Category Archives: Coming Soon

Rise of the Tomb Raider will offer 300 in-game microtransactions

Rise of the Tomb Raider still doesn’t have a solid release date on the PC, but what it does (or will) have is microtransactions. Yes, we’re delighted too. Creative Director Noah Hughes explained on the Xbox Wirethat players will be able to use “Expedition Cards” to gain various modifiers or advantages, and while those cards can be acquired with credits earned in the game, they’ll also be sold for real money. Continue reading Rise of the Tomb Raider will offer 300 in-game microtransactions

VALVE Writter Says Half-Life 3 Won’t Be a VR Game

We know virtually nothing about Half-Life 3. We don’t know if it exists in any kind of incomplete state, or if not, if it will exist at all at any point in the near or distant future. We don’t even know if Valve wants to make it exist at this point. But we do know, thanks to Valve’s Chet Faliszek, that it will not be a VR game. Continue reading VALVE Writter Says Half-Life 3 Won’t Be a VR Game

Overlord:Fellowship of Evil

Overlord: Fellowship of Evil is a top-down, four-player co-op action RPG set in the Overlord universe, and developublisher Codemasters is hoping that someone, somewhere is up for that. We mentioned it back in April at the time of its reveal, and now, after a period of months, FoE is nearly out. Funny how that happens. The October 20 release date—AKA next Tuesday—has been revealed in a new trailer that riffs on those old Ministry of Information films your great-grandparents might conceivably have watched. Here ’tis. Continue reading Overlord:Fellowship of Evil

Europa Universalis IV: The Cossacks expansion

The Cossacks are coming to Paradox’s cheerily daunting grand strategy game Europa Universalis IV. Specifically, they’re coming in a moustache-heavy new expansion called, er, The Cossacks, which enhances the game’s diplomacy options, and gives you more things to do during peacetime, among other stuff. As ever, the base game will receive a big, free update to coincide with the expansion, even if you aren’t interested in picking some Cossacks up. Continue reading Europa Universalis IV: The Cossacks expansion