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KFG Showcase E3 2019 - SkateBIRD Alpha Demo Features Adorable Birbs (And it's Out Now)

The SkateBIRD Alpha Demo is out and lets players ride on a finger-sized skateboard with a variety of different birds. No, really. That's the game. You get to skate around on tiny skateboards with…

June 10, 2019 | 08:58 EDT

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EA Play 2019 - FIFA 20 Highlights New Football Intelligence and Community Feedback

To talk about some of the changes that EA is using to shape up a more authentic FIFA experience in FIFA 20 Sam Rivera, the Lead Producer was interviewed. To start off the conversation Rivera made…

June 8, 2019 | 03:22 EDT

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EA Play 2019 - FIFA 20 Strafe Dribbling and Other Mechanical Improvements

One of the first additions to FIFA 20 is a greater amount of precision in one-on-one situations. Essentially, the fundamentals of shooting have been greatly improved as compared to last year's game…

June 8, 2019 | 03:20 EDT

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FIFA 20 Announces Street Football Based Volta Mode

Just ahead of the EA Play Conference this morning, EA has released a new trailer for their upcoming annual soccer title, FIFA 20. The trailer itself is a primary showcase of a new feature in FIFA 20…

June 8, 2019 | 01:16 EDT

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Rocket League Review Bombed Following Epic Games Acquisition of Psyonix

Yesterday we reported the acquisition of Psyonix by Epic Games, as part of Epic's campaign to establish dominance in the PC gaming ecosystem, which has been paved largely with exclusive deals. As…

May 2, 2019 | 10:21 EDT

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[Updated] It's Settled: Rocket League Not Epic Exclusive Coming After Epic Acquires Psyonix

Update: The original version of this story stated that Rocket League would become an Epic Exclusive based on statements that strongly implied that. Epic Games has since released a statement…

May 1, 2019 | 05:30 EDT

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Rocket League Loot Boxes Can No Longer Be Opened In Belgium and The Netherlands

Rocket League loot boxes can no longer be opened in Belgium and The Netherlands in a continuation of the war between government regulation of in-game microtransactions and game developers. The most…

April 18, 2019 | 10:50 EDT

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Rocket League Friends Update Releases February 23

Today, Psyonix announced that the Rocket League friends update, which makes friends lists and parties cross-platform, will be available on February 23. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m35zFlZyU4…

February 12, 2019 | 07:02 EST

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Rocket League's Rocket ID Delayed Until 2019, PS4 Cross-Play May Be Coming

The bad news is that Rocket League's upcoming cross-platform party feature is being delayed until 2019 according to a news post on the game's official website. The good news? They're hopeful about…

October 18, 2018 | 05:53 EDT

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Get The Thrill Of The Fight In Fitness Boxing, Coming Exclusively To Nintendo Switch January 4

Nintendo has announced Fitness Boxing, a boxing-themed workout game coming exclusively to the Nintendo Switch on January 4, 2019, according to a press release from the publisher. Fitness Boxing is a…

October 13, 2018 | 03:13 EDT

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Fitness Boxing

One of the most famed titles for Nintendo's Wii was Wii Fit, a health and exercise program that saw widespread adoption. With the Nintendo Switch having some of that same mass appeal and similar…

October 13, 2018 | 03:13 EDT

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Playing Windjammers 2 and Streets of Rage 4 Left Me Optimistic

PAX West gave us the first glimpse of two resurrected franchises, Windjammers 2 and Streets of Rage 4. I had the opportunity to play both, and it left me hopeful for what was to come. It's worth…

September 7, 2018 | 12:00 EDT

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Windjammers 2 Announced, Coming To PC and Switch in 2019

Windjammers 2  has finally been announced. After years of wondering if and when it'll ever happen, fans of the disc-throwing Neo Geo classic are finally getting a direct sequel. French studio DotEmu…

August 21, 2018 | 02:15 EDT

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Windjammers 2

The sequel to the 1994 cult-classic arcade sports game Windjammers by Data East, Windjammers 2 follows a revival of the franchise with Dotemu's work on the first game bringing it to modern consoles…

August 21, 2018 | 02:05 EDT

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Rocket League Developers Next Of Many To Reveal Loot Box Drop Rates

