Submitted by ionscifi on November 16, 2021 - 13:59
Marking the 20th anniversary of the launch of Halo: Combat Evolved on the Xbox, Microsoft dropped a surprise launch of Halo: Infinite's multiplayer today, ahead of the launch of the single-player campaign on December 8 and with it a dedicated trailer.
Submitted by ionscifi on November 14, 2021 - 09:13
This week saw an interesting confluence of gaming, film and technology.
Unity Technologies, developers of the Unity game engine, announced a deal to acquire film-maker Peter Jackson's New Zealand based visual effects company, Weta Digital.
Submitted by ionscifi on November 13, 2021 - 22:37
Starting on November 16, online sci-fi shooter / RPG Warframe is running a special event, Prime Resurgence, allowing players to unlock 2 Prime Warframes per week through to January 18 for a total of 18.
The complete schedule and all details about the event are available here.
Submitted by ionscifi on November 11, 2021 - 05:56
THQ Nordic have announced a March 1 2022 release date for their futuristic post apocalyptic RPG Elex 2 on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series S/X.
They describe it as "science-fantasy". Players have the choice of medieval or advanced technological weaponry and also magic (like) or psionic abilities.
Submitted by ionscifi on November 10, 2021 - 10:20
Popular sci-fi shooter Borderlands 2 has re-released one of its DLC, Tiny Tina’s Assault on Dragon Keep, as a standalone title on PC, PS4 and XBox One.
Costing $14.95 (Oz), it's also free until November 17 (Oz) on the Epic Games Store.
Anyone could be forgiven for being unaware of this one - we were - but it's the day Bioware celebrate their Mass Effect computer roleplaying game series, which has long been one of the more popular in the sci-fi genre.
UK's Golden Joystick Awards are celebrating 50 years of gaming (not awards) with an international poll for the "Ultimate Game of All Time" and "Best Gaming Hardware of All Time".
Voting is now open on the GamesRadar website, and will close 10 AM on November 13 AEDT (11 PM GMT on November 12).
CCP Games have announced that EVE Fanfest will return to Reykjavík, Iceland on May 5 - 8, 2022, after a two year COVID hiatus.
Tickets are pricey - $150 USD for early bird and $295 for regular.
Eve Online is one of the rare success stories in the MMO industry, launching a year before the biggest of those, World of Warcraft, all the way back in 2003.
