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Archived News:
There's a brief bit of
M.U.L.E. News on the Ozark
Softscape Legacy Website, which is operated by the children of Danielle
Bunten Berry (nee Daniel Paul Bunten), the late designer of the original
M.U.L.E. (thanks
Troll in
the Corner and Mike Martinez). The update indicates a revival of the seminal strategy
game may be coming: We have opened the vault to our dad's extensive
gaming portfolio and have been approached about making some of dad's old games
relevant in todays gaming world with updated graphics and playability. It looks
like M.U.L.E. is going to be the first one out of the gate. We're hoping for a
revamped internet version late this summer.
Update: Apparently
this was
noted some time ago, but not here. Thanks Rhialto.
Star Trek D-A-C - PC and
PlayStation Network versions to arrive in November announces a November
release date for the Windows and PS3 editions of Star Trek D-A-C, the top-down
space shooter that's currently only available on the Xbox 360. Here's a bit from
Starfleet Command on this one: Star Trek: D-A-C allows fans to directly
control a variety of ships and pitch battles between Starfleet and the Romulan
Empire. Up to 12 players can compete in thrilling team combat. There are three
game play modes: Single player, online multiplayer and online co-op. For each
mode, there are four different game types - Team Assault, DeathMatch, Conquest,
and the all-new Survival mode, pitting players against increasingly overwhelming
waves of enemies in order to set the record for survival time.
A
Group Announcement on the Left 4 Dead 2 Boycott Steam Community Group
outlines a change of heart about the topic the leadership of the group has had
since visiting Valve Software and having their concerns about the zombie shooter
sequel addressed. They describe why they feel better about things after this
experience, and among the comments are those who are happy with this turn of
events and those who feel the group's reps have sold them out. Thanks Dave.
The
Impulse Website announces the roll out of Impulse Phase IV, offering the
recently revealed update to Stardock's online service. Word is:
"Impulse Phase IV is part of the ongoing series of major feature updates for the
growing digital distribution platform. The new client presents a more
streamlined experience for managing installed programs, has a much faster,
easier to use store, and continues to improve on its unbeatable download speeds
to customers." The "Ready to Play" matchmaking feature of the new Impulse is now
in beta, and you can sign up for that
here.
A new trailer from Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim is now available
with another couple of minutes of gameplay from 1C:Ino-Co's RTS sequel due for
release next week. The clip is posted for your viewing pleasure on the
YouTube.
Link of the Day:
Play Land. Exceptionally professional. Thanks Ant and
Digg…
Turbine
Launches Dungeons & Dragons Online: Eberron Unlimited Free-to-Play MMO
announces that Dungeons & Dragons Online: Eberron
Unlimited is live, offering the now subscription-free MMORPG. Here's the
deal:
- DDO Unlimited’s New Content & Features – DDO Unlimited delivers a new
class, increases the level cap to 96 ranks, introduces new adventure packs
including a new 12-player raid, and features major combat improvements.
- The Fiercest Combat of any MMO – DDO Unlimited features an extraordinary
heart- pounding combat experience that requires players to fully engage in
the battle by relying on their wits and reflexes in real time. No more
clicking skills and watching the action from the sideline.
- Mind-blowing Visuals – Explore a vast and dangerous online world that
features the most advanced graphics in the industry and is stuffed with the
legendary monsters, glorious treasures, devious traps, mind-bending puzzles
and endless adventures from the world’s best known RPG.
- Full-featured MMO – Experience sophisticated systems found only in the
best games including auctions, NPC hirelings, arena death matches (Player
versus Player), crafting, and powerful social tools for finding a group,
forming a guild or planning an epic raid!
- Easier Than Ever! – DDO Unlimited gets you playing in minutes instead of
hours, using new proprietary Turbine technology. Creating a new character is
incredibly simple with guides and templates that speed you through the
process. Features an all-new new player experience that gives gamers their
first taste of excitement quickly while teaching them how to play solo or
with a group of fellow adventurers.
Geoff Keighley
tweets and
LucasArts re-tweets plans to unveil a new game on Gametrailers TV,
which airs at 12:30 am on Friday. Word is: "LucasArts will announce a brand-new
original game on this week's GTTV - with first footage. More details soon.
(watch it)."
Develop has word that Gaikai is entering beta testing in Europe later this
month according to an open letter from Dave Perry, one of the folks behind this
cloud-based gaming service. Perry says stress-testing their servers and seeing
how Gaikai runs on older computers are the two goals of initial testing. Word is
US testing will follow the tests in Europe, and those interested in
participating can sign up on the Gaikai
website.
1C Company announces NecroVisioN: Lost Company, a prequel to The Farm
51's first-person shooter NecroVisioN to be released in the first quarter of
next year. The game is set earlier in World War I when the supernatural elements
of NecroVisioN are first uncovered: MOSCOW - September 9, 2009 - Leading
Eastern and Central European publisher, 1C Company, announced today the
development of NecroVisioN: Lost Company - the prequel to the old-school, horror
FPS. The game covers the events that happened before the original NecroVisioN.
story began
The new game contains several unique levels, characters, weapons and gameplay
elements, as well as a new main hero that tells the original game story from an
opposing perspective. Players can now take on the role of one of the WWI German
soldiers that discovers the evil forces unleashed by the war, and starts to
fight against them. Eventually they lead soldiers from all the nations gathered
on the front through massive battles against zombies and demons. Finally players
become the first Necromancer that will fight against Simon Bukner in
NecroVisioN.
Key features:
• 10 new levels in the single player campaign
• 15 new characters
• 6 new weapons
• Variety of special weapon upgrades
• New drivable vehicles to use in the fight including the
FT17 tank and Halberstadt CL.II airplane
• Several additional close combat techniques, spells and
fatalities in single player
• New, unique multiplayer mode: Gas Attack
• 3 new maps and several new skins for multiplayer mode
• New visual effects like enhanced depth-of-field, soft
shadows and new shaders with optimized renderer and data loading system.
NecroVisioN: Lost Company is scheduled for release in Q1 2010.
Massively reports the latest entertaining intrigues to come out of the
ruthless gameplay of EVE Online, CCP's sci-fi MMORPG. It seems a player
elected to the Council
of Stellar Management took advantage of the information about upcoming
changes to which members of the council are privy to engage in some insider
trading. This involved as much as 5 billion of the game's ISK, and as a result,
the player has resigned, and further his accounts have been banned, as this
falls outside of the skullduggery the game celebrates, and is a violation of the
game's EULA.
Today is the day for the release of the Beatles: Rock Band and the remastered
albums. I'll pick up the game, that's a no-brainer, but I wonder if the albums
will be a temptation too. We have most of the Beatles catalog on disc already,
and were never struck by any audio shortcomings, but it will be interesting
hearing the remastered versions. I'm sort of fascinated by the authenticity of
the mono versions, but am probably not enough of a purist to go that route.
Today is also the tenth anniversary of the launch of the Sega Dreamcast in North
America... this is one of the few such anniversaries that seems short compared
with my recollection: the Dreamcast was discontinued so long ago it seems like
it must have launched two decades ago, rather than one.
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