While the heat around Loot Boxes seems to be cooling off it's still clear that many players, companies, and even governments want better clarity on what your chances are of earning an item are as you…

July 24, 2018 | 06:00 EDT

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Rocket League to Receive Cross-Platform Play, Leveling Updates, And More

Everyone's favorite advanced sports soccer game, Rocket League, is going to get some significant changes over the summer, including quite a few new and interesting features. While the full list of…

May 13, 2018 | 06:46 EDT

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Skateboarding Sim Session Has Been Funded In Four Days

Skateboarding fans rejoice! The campaign for street skateboarding sim Session has been funded in four days according to a campaign update on the game's Kickstarter page. There have been a few…

November 27, 2017 | 07:27 EST

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Pyre Update Bring New Game Plus, Extended Soundtrack

Supergiant Games announced that a new update for Pyre is out today for free on PC, and is scheduled to come out soon on PlayStation 4. The update, called the True Nightwing update, will bring a new…

September 28, 2017 | 05:10 EDT

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Windjammers Review - Get Ready

One of the great things about the current state of gaming is that it feels more likely than ever that your favorite relic of the past is going to be dusted off and redistributed by one publisher or…

September 5, 2017 | 01:00 EDT

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Pyre

In Pyre, you play as the Reader, a woman who has just been exiled to the Downside. You are quickly found by three other exiles and learn about the Rites, a series of competitions that may be your…

July 28, 2017 | 09:00 EDT

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Pyre Review - The Will of the Scribes

Three years ago, Supergiant Games asserted itself as one of the premier indie developers of this console generation with the release of Transistor. Now, with their newest game Pyre, I believe they…

July 28, 2017 | 09:00 EDT

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Fire Pro Wrestling World

The latest installment in the long running wrestling series, Fire Pro Wrestling World returns to the West after a five year absence. Going back to the isometric-graphical style of the original titles…

July 21, 2017 | 12:34 EDT

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Fire Pro Wrestling World Creative Director Talks Future of the Series

Fire Pro Wrestling World was recently released to early access on Steam, and the game is just the latest in a long series of titles dating back to the early 1990s. The game was a long time coming,…

July 13, 2017 | 01:00 EDT

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Pyre Coming This July, New Details Revealed

Pyre, the upcoming game from the developers behind Transistor and Bastion, finally has a release date. The game will be coming to both the PlayStation 4 and PC on July 25. Creative director Greg…

May 31, 2017 | 12:33 EDT

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Rocket League has Passed 1 Million Physical Sales

The Psyonix-developed rocket car powered eSports title Rocket League has been selling like hotcakes since its release as a free title for PlayStation Plus subscribers alongside PC. The game, made by…

April 13, 2017 | 08:30 EDT

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Rocket League Getting New Dropshot Mode

Rocket League developer Psyonix has announced that a new mode will be coming to the popular rocket-powered soccer game as part of a free update. This mode is called 'Dropshot' and is the latest is an…

March 14, 2017 | 11:30 EDT

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Spike Chunsoft Announces Fire Pro Wrestling World

Spike Chunsoft has announced that the wrestling game Fire Pro Wrestling World will be debuting on Steam Early Access sometime in the second quarter of 2017 according to a press release by the company…

March 4, 2017 | 10:17 EST

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Rocket League Toy Cars are Coming!

In many ways, Psyonix's football racer Rocket League is the gift that keeps on giving. Released back in 2015, the deceptively simplistic and (also deceptively) hard to master eSports game has managed…

February 5, 2017 | 09:30 EST

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Pyre Multiplayer Game Mode Revealed

The development studio Supergiant Games announced on Saturday through a post on the PlayStation Blog that their upcoming game, Pyre, will include a one-on-one multiplayer mode. Here is the reveal…

December 5, 2016 | 11:53 EST

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Ubisoft's Not Sending out Early Review Copies For Steep

Ubisoft today posted on its UbiBlog about launch day expectations for Steep and when reviews for the game may be expected, and the news may not be what some wanted to hear. In the blog, Ubisoft…

November 30, 2016 | 12:08 EST

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Steep Open Beta Coming Late November

After a short closed alpha last month, Ubisoft has announced that the closed and open beta for its winter sports game Steep will be coming on November 10 and November 18, respectively. This news…

October 27, 2016 | 06:25 EDT

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Rocket League's DLC pack Aquadome launches today

