Marvel Heroes (2015) Loses its CEO.. -News

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Marvel Heroes has lost its CEO and is now in-search for a replacement. David Brevik has been the CEO of Gazillion for over 6 and a half years! And has now left to search for some "new opportunities" in his own words. Marvel Heroes is an MMO that has grown quite popular over the years and is being played by over 1 million+ players each month.

David Brevik was the President of the worldly famous Diablo for over 11 years before moving to Gazillion and in the years he has worked with Gazillion he says that it was the "best experience of his life". Is this the end of Marvel Heroes? Or will they find a replacement and continue making an extremely fun multiplayer experience?

 "David has played an integral role in the growth and success of Gazillion, most notably leading the development of the acclaimed Marvel Heroes 2015--and we greatly appreciate his many contributions to the game and the community." -Gazillion 

"Creating Marvel Heroes has been a work of passion for over six years, It was my first opportunity to work on a live-service product and interact with our amazing community and it has been one of the best experiences of my life. I'm very proud of all the work our talented team has done together. Though the time has come for me to move on, I'm excited about the future of Marvel Heroes and look forward to what’s next from studio director Jeff Lind and the team." -David Brevik

Marc Laidlaw Has Confirmed that he has left Valve -News

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The Man that made Half-life and Half-life 2 has finally confirmed that he has retired from Valve and has no plans on making Half-Life 3 and has no idea what Valve is going to do about the whole situation.

Half-life is the beloved series by all gamers world-wide, and the third installment of the game was awaited by many for years, but now that the retirement is confirmed the disappointment of the gaming community is evident on Reddit and Twitter.

"I am no longer a full or part time Valve employee, no longer involved in day to day decisions or operations, no longer a spokesman for the company, no longer privy to most types of confidential information, no longer working on any Valve games in any capacity." -Marc Laidlaw---"I'm old, or anyway oldish. My nickname when I first started at Valve in 1997 was "Old Man Laidlaw." The baby level designer who gave me that nickname is older now than I was then. Imagine how much older I am! [...] I had a good run but lately I have been feeling the need for a break from the collaborative chaos of game production, and a return to more self-directed writing projects."

Thoughts on Oculus Rift Price -Gist

My Opinion:

The Oculus Rift is a fantastic gadget that is innovating and showing us a glimpse into the future of gaming for the generations to come: with many big brands producing their own variant of the VR headset; with one of the most popular being the Sony VR. 

What Can you expect from the Oculus Rift? Its an experience that comes with a price. The Oculus has blown a lot of gamers minds at E3 events and has been a major part of the Youtube Gaming industry lately, with its specific games that are made by indie developers and are free for use. The Oculus will let gamers that have the $$$ to experience gaming from a new standard/angle, the feeling that you are sucked into a game and play with a controller, is something that gamers have been wanting for a while now and that dream is now a reality, A Virtual Reality! (Game Theorist Joke)

Lets talk about the Pricing, The price is quite high for a gadget, at $599, it is not something that is affordable by all, the CEO of Project Oculus has came out and talked about soon reducing the price for those that cannot afford it, since it is now more expensive than the current generation consoles PS4 and Xbox One. From my View i think it should be reduced to like $299 I know that is a huge decrease from the original price, but if the company expect people to buy their product they have to reduce it to an affordable price for all.

(Or Just wait for the Sony VR! hhaahah)

Just Cause 3 is about to get more EXPLOSIVE! -News

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The new DLC will be called Sky Fortress and forms the 'Air' part of the package. Avalanche says this fresh content is "nearing completion, and will bring new missions, features and other exciting surprises to the skies of Medici. We’re play testing this content right now so watch this space for more news on this very soon." 

It Seems like Square Enix is going to be releasing the DLC soon, and knowing Square Enix the DLC is going to be worth the Mulla.

New Assassin's Creed Chronicles India Overview -Gameplay

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The Chronicles series is a new take on the world known series, where you play in 2.5D, which gives us the ability to experience new worlds, people and weapons on a different scale of gaming. India is an exotic country with unique culture and weaponry, so it will be astonishing to see what Ubiosft has in-store for us.

New HomeFront Release date Leaked by Target.. -News

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A Gamer went to Target and found a pre-order for the game for 1$, which means that the developers at Homefront have leaked/released the date that this highly anticipated game will release. 

"In March of last year, Homefront: The Revolution was delayed into 2016. Deep Silver previously bought the rights to the Homefront franchise in 2014, after previous developer Crytek was reportedly going through financial troubles." -IGN

Virtual Reality is coming sooner then you think... -News

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The Oculus Rift Pre-orders are live now, for the release set in March and it will cost up to 500 pounds, which will make a nice whole in your walet! It comes in a bundle with with the oculus remote and an Xbox One controller and a sensor. Everything needed to get you started on PC with a great variety of games to play. So get ready for the next step in gaming, Virtual Reality..

Those who pre-order the Rift VR headset won’t be charged until the unit ships. Plus, those who pre-order will also reserve a spot for Touch pre-orders.

