Archived News:
The AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!!
Website now offers downloads of a playable alpha demo of Dejobaan Games'
upcoming base-jumping game. Word on the game is: "In
AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!!, you dive off of a building and rely on quick
reflexes to negotiate the intricate tangle of girders that make up the City. You
perform aerial stunts at terminal velocity before parachuting into the arms of
your cheering fans. While other skydivers have it easy, you have to earn the
adoration of the crowds by gliding within an eyelash of that glass
super-skyscraper at 91 miles per hour." The alpha demo is mirrored on
AaaaaAtomicGamer,
FileFront, and Gamer's
Hell.
Impulse is offering weekend sales on
Making History Gold Edition and
Age of Booty for half off,
On the Rain-Slick
Precipice of Darkness Bundle Pack for $10.00 off, and the
Hack and Slash Bundle
for 75% off at $5.00. Meanwhile,
Steam is offering
Defense Grid: The Awakening
for 75% off until May 13. Finally,
Linux Game Publishing is holding a 24-hour sale on their penguin-friendly
offerings (thanks Ant and
LinuxGames).
The Operation
Flashpoint: Dragon Rising Website is serving up a new video showing off
Skira, the 220 square kilometer island that will serve as a battlefield in the
upcoming military shooter. The clip is mirrored on
ActionTrip and
Gamer's Hell. Also,
though the bottom of the page with the video still says "coming in summer 2009
for major console platforms and PC," the clip reveals a delay, as it concludes
saying "Autumn 2009."
ijji's Huxley Website is now
accepting signups from those interested in beta testing this upcoming Unreal
3-engine MMO-FPS. Registration is being accepted over the next two weeks for
testing that's scheduled to run in the beginning of June. Thanks Mike Martinez and
1Up.
In case yesterday's story about the new StarCraft II Beta opt-in
form did not inspire you to register, the
World of Warcraft Website
lays it out for you, and
OS
X Reality reports that during the Activision earnings conference call
Blizzard's Mike Morhaime said testing will begin "this summer." Here's word from
the site: The StarCraft II beta-test period is
coming in the months ahead! If you'd like a chance to participate, now's the
time to let us know. Simply go to the "Beta
Profile Settings" page in Battle.net account management to go through the
new beta opt-in process and upload a snapshot of your system specs. During this
process, you'll also have the opportunity to opt in to future betas for other
Blizzard Entertainment games. Please note that even if you've opted in to our
betas previously, you'll need to complete this new process and upload your
current system specs to have a chance to be invited.
For more information, see the FAQ --
or create
a Battle.net account to opt in now. If you have an unused beta code from
BlizzCon 2008 or WWI 2008, visit this
site to enter your code.
Two new maps for
BattleForge are now available, which represent the beginning of the Renegade
Campaign, the first free content pack for the collectible card-based RTS game.
Here's the party line on this: "The new live campaign will have players
traveling south, deep into the Wastelands where they will follow the adventures
of the white Juggernaut Mo – a monster with a dry wit and a heart as big as his
appetite. He searches for his only friend, the savage orc Twinaxe, while his
arch enemy, the vicious Captain Blight hunts him across the Wastelands, obsessed
with taking down the White Juggernaut Mo. Along their adventure, they come
across the trail of the greatest treasure ever known, the stolen treasure horde
of the giants. With ogre witch doctors, flying ships and one angry Juggernaut,
the Renegade Campaign is filled with adventure at every turn."
A new patch for Need for Speed Undercover is now online to update the
racing game to version 1.0.1.18. The patch is available from the
Need for Speed Website, and some or
all of the localized patches are mirrored on
ActionTrip,
AtomicGamer,
FileFront, and
The
Patches Scrolls.
Space Empires Universe now features
a new patch for the US edition of Space Empires V to bring the space
combat sequel to version 1.79. The new version tweaks stealth armor, adds a
self-destruct function, and fixes a couple of bugs. Mirrors can be found on
AtomicGamer,
FileFront, and
The Patches
Scrolls.
Activision beats earnings targets on strong sales has results for Activision
Blizzard's first quarter of their fiscal year, where they report net income of $189
million (14 cents a share) and earnings of $111 million (8 cents a share),
though comparisons to the same period last year are not available because of the
whole Blizzard acquisition dealie.
The DiRT2 Website has a new movie for
Colin McRae: DiRT 2, revealing some DiRTy secrets about the rally racing
sequel via a studio tour. This clip can also be found on
ActionTrip,
FileFront, and Gamer's
Hell.
A new movie from All Aspect Warfare called "Sunset Rush" shows off 18
minutes of fighting from 3000AD's upcoming open world sci-fi combat game, shown
from the perspective of the Gammulan Force Recon Marine. Some
new screenshots from
the game are online, and the movie is posted on
AtomicGamer,
FileFront, and Gamer's
Hell.
Odd Day. Thanks Mike Martinez.
R.I.P.:
Lynyrd Skynyrd bassist Ean Evans dies. Thanks Brad O.
Games for Windows LIVE is now offering a fixed Windows version of the Broken
Steel DLC for Fallout 3, Bethesda Softworks' action/RPG sequel. The
DLC was first released on Tuesday, but could not be properly
installed at that time due to a problem that Bethesda says was caused by a Games
for Windows DRM error. Thanks Will and Bill.
3D Realms is shutting down according to a report on
Shacknews that's
confirmed by a post on the
3D
Realms Forums by Joe Siegler, who says: "It's not a marketing thing. It's
true. I have nothing further to say at this time." 3D Realms has been otherwise
silent on this topic so far, but publisher Deep Silver and newly formed Apogee
are unaffected by the news, as they say: "Deep Silver and Apogee Software are
not affected by the situation at 3D Realms. Development on the Duke Nukem
Trilogy is continuing as planned." According to Shack the closure is due to
funding issues, and they have a statement from Take Two who claim to still own
publishing rights to Duke Nukem Forever, but that they
have not been funding development of 3D Realms' flagship game.
The good news is the rains returned, and should help my newly patched lawn, but
the bad news is I had a rough night with a panicky Hudson the wonder dog, as the
thunder and lightning went on for hours. This threw off my whole updating mojo,
which of course would happen right when there was a big story to report. Oh
well, sorry about that.
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