Archived News:
DiRT 2 PC US Shipping Date on the Codemasters Forum is a post from community coordinator Ice, who updates the US release date for the Windows version of the rally racing sequel (thanks Derek). During the summer it was revealed the Windows edition of Colin McRae DiRT 2 was delayed to December to implement DirectX 11 support, and while a specific date was not mentioned, this post addresses the premise the game was due on December 1, saying: Hi Guys a lot of people have been asking what happened to the US release date of 1st Dec. I've had it confirmed from our US office that the shipping date has been moved from 1st Dec to 8th Dec.
This is not due to a technical issue in any way shape or form. The actual reason is far to boring to go into to be honest.
Mass Effect 2: The Engineer on IGN features an interview with Christina Norman, lead combat designer on Mass Effect 2, discussing the Engineer class in BioWare's upcoming RPG sequel, as well as a gameplay trailer of the Engineer in action. Topics include changes they've engineered for this class since the original game, the class' play style, progression changes, and more.
Threewave Software has "essentially closed its doors," reports Gamasutra, following up on a tweet saying: "The Threewave Vancouver studio has shut down due to no new contracts. RIP CTF gods." They had an exchange with Dan Irish, CEO of the company famous for its work on David "Zoid" Kirsch's Capture the Flag modification for the original QUAKE, who said "some, not all" of their staff was let go, and Threewave is "entering a reorganization phase," and: "We are trying to move forward in a manner that reflects today's realities."
The Age of Conan Game Director Interview on IncGamers talks with Craig Morrison about what's going on in Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures, Funcom's MMORPG. They discuss update 6, the next major content patch for the game, which they also preview in a separate article. Along the way Craig outlines the goal of update 6: "To us this update is primarily about making guild gameplay even more meaningful. We also hope that new players will immediately feel even more welcome, that guilds want to actively recruit and follow up their members. We're also excited about adding a new raid tier and giving our players even more content adventure to go through, and giving them epic experiences such as fighting alongside the barbarian himself."
A new trailer for Just Cause 2 is a video developer diary discussing some of the wild vehicular stunts in the upcoming action game sequel, showing Rico Rodriguez demonstrating his acrobatic ways of dealing with enemies in cars and choppers, as well as fairly non-existent driving skills. The clip can be found on GameTrailers and Worthplaying.
A "Fleet Actions" developer diary video for Star Trek Online is now available, offering Cryptic's thoughts on the epic space battles they are planning for their upcoming Star Trek MMORPG. This clip can be found on GameTrailers and Worthplaying. Also, a clip showing some Klingon gameplay from a pre-alpha build of the game can be found on the YouTube. Thanks Ant via Digg.
The Gratuitous Space Battles Q&A on AtomicGamer hears from the entire staff at Positech Games, who is Cliff "cliffski" Harris, to discuss the recently released tactical space combat game Gratuitous Space Battles. They cover topics such as the game's non-interactive battles, the lack of an explicit back story, the generally moribund recent state of space games, plans for new features now that the game's first expansion is available, the aversion big publishers have to new ideas, the ups and downs of digital distribution, his take on make you own price deals like the one for World of Goo, and more.
What You Didn't Know About Borderlands on GameInformer.com has some oddball details from Gearbox about the development of Borderlands, their recently released role-playing shooter. Did you know 23 babies were born to Gearbox developers during the course of development? You do now. Did you know Gearbox creative director Mikey Neumann did the motion capture acting for the intro featuring Lilith strutting and blowing a kiss? And more importantly, did you want to? Anyway, there are many more interesting and potentially disturbing tidbits like those to be found. Thanks Mike Martinez.
Artix Entertainment announces they have acquired EpicDuel, and have released a new version of this subscription-free, browser-based MMORPG. Word is: "The EpicDuel team is still completely in charge and running the game, but Artix has provided us with powerful new servers on their gigabit network and full access of their art, programming and player support staff. After four intense weeks of creating new weapons, features, and game improvements we are excited to be releasing Beta Evolution from the war room here at the Secret Underground lab."
Mod DB offers downloads of a recently released demo of a Wolfenstein 3-D modification for Half-Life 2. This is a work-in progress, as reflected in the author's note: "Here is a small Single Player version of my Wolf3D Remake. This DEMO version includes only 5 maps. You know everything about the status of the mod, I cannot say any good news :(((( You can start the maps from the console: map e1m1 map e2m1 map e3m8 map e4m2 map s18 I hope you'll like this demonstration." Thanks Ant.
Ugh, we are usually pretty good at getting our holiday shopping done early, but we're a little behind the curve at this point, and must head out this weekend to brave the crowds. Avoiding crowds, of course, is our motivation for being done with our shopping by now, but I guess on the bright side we'll have a greater chance of encountering discounts and sales by now.
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