NCSOFT and ArenaNetâ¢, publisher and developer of the acclaimed Guild Wars franchise, have today announced the first publicly accessible beta for Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns. The Beta will get a preview on the show floor at Gamescom before it is launched worldwide as the first official Beta Weekend Event for players who pre-purchased the game. The studio will debut a demo showcasing a port...[Read More]
The director for Kingdom Heartâs III, the popular JRPG/Disney game, has announced that the gameâs fundamental gameplay systems and mechanics are close to completion. Development has now moved towards mass production of areas and other elements. Tetsuya Nomura has said that while the basics are done, the team still has a lot of work to do as some aspects of the Disney-RPG sequel have yet to pro...[Read More]
Quakecon has passed us by, and Bethesda has shown off some cool new stuff. Fresh from showing off the amazing trailer for their new Doom title at E3, Bethesda has gone on to show more at this yearâs Quakecon. Jumping right into it, they showed a massive amount of interesting details regarding their multiplier for Doom and revealed Snapmap, a new application that allows a map/match building syste...[Read More]
The single most impressive thing about Kyn is that it’s been built, for the most part, by only two men. Yes, a large tactical RPG has been largely developed by a pair of developers alone, and it didn’t turn out to be a heap of trash. We’re off to a solid start already! Kyn is a large, sprawling, beautiful and only a tad bit bland in some regards. Its story is set in a universe heavily inspired by ...[Read More]
Weâre living in an age in which retro is the new modern, as far as some gaming genres are concerned at least. Zotrix is an arcade shooter that makes use of this knowledge to a great extent, using the gameplay systems that were enthroned almost forty years ago and empowering them with features we like seeing in most of todayâs games. Zotrix thus marries the old and the new in a package t...[Read More]