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Archived News:
Ride to Hell: Retribution is now available in North America for Windows,
Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3, and the action game will roll out in Europe on
Friday. A launch trailer
offers a look at the game, and here is the announcement: Larkspur,
Calif., June 25, 2013 - This summer is going to be hot, as Deep Silver today
unleashed Jake Conway's burning desire for revenge - the action game Ride to
Hell: Retribution is now available across North America for the Xbox 360® games
and entertainment system from Microsoft, Windows® PC and PlayStation 3. In
Europe, the game will be available from June 28, 2013. Players who want to know
what sparked Jake's anger should have a look at the launch trailer, which was
also released today. The video available here:
http://youtu.be/yH30imyOHDw teases the
motivation for his pitiless fight against the brutal Devil's Hand biker gang.
The game soundtrack is also now available. The theme song, "Pressure and Time"
is composed and performed by Rival Sons, winner of the Breakthrough Artist award
at last year's Classic Rock Awards show in London, UK. The soundtrack contains
27 tracks, which were composed and performed by the team at Pitstop Productions,
using real instruments to emphasize the game's Rock 'n' Roll attitude. The
soundtrack can be purchased via Sumthing Else Music Works at
www.sumthing.com/p/ride-to-hell-retribution/
Ride to Hell: Retribution tells the story of a lone rider, Jake Conway, a man
with either a gun in his hand or a girl on his lap (and on more than one
occasion, both!). He's on a merciless path of revenge against a brutal biker
gang called "The Devil's Hand," armed to the teeth with an arsenal of deadly
weapons to enact his vengeance on foot and on bike. The only law Jake answers to
is his own. Hit hard, ride fast and leave 'em in the dust. Ride to Hell:
Retribution is developed by Eutechnyx.
For more information about the Ride to Hell universe, please visit
www.ridetohell.com.
Continue here to read the full story.
Codemasters now offers the Super Modified pack for GRID 2, adding some new rare
cars to the Windows and console editions of the racing sequel, saying the
Windows edition is now
on
Steam, though we can't find it there yet. Here's
a trailer from the
pack, and here's word: "The Super Modified Pack includes four rare editions of
cars available to race in GRID 2’s single player, split-screen and multiplayer
modes. Each new vehicle has been modified to squeeze every last ounce of
performance out of the car by some of the world’s leading tuning specialists to
compete in time attack events, and deliver a unique racing experience across
GRID 2’s game modes." Continue here to read the full story.
Marvel announces the
Deadpool game is now available for Windows, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3,
offering the chance to wade into battle wearing the tights of the merc with a
mouth. They say: "Play as Deadpool as he sets out to take down Mr. Sinister,
along with a little help from some friends including Cable, Wolverine, Psylocke
and more!"
EA announces the release of The Sims 3 Island Paradise in North America for
Windows and OS X, saying the latest expansion for their lifestyle simulation is
available in stores and via
Origin. In spite of all the sequels and add-ons, this carries the usual
promise of new experiences, as it offers the chance to live on a houseboat,
snorkel and scuba dive, and even own a resort: REDWOOD CITY,
Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Summer is officially here and it’s time to make your
escape in the hottest expansion pack to release from The Sims™ Studio. Today,
the Maxis™ Label of Electronic Arts Inc., (NASDAQ: EA) announced that The Sims 3
Island Paradise Expansion Pack* for PC/Mac® is now available across retailers in
North America and on Origin.com. For the first time ever, players can dive
beneath the waves and explore what lies on the ocean floor, build and cruise
along on their very own houseboat to discover uncharted islands or create and
run a five-star resort experience. With so many innovative features introduced
for the first time in The Sims PC gaming franchise, The Sims 3 Island Paradise
truly opens up a world of new possibilities for players to discover on land and
in sea.
Infinite Game Publishing has launched
Project Phoenix, a preorder program for
MechWarrior Online in advance of the official launch of the MMO mech
game later this summer. Here's word: Starting today, fans can pre-order up
to four different Project Phoenix BattleMech packages with prices ranging from
$20 USD up to $80 USD for the top-of-the-line ‘Overlord’ package that includes a
whopping 12 `Mechs!
