Monthly Archives: July 2018

Planet Alpha began life in 2013 as a side project of then IO Interactive person Adrian Lazar. It popped its head above the parapet earlier this year—under the collective banner of Planet Alpha ApS Game Studio and Team17—and it’s now got a release date: September 4, 2018. With its interchangeable environments, hulking robot baddies, and […]

Destiny 2 PvP players will soon find themselves killing enemies faster thanks to a boost to weapon damage across the board, Bungie has confirmed. The Forsaken expansion, due on September 4, will see the "time to kill" reduced in the Crucible, senior sandbox designer Jon Weisnewski said in a blog post. "You may have noticed […]

EA wants to take a leaf from Fortnite’s book and open up its "key franchises" to cross-platform play, its vice president of investor relations Chris Evenden has said. On an earnings call yesterday, Evenden was asked whether he wants to replicate Fortnite’s cross-platform success in Battlefield 5, and replied:  "We’re looking at key franchises in […]

For Honor’s seventh season brings with it a new map, some "major" hero reworks, and an updated ranking system. Named Storm and Fury, it’s due next week, August 2.  From front to back, Storm and Fury’s new map, the Secluded Keep, is billed as a "personal retreat of a pious Lord surrounded by water". It’s […]

60 fps support is great, but unlocked framerates that can take advantage of high refresh displays are even better. When we first got a look at the PC version of Monster Hunter World, there was a lot of talk about 4K, 60 fps performance, but we’re happy to confirm that World offers an uncapped framerate […]

Every streamer should have a good microphone, but how much do you need to spend? Maybe less than you think. Over at Amazon, you can score a condenser mic with a pop filter and arm stand for just $6 today. Credit to Twitter user @FatKidDeals for the heads up on this one. It’s a Floureon […]

A new sniper rifle capable of shooting through walls could be coming to Fortnite, according to a new item entry data mined by Fortnite hub Storm Shield One.  The "heavy sniper rifle" is described as a slow, bolt-action weapon that can "pierce through the first wall it hits." Its item entry shows 157 damage and […]

Dota 2 players in the Netherlands will enjoy a little leg up on their counterparts in other nations, thanks to a newly-added ability to see what’s inside loot boxes before they purchase them. A Dota 2 Treasury screenshot posted by a redditor named Larhf contains a notation stating, "Treasures in your region show their contents […]

Rogue Legacy is a 2D platformer in which your characters and the levels you explore are procedurally generated every run. Death is permanent, but all your characters are connected genetically like one big unlucky family. It came out in June 2013 and it was quite good, even before the update it received the following December […]

In the 20 years since Wizards of the Coast bought Dungeons & Dragons they’ve never truly explored the obvious crossover between it and their most popular product: Magic: The Gathering. The answer was always that they were two separate products which existed in their own separate worlds. That’s not true anymore. A product listing went […]