Square Enix Shuts down Its Cloud Project -News

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The Shinra Technologies Project was first revealed in early 2014 but two years later the project did not receive enough funds from third-party companies to continue the vision. The idea of the cloud, was that many developers can use the cloud to develop new games using the Square Enix engine. The Community thought that SE would take advantage of this and take control of the games that are being developed (but i guess now we will never know).

"STI, as a cloud platform operator, has been trying to raise funds necessary for further business operations from third party investors. However, STI has found no prospective investors at this point, and therefore has to discontinue its business."-Yoichi Wada (Former SE President) 

Rise of the Tomb Raider release date for the PC "Master Race" -News

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Square Enix has announced that the PC version of RoTR will be released on the 28th of January. Which is great news for the people that play on that platform ( Me! :D), it was also mentioned that the game supports 4K on Pc to give it that extra crispiness that the stunning game deserves. And with the modding community on PC expect great graphics mods that will make the game look 10x better than it was intended to be. Square Enix also revealed the minimum specs that are required. Pretty Self explanatory for a game of such advanced graphical capability.

PC Minimum Specifications:

• OS: Windows 7 64bit
• Processor: Intel Core i3-2100 or AMD equivalent
• GPU: NVIDIA GTX 650 2 GB or AMD HD7770 2 GB
• RAM: 6 GB
• HD Space: 25 GB
• DirectX: DirectX 11
• Input: Mouse + Keyboard

By the way this picture below is in 4K on PC :0

Assassins Creed is going Further back in Time -Rumor

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There was a release by one of the developers at Ubisoft on 4chan stating that the Assassin's Creed Team will be taking a year off to work on Assassins Creed Empire, which according to leaks is going to be set in Ancient Egypt, which in fact will be the oldest time in the games history.

If the rumors are true we are going to have a game that we have been wanting for years, going back to the times we would actually like to explore and imerse our time into. I myself am a huge Assassin's Creed fan and will support them no matter what, and will especially praise them if the rumors are true and this game is a reality.

My Top 10 Best Games of the Year 2015 -Gist

Well, let me start off by saying this is my personal list so please don't  hate on my opinion, each person has a different experience with the game, so be thoughtful.

*Not in any particular order*

10. Halo 5

This game was highly anticipated by many fans, it did live up to the hype and was an extraordinary experience playing through the campaign, but since the campaign was so short and left me wanting more out of this game it is lower than the others in my list. The multiplayer is super fun and the new mechanics they have added just makes the experience all the while better.

9. Life is Strange

This game was a fresh-new game that nobody knew would leave the person at the end mind-fucked. The experience playing through this game, made you think before you made decisions that later on you might regret, the going back in-time feature was a new thing, and gave us the opportunity to go back and correct our wrongs. This game overall was overwhelming, how could anyone know that the life a teenage girl could be so rough?

8. Rocket League

Cars+Football= Intense fun. This game is a casual multiplayer game that blew everyone's expectations sky-high. It is fun especially with friends and be quite honest i cant stop playing it.

7. Metal Gear Solid: Phantom Pain

The not-last installment since Konami is working on a new one without Kojima (Idiots). Kojima's last MGS game lest us blown away with its lengthy campaign and its new open-world style. The new weapons, dog and Quiet who is one of my favorite characters all left us, speechless. Even though the game feels empty at times it is totally worth a play, if your a fan of Kojima's work or just want a new game to play.

6. Batman Arkham Knight

The last game by RockSteady Studios was a nice conclusion to the amazing series. Adding the batmobile and new combat mechanics kept us thrilled to continue on our journey to find out who the Arkham Knight is. The villains and the Joker (who was adored by many) give the game a sense of achievement and a verdict to the Death of the Bat.

5. Assassins creed Syndicate

This is the latest installment in the series, and in my opinion one of the best ones, the mechanics that they added and the addition of the ability to play with two different characters that are twins and are completelty different styles from each other. One Stealthy the other a Brute. The story is basically the same as the others but, there is no game-breaking bugs or frame-drop which gives it a plus compared to its prequel Unity.

4. Need For Speed (2015)

The game that took 2 year to develop brought back the game that we have always wanted, its basically an Underground 3, which is something that all the fans of the series have wanted, Ghost Games keeps making the game even better with free DLC and multiplayer only style, which makes the game feel alive and like a car infested city of Ventura-Bay.

3. Just Cause 3

EXPLOSIONS!! That is the main fun-factor of this game and it never gets boring since you have so many things you can place explosives on and make cool montages. Rico looks way better than he ever has in the games, and the addition of a hook-shot and a gliding-suit makes the game even more fun to play. I cant wait to see what the developers have install for the next few months for us.

