Games

Lord of the Rings Online / Dungeons & Dragons Online While neither of these free-to-play games are personal favorites, they are free and big, giant MMOs that folks can really sink their teeth into during this stressful time. The reason that both are included here, as a single entry, is that despite the fact that they don't rank particularly highly for me, personally, they are maintained by the same developer, Standing Stone Games. The developer has made a bunch of paid DLC free for both games for folks to check out during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Either is worth giving a shot if you're at all interested in the source material, and who knows? Maybe these will scratch an itch you didn't know you had. … [Read more...] about 9 Free-to-Play Video Games to Check Out While Stuck at Home

Amazon has launched another massive buy 2, get 1 free sale on video games and board games, though this one is a bit bigger than most. At a time when most of the country is looking for a distraction, Amazon is packing their new B2G1 free sale with over 300 popular titles. There are some big video games in there, but, at the time of writing, the board game selection is especially strong. … [Read more...] about Amazon’s Buy 2, Get 1 Free Sale on Video and Board Games is On

As well as creating the Unreal Engine, making Fortnite, running their own games store, and publishing games, Epic Games apparently also own a group video chat programme named Houseparty? I too had missed their purchase announcement last year, until current events dragged it into headlines. Houseparty are currently offering a $1,000,000 (£790k) bounty if someone can prove “a paid commercial smear campaign” is behind recent rumours that the software is hacking other apps on people’s phones. Everyone’s getting on video party chat now, y’know, and the battle to dominate it might be a dirty one. … [Read more...] about Epic Games offer one million dollars for proof that their Houseparty video chat app is being smeared

With the recent arrival of the Doom Slayer in the second game of the revived Doom series, fans are taking the opportunity to once again take the helm of this legendary warrior as he shoots, stabs, rocket launches, and "BFGs" his way through the depths of the underworld and the hell that has been brought to Earth. With the video game receiving critical acclaim across the board, it's no surprise to see the main soldier of Doom find his way into the franchise of Mobile Suit: Gundam! … [Read more...] about Gundam Meets The Doom Slayer In Video Game Mash Up

Rare is it that an Xbox 360 games threatens to take the spotlight in a Games with Gold offering, but that’ll be the case this month for some players considering that a Fable game is free. Fable Anniversary is available from April 1st to April 15th which Toybox Turbos will be free from April 16th to April 30th. … [Read more...] about Xbox’s Free Games With Gold for April Revealed