CS:GO Update Nerfs AWP Movement
Operation Vanguard is over, but not without fanfare. A new Counter-Strike: Global Offensive update was pushed yesterday, bringing several changes both large and small to the game's weapons, maps, and more.
First off, tagging values have been updated to the point where they've provided a guide to explain how the system works. Read it on the Steam Community page.
Among the tweaks made to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive's arsenal is a decrease in players' scoped movement speed with the AWP and Autosnipers, effectively making peeking around corners while zoomed-in a riskier move.
Sunset Overdrive Receives Permanent Price Drop
Insomniac Games' Xbox One exclusive, Sunset Overdrive, has received a permanent price drop, bringing its price down to $40 USD.
The price cut is effective starting today, and applies to both retail and digital copies in the U.S.
Insomniac is also celebrating April Fools' Day by adding two new achievements for all players. The first, titled The Worst Job in the Kingdom, requires you to replay and complete the "Floating Garbage" mission within fifteen minutes. Insomniac didn't provide details for the second achievement, Fizzie Says April Fools!, only teasing, "Complete them, and see what happens."
Additionally, today marks the launch of Sunset Overdrive's final piece of DLC, Dawn of the Rise of the Fallen Machines. You can pick it up on its own for $10 USD or as part of the $20 USD season pass.
Sunset Overdrive Receives Permanent Price Drop
Insomniac Games' Xbox One exclusive, Sunset Overdrive, has received a permanent price drop, bringing its price down to $40 USD.
The price cut is effective starting today, and applies to both retail and digital copies in the U.S.
Insomniac is also celebrating April Fools' Day by adding two new achievements for all players. The first, titled The Worst Job in the Kingdom, requires you to replay and complete the "Floating Garbage" mission within fifteen minutes. Insomniac didn't provide details for the second achievement, Fizzie Says April Fools!, only teasing, "Complete them, and see what happens."
Additionally, today marks the launch of Sunset Overdrive's final piece of DLC, Dawn of the Rise of the Fallen Machines. You can pick it up on its own for $10 USD or as part of the $20 USD season pass.
IGN Prime Free Game: Never Alone
IGN Prime has partnered with E-Line Media to give away 12,000 Steam copies of Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) to IGN Prime members during the month of April.
Never Alone is made in collaboration with the Iñupiat, an Alaskan Native people, providing insight into their culture and lore through an enthralling gameplay experience that is not only enjoyable, but also educational. Take control of both a girl named Nuna and an arctic fox in this puzzle platformer to uncover the mystery of the perilous eternal blizzard while learning more about the Iñupiat story of Kunuuksaayuka.
Codes will be released every week in April, with the first batch available today, Wednesday, April 1 at 10 a.m. PT (1 p.m. ET/6 p.m. GMT/April 2 at 5 a.m. AET). We have heard your feedback, and to better accommodate our international users, we will be staggering the release time each week:
IGN Prime Free Game: Never Alone
IGN Prime has partnered with E-Line Media to give away 12,000 Steam copies of Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) to IGN Prime members during the month of April.
Never Alone is made in collaboration with the Iñupiat, an Alaskan Native people, providing insight into their culture and lore through an enthralling gameplay experience that is not only enjoyable, but also educational. Take control of both a girl named Nuna and an arctic fox in this puzzle platformer to uncover the mystery of the perilous eternal blizzard while learning more about the Iñupiat story of Kunuuksaayuka.
Codes will be released every week in April, with the first batch available today, Wednesday, April 1 at 10 a.m. PT (1 p.m. ET/6 p.m. GMT/April 2 at 5 a.m. AET). We have heard your feedback, and to better accommodate our international users, we will be staggering the release time each week:
Seals of the Week
Look how frickin' cute he is! With those neck rolls, it's like he's wearing his own adorable turtleneck.
So dang cute! Get it now with a free year of Xbox Live!
Seals of the Week
Look how frickin' cute he is! With those neck rolls, it's like he's wearing his own adorable turtleneck.
So dang cute! Get it now with a free year of Xbox Live!
The Final Club Nintendo Elite Status Rewards Are Here
The Club Nintendo Elite Status gifts are here, and as suspected, they are all-digital. The available options are both full-retail Wii U and 3DS games, along with Virtual Console classics.
Platinum members, those who were able to scrape together the requisite 600 coins before Club Nintendo stopped accepting new registrations yesterday, can choose from a full list of downloadable games, while Gold members can choose from roughly half as many as those who achieved the Platinum dream.
Here's a list of games available for download for Platinum members only, and the systems they are available for:
The Final Club Nintendo Elite Status Rewards Are Here
The Club Nintendo Elite Status gifts are here, and as suspected, they are all-digital. The available options are both full-retail Wii U and 3DS games, along with Virtual Console classics.
Platinum members, those who were able to scrape together the requisite 600 coins before Club Nintendo stopped accepting new registrations yesterday, can choose from a full list of downloadable games, while Gold members can choose from roughly half as many as those who achieved the Platinum dream.
Here's a list of games available for download for Platinum members only, and the systems they are available for:
Oddworld Dev: Original Xbox Initially Intended for Casual Gamers
In the early days of Xbox, after Microsoft was turned down by Sony, the company not only considered going after the casual gaming market, but also toyed with the possibility of giving the box away to consumers.
"At the time, Xbox thought that the core market was going to be casual. They were going to be the casual gamers' machine," Oddworld Inhabitants' Lorne Lanning told GamesIndustry.
Interestingly enough, Microsoft was hoping Lanning's studio could turn Oddworld into the Xbox's Mario competitor. "Now, that's why they approached us because they said 'we think you've got something that competes in that Mario space and we think Mario's the thing to kill... We see that space. We want that audience. We love Oddworld so why don't you get on this bandwagon?"