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Archived News:
Metro Last Light is due for release in North America tomorrow, and
reviews have started showing up for 4AGames' first-person shooter sequel. The PC
version currently boasts an 82
metascore based
on 24 critic reviews (naturally there are no user reviews yet). There's still a
chance to get the preorder bonuses (the Ranger Mode DLC pack, a digital comic,
and a copy of the Metro 2033 novel) and
Dealzon has a coupon code for the game on Steam by way of
Green Man Gaming that brings the price to $37.50, a 25% savings. Finally,
there is a post on
DSOGaming explaining how to force the supposedly DirectX10/11 title in
DirectX 9 and how to turn of auto-aim, which is on by default even in the PC
version, with no menu option to disable it. They also note that there seems to
be no way to change the game's default Field of View. Thanks Acleacius.
The
GeForce Website has new beta version 320.14 GeForce drivers for NVIDIA
graphics cards, saying these are the drivers to use with Metro: Last Light,
the first-person shooter sequel that's due in North America tomorrow. Here's
word on what they do for the game an on the accompanying
Metro: Last Light Graphics Breakdown & Performance Guide: "Boosting
single-GPU and SLI performance in the eagerly anticipated sequel by up to 10%,
the 320.14 beta drivers also ensure maximum system compatibility when battling
the monsters of
Last Light's
post-apocalyptic world. For an in-depth look at the game's technology and GPU
performance check out our new
Metro: Last Light Graphics Breakdown & Performance Guide." Thanks Iggy.
Take-Two Interactive Software announces results for their Fourth Quarter and
Fiscal Year 2013, calling the numbers "strong." Here's the outlook for the
year: For fiscal year 2013, GAAP net revenue was $1.214 billion, as
compared to $825.8 million for fiscal year 2012. Non-GAAP net revenue was $1.222
billion, as compared to $825.8 million for the prior fiscal year. GAAP net loss
from continuing operations was $31.2 million, or $0.36 per diluted share, as
compared to $107.7 million, or $1.30 per diluted share, for the prior fiscal
year. Non-GAAP net income was $33.1 million, or $0.36 per diluted share, as
compared to a Non-GAAP net loss of $59.4 million, or $0.71 per diluted share,
for the prior fiscal year. Both GAAP loss from continuing operations and
Non-GAAP net income for fiscal year 2013 include the $15 million negative impact
from a one-time contractual obligation, which was recorded in fiscal first
quarter 2013.
The largest contributors to net revenue in fiscal year 2013 were Borderlands 2,
NBA 2K13, BioShock Infinite, Max Payne® 3, Grand Theft Auto IV, XCOM®: Enemy
Unknown and Red Dead Redemption. Revenue from digitally delivered content grew
148% year-over-year and accounted for 22% of Non-GAAP net revenue, driven by
offerings for Borderlands 2, the Grand Theft Auto franchise, NBA 2K13, Sid
Meier’s Civilization V and XCOM: Enemy Unknown.
The Lord of the Rings Online Website announces that Update 11 is now live in
The Lord of the Rings Online, bringing the joys of the housing bubble to
Turbine's MMORPG: Vacant houses. They take up space and make it hard for
folks to find a home close their friends. In preparation for some cool housing
updates later this year, it’s time to clean up those old homes and get them back
on the market.
Here’s the skinny:
With Update 11, if you own a home that has been locked for more than 180 days
you will be issued a final foreclosure warning. At that point you’ll have 60
days to get your finances in order and pay down the upkeep or your home will be
foreclosed and put back on the market. All your items that were stored in the
house will be put into escrow. These items in escrow will stay there
indefinitely but you will need to clear out your escrow before you are allowed
to buy a new home.
Later this year we will likely shorten the grace period but seeing as this
foreclosure business is new to a lot of players we figured we’d give some extra
time when the feature goes live.
The hope here is that by putting all of the long-dormant homes back on the
market current players will find it easier to build close-knit communities with
their friends. We’ll have more info on future improvements to the housing system
down the road a bit!
- Anodyne on
Steam. Save 33%.
- The Book of Unwritten Tales on
Steam. Save 75%.
- Critical Mass on
Steam. Save 50%.
- Hitman: Absolution on
Steam. Save 50%.
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- The Mayhem Bundle on Indie
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- Postal 2 Complete on
Steam. Save 75%.
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Steam. Save 50%.
- Zombies vs Aliens Indie Game Bundle on
BundleStars. Four games for USD$0.99.
CD Projekt RED now offers the open
beta of their REDkit, a set of mod tools for The Witcher 2 they say
allows us to "create RPG adventures and do it CD Projekt Style." A
new
trailer show off the power of these tools, and here's word from
the announcement: "The
editor gives modders of all skill levels the tools, they need to tell non-linear
tales full of branching plots, believable characters and far-reaching
consequences for player actions. Without learning to program or wrangling with
opaque editors, game creators can use the top-quality art and assets from The
Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings or import their own, as well as intuitive tools
for environment creation, to craft their own unique role-playing adventures."
Continue here to read the full story.
