From 4A Games, the creators of Metro 2033, Metro: Last Light, and Metro Redux, comes a new vision of the apocalypse. Announced today during the Oculus Connect 3 keynote in San Jose, ARKTIKA.1 is a highly immersive, action-packed, first-person shooter designed exclusively for Oculus Touch.
Gamification is an online buzzword that’s impossible to escape. Countless online disciplines – from finance to gambling – have embraced gamification as a means of gaining customer engagement. If you’re unsure of what gamification entails, then here’s a handy definition. Gamification is a means of engaging with customers that treats the entire end-to-end process as a game – albeit a semi-serious one. Rewards can be gained and achievements unlocked by completing certain tasks or a series of tasks, just as a customer would if they were playing a game on their smartphone. There are also elements of social media and … Continue reading Gamification – A Trading Game changer?
Bioware’s newest expansion Star Wars: The Old Republic Knights of the Eternal Throne will launch December 2nd and is free for subscribers and now available for preorder. For players that subscribe before October 25th they will receive the bounty hunter Shae Vizla as a companion. Knights of the Eternal Throne expands the Star Wars: The Old Republic story with nine new chapters and five levels, starting at level 65 and continuing from the Knights of the Fallen Empire story. Chose your path, either light or dark side, and play as the Outlander, a veteran of the Great Galactic War. You … Continue reading New “Betrayed” Trailer for Star Wars: The Old Republic – Knights of the Eternal Throne
Some people seem to be cynical that browser-based gaming has a future, and that it is sure to become obsolete soon. However, there are some very compelling reasons as to why browser-based games are sure to be an entity in the years going forward. Today we will have a look at some of the reasons why browser-based games have a place in the market and why they are so well-loved. One important reason why games that you can play on your browser remain very popular to this day is that they are cost effective to play. Not every individual has … Continue reading Browser-based gaming: Is there a future?
GameStop, a family of specialty retail brands that makes the most popular technologies affordable and simple, announced today that more than 1,600 of its stores across the country will be open for the 12:01 a.m. EDT October 13 launch of PlayStation VR—a new virtual reality system for PlayStation 4. “Virtual reality will transform how users experience interactive entertainment,” said Bob Puzon, senior vice president of merchandising at GameStop. “GameStop is the destination for VR and we believe PlayStation VR will deliver our customers an amazing and immersive gaming experience.” There will be limited quantities of PlayStation VR available at each … Continue reading GameStops Will Open at Midnight For PlayStation VR Launch
Syndrome launches today on Steam for PC, Windows and Mac (with Linux coming shortly), priced at $24,99/22,99€/18,99£, packing everything that makes classic survival horror games great: dark spaceship corridors, weapons that are few and far between, and the unmistakable impression that everything is trying to kill you. Your only hope is to search the quiet, drifting ship for clues and piece together the events that took place while you were asleep. But with the misshapen, bloodthirsty forms of your friends and coworkers also on board, it’s not going to be an easy task. “The survival horror genre is one that … Continue reading Super Scary Syndrome Launches On Steam
First Contact Entertainment, the new studio formed by a team of veteran virtual reality (VR) and AAA video game development talent from companies such as Starbreeze, Blizzard, Treyarch and Infinity Ward, has raised US $5 million from a collective of early stage investors since its founding earlier this year. Moving forward, that financing will fuel the company’s ambitions to create exceptional narrative-driven content that raises the bar for quality in VR gaming with a commitment to push the limits of graphics, gameplay and storytelling. “The number one problem facing the VR industry right now is the lack of high quality, … Continue reading First Contact Entertainment Raises $5 Million for VR Games
Leading interactive publisher Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc. has released Necropolis for the Xbox One and Playstation 4 computer entertainment system across the Americas. Players can experience Necropolis, the 4-player co-op 3D action roguelike created by Harebrained Schemes.
There are all kinds of monsters that appear in video games. Typically they’re fringe characters, presented as bad guys and “bosses” to be conquered but not offering much more depth than that. Naturally, there are a few exceptions. The focus of this piece is on the fact that in the near future we may be seeing a whole different brand of monster video games, employing not only anonymous scary beasts but legendary creatures from literary and cinematic lore. This is something worth wondering about because of the relatively recent news that Universal is planning to roll out a monster film … Continue reading Could Monster Gaming Be On The Way?
A captivating blend of documentary and virtual experience that brings players inside the infamous Exclusion Zone, Chernobyl VR Project launches today on Steam for HTC Vive, including new features and enhancements also now available on Oculus Rift.
