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What happens when Sparkypants, the group of former Big Huge Games (Rise of Nations) people, decides to create a swift MOBA/RTS game? Let me explain you what Dropzone is about. Their objective was to create a strategically and tactically deep, multiplayer RTS for PC, but different from the games they …

Do you want to know how the new Battlefield 1 set in World War 1, the most wanted game at this year’s Gamescom, plays? I got in the queue early in the morning, so the waiting wasn’t too long. Shortly after being let into the room with a big screen …

Do you remember the SSX series? Now imagine its current gen, open world, more realistic version. That’s what Steep from Ubisoft is. Want to know more? What. A. Mountain. Seriously, it has to be Mount Everest. Actually, it’s the Alps. So, what will I do first? I’m too lazy to …

Do you want to be a pirate, if at least for a few (hundreds of) hours? Now you almost can, thanks to Rare and Microsoft. Let’s have a look how it works! On the board! Raise the anchor! We’re sailing! Ship under the command of captain Staff guy who instructed …

This year once again, the city of Cologne is going to hold the largest video game fair Gamescom, which attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors every year. With 5 weeks left till the beginning of Gamescom 2016, we can get a glimpse of which exhibitors are going to be showing …

If you read Dessel’s GamesCom 2015 reports you might already know it but for this year there was not even a single PS Vita at the playstation booths. Yes, it may seem that it was kind of the logical conclusion compared to how the Vita did the last year: However …

At Gamescom 2015, I visited a booth of DrinkBox Studios (Mutant Blobs Attack, Guacamelee!) who are currently developing a new game for PS Vita (no, it’s not Guacamelee 2) called Severed. Severed is a first person dungeon crawler some RPG elements. Players will control a one-armed heroine on her journey to reclaim …

My 3-part report of Gamescom is coming to an end. Day 3, here we go! My Gamescom: Part 1 – Introduction, Day 1 (all the games) Part 2 – Day 2 (DevKit Vitas) Part 3 – Day 3 (so much time left), Conclusion On our last day of Gamescom we …

Welcome back. In the second part of my 3-day Gamescom report, I’ll cover Day 2 (Thursday), when we got some “hacking” action. My Gamescom: Part 1 – Introduction, Day 1 (all the games) Part 2 – Day 2 (DevKit Vitas) Part 3 – Day 3 (so much time left), Conclusion After entering …

Here is the first of my 3 part report after spending 3 days at a trade fair, Gamescom, held at the Koelnmesse in Cologne. This year’s Gamescom was my first and, fortunately, I wasn’t alone because another Hackinformer staff member, Freakler, came from another part of Germany to his third Gamescom. …