Just the other week, Origin head honcho David DeMartini was having a pop at Valve by suggesting that its huge Steam sales cheapen the intellectual property involved and that wewon’t see EA’s service playing a similar card. Today? Origin has played anidenticalcard with its own heavily discounted sale. Eighteen games are currently available to United Kingdom users for a mere£5 each. In the case ofDragon Age: Origins, which is normally forty quid (still!...

Bear with us When I was in college, the student union was under construction for the entirety of my sophomore year. The place where so many of us went to grab lunch, study, and bullshit with friends was suddenly an ugly maze of Tyvek and asbestos. At least, that’s how I remember it. In hindsight, I’m probably being a bit dramatic. A year later, the university pulled off the surgical gauze to reveal the union’s facelift....

The School of Bullshit is open to new students Randy Pitchford is far from ashamed thatAliens: Colonial Marineslooked nowhere near as good in real life as it did inhighly scripted showcase demos, going so far as to encourage the industry to do it more. According to the Gearbox CEO, the only alternative is to never talk about a game. Apparently, “being truthful” hasn’t yet presented itself as an option. “A false demo created after product was finished would be dishonest,” Pitchford said,defending himselffrom criticism on Twitter....

The set is live in Arena today, paper cards are out next week With the advent ofMagic: Arena, the release ofMagicsets isn’t as easy to keep up with. Ravnica Allegiance is out inArenatoday Wizards pushed an update this morning that added Ravnica Allegiance toArena(which is now in open beta) a full week ahead of the paper version. you may now use the code “PlayAllegiance” in the in-game store and net several free packs....

Something something dood Here we are, about a year after the launch ofDisgaea 5, and I’m reviewing the second game in the series. What a world! Now that the series is gracing the PC platform, I finally have the chance to play it. As a hugeFinal Fantasy TacticsandShining Forcefan, I’ve always had a strong interest in the series but haven’t actually picked it up until the PC debut. God damn, these games are out of control!...

Kickstarter-funded roguelike makes its debut After a successfulKickstartercampaign and making it toSteam Greenlight, the developers behindRisk of Rainhave finally released their high-octane roguelike action/RPG onSteamfor $9.99. To celebrate, the folks at Hoopoo Games have put out a sweet launch trailer to show off their hectic title. Risk of Rainis an action/RPG platformer that challenges players to make it through a variety of randomly generated levels while fighting hoards of bizarre monsters and enemies....

It’s the end of an era. A really, really impressive era. After over eight years of continual releases, Harmonix announced that the final DLC forRock Band 4will be dropped next week. Harmonixreleased a blog postconfirming news that January 25 will see the last batch of DLC released for the 2015 rhythm title. The announcement came as a surprise to fans of the series, and it’s sure to get the remaining dedicated players a bit emotional....

Attention Los Angeles readers!Gyenari in Culver Cityis hosting aRock Bandhappy hour starting at 9:30 tomorrow night. Hite beers will be $2, all other drafts are $5 and house wines and liquors are $3. Members of Dtoid Los Angeles will be at the bar and there will undoubtedly be lots of hilarious drunken singing and performances going down. You haven’t lived until you’ve seen a Dtoider go nuts on the stage. Of course, no one can top someone like Nick Chester when he gets the mic....

A Hole New World As the end of 2021 beckons, multiple developers are letting fans know that their incoming wares are unlikely to see this side of the calendar year. The latest title to join this seemingly endless list is Yacht Club Games’Shovel Knight Dig, which will now arrive on PC and consoles at some point in 2022. The indie outfit announced the pushback in a new entry on its developer blog, simply citing that the studio needed more time to complete the arcade mining adventure....

Recommended specs ask for GTX 1060 Yesterday, we got the bombshell announcement that a “slate” of PlayStation games would be coming to PC. ::Extremely Brian Regan voice:: “A slate? That doesn’t sound like an accurate way to measure something. How many objects are in a slate? Five million?” We do know that “slate” equalsat least one, asDays Gonewas mentioned by name,and now we have a Steam page to prove it. You’ll need an i5-2500K at minimum to run it, as well as a GTX 780 or Radeon R9 290....

Starting today, Steam is having a huge sale on every single Square Enix game that is in their store, which is a surprise to no one. Everything Square Enix is 50% off (including DLC) and there will be even better daily deals through March 26th. Kicking those off are theHitmangames, which are discounted all the way down to 75% off for today only. you’re able to pick up all threeHitmantitles for just under $14....

Star Wars: The Old Republicis getting its first major patch very soon, bringing fresh content and the long-awaited support for official anti-aliasing options. The update was recently unleashed on test servers, so we know all the juicy details. Aside from AA support,Swoahtoris soon to get four brand new bosses inOperation: Karagga’s Palace, as well as a new level 50 Flashpoint mission,Kaon Under Siege. Naturally, a lot of fixes are on the way as well....

At least it’s not Nuketown again I like Nuketown well enough, but if it was going to be yet another pre-order bonus outside of Treyarch’s line ofCall of Dutygames somehow, I’d be pretty pissed. Nope, it’s a Terminal remake fromCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2— you know, the one that mirrored the campaign mission that was mired in controversy? That one. Any pre-orders across all plaforms and editions of Infinite Warfare will nab the map, and this time…it’s on the moon (cue wacky phrases)!...