Each of these unique Project Phoenix packages will be delivered on October 15th
and come fully equipped with:
Unique Project Phoenix BattleMech(s)* featuring:
30% C-Bill Boost
10% Loyalty Point Boost
Exclusive Custom-Designed Exterior
Two Bonus Standard Variant `Mechs
Up to Four Faction Cockpit Medallions
Custom In-Game Title and Forum Badge
Matching Mech Bay slots
Plus more! Full details and FAQ can be found at
www.mwomercs.com/phoenix
*Dependent on package.
Though he repeats that he cannot really comment on the matter, Beamdog and
Overhaul Games president Trent Oster informs
GameInformer that Atari is the previously unnamed publishing partner that is
preventing Baldur's
Gate: Enhanced Edition from being sold. That said, the situation
otherwise remains as vague and confusing as before. "At the request of Atari
legal we removed the game from sale on Beamdog and the App stores," Oster told
them. "Atari is still selling the game through their channels. We're trying to
remedy the situation and I'm hopeful we can come to an arrangement."
A new trailer from
Call of Duty: Black Ops II Vengeance features a return of the Replacers, aka
Peter Stormare and J. B. Smoove, promoting the new Vengeance DLC coming to the
Xbox 360 edition of the military shooter sequel next week and to other systems
after that. In addition to the Replacer shenanigans, the clip also includes
gameplay footage of the new maps and other content in the pack. Word is:
"Vengeance includes four new Multiplayer maps (Cove, Detour, Rush, Uplink), the
new Zombies adventure 'Buried,' and a new bonus Zombies weapon, the Ray Gun Mark
II." Continue here to read the full story.
Indie Royale now offers The Spiral
Groove Bundle, an all-action installment in their flexibly priced bundle series.
Word is: " Sniper Elite V2, Gatling Gears, Bloody Trapland
and Judge Dredd: Dredd vs. Death are available in this week’s bundle. All
the games are Windows only. In addition, beat the $8 target and you also get the
chiptune album: Lost Beats & Found Friends from legendary video game
music producer Dj CUTMAN."
Link of the Day:
Chicago Blackhawks win 2013 Stanley Cup Finals in wild Game 6. Exactly how
it all went down, farts and bears and all. Thanks Ant.
The Arma 3 alpha has concluded, and closed beta testing is now underway
on Steam, accessible to
anyone who pre-purchases Bohemia Interactive's military shooter sequel through
Steam's Early Access
program. There is a
Steam Community Announcement about this with details on the game and the
beta, and here's a bit: Supporting the development of its upcoming
tactical military shooter, Bohemia Interactive has released the anticipated Arma
3 Beta. The Arma 3 Beta expands the game’s diversity by focusing upon heavy
firepower and military logistics. Combined with the playable content from the
Arma 3 Alpha, the complete package features the 20 km² island of Stratis, 20
weapons, 18 vehicles, 3 factions, 8 showcase missions, 4 multiplayer scenarios,
4 challenges, the scenario editor and modding support.
2K Games announces the release of Tiny Tina’s Assault on Dragon Keep,
the final DLC pack for Borderlands 2, Gearbox Software's role-playing
shooter sequel. Here's the
launch trailer, a new
Inside the Box feature on the DLC's development, and here's word:
Tiny Tina’s Assault on Dragon Keep features the popular Tiny Tina as she
takes on the role of Bunker Master in a game of “Bunkers and Badasses.” Players
join the vault hunters on an epic quest of revenge and redemption through
dynamic and fantastical settings filled with castles, dungeons and magic
forests. Borderlands fans will also fight off more new unique enemy types in
Dragon Keep than in all three of the previous add-on campaigns combined,
including sorcerers, wizards, orcs, dragons and more.
“The Borderlands franchise has set a high bar for the quality and value of
add-on content,” said Christoph Hartmann, President of 2K. “Today, that bar is
raised even higher with the release of Tiny Tina’s Assault on Dragon Keep, the
most substantial add-on campaign in the franchise’s history.”
“As Bunker Master, Tiny Tina can change the game scenario however she wishes,
making Tiny Tina’s Assault on Dragon Keep the most dynamic add-on campaign
Gearbox Software has ever produced,” said Randy Pitchford, President of Gearbox
Software. “The Borderlands 2 development team here at our studio really pulled
out all the stops to create what we think is the best value in DLC ever
offered.”
