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As noted on the Left 4 Dead Blog, a new automatic update for Left 4 Dead is now available through Steam, adding Mac support to the coop zombie shooter among other changes. Word is: "OSX users rejoice, you can celebrate Halloween in style. Left 4 Dead is available for Mac users everywhere. What does this mean for Mac users? You get Left 4 Dead and all the previously released DLC for one low price. Plus, thanks to steam play you can play in the same games on the same servers as PC users." In celebration, Left 4 Dead is on sale for a 50% savings. The change list for the new version follows. Continue here to read the full story.
Paradox Interactive announces the Battles of Ardania expansion for Majesty 2 will be released on November 9 for $14.99/€14.99/£9.99. Word is: Developed by Ino-co, Majesty 2: Battles of Ardania introduces a brand new single-player campaign “Heirs of the Night” where players must protect their borders from a mysterious mage-werewolf and his creatures of the night across eight missions. The expansion also introduces several new monsters, four new multiplayer maps (including two co-operative missions) and new weapon sets. The Majesty 2 expansion Battles of Ardania is a digital download only release and will be available on all leading digital distribution platforms.
A playable demo for CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Fatal Conspiracy is now available, offering a sample of this just-released mystery/adventure television tie-in. Here's word on what it offers: "The demo for CSI: Fatal Conspiracy features one whole mission where you must solve the murder at a car wash. Use astute observation skills and deductive thinking to find out what happened and who did it! CSI: Fatal Conspiracy features five connected cases that will allow players to experience an authentic crime-solving video game with real CSI characters, heart-pounding interrogations and enhanced graphics." The demo is available on AtomicGamer and WorthPlaying.
The Unreal Development Kit Website now offers an updated October beta of the Unreal Development Kit, the toolkit that allows the creation of Unreal-engine games for hobbyists and developers. Here's what Epic Games says about the new version: "This month there were numerous improvements to the Editor to make workflows easier. Enhancements were made to the various rendering systems as well." They also highlight a UDK project, saying: "This month, we’d like to give everyone a behind-the-scenes look at a non-game UDK project. Developed by Parsons Brinckerhoff for the Michigan Department of Transportation, IntelliDrive is a driving simulation that shows how vehicles can be plugged in to the national transportation grid. We talk with PB about how they created the simulation – which utilizes multiple display screens and a steering wheel – with a small team in just four months." The new UDK is also mirrored on AtomicGamer and Gamer's Hell.
Steam News announces a new automatic update is now available for Global Agenda, updating the MMO shooter. The new version includes a bunch of new weapons, new achievements and rewards, a new challenge function, and much more.
The Star Trek Infinite Space Website now features a new trailer from this upcoming free-to-play MMORPG based on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. According to developer GameForge: "The trailer gives an emotional preview of the game's universe setting and the conflicts running deep between the factions."
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Link of the Day: See: Through Shirt. Thanks Ant. We have a winner!
An update to the 2K Forums by 2K Elizabeth tells us the DLC previously thought to be cancelled for the PC edition of BioShock 2 will be coming to the Windows variant of 2K's waterlogged shooter sequel after all (thanks joao via Rock, Paper, Shotgun). Word is to expect the PC edition of Protector Trials in December and the PC edition of Minerva's Den at some point after that: We are a company of gamers making awesome experiences for gamers - and given the conversations we've had over the past two weeks, we've decided to go back and finish the PC patch and Protector Trials. Currently, we are patching the final bugs in these two pieces of content and then will submit everything to certification. The cert process can take anywhere up to four weeks, but as we hit major milestones (passing cert or otherwise included) I'll tell you guys. We are projecting that the patch and the Protector Trials will be ready to cert in December and I'm happy to announce that they will be available free to the community.
When we stopped development on Minerva's Den, it was not in a workable state and needed significantly more dev time to complete. As of now, we are not certain how much longer it would take to complete the project to our standards, but we have reallocated resources to work on completing the project so PC gamers can have this experience in Rapture along with 360 and PS3 owners.
Gearbox Software sends along details on an upcoming version 1.41 patch for Borderlands they say should be released next month for both the Windows and Xbox 360 editions of the role-playing shooter. Here are some of the planned changes:
- Level cap increase of 8 levels
- That means that all Borderlands players will now be able to achieve a new maximum level of 58.
- Owners of The Secret Armory of General Knoxx can achieve an increase to a maximum level of 69.
