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A free weekend is underway for Halo Wars: Definitive Edition
on Steam, offering a couple of days to get acquainted with this real-time
strategy game (thanks Ant). The Definitive Edition includes all the DLC as
well as enhanced graphics, and it's on sale for half-off during the promotion.
Here's more on the RTS spin-off of the first-person shooter series: Halo
Wars: Definitive Edition is an enhanced version of the real-time strategy
classic, Halo Wars, updated to run natively on PC.
Set early in the iconic war between the Covenant and UNSC - made famous by the
Halo FPS games - Halo Wars: Definitive Edition provides a unique angle on the
war while bringing new heroes to the battlefield. Control large Halo armies and
direct them in action-packed warfare.
Halo Wars: Definitive Edition includes improved graphics, new achievements and
all the DLC from the landmark game. Experience the epic campaign or compete in
online multiplayer battles with armies of powerful Halo forces at your command.
Network play for this product is exclusive to Steam. Cross-play with Windows
Store versions of the same game is not supported.
Other free weekends are now underway on Steam (thanks Ant). In each case the
corresponding game is also on sale, as is their way. Here's the lineup:
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Lethal League. "Lethal League is a competitive projectile fighting game
where you have to hit an anti-gravity ball into the face of your opponent to
win. The ball speeds up with every strike, up to explosively extreme
velocities. Play intense local matches with friends and foes, challenge
yourself in the singleplayer mode or battle it out online."
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Eden Rising: Supremacy. "Eden Rising is an all-new Action Tower Defense
game with a twist! Roam across an Open World and defend your base from
hordes of hostile monsters. Gather materials along the way to craft defenses
and gear. Play solo or up to 8-player coop!"
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Crazy Machines 3. "Crazy Machines 3 is the latest, greatest, most
amazing and craziest part of the series and fascinates once more with
physic-based puzzles. Build your own crazy machines and share your
awesomeness across the world thanks to the Steam® Workshop."
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Hover Junkers. "Engage in multiplayer VR gunfights that capture real gun
play like no FPS you've played before. Pilot and fortify Hover Junkers as
you physically walk, duck, dodge and aim in cross ship combat."
Project Warlock is now available
on GOG.com, offering a throwback first-person shooter for Windows. This is a
timed exclusive, so it will not be offered elsewhere until some time down the
road. A look at the launch
trailer quickly reveals the inspiration this draws from classics like DOOM
and HEXEN, something which is embraced in the release news: Project
Warlock is a first person shooter that fans of Doom, Hexen and Wolfenstein
cannot miss. It serves you an exploding cocktail of bullets, spells and
monsters. In Project Warlock you battle through 60 levels of non stop action
packed with bloodthirsty enemies and challenging bosses. The game offers not
just firepower, but perk-based character development, weapon upgrades and
unlockable spells system. This high-quality independent gem is priced to appeal
to fans of polished indie titles and seekers of classic fps experience alike.
Back in April 2018 hundreds of gamers had a chance to experience an early build
of Project Warlock and gave their enthusiastic feedback. The following six
months the Buckshot team, with it’s showrunner Jakub Cislo, spent on polishing
the game to bring you the most complete and satisfying experience. The end
result is something you can check for yourself – Project Warlock is available
exclusively to GOG users right now.
Oh. And John Romero thinks “it looks cool”.
Continue here to read the full story.
Battlestar Galactica Deadlock- Anabasis is now available for Windows,
offering what Slitherine calls "the most significant expansion for Battlestar
Galactica Deadlock to date." This includes 11 new skirmish maps, four new
munitions, and a dozen new resource missions along with a new Operation Anabasis
game mode they say completely revolutionizes the space strategy game. The
Slitherine Website is where to pick up a copy, and this also offers a new
release trailer and
all the details. Here's word on the state of the TV tie-in series:
Battlestar Galactica Deadlock offers now a full experience in the
Battlestar Galactica universe: set in the First Cylon war, you can play the base
game with its dynamic campaign, enjoy the Reinforcement pack with new cruisers
and the Mine Ammo, the Broken Alliance DLC featuring a potential Civil War
situation, and finally the new survival mode of the newly released Anabasis DLC.
Continue here to read the full story.
Reigns: Game of Thrones is now available on
GOG.com and
Steam, offering a spin-off of the
Reigns "swipe 'em up" that uses
characters and settings based on the hit HBO adaptation of Song of Ice and Fire
series. Here's a gameplay
trailer and here's a bit on the Windows, macOS, and Linux release: Who
will end up on the world's most uncomfortable chair? More importantly: how long
will they last? Swipe cards left and right like Tyrion slapping Joffrey. Balance
your resources and alliances, play mini-games, pick the right people for the
job, and watch multiple outcomes unfold as you die a hundred deaths.
