few people have found that the site is accessible after adding the following lines to the end of your host file (C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc): 54.186.210.232 desura.com54.186.210.232 www.desura.com54.186.210.232 static.desura.com54.186.210.232 secure.desura.com54.186.210.232 button.desura.com54.186.210.232 rss.desura.comMeaning, the domain is

Author: OP.Lewis

23.03.2016

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The SXSW Gamergate Meltdown

On the past Monday, annual tech conference SXSW Interactive cancelled two of their panel discussions, namely "Level Up: Overcoming Harassment in Games" and “SavePoint: A Discussion on the Gaming Community" due to "numerous threats of on-site violence. The situation has turned in to a huge mess as of late, so what exactly happened? Here's the timeline of events: August, 2015Caroline Sinders, researcher and game designer reported that three SXSW panel discussions were under attack from "downvote brigades". Originally posted by Sinders:"As a member of one of the three SXSW panels against which Gamergate has formed a voting “brigade.“ The campaign is an ongoing

Author: MEZMERIZE

28.10.2015

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