Here 's a trailer from
GamesHQMedia with a look at footage from The Bureau: XCOM Declassified,
the upcoming third-person shooter that was formerly a first-person shooter.
This is called a gameplay clip, but its almost entirely game cinematics. There are also some informational screens, but they have fun with the covert nature of
this installment in the UFO series with redactions, so the kind of background we
get is "August 1962 - researchers find _____ in the _______ mine in ______" (our
guesses in this game of Mad Libs included "Klingons" and "Uranus"). And since
nothing makes it harder to keep up with assorted impressions of a game like a
good embargo, there is now an overwhelming assortment of previews of the game on
Computer and Video Games,
Destructoid,
Eurogamer,
games.on.net,
IGN,
Joystiq,
Kotaku,
NowGamer,
Polygon,
Shacknews, and
Strategy
Informer. Finally, there are interviews about the game on
Strategy Informer and
VG247. Continue here to read the full story.
Here's a new trailer from
Watch Dogs/Watch_Dogs showing off more open world gameplay from the
upcoming sandbox hacking game, without the benefit of informative journalist
exposition explaining what you see. The clip runs about six minutes showing our
protagonist engaging in a little electronic mischief and then shows an
action-oriented escape when his cover is blown. Continue here to read the full story.
The
GfK Chart-Track Chart of the top 20 bestselling, full-priced PC games in the
U.K. is now updated for the week ending May 11th. Football Manager 2013 sits on
top after swapping places with last week's number one, The Sims 3. Their
write up accompanying
the charts returns, and reading it showed that while the PC chart is divided
into a full-priced chart and a
budget-priced chart, the all platforms chart has a combined
all prices chart with more perspective, and this is what is covered by their
blurb: ‘Dead Island: Riptide’ goes one week better than its predecessor by
holding on to No1 for a third consecutive week, despite a 55% drop in sales.
‘Bioshock Infinite’ is the only other title so far this year to record three
consecutive weeks at No1. Competition for top spot comes in the form of an
unexpected familiar face, ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops II’ (+60%) which climbs 4
places to No2, boosted by strong retailer price promotions only 2 weeks after
dropping out of the Top 10 for the first time. ‘Tomb Raider’ (-17%) clings on to
No3 for a second week, while ‘Injustice: Gods Among Us’ (-36%) falls from No2 to
No4. ‘FIFA 13’ (-19%) is still making its presence felt despite slipping one
place to No5, keeping it ahead of ‘Bioshock Infinite’ (-10%) at No6. Recently
budget-priced ‘Assassin’s Creed III’ (+25%) is back in the Top 10 at No7 meaning
that all Top 7 titles this week are former No1’s. 3DS title ‘Lego City
Undercover: The Chase Begins’ (-24%) is stuck at No8 for a third week, ahead of
this week’s highest new entry ‘The Walking Dead’ from Telltale Games and
Avanquest - now available on disc after previously being a digital-only title
released episodically through Xbox Live, PSN and Steam.
‘Luigi’s Mansion 2’ (-12%) at No10 keeps this week’s only other new entry out of
the Top 10 with PQube’s critically acclaimed ‘Persona 4 Arena’ having to settle
for a debut at No11.
Apparently extraordinary times can lead to "extraordinary" losses, as this is
what
Develop says Square Enix is reporting in their financial results for their
fiscal year ending March 31st. Here's word on the losses and their fallout: Square
Enix has posted an expected "extraordinary" net loss of £88m for the year ending
March 31st.
The anticipated financial results come as the publisher reveals that net sales
actually rose more than 15 per cent year-on-year to £946 million.
Operating income however fell to £39 million, while recurring income more than
halved to £28 million.
In an effort to combat falling revenues, the publisher said it would be changing
its development policy, as well as redesigning some of its business models and
some organisational reforms after its major titles had underperformed in North
America and Europe.
This video shows off
elements of Son of Nor being controlled by a brain controller called
Emotiv EPOC, "a revolutionary personal interface for human computer interaction;
a Brain Computer Interface (BCI). The partnership will allow players to control
character actions, such as telekinesis, terraforming and magic with the power of
their minds." The clip shows one of the developers from Still Alive Game Studio
using the controller to perform game functions, which delights him to no end.
They have added a $300.00 tier to their
Kickstarter to include an Emotiv EPOC headset. Continue here to read the full story.
Seaven Studio announces Ethan:
Meteor Hunter, a platformer coming to Windows and PS3 this summer via
digital distribution. They offer a
work-in-progress trailer
and a playable alpha demo to support their
Steam
Greenlight campaign. In the game you play as a telekenetic mouse named
Ethan. Here's the one-line pitch: "Following unknown events, Ethan got touched
by meteorites giving him the power of telekinesis: moving objects around while
the world is on hold."
We had the greatest time with Mr&MrsKawfy and our godkids yesterday. They are
exceptional parents, and the kids are just a joy to be around... Hudson the
wonder dog is a little too old to enjoy the company of children, but the
Gunnar-man was in heaven playing with them, and didn't mind at all when at one
point he was decorated a couple of times from nose to tail with dried pine
needles like sprinkles on a sundae.
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