For a Call of Duty game, Immortals of Aveum flew in under my radar. I jest, of course, as the title is the debut fantasy game from Ascendant Studios.
It so happens that Bret Robbins, CEO and game director of Ascendant, dreamed of taking Call of Duty gameplay into new territory, like a fantasy game with magic. While that sounds a bit absurd, I really enjoyed the gameplay in a recent preview at…
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Immortals of Aveum is the new single-player “magic first-person shooter” game coming from developer Ascendant Studios and publisher Electronic Arts on July 20.
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Gaming is helping Hollywood
May 31, 2023
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For as long as I’ve been working in the games industry, and honestly for a long time before that there’s been an ever present topic of conversation. Rachel Kaser…
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Xbox has revealed which games are coming to Game Pass in the first wave of June additions. There are a few launch-day releases, and overall it’s a richer half-month for Game Pass subscribers than we’ve seen so far. The new games launching on the service include Slayers X: Terminal…
Street Fighter 6 review — Indestructible
May 30, 2023
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Even for a franchise with a lot of highpoints, Street Fighter 6 is a new peak for Capcom’s fighting game series. Impressively, it comes with an incredible amount of…
If you’re in the market for a quality controller without breaking the bank, now might be a good opportunity. Microsoft’s Xbox Elite Series 2 Controller in black is 19 percent off, dropping from $180 to $145. Though it’s not the lowest we’ve seen…
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At our recent GamesBeat Summit, we hosted the Diversity in Gaming Breakfast, sponsored by Facebook Gaming. This gave us a chance to start the second day of our event with a panel that included moderator Latoya Peterson of Glow Up Games, Sheloman Byrd of Streamline Studios, Leanne Loombe of…
Bungie and PlayStation resurrect Marathon
May 25, 2023
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Sony and Bungie revealed a new Marathon game during today’s PlayStation Showcase.
Marathon was Bungie’s shooter franchise before striking rich with Destiny. This is…
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Nvidia today announced its latest line of GPUs, the GeForce RTX 4060 family. The three new graphics cards include the 4060 Ti 8GB, the RTX 4060 Ti 16GB and the RTX 4060.
Mar10 Day is here and to celebrate gaming’s favorite mustachioed plumber, Nintendo is offering a Switch bundled with a free Mario game for $300. The Mario Choose One bundle comes with the Switch system, the Switch dock, Joy Cons in Mario Red and a full-game download of either Super Mario Odyssey, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe or New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe. The deal went live today at Nintendo…
