To Infinity and beyond! At E3 2001, Affinix Software debuted an RPG by the title ofInfinity. The game was in the vein of classicFinal Fantasytitles and looked to be a rather engrossing experience. Due to the impending launch of the Game Boy Advance, however,Infinitywas eventually cancelled and the developer closed its doors. Flash forward to 2016 and it seems the game has risen from the grave. In the first update in nine years, the Affinix blog explains a little of what this released ROM has:...

Whittling down the Warcraft III roster Blizzard keeps pumping out combatants for Heroes of the Storm, and the vast majority of them have been pretty great additions to the game. I have no doubt that Maiev Shadowsong will be included in that category, whenever the newly announced hero ends up being released (all signs point to a PTR next week). Maiev’s kit will probably be similar to the “Warden” archetype fromWarcraft III, which includes light invisibility, the area-of-effect fan of knives, blinking, ranged poison damage, and multiple shadow clones....

If you hadn’t already heard, the Versus Booster Map Pack forGears of War 3will be free to download on Thursday courtesy ofMission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. It features the maps Bullet Marsh, Clocktower, Azura, Rustlung, and Blood Drive for use in social matchmaking playlists. I’ll spare you the lamequotes. By finishing the campaign on Insane difficulty (in single-player or with friends) and watching theMission: Impossibletrailer before December 25, you’ll get a themed weapon skin pack....

After sell of IPTV platform In an official Microsoft blog today, Yusuf Mehdi, Corporate Vice President of Marketing, Strategy and Business for their Interactive Entertainment Business said that they’re dedicating all of their TV resources to Xbox after the sale of Mediaroom, their IPTV platform, which currently powers 22 million settop boxes. Medhi says that this sale of Mediaroom to the Ericsson “allows Microsoft to commit 100 percent of its focus on consumer TV strategy with Xbox....

It’s actually part of a larger issue with Spike Chunsoft and Deep Silver This might be the final nail in the coffin forMighty No. 9: a game that already has a long history of development issues. According to the Japanese PSN storefront,Mighty No. 9has been delisted in the region, with a customary opportunity to re-download it if you’re a prior owner. As Rockman Corner points outthis is less the fault of the quality of the game, and more directly related to the relationship between publisher Spike Chunsoft (MN9‘s Japan publisher) and global rights holder Deep Silver....

World record holder A lot of people make a lot of impressive things inMinecraft, but none of them go as big as Thorlar Thorlarian. That’s not hyperbole, by the way; he actually has the world record to back it up. Recently, Thorlar finished a piece ofStarcraftart that took 23.5 weeks and 1,128,960 blocks to create. Watching the video, it’s impossible to get the game to render that much of the image at once on-the-fly, so he needs to zoom out, out, out until it finally becomes clear....

Unfortunately, I’m not serious about the reason for software sales doubling for the month of October, but I can tell you if these dogs approached me on the street and told me to purchase twice the software I usually do, I wouldn’t hesitate. It’s hard to argue a dog in a Krispy Kreme uniform. Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachterhas crunched the numbers with terrifying precision yet again and discovered that October looked pretty darn fantastic, thanks in no small part to the tremendous success ofGuitar Hero III....

Expected around Halloween The Evil Withinis staying hidden in the shadows a little bit longer than anticipated. However, there aren’t any surprise jump scares here; we know exactly when to expect it. Originally slated for a August 26 release, Bethesda announced today that it’s being pushed back to October 21 in North America, October 23 in Australia, and October 24 in Europe. According to the publisher, “Shinji Mikami and his team at Tango Gameworks have asked for additional time to further balance and refine the game in order to deliver the polished, terrifying pure survival horror experience they set out to create....

I shouldn’t add to my backlog, but… Not that you or your packed game library really need it,buuutSony is holding anOnly on PlayStation saleover the next week, and with it comes yet another chance to pick up the likes ofUntil Dawn($10),Resogun($3.74),The Unfinished Swan($3), andGod of War III Remastered($6). Those are some of the best-sellers so far. For my part — and this is going to sound like a broken record (because it totally is!...

Come back here! I’m not finished with you! DAAAAAAMN! Thebad boyof the Turtles makes his proper debut in a new trailer for Activision and Red Fly’sTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows. Compared toMikey, Raph is a lot more aggressive and brutal — watch him Izuna drop the sh*t out his victims and send them to the head trauma ward! Since I can’t think of anything else to type here pertaining to the game, I’d like to talk a little bit about the Nickelodeon cartoon....

Sony, why Sony and Microsoft switched wallets! Last generation Microsoft was the holdout – the Grinch that didn’t want to give in and provide cross-play between PS3 and Xbox 360 users. They came around this generation when the PS4 smashed them in the face though, and opened up the floodgates for cross-platform play. In fact Microsoft’s ownMinecraftis the quintessential cross-play game — it connects players across all platforms…except PS4. Yet againSony has blocked cross-play forForniteplayers, severely crippling the viability of the PS4 version of the game....

There’s been a lot of criticism in the gaming world lately. Yes, I’m talking aboutThe Day Before, but it goes beyond that. In fact, negative feedback from the community seems to have gotten so bad thatStarfield‘s design director has had a few (hundred) words to say about it. As reported byPC Gamer, Bethesda’s ownEmil Pagliarulodecided to give an honest opinion about “how disconnected some players are from the realities of game development....

DOTA 2 is still the most-played game In a new high for the marketplace that just can’t be stopped, Steam has hit 14 million concurrent users, an all-time high. Yes, that’s 14 million people logged in at one time, roughly the amount of US viewers the TV showDancing With the Starsgets in a single night. Of courseDOTA 2is still the top played game, followed byCS,Grand Theft Auto V, andARK: Survival Evolved....