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Blizzard announces
the release of the Rise of the Necromancer expansion for Diablo III.
This resurrects the Necromancer, the very popular playable class from Diablo
II. This post has
the patch notes for a new version 2.6.0 patch for the action/RPG to support the
new release. Here's word: Necromancers are grim spellcasters who draw
upon the power of blood and bone and raise terrifying armies of undead minions
from the remains of their vanquished foes. These brooding men and women are
masters of the dark arts who seek to preserve the balance between the forces of
life and death in Sanctuary—even if it requires detonating several thousand
demon corpses along the way.
In addition to a new class, the Rise of the Necromancer pack contains a macabre
assortment of curiosities to support any aspiring practitioner of forbidden
magic, including:
- The grotesque Half-formed Golem in-game pet
- Cosmetic Wings of the Crypt Guardian for all your
Diablo III characters
- Two additional character slots
- Two stash tabs (PC only)
- Necromancer portrait, banner, sigil, and accent,
and Blood Master pennant
Acolytes of the dark arts can also unearth the most closely guarded secrets
of the Priests of Rathma by studying the Book of the Necromancer at Diablo3.com/Necro.
This archive chronicles the shadowy history of the necromancers and contains a
grimoire of their spells, runes, weapons, and armor—an ideal resource for anyone
who plans to take the necromancer through the challenges that comprise the
Season 11 journey, beginning July 20.
There's a
message from Raphael Colantonio on Bethesda.net where the founder and
president of Arkane Studios announces he's leaving the company. Here's what he
says: The last 18 years have been an amazing adventure - from starting
Arkane in 1999, to making our first game, Arx Fatalis, to joining ZeniMax Media
in 2010 and releasing the Dishonored series and Prey to critical acclaim - it is
time for me to step out to spend some time with my son and reflect on what is
important to me and my future.
I’ve had the opportunity to work with some of the best and brightest people in
the industry, and I feel extremely lucky to have been part of this journey with
everyone at Arkane.
I’ve lived many magical moments. I’ve also been through the hard times. But, I
can say that joining ZeniMax took things to the next level and gave Arkane the
opportunity to emerge as a world-class studio. ZenIMax enabled us to make the
best games that we’ve ever made. And I know there is even more to come.
ZeniMax strongly believes in Arkane’s ability to make great games, and is
committed to supporting the studio. My long-time friend and colleague, Harvey
Smith, will oversee the team in Austin and I will be around for as long as
necessary to ensure a smooth transition to the new management team in Lyon.
I wish the best to everyone at Arkane, Bethesda, and ZeniMax. Without a doubt I
will miss everyone.
As I close, I’d like to thank the Arkane fans for their passion and support. I
proudly join them as Arkane Studios' biggest champion, and I look forward to
playing the extraordinary new games the studio is working on.
Activision
announces a Days of Summer
celebration is now underway for Call of Duty players
covering three games on five platforms over five weeks. Festivities run from
today into August 1st, and will involve weekly supply drops, free in-game
goodies, and more. Here's
a trailer where either Bill or Ted (we lose track) explains things in a way
that will get you in the mood to shoot things. Here are
the details, um, dude: Say hello to your Summer “Playcation,” as there’s
never been a better time to jump into Call of Duty. Starting today, Activision’s
“Days of Summer” seasonal community celebration begins on all platforms for Call
of Duty®: Infinite Warfare and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare® Remastered, and on
July 11th for Call of Duty: Black Ops III. The massive five-week Call of Duty
community event features a bevy of in-game giveaways, where players will gain
free access to themed maps, special playlists, game modes, new gear and weapon
camos, and much more.
Days of Summer trailer can be viewed here:
https://youtu.be/YmcQ2vDVxew
The Days of Summer features dedicated XP events throughout the five-week
celebration, in addition to the following content in each Call of Duty game:
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, beginning today through 10:00am August 1st PDT:
- Playable Turista map
- One free summer-themed supply drop each week by
logging into the game every Monday
- Two free in-game gifts each week by logging in
every Wednesday and Friday
- New limited-time weapon camos, emblems, calling
cards and other summer-themed items in loot pool
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered, beginning today through 10:00am
August 1st PDT:
- Playable Beach Bog map – a daytime, beachside
re-imagining of the original Bog map
- Beachcomber Prop Hunt – a brand new, beach-themed
take on the fan-favorite “Prop Hunt” mode
- One free summer-themed supply drop each week by
logging into the game each week
- New limited-time weapon camos, emblems, calling
cards and other summer-themed items in loot pool
Call of Duty: Black Ops III, beginning 10:00am July 11th through 10:00am
August 1st PDT:
- Playable Skyjacked, Gauntlet, Rise and Splash maps
- New limited-time weapon camo and other
summer-themed items in loot pool
Continue here to read the full story.
Frontier Developments now offers a free Summer Update for Planet Coaster, bring
free content to the theme park simulator.
