Epic Games Gets Fined For “Unfair” Microtransaction Practices In Fortnite

Maybe it’s karma…? The FTC has slapped Epic Games with a whopping $520 million fine. The FTC claims that Epic utilized “design tricks, known as dark patterns, to dupe millions of players into making unintentional purchases”. That high fine is derived from two violations; the first is that they were in violation of the Children’s […]

Apex Legends Player-Developer Rapport Devolves Over Microtransactions

Money. The weekend saw both Apex Legends‘ players and developers lose their cool and resort to namecalling over the implementation of microtransactions. Specifically, after last week’s Iron Crown event, these collectible items began to be sold. Including one skin that cost a whopping $170. Fans were quick to blame Respawn Entertainment’s owner, EA (well known […]

Dragon Marked for Death review: good alone; better with friends

Developer: Inti Creates Publisher: Nighthawk Interactive Platform: Nintendo Switch Genre: Action, RPG Price: $49.99 Dragon Marked for Death is a nice surprise in the gaming landscape of 2019. While more and more games are trying to impress you with their stunning graphics, more often than not obscuring their bland and linear gameplay, Dragon Marked for […]

Turn-based retro sci-fi tactical multiplayer game ‘I am Not a Monster’ launches this week

Alawar Premium and development studio Cheerdealers will be ending their beta period this week, and will be launching  ‘I am Not a Monster,’ on Steam this Thursday, September 27th. The turn-based, tactical multiplayer is set in a 50’s Sci-fi Retro with each PvP session featuring a group of up to six players, where every player […]

Evil Genome – Review

Title: Evil Genome 光明重影 Genre: Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG Developer: Crystal Depths Studio Publisher: Crystal Depths Studio Release Date: Aug 7, 2017 Evil Genome from Crystal Depths Studio ticks off a lot of boxes for game to be right up my ally. The game features a 2.5D adventure in that classic Metroidvania style. It also features crazy looking baddies, a female lead that’s […]