- End game players that have completed play-through #2 will see enemies scale to the new levels up to the new level cap.
- That means that if you’ve completed everything, you can play through the game again and again at a challenging level in order to find better and better loot.
- Item drops (with the exception of COM Decks) will also scale with higher level enemies to the new level cap.
That means that this Title Update features the highest level weapons to date.
- Other fixes, including DLC4 Achievement/Trophy glitches that have affected some users will be corrected to properly award players for obtaining these achievements no matter which order they were completed in.
A playable demo for FIFA Manager 2011 is now available, offering the chance to kick around a sample of the latest installment in this association football/soccer series. The demo allows six months of gameplay with your choice of England, France, Poland, Spain, or Germany, and word is save games can be continued with the full version of the game. Also: "Due to size issues, the demo contains only generic jerseys and a limited amount of stadiums. As play mode, only the “Club Selection” can be selected. The Online Mode, the World Cup Mode, the match prognosis and other full game elements are not available, as well as simulation and various 3D areas like the stadium editor or the team control (action mode) feature. Also due to space issues the demo neither contains music nor sound effects or commentators." You can download the demo from AtomicGamer, Gamer's Hell, and WorthPlaying.
GOG.com now offers online sales of a DRM-free version of Neverwinter Nights Diamond Edition, the highly regarded D&D role-playing game. Word is: "Neverwinter Nights is a role-playing game set in the Forgotten Realms. It uses the 3rd Edition D&D ruleset, which might be a plus if you're a 4ed hater or something ;). The storyline, centered around finding the cure to a dreadful plague, is fantastic, as befits the setting. You will meet countless memorable characters and engage in hours of superbly written dialog. The main campaign alone is vast enough to keep you hooked and entertained for weeks, but that's not all. The Diamond edition comes complete with three additional campaign modules to make your gaming experience last even longer. Last, but not least, Neverwinter Nights includes a robust multiplayer mode that offers many gameplay types and, depending on the server, supports up to 96 players. And yes, there's still a lot of people playing! You can even create your own server and host a private game for your friends, with you being their Dungeon Master."
Battlefront.com now offers an updated version 1.30 demo for Combat Mission Shock Force, adding samples of the game's add-on modules. Word is: "This brand new demo showcases the basic Shock Force game as well as the Marines Module, the British Forces Module and the latest NATO Module (modules sold separately from the basic game). The Combat Mission: Shock Force Demo will require approximately 1 Gigabyte of free space on your hard drive in order to install." The demo is mirrored on AtomicGamer, Gamer's Hell, The Patches Scrolls, and WorthPlaying. Also, Battlefront offers a hotfix for the earliest release of Combat Mission Shock Force - NATO, saying: "This is a Hotfix to cure a small bug in the first batch of NATO installers that went out to customers. Only a small number of customers is [sic] effected [sic], so if you have no problem running CMSF NATO, then you DO NOT NEED THIS HOTFIX." The hotfix is mirrored on The Patches Scrolls.
The QUAKE LIVE Website announces the release of new arenas and fixes for id's online shooter. Word is: "Today's update, QUAKE LIVE Premium Pak 3, introduces 4 new arenas to QUAKE LIVE, chat tokens, FreezeTag adjustments and minor physics and weapon changes." Thanks Big Download.
The AMD Website now offers a new version 10.10c hotfix AMD Catalyst reference drivers for AMD.ATI graphics cards. The new drivers offers OpenGL 4.1 beta support, Crossfire performance improvements for Metro 2033, F1 2010, Fallout New Vegas, and more. Thanks [H]ard-OCP.
TIME - Violent Video Games- Protected by the First Amendment.
But the courts have so far rightly refused to do this. Indecency law, after all, has become a mess of late. The puritanical censors at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) have been running amok for the past few years, imposing fines on broadcasters for airing off-color language — all in the name of "protecting the children." (One example: the FCC fined a small public television station in San Mateo, Calif., $15,000 for airing Martin Scorsese's acclaimed documentary The Blues, which had musicians using raunchy language.) It is scary to think what the FCC censors would do with the power to crack down on people who put out images they regard as too violent.
It was 106 years ago today that the New York City subway opened for business, which is probably also marks the first day someone peed on a platform. I kid, but the subway has actually been nicely rehabilitated over the years, and for some time now has been a clean, well-run system, especially considering it serves well over four million passengers a day.
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