Category Archives: Coming Soon

Overwatch closed beta will be prepared for testing in april

For people who want to be in the Overwatch closed beta but aren’t, well, things could be better. The sense of exclusion, compounded by the knowledge that thousands of people are getting better at the game while you haven’t even played it, can be frustrating. And there’s very little you can do about it, either. Isn’t that devastating? Yes, sometimes life can be almost criminally unfair. Continue reading Overwatch closed beta will be prepared for testing in april

THE POLITICAL MACHINE 2016 – ELECTION SIM GAME

Just on time,another political simulation game coming in the America’s election year.Not about it being an election year—it is—but about all the other stuff. In reality, it’s a time of super-heated rhetoric, unrestrained nastiness, and grotesque behavior—and also time for a new version of Stardock’s election simulator The Political Machine. Continue reading THE POLITICAL MACHINE 2016 – ELECTION SIM GAME

Buying a Ticket for Warcraft Movie may get you WoW for free

The Warcraft film is approaching fast—June 10, if you hadn’t heard—and the word on the street is that Blizzard is considering a movie/videogame crossover of a sort I haven’t encountered before. “The street,” to be more precise about it, is Reddit, where a user has posted an image of a survey saying that Blizzard is giving thought to offering a free copy of the World of Warcraft “Ultimate Movie Edition” with every purchase of a ticket to see Warcraft in a theater. Continue reading Buying a Ticket for Warcraft Movie may get you WoW for free

UNSUNG STORY -for now being put on hold

On paper, Unsung Story sounds like one of my dream Kickstarters. It is, or perhaps was, a new tactical RPG “envisioned by” Yasumi Matsuno, director of Final Fantasy Tactics. His name, and a few others including talented translator/localiser Alexander O. Smith, is likely the reason backers forked out over $660,000 for the Kickstarter back in 2014. Playdek is the company developing it, however, and their Kickstarter updates have become increasingly infrequent over the last couple of years. Continue reading UNSUNG STORY -for now being put on hold