Receiver Review

CPGN was given a key For Receiver from Wolfire Games.

Receiver is a short and sweet FPS at heart and was originally created for a 7 day FPS challenge. The premise of the game is simple; Collect all eleven tapes and you've completed the game but acquiring all tapes is not easy. You have to manually reload the gun and we don't mean pressing R.

There are 3 guns in the game. A revolver, a P250 and a Glock. Each of them have a different reload style. For example for the revolver you have to open the cylinder, empty the chamber from the leftovers of the fired bullets then load the new ones in. Help is given at the side with a list of hotkeys. 

To add to the difficulty of manual reload, enemies can kill you in one shot which means that the game is all about reaction times. The tapes themselves reveal the weak spots of enemies amongst other recordings explaining the lore of the game. There are two types of  enemies; Drones and turrets.

Overall Receiver delivers a challenging yet fun experience and for less than $5 it will keep you entertained with its rogue like charm.

Also you can watch me try to beat the game every Friday for the next few months here.

CoinPot and the Rise of the Cryptocurrency

Right now i'm earning dogecoin. I use an online mining service called CoinPot which allows me to trade my CPU power for either Bitcoin, Dogecoin or Litecoin. These are all forms of Cryptocurrency.

Bitcoin has become recognized in the stock market as a tradeable commodity and is being used everyday. Most online stores accept Bitcoin and this all happened in the space of just under a decade.

But in order to acquire Bitcoin you either need to mine it or buy it which can cost up to $2,000 however there is another option, faucets. This is where you complete Captchas every so often and claim a set amount of satoshi (which is what Bitcoins are made up of). This will not make as much as mining but all faucets are linked up to a website called CoinPot. From here you can manage what you've made and withdraw it to a Bitcoin wallet. The faucets themselves are a waste of time but the mining option of CoinPot can gain a hefty profit if you have a decent CPU. 

Overall it's a great way to make some extra cash for online-related purposes. You can check it out here.

Guts and Glory Review

CPGN was given a key For Guts and Glory from HakJak Productions and tinybuild.

Remember Happy Wheels? It was a fun game about getting your character (or characters, depending on who you chose). Traps tried to stop you from reaching your goal and over time thanks to its addictive mechanics and promotion from Youtubers like Jacksepticeye Happy Wheels became a sensational hit. Today I may have found the new Happy Wheels; This is Guts and Glory.

Guts and Glory is a game made by HakJak and published by tinybuild. It is a casual racing indie game. The goal of every level is simple; Get to the end of the level in the fastest time possible but it's easier said than done. Traps are in your way to try and stop you. Crossbows, cannons and spikes are just some of the things you will have to deal with when going through a typical level in Guts and Glory

The game takes place on a vehicle. So far there are 7 playable characters however some levels are restricted to using only 1 or 2 but sometimes you can use all of them (especially in workshop maps). The controls feel nice and responsive which surprised me as most new games today fail to give that experience; Did I mention this game is in early access? 

The game gives you an option to play or create. You can select from five official campaigns with roughly 5-10 levels each. Completing these will give you a place on the leaderboard depending on how fast you've completed it. There have been people who have completed the level in 0 seconds and this could only mean one thing, hackers. This ruins the whole point of scores and will need to be addressed before launch.

The game has a questionable UI however as it feels very basic with its bland and standard white box. The graphics on the other hand are very good and lean towards the style of Goat Simulator and Rust.

Now the best thing about this game is the workshop. Users can create levels and share them to the Steam Workshop. The in game Workshop browser is a feature I appreciate and makes up for the bland UI. Speaking of user-made levels the level editor is very easy to learn and anyone can make a decent level even without tutorials. New levels are uploaded daily and with over 2,000 already uploaded this game will keep you entertained for a very long time.

To conclude:

Pros:
Great steering mechanics
Well-thought community levels
Good selection of vehicles
Hats

Cons: 
Hackers ruin the leaderboards
UI is simple
Not many achievements

Final score: 10/10 

Solid gameplay with some great mechanics.   

Steam Link at an Incredible $1 Price but there's a Catch

Steam has made a surprise decision to price their Steam Link at only $1 but there's a catch.

The ICEY bundle gives you the option to buy the game ICEY which is just under $10 and with it you get the Steam Link which means you can't buy just the Steam Link which is normally $40.

Regardless it's still a great offer and with shipping it comes to around £15 for the UK which means you get a game and a console for cheap.

If you don't know what a Steam Link is it's exactly what it says on the tin. The box links up with your computer via Ethernet and streams games to your TV. All you need is a decent internet and either the Steam, Xbox One or Xbox 360 controller. You can get the link here.

CS:GO Gets a Revamp of Dust 2

Today an update for CS:GO was released that brings a retextured version of the map, De_Dust 2. 