This post has all the details along with
this trailer showing
off what to expect. Here's an outline: The Summer Update is Planet
Coaster’s third major expansion, following December’s Winter Update and April’s
Spring Update, with each season bringing new creative, management and sharing
opportunities for Planet Coaster players.
Fireworks are an explosive new way to customize parks in Planet Coaster’s Summer
Update. Celebrate the Fourth of July, New Year, Bonfire Night or any other
occasion with the most detailed fireworks simulation ever created for a
videogame. Design epic firework displays with the new Display Sequencer, trigger
them alongside other park events, and even choreograph them to custom music!
Create the ultimate sky-high summer spectacle, or download the most explosive
displays from the Planet Coaster community.
New Video and Image Scenery unlocks the ultimate in creative customization for
Planet Coaster players. Fully customizable wall panels and screens let players
place their own images and video into Planet Coaster and create parks unlike any
other.
And give a boost to every ride with the new Flatride Sequencer and Painted
Wooden Coasters. Take total control over your favorite rides, and give your
wooden coasters a whole new look with a lick of paint.
The Planet Coaster Summer Update also feature more flatrides, new coasters, new
scenarios, custom biomes and the Stars and Stripes scenery pack, alongside a
host of game fixes and quality-of-life improvements.
Continue here to read the full story.
Apologies for missing this when it happened, but a couple of weeks ago
(<excuse>during E3</excuse>) Wizards of the Coast announced they are ending
support for Magic Duels, a digital offering based on the Magic: The
Gathering card game (thanks Medvanis). Though the game will remain online and
playable, this means it will not receive the Hour of Devastation update as
previously planned. This outlined in
this update about their digital plans for Magic in general, and has led to
consternation on reddit
here and
here. The
Steam Community announcement also covers the status of Duels: As we
Wizards works towards an exciting future full of awesome games and digital
products, we also come to one ending. In order to make room for the next
generation of Magic digital products, Amonkhet will be the last new content
update for Magic Duels. Hour of Devastation will not be coming to the platform.
Our game will still be downloadable and playable, but right now our teams are
focused on what’s coming next.
Thank you to all the fans who made Magic Duels what it is today – from those who
talk with us on social media, to writers and video creators, and to community
organizers for awesome events that show the most of what our game has to offer.
Each and every one of you makes this game what it is, and we’re happy to have
been with you.
You’ve been with us in the past, and we want you to see what’s in store next. If
you want to be involved in the next generation of Magic digital games, make sure
you sign up for a Wizards Account if you don’t already have one at http://accounts.wizards.com.
We’ll be using that system as a way to integrate our future products, so it’s
the best way to stay involved with our future!
We’re so excited to show off what we’ve been working on next, so stay tuned for
more information over the coming year.
UbiBlog offers another new trailer from Beyond Good and Evil 2 as part of a
renewed focus on the long-awaited action/adventure prequel.
The clip introduces
how crews work in the game, and why you will want one. Here's word: Beyond
Good and Evil 2 has emerged as one of the biggest surprises of E3 2017. While
much of the game is still under wraps, the developers at Ubisoft Montpellier
have been pulling back the veil little by little since the trailer at Ubisoft’s
press conference. In this video, UbiBlog’s Chris Watters chats with Story
Content Director Gabrielle Shrager and Associate Creative Director Emile Morel
to learn more about the game’s characters and vehicles, respectively.
Continue here to read the full story.
Here's a reveal trailer
for Selling Sunlight, introducing this upcoming "narrative RPG. The Selling Sunlight website has
details, though this does not yet carry a release date. Here's a bit: Who
are you? A sinner, that's for sure. But what about the person behind the mask?
Where you once a librarian with golden hair as shiny as the Sun you adored? A
black-skinned matriarch, believing only in the power of Science? Or did you came
from stranger lands, and prayed to even stranger gods?
Tell me everything about your reckless life choices. Will you continue to defy
the Sun now, or will you try to regain Its favour?
Continue here to read the full story.
Publisher Curve Digital and developer iFun4all announce plans for a July 14th
release of the PC editions of Serial Cleaner, the upcoming game that will allow
you to get in touch with your inner Winston Wolfe that's currently in early
access on
Steam. On that date the game will come to Windows, Linux, and macOS, as well
as Xbox One (the PlayStation 4 edition will precede them on November 11th). The
news comes with a new
live-action trailer that conveys the game's emphasis on stealthy action.
Here's word: Set in the 1970s, Serial Cleaner has players sneak around
bloody crime scenes to clean up incriminating evidence by disposing of bodies,
covering up bloodstains and hiding murder weapons all while avoiding the police.
To succeed players must explore, experiment and make swift decisions in order to
avoid police detection. Get caught and players earn a black mark on their
protagonist’s career.
“Serial Cleaner is the perfect game for anyone wanting to challenge themselves
and their stealth skills,” said Krzysztof Zięba, designer and writer at
iFun4all. “The game is tough, but fair, so players need to plan their moves
accordingly and improvise on the fly in order to avoid the police.”
