Klei Entertainment has been chipping away at the development of and adding features to Oxygen Not Included for a few years now. The game first hit Steam Early Access in 2017 and has seen a steady stream of updates since. It has even come to other storefronts like the Epic Games Store. After several years
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On Saturday, Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford responded to user LilMcFlurry on Twitter regarding why Borderlands 3 for PC is coming exclusively to the Epic Games Store for six months before Steam. In a very long series of tweets, Pitchford explains numerous reasons regarding their decision. Pitchford’s comments addressed store features, Epic’s business model compared to Valve’s, pro-consumerism,
Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford confirmed on his official Twitter account that fan-favorite Tiny Tina will be coming back to the upcoming Borderlands 3. In even better news, she will be voiced once again by Ashly Burch. This was in response to a fan’s inquiry, as they wondered if the voice actress would be reprising her
There’s been a bit of a commotion this week surrounding Borderlands 3 and actor Troy Baker, who just a few days ago talked about how seemingly unhappy he was that he wouldn’t be reprising the role of Rhys who originally appeared in Telltale’s Tales from the Borderlands. While Baker seemed to lay the blame at Gearbox’s feet,
Graphics aside, Three Fields Entertainment’s Dangerous Driving feels like a racing game straight out of 2005. From the UI to the focus on speed, thrills, and arcade-like action as opposed to realism, the game certainly elicits a feeling more akin to Project Gotham Racing and Burnout, which this game’s developers created at Criterion, as opposed to modern
It’s no secret that developers aren’t a fan of review bombing — and Gearbox Software CEO Randy Pitchford can be added to that list. Following a wide-spread review bomb of Borderlands games on digital marketplace Steam, Pitchford is using it as a basis to defend Borderlands 3 moving exclusively to competitor Epic Games Store. Even if his claims
Obsidian’s The Outer Worlds is one of the most intriguing and exciting releases of 2019. Led by some of the creators of the original Fallout, The Outer Worlds is one of the first true single-player RPGs that we’ve seen in quite a bit, separate from the mold of games-as-a-service or other multiplayer factors. The Outer Worlds seems to be
Borderlands 3 is finally fixing arguably the biggest complaint that fans of the series have always critiqued its co-op mode of: shared loot. If you don’t already know, when playing with other players, whether they be friends or randoms, all the loot is dropped is picked up on a first come basis. Whoever gets the loot first
505 Games and Typhoon Studios announced Journey to the Savage Planet at The Game Awards last year. While its reveal trailer didn’t show very much, so Creative Director Alex Hutchinson promised to show more in 2019. After a few months of waiting, they finally decided to show more today following GDC, releasing a new trailer and
Oxenfree developer Night School Studios first revealed Afterparty last year and from the start it was clear that this new game will be somewhat similar in game mechanics to Oxenfree but radically different in setting and tone. DualShockers recently had the chance to check the game out at GDC and asked Night School Studios Co-Founders Sean Krankel
For some PC gamers, the prospect of more and more upcoming releases becoming a timed exclusive to the Epic Games Store has been frustrating. Rather than being able to purchase their games through the platform of their own choosing, players are then forced to either use Epic’s marketplace of wait a full year until the
With the debut of the Epic Games Store back in December of last year, Epic Games made a direct line for grabbing major exclusives to debut on their digital store front, such as the anticipated Metro Exodus most recently. According to some new stats shared by Epic Games, clearly the move to making the latest entry in
Following the events of Epic’s Unreal event at GDC today, developer Obsidian Entertainment and publisher Private Division announced that they would be partnering with Epic much like many others to exclusively release the upcoming The Outer Worlds exclusively on the Epic Games Store and Windows Store at launch for PC. As you can glean from this, The Outer Worlds
During their GDC 2019 presentation, Epic Games announced that developers can now sell Epic Games Store game keys through the Humble Bundle storefront. According to an official statement concerning the partnership: “The Epic team is excited to give players more choices for buying games, and bring developers new avenues for reaching players. Over time we
Ever since the Epic Games Store for PC hit the ground running last December, it has been home to several notable game only for PC on this storefront. This includes titles like Supergiant’s Hades, Ubisoft’s Tom Clancy’s The Division 2, and 4A Games’ Metro Exodus. Today, the Epic Games Store gained three noteworthy future exclusives:
