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Archived News:
A new SpellForce 2 - Faith in Destiny Website offers information and media for the upcoming role-playing/strategy sequel, along with discussion forums. Word is: "At the moment you can find some basic information about the game. In the near future we will update it with more information and assets. Stay tuned!" They say the repeatedly delayed game is expected for release on November 30.
Battle.net has word that the new version 1.1.3 of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is now live for the real-time strategy sequel. The new version is available automatically, but there are also manual patches for those willing to work through all the localized Windows and OS X versions. Some or all of these assorted patches are available from AtomicGamer and The Patches Scrolls. The brief patch notes follow. Continue here to read the full story.
Steam News announces the release of a new patch for Fallout: New Vegas to update Obsidian's recently released RPG sequel to version 1.1.1. Here are the change notes. Continue here to read the full story.
Battlefront.com now offers a new patch for Strategic Command WW2 Global Conflict to update the wargame to version 1.04. Word is: "More than a hundred improvements, fixes and tweaks to both the game engine as well as the editor - many based on feedback from the fan community forums and email - make this one of the biggest patches for one of the biggest grand strategy games out there." Selected highlights of what's new follow. Continue here to read the full story.
Steam News announces the release of a new automatic update for the Counter-Strike: Source Beta, updating the in-development edition of the teamplay shooter. The patch notes, which include word on some Source engine changes, follow. Continue here to read the full story.
Kalypso Media and First Star Software announce Boulder Dash-XL, a sequel/remake for the classic platformer in development at Catnip Games for release on Windows and Xbox 360. The news is accompanied by this batch of screenshots, and here's a bit from the announcement: Boulder Dash’s tricky puzzle and dexterity-based gameplay made its debut in the early 80s and continues to entertain its enormous fan base and new players. The game is recognized as one of the best-loved retro games in the history of computer and video gaming. Now Boulder Dash®-XL™ brings this classic back with a hot new look that will take the Xbox LIVE Arcade and Windows PC platforms by storm. The game’s core remains unchanged: in a race against time players must collect sparkling diamonds while besting hordes of enemies, while avoiding numerous traps, and keeping an eye out for falling boulders!
Activision announces the worldwide launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops, calling Treyarch's new military shooter sequel the most anticipated title of the year. "From the beginning, we focused our entire studio on creating the most immersive Call of Duty experience ever," said Treyarch Studio Head Mark Lamia. "Treyarch wanted to give Call of Duty fans the ultimate entertainment package this year. Black Ops delivers an epic and cinematic single player experience, an incredibly deep multiplayer offering, and endless hours of co-op fun with Zombies." Here's more on the game: Call of Duty: Black Ops takes players around the globe, behind enemy lines, in the deepest and most intense Call of Duty® experience ever. The title raises the bar for online gameplay with an arsenal of features, including unprecedented player customization fueled by an all-new in-game currency system, new Wager Match gameplay modes, Theater video recording capabilities to capture favorite gameplay experiences, Combat Training and more. The Call of Duty: Black Ops’ launch follows a record-setting number of midnight openings worldwide, as thousands of retail outlets opened their doors at midnight to deliver the first copies.
On related notes, according to gamrFeed Black Ops has already racked up 4.5 million preorders (thanks Digg); Activision's Dan Amrich blogs to report bugs on the Call of Duty: Black Ops Forums (thanks Eurogamer); and Eurogamer has a video of the first 15 minutes of gameplay for those who like that sort of thing.
The Immortal Souls Website now offers playable demos for the Windows and OS X editions of Immortal Souls, an independently developed RPG that's due for release on December 1. The game is described as a "comic-book role playing game about two vampires fighting to save their souls from the legions of Hell." There is a trailer showing off the demo, and should all this turn out to be your cup of tea, the game is currently available for preorder at a 30% discount.
Avatar Creations announces a launch date for Perpetuum Online, saying the science fiction MMOG will launch on November 25 at 18:00 CET (2:00 pm EST), offering gameplay in a single unsharded world where the actions of players "have permanent consequences which can only be changed by other players or the natural physics of the game world." The client will be a free download, but the game will carry a monthly subscription fee of €8.95/$9.95. About a week remains to check out the Perpetuum Online open beta test, which will conclude next Thursday, and players who purchase Early Access Subscriptions will be entitled to begin playing a week early on November 18. Word is: "These subscriptions, priced at the usual monthly fee of €8.95/$9.95 depending on the region, will include 7 days of playtime prior to the official launch, 30 days of normal playtime following launch, and 4 weeks of extra extension points." Here's a bit more on the game itself: In the sci-fi world of Perpetuum players engage in exploring the alien planet of Nia with huge robots. Remotely controlling these robots from Earth, players are thrown into a foothold situation where they need to build a stable economy while battling the natives and rogue human agents, all in order to supply Earth with precious energy.
