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Steam News announces SteamWorld Dig 2 is coming to Windows, macOS,
and Linux later this year. The sequel was only announced for Nintendo Switch,
but with that title, not making this move would be unsteamly. The
game's
Steam page says to expect it in late summer/early fall. Here's the
announcement: It’s my absolute pleasure to announce that SteamWorld Dig 2
is coming to Steam for Windows, Mac and Linux in 2017. Due to popular demand
from fans of the original, we’re (finally) revisiting the mysterious and
unresolved setting for SteamWorld Dig.
Here's the official game description:
"Grab your pickaxe and dig into the sequel to the award-winning SteamWorld
Dig! A platform mining adventure forged in Metroidvania flames.
In search of her lost friend, a lone steambot and her unlikely companion must
dig deep, gain riches and explore an underworld riddled with danger. But time is
running short..."
SWD2 will be much longer than the original and answer every possible question
you could have from playing our previous SteamWorld games. We will share more
cool info in the months up until release.
For now you can find more info, including the game trailer and screenshots, by
visiting the Steam store page. Wishlist today to be among the first to know when
it's coming out!
GOG.com announces a weekly
sale covering dozens of games offering discounts up to 90%. They are also
giving a free copy of the Double Dragon Trilogy. The sale includes
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun, Hollow Knight, System Shock
2, and more. The whole thing
is outlined here,
and here's word: Just when you thought this blissful downpour of deals
was at its end BOOM! - our massive
Weekly Sale Vol. 20
comes around to prove you wrong. Look at these sweet sweet discounts - and all
you have to do is stick your tongue out and taste them! While you're at it,
don't forget to take advantage of our special offer: make a purchase on GOG.com
during this week and a FREE copy of Double Dragon Trilogy is yours. Pretty cool,
right?
A new trailer from
Agents of MAYHEM introduces more characters from the upcoming open-world action
game. The clip shows off "the bombshells." a pair of hotties and their soccer
hooligan buddy. This is a mix of 2D and 3D cinematics, complete with narration
featuring a fromagey accent. Here's word: Don’t be fooled by Joule’s
beautiful, sweet demeanor; behind the high fashion lies a mind of robotic
engineering genius that makes her equally as comfortable walking the runways in
stilettos as engineering deployable murder turrets. With her Master Programmer
ability, Joule is the perfect complement to Rama. As the world’s foremost
immunologist, Rama uses her Deadshot ability to gain precision the more she
charges her bow. Her weapon class lends her the shield buster status, allowing
Rama to deal bonus damage to shields and pierce targets protected by hard
shields. No team is complete without a resident futball-obsessed lunatic;
Redcard wields his Hooligan weapon to pierce the skin of his unfortunate
enemies, precisely hitting them with his close-range charge attacks to clear the
crowd.
When circumstances are at their most dire, when the pressure is at its absolute
utmost, when the only solution is to send in the big guns, call in the
Bombshells.
Continue here to read the full story.
Funcom announces Secret World
Legends is now live, offering their free-to-play "shared-world" action/RPG
reboot of The Secret World, their MMORPG. A new
launch trailer helps
kick things off, and they provide loads of details in the announcement: Are you ready to discover the deepest, darkest, and most shocking secrets of
our world? The time is now! Today Funcom officially launched the shared-world
RPG Secret World Legends™ and the game is available fully free-to-play via
www.secretworldlegends.com on Windows PC. Reimagined and reborn from Funcom’s
acclaimed massively multiplayer online game The Secret World, Secret World
Legends features well over 100 hours of story-driven content that can be
explored in entirety either alone, with a group of friends, or with strangers
you meet in the online world.
“From the ambitious scale of its storytelling to the quality of quest design and
voice acting, Secret World Legends delivers an experience unlike any other you
can find in gaming,” says Executive Producer Scott Junior at Funcom. “It’s a
captivating journey into the unknown with an adult setting and tone perfect for
fans of deep, rewarding RPGs. And if you want, you can experience all of it with
friends and strangers in this huge online world we’ve built. Or you can go at it
alone – it’s completely up to you.”
Secret World Legends revamps the core gameplay experience to be more accessible
to both newcomers and long-time fans, introducing stronger progression
structures, streamlined quest flow, and improved visuals and UI. Combat is more
dynamic than ever, redesigned from traditional MMO-style tab targeting to a more
modern action-driven reticle system, and each of the game’s nine weapon types
have been reengineered with new mechanics to offer a unique feel in battle.
Set within a dark and mature story universe, Secret World Legends plunges
players into a sweeping adventure into the supernatural underbelly of myths and
legends that exists in the shadows of our own realm. Travel the globe in pursuit
of mysterious forces threatening the world, using your wits and abilities to
solve complex investigations and uncover the truth. The developers will be
continuing to add content and new storylines going forward, finally allowing
them to bring the story of The Secret World forward in new, exciting directions.
Secret World Legends is currently available on www.secretworldlegends.com, and
will also launch on Steam of July 31st.
