In Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, players saw Celebrimbor’s memories of being dragged back to Mordor, forging the Rings of Power, stealing the One Ring itself, and raising an army to battle his greatest Nemesis, the Dark Lord Sauron. Now players will have the chance to play these epic events, wield this power for themselves and…
The fight for the living room just got bigger Unlike most developers and publishers that tend to inundate consumers with trailers, screenshots, developer diaries, and press releases to keep their games in the public’s eye, Valve tends to stay quiet. So while we know that the company has been working on its Steam Machines and…
A guide to interpreting game settings PC gamers have been fiddling with graphics settings since the dawn of time, but it takes a special kind of know-how to understand what each of those settings actually does. It doesn’t help that there aren’t any standard naming conventions, which means that options like “model” and “object” quality…
Top Deal: HD-DVD lost the high definition format war and there was a collective cry about how much more expensive Blu-ray was. We all shook an angry fist at Sony, then got over it. But if you didn’t, instead choosing to hold a grudge and refusing to purchase Blu-ray hardware until it dipped into affordable…
Please note: Bloodborne is rated M for Mature with Rated Mature, Blood and Gore, Violence. Thus far, IGN First’s special Bloodborne coverage has treated us to the game’s first 18 minutes (in both raw and commentary-filled versions), new details on the game’s character creation system, plus new glimpses at the potent weapons, haunting environments, and…
Just adding to its resume It’s becoming increasingly difficult not to be impressed (or downright spooked) with the prediction engine behind Microsoft’s Bing browser. For its latest feat, Bing successfully predicted most of the top winners for the 2015 Oscars, correctly identifying 20 of the 24 results for an 84 percent success rate. That alone…
No big surprise Lenovo’s been in damage control ever since news broke that it was installing a careless piece of adware called Superfish onto consumer laptops and desktops, but the court of public opinion isn’t the only it has some explaining to do. According to reports, a class-action lawsuit against Lenovo and Superfish was filed…
Hard to believe how fast time flies, but PS Vita just hit its third birthday. From the launch of our slimmer model last May, to the kick-off of PlayStation Now on PS Vita, to the slate of new games, the system continues to deliver some of the best portable gaming experiences around. Since it’s the…
Hey everyone – this is Tom Happ, the sole developer of Axiom Verge. About a month ago, I was given the opportunity to come to PS.Blog and describe the dedicated Speed Run mode feature of Axiom Verge. I was absolutely thrilled with everyone’s response. If you aren’t familiar with Axiom Verge, please check out my…
Hi, we’re Owen Goss and Matt Rix, and together we are Milkbag Games, the two-person team making FutureGrind. We are extremely excited to announce that FutureGrind will be coming to PS4! FutureGrind is a game all about skill, tricks, and speed. We think it’s a bit like Uniracers meets OlliOlli. The game is played on…