THQ details Homefront sequel, novel tie-in and potential miniseries on Joystiq has word on plans for a television miniseries based on the U.S. invasion scenario in Homefront, and has a bit from THQ's Danny Bilson on plans for a sequel that sound a bit different from the Homefront: London scenario mentioned in June. Word is: "The sequel has new features and doesn't even deal with the same characters," says Bilson. "It takes place on the other side of the Mississippi -- nobody knows what's going on over there because the North Koreans have irradiated the Mississippi with radioactive iodine and nobody can cross it without a hazmat suit. It's very interesting stuff."
A tweet by supererogatory shows domain registrations for DeadlyDescent.com, DeadlyDescents.com, SsXDeadlyDescent.com, SsXDeadlyDescents.com, and SsXFirstDescent.com, which seem to be strong indications of intents to continue the SSX series of Snowboard Supercross games. Thanks Eurogamer.
The Darkspore interview on Strategy Informer talks with Mike Perry, Executive Producer on the upcoming Spore-based action/RPG during their attendance at an EA press event. The conversation covers things like who the player represents in the solo game, the game's inspirations, collectibles, reasons for a four-player limit, online leaderboards, solo play, and more.
Robert Walsh, CEO of Australian developer Krome, tells IGN their studio is still open, in spite of multiple cuts over the past couple of years. Word is they are still working on more than one game. "Realistically, we have at least 40 doing work on projects. We're potentially going to get about another 40-45; I'll find out in the next day or two, if this project goes ahead. And then we have another project that comes up in a couple of weeks, which could [require] another 40 people. So it's going to be anywhere between 30 and 100. It's pretty much just a smaller version of what [Krome] was." Thanks Develop.
Gamasutra - What Lies Ahead For Call of Duty?
"Black Ops is a pretty critical test for Activision," Colin Sebastian of Lazard Capital Markets tells Gamasutra. "What's more important for the game? Is it the franchise itself or is it the developer behind the game? If Treyarch can sell just as many units as Infinity Ward, then that would mean the franchise is more important."
- Bit.Trip Beat on IGN.
- Call of Duty: Black Ops on 1UP.com, Eurogamer, G4tv.com, Games On Net, GameSpot, Giant Bomb, guardian.co.uk, IGN, Joystiq, Kotaku, Shacknews, Telegraph, and TVG.
- Blood Bowl Legendary Edition on GameShark.
- Bronze on Frictionless Insight.
- Divinity II: The Dragon Knight Saga on Examiner.com.
- James Bond – Blood Stone on AtomicGamer, MTV Multiplayer, and Rock, Paper, Shotgun.
- Lost Planet 2 on Big Download.
- Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit on Eurogamer.
- Rhythm Zone on Gaming Nexus.
- Shank on IGN.
- Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II on ActionTrip and Skewed & Reviewed.
Looks like the GTX 580 review embargo expired at 9:00 am EST sharp today.
- Arctic Cooling ARCTIC NB201 Laptop Cooler on APH Networks.
- ASUS GeForce GTS 450 1GB DirectCU TOP Graphics Card on Mad Shrimps.
- BitFenix Colossus Case on XSReviews.co.uk.
- Call of Duty: Black Ops Dolby Headphone Gaming Headset on Games On Net.
- Corsair HS1 USB Gaming Headset on Neoseeker.
- GIGABYTE Aivia K8100 Keyboard on t-break.
- Gigabyte GeForce GTX 580 Graphics Card SLI on Hardware Heaven.
- GlideTV Navigator Wireless Media Remote w/Touchpad on TweakTown.
- Kodak EasyShare M580 14MP Digital Camera on ThinkComputers.org.
- Lian Li PC-B25S Case on PureOC.
- Logitech Revue with Google TV on Digital Trends.
- Mionix Naos 3200 Mouse on RBMODS.
- MSI Radeon HD 6870 Graphics Card on Hardware Secrets.
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Graphics Card on Benchmark Reviews, Bjorn3D, Guru3D, Hardware Canucks, HEXUS, HotHardware, InsideHW, Neoseeker, Overclockers Club, PC Perspective, techPowerUp, Tech ARP, TechRadar UK, and The Tech Report.
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Graphics Card SLI on techPowerUp.
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 GF110 Fermi Graphics Card on Legit Reviews.
- OCZ RevoDrive X2 SSD on HotHardware and Legit Reviews.
- QNAP TS-259 Pro+ Turbo NAS on HEXUS.net.
- Sapphire Radeon HD 6850 Graphics Card on Ultimate Hardware.
- Seasonic X-Series- X-560 PSU on [H]ard-OCP.
- Sony Bloggie Touch 8GB Camcorder on TechReviewSource.com.
- Thermaltake BlacX 5G Hard Drive Dock on OverclockersHQ.com.
- XFX Radeon HD 6850 Graphics Card on Hardware Secrets.
- Xigmatek Utgard Computer Case on Tweaknews.
- Zotac GeForce GTX 580 Graphics Card on t-break.
Well my jury duty experience did not turn out to be very disruptive at all so far, though it does qualify as disrupted, as I have to return tomorrow, but not today. Hopefully tomorrow will be as easy to deal with as yesterday was.
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