LittleBigPlanet servers are offline across a wide variety of LBP games, and it appears that a DDoS attack may be the cause. Sony and support studio XDEV have only confirmed “technical issues,” but the fan community suspects foul play. Eurogamer reports that fans have expressed concern over community features being …
Read More »Rockstar Leeds Founder Gordon Hall Who Worked On Red Dead, LA Noire Dies At 51
Prominent game developer Gordon Hall–who founded the studio that would become Rockstar Leeds and would go on to work on Red Dead Redemption, L.A. Noire, and other major games–has died. He was 51. GI.biz reported Hall’s passing after news broke from members of the Yorkshire game development community, which is …
Read More »Counter-Strike: GO And Other Steam Games Were Temporarily Removed, And Nobody Knows Why
Dozens of games, DLC packs, and other items were temporarily removed from the Steam storefront on Tuesday before being restored two hours later. As first spotted by Twitter users like Gabe Follower and subsequently reported by VGC, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive was the biggest name to be affected, prompting speculation on …
Read More »Jetpack Joyride 2 Emerges After Almost A Decade
Almost 10 years after the first game was released, Jetpack Joyride is finally getting a sequel that once again stars Barry Steakfries in his quest to stop the latest evil scheme of Dr Brains. Much like the original game, Jetpack Joyride 2 is an endless runner where players touch the …
Read More »Will GTA Online Come To PS5 And Xbox Series X?
Grand Theft Auto 5 released more than seven years ago for the PS3 and Xbox 360, but it has remained one of the most popular games around for the entirety of that period. A big part of that longevity comes from GTA Online, its multiplayer component that has been consistently …
Read More »Tomb Raider: Definitive Survivor Trilogy Spotted For Xbox
Players who haven’t yet experienced the rebooted Tomb Raider trilogy will apparently be getting a new option very soon. Listed before being taken offline, the Tomb Raider Definitive Survivor Trilogy will bundle all three games together in one package. According to the Microsoft Store listing, which now gives you an …
Read More »More Than 5,000 Final Fantasy 14 Accounts Banned For Real-Money Trading
More than 5,000 Final Fantasy 14 players likely woke up a few days ago to find their accounts had been banned. According to the development team, these players were engaged in real-money trading and advertisements, which could have ruined the game’s balance. In a post on the game’s official website, …
Read More »How Games Make It Fun To Be The Villain
Do you defuse the bomb and save Megaton? Or let it explode and take the town with it? Fallout 3‘s big decision is memorable for its stark simplicity and big consequences. It should be an easy choice and it certainly seems open-and-shut on the surface. What monster would let a …
Read More »GTA Online Update Adds Compact Heist Cars, Double Rewards, And More In Latest Weekly Update
GTA Online‘s latest weekly update has arrived, and if you found yourself in the mood to introduce your knees to your chin, then the return of the Grotti Brioso 300 will leave you in a good enough mood to pull off an Italian heist job. A compact car featured in …
Read More »PS5 And PS4's Most-Downloaded Games In February Include GTA 5, FIFA 21
It’s another month to look at which games saw the biggest number of downloads on PlayStation consoles in the US and Canada, and unsurprisingly Grand Theft Auto V continues to dominate the top 20 list on PS4. Even with publisher Take-Two Interactive admitting that GTA V has begun to reach …
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