http://www.bluesnews.com/news/atom.xml http://www.bluesnews.com/images/new/blue_button.gif Stephen Heaslip Up to the minute news on PC games, video games, computers, and related technologies. Copyright 2013, Stephen Heaslip. All rights reserved. 2013-05-25T00:56:24Z http://www.bluesnews.com/s/141977/halo-3-related-bootcamp-sighted The Korean Game Rating Board has a listing for a game our machine translation calls Bootcamp with a description that invokes Halo 3 (thanks Dave). Here's the translation: "Halo 3 first-person point... Blue 2013-05-25T00:56:24Z 2013-05-25T00:56:24Z http://www.bluesnews.com/s/141976/steamships-ahoy-rush-bros Steam no offers Rush Bros., featuring a 10% discount on the musical platformer between now and June 1st. Here's word on the game: Rush Bros is a pulse-pounding, music infused Platform Racing Game... Blue 2013-05-25T00:56:17Z 2013-05-25T00:56:17Z http://www.bluesnews.com/s/141975/defiance-free-weekend Steam News announces a free weekend is underway for Defiance, Trion's TV tie-in MMORPG. Word is: "Join a futuristic online open-world shooter where thousands of players scour a transformed Earth... Blue 2013-05-25T00:56:10Z 2013-05-25T00:56:10Z http://www.bluesnews.com/s/141974/jagged-alliance-flashback-funded The Kickstarter for Jagged Alliance: Flashback shows that Full Control's proposed Jagged Alliance remake has met its $350K funding goal, and the game is planned for release next year. "Wow, what a... Blue 2013-05-25T00:56:02Z 2013-05-25T00:56:02Z http://www.bluesnews.com/s/141973/crusader-kings-ii-the-old-gods-next-week-preorders-underway Paradox Interactive announces that Crusader Kings II: The Old Gods is now available for preorder, and that the fourth expansion for the medieval strategy game will be released on May 28th. This page... Blue 2013-05-25T00:55:51Z 2013-05-25T00:55:51Z http://www.bluesnews.com/s/141972/wargame-airland-battle-trailer This trailer introduces the dynamic campaign in Wargame AirLand Battle, Eugen Systems' upcoming RTS game. Here's word: "Narrated by Cédric Le Dressay, CEO of Eugen Systems, this video explains in two... Blue 2013-05-25T00:55:43Z 2013-05-25T00:55:43Z http://www.bluesnews.com/s/141971/face-of-mankind-fall-of-the-dominion-documentary The Kickstarter for Face of Mankind: Fall of the Dominion now features a 15 minute documentary called "Face of Mankind: An Odyssey" discussing the evolution of this MMORPG from the original Face of... Blue 2013-05-25T00:55:29Z 2013-05-25T00:55:29Z http://www.bluesnews.com/s/141970/on-sale Feral Games Bundle for Mac on Macgamestore.com. Six games for $19.99. Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams on Steam. Save 75%. Tomb Raider on Green Man Gaming. Save 66%. Save more with the coupon on... Blue 2013-05-25T00:55:17Z 2013-05-25T00:55:17Z http://www.bluesnews.com/s/141969/evening-patches Dota 2 Update. Eador: Masters of The Broken World Update. Insurgency Product Update. Jet Set Radio Update. Lunar Flight Update. Warframe Update. World of Warcraft 5.3 Hotfixes: May 23. Thanks Ant. Blue 2013-05-25T00:55:10Z 2013-05-25T00:55:10Z http://www.bluesnews.com/s/141968/gatherings-competitions Dreamhack Open 2013 Summer Announces Casters and Hosts. Blue 2013-05-25T00:55:05Z 2013-05-25T00:55:05Z http://www.bluesnews.com/s/141967/evening-previews WildStar on Ten Ton Hammer. Blue 2013-05-25T00:55:00Z 2013-05-25T00:55:00Z http://www.bluesnews.com/s/141966/evening-consolidation Xbox One and used games. Xbox Live's Major Nelson » Show 476- Xbox One and Remedy Entertainment. Blue 2013-05-25T00:54:54Z 2013-05-25T00:54:54Z http://www.bluesnews.com/s/141965/evening-metaverse You’re probably connecting to reddit through a technology I invented. I’m Bob Metcalfe and I invented Ethernet. Thanks Ant. Blue 