Rocket League started as a small indie project from experienced game developers and is now a gaming phenomenon. Psyonix continues to push more DLC for the soccer meets RC car game. The developer…

October 4, 2016 | 05:17 EDT

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Rocket League AquaDome Update Details

A brand new update is coming to Rocket League, and with it, a new map, new cars, and new achievements andtrophies, among other things. This update releases for free across all platforms on October…

September 30, 2016 | 07:24 EDT

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Steep

Steep is a Ubisoft-developed extreme sports game that features a range of different mountain-based sports. Principally, players will be skiing and snowboarding down Steep's various slopes, but other…

September 18, 2016 | 08:53 EDT

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Rocket League

Gret is ready for some high-octane fun with Rocket League, the popular online multiplayer game where you and your friends play a friendly game of soccer with cars! The goal of Rocket League is…

September 18, 2016 | 03:44 EDT

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Psyonix is Coming Down on Toxic Players in Rocket League

A few days after Rocket League developer Psyonix released the new Rumble mode to the public and introduced players on the MacOS and Linux to soccer with rocket-powered cars, the developer has…

September 18, 2016 | 10:37 EDT

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New Game Mode to be Added to Rocket League in September

Rocket League's success is indisputable. Since its release in 2015, the action-sport mashup title created quite the sensation. Part of its success comes from the stream of content updates Psyonix…

August 14, 2016 | 12:48 EDT

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Rocket League Cross-Play Needs Sony Approval

Psyonix, developer of the breakout indie hit Rocket League, is hovering its hand over a big red button. This button will allow Rocket League cross-play between Playstation 4 and Xbox One servers!…

July 21, 2016 | 12:47 EDT

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Rocket League to Implement New Crate System

On Friday, July 8 2016, leaked Rocket League assets were posted in a Rocket League forum. These assets, which can be seen below, are of an apparently planned crate system for Steam, similar to what…

July 11, 2016 | 10:46 EDT

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Humble June Monthly Bundle Released

Its the first Friday of a month, so its time for the next Humble Monthly Bundle! This month's bundle includes car soccer, pub crawling, survival, and planetary destruction. Anyone who bought the…

June 3, 2016 | 04:26 EDT

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Rocket League Has Sold Over 5 Million Units

Nobody would've expected the follow-up to Psyonix's RC-cars soccer game Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars to be an enormous success, but Rocket League has managed to become a staple of…

June 2, 2016 | 10:46 EDT

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Upcoming Rocket League Update Will Expand Quick Chat Options

The developers behind the hit indie game Rocket League are planning a huge update for this June, and in a recent post on the Rocket League website, we learned the first details towards what that…

May 19, 2016 | 09:22 EDT

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Euro Truck Sim 2 and Rocket League Cross-Promote

  Rocket League developer Psyonix and Euro Truck Simulator 2 developer SCS Software will be doing a cross promotion by adding cosmetic items to each other's games according to news posts on SCS…

April 26, 2016 | 09:10 EDT

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Rocket League Basketball mode coming next week

Rocket League is getting a brand new game mode next week as fans can go from playing soccer with rocket powered cars to playing basketball. This game mode was originally teased in a tweet at the…

April 21, 2016 | 11:40 EDT

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Supergiant Games Reveals Newest Game Pyre

Supergiant Games, the development studio for Bastion and Transistor, has just revealed their newest game in development, and it looks pretty awesome. The game, titled Pyre, is a party-based role-…

April 19, 2016 | 04:22 EDT

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Rocket League's Basketball Mode Is Coming In April

Psyonix's continued effort to add every ball game known to man to their competitive RC-car sports game Rocket League continues, and this time basketball is set to make its debut at some point in…

March 30, 2016 | 08:00 EDT

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[Updated] Microsoft Opens The Door For Cross-Console Play

Update: Game Informer was able to talk to Vice President of Publisher and Developer Relations for Sony, Adam Boyes, at GDC about Microsoft's announcement on cross-network play and he had this to say…

March 14, 2016 | 08:14 EDT

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Rocket League Championship Announced

While Rocket League's formula already seems like it was tailor-made for the esports scene, the frantic RC-car soccer game didn't get an official tournament (outside of ranked play and some matches by…

March 3, 2016 | 11:43 EST