1&2 i still have no idea its a hard decision with all the amazing games that have come out this year so give me a little time for this one :D Maybe you guys can suggest me some ;)  

Bayonetta has joined the Smash Bros. Roster -News

Bayonetta who is one of the female stars at Nintendo, she debuted on the Wii and had a second game release on the Wii U, which was highly praised for their Hack-and-Slash mechanics and the easter-eggs and witch mechanics placed in their games. So now we will have to see what happens with the attacks that are placed for her in Smash and see what her character design will look like. Cloud joined last month and that sprung amazing reactions from fans, what will happen with this...

Wanna work on a new Metal Gear Solid go to Konami.. -News

After Kojima left two days ago, Konami has already published an article on their site looking for people to work on the next installment of Metal Gear Solid. This is a bold yet stupid move by Konami since most fans liked the franchise for Kojimas work, Konami was only a means that he could produce and show his work to the public. So stating that they are working on the sequel is just another reason to despise Konami with a passion. I bet a year from now they will regret their decisions when they get less sales then they expect. Lets see how this news is evaluated by the gaming community.

Just Cause 3 Becomes even more Explosive.. -News

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• Significantly improved loading times
• Optimizations to online stats
• General stability fixes
• Fixed an issue related to challenges, wherein vehicles sometimes disappeared when starting a challenge
• Fixed issues related to screen resizing and closing the game window before the game has fully started up [PC ONLY]

Avalanche Studios the developers of Just Cause 3 has expressed that they have been reading through reviews and user feedback and will try their best to implement/fix the issues and glitches that are currently being shared by players across all the platforms especially Pc. 

Jack The Ripper DLC Gameplay -Video

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This new DLC that Ubisoft has developed seems to be more interesting and deep then the base-game itself, the fact that you are able to play as the Ripper himself makes me want it to be released as soon as possible. The game is set 20 years in the future from the events of Syndicate and you play as Evie who is now looking for her "missing" brother. The Ripper has a different fighting style than the twins, which adds an interesting and intriguing mechanic into the game it is called the "Fear" style, which means that you will brutally murder and screech in front of foes and pedestrians alike.

Call of Duty Points more like money snatcher... -News

Activision has announced that they will be adding something called Call of Duty Points which to a gamer means "Microtransactions" giving you an edge of an advantage to other players who do not place money on their account. With theses points you can buy more supply drops and get more items in zombies. $2 for 200, $10 for 1,000 (+100 bonus), $20 for 2,000 (+400 bonus), and $40 for 4,000 (+1,000 bonus). These are the price listings for the points. Its a sad truth what our gaming community has come to, making us pay real money to get virtual items that will just be left in that one game and not move to another, even though this is a yearly released game....

Jack The Ripper DLC Trailer becomes Interactive -News

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This new trailer by Ubisoft gives it a interactive make-over and lets us watchers see all around a moving camera, giving a different interpretation/perspective to the story behind the DLC and how the assassins play in this whole historical legend that was never resolved and kept people thinking for years how Jack preformed these deeds.

Hideo Kojima Leaving Konami to create his own Studio -News

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Well it turns out we were right that Konami were being absolute douches to Hideo, and he decides to leave. Konami got booed at the "Game Awards" and reportedly banned Kojima to come and claim his award which increased the hate towards Konami. If Hideo Kojima can pull himself up and actually pull through with making his own Studio, we will have some of the best narrative driven games out there, he is known for Metal Gear Solid, well if he can get his rights back then we will have more future games and an amazing developer who deserves every gamer support.

Ghost in a Shell new Gameplay -Video

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This Anime inspired FPS on PC, has been highly anticipated by a lot of players for its relase on the 14th of December. The gameplay seems like a generic FPS looking like a boot-leg version of Call of Duty but it seems to have an anime twist to it, with a less realistic take onto the fps genre of games. Play as an elite augmented soldier, where your unique skillsets and weaponry make you faster, tougher and more lethal than any human combatant in the urban battlefields of the future. Combine unique abilities with your team via SkillSync, to decimate your enemies and turn the tide of the battle. Fight on the front lines of a dark, dystopian cyberpunk world in this intense first person shooter inspired by the critically acclaimed franchise.  This description of the game certainly depicts what we see in the gameplay footage. We will have to see what is in store for us with this game in the future.

Ethos Gaming, allowed me to use his footage for this game. He is also known for being a good friend of the Black Hokage and being a part of the gaming illuminaughty podcast on Youtube. Please take a look at his channel, if you want to see a different take on gaming.

Final Fantasy 7 Remake is Turning into Life is Strange... -News

Now, I know what you may be thinking how do these two games have anything in common except for being published by the same company Square Enix. Well Final Fantasy 7 Remake has just been revealed to us that it will be an episodic game, this is understandable since the original PS1 game had 6-7 discs, this game is huge and especially with today's graphics Hooo baby it will be a doozy.... But this will also mean that we will have to buy each episode like with Life is Strange.. Lets see how this fairs up with hardcore old-school gamers. I personally believe that this a economic approach/Developing problem, this approach means that Square Enix will make more money and produce more content for us which is great, but they might be hiding the fact that while you are playing episode 1 they would be making episode 2 since this is such an immensely huge game.