Chucklefish

Chucklefish is publishing Eastward by Pixpil Games in 2019

Chucklefish is known for bringing out very cute indie games such as Starbound, Stardew Valley and various others. They are helping Pixpil by publishing their new game Eastward in 2019. Eastward looks like a little like the darker cousin to Stardew Valley.

Steam

Valve discontinues Steam Link

Valve has decided to discontinue its Steam Link TV streaming device. With updates still being received as recently as last, their news was a bit of a surprise. "Moving forward, Valve intends to continue supporting the existing Steam Link hardware as well as distribution of the software versions of Steam

Torchlight

Torchlight Frontiers CEO Max Schaefer discusses their Free-to-Play philosophy

I know we are all sceptical about the words free-to-play, it immediately brings to mind pay-to-win models. And we all know those are a dirty word in the gaming community, almost on the same level as loot boxes. . . .

Sunset Overdrive comes to PC on November 16

According to a listing on Amazon, Sunset Overdrive will be heading to PC on Friday, November 16. There have been a few hints at the game heading to PC recently, including an ESRB rating, but no confirmation from Insomniac Games or their publisher. The listing also mentions that the PC

Don't Starve: Hamlet launches in Early Access

Klei Entertainment has announced the release of a new expansion for Don't Starve into Early Access on Steam. Called Don’t Starve: Hamlet, the downloadable content sees our intrepid survivors stumble upon a lost town of aristocratic pigmen which was hidden in a tropical jungle. The hamlet features stores and

Activision Blizzard

Blizzard's best devs are making mobile games for all its universes

In a week that has been an public relations object lesson in making things worse by trying to make them better, Blizzard co-founder Allen Adham has revealed that many of Blizzard's best developers are working on mobile games.

PlayStation 4

PlayStation 4 Pro updated with quieter model

The Internet is awash with puns after Sony introduced a new version of the PlayStation 4 Pro, without making a fuss, which also happens to address some of the noise and cooling issues seen in earlier models.

Pagan Online

Pagan Online is a hack-and-slash action RPG from the creator of World of Tanks

As if by some cosmic timing, Mad Head Games and Wargaming have announced a new hack-and-slash action RPG called Pagan Online, just when Diablo fans are scouring the web for anyone willing to scratch their itch.

Delta Rune

Delta Rune

Toby Fox the creator of cult hit Undertale has released a new free game called Delta Rune. And yes, it's as funny, subversive and thought provoking as it's predecessor.

Fallout 76 BETA has a nasty bug

For me, there is almost nothing I would not push through when playing a beta. We all know they can be buggy and nightmarish.

Unstoppable Rockstar

Red Dead Redemption II Breaks Entertainment opening weekend Record

Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption II has taken the mantle of having the largest opening weekend for any entertainment product in history. It Sold $725 million in copies over a period of 3 days however it is still behind Rockstar's own Grand Theft Auto V as the most profitable entertainment product

News

Apple claims new IPAD Pro is as powerful as an Xbox One S

Apple has announced at their media Event that the New Ipad Pro's A12X Bionic chip is as powerful as an Xbox one S and that it can match its graphical performance in a package that is 94% smaller. They also stated that its graphics performance is 1000x faster than the

I love Gooooold

Games with Gold - November 2018

After what seemed like an endless wait the November 2018 Xbox Games with Gold titles has finally been unveiled. the Big title in this months GWG is acclaimed EA Shooter Battlefield 1 that will be available from November 1 to 30 on Xbox One the Second title for the latter

Its beyond a Game

The Full Games list for the Playstation classic has Finally been revealed

Sony has finally released the full games list (20) for the Playstation classic The delay has most likely been due to licencing negotiations and im sure some titles on the list were probably not first choices for Sony, most notable ommisions are Sony first party titles like Rapid Racer and

its all about the Benjamin$ Baby

Microsoft Posts Record Quarter Fuelled by Xbox and Azure

Microsoft has released its financial results for its first Financial year Quarter and all the different divisions within the company seems to be operating at peak performance, the XBOX and AZURE divisions stood out the most though. Microsofts Overall revenue increased 19 percent year-over-year to reach $29.1 billion, while

News

EA Motive Head Jade Raymond Leaves EA

Jade Raymond The drunk lady from the game awards a few years ago who is also the Head of EA's Motive Studios has left the organisation after her second stint there, This comes after Amy Hennig who was Head of Visceral Games before EA Shuttered he studio also left not

PSN

PSN ID Changes Finally Happening

Sony has announced that the long awaited ability to change your PSN ID is finally on the horizon. No longer will you be stuck with the name you thought was cool when you were younger or one with a bunch of random numbers at the end because you couldn't think

PlayStation VR

Borderlands VR to launch 14 December 2018

PlayStation VR fans can look forward to the launch of Gearbox Software famous Borderlands 2 on VR on 14 December. The iconic shoot’em and loot’em game has been reworked so that you can disappear into a VR Pandora and face off with Handsome Jack.

Money Money Money

Microsoft might be buying Obsidian entertainment

The Rumour mill is in full swing that Microsoft is on the verge of completing a deal to Acquire Obsidian Entertainment, you know the guys that made the brilliant Fallout New Vegas. They are also known for the recent Pillars of Eternity franchise. Microsoft and Obsidian has never had the

Help out

A helping hand for BlackSwan

Sarah-Jane Williams, known to us as BlackSwan, was once upon a time active on MyGaming and various other SA forums. Due to illness, she has withdrawn, stopped working, stopped gaming, and has been fighting to get better.

News

Capcom Announces Mega Man Movie

Capcom has announced that they have struck an agreement with 20th Century Fox to make a Big screen adaptation of the Mega Man/Rock Man Franchise and it will be live action. Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman will pick up directing duties, they previously directed the Catfish documentary, hey atleast

Where are the pitchforks

Randy Pitchford got duped out of $3 Million Dollars

Randy Pitchford the Longtime CEO of Gearbox Software was apparently scammed out of $3 million by his former assistant John Wright Martin. The Dallas News reported that John Wright Martin which Randy employed back in 2014 with a starting salary of $45,000 was cleary not enough as Martin allegedly

🎶Toss a coin to your witcher🎶

The Witcher author demands R232M from CD Projekt RED

Andrzej Sapkowski, author of the *Witcher* novels that inspired the game series, is demanding CD Projekt RED pay him 60 million Polish złoty on top of what has been agreed upon when the company initially acquired the rights to the *Witcher* universe for their games.

Playtopia

PLAYTOPIA: An Indie Games and Playful Media Festival

As usual Cape Town seems to miss out on all the fun, Comicon and rAge, even though we have EGE (which was skipped by myself since the previous year was so rather underwhelming). But prepare yourself, PLAYTOPIA is coming to the Mother city and is being held in the Castle of Good Hope.

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Gaming news you may have missed last week

While we South Africans enjoyed a short work week last week, the rest of the gaming world chugged along, bringing with it more news articles. We round up some articles you should know about.