For more information on Secret World Legends, including a detailed breakdown of
the game’s features, visit
www.SecretWorldLegends.com.
Continue here to read the full story.
A
post on the Roberts Space Industries website reacts to the
report that Cloud Imperium Games secured a bank loan that lead to some
headlines stating that "the bank" now owns Star Citizen, their crowdfunded space
game. They say the loan is just some accounting wizardry to avoid losing money
on international currency conversion, and the game is not collateral in this. Here's the post: We have noticed
the speculations created by a posting on the website of UK’s Company House with
respect to Coutt’s security for our UK Tax Rebate advance, and we would like to
provide you with the following insight to help prevent some of the
misinformation we have seen.
Our UK companies are entitled to a Government Game tax credit rebate which we
earn every month on the Squadron 42 development. These rebates are payable by
the UK Government in the fall of the next following year when we file our tax
returns. Foundry 42 and its parent company Cloud Imperium Games UK Ltd. have
elected to partner with Coutts, a highly regarded, very selective, and
specialized UK banking institution, to obtain a regular advance against this
rebate, which will allow us to avoid converting unnecessarily other currencies
into GBP. We obviously incur a significant part of our expenditures in GBP while
our collections are mostly in USD and EUR. Given today's low interest rates
versus the ongoing and uncertain currency fluctuations, this is simply a smart
money management move, which we implemented upon recommendation of our financial
advisors.
The collateral granted in connection with this discounting loan is absolutely
standard and pertains to our UK operation only, which develops Squadron 42. As a
careful review of the security will show and contrary to some irresponsible and
misleading reports, the collateral specifically excludes “Star Citizen.”
The UK Government rebate entitlement, which is audited and certified by our
outside auditors on a quarterly basis, is the prime collateral. Per standard
procedure in banking, our UK companies of course stand behind the loan and
guarantee repayment which, however, given the reliability of the discounted
asset (a UK Government payment) is a formality and nothing else. This security
does not affect our UK companies’ ownership and control of their assets.
Obviously, the UK Government will not default on its rebate obligations which
will be used for repayment, and even then the UK companies have ample assets to
repay the loan, even in such an eventuality which is of course unthinkable.
This should clarify the matter. Thank you.
A
post on the Bethesda.net forums say that Quake Champions will come to
Steam when the multiplayer shooter is released (thanks
PCGamesN). Here's word: Quake Champions will be release on Steam?
JB: Quake Champions will indeed be released on Steam. You will still be required
to have a linked Bethesda.net account, but users playing the game from Steam
will not go through the Bethesda.net launcher. During the current beta period
the game will only be available through the Bethesda.net launcher.
The new GfK Chart-Track recaps last week's game sales in the
U.K. Here's their summary,
here's the
all platforms top 40 and their
PC-specific top 30. Here's the
PC top 10:
| LW |
|
TW |
Title |
Developer |
Label |
Publisher |
| - |
* |
1 |
FINAL FANTASY XIV: STORMBLOOD |
SQUARE ENIX |
SQUARE ENIX |
SQUARE ENIX EUROPE |
| 1 |
˅ |
2 |
FOOTBALL MANAGER 2017 |
SPORTS INTERACTIVE |
SEGA |
SEGA |
| 2 |
˅ |
3 |
THE SIMS 4 |
THE SIMS STUDIO |
EA GAMES |
ELECTRONIC ARTS |
| 7 |
˄ |
4 |
FALLOUT 4 |
BETHESDA |
BETHESDA SOFTWORKS |
BETHESDA SOFTWORKS |
| 3 |
˅ |
5 |
OVERWATCH |
BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT |
BLIZZARD |
ACTIVISION BLIZZARD |
| 6 |
- |
6 |
FARMING SIMULATOR 17 |
GIANTS SOFTWARE |
FOCUS HOME INTERACTIVE |
FOCUS HOME INTERACTIVE |
| - |
* |
7 |
FINAL FANTASY XIV: THE COMPLETE
EDITION |
SQUARE ENIX |
SQUARE ENIX |
SQUARE ENIX EUROPE |
| 14 |
˄ |
8 |
GRAND THEFT AUTO V |
ROCKSTAR NORTH |
ROCKSTAR |
TAKE 2 |
| 4 |
˅ |
9 |
THE ELDER SCROLLS ONLINE: MORROWIND |
ZENIMAX ONLINE |
BETHESDA SOFTWORKS |
BETHESDA SOFTWORKS |
| 23 |
˄ |
10 |
WOLFENSTEIN: THE OLD BLOOD |
MACHINEGAMES |
BETHESDA SOFTWORKS |
BETHESDA SOFTWORKS |
A couple of questions rolled in about which edition of Blade Runner I watched.
The answer is the "Final Cut," which is one of many. The special edition I have
includes a few of these. It seemed important somehow to have all of them, just
like I have a bunch of versions of Brazil in the collection I have of that. The
weird thing is that the reason there are many versions of some films is because
of botched theatrical versions dictated by movie execs. So I'm not sure why I
have the originals if those are the ones you don't want to watch. Weird.
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