Dark Souls servers for PC are down to investigate a severe security flaw
If you’re logging in on either Dark Souls, Dark Souls 2, or Dark Souls 3 to get some PvP action, you’ll notice that servers are down at the moment, and for good reason as the series’ community has discovered a severe security risk on the PC version of each game.
Get 3 months of EA Play for just $5
EA is offering three months of their monthly subscription service EA Play for the price of one. The offer will run until February 8, 2022. When three months are up, you’ll be charged the usual rate each month.
Fan-made game lets you shoot your favorite Pokémon
A developer that goes by the name Dragon_GameDev2 on Twitter shared his work on a Pokémon First Person shooter for a YouTube video, and it’s simply you shooting a bunch of Pokémon with different guns. There’s even boss fights.
Ghostwire: Tokyo release date seemingly leaked by PlayStation Store
It looks like the release date for Tango Gameworks’ Ghostwire: Tokyo was mistakenly leaked by the PlayStation Store as the game’s store page showed the release date of March 24, 2022. It’s now been replaced but not fast enough as many have screenshot the page.
Microsoft intends to honor existing Activision/Blizzard agreements with other platforms
Microsoft’s Head of Xbox Phil Spencer has reassured once again that they intend to honor any existing Activision/Blizzard agreements with other platforms and even mentioned that they intend to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation.
Dying Light 2 will feature 40,000 lines of dialogue
Techland can’t seem to contain themselves when promoting their open world zombie game Dying Light 2 as they now announced through social media that the game has 40,000 lines of dialogue, or more specifically, 350,000 words.
Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7 Billion
Suddenly, we are now in a world where Microsoft now owns the troubled Activision Blizzard, making well-established franchises such as Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Diablo, Crash Bandicoot and a lot more under the Xbox banner. Microsoft plans to offer almost all of Activision Blizzard’s list of games within Xbox Game pass and PC Game Pass.
United Gamers Guild held an Axie Infinity Tournament for victims of Typhoon Odette
United Gamers Guild (UGG), a blockchain gaming group for different blockchain games, held its first Axie Infinity back in December 2021 in partnership with the Youth Movement Initiative. The event resulted in the group donating a significant amount of Facebook Stars for the victims of Typhoon Odette that ravaged parts of the Visayas and Mindanao region in the Philippines.
Project Xandata's Early Access delayed, will now launch on March 2022
Secret 6, a studio based in the Philippines, announced that Project Xandata has been delayed. The Steam Early Access version of the free-to-play multiplayer FPS will now launch on March 22, 2022.
Awesome Games Done Quick 2022 raised over 3 million for cancer research
Awesome Games Done Quick, a week-long video game speedrunning marathon event, raised over 3 million dollars for the Prevent Cancer Foundation. This a new donation record for the annual event that delivered a virtual event for two years in a row due to the current state of the pandemic.
The Settlers reboot launches on PC in March, closed beta announced
The reboot to the real-time strategy game The Settlers will release on PC on March 17, Ubisoft announced. Those eager to play this version of the RTS classic can register for the closed beta happening from January 20 -24.
Hitman 3 Year 2 content detailed by IO Interactive
IO Interactive has revealed what’s coming in Year Two of content support for Hitman 3, detailing the Elusive Target Arcade game mode, the Hitman Freelancer game mode, Hitman VR, a new map, plus some visual upgrades for PC players.