Telltale Games’ The Walking Dead: The Final Season is officially back from the grave, as its Episode 3 finally has a release date after the turmoil that surrounded the developer. Skybound Games, owned by The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman, released the trailer for Episode 3: Broken Toys to show what is coming up next for Clementine, the protagonist of the series. Episode 3: Broken Toys now has a release date of January 15 next year. Many thought that the last season of The Walking Dead would no longer happen, but it now looks like Clementine’s story will see the ending that it deserves. Telltale Games, the studio behind games such as The Walking Dead, Tales from the Borderlands, and The Wolf Among Us, laid off most of its employees and cancelled most of its projects in September. Employees stayed on to finish Minecraft: Story Mode, but it looked like The Walking Dead: The Final Season would abruptly end. Just a few days after the announcement of the … [Read more...] about ‘The Walking Dead: The Final Season’ returns with Episode 3 next month
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider FREE trial lets players loose on game’s opening levels
SHADOW of the Tomb Raider is the final game in Crystal Dynamics' prequel/reboot trilogy, showing the final steps of Lara Croft's journey to becoming the Tomb Raider we know and love. The game met with mixed reviews on release, especially compared to the previous two entries in the series, and didn't make much a dent on the sales charts. In an attempt to gee up some more interest in the title, Square Enix has now released a free trial for the game across PC, PS4 and Xbox One. The demo gives players free access to the opening levels of the game. "Experience the beginning of Lara Croft’s defining adventure with the Shadow of the Tomb Raider Free Trial. Journey to Cozumel, Mexico in the midst of The Day of the Dead celebrations, where Lara and her trusted friend Jonah must race against Trinity to find a hidden tomb," according to the release announcing the trial. If you decide you like the trial enough to dive into the game proper, then all of your progress, including anything you've … [Read more...] about Shadow of the Tomb Raider FREE trial lets players loose on game’s opening levels
Epic dances around legal issues with Fortnite emotes
Rapper 2 Milly yesterday revealed he was suing Epic Games, the creators of Fortnite, for copying his dance, the Milly Rock, in one of their emotes. The problem, he says, is not just that he’s not being fairly credited and compensated — it’s that he’s just one of several artists who’ve been treated this way by the game company. (Mis)Appropriation In the complaint filed by 2 Milly’s (real name: Terrence Ferguson) lawyers in a California court, they allege that Epic Games ripped off several artists, saying, “Epic has consistently sought to exploit African-American talent in particular in Fortnite by copying their dances and movements.” The complaint goes on to cite six different instances of this, including the Milly Rock. Did you know we have a cryptocurrency and blockchain event? It’s called Hard Fork Decentralized Oh really? Reactions to this lawsuit have been decidedly mixed. Some … [Read more...] about Epic dances around legal issues with Fortnite emotes
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Now $30 Cheaper Without Zombies
Credit: Activision It turns out that not every Call of Duty player wants to shoot their way through endless waves of zombies to unravel the mysteries of a game mode. Activision celebrated this basic truth by this week releasing a version of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 on PC that doesn't include the Zombies game mode. That way, people who aren't interested in the undead wave shooter can save $30 and retain access to the other game modes. Activision's decision to charge $60 for Black Ops 4 was already contentious. It's the first Call of Duty game not to feature a single-player campaign, and even though it compensated with the addition of the Blackout battle royale mode, that omittance was bound to rub folks the wrong way. It also didn't help that players were encouraged to spend $50 on the Black Ops Pass in exchange for access to new multiplayer maps and characters. Now, the company's effectively halving the price of Black Ops 4 less than two months after its debut. Sure, that … [Read more...] about Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Now $30 Cheaper Without Zombies
Here’s the New Epic Games Store’s List of Free, Current and Upcoming Titles
Credit: Epic GamesEpic Games, the Unreal Engine and Fortnite developer, has revealed the list of games that is now available with the launch of its store today. The company also said that throughout 2019, its store will offer one free game every two weeks. Epic Games recently announced a games store meant to compete with Valve’s Steam and the DRM-free store GOG Galaxy on the PC, as well as Google's Play Store (in 2019). The store is meant to be more developer-friendly, with a generous 88/12 percent revenue split model in the game developers’ favor. At the launch of the store today, the company revealed the initial titles that are either currently available for purchase or will be soon. They are: Ashen (available)Darksiders 3 b (available December 14)Hades (available)Hello Neighbor: Hide and Seek (available)Genesis Alpha One (coming soon)Journey (coming soon)Maneater (coming soon)Outer Wilds (coming soon)Pathless (coming soon)Rebel Galaxy Outlaw (coming … [Read more...] about Here’s the New Epic Games Store’s List of Free, Current and Upcoming Titles