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Ubisoft is eyeing THQ assets that are in play as part of THQ's bankruptcy, reports MCV, citing "sources." Their sources tell them Ubisoft is looking for bargains, and is willing to wait until specifics assets are sold.
The Battlefield 3 Website has details on Battlefield 3 End Game, a new DLC pack said to be coming to the military first-person shooter sequel (thanks BF3Blog). Word is: Battlefield 3: End Game delivers some of the most high-speed warfare to date across four vast maps. Race through enemy lines using the new dirt bike, bringing speed and agility to the Battlefield, or fight back aerial assaults with new lightweight AA vehicles. Coordinate lightning fast attacks and defenses in the return of the classic Capture The Flag game mode. In the skies, the new dropship introduces the ability to turn the tide with rapid deployment air drops of troop transports.
Power came back a bit ago. We'll be able to watch the end of the world on TV!
Jagex announces the release of free DLC for Ace of Spades, their recently
launched voxel-based shooter/construction game: Jagex, Europe’s largest
independent games studio, today announced the launch of their first free update
for the innovative shooter, Ace of Spades. The game, which launched on 12/12/12,
has stormed the Steam charts and has cemented itself in the Top 10 Sellers list.
The first DLC update for the game launches today and includes four new maps, a
new game mode and a new weapon. This free pack brings the map count up to ten,
adding new sandbox environments for players to create and destroy. The DLC also
add the classic Capture the Flag multiplayer mode, which will be available
across original and new maps, as well as a brand new winter themed weapon, the
Snow Cannon!
The
Jagged Alliance Online Website announces plans to expand the
browser-based online installment in this series of tactical role-playing games.
The update brings a bunch of new features, including 17 new missions, new
weapons and armor, and new crafting recipes. The level cap is also raised to 50
in the new version.
Immanitas Entertainment announces the digital release of Uprising 44: The
Silent Shadows, their World War II action game, saying a boxed edition of
the third-person shooter/RTS hybrid will follow in the first quarter of next
year. The game is available through
Desura,
GamerZ Rebellion, and
McGame,
and here's word on what to expect: Uprising 44 brings gamers closer to the
stories of struggles of civilians and insurgent forces against the Nazi
aggressor. It is a universal tale of heroism, patriotism and heroic struggle of
inhabitants of a city occupied by Nazi troops. The whole story is set in 1944
during an outbreak of one of the largest guerrilla operations in World War II -
the Warsaw Uprising.
TPS and RTS gameplay modes are smoothly switched depending on the development of
the game action. In TPP mode the player is the commander of a four-person party
– The Silent Shadows. With the tactical command system, he can command both the
entire squad, as well as its individual members. The advanced AI of the soldiers
allows for a tactical game, where an order may be given to an individual
soldier, depending on the situation, or a game with activated “Auto-behavior”
mode, where the player controls only his own hero and members of the squad act
according to their own assessment of the situation.
Immanitas Entertainment also (see story above) announces the release of Deep
Eclipse, a new arcade space shooter. The game is available on
GamersGate,
Get Games, and
McGame,
here's a bit on what it offers: Deep Eclipse is the ultimate space
thriller in the best tradition of the genre. The mission is clear: You're the
pilot of a space fighter, accidentally catapulted into a parallel universe
populated by hostile alien creatures; and they're not happy to see you! To get
out of this hell, do your best, to destroy hordes of enemies.
Deep Eclipse features all the best of the traditional arcade shooter, but is
definitely requesting the player’s ability of strategic planning by upgrading
his spaceship with useful extra-weapons and technologies. Destroy to survive!
Survive to return home!
MCV has word to expect the U.K. release of Star Trek: The Video Game
on April 26th, abut a month ahead of the movie upon which it is based. That's a
Friday, but could still possibly be the game's North American release date,
since it is being distributed online. Word is: "Namco has also detailed its
pre-order scheme which will be rolling out via retailers in the next few weeks.
Trek fans who order the game will recieve [sic] the Elite Officer Pack, which
will include extra weapons and uniforms for both Kirk and Spock.&
- Asus Vulcan Pro on
pcGameware.
- Kingston HyperX Beast 32GB 2400MHz DDR3 on
Vortez
- MadCatz Cyborg R.A.T.3 Red Gaming Mouse on
eTeknix.
Not being one for cockamamie theories, I have not spent a lot of time planning
about today being the end of the world. On the other hand, maybe I should have
seen it as a sign of the apocalypse that Verizon worked out my FiOS issues
yesterday. Anyway, amid heavy rain and high winds, the power is out here in the
BlueTower, and what's worse, is I can't get online with FiOS even with my UPS,
so apparently power is out a local substation. In more bad luck, my laptop was
without a charge, but I've managed to fire it up using an inverter and a car
jumper box with a battery in it for this makeshift update (I won't have access
to the mail on my other machine until the power returns, so there may be some
catching up to do after this). The one lucky turn is that I am managing to
connect to an LTE tower right now, which you can't usually do around here.
Perhaps another sign of the end of days. Anyway, I'm not sure how updating will
go the rest of today if the power stays down, so we'll just have to play it by
ear.
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