Justin has been a gamer since the Intellivision days back in the early 80′s. He started writing about and covering the video game industry in 2008. In his spare time he is also a bit of a gun-nut and Star Wars nerd.
Bethesda is sticking to their guns when it comes to The Elder Scrolls Online's subscription model and in-game microtransaction store, but the publisher has apparently decided to take a stand when it comes to Xbox Live Gold.
Many fans speculated that last week's Killer Instinct character tease may be a redesign of the original game's B. Orchid, but it turns out that Double Helix was actually introducing a brand new female fighter named Sadira.
Sony has announced the final PlayStation Plus update for August 2013, revealing that the PS Vita version of Amanita Design's hit adventure game, Machinarium, will join the free Instant Game Collection tomorrow.
According to a report by BizJournals, "activist investor" group ValueAct is seeking to make some major changes at Microsoft, including firing the outgoing CEO Steve Ballmer and potentially pushing for the sale of the company's Xbox division.
The recently rumored The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD Wii U bundle has been semi-confirmed by Nintendo with an image of a Zelda-branded GamePad controller.
The second Kickstarter campaign to fund the development of Shadow of the Eternals has officially failed. Precursor Games was asking for $750,000 in crowdfunding for their self-proclaimed “spiritual successor” to Eternal Darkness, but the campaign ran out of time with just $323,950 pledged from 5,932 backers.
Following the recent news that The Elder Scrolls Online will use a traditional subscription based payment model when it launches next year, we now have a confirmation that the MMO will also include an in-game store that operates on microtransactions.
Speaking in a recent Famitsu interview, Sony's least productive freelance contractor, Fumito Ueda, provided yet another non-informative update on the development hell surrounding The Last Guardian. Ueda insisted that the game is still very much in development, but it is not currently a "priority" title for Sony.
Speaking to Polygon, Sucker Punch has revealed that they are currently planning to launch inFAMOUS: Second Son for the PlayStation 4 sometime in February 2014.
After having struggled through the launch of the PS3 and PS Vita, Sony appears to have set themselves up for a massive turnaround with the PlayStation 4. According to the platform holder, the upcoming next-gen console has topped one million pre-orders LTD, and it is now tracking "way over" the pre-orders for their prior two consoles.