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Fortnite Battle Royale will release on September 26th as a free standalone to everyone

Epic Games has announced that on September 26th, Fortnite Battle Royale will be free for everyone. This basically means that not only owners of Fortnite but all PC gamers will be able to download this free game. In order to celebrate this announcement, Epic released a new trailer for Fortnite Battle Royale that can be viewed below. Continue reading Fortnite Battle Royale will release on September 26th as a free standalone to everyone

Ian Bell on EA and Need for Speed: Shift 3: “They tried to f*ck us over, we have no respect for them”

Need for Speed Shift is a racing series that made Slightly Mad Studios famous to the PC community. Shift was one of the first racers that implemented a spectacular cockpit view and was more sim than any other part of the NFS series (excluding NFS: Porsche Unleashed). Now since both Shift and Shift 2 were commercially successful, a lot of racing fans have been wondering why there wasn’t Shift 3 and why Slightly Mad Studios decided to create the Project CARS series. And according to Ian Bell, that was all due to EA. Continue reading Ian Bell on EA and Need for Speed: Shift 3: “They tried to f*ck us over, we have no respect for them”

Battlerite leaves Steam Early Access on November 8th, will release as a free to play game

Stunlock Studios today announced that its competitive, action-packed, PvP arena brawler, Battlerite, will finally leave Steam Early Access and will be made available as a free to play game on November 8th. Battlerite is a fast-paced team arena brawler focused on competitive PvP combat. Select a champion and fight side by side with teammates to the sound of the roaring crowd in vibrant, colosseum-style surroundings. Continue reading Battlerite leaves Steam Early Access on November 8th, will release as a free to play game

Forza Motorsport 7 appears to be suffering from Forza Horizon 3’s initial CPU optimization issues

Microsoft and Turn10 released yesterday the demo for Forza Motorsport 7, however it appears that the game suffers from the same CPU optimization issues that initially plagued Forza Horizon 3. And that’s a bit shocking/surprising considering that Turn10 and Playground Games went the extra mile to fix those CPU issues in Forza Horizon 3, only to have them back in this latest iteration of the Forza Motorsport series. Continue reading Forza Motorsport 7 appears to be suffering from Forza Horizon 3’s initial CPU optimization issues

Puzzle game Back to Bed is free on Steam until this Thursday

Bedtime Digital Games has announced that its award-winning puzzle game, Back To Bed, has been made free on Steam today. Normally priced at $5.99, the title will be available for zero pennies until Thursday evening (and purchasers will be able to continue to play for free once the giveaway is over). Continue reading Puzzle game Back to Bed is free on Steam until this Thursday

Project CARS 2 does not use Denuvo as it’s too “restrictive” and would “annoy” its users

Slightly Mad Studios’ Ian Bell has revealed that their new sim racing game, Project CARS 2, will not be using the Denuvo anti-tamper tech. Now this is a pleasant surprise for a triple-A game as most of them are using it. Continue reading Project CARS 2 does not use Denuvo as it’s too “restrictive” and would “annoy” its users