The 75-person team at Double Helix Games, developers of the Xbox One launch title Killer Instinct , have been acquired by Amazon. In recent years Amazon has been expanding into entertainment, attempting to launch their own exclusive TV series, and now they're interested in video games as well. Is this another stepping stone on Amazon's path to potentially launching their own rumored game cons
Matt is not a professional on the eSports scene by any means, but the post still attracted a lot of attention on Reddit and around the web. Millions of Hearthstone players around the world have fantasized about what it would be like to have the funds to go on an epic card-opening binge. Matt's post provided a unique opportunity for pro players and casuals alike to get an inside glance at just how much money it takes be a Hearthstone “wha
Dean Evans, creative director of Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon spoke to Polygon to share some of his other, more crazy game ideas he had before Ubisoft let him construct the lovable retro downloadable spinoff we know as Blood Dragon . Evans says he's working on a “dream project” with a “dream team” - something they've all wanted to do and now finally can. It's based in a “compelling and unique universe” and because of the success of Blood Dragon, Ubisoft is giving him plenty of creative freedom. Read the great interview at Polygon for m
The other deck I tried was the Dark Child version of Annie, who gets to ready two runes at the end of her turn. She's one of the trickiest characters available in the base starter set, as she can respond to other players in turn with spells, and completely mess up other player's turns since you always have free mana to sp
Battlefield management was a significant factor in why things became generally more interesting as the number of players increased. Rather than force everyone into a kingmaking situation (where everyone is ganging up on one person to eliminate them), players need to constantly read into every strategic move and figure out how to capture each battlefield for themsel
It's not too surprising that players are already taking to the 2v2 format with Riftbound . One of Star Wars: Unlimited 's most beloved multiplayer modes, Twin Suns, has gained an increasing amount of traction in that community. That also follows the general rise of Commander in Magic: The Gatheri
Although Riftbound has strategy game tournaments|https://strategynewsbase.com/ meta and distribution growing pains to work out, there's a lot of potential here. I hope it sticks around and has enough time to figure everything out. We'll see soon enough: The next set, Riftbound: Spiritforge , is scheduled for release on February 13, 2
Wounded Mongol commander Liu Fu-Hsiang discussed what to do with other generals, and he ultimately withdrew the army to the perceived safety of the ships (some sources also state that they were short on arrows, which contributed to the decisi
History doesn't say much about what happened during the occupation, giving the developers quite a lot of freedom on how to shape the story. Japanese sources speak of ruthless cruelty by the Mongols and Korean invaders, who burned down villages and slaughtered many of the inhabitants, including women and children. This is said to have shocked the samurai, as for them warfare was mostly an engagement between warriors, not designed to involve the civilian population more than strictly necessary. Quite a few accounts (some related to Tsushima and some to Iki Island) report grim details of local women being rounded up and having their palms pierced, with ropes passed through the wounds to tie them to the side of Mongol ships. Of course, this kind of account tends to be rather one-sided, but it'll be interesting to see how the folks at Sucker Punch will decide to depict the brutality of the invasion, and what kind of depth and moral spectrum will be attributed to the enem
In a three or four-player game, the number of Battlefields is increased to three, which adds even more decision points into the mix. Like most card games in general (not just CCGs), the game is balanced around 1v1 play, but I'm interested in trying out bigger multiplayer games more often than not with this sys
PC Gamer caught up with Matt in the aftermath of the post, and he shed some insight into the business of opening packs. Click through for the full interview, but here are some of the more interesting tidb
A stalemate developed, with the Mongol fleet unable to put enough troops ashore to make any headway. Finally, the second massive “Kamikaze” typhoon struck them as the ships were packed in their tight formation, causing many to crash into each other and s
Star Wars: The Old Republic has finally entered the realm of the stars . The big budget MMO which failed to last long with the traditional monthly paid subscription model before going partly free-to-play launched its Galactic Starfighter expansion in December for subscribes and this week it's now available to everyone, even the FTP play(Image: https://picography.co/page/1/600)