Continue here to read the full story.
A new trailer from
Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales offers a look at gameplay in advance of next
week's launch of this RPG spin-off.
GOG.com has details on this exclusive: Thronebreaker:
The Witcher Tales, a dark RPG adventure set in the world of The Witcher, is
coming out October 23rd on PC, exclusively via GOG.COM.
That's only a few days away!
If you want a taste of what's in store, watch the new gameplay-focused trailer
which showcases exploration of The Witcher world, the game’s choice-driven
narrative, and teases new locations and characters. The video also features a
closer look at the mechanics of managing your army and upgrading the battle
camp, as well as the story-driven battles players participate in.
Pre-order
Thronebreaker now on GOG.COM
Continue here to read the full story.
Splash Damage
announces they are ending development of Dirty Bomb, regretfully
explaining they were unable to make the success out of it they hoped for when
they reacquired the rights to the game (thanks
MP1ST). Servers for the first-person shooter will remain in operation, and
they say they have spent much of the summer preparing the game to continue
without their intervention. They are also refunding the purchase price of the
All Merc Pack DLC. Here's word: Hey guys,
We’re sorry for the recent radio silence. You deserve better and we haven’t been
there for you. It has been a challenging couple of months full of sensitive
decisions that we had to make regarding the future of Dirty Bomb. It’s with a
heavy heart that, after a bug fix build ships in the upcoming weeks, we will be
ending live development and updates on Dirty Bomb.
After regaining publishing rights for DB nearly two years ago, we staffed up a
load of developers and tried our best to deliver a Dirty Bomb experience that
would be feature-rich with tons of new content, while maintaining its great
gameplay feel & balance. Unfortunately, despite all the added time and
resources, there were some challenges we couldn’t overcome, and we were not able
to make DB the success that we hoped it could be. The bottom line is that we
can’t financially justify continuing to work on the game we love.
Since we won’t be releasing any additional Mercenaries, we’re going to refund
the All Merc Pack DLC to everyone who purchased it by January 31st, 2019 – the
money you spent will go back in your Steam wallet and the unlocked Mercs will
remain in your account. We know many of you love DB and still play it
religiously, so we will keep servers up for you to enjoy, as long as there are a
meaningful number of players using them in the supported regions.
We spent the summer months trying to get you guys as many features as possible
in order for you to control DB yourselves, without our direct involvement. We
hope that
Steam Trading,
Community Servers, and
FACEIT help you play DB the way you want moving forward.
To close, we’d like to say a heartfelt and sincere thank you for your support
these many years. Dirty Bomb is a shooter that we always wanted to make, we
could not have done it without you and are forever grateful. The future is
bright at Splash Damage, we have many announced and unannounced titles in
production that we can’t wait to work with you on!
Thank you,
Splash Damage
Focus Home Interactive announces Call of Cthulhu has gone gold, and the
now-complete H.P. Lovecraft game is on track for its release on October 30th.
Here's a new Preview to
Madness Trailer that celebrates the news, and here's more on the horror this
will bring on All Hallows Eve Eve: Call of Cthulhu, the official
videogame adaptation of Chaosium’s pen-and-paper RPG, has gone Gold, ready for
its release on October 30 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. Today, dive into
the Preview to Madness Trailer for a taste of the press’ first impressions,
joined by a dose of Lovecraftian madness.
With Call of Cthulhu releasing in under two weeks, members of the press have
already gotten their hands on the early hours of Detective Pierce’s haunting
investigation. Today’s trailer explores praise for the game’s distinctly
Lovecraftian atmosphere, mesmerizing audio and visual design, as well as the
RPG-investigation mechanics that allow players to discover clues, draw
conclusions, question locals and survive the island’s cosmic horrors.
In Call of Cthulhu, nothing is as it seems. Terrible creatures, conspiracies and
cults await on Darkwater Island, lining the path to the horrifying truth behind
the island. Pierce’s mind will suffer – solving the case will bring him to brink
of insanity, to a place where death may appear the most favorable outcome. The
player’s senses will be challenged to the point of questioning whether
everything and everyone is real or illusory. Creeping shadows hide lurking
figures… and all the while, the Great Dreamer prepares for his awakening.
Call of Cthulhu releases for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC on October 30.
Digital and retail preorders are available on PC and consoles.
Continue here to read the full story.
