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Hi-Rez studios, creators of the widely popular action MOBA SMITE, have unveiled their new game: Paladins. Hi-Rez have confirmed that Paladins will feature strong strategy elements alongside its team-based shooter mechanics, with an early playable build available to attendees of Gamescom 2015. The game will be Free-to play according to the development team, and available on the PC and current gener...[Read More]

The director for Kingdom Heart’s III, the popular JRPG/Disney game, has announced that the game’s 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]

It’s finally happened – the Diablo 3, Torchlight 2 and Path of Exile aRPG trio have now turned into a quartet with the release of Victor Vran. As you may remember from our preview of the game, Victor Vran’s always had the potential to rise above the usual Diablo clones, and playing through the review build, I’ve got to say I’m thrilled to say that the potential’s been well tapped into...[Read More]

It’s been over ten years, but Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2 – The Sith Lords just got a massive upgrade to this long dormant series. In a partnership with Disney Interactive and LucasArts, Aspyr announced yesterday that the game will now be released on Mac and Linux, and will also feature a huge update across all of those platforms. New features included with this editio...[Read More]

Modding is a beautiful and powerful thing. Sometimes, it makes us embarassed to be PC gamers, but most of the time we’re proud to be the heralds of this notion. This is going to be a story of pride, thankfully, so no NSFW content here. This time. If you’ve played both Oblivion and Skyrim you certainly know that there’s a clear distinction made between the two games, atmosphere-wise. Whereas ...[Read More]

In case you couldn’t tell, E3 is huge; ridiculously, outlandishly big.  It seems like every game publisher and developer is there, but something I noticed this year was the lack of smaller developers.  Sure, a company like Natsume could be considered a ‘smaller’ developer, but I’m talking about the small three-man operations, the passionate game designers.  Simply put, it seems like the...[Read More]

Jade Raymond, the former producer of Assassin’s Creed and Watch Dogs, has announced her next venture after leaving Ubisoft last October. She will be starting up a new EA studio, named Motive Studios, which will be partnered with Visceral and Amy Henning on an unannounced Star Wars IP. Visceral’s next project has been described as “Star Wars in the style of Unchartedâ€...[Read More]

The Forza Garage is Now Open! New Car List Confirmations for “Forza Motorsport 6”   At E3 2015 “Forza Motorsport 6” revealed for the first time, the first 117 cars that will make up the Forza 6 car list. Starting now and leading up to the release of “Forza Motorsport 6” on 18th September, we’ll be revealing details each week until...[Read More]

Halo 5: Guardians Will Not Feature Split-Screen     A little over two weeks of E3 being over the hype train has been chugging with Blockbuster hit titles hitting the market at the end of this year going into the next. With Halo 5: Guardians being one of them what better way to screw up their chances by letting down Halo fans and completely disregarding the split-screen mode...[Read More]

E3 Reactions   The 21st Electronic Entertainment Expo, commonly known as E3, arrived last week. For the first time since the birth of Mouse N Joypad, we were able to attend the conferences in person. We spoke with developers and publishers as well as other gamers. E3 is a rich time in the gaming calendar and 2015 has been the best E3 for a while (if you ask me). There was so much information thr...[Read More]

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided E3 Gameplay Trailer   Square Enix have revealed the very first gameplay trailer for their cyberpunk-themed action role playing game, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. The graphics look good and it seems we’ll have the ability to customise and add attachments to our weapons, including choosing different ammo types.   As we expected, flexibility in how combat engagements an...[Read More]

Ubisoft Rundown   Ubisoft, one of the biggest gaming companies in the world, has now had its E3 Conference. The creators of some of the best open world games to date, Ubisoft have a lot of weight on their shoulders this year. The only question is, what have they brought to the table? Well… South Park: Fractured But Whole: A whole new South Park game! Ubisoft’s conference got off to a strong ...[Read More]