If you were in the middle of a match on PC and I flipped that [he gestures at my laptop] closed while you're in the middle of a match and you load it up on your phone, you would be right back in the match where you were. That is a must for us on any platform. If we have to start segmenting our audience to say 'folks on this platform can only play folks on that platform', or 'any progress you make on that platform can't be there', then man, that's a bad situati
Recently, Respawn Entertainment made changes to Apex Legends ' new Battle Pass in response to the player backlash. Afterwards, the developer was asked on the game's subreddit why the developer made the initial changes to the Season 7 pass to begin with. The game director, Chad Grenier, provided a lengthy reply on the subject to dispel any unease over the mat
While it was once considered an entirely niche market, online card games have now become a staple on PC and mobile devices. What was once a genre almost completely dominated by Magic: the Gathering Online has blossomed into an attractive revenue stream for major video game companies, and developers have begun to take notice. Blizzard's Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft totally changed the game by capitalizing on the elements of card games that could only be done in a video game medium, relying on RNG-based effects and smooth, crisp card animations rather than overly-complicated mechanics that reduce the amount of luck involved in a given g
Now, Heroes of Skyrim has introduced a few more cards with the word "random" on them, mostly centered around the introduction of the Shout mechanic. Shout cards level up whenever they are played (or whenever another card says to level them up), and they get increasingly more powerful to mimic the way that the Dragonborn learned and refined shouts over the course of The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim . The Shouts never really feel game-breaking until they've been played a few times, and even then they're just powerful but not bro
Eurogamer then asked if Bethesda would cancel the PS4 version of The Elder Scrolls: Legends is Sony did not allow cross-play, and Pete Hines did not have a concrete answer. That being said, he still reaffirms that Bethesda is actively working to find a solut
It's the end of the year, and it's time for rankings and awards. The latest issue of Weekly Famitsu prompted a hundred Japanese developers and industry personalities to rank their favorite games of 2017, and here you can find a translation of the full top 100. Yeah, that's a lot Arena of Valor New heroes titles to transl
While the set definitely makes for some entertaining callbacks to Skyrim , it also doesn't really do much to push Legends forward, either. None of the mechanics feel as though they are a significantly different playing experience than ones that existed previou
Most of you who clicked on this article must already know, but for years now, Falcom always releases one new game a year. And always on the last week of September. Hajimari no Kiseki is the sole exception as it launched on August 27, 2020. As such, it's surprising to hear Falcom will release at least two games in 2021. But makes sense considering it'll be a special year with the 40th annivers
There are a few caveats to the list. Like previous years, certain developers are plagued by massive backlogs or simply aren't up to date with what the rest of the industry is releasing. Others may have simply interpreted the question as related to the best games they played in 2017. So there are a few that voted for older games, which you'll see in the ranking. Apparently, the SNES Classic Mini was also considered a "game" by quite a
Since we're talking about a complete different market, you should not be surprised to see a lot of unfamiliar mobile games in the list. Japanese developers are busy, so small mobile timewasters do tend to fit their lifest
Mario Kart Tour might give a clue as to how Nintendo would utilize an existing title on mobile platforms. A spin-off title in one of Nintendo's most popular main series franchise, Mario Kart , shows how Nintendo might have been planning to apply the Spirit Tracks title to a Zelda mobile spin-
Falcom only develops on PS4, PS5 nowadays, with Switch and PC ports being handled by outside companies. Clouded Leopard Entertainment , who handles Asia localizations. And NIS America, who handles the Western localizations. As such it's likely the games Falcom launches in 2021 will first be exclusives to PS4 and
The results for Hearthstone have been incredible, and since then, new competitors have sprung up in an effort to cash in on the online card playing craze. Dire Wolf Digital, a studio that also did the Eternal online card game, was recently entrusted with turning Bethesda's The Elder Scrolls franchise into the next big online card game. The Elder Scrolls: Legends has been a popular card game since its release, and although the game may not have as much clout, Bethesda and Dire Wolf have carved out a place for Legends all the s