Though Australia recently added
an adult-oriented R18+ rating to their game rating system,
Player Attack reports that Saints Row IV has nevertheless been
refused classification in the terrirory, being deemed too much for delicate
Aussie sensibilities. This means, pending a potential appeal, while it will
be legal to own, it will not be permitted to publicly sell or display the next
installment in Volition's open-world action series. The site cites how the game
violates the R18+ specification, as games are not to "depict, express or
otherwise deal with matters of sex, drug misuse or addiction, crime, cruelty,
violence or revolting or abhorrent phenomena in such a way that they offend
against the standards of morality, decency and propriety generally accepted by
reasonable adults to the extent that they should not be classified." Here are
the specifics of how Saints Row IV runs afoul of this: In the Board’s
opinion, Saints Row IV, includes interactive, visual depictions of implied
sexual violence which are not justified by context. In addition, the game
includes elements of illicit or proscribed drug use related to incentives or
rewards. Such depictions are prohibited by the computer games
guidelines.
A World of Warcraft
Account Security Warning from Blizzard about a recent increase in
unauthorized World of Warcraft account-logins: There’s been a recent
increase in unauthorized World of Warcraft account-logins via our website and
the World of Warcraft mobile armory app.
We’re in the process of notifying any account holders who were not using an
authenticator and whose account showed signs of unauthorized access (e.g.,
logging in from an unusual IP address). If you are among this group, you will
receive an email describing how to reset your account.
As a result of these activities, access to the World of Warcraft auction house
via the mobile app has been taken off-line temporarily. Upon request, our
customer support team will restore in-game items and gold for any accounts
impacted.
Strategy Informer has comments from Obsidian Entertainment Creative Director
Chris Avellone, who states the recent success of fundraisers for old-school-style RPGs like Wasteland 2, Torment: Tides of Numenera, and
Obsidian's Project Eternity have opened they eyes of publishers to the
commercial potential of this genre they long ago decided do not hold the desired
potential for profits. He seems surprised that this would attract this kind of
attention, but it seems no more surprising that the big guys would find these
upstart kickstarts of interest after we saw a couple of major publishers issue
"indie bundles" once those became a thing. Here's word: We have actually
had companies reach out to us and go 'you know what, for that price point, which
is a much smaller risk than a lot of our AAA titles where there's a lot more at
stake, that's much less risk for us and we wouldn't mind exploring the idea of
doing old-school RPGs that are set up like this'. That totally floors me, I did
not realise there would be that sort of sea change from publishers, but
apparently there are a number of publishers that realise that doing an
Eternity-style game is a good fit for them, and I am thankful for that.
The
GeForce website now offers new version 320.49 beta GeForce drivers, offering
the latest performance and gaming optimizations as well as support for their
new GeForce GTX 760 cards (see today's Hardware Reviews). Word is: "The new
GeForce 320.49 beta driver is now available to download. Including the latest
game and performance optimizations, the new 320.49 beta drivers are recommended
for players of GRID 2 and other recent releases. For users of 320.18 WHQL,
today’s new driver fixes the majority of the reported issues."
The
NoLimits Website offers a
Tango Tech Demo trailer
from NoLimits 2, an upcoming roller coaster simulation sequel. The first
35 seconds include a very grating transition effect and sound between scenes,
but thankfully they dispense with this, though the entire clip indulges the
creativity of its editor more than the game (in spite of the statement that
"Hardly any post processing was used to make this video"). The accompanying
update says the project is about 95% done, and that "the ToDo list gets smaller
each day." Thanks Chron.
The NDA for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 reviews expired at 9:00 am EDT today.
The last couple of years our resolve has shaken that we can survive summers here
in the BlueTower with no air conditioning. There's been an AC unit in my office
all along, as the converted attic has always been crazy hot, but the rest of our
shady brick house with its high ceilings has been generally comfortable except
on a couple of the very hottest days of the year. The trouble is lately there
have been far more of those. It's generally around seven or eight degrees cooler
inside than out, but yesterday with the internet saying it was 90°F outside it
was 88°F in the house: I went out back with my instant-read cooking thermometer
and got a reading of 95°F, which made more sense. Anyway, with this coming on
the third day of summer, it was obviously time to surrender, and I got on Amazon
to order an AC. There was a note about the one I ordered warning that it might
take extra time to ship, so it didn't seem worth a rush order, but in typical
fashion, Amazon under-promises and over-delivers, as I later got an email
saying it will be delivered today instead of tomorrow, so it will actually
arrive before the brace to keep it in the window.
R.I.P.:
'I Am Legend' writer Richard Matheson dies at 87.
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