In Serial Cleaner players can partake in Story Mode where they will play a
20-level campaign to discover the Cleaner’s backstory and discover a crazy cast
of characters, including his mother. Players can also test their skills in
Challenge Mode, which has players compete in a bevy of nail-bitingly hard modes
such as Drunk Mode and a mode where they won't be able to see an enemy's vision
cones.
Players must also be wary of their environment as the game uses real-world data
to modify levels accordingly with the current time of day in a player’s
whereabouts. Noise detection and “sneakability” will vary between night and day,
and mean the difference between freedom and jail.
Serial Cleaner is currently available as a prototype in Steam Early Access and
at launch will have hours of additional content, including new levels, game
modes and much more.
Continue here to read the full story.
Any golf enthusiast will tell you the only thing better than golf is more golf,
and in that vein, Maximum Games announces the release of The Golf Club 2
for Windows, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4.
The Golf Club 2 is home to the project, though it's a little out of date
(the headline there is to expect the game in the spring), and it offers the
following description: Rise to fame and fortune in the largest, most
dynamic golf game ever created. Assemble and join online Societies with friends,
compete in tournaments, and earn money to climb the ranks in golf’s largest
gaming community.
The Golf Club 2 offers a dynamic, single-player Career mode, infinite hours of
interactive golfing with online opponents, a new and improved course creator,
cutting-edge swing mechanics, and a host of brand new, lush environments – all
blending together seamlessly to create your dream golfing experience.
Publisher Double Eleven and developer Coilworks announce a July 25th release
date for the Windows edition of Super Cloudbuilt, their "parkour platformer." A
new trailer offers a
look at the game to celebrate the news, and here are some more details:
Developer Coilworks and publisher Double Eleven announced today that
Super Cloudbuilt, the blazing-fast sci-fi parkour platformer, will make the leap
to PlayStation 4® and Windows PC via Steam on July 25th, with an arrival on Xbox
One, the all-in-one entertainment system from Microsoft, following on July 28th.
Pre-orders in the U.S. are coming soon on PlayStation 4, and anyone who opts for
the head-start will gain access to a demo which includes a tutorial, three
levels from the full game and the Playground practice arena. With Super
Cloudbuilt’s emphasis on shaving off tenths of a second to reach the top of each
stage’s leaderboard, the demo is a fantastic chance to start discovering routes
to stay ahead of the competition.
Originally launched on PC in 2014 as Cloudbuilt, Coilworks and Double Eleven
have fully remastered the experience, from enhancements to base mechanics to the
stunning visuals throughout the game’s futuristic setting.
Super Cloudbuilt challenges players to guide Demi, a young soldier who awakens
in a stretch of overgrown ruins, through stages demanding split-second
platforming precision and a steady hand with Demi’s blaster above a bottomless
void. Demi learns more about her new surroundings as players hurtle their way
through this world toward one of the game’s multiple endings.
Between its Story, Ranked and Rush modes, alternate visual styles, and a total
of 177 distinct challenges, Super Cloudbuilt offers a wealth of content for
players to chase incredible clear times in, whether they’re keen on improving
their own records or topping those of their leaderboard rivals.|
For more information on Super Cloudbuilt, follow @doubleelevenltd on Twitter or
check out www.double11.com.
Continue here to read the full story.
Link of the Day: The Atari Museum.
Atari turns 45 today, as the company was first incorporated on this day in 1972.
Thanks MajorD.
Publisher astragon Entertainment announces Police Simulator 18 is the new title
of the game they
announced last year under the title Police Simulator - Law Enforcement. This
is expected before the end of this year, and the news includes some new details
on what to expect: Dazzling blue lights, high-speed emergency drives and
exciting investigative work: Last August publisher astragon Entertainment and
Portuguese developer Big Moon Interactive first announced a new police
simulation game, which will let players experience the exciting day-to-day
policework of a real US police officer, under the working title Police Simulator
– Law Enforcement. Today, astragon is very happy to show some first screenshots
of the game which will be released as Police Simulator 18 in retail and as
digital download at the end of 2017.
In Police Simulator 18 the player will slip into the role of a real US police
officer – either male or female – and discover the interesting challenges and
varied tasks that lie waiting for him in the streets of the sprawling US city of
Loston Bay. The player can choose to go on patrol through three different city
districts either alone in the game’s single player mode or together with a
friend in the cooperative two-person multiplayer mode. The extremely expansive -
and thanks to the use of the Unreal® Engine 4 very lifelike – metropolis can be
freely explored by the player either on foot or in one of three distinct patrol
cars.
In addition to these police cars with their fully functional cockpits the
virtual cop will of course also be able to use a broad range of authentic police
equipment such as safety vests, handcuffs, flashlights, firearms and more.
Police Simulator 18 will be released for PC at the end of 2017. More information
about the game will be coming soon.
The guys working on the bathroom are more or less finished, which is almost a
surprise, since this seemed like an endless ordeal at one point. We still have
to get a little painting done, but we are right on the verge of being able to
put the house on the market. Things are starting to get real!
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