Archived News:
Atlus Online announces that Neo
Steam: The Shattered Continent is live.
This page
outlines some launch events and announces the grand opening of the premium
shop for this anime-styled, steampunk-themed MMORPG.
EA confirms ‘small team’ working on Mirror's Edge 2 (thanks
MCV) is a post from way back at E3 based on a comment by Patrick Soderlund
that does not actually mention Mirror's Edge 2 at all. Here's what the senior
vice president at EA Games Europe has to say about the future of DICE's
acrobatic action franchise: "You will see another Mirror’s Edge for sure. It’s
just a matter of when that time is and what we do with it. We have a small team
on it and I’m excited about what we do."
The Shattered Horizon Website
is now accepting sign-ups from those interested in beta testing this upcoming
zero gravity first-person shooter from Futuremark Game Studio. The testing will
be open to those 18 or older in the US, Europe, or Canada, and testers are
required to have Windows Vista, a DirectX 10 graphics card, a broadband
connection, a Steam account, and a dual core CPU. They ask that you sign up
using the same PC as you would be using to play. Thanks
YouGamers.
Demigod nears its second month
is an update from Stardock's Brad "Frogboy" Wardell describing how the new
network connectivity system operates for Demigod, and how this has helped clear
up the game's launch woes. He concludes by saying they are evaluating a version
1.1 patch for release as well as a demo based on the new version: Version
1.1
I have in my hands a release candidate from Gas Powered Games for v1.1.
Here are a few things we are looking for in v1.1
• Team concede. If it looks like you’re going to lose, your
team and vote to concede and end the game so you can go to the next.
• Speed debuffs have a minimum move speed now.
• Better chat handling for better visibility
• When you sell a minion idol, existing units are
destroyed.
• Updated computer AI
• Random Demigod option
• Bunch of other tweaks, fixes, enhancements.
• High on our list is the handling of replays.
The demo version of Demigod is also in our hands based on this same code. So
over the next few days we’ll be going over this.
Sony Online Entertainment says over three million Free Realms accounts
have been created in the seven weeks since the subscription-free MMORPG went
live, reports
GamesIndustry.biz. This is no accident according to the quote they provide
from SOE president John Smedley: "SOE worked diligently over the past four years
to ensure that Free Realms would take the online space by storm."
A new "brothers" movie for Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood is now
available taken from the upcoming prequel to Call of Juarez, Techland's wild
west shooter. Word is: "As the McCall brothers, players enter a doomed quest for
the legendary Gold of Juarez leading them from a ravaged Georgia during the
Civil War to the Aztec ruins of Mexico. They make their lawless trail into the
wildest West ever depicted, using their gunslinging skills and killing all of
those that stand before them. But when the brothers face lust, their bond of
blood feels thinner than ever." The clip is posted on
AtomicGamer and
Gamer's Hell.
The Star Wars: The
Old Republic Website introduces the playable Smuggler class from the
upcoming Star Wars MMORPG. Can your ship make the Kessel run in under 12
parsecs? Then you may be a candidate to play as a Smuggler when the game goes
live. The illustrated guide to the Smuggler is
posted here.
The "on sale" link on the Impulse
Store is how to find the long list of games on sale there this weekend.
Meanwhile, Steam is
offering 20%-75% off of all their MMORPGs, the list of what's on sale
is here.
Thanks Mike Martinez and Neutronbeam.
The Third Wire Productions Website has
news of last week's release of
Strike Fighters 2 Europe,
an updated version of Wings Over Europe that adds Windows Vista compatibility,
among other things. SF2E is being distributed digitally, and word is: "The game
is a stand-alone product and does not require Strike Fighters 2 to play, but if
you already have Strike Fighters 2 or Strike Fighters 2 Vietnam, the games are
merged to make all the stock aircraft available." Thanks Jim.
Mod
DB offers download of a new version of the Curse Episodes
modification for Half-Life 2. Word is: "Curse episodes is an Egyptian
themed action/ horror/ puzzle/ exploration FPS where you can kill mummies, evil
wizards with a huge spiky club and break expensive Egyptian furniture and
pottery using telekinesis!" Thanks Ant.
Trembling Hand - What EVE Can Teach Us About the Global Financial Crisis.
Another lesson to learn from EVE is the importance of trust. Within EVE
you must build your trust with other pilots over a long period of time.
However this trust is easy to break and is in fact consistently broken. This
means that those who are able to maintain trust acquire the most valuable
asset of all. Although EVE might be a harsher world when it comes to fraud
and trust than real life the lesson which can be drawn from EVE is that
without trust there will be no rebuilding of the world’s economies.
Well, we managed to go a day without having the birdfeeder knocked over, but I
do have to admit still being surprised by just how much food a squirrel can take
from a feeder: the guy who is hitting it hardest is starting to look more than a
little plump. The neat thing is the way it has attracted more birds into the
yard, which already enjoyed a thriving bird society. Our nesting pair of
mourning doves (maybe they followed up from Brooklyn?) has been in more
evidence, and just this morning I saw an oriole up close for the first time, as
he was sitting right outside my window.
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