VentureBeat has word on acquisition plans at
Nexon, the Korean game publisher with a significant presence in the subscription-free MMOG market. They report Nexon is in negotiations to acquire
Sudden Attack and
Dekaron developer GameHI. This follows an
earlier report that Nexon is acquiring a 67% stake in
NDOORS, developers of
GoonZu Online (also known as Luminary) and
Atlantica Online. Word is: "This acquisition builds on a previous partnership between Nexon and Ndoors, which led to the development KoongPa!, a comic-styled fighting MMO that was in beta for a short time." Thanks
Big Download.
New patches are available for
Men of War to update Best Way's World War II real-time strategy sequel to version 1.17.5. There is a full patch to update any previous version of the game and a "cut" patch that can be applied to the previous version 1.11.3 on the
DMS Forums (thanks LittleMe). The iterative patch is also available on
AtomicGamer,
FilePlanet,
Gamer's Hell, and
The Patches Scrolls; while the full patch is mirrored on
AtomicGamer,
Gamer's Hell, and
The Patches Scrolls.
The
Wolfire Games Blog has word of a late addition to
The Humble Indie Bundle, which allows you to choose your price for a five game bundle. Word is
Amanita Design is donating their popular puzzle sequel
Samorost 2 to the bundle, and anyone who has already purchased the bundle are now also entitled to a copy of Samorost 2, as well. Word is: "To everyone who contributed for the five games -- thanks to Amanita Design's generosity, you now have a sixth! Please consider thanking them and please spread the word about the bundle to your friends."
A new
Alpha Protocol Trailer offers a field briefing on "developing your skills" in Obsidian's espionage-themed role-playing game. Skills they highlight in the clip are stealth, hand-to-hand combat, and sharpshooting. The clip is embedded below.
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Here are the top 10 bestselling games for the past week on
Steam, Valve's digital delivery service.
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Package
- Sid Meier's Civilization IV: The Complete Edition
- Battlefield: Bad Company 2
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
- Left 4 Dead 2
- Codemasters Racing Pack
- Sid Meier's Civilization V
- Guild Wars Trilogy
- Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City
- Mount & Blade: Warband
Happy Mother's Day, here in the US, at least, as motherhood is celebrated at various other times internationally. The occasion is, of course, highly commercialized at this point, and apparently the woman who helped establish it here in the US eventually came to criticize this, but it's hard to be too down on the underlying sentiment of the occasion.
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