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Subnautica 2 Devs Quickly Clarify That, No, The Game Isn’t A Live-Service Thing
8.2.2024
Video game publisher Krafton released a report that seemed to imply underwater survival sim Subnautica 2 would be a multiplayer-focused live-service game, which disappointed and frustrated many fans. But now the devs have quickly clarified that no, this isn’t the case and instead the game is going...
Honkai: Star Rail Added A Feature Every Live-Service Game Needs
7.2.2024
Honkai: Star Rail released its first major update this week in the form of version 2.0 It adds a cornucopia of new content for trailblazers to explore, including a continuation of the main quest, new characters, and the new Penacony area. I’ve only spent a short amount of time with version 2.0...
Over 500 Studios Are Working On Live-Service Games
2.2.2024
A new game industry survey revealed that over 500 studios around the world are currently working on or maintaining live-service video games like Destiny 2, Suicide Squad, and Fortnite.Read more
Suicide Squad Devs Spent Last Year Ripping Out Hated Gear Scores
12.1.2024
Suicide Squad devs have confirmed that gear score, one of the more controversial elements of Rocksteady’s upcoming co-op shooter, has been entirely removed from the game. However, the game is still very much a looter-shooter.Read more
Suicide Squad Boss Downplays Live-Service Elements Of Obviously Live-Service Game
8.1.2024
In a new interview, Darius Sadeghian, studio product director at Rocksteady, danced around the obvious fact that Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League is an online live-service game, instead claiming it’s “still full of the DNA that infuses the Batman: Arkham series” and adding that no “label”...
Warner Bros. Wonder Woman Will Defy An Obnoxious Gaming Trend
20.11.2023
We still know next to nothing about Wonder Woman, the new action-adventure game from Shadow of Mordor developers Monolith Productions. But we did learn one important detail this past weekend: It won’t be a live-service game, according to the project’s publisher.Read more
Suicide Squad Game Resurfaces With Big Map And Live-Service Plans
15.11.2023
Rocksteady is finally ready to start talking about Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, after delaying it (again) earlier this year. The studio first announced its upcoming supervillain co-op action game way back in 2020. In a new video series going behind the scenes of the game, the devs...
PlayStation Stumbles With Half Its Live-Service Games Delayed
9.11.2023
Sony was betting big on turning PlayStation into a live-service juggernaut, but it sounds like the platforms shift into online multiplayer games hasn’t been anywhere near as quick or smooth as it once hoped. Unlike originally planned, Sony president Hiroki Totoki told investors six of the company’s...
Suicide Squad Publisher Promises Even More Live-Service Games
9.11.2023
During Warner Bros Games’ 2023 Q3 earnings call, WB Discover CEO David Zaslav explained that the publisher behind games like Batman: Arkham Knight and Suicide Squad will focus on creating more always-online, free-to-play, live-service games. Read more
Game Pass je destruktivní a má málo předplatitelů, řekl šéf PlayStationu
25.9.2023
Součástí obřího leaku Microsoftu byla i prohlášení Jima Ryana, šéfa Sony Interactive Entertainment, který se domnívá, že konkurenční předplatné Game Pass škodí celému průmyslu. Připomněl také, že základem byznysu zůstanou graficky vymakané příběhové hry
Diablo IV Reviews Suggest It's More Of The Same, In A Good Way
30.5.2023
It’s been over 10 years since the last Diablo. Nuts, right? Diablo IV arrives on June 6, 2023, and while Diablo III enjoyed a long, active life, it’s certainly time for something new. Diablo III’s move to console shortly after the PC release brought the legendary action role playing game series...
Definitely-Not-A-Live-Service-Shooter Suicide Squad Is Always Online
24.2.2023
Today, during Sony’s first State of Play broadcast of 2023, we got a big ol’ look at the upcoming online third-person DC Comics shooter Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League. It looked…fine. But a newly posted FAQ on the official game’s website has confirmed that you’ll have to be online at...
It’s OK If A Game Wraps Up, They Don’t All Have To Be Fortnite
3.2.2023
Earlier today the developer behind co-op shooter Back 4 Blood--released in 2021 on console and PC—announced that, having released multiple updates and three expansions, it was moving on. And the reaction to this was mostly negative, with players calling the game dead and suggesting the team...
Suicide Squad Leak Has Fans Worried About Its Online Features
17.1.2023
A lot of fan expectations are riding on Rocksteady’s Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. Nearly eight years after Arkham Knight closed out Rocksteady’s Batman trilogy and just a few months after sister studio Warner Bros. Montreal’s extremely middling Gotham Knights, people are hungry for...
CEO ‘Extremely Sorry’ About Shutting Down PS5’s Worst Game
6.10.2022
Babylon’s Fall is one of the worst games of the year and a massive warning to anyone preparing to make or buy an always-online live service game. Despite bold plans for season content and continued updates, publisher Square Enix announced last month the action-RPG would be removed from store...
Assassin's Creed Infinity Announced, A Hub That Will Somehow Connect Games Together
10.9.2022
Assassin’s Creed is getting a whole lot bigger with Infinity, a new live-service project Ubisoft announced today during its Forward presentation. Infinity aims to connect several different games together while introducing ongoing content updates that will roll out even more settings and timelines...
Měly být hity, ale dnes už si na tyto hry nikdo nevzpomene
14.8.2022
Uspět v herním průmyslu není kvůli obrovské konkurenci nic snadného a o žánru tzv. live service her to platí dvojnásob. Nezáleží přitom na kvalitě ani síle marketingu, zklamání se nevyhnula ani největší vydavatelství. Pojďme si připomenout pár titulů, které měly generovat pravidelné příjmy...
Sony Assures It Won’t Forget Single-Player PlayStation Games Amid Online Push
24.3.2022
PlayStation has grown increasingly vocal about its live-service auspices. But the firm’s oeuvre of top-flight single-player games isn’t getting sidelined as a result, at least according to statements made by two PlayStation execs in a recent interview.Read more
The PS5's New Worst Game Is Here
15.3.2022
Some games surprise you. Others give you exactly what you expect. There are games that are really good at being completely mediocre, and ones that are so bad they’re great. It takes all kinds. Which kind is Square Enix’s aRPG Babylon’s Fall? The kind everyone tells you is bad, but you play anyway...