Riot Games today announced that over four million people play League of Legends every day – an increase of 280% since Riot last announced the size of its community in July 2011. With 11.5 million monthly active players, peak concurrency reaching 1.3 million, and a registered player base of over 30 million worldwide, League of Legends is about to enter its second competitive season as one of the top five PC games in North America and Europe. Continue reading League of Legends hits new milestone; over four million people play it on daily basis→
City Interactive revealed today the first details for Enemy Front, the company’s ambitious new game project that is being developed on the CryENGINE 3 game engine for PS3, X360 and PC. Developed by the company’s UK and Poland studios, Enemy Front is a gritty first-person shooter (FPS) rich in action, combat and detail that takes players back to the carnage and chaos of WWII. Continue reading Enemy Front is a new, WW2, FPS that is powered by CryEngine 3→
Indie game studio Grinding Gear Games has announced that their anticipated online action RPG, Path of Exile, has entered the second phase of its exclusive closed beta and will now open the beta up to significantly more testers. Moreover, Grinding Gear Games has just deployed a major beta patch that adds new areas, skills and enemies and rebalances the entire game. Continue reading Path of Exile enters second phase of Closed Beta→
This is really sad. Jurassic Park: The Game has the potential to be a sleeper hit, so there is definitely no reason for Telltale’s employees to try and ‘cheat’ gamers by submitting 10/10 reviews on Metacritic. Yeap, after BioWare’s employees, Telltale’s employees were caught posting user reviews on Metacritic. To be more precise, one user interface artist and one cinematic artist were those that were caught posting 10/10 reviews. All we had to do was to ‘google’ their names and find their LinkedIn profiles. According to those profiles, both of them are working on Telltale, though they are relatively new to the studio. Continue reading Telltale Employees caught posting 10/10 User Reviews for their own Jurassic Park: The Game→
Now this is something that you simply can’t pass by. Super Meatboy Anniversary Pack is now available on Steam and – get this right – includes Braid, Aquaria, Machinarium, World of Goo and VVVVVV. Not only that, but this special pack comes with a 75% discount, which means that you can get all those games – and more – for the price of 22.59 euros. Continue reading Super Meatboy Anniversary Pack is now available on Steam; includes Aquaria, Machinarium and Braid→
It’s funny but I’m glad that both Batman: Arkham City and Assassin’s Creed: Revelations got delayed. In fact, I really wish that both Arkham City and Serious Sam 3 would be delayed until December as November was full of new releases. But anyway, strategy fans will be pleased to hear that Ubisoft’s strategy game, Anno 2070 has just been released on Steam. Continue reading Anno 2070 is now available on Steam→
Here is some great news for all retro fans out there. Populous II: Trials of the Olympian Gods, Bullfrog’s highly acclaimed strategy game is now available on Good Old Games. Populous II is more versatile and has more “divine intervention” effects than its predecessor. Populous would only bestow eight powers on the player but the sequel has thirty. The game is only 15MB in size, sports both SP and MP and is priced at 5.99 euros. Continue reading Populous 2 is now available on Good Old Games→
Sony Online Entertainment will soon launch its second Downloadable Content pack for DC Universe Online with the worldwide release of Lightning Strikes, later this year. Launching simultaneously on PlayStation 3 and Windows PC, Lightning Strikes introduces Electricity Powers – the game’s eighth power set – and a new adventure starring the iconic speedster The Flash. Continue reading DC Universe Online: Lightning Strikes coming later this year→
Rockstar released a new trailer for their action shooter game, Max Payne 3. This Design and Technology Video Series offers a detailed look at the targeting mechanics, movement and animation, enemy intelligence and other technical design innovations going into building an advanced, intense and immersive action-shooter with Max Payne 3. Max Payne 3 is currently slated for a 2012 release on current generation consoles and PC! Continue reading Max Payne 3 Design and Technology Series: Creating a Cutting Edge Action-Shooter→
Activision announced today that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has shattered theatrical box office, book and video game sales records for five-day worldwide sell-through in dollars. The game established an all-new five-day worldwide sell-through record of more than $775 million, exceeding the record of $650 million set a year ago by Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops and $550 million two years ago for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, according to Charttrack and retail customer sell-through information. Continue reading Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3’s sales are astounding; $775 million in five days→