2013-05-25T00:54:49Z 2013-05-25T00:54:49Z http://www.bluesnews.com/s/141964/etc-etc The Chronicles of Doom: the Marvel Heroes prequel parts one and two released… Good Game Spawn Point - Series 4 Episode 15. Thanks Ant… Blue 2013-05-25T00:54:44Z 2013-05-25T00:54:44Z http://www.bluesnews.com/s/141963/into-the-black Link of the Day: She Says, Can't You Just Listen?! - It's Not About the Nail. Thanks Ant. Also: Xbox One Capable Of Controlling Users With Simple Voice Commands. Blue 2013-05-25T00:54:41Z 2013-05-25T00:54:41Z http://www.bluesnews.com/s/141962/terraria-content-update-plans In spite of an announcement back in February that post-release support for Terraria had concluded, this newsletter noted by PC Gamer has word that the developer is planning an unexpected version 1.2... Blue 2013-05-24T13:21:01Z 2013-05-24T13:21:01Z http://www.bluesnews.com/s/141961/pc-destiny-talk IGN has a follow-up on the possibility that Bungie's Destiny is coming to the PC platform, though the indications are basically unchanged since the last time this question came up (for something new,... Blue 2013-05-24T13:20:33Z 2013-05-24T13:20:33Z http://www.bluesnews.com/s/141960/ships-ahoy-distant-worlds-shadows Matrix Games announces the dawn of the Age of Shadows in Distant Worlds with the release of the new Shadows expansion for the 4X space strategy game. They offer a headache-inducing matrix of special... Blue 2013-05-24T13:20:22Z 2013-05-24T13:20:22Z http://www.bluesnews.com/s/141959/son-of-nor-oculus-rift-support This trailer explains gameplay from Son of Nor, stillalive studios' upcoming action/adventure game. Word is: "Chris Polus (Producer of Son Of Nor), takes us through the finer points of spell casting,... Blue 2013-05-24T13:20:14Z 2013-05-24T13:20:14Z http://www.bluesnews.com/s/141958/gatherings-competitions ShootMania Storm Royal Feast competition on Beyond Gaming. Apple's keynote speech at WWDC is penciled in for June 10. StarCraft II WCS Europe Season 1 League Finals On the Horizon. Blue 2013-05-24T13:20:07Z 2013-05-24T13:20:07Z http://www.bluesnews.com/s/141957/morning-consolidation Xbox One: Microsoft aims for 1 billion lifetime sales, 100 million Xbox 360 units. PS4 lays the graphical smackdown on the Xbox One, has 50% more GPU power. The extent of Kinect 2's visual DRM is... Blue 2013-05-24T13:20:01Z 2013-05-24T13:20:01Z http://www.bluesnews.com/s/141956/morning-mobilization Why iPhone repair costs have soared. Thanks Ant. Blue 2013-05-24T13:19:55Z 2013-05-24T13:19:55Z http://www.bluesnews.com/s/141955/morning-tech-bits Windows 8 causes Microsoft's customer satisfaction rating to drop to Vista levels. US Department of Homeland Security warns that 3-D-printed guns are -impossible- to contain. Haswell PSU Myth Busted.... Blue 2013-05-24T13:19:49Z 2013-05-24T13:19:49Z http://www.bluesnews.com/s/141954/morning-safety-dance Thanks Ant and j.c.f. Google to double encryption key lengths for SSL certs by year's end. Researchers find more versions of digitally signed Mac OS X spyware. If I had one I'd consider suing over... Blue 2013-05-24T13:19:42Z 2013-05-24T13:19:42Z http://www.bluesnews.com/s/141953/morning-legal-briefs U.S. urged to let companies 'hack-back' at IP cyber thieves. Motorola loses ITC patent case, can’t ban Microsoft’s Xbox. Blue 2013-05-24T13:19:37Z 2013-05-24T13:19:37Z http://www.bluesnews.com/s/141952/game-reviews Anomaly 2 on Gaming Nexus. The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing on Strategy Informer. Sanctum 2 on GameSpot. Thunder Wolves on Gaming Nexus. Blue 2013-05-24T13:19:31Z 2013-05-24T13:19:31Z http://www.bluesnews.com/s/141951/hardware-reviews AMD A4-5000 on TechSpot. EagleTech ET-NP100K Neptor 10,000mAh External Battery Pack on Testfreaks. EVGA GeForce GTX 