Heroes of the Storm, developed by Blizzard Entertainment, is a multiplayer online battle arena game that is set to be released June 2, 2015, but questions have been raised as to why the developer is censoring one of the characters in the game.
Denis Dyack, former president of development studio Silicon Knights, director of the critically-acclaimed Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem, and 2011 inductee to the Canadian Gaming Hall of Fame, endorsed #GamerGate’s desire for ethics in video game journalism and fight against video game censorship in a recent interview.
Carmageddon: Reincarnation, developed by Stainless Games, was released on Thursday, May 21. Reincarnation is the fourth iteration in a series that has been banned internationally. It can be purchased on Steam for $29.99.
Japanese video game developer and publisher Konami is switching its market trajectory from console to mobile games.
Blade and Soul, Korean developer NCSoft’s free-to-play kung fu-themed massively multiplayer online (MMO) game, will be coming westward this winter.
Electronic Arts subsidiary Digital Illusions CE (DICE) will release an update for Battlefield 4 on Tuesday, May 26. The update will include five new firearms, a “full weapons balance pass,” the multiplayer mode Gun Master, and PC operating fixes.
Game developers are gearing up for the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) occurring Tuesday, June 16 – Thursday, June 18. Only game creators and press are invited, but PlayStation and Xbox plan to allow gamers to experience the event via movie theater screening and Xbox Daily: LIVE @ E3, respectively.
Video game developer Rockstar Games has sued the BBC for trademark violation concerning the BBC’s new drama, Game Changer.
Phil Spencer, the head of Microsoft’s Xbox division, has announced that the Windows 10 beta will be arriving on Xbox One “post-summer.”
PC gamers using Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) video cards have reported performance issues with CD Projekt Red’s new role-playing game, The Witcher 3, stemming from graphics features created by technology giant and competitor Nvidia, spurring a conflict between AMD and Nvidia.
Polish developer CD Projekt Red has released The Witcher 3 to critical acclaim, but the game’s creators have released a patch to address criticism over visuals in the final version of the game not being up to par with those showcased in a 2013 Spike Video Game Awards trailer.
On Wednesday, The Guardian published an article concerning possible harmful mental health effects of video games.
Video game publisher Take-Two Interactive announced recently it has sold 52 million physical units of Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto V.
The Oculus Rift virtual reality headset, created by Facebook subsidiary Oculus VR, will be capable of showcasing pornography and other X-rated material.
Bungie has released Destiny Expansion II: House of Wolves for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, as well as PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
