After many years of delays and rumors about cancellation Final Fantasy XV is coming in 2016

To say that Final Fantasy XV had been in development for a long, long time would be one hell of an understatement. It was first announced as in development all the way back in 2006 but due to various issues constantly kept being either reworked or delayed.

So I hope you understand now how big the recent announcement that Final Fantasy XV will definitely be coming in 2016 really is. Here's the full announcement message from FFXV's director:

Brutal Doom: Hell on Earth update is now finally released

Brutal Doom, besides what you might gleam from the name alone, is an extremely comprehensive Doom mod expanding on everything from enemy AI to the weapons you use and even the graphics themselves. In other words, its a damn good mod for an already classic FPS, and it just got better.

The recent Brutal Doom patch v20b, also known as Hell on Earth, brings with it destructible bodies, improvements to the gib physics, better performance, a new melee system and most importantly a 32 map long campaign.

Oculus Touch controllers are being delayed in order to make them as good as they can be for launch. Expected release date is in the second half of 2016

I wasn't aware that the Touch controllers even had a release date set for them given that every bit of communication from the Oculus team was about the Rift and the upcoming preorders.

So its unsurprising to hear that the Touch controllers are being delayed until the second half of 2016 with the preorders opening a couple of months before launch.

After being millions of dollars in depth MLG is now going out of business and selling the majority of its assets to Activision Blizzard

Perhaps this is due to me not really paying a lot of attention to esports the past year but the announcement that MLG has been losing money for a while now is a bit of a shock.

According to an article by Esportsobserver MLG's board of directors approved the sale of a large majority of MLG's assets to Activision Blizzard in exchange for $46 million.

After the great success of JC2MP the modding team is back in action with Just Cause 3 Multiplayer Mod

Just Cause 2 Multiplayer Mod was an incredible piece of work that took the modding team years to get to a functioning state but once it was there it turned out to be really, really fun in that special Just Cause 2 sort of a way. 

Luckily for us it would appear that the engine Just Cause 3 runs on is very similar to the old one because the modding team behind JC2MP has already come out with a teaser trailer showcasing seemingly flawless Just Cause 3 multiplayer.

Albion Online is ditching its free to play model in favor of a standard purchase. The beta is being extended for 6 months

If you haven't been following Albion Online the idea was that the purchase of various founder's packs would allow you entry in to the closed beta while the actual game would be free to play on release.

However, those plans have changed because in a forum post yesterday the Albion team announced that the game will not be free to play and that the closed beta will be extended for another 6 months in order to ensure a smooth launch.

Final Fantasy IX is coming to PC and mobile, details on the release date are as of yet unknown

The tail end of this year was marked with quite a few Final Fantasy announcements: FFVI is now on Steam, FFVII is getting a complete remake, there were even rumors about X and X-2 coming to PC which right now seem more credible than ever and finally we have the announcement for Final Fantasy IX.

The once Playstation exclusive Final Fantasy IX will be coming to PC and mobile "soon" according to the recently released Square Enix website. There's also a short trailer showcasing the port's improved graphics:

After many days of rumors and conspiracy theories we finally have proof of a Steam winter ARG

I've been hearing rumors about about there being a super secret ARG (alternate reality game) that came along with the recent Steam Winter Sale but until today I though they were just the products of people digging far too deeply in to nothing.

As it turns out I'm the crazy one here because the folks over at Reddit not only discovered a hidden password prompt on Steam but they also found a couple of other interesting clues:

Due to issues between Interplay and the developers Parallax GOG has taken down Descent from the store.

Descent, for those of you that aren't in to retro PC gaming, is a really unique classic FPS where instead of being a guy on the ground you piloted a ship that could move freely in 3D space, meaning you could go up, down, left, right and even rotate yourself so the ship would be upside down. Add to that some kickass music and action packed gameplay and you've got Descent and its sequels.

The reason I'm bringing Descent up is because GOG is unfortunately bringing it and its sequels down due to Interplay, who holds the rights to sell the Descent games, not paying royalties to the developers.

After suffering some heavy problems with Steam Valve has now finally issued a statement on what exactly happened

If you have no idea what issue I'm talking about head over here for the detailed version but long story short for about an hour on Christmas people that logged on to Steam would essentially log in to other people's accounts and be able to see all of their private info. Given that it was a caching issue no one could actually change anything or purchase/trade games but it was nonetheless a serious privacy leak.

Now, after five days of basically radio silence Valve have finally spoken about the Christmas Steam issues. Here's the gist of it: