Archived News:
Though it has been discussed as a matter-of-fact for some time now, MyCrysis officially announces plans for a DirectX 11 patch for Crysis 2, Crytek's shooter sequel: We would like to announce that there will be a DX11 patch released for Crysis 2. We are working to get the best out of DX11, so we’ll wait to announce the features until a little closer to release.
King's Quest III Redux - To Heir is Human Website now offers this remake of Sierra On-Line's classic adventure game. Word is: "Featuring stunning new background artwork, an innovative digital musical score, high-quality voice acting, and a number of other refinements and additions, this is AGD Interactive's finest remake ever - a must play."
11 bit studios announces the release of Anomaly: Warzone Earth, a reverse tower defense game for Windows and OS X. The game is available through digital distribution, and the Steam edition is on sale for the first week at a 10% discount. The Anomaly - Warzone Earth Website has details on the game along with a trailer showing it in action. Here's a bit from the release announcement: Anomaly Warzone Earth is an extraordinary mixture of action and strategy in a reversed tower defense formula. The game tasks you with saving a near-future Earth from an alien onslaught. The invaders have captured the world’s major cities, building huge turrets that destroy everything in their path. It’s up to you to lead an armor squad through the streets of cities like Baghdad and Tokyo, planning the route and strategically choosing which units to deploy in order to crush the opposition. Take control of the Commander, whose special abilities and quick thinking will be vital in supporting the squad in its mission, as you engage in fast-paced, tactical battle across story campaign and two heart-pounding Squad Assault Modes.
We have a bunch of new art assets from Battlefield 3, including screenshots, concept art and storyboards for DICE's upcoming military shooter sequel. Some of this is less self-explanatory than one might expect, but luckily they come with a cheat sheet describing what we are seeing. This is posted below. Continue here to read the full story.
Steam News announces a new automatic update is now available for Left 4 Dead 2, re-adding Last Man on Earth as an encore mutation. The new version also addresses a bug in the co-op shooter, while also closing off a bunch of exploits, saying this is the first in a series of exploit fixes, and that these changes would be coming soon to the Xbox 360 edition of the game. The full patch notes follow. Continue here to read the full story.
Steam News announces a new automatic patch is now available for IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover, 1C: Maddox Games' combat light simulator. The new version includes a large list of changes, as well as a DRM fix, described like so: "Solidshield protection was removed from the game. The game no longer requires a second authentication key. Cliffs of Dover only needs to be authenticated once with a single key during first install. NOTE: this action is automatic and does not require any action from the player."
The Conquest Online Website now offers beta testing of an OS X client for this free-to-play MMORPG. Word is: "It's been a long wait and finally, we will put our hands on it! The TQ team is proud to announce that the Beta version of Conquer Online's Mac-compatible client is ready for all the Apple-loving players to download and try out! (Note: This beta client is only designed for Mac computers.)"
Direct2Drive offers a 15% discount on the "hottest games in March" when you use the code "MARCHMAYHEM" on checkout. Strategy First is donating 20% of online sales between now and April 11th to Japanese earthquake/tsunami relief.
- 1C Collection on GOG.com. Save 50%.
- Anomaly: Warzone Earth on Steam. Save 10%.
- Blood Bowl Legendary Edition on Steam. Save 75%.
- Dungeon Siege III on Steam. Get free Dungeon Siege II with pre-purchases.
- Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition on IGN PC Store. Save 75%.
- Scrapland on Impulse. Save 75%.
- Select Sims Games on IGN PC Store. Up to 80% off.
Still on sale (previously reported). Continue here to read the full story.
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Black? It's not even dusk yet!
Break out your tinfoil hat, as a new "Everything is True" trailer from The Secret World highlights the truthiness of the various conspiracy theories in Funcom's upcoming MMORPG. Word is: "Remember all those legends and myths you heard when you were a kid, or the conspiracies that you’ve been fed in countless blog entries and forum posts? They’re all true. It’s all explained in Funcom’s latest video for the upcoming modern-day massively multiplayer online role-playing game, ‘The Secret World’." Here's the embedded version. Continue here to read the full story.
A new Duke Nukem Forever Babes Trailer offers an unabashedly sexist look at the curvaceous ladies in Duke Nukem Forever. They are in various stages of undress, though the topless (t.o.p.l.e.s.s.) stripper's boobs are pixilated into a barely SFW state. Also, Duke Nukem Forever History of a Legend, Part 1 (linked the other night) features Scott Miller, Randy Pitchford, Allen Blum, Joe Siegler, and various others discussing the origins of Duke and the evolution of the side-scroller into a first-person shooter. Both clips are embedded below. Continue here to read the full story.
A post to the Team Fortress 2 Blog discusses hats, as a new automatic update adds nine new hats and one new bear to the multiplayer shooter/haberdashery simulation. Word is: "Anyway, hats. They are new and very good for you. There are ten of them. One is bear, not hat. So nine hats and bear. Available through drops, craftings [sic] and store. Is good deal, you should buy. Moneys go to TF community members who make hats and bears. Do not wait. Get in line now for hat or bear. Have money ready because line is going to be long." They also add this question: "These are good words. Job is done. Where is Heavy's hat?" A possibly related post on PC Gamer offers a screenshot they say they received from Valve's Gabe Newell, saying it's titled "berets or scoop," though to the untrained eye it resembles a Jackson Pollock painting.