You know what they say, a half-billion here, a half-billion there, and after a
while it starts to add up to real money. So it's probably significant that
Activision announces the opening weekend of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
generated a half-billion dollars in revenue. This follows
the news that the
game already set a one-day Activision sales record. They say the game has
established new high-water marks on consoles, and that
PC digital sales and active players for the first three days are also "up
significantly from last year." Here's the story: Activision’s Call of
Duty®: Black Ops 4 has sold more than $500 million in sell-through worldwide in
its first three days of release as the total number of players climbed from last
year. Through its first three days of release, Black Ops 4 set a new Call of
Duty® franchise record for most combined players, average hours per player and
total number of hours played, on current generation consoles. The combined
number of Black Ops 4 players across its three modes of play during those first
three days tops both last year’s Call of Duty: WWII, as well as Call of Duty:
Black Ops 3 (single player, multiplayer and zombies), respectively, for the same
period of time.
The first Call of Duty release on Blizzard Battle.net®, Black Ops 4 on PC
continues to be significantly above last year, as the number of players is more
than double year over year through its first three days.
Additionally, based on minutes watched, the title delivered the highest level of
viewership through launch weekend on Twitch in franchise history.
“Black Ops 4 is off to a blockbuster start. Our player counts and hours played
are up year over year, our viewership on Twitch has set new standards and is
showing just how fun Blackout is to play and to watch, and the weekend results
yet again put Call of Duty at that highest tier of entertainment,” said Rob
Kostich, EVP and GM, Call of Duty. “Our digital sales results have been
record-breaking across all platforms, and the overall performance strong. We’re
really excited about Black Ops 4’s momentum. There’s much more to come, we’re
just getting started.”
Following its launch last Friday, Black Ops 4 already established a new day one
record on PlayStation for digital full game sales on PlayStation Store,
globally*; and also became the best-selling Activision Xbox One digital game on
day one, globally**. Through its first three days, PC digital sales and active
players are up significantly from last year.
Sell-through sales figures include Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 retail and digital
unit sales, including Black Ops 4 season pass sales, for the opening three-days
following initial launch. Sales figures based on retail customer sell-through
information, Gfk Chart-Track data, and internal Activision estimates. Total
players, hours per player, total hours played, and Twitch viewership based on
Activision data.
Funcom offers a new
trailer to answer the burning question "What is Mutant Year Zero: Road to
Eden?" With the tactical combat game due in around six weeks, they highlight its
real-time stealth and exploration that's combined with " XCOM-like turn-based
combat." Here's more on this behind-the-scenes look: On December 4th, in just under two months, Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
will make its debut on PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. The game combines
XCOM-like tactical combat with real-time exploration, stealth, and story as it
puts players on a journey across a post-human Sweden where anthropomorphic
animals scramble to survive in the remains of human civilization. Throughout the
game, players can seamlessly jump between real-time exploration and tactical
combat.
Since the game’s announcement in February (where the characters Dux and Bormin
undoubtedly stole the show), Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden have been collecting
both awards and praise from press who have gotten hands-on time with the game.
But, if you’ve been living under a rock for the past few months, the developers
at The Bearded Ladies’ studio in Sweden are ready to show you what the game is
all about.
In the brand-new video released today, the team takes you behind the scenes at
their Malmö studio as they give you the overview of what the game is all about
and what players can look forward to. You can also find a written overview
posted on www.mutantyearzero.com.
Continue here to read the full story.
A new trailer from Farming Simulator 19 gives us a break from their usual tractor porn to take a
look at the critters in the upcoming farming game ( not
the livestock!). Here's word on the clip, which holds back their enthusiasm
for tractors until the final paragraph: Farming Simulator 19 is the most
complete farming experience ever, coming November 20 for PlayStation 4, Xbox
One, and PC/Mac. In this new gameplay trailer, explore one of the many
activities on your farm: raising and tending to your various animals. For the
first time, care for and ride horses around the beautiful environments of your
home and the surrounding areas.
As part of creating the largest Farming Simulator ever, many animals are
available to be reared on your custom-designed farm. Cows, pigs, sheep, and
chickens each have unique needs and rewards for effective farming, and which you
choose is entirely up to you. React to the market and focus on the most
in-demand produce or have a broad strategy with many more machines, processes,
and area requirements.
Horses are a brand new addition, rideable for the first time as a new means of
traversing the land in and around your farm, allowing you to train them up for
sale at a high price. Keep them healthy with the new oat crop, and transport
them between locations in unique equipment. They join over 300 vehicles and
tools, including the John Deere brand for the first time, new environments, and
new crops in cotton and oat to make Farming Simulator 19 the biggest and best
Farming Simulator of all time.
Continue here to read the full story.
I awoke today with a scratchy throat, so I guess I'm fighting off a cold. It
certainly seems like cold and flu season around here, as the temperatures took a
pretty rapid downward shift about the moment summer officially ended. This is
also not completely unexpected now that the twins are in kindergarten, as we're
aware this makes them an even bigger virus vector than before. I'll do my best
to gargle this away and take in a lot of fluids, but of course this will just
run its course anyway, so I'll also cross my fingers and hope it's a quickie.
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