670 FTW on ocaholic. EVGA GTX 780 Superclocked w/ ACX Cooler on Guru3D and... Blue 2013-05-24T13:19:22Z 2013-05-24T13:19:22Z http://www.bluesnews.com/s/141950/etc £125,000 GRID 2: Mono Edition – The World's Most Expensive Videogame. Game comes with free supercar. Hardly gimmicky at all… Blue 2013-05-24T13:19:17Z 2013-05-24T13:19:17Z http://www.bluesnews.com/s/141949/out-of-the-blue This is Memorial Day weekend here in the U.S., which serves as a way of commemorating the sacrifices of service men and women, as well as the unofficial start of summer. We've had summery weather all... Blue 2013-05-24T13:19:14Z 2013-05-24T13:19:14Z http://www.bluesnews.com/s/141948/chivalry-medieval-warfare-free-weekend Steam News announces a sale on Chivalry: Medieval Warfare, saying the melee combat game is 66% off this weekend. Oddly, they don't mention that this is also a free weekend for the game, and it can be... Blue 2013-05-24T00:38:17Z 2013-05-24T00:38:17Z http://www.bluesnews.com/s/141947/fifa-14-in-september EA announces that FIFA 14 will be released on September 24th in North America and on September 27th in Europe for Windows, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3. They detail a preorder bonus, though this seems... Blue 2013-05-24T00:38:02Z 2013-05-24T00:38:02Z http://www.bluesnews.com/s/141946/final-fantasy-xiv-a-realm-reborn-in-august The Final Fantasy XIV Twitter feed has word that Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn will be released on August 27th for Windows and PlayStation 3. The new version of the MMORPG that hopes to overcome... Blue 2013-05-24T00:37:54Z 2013-05-24T00:37:54Z http://www.bluesnews.com/s/141945/second-chance-heroes-announced Rocket City Studios announces Second Chance Heroes, a co-op action/RPG coming this summer to Windows and OS X this summer. This will offer the chance to take on apocalyptic disasters with a team of... Blue 2013-05-24T00:37:41Z 2013-05-24T00:37:41Z http://www.bluesnews.com/s/141944/steamships-ahoy-skyward-collapse Steam has the release of Skyward Collapse, offering a 10% discount for the next week on this new strategy game from Arcen Games. Word is this is a god game where you play as a less-than omnipotent... Blue 2013-05-24T00:37:30Z 2013-05-24T00:37:30Z http://www.bluesnews.com/s/141943/empire-total-war-mp-beta-keys The Creative Assembly announces a second chance is underway to score a beta key for the unsupported multiplayer mode they are creating for Empire: Total War. Those who own the game and are interested... Blue 2013-05-24T00:37:21Z 2013-05-24T00:37:21Z http://www.bluesnews.com/s/141942/on-sale Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 on Steam. Save 66%. Retro Game Music Bundle on Bundle Dragon. Starting at $1.00. Thanks nin. Blue 2013-05-24T00:37:16Z 2013-05-24T00:37:16Z http://www.bluesnews.com/s/141941/evening-patches The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing Update. Left 4 Dead 2 Update. Minecraft snapshot 13w21a. Resident Evil Revelations Update. Source Filmmaker 0.9.7.7. Warframe Update 8. Blue 2013-05-24T00:37:10Z 2013-05-24T00:37:10Z http://www.bluesnews.com/s/141940/gatherings-competitions The Counterstrike: Global Offensive Overwatch FAQ details a new community anti-cheat initiative. Thanks HARDOCP. Blue 2013-05-24T00:37:06Z 2013-05-24T00:37:06Z http://www.bluesnews.com/s/141939/evening-consolidation NVIDIA Announces PhysX Support for Microsoft Xbox One Game Console. Thanks HARDOCP. This is what the Xbox One Game case will look like. Black Ops II: Revolution DLC free trial this weekend on Xbox... Blue 2013-05-24T00:37:00Z 2013-05-24T00:37:00Z http://www.bluesnews.com/s/141938/evening-mobilization Epic Mickey 2 hits PS Vita June 18. Blue 2013-05-24T00:36:55Z 2013-05-24T00:36:55Z