Archived News:
The big news today out of BlizzCon is that StarCraft II is being divided into
Terrans: Wings of Liberty, Zerg: Heart of the Swarm, and Protoss:
Legacy of the Void, three separate standalone campaigns that will be sold
separately, each highlighting one of the game's races, with the decision to
subdivide the real-time strategy sequel said to be the alternative to either
delaying or scaling back the release.
Shacknews quotes
Blizzard's Rob Pardo saying the second and third games "will be like expansion
packs, but we really want them to feel like standalone products." Word is the
Zerg campaign will emphasize RPG elements, the Protoss campaign will focus on
diplomacy, and the Terran campaign will also feature a Protoss mini-campaign.
Shacknews also offers
a couple of cut-scenes, one fully rendered, and the other using the game engine.
Steam News has word that
the promised content update for Hinterland is now available, the
fantasy-themed RPG will automatically update the next time you launch Steam. The
update adds two new playable characters, new item drops, expanded customization
options, and more. Additionally, the game is now available in French, German,
and Spanish translations.
Some new Diablo III clips were released at BlizzCon 2008, there are a
three clips showing off new newly unveiled Wizard class, one is on
ActionTrip and
AtomicGamer, another
is on ActionTrip
and AtomicGamer, and
there's a Wizard effects trailer on
ActionTrip and
AtomicGamer. Finally,
there's also a Skill Runes trailer on
ActionTrip and
AtomicGamer.
A launch trailer from Spider-Man: Web of Shadows looks at the new game based on
the wall crawler that's set to swing into stores, this clip is available from
AtomicGamer,
Gamer's Hell, and
MyGameTrailers. Also, a new S.H.I.E.L.D. Survival Guide Trailer from the
game is available on
AtomicGamer, Gamer's
Hell, and
MyGameTrailers. There's a Moon Knight gameplay video on
AtomicGamer,
Gamer's Hell, and
MyGameTrailers. Finally, an Electro gameplay video can be found on
AtomicGamer,
Gamer's Hell, and
MyGameTrailers.
Diii.Net has word from
BlizzCon 2008 that the Wizard has been revealed as one of the player classes in
Diablo III, Blizzard's upcoming action/RPG sequel. They have a quote on
the unveiling from Blizzard: "During the show, Blizzard Entertainment also
unveiled the game’s third playable class: the wizard. A wielder of the elements
and a master manipulator of time, the wizard can hurl environment-shattering
lightning bolts, channel explosive arcane energies, and create pockets of space
outside the normal temporal flow. BlizzCon attendees were able to adventure as
either the wizard or the previously unveiled barbarian or witch doctor, battling
alone or with up to three other players through the catacombs beneath Tristram
Cathedral to a final showdown with the Skeleton King."
The first patch is now available for Dark Horizon, the recently released
space combat game from Paradox Interactive. The patch doesn't carry a version
number, nor are any specifics provided about what it does other than "improve
the playing experience" in the game. The download is all of 732 KB, and it can
be found on AtomicGamer
and
FileFront.
Black Sea
Studios Forums have word on a new patch for WorldShift to update the
real-time strategy game to version 1.0.23. The new update addresses a number of
bugs, including a problem with long player names introduced with the previous
patch. The download can be found on
FileFront, Gamer's Hell,
and The Patches Scrolls.
The
Evochron Renegades Website now offers a new version 1.928 of this space
combat and trading simulator. The new version allows weapon load out previews in
the pilot manager, rebalanced planetary mining, mouse fine tuning, and more. As
always, the new version is a triple threat, as it is a full installer, a patch
for previous versions, and a playable demo. There is also a corresponding update
to the game's server.
The first patch is now available to update the European edition of FIFA 09.
The new version of this football/soccer simulation is required to play online.
The download can be found on
AtomicGamer,
FanGaming,
FileFront.com, Gamer's
Hell. and The Patches
Scrolls.
Thanks Mike Martinez. GoW2 is gold.
An Arcania: A Gothic Tale cam movie shot off a monitor is now available,
offering a look at the upcoming fourth installment in the Gothic series of
role-playing games. The clip, available on
Tiscali Games,
is shot from an odd angle, but the camera is particularly steady, and there are
a couple of pop-up video-style captions highlighting points of interest.
VideoGamer.com
has an excerpt from the upcoming final installment in their multi-part interview
with Peter Molyneux, head lion at Lionhead. When asked about which of his
previous games he'd like to revisit, he mentions Syndicate and
Populous, though he acknowledges he is not likely to get to do so with the
rights of both games in the hands of Electronic Arts. His fondness for both
games is so great that he is fine with the idea of EA releasing a downloadable
remake of one or both: "Oh I'd love it. It would be fantastic. I've got no
qualms of somebody else doing it. I'd just love to see it updated, the concept
kept alive. It would be second best but it would still be great."
Steam is now accepting
preorders of Far Cry 2,
offering $5.00 off purchases between now and the release of the first-person
shooter sequel on October 22. Steam is now also offering sales of
Xpand Rally Xtreme and an
updated version of the Steam
client.
This website offers GM Hockey 2009,
an independently developed ice hockey simulation that's available in both
English and French. A playable demo for the game is available, and word is a
free GM Hockey add-on is in the works for release next month.
The new "code view" in the forums I mentioned the other day does not actually do
what I described, it just is a font effect. Frans has continued his work
improving the forums, now smilies can be inserted into posts by clicking them
from the legend, he also implemented a hover color for links at the behest of
the forum users. Also, thanks to 2, a new logo will go live a little later today
in celebration of the 12th anniversary of this domain.
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