One round of Hearthstone, 784 cards drawn, 312,417 damage
Relying on the increased damage players receive when they run out of cards to draw and a few key, complex nuances of the Hearthstone rule set, card sharp HysteriA forces his opponent to draw a ludicrous number of cards while absorbing more than 15,000 times the damage necessary to...
Studio changes policy after dev threatens to kill Gabe Newell
In October, after discovering issues with his gameParanautical Activity on Steam, independent developer Mike Maulbeck published a series of angry tweets that concluded with, “I am going to kill gabe newell. He is going to die.” Newell is the founder of Valve, the company that runs Steam, the internet’s largest...
Crossing Souls: 80s RPG about friendship, death and adventure
Call 2014 the Year of the Souls: Titan Souls, Wayward Souls, Dark Souls 2 and now coming from Devolver Digital and Fourattic, Crossing Souls, an action-adventure RPG with hints of neon and 1980s nostalgia. Crossing Souls stars five friends who discover an ancient relic that allows them to interact with...
Ubisoft details third Assassin’s Creed: Unity patch
After Ubisoft issued a second patch for Assassin’s Creed: Unity late last week, the publisher gave a glimpse of the next update for the game, which is expected to fix more of its technical issues. The third update will be “larger in scope” compared to the previous two, patching bugs...
CoD: Advanced Warfare sees off big names to retain UK No. 1
It’s that time of year when big-name franchises chuck lengthily-titled entries onto shelves, and the games with the longest names prevail. This week, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare kept top spot in the UK charts, holding off the likes of Assassin’s Creed: Unity, Halo: The Master Chief Collection, Lego Batman...
Goat MMO Simulator will WoW fans for free later this week
If you’re a MMO player LFG – Looking For Goats – then you’re probably mad. You’re also exactly the kind of oddball who’ll be interested by Goat MMO Simulator, a free expansion for Goat Simulator that’s releasing on Steam this Thursday, November 20. Note the placement of MMO in the...
Just Cause 3 is a retail box game, doesn’t have microtransactions
No reason to fret, free-to-play police: Just Cause 3 will not be a free game with microtransactions, Avalanche Studios co-founder and CCO Christofer Sundberg said in a blog post. A few leaked screenshots made the rounds earlier in the week, and they showed what appeared to be a microtransaction system...
Joystiq Deals: Double Nexus giveaway, GOG Fall Sale
This week on Joystiq Deals, one lucky winner will receive two free Nexus devices as part of our latest giveaway. Submit your e-mail address and you’ll be entered to win a new Nexus 6 phone and a Nexus 9 tablet, collectively valued at over $1,000. Good luck, and make sure...
Don’t expect a Blood Dragon sequel from Ubisoft
Despite its status as a critic and fan-favorite, Ubisoft has no plans to develop a follow up to the first-person spoof of 1980s-era action films known as Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon. Ubisoft Montreal creative director Alex Hutchinson broke the sad news to IGN during a recent podcast, though he...
Animatronics stalk Steam again in Five Nights At Freddy’s 2
It’s been four months since Five Nights At Freddy’s reminded us all that animatronic critters are almost certainly murderous, yet developer Scott Cawthon has already released the sequel. According to Cawthon’s description of the game on Steam, Five Nights At Freddy’s 2 casts players in much the same role they...