May Cover Revealed on GameInformer.com highlights their cover story on Mass Effect 3, BioWare's upcoming shooter/RPG sequel. There's a concise write-up about the preview on NeoGAF (thanks Eurogamer), offering some spoilerish details, with word on characters that will return, an upgraded RPG system, weapons mods, and alternative endings. They also confirm that, like its predecessors, Mass Effect 3 will offer no multiplayer support. On a related note, IGN has word on plans for an anime movie based on Mass Effect: "Over the last few years, we have revealed different pieces of the Mass Effect world through different media. Extending the story through an anime medium is another amazing opportunity for us," said Casey Hudson, Executive Producer for the Mass Effect series. "Partnering with FUNimation ensures that we will bring this rich universe to life with the utmost quality and the same attention to detail that the Mass Effect games are known for."
The Battle Slots Website now offers a playable demo for Battle Slots, the role-playing game that combines the addictiveness of quest-based gaming with the addictiveness of slot machines, while avoiding the grimy hands that go with handling all those coins. Word is: "Taking the place of traditional RPG dice or number generators is a customizable, magical slot machine – however there is no gambling. Battle Slots harnesses the excitement of popular Slot Machine mechanics, progressing your adventure through fantastic gameplay. Spinning the slot machine yields Magic Points, Attack Points, Experience Points, Gold, and Summons."
MAYN Interactive announces the European closed beta test for Tactical Intervention will begin on May 6th, offering first access to this free-to-play multiplayer first-person shooter from Counter-Strike creator Minh Le and FIXKorea. You can apply for a key to the beta on the Tactical Intervention Website, where they also offer a trailer and further information on the game. Here are some screenshots and here's an overview: In Tactical Intervention, players play as either Terrorists or Counter Terrorists, defending or assaulting over different urban locales to fight over the lives of innocent hostages. Counter-Strike creator Minh Le will be delivering a vast arsenal of weapons, multiple weapon and equipment customization options, a dynamic cover system and a new K9 attack dog system in a fun FPS to players all over the world. Meant to be a realistic yet fun shooter, Tactical Intervention will cater to both battle hardened clan warriors and the casual FPS fan.
The Age of Fear Website is online, promoting Age of Fear: The Undead King, a fantasy-themed turn-based strategy game which will be released for Windows, OS X, and Linux via digital distribution on Sunday. The game will carry a 50% discount through April 17th and a 25% discount through April 24th. This trailer shows off the game, and here's word: Age of Fear: The Undead King is a fantasy turn-based strategy primarily focused on single player mode. The game features a novel battle system and two campaigns with solid fantasy stories. The story takes place in an untamed fantasy land, where three forces: the Human Kingdom, the Greenskins' Horde and the Undead Legion - are fighting for domination and survival.
You will encounter quick skirmishes, where wise unit's cooperation is essential. You will visit distant lands either as a honorable knight or an evil necromancer. You will conquer cities and destroy ancient evil!
1C Ino-Co announces the Majesty2 Collection, a bundle of their fantasy-themed strategy sequel and its expansions, saying the bundle will be released on April 19th. Here's word: "A sumptuous gaming package, Majesty 2 Collection brings together Majesty 2, Kingmaker, Monster Kingdom and Battles of Ardania, along with the Kingmaker game editor enabling players to create their own missions. Also included is every item, quest, unit and building previously only available for purchase using the in-game store. This additional content includes new spells, weapons, units, heroes, buildings, quests and much more!" The Majesty2 Collection announcement trailer highlights the news.
There was an error in yesterday's press release from Wargaming.net about beta testing of World of Tanks, their upcoming MMOTPS. As was mentioned in our forums, the prerequisites for earning the M4A2E4 tank were not accurate. Wargaming.net sends along their apologies and a correction: There’s one serious mistake in the press-release we distributed yesterday.
M4A2E4 tank will be given to closed beta-testers (registered by 0:00 UTC 27/01/2011) that have 1000+ battles on their profiles. Not like stated in the press-release: All closed beta-testers and those with 1000 and more battles fought.
An update is available for Evochron Mercenary, taking this space combat and trading simulator from StarWraith 3D Games to version 1.288. The new version, which acts as a full installer, a patch for previous versions, and a free trial is now available on this page. The change list follows. Continue here to read the full story.
"We got from number 25 to number three, so we think that we can continue and that it is possible to be number one. It’s not certain, but we are taking the steps that we think will get us there," Ubisoft founder and CEO Yves Guillemot tells MCV. "It has to be by creating or finding products that will make the difference and will be recognised as the best products in the industry. We have to create the products that will fuel the growth. I’m not saying we won’t do acquisitions, but the focus is on creating products."
PCWorld - Sex in Games- Is it Time to Grow Up?
Developers and publishers got over their fear of graphic, bloody violence long ago, but sex is still a great taboo. Dragon Age II, for example, features a level of gore that would make Mortal Kombat blush, but heaven forbid you catch a glimpse of a bare nipple during an intimate scene. This is partly down to the overblown reaction of media outlets such as Fox News when news of sex scenes in games hit the mainstream, but it's also evidence of a certain level of prudishness on the part of triple-A developers and publishers in particular.
Bitmob - An honest conversation with BioWare.
I waited until he was finished before I roared in reply, "You recycled a bunch of environments! That is never ever okay! It's not an open world game like Assassin's Creed where the setting is an evolving playground. It's Dragon Age, a game about epic quests, dragon slaying, and deep stories people can get lost in. If you had planned to release it like this, why didn't you call it Dragon Age: Hawke Does Stuff. At least then I could've stomached it."
Hide your daughters, as I'm going carousing tonight. Alright, your daughters are actually probably pretty safe, but you should definitely hide your Scotch.
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