Articles by Alex Calvin

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Valve’s Newell feels bad for CD Projekt over Cyberpunk 2077’s troubled launch

20 1 月, 2021 Alex Calvin 0

Gaben says the studio should ignore the vitriol and focus on making the game better.The founder of PC giant Valve Gabe Newell has said that he has “a lot of sympathy” for Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt.Speaking to New Zealand publication TVNZ.com, the exec said that he felt that some aspects of the recently-launched sci-fi […]

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European Commission fines Valve, Bethesda, Capcom and others €7.8 million over geo-blocking

20 1 月, 2021 Alex Calvin 0

Companies found to be in violation of anti-trust law.The European Commission has fined six publishing giants over the geo-blocking of Steam keys.In a post on its website, the EC said that it was fining Valve, as well as Bandai Namco, Capcom, Focus Home, Koch Media, and ZeniMax €7.8 million following an investigation into whether they […]

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Nvidia Shield now supports PS5 and Xbox Series X/S controllers

20 1 月, 2021 Alex Calvin 0

And it’s easy to connect your gamepads to the streaming box.You can now use your PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S gamepads with Nvidia’s Shield streaming box.In a post on the hardware’s website, Nvidia wrote these controllers can be used for playing games via both its GeForce Now streaming service, as well as Android releases, […]

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Lara Croft skin could be coming to Fortnite in Tomb Raider crossover

20 1 月, 2021 Alex Calvin 0

Follows Master Chief, Kratos and the Predator dropping into the battle royale game.Tomb Raider’s Lara Croft might be showing her face in Fortnite.That’s according to data miner Mang0e, who took to Twitter to show that a skin for a female character – codenamed Typhoon – was being prepped for Epic’s free-to-play romp. It’s also going […]

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Here’s why Among Us updates are taking so long

20 1 月, 2021 Alex Calvin 0

Spoiler: the small team that made it couldn’t keep up with the multiplayer game’s sudden success.Developer Innersloth has given some insight into why updates for Among Us are taking a while.In a post on Itch.io, the studio said that the surprise success of the multiplayer title in 2020 meant that it had to fundamentally change […]

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UK retailer GAME puts in measures to stop PS5 scalpers

20 1 月, 2021 Alex Calvin 0

Follows people using bots to apparently secure over 2,000 consoles.UK retailer GAME has said that it has introduced measures to stop scalpers buying huge numbers of PlayStation 5s.In a statement to VGC, the company said that it was checking any orders made to make sure that each customer is buying just one PS5. This comes […]

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Rust smashes Twitch and Steam peak users records

19 1 月, 2021 Alex Calvin 0

Follows some big-name streamers playing the former Early Access game.Facepunch’s Rust has hit new records for users on both Steam and streaming platform Twitch.As spotted by PCGamesN, SteamCharts shows that the game hit 244,394 concurrent users on Steam. This record was actually hit at 21:00 GMT on Saturday, January 16. At the time of writing, […]

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