Rivals at War gets its first major update

Hothead Games has just pushed the first major update to their multiplayer combat game called Rivals at War. While this is the first major update for the game, all it brings is a good selection of translated languages to Rivals at War, In reality, this game was released a few weeks ago quietly onto the Google Play store. Perhaps this update marks its 'official' release. Well at least you will try this game out if you're a fan of multiplayer combat games.

Rivals at War Features:
- Battle across four different combat scenarios, each with its own 3D battlefield and military mission.
- Assemble your troop, choosing from 6 unique soldier types - Commander, Sniper, Saw Gunner, Breacher, Radioman and Medic.
- Power-up skill perks to enhance the Accuracy, Speed, Damage, Defense and Health abilities of your soldiers.
- Unlock new soldiers with better weapons, guns and skills to improve your team's combat assault rating.
- Customize your team with different camouflage uniforms, headgear, and team badges.
- Select powerful tactics cards to tip each battle in your favor.
- 45 achievements to complete that unlock more special rewards.
- Command your elite team to global domination.

Rivals at War is definitely a unique little combat game with a bit of a twist to the whole multiplayer combat genre. For those of you wanting to give this game a whirl, downloading Rivals at War will cost you nothing to do.

The SimCity connection issues resulting in players having to wait a bit more

Launched on Tuesday for the PC by publisher Electronic Arts, SimCity has been plagued by connection issues, resulting in players having to wait long periods of time before beginning to play. The publisher has taken the decision to disable some of the game's non-essential features to soothe some of the server problems.This includes various improvements and also disables a few non-critical gameplay features (leaderboards, achievements and region filters). Disabling these features will in no way affect your core gameplay experience.

This is the latest incident in what has been a troubled launch for the highly-anticipated game.
While some players have taken to aggregate site to register their discontent, Maxis – the game's developer – has promised on Twitter that its working around the clock to fix the problems.