Steam News announces a new update is now automatically available for
Dungeons of Dremor, along with the free
You Have To Name The Expansion Pack for the dungeon crawler, which
is currently on sale for 70% off. This is accompanied
by news that that the Dungeons of Dredmor Workshop is now open:
The time to create and use all new horrifying traps, dazzling spells, and weapons of diabolical ferocity is upon us: the Dungeons of Dredmor Steam Workshop is now open for business.
Create and share all new monsters, items, skills, spells and dungeon rooms! Ever wanted an acid fireball? How about a skill that summons Diggle mages? A staff that explodes when you throw it and turns everyone who it kills into zombies? Easy. A trap that can only be disarmed by feeding it 10 gallons of Slivovitz plum brandy? A magical pear that summons a magical orange that summons a magical apple that summons the original magical pear? That's more like it.
The Steam Workshop makes it easy to find, play, and share quality custom content created by other fans. Simply head over to the Steam Workshop page, find a mod that you would like to play, and hit "Subscribe". The mod will be downloaded to just the right spot, and upon loading Dredmor you simply hit the "Mod" button on the launcher and pick which ones you want to load.
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NAMCO BANDAI announces actors Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto will lend their voices to the roles of Kirk and Spock the upcoming
Star Trek video game, and other actors from J.J. Abrams' film Star Trek reboot will also voice their characters in the game. On a related note, the
Star Trek game website is now online. Here's the announcement:
Paramount Pictures and leading video game publisher and developer NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. today announced that actors Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto who starred as Captain James T. Kirk and Mr. Spock in producer and director J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek (2009) film reboot, will reprise their roles in the Star Trek™ video game. The highly anticipated co-op game is set to release in early 2013 on Xbox 360®video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Windows PC.
“We are thrilled to have these incredible actors, lending their voice to the legendary characters of Kirk and Spock in the video game realm,” said LeeAnne Stables, Paramount Pictures’ President of Consumer Products and head of the studio’s video game unit. “Players are in for a truly authentic experience with the combination of talent we have assembled bringing this action adventure game to life.”
In addition to Pine and Quinto, other actors from the 2009 film are depicted in the game including actress Zoe Saldana, in the role of Lieutenant Uhura, Simon Pegg as the benevolent Scotty, Karl Urban as the beloved Dr. “Bones” McCoy, John Cho as Sulu and Anton Yelchin as Chekov.
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An article on
The International House of Mojo that speculates that negative comments on about Wisecrack Games'
Sam Suede in Undercover Exposure Kickstarter may been made by Paul Trowe of Replay Games, who are making
Make Leisure Suit Larry come again (thanks ebberon). Replay
recently spoke of suing Wisecrack over infringement, but this article points the way to
this post by Al Lowe saying he is not getting all lawyered up with this:
I want to clarify with the media, the public, and the Kickstarter community what’s been in the press lately about my relationship with Wisecrack Games. I have no intention of suing Wisecrack, which has my permission to use my name and likeness regarding my involvement with Sam Suede.
While I am proud of the work I did on Sam Suede back in 2006, when I left the project the game’s design was nearly complete but the text, where the humor lies, was barely started. I not involved in any way with Wisecrack’s current production of Sam Suede.
I am currently actively involved with Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards Reloaded. I also am not personally involved in any legal action against Wisecrack and wish them well implementing my game design without me.
Rockstar Games announces they are rolling out a patch tonight to address some frequently reported issues with
Max Payne 3, their third-person shooter sequel. Here's what this will address:
Issues fixed by tonight's patch are below. Our goal is to get everyone up and running as smoothly as possible so be sure to hit http://support.rockstargames.com if you are having any specific issues.
Compatibility Issues
* Fixed reported issues with needing service packs, compatibility with incorrect OS.
Various Crashes
* Fixed a range of issues which could have led to crashes on startup and in-game.
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The Dark Eye – Demonicon Website offers
the E3 trailer from their upcoming action/RPG. Word is: "– Today Kalypso Media is pleased to release the first teaser video for The Dark Eye – Demonicon, their upcoming action-RPG for current-gen consoles and Windows PC. In the new teaser video, unspeakable horrors terrorize the populace while great armies align for battle. Kalypso will release The Dark Eye – Demonicon in early 2013."
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There's an
interview on the World of Warcraft Website where Blizzard's Tom Chilton discusses the future of PvP combat in World of Warcraft upon the arrival of the upcoming Mists of Pandaria expansion for their MMORPG.
The
WatchDogs Website has
a trailer showing off this just-revealed open world game in development at Ubisoft Montreal. This originally seemed to be a console title, but there are plans for a PC edition as well, and the trailer offers hope for an impressive new IP. No release date is offered at this point.
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This trailer offers a combat walkthrough of
Star Wars 1313, the upcoming mature, mercenary-themed shooter set in the Star Wars universe. They also offer a
Navigation Cinematic and a vertigo inducing
Falling a Thousand Levels trailer showing the express route to level 1313.
The Capcom Unity Blog now offers
the E3 trailer from
Lost Planet 3, the upcoming sci-fi shooter sequel. The cinematic clip sets the story for the game, which seems like Aliens meets Death of a Salesman. The clip concludes showing an "early 2013" release window.
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MCV - The danger of taking E3 out of context.
Look, it’s time for a reality check. Ten years ago consoles were about gaming. Just gaming. Then the Xbox 360 and PS3 went online, got online networks and it all changed. Then Nintendo had the gall to find a whole new mass audience and the games industry was altered forever.
But like it or lump it, that’s how it is. So if you’re still sitting down at an E3 presentation and expecting a feast of core-gaming worship, you’re setting yourself up for a fall.
Folk can turn up their nose at the merest mention of media content, mainstream franchises and celebrities all they like – but this IS the modern video games business. Or more accurately, it’s PART of the modern video games business.
Fortunately for us, for every soul-destroying Usher performance there’s an amazing Watch Dogs video. Gaming caters for everybody, including core gamers.
I had a first last night, as I wrote up a bunch of stories which I then failed to post! I made the mistake of getting an extra early start for E3 (which was a waste since the show is on the west coast), and I guess I wasn't concentrating very well by the end of the day. I ended up posting the stories at 1:00 am with an 11:59 timestamp, and had a fitful sleep from kicking myself.
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