The modern version of the popular Counter Strike map had been avaliable in a public test branch this week but it made its way into the game today.

Along with the remake the update contained a few changes fixing issues primarily about sound.

Humble Bundle has been Brought by IGN

Yes, you're reading that title correctly. Ziff Davies has acquired Humble Bundle through IGN. Although this won't make any major changes this might be better off for Humble Bundle as IGN is a big company who can provide support for the Humble Bundle team however IGN have announced they want to keep Humble separate from their editors.

Jeffery Rosen, CEO of Humble Bundle released this statement, "I can't think of a better partner than IGN to help Humble Bundle continue our quest. This could mean that the company was suffering financially although no details on how much they were brought for has been revealed yet.

For now the site hasn't changed and you can still check out the Humble Endless RPG Land bundle which features all three main Borderlands games for less than $10 among other great games.

Help us Beat Cancer

We've partnered with Cancer research UK to help beat cancer. Donate to our page here to help the fight against cancer. All profits go to Cancer Research and in return we are going to be streaming every week from now up until Christmas to show our support.

Our channel can be found here.

A New Overwatch 'Project' is in the Works

Tonight the new Overwatch Halloween event drops but last night a position was listed on job websites at Blizzard for an artist intern. The interesting part about this is that they are looking for some one "knowledge and understanding" of the Overwatch universe. 

Speculation has begun that Blizzard are working on a new Overwatch experience. Some believe that a mobile game will be on its way while others have said that a whole new spin off game is being developed. Another popular theory is that this job is creating a campaign mode for Overwatch.

Either way the job is only temporary (hence why they are employing interns) and will take place in the summer of 2018. Until then you can check out the Halloween Terror event running through until the 1st of November.

Celebrating One Year of CPGN

Okay so this is about a month late but back in August of 2016 CPGN was founded. Since then we've grown from a hobby into profession. This is our accomplishments:

186 articles to date
25 games reviewed
1 interview
1 CPGN awards
14 GFMSL articles
34 weekly roundups

It's no secret we haven't been posting articles in the past few months but this is about to change. This article will go through what's to come and will clear up some confusion you may have about social media accounts etc.

Reviews
Since our first review of Unexplored I have been getting an endless stream of keys being given for review purposes. This means it's hard to keep on top of all the reviews. From now to Christmas most of my efforts will be focused on writing reviews however I will release them over time. Below is the list of games that I still have to review:

Streets of Rogue
Fur Up
Prime Arena
Balancity
Dog Gone Golfing
Legends of Azulgar
Sudden Strike 4
Gunducky Industries
Gun-Running War Dogs
Emmerholt: Prologue
Biosupremacy
Bohemian Killing
Darknet
Spectrum
My Mom is a Witch
Cranga!: Harbor Frenzy
Techwars Online 2
Operation Warcade VR
Tokyo 42
Deceit
Exit
War for the Overworld
Jump Stars
Team Racing League
Offensive Combat: Redux!
Myworld
Don't Open the Doors!
A Quiver of Crows
Woodle Tree 2: Worlds
Dungetris
Fall of Civilization 
Pixel-Warfare: Pro
Fatal Theory
Optika
Drive Megapolis
Metrico+
Zombie City Defense 2
Last Will
Ray Gigant
Gone in November
Looterkings
Crawlers and Brawlers 

This list is quite big as you can see but I would like to stress that these reviews will take time to make and I will be producing normal news in between these reviews.

Social Media Accounts
Over the past few months we've been trying to drop out of Triple Monitor Gaming but joint accounts made it difficult. As a result I've made a new Twitter account and a Discord server is on the way.

Quality of Content
There's no doubt that the quality of my articles have increased since I first started however this doesn't mean they're perfect. Every year this blog will improve, and you'll be part of it.

The Original Star Wars Battlefront 2 now has Multiplayer Again

Disney made a surprising move this Monday by updating the classic Star Wars Battlefront 2 to enable multiplayer once more. 

The game is now registered on Steam under the name Star Wars Battlefront 2 (Classic, 2005) in an effort for the game not to be mixed with the soon to be launched Star Wars Battlefront 2. 

Along with a name change was an update that reinstates multiplayer, a feature that's been missing from Battlefront 2 for quite a while now. The announcement came in the form of a Steam discussion post that reads:

Star Wars fans rejoice! Multiplayer support has returned for Battlefront II. Now you can draft your friends to the 501st legion and join up to 64 other players in a heated online battle for control of the galaxy.

The post has over 6,000 up votes and near 4,000 comments.

Some if not most people have been having trouble with getting the multiplayer. Constant time outs and connection errors are ruining players experiences.

It's unclear whether Disney will continue to update the original Battlefront 2 however if you want to experience a taste of the new sequel you can play the open beta until the 9th here.