Posts by Chris Kountouras:

Steam has broken its record for most concurrently online users

Posted on: 05 Feb 2020

According to SteamDB, Steam has broken its record for most concurrently online users. The last record was set on January 14th back in 2018. That record was 18.537.490 million users while the new record currently is 18.801.944 million users online.

Here are the first ten minutes of gameplay from DOOM Eternal

Posted on: 04 Feb 2020

IGN recently released a video showing the first ten minutes of the upcoming DOOM Eternal by id Software. The game has already been delayed once, because according to the developers they want to polish the game even more in order to deliver the best experience. We already informed you that DOOM Eternal with not have … Continue reading Here are the first ten minutes of gameplay from DOOM Eternal →

A retro hardware and software analysis of PC gaming back in the ’90s

Posted on: 03 Feb 2020

The industry was kicked off by IBM back in the ’80s creating a compatible market. Continuing past the home computers demise in the ’90s. Once we hit the mid-’90s the advantage turned to consoles as that 3D revolution brought in a brand new dawn.

Best-selling PC game Myst almost couldn’t run on CD-ROM

Posted on: 03 Feb 2020

Myst is one of the best-selling PC games of all time developed by Cyan Worlds. Myst is a graphic adventure puzzle game designed by Robyn and Rand Miller. The game was first released for the Macintosh platform back in 1993. Myst was the best-selling PC game for a while, until The Sims surpassed its sales … Continue reading Best-selling PC game Myst almost couldn’t run on CD-ROM →

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order sold beyond projections while EA made almost 3 billion from MTX

Posted on: 03 Feb 2020

Back in 2010 Electronic Arts’ chief Frank Gibeau said that single-player games are finished. Evidently they are not, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order a single-player title, has sold beyond expectations.

Netflix’s The Witcher season two will not make the same mistakes

Posted on: 03 Feb 2020

Showrunner Lauren Hissrich recently spoke on Flickering Myth’s Writing Experience podcast. She said that everything about The Witcher has been a real learning process. She sounds eager to get back to work and do it better this time.

Bioware veterans join a newly formed studio focused on story-driven RPGs

Posted on: 01 Feb 2020

Archetype Entertainment is a newly formed studio by publisher Wizards of the Coast, who are well known for games such as Magic and Dungeons & Dragons. The new studio will focus on story-driven role-playing games.

Rumor: Inside the world of Elden Ring; dynamic weather, upgraded engine and more

Posted on: 31 Jan 2020

A Resetara user have made a long post regarding the upcoming FromSoftware title Elden Ring. Apparently the user have made similar posts in the past, including information about Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice which turned out to be true. In his post he talks mainly about the open-world of Elden Ring and how different is from … Continue reading Rumor: Inside the world of Elden Ring; dynamic weather, upgraded engine and more →

Borderlands 3 latest hotfix activates Rare Chest Riches event, addresses drop rates and more

Posted on: 31 Jan 2020

On January 30th 3:00 PM PST Gearbox released a hotfix for Borderlands 3. This specific hotfix activates the Rare Chest Riches event, addresses drop rates and implements permanent scaling for Takedown at the Maliwan Blacksite.

Cuphead: Chaotic Casino is a fan made stop-motion animation video

Posted on: 31 Jan 2020

A youtuber named David Garcia from Davy Productions has created a stop-motion animation video featuring Cuphead and Mugman. The developers of Cuphead, Studio MDHR, were so impressed that they posted the video and the following on Twitter: “Words can hardly describe our reaction when we saw this unbelievable video from David Garcia. Using figures from … Continue reading Cuphead: Chaotic Casino is a fan made stop-motion animation video →