Monday, April 27

Tag: Games

‘Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era’ Multiplayer To Be Temporarily Open To Everyone

‘Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era’ Multiplayer To Be Temporarily Open To Everyone

Gaming, Trendy
Credit: Hooded Horse Unfrozen Studios announced an open stress test for Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era servers. This was announced in a post on the game's Steam page. The trials will run from April 22 to April 23. No registration is required—to participate, simply update your Heroes of Might & Magic: Olden Era demo build during the playtest and start playing. During the trial, Heroes of Might & Magic: Olden Era players will have access to four factions (Temple, Necropolis, Dungeon, and Rift), Arena mode, and 1v1 ranked matchmaking. Credit: Hooded Horse The goal of the tests is to get as many people online as possible and conduct a stress test for the Heroes of Might & Magic: Olden Era servers to ensure their performance under heavy load. "By joining [th...
Horror Shooter ‘Industria 2’ Delayed Until April 29

Horror Shooter ‘Industria 2’ Delayed Until April 29

Gaming
Credit: Industria 2 cover Developers at Bleakmill announced that the atmospheric horror shooter Industria 2 will not be released today, April 15th, as announced a week ago. An open letter of apology for the delay was posted on the game's Steam page. The Bleakmill team understands the disappointment and frustration of those who were looking forward to embarking on their adventures today, and apologizes to the players. Completing the shooter with a team of eight proved more challenging than the developers anticipated, especially if they were trying to avoid overtime and burnout. So now the developers need a little more time to prepare the game. Industria 2 takes place in a parallel universe, where scientist Nora tries to find a way to return home to East Berlin in 1989. She must ...
GTA Online Data Stolen By Hackers Resulted In A Sharp Rise In Take-Two’s Stock Price

GTA Online Data Stolen By Hackers Resulted In A Sharp Rise In Take-Two’s Stock Price

Gaming, Slider, Trendy
Credit: Rockstar Games The hackers' blackmail, demanding $200,000 from Rockstar to keep confidential data confidential, turned into a triumph for the publisher. After the hackers published the stolen financial statements, the shares of parent company Take-Two soared. It turned out that the figures in the documents—in particular, GTA Online's weekly revenue of approximately $8 million—impressed investors far more than the hack itself. As a reminder, ShinyHunters hacked Rockstar's data vaults using the third-party AI analytics platform Anodot and, after the studio refused to cooperate, released the stolen information publicly. The leak did not contain assets for the hotly anticipated open-world crime action game GTA VI, currently in development at Rockstar, but rather data on the p...
Co-op Pirate Action Game ‘Windrose’ Launched In Steam Early Access

Co-op Pirate Action Game ‘Windrose’ Launched In Steam Early Access

Gaming
Credit: Kraken Express As promised, the ambitious co-op pirate survival simulator Windrose, from Kraken Express (formerly Windrose Crew), launched in early access on PC on April 14. The project is an open-world PvE survival game set in the age of piracy. Players will craft various items, travel across islands, and search for treasures. The developers promise a deep combat system, a full-fledged story campaign, and numerous secrets. Previously, a six-hour demo of Windrose was released on Steam, which was warmly received by gamers: over 8,000 reviews, 92% of which are positive. The game's developers also reported that the pirate survival game had been wishlisted by over 1 million users on Steam. https://youtu.be/jC0JXWH6EyA?si=T6BdW79nwozdPbsU At the Early Access launch,...