Epic Games Store has certainly ruffled feathers in the dedicated PC gaming community. Given they are a newcomer to the market, their business decisions are under continual scrutiny from an already scrutinizing audience. And after some confusion surrounding Tom Clancy’s The Division 2, Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney has clarified a point — they will support
Something is rotten in the state of Tom Clancy’s The Division 2. Beginning yesterday, third-party digital retailers began informing their communities that post-launch they will no longer be selling Ubisoft’s shared-world third person shooter due to upcoming retailer limitations. Even worse, this may lead to some negative impacts to customers and consumers who have already purchased The
It’s been a busy time for Metro Exodus this year, and it’s certainly not over as more review bombings have taken place…although a more positive review bombing. If you’re unaware, or just fancy a recap, earlier this year Metro Exodus pushed the game heavily as it approached its release month. We saw posters, trailers, and a week of
Well the World War Z movie sequel just got canned not too long ago, but that doesn’t mean Focus Home Interactive and Saber Interactive still can’t deliver you some World War Z action. The game adaptation of the film and novel was announced back in 2017 at The Game Awards. We haven’t heard too much
Were you just burned by the decision of Koch Media to bring Metro Exodus to Epic Games Store as a timed exclusive? Don’t worry — CD Projekt Red has no intention of letting that happen to their highly anticipated game Cyberpunk 2077. Though people with their finger on even the slightest pulse of the industry wouldn’t have expected
Axiom Verge players may have experienced a dramatic glitch that was causing the game to crash when entering an area. Turns out it was because developer Tom Happ, “excluded all files with ‘Steam’ in the name… oops.” Players who downloaded and played Axiom Verge as part of the Epic Games Store giveaway found that when
Metro Exodus developer 4A games can’t seem to get a break. Following a decision made by Koch Media and Deep Silver to move Metro Exodus to Epic Games Store as a one-year timed exclusive, their work is taking the brunt of the blow. In a recent comment, developer 4A games has reaffirmed that the decision to move to Epic
The events leading up to the launch of Metro Exodus just keep coming. The other day it was revealed that the PC version would be pulled from Steam and instead made a timed exclusive on the Epic Games Store. However, since that news players haven’t been happy, and as a result, the previous Metro titles have been review-bombed. Review
The Epic Games Store is still rather young, yet it still seems to be raking in all sorts of titles that are requiring users to make an Epic account in order to get the games being made exclusive or even free. Dauntless is another title on the list to be arriving to the digital marketplace. In a
Yesterday, Deep Silver announced that the newest entry into the Metro series, Metro Exodus, will be releasing exclusively on the Epic Games Store for digital copies. It was an absolute bombshell that left many fans of the series upset and Steam actually put out a rare statement voicing their frustration. If you had already pre-ordered the game through Steam
The Epic Games Store is throwing back to a throwback game. Thomas Happ’s unpredictable homage to Metroidvania titles, Axiom Verge, is next in line as a free title for the digital storefront. This will come two weeks The Jackbox Party Pack, which is offered for free on the store as of today. Players take control of
Epic Games has changed the refund policy of their brand new digital store to match its competitors – particularly Valve’s marketplace. In a series of tweets on Friday, SteamSpy creator and Epic employee Sergey Galyonkin updated consumers on the situation regarding highly requested Epic Games Store features. Galyonkin posted an update via Twitter to celebrate
Earlier today, Ubisoft made the shocking announcement that Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 for PC would be skipping a Steam release in favor of one on the Epic Games Store. While other games from smaller developers have previously declared exclusivity, this is the first major upcoming AAA game to do so. Following that announcement, a
The Epic Games Store exclusive from Supergiant Games, Hades, is set to get its first major update since its early access release last month. Supergiant took to Twitter today to let everyone in on their plans: It’s officially one month since we launched #HADES in Early Access!! Thanks everyone for the wonderful response and all your feedback
Epic Games, the company behind Fortnite and Unreal Engine, was recently accused by a user on Reddit of making their Epic Games Store “literal spyware” and sending data to the Chinese government due to being owned by Tencent, a Chinese giant which controls 40% of the company. The post received almost 30,000 upvotes and multiple