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Last month, Blizzard’s legal team shut down one of the largest third-party servers dedicated to classic World of Warcraft. That decision drew considerable fire from World of Warcraft subscribers, so much so that the company issued a formal statement explaining why it shuttered the Nostalrius server and pledging to continue discussions around the issue. Last week, former lead ...
Mirror’s Edge Catalyst returns us to a brightly-lit world filled with primary colors, parkour, and messenger bags. It’s been almost eight years since the first Mirror’s Edge was released, and this follow-up is trying to expand on the original concept by giving players an open world to run around in. Unfortunately, the performance issues seen in early builds is cause for concern. ...
One of the most difficult aspects of VR is how hard it is to actually convey the experience of using the device. It’s not the first time we’ve had this problem — both 3-D and multi-monitor configurations don’t translate well to still photos or even most video — but VR takes the problem and turns it up to 11. It is therefore good news that Oculus will be teaming up with Best Buy and offering VR ...
2011’s Deus Ex: Human Revolution was hailed as a strong reboot for the classic franchise that, while not without some issues, still captured much of what made the original Deus Ex great. Its sequel, Mankind Divided, is set to launch in August, and a new six-minute gameplay trailer manages to both fill in the backstory of what’s happening in protagonist Adam Jensen’s world as well as showcase ...
Free-to-play games have been growing in popularity on the PC for over a decade now, but it wasn’t until the last two or three years that the console makers started to take this business model seriously. Developers big and small are entering the fray here, and as such, we wanted to see exactly how these games stand up on the PS4. Since the early days of the PS4, we’ve been keeping an eye on each and every F2P release. While some of the games on the PlayStation Store aren’t even worth mentioning, ...