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The Champions Online Website has news that Bill Roper is leaving Cryptic Studios. Bill explains: "Over the past few months my entrepreneurial spirit has become restless, and I’ve made the difficult decision to move on and look for new opportunities." He leaves saying he will continue to play the games that Cryptic develops, and offers a thank you sir, may I have another for all the ass kickings he's received over the years: "Thank you all for both the support and the kicks in the ass that have pushed me to constantly evaluate and grow." Thanks Big Download.
Capcom announces DirectX 11 support for Lost Planet 2, their upcoming third-person shooter sequel. They support the announcement with a set of screenshots allowing you to compare the DirectX 9 version of the game with the DirectX 11 edition. They have also released a Lost Planet 2 benchmark to see how the game will run on your system, which can be found on AtomicGamer, ComputerGames.ro, and Gamer's Hell. Finally, they also offer system specs, covering minimum and recommended specs for standard display, as well as minimum and recommended specs to run the game using 3D Vision. These specs follow. Continue here to read the full story.
There's an Interview with id Software’s Todd Hollenshead on VG247 chatting with the id Software CEO at QuakeCon. They give him grief over last year's failed promise that DOOM 4 would be shown at this year's show, and ask him how things have changed since id was acquired by Zenimax, and we're choosing to believe his answer, even though he tellingly qualifies his answer with an "Honestly." They also quote Tim Willits on RAGE DLC plans: "We haven’t finalised any DLC plans, but we know it’s important," he told the assembled QuakeCon masses. "It’s been important to Bethesda. We’ll do it, we just don’t know what we’ll do yet." Finally, there's an interview with id Software's Steve Nix on Shacknews talking about the new subscription schemes for QUAKE LIVE.
The StarCraft II Website announces a premium name change service is coming to Blizzard's RTS sequel, which will be preceded by a free name change for everyone: We wanted to let everyone know that in the near future we'll be allowing everyone a chance to change their chosen StarCraft II character name for free.
In some cases, people chose character names that don't represent their usual multiplayer nicknames, as they were unaware of how the character names were being used. It's important to us that everyone is represented by a name of their choosing in their multiplayer games, ladders, and on the forums and community site.
In addition, beyond this initial free name change, we’ll be launching a service similar to the one we offer for World of Warcraft which will allow additional character name changes for a fee. We'll announce more details on how the free name change and additional paid character name changes will be implemented in the near future.
A new trailer is now available for Patrician IV, showing off the strategy sequel that's due for release next month. Word is: "This new video demonstrates key gameplay elements, including the game’s deep yet accessible trading system, stunning graphics and exciting naval battles." Here is the embedded version. Continue here to read the full story.
Steam News announces the release of new DLC for Madballs in Babo- Invasion, the action/arcade game. The new DLC offers a set of five new skins for $2.49 USD.
The Civilization 5 Interview on GameShark chats with producer Dennis Shirk about the next installment in the Civilization series of turn-based strategy games. Topics include the benefits of switching to hex-based tiles, the Social Policy system, multiplayer support, end-game balance, maintaining a smaller civilization, and more.
- Batman: Arkham City on Game Stooge. Details from the new Game Informer magazine.
Thanks Mike Martinez and Ant.
Thanks Acleacius and Mike Martinez.
Link of the Day: 2010 World Yoyo Champion. Okay, I still need a little practice. Thanks Ant.
A new trailer from Kingdom Under Fire II uses cinematics and gameplay footage to show off player-versus-environment multiplayer play in Blueside's upcoming action/real-time strategy sequel. We also have some new Kingdom Under Fire II screenshots showing off more of the game. The embedded version of the clip follows. Continue here to read the full story.
Tiscali Games has word, in their native Czech, of plans for Heroes of Might & Magic VI, the next installment in the fantasy-themed, turn-based strategy game, showing the way to a newsletter from Ubisoft teasing a new Might & Magic game, though the page it links is not found for now. They have a teaser trailer and some screenshots, and word that the game will be officially announced at Gamescom in Cologne two days hence.
It sounds like BFG Technologies is in the process of going out of business, as Hardware Canucks has a copy of a letter denying a customer RMA support saying BFG "is winding down and liquidating its business," explaining that since the company had lost the support of its major supplier, "we are returning your graphics card without being able to repair it." BFG announced it was departing the graphics card business in May followed by word last month it was also leaving the PSU business.
The Assassin's Creed Brotherhood Interview on Games On Net shouts some questions at Stephane Baudet about the next installment in the Assassin's Creed series, focusing on the addition of multiplayer support. They discuss multiplayer game mechanics and the influences behind the new mode.
A new F1 2010 trailer shows off some more action from Codemasters' upcoming formula one racing simulation. The footage is once again labeled "work in progress," but that work should be wrapping up soon, as the game is set to race into North American stores on September 22, with the EPAC version due the next day and the UK release expected the day after that. Here's a full description of the clip: "Showcasing the race day experience of a GRAND PRIX™, the new gameplay video features the full 24 car grid battling it out at Suzuka, Melbourne and taking on the famous Eau Rouge at Spa. The video also provides an insight into the broader driver’s experience at a GRAND PRIX, showing press interviews in the paddock, race engineers managing their drivers out on the circuit and motion-captured pit-lane crew returning their car into the action. On the track action shows daring passing manoeuvres and wheel-to-wheel racing as stars including Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel compete to become FIA FORMULA ONE DRIVERS’ WORLD CHAMPION." Here's the embedded version. Continue here to read the full story.
A new Worms Reloaded Trailer shows off the customizability of the next installment in the invertebrate strategy series, which is still on track for release on Steam next week. No worms were harmed in the making of this movie. Well, okay, maybe one.
World of Warcraft Strategies - "World of Starcraft" A remote possibility, or reality?
This stunning engine can be applied to future titles. Considering that Blizzard is in the process of making their new MMO, I would be willing to wager that this MMO is based in the Starcraft universe, despite previous announcements by Blizzard that the title was outside all of their current universes.
Hellmode - My Darker Competitive Side. Thanks Ant.
But from that point on, even after I shelved my top progression character, I couldn’t play the game like a normal person. Each top ranked kill had altered the game to an unplayable degree and there had been so many of them. I couldn’t wipe in a normal dungeon after being the first in the world to not only see Sapphiron, but to kill the encounter at level 60–it was too much of a regression. It was the difference between night and day. As I would discover, there was no going back to a casual player after being so hardcore.
We're looking forward to some summer television this evening with the return of Weeds and the debut of The Big C. I'm a little surprised myself at my interest in the latter, considering how close to home the cancer topic hits at the moment, but it looks like it has a different approach, and I'm curious to see how that plays out. The other TV experience we've been greatly enjoying is The Pillars of the Earth, the Starz miniseries based on Ken Follett's novel. The series and its themes are pretty epic, and it provides a great showcase for Ian McShane.
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