Following suit in the chase for nostalgia, Activision Blizzard is bringing the Classic experience from World of Warcraft into Hearthstone. In the 20.0 update, players will be able to travel back to 2014 and experience Hearthstone before Quests and Rush minions were even around. Originally announced at BlizzCon 2021, the new Classic format will take […]
EA Prioritizes Battlefield, Delaying Need For Speed
Last Fall, another Battlefield game was confirmed to be in the works. The title is slated to push the boundaries of previous Battlefield innovations while staying true to the franchise’s definitive multiplayer experience, “DICE is creating our next Battlefield game with never-before-seen scale,” stated an EA representative. “The technical advancements of the new consoles are allowing the […]
Computer vision researchers develop city-scale smart tracking platform
Surveillance cameras already dot or blanket major cities, but it’s not necessarily easy to continuously track a person or object moving through multiple locations and cameras. Now researchers from the Indian Institute of Science are applying advanced artificial intelligence algorithms to this complex challenge, creating a software platform called Anveshak — Hindi for “investigator” — that […]
Play Chess With Lasers When Deflection Launches Later This Year
One-man independent studio Coreffect Interactive recently announced Deflection, its first project, a turn-based strategy game based on classic board games like Laser Chess and Khet. The PC release date is set for sometime in the summer of this year, and you can now wishlist the game on its live Steam page. Deflection is basically chess with […]
NOW TV and QLASH Partner to Deliver Esports to Italy
Italian esports-focused media company QLASH and Sky-owned over-the-top internet television service NOW TV announced Monday a partnership to invest and grow the esports industry in Italy. Together, the two are looking to tap into the growing audience numbers popping up in Italy that sees 1.4M gaming and esports enthusiasts nationwide. The companies will engage in […]
Free Pikmin 3 Deluxe Switch Demo Now Live, Lets You Transfer Progress To Full Game
Pikmin 3 Deluxe launches on Nintendo Switch at the end of this month, but players have a chance to sample the unique strategy game before then. During the latest Treehouse Live presentation, Nintendo announced that a free Pikmin 3 Deluxe demo is available to download from the Switch eShop, and you’ll unlock some things in […]
Amazon Prime Day 2020 Early Deals Available Now
Amazon is offering select Prime Day deals ahead of the main event on October 13. The 48-hour deals bonanza for Prime members had been delayed multiple times this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. With only a few days to go until Amazon Prime Day 2020 officially begins, the company is building hype with a […]
Nintendo Theme Park Opening Delayed To Spring 2021
The grand opening of Super Nintendo World in Japan will now not happen until the spring of 2021 at the very earliest. 2020 was supposed to be the year that Mario fans would get a place where they could make a Nintendo pilgrimage. Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios in Osaka, Japan. However, no one […]
Lords Of The Fallen 2 Is In Development
Remember 2014’s fantasy RPG Lords of the Fallen? If not, we could hardly blame you. Obscured by an onslaught of high profile at-the-time next-gen releases and dismissed by some as a derivative, banal rip-off of FromSoft’s monumental Dark Souls games, Lords of the Fallen was overlooked by many. The game garnered a fairly mediocre 73 on […]
Watch Dogs Legion Pre-Order Details: Release Dates, Next-Gen Upgrade, And Pricing
Watch Dogs Legion is taking the series’ open-world hacking and putting it in a very different context. Rather than focus on a single character and their story, it tells the story of many, taking a more systemic approach to gameplay and storytelling. Legion was originally set to release March 6, but Ubisoft delayed the game. […]