Planetbase as the name suggests is a game about bases on a planet. You lead a team of colonists and robots who are on a mission to colonize a remote planet. It is a strategy game with a survival aspect added to it. The game features four planets, each with increasing difficulty. The second, third and fourth planets can only be unlocked after reaching a certain number of “milestones” which are essentially achievements or goals that you must achieve on a planet. Planetbase has a learning curve that will take you a few attempts to get used to because of how quick and easy it is to die, especially on the later planets but once you do get past the initial stages of setting up a base to produce power, water and oxygen it gets easier. However once you start expanding your base further...
Lately, I’ve been seeing a lot of posts floating around on various social media platforms regarding the return of “Road Rash”, a game that a lot of us remember very fondly. I personally spent a lot of time playing the demo version of the game(demorash.exe <3) until I managed to “procure” a copy of the full version, into which I dumped even more hours. But here’s the thing, people just see comparison images of the two, similar sounding names and lose their minds because “ERMAHGERD CHILDHOOD NOSTALGIA IS COMING BACK, IM REAL 90s KID!”. So let’s clear up a couple of misconceptions about the game and whether or not it is worth the hype surrounding it. This is not Road Rash. This is a spiritual successor to Road Rash made by Pixel Dash St...
Fortnite from Epic Games Coming to PlayStation®4, Xbox One, PC, and Mac on July 25 Epic Games today announced that Fortnite, its third-person Action Building game, will be available in paid Early Access for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, and Mac starting on July 25. Fans can pre-order or pre-register now on the official website at fortnite.com. In Fortnite, players team up to build massive forts and battle against hordes of monsters, all while crafting and looting within giant worlds where no two games are ever the same. Epic Games debuted a new gameplay trailer today highlighting Fortnite’s unique mix of exploration, building, defense, and combat. “Bringing Fortnite to life has been a true labor of love by a talented and dedicated team over many years,” says Darren Sugg, Creative Director o...
Minecraft: Story Mode – Season 2′ from Telltale Games and Mojang Premieres July 11 Award-winning developer and publisher of digital entertainment Telltale Games and world-renowned game developer Mojang today announced that Minecraft: Story Mode – Season 2 is in development and set to premiere with Episode 1: Hero In Residence for download starting July 11, 2017 on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC, Mac, iOS, and Android-based devices. Minecraft: Story Mode – Season 2 continues Jesse’s saga in a five-part, narrative-driven, episodic game series developed by Telltale in collaboration with Mojang and members of the Minecraft community. Though players’ choices from the first season will carry over into season two, this new season will be accessible to both returni...
After the success of Wasteland 2, inXile has announced that they’re making a direct sequel which will be released on the Windows PC, Linux, Mac, PS 4 and Xbox One. The developers said that they’ll be helping fund Wasteland 3 via crowdfunding on Fig, where they hope to raise about USD 2.75 million. Additionally, following suit with Divinity, the game will also feature co-op, allowing players to invite their friends. Here’s what the official press release says: What is Wasteland 3? A party-based role-playing game, with a renewed focus on our trademark complex story reactivity and strategic combat. By including vehicles, environmental dangers, and a revamped, more fluid action system, we are evolving on Wasteland 2’s deep tactical turn-based combat and unique encounter...
Batman: Arkham Origins launches globally on one day—Friday. There must be a ton of spoilers in it that Warner Bros. doesn’t want to go on the Internet in the three days between then and Tuesday, the typical US drop day. If you can’t wait to the end of the week for your superhero fix, LEGO: Marvel Superheroes is there. 😛 Tuesday • LEGO: Marvel Superheroes (360, PS3, Wii U, PC, Vita, 3DS) • Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Storm 3 Full Burst (360, PS3, PC) • The Sims 3 Into the Future (PC, Mac) • SpongeBob SquarePants: Plankton’s Robotic Revenge (360, PS3, Wii U, Nintendo Wii, 3DS) • Deus Ex Human Revolution: Director’s Cut (360, PS3, Wii U) • Just Dance Kids 2014 (360, Wii U, Wii) • Rocksmith 2014 Edition (360, PS3, PC, Mac) • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (360, Wii, 3DS) •...
EA has taken a huge leap forward with its subscribers reaching milestones for both its Battlefield 3 Premium service and its digital distribution platform, Origin. Battlefield 3 Premium subscribers have zoomed past four million in total, up from the 2.9 million subscribers reported in January. As of January, EA secured $108 million in revenue from the shooter’s content service, though no update on that figure is available in the latest financial report. Over 50 million users have registered accounts on Origin, an increase of over 20 million users since October of last year. EA’s DRM and content delivery service was introduced in June of 2011 and, according to comments from EA VP Andrew Wilson earlier this year, is currently shifting away from a means of driving transactions int...