Darwin Project Battle Royale Goes Free-to-Play

Scavengers Studio's battle royale game, Darwin Project, is going free-to-play on Steam beginning today, April 20.

Darwin Project was released on Steam Early Access and Xbox One Game Preview in early March for $15 USD. However, according to Scavengers Studio, there weren't enough players in certain regions to fill the servers. "We want the game to reach as many players as possible," the studio wrote, "so we decided to release Darwin Project for free sooner than we anticipated."

The pricing change is currently reflected on Steam, though the Xbox One version is still listed at $15 USD. When asked whether or not the console version will be going free-to-play as well, Scavengers Studio told IGN, "We'll have more to share about Darwin Project on Xbox One soon."

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Hearthstone Director Ben Brode Leaving Blizzard to Start New Company

Ben Brode, game director for Blizzard's wildly popular card game, Hearthstone, is leaving the company to start one of his own.

Brode made the announcement in a post on the Blizzard forums, where he told fans "after 15 years at Blizzard and almost 10 years working on Hearthstone, I have made the incredibly difficult decision to embark on a new journey" before continuing, "man, that was a hard sentence to type."

Brode says he is leaving the massive game developer to help start a new company.

"We'll probably make games" Brode says, "but we haven't figured anything else out, yet," he said, noting he's "looking forward to designing, programming, and actually creating things again."

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God of War Photo Mode Shown Off for the First Time

God of War's photo mode has been revealed and will come to the game as a piece of downloadable content.

The feature was shown during Sony's celebratory livestream for the launch of God of War.

The photo mode will function similarly to the one seen in Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, complete with the ability to change depth-of-field, adjust camera angles and add filters.

Tune-in now for an exclusive look at God of War's photo mode, coming after launch in a free update! Watch: https://t.co/6WGSKHicJz #PS4share #GodofWar pic.twitter.com/Dh246ycqGd

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Radical Heights Review

The first time I dropped into the Radical Heights map and began to skydive toward the ground, I wondered when exactly my parachute would go off. By the time it was already too late, I realized it wasn't going to. Instead, my character hit the ground with a tuck and roll straight out of an action movie and the fight began. Unfortunately, that's about where the excitement stops in Radical Heights. Between its cringe-worthy style, shooting that doesn't feel quite right, and a few lackluster systems, Radical Heights is currently little more than a forgettable entry in the battle royale genre.

Radical Heights is the newest game from LawBreakers developer Boss Key Productions, released on Steam into what they are calling "X-Treme Early Access." The premise isn't much different from other battle royale games: 100 players skydive into a match in search of random weapons and gear in hopes of being the last player standing.

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Puzzle Fighter Closing as Capcom Focuses on Dead Rising

Capcom's mobile title, Puzzle Fighter, is soon to be no more, with the game leaving the iOS and Android stores on July 1.

"As the studio is dedicating its focus to our flagship Dead Rising franchise, we have decided to sunset Puzzle Fighter," reads the Capcom Unity blog post. It confirmed the servers will shut down on July 31, giving players a full month to continue playing the game after it leaves the store.

The Chibi-style fighter featuring popular characters from Capcom's various franchises launched in November last year, so it's been fairly short-lived.

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