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Archived News:
The U.S. Army announces America's Army: Proving Grounds will launch on August
29th on Steam, offering the next installment in this tactical first-person
shooter series. They have released a new
teaser trailer and they
are also offering the chance to reserve your soldier's name in advance
through this page. Here's
word: Huntsville, AL (August 14, 2013) -- The U.S. Army today announced
that America’s Army: Proving Grounds, the next version of its official Army
game, will launch on August 29, 2013 on Steam. The new America’s Army: Proving
Ground website (http://aapg.americasarmy.com) features the game’s first trailer,
as well as a registration form for players to reserve their Soldier name for the
game.
As with its predecessors, America’s Army: Proving Grounds (AA: PG) showcases the
Army by emphasizing Army Values, teamwork, training and completing the
objectives through gameplay that reflects the Soldier’s Creed. Bringing the best
features of the previous versions to a new America’s Army environment, AA: PG
stresses small unit tactical maneuvers and training that echoes true-to-life
Army scenarios. AA: PG reflects the current day Army by focusing on these
smaller self-contained, full spectrum units that can carry out a variety of
objectives during missions.
In the game, players will experience the type of positional tactical training
that U.S. Soldiers encounter at a real Army MOUT (military operations on urban
terrain) site. Set in a fictional country, The Republic of the Ostregals,
players are in the role of an 11B Infantryman practicing combat maneuvers at JTC
Griffin, a fabricated training environment created by Conex modular containers
and found materials. This training is crucial to the player’s success as part of
a Long Range Combined Arms – Recon (LRCA-R) unit, a full spectrum capable team
that embarks on special operations missions behind enemy lines.
Continue here to read the full story.
GamesIndustry International has word that former Steam boss Jason Holtman
has joined Microsoft, with word one of his focuses is Windows gaming. "Yes, I
have joined Microsoft where I will be focusing on making Windows a great
platform for gaming and interactive entertainment," he tells them. "I think
there is a lot of opportunity for Microsoft to deliver the games and
entertainment customers want and to work with developers to make that happen, so
I'm excited to be here."
Blizzard now offers
beta access to their new desktop app for Battle.net. Here's what this is all
about: In the months ahead, the game launchers for World of Warcraft,
StarCraft II, and Diablo III will be automatically updated to our new desktop
app for Battle.net, designed to improve the launcher experience and streamline
your ability to play Blizzard games—but if you're interested in upgrading now,
you can!
The open beta test has begun, and everyone's invited to download and install the
app now in preparation for the switchover. If you're interested in upgrading in
advance, simply click the button below.
What's this launcher update do? The new single sign-on functionality allows
players to log in once to access World of Warcraft, StarCraft II, Diablo III,
and the upcoming PC and Mac versions of Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, and
stay logged in for up to 30 days.
Players can also install games directly through the app and, if you choose to
leave the app running on your desktop, keep them up-to-date automatically even
while you’re away from your computer. Please note that it’s entirely up to you
whether you wish to leave the app running—you can exit it at any time, and it
will automatically re-launch whenever your standard launchers would.
For more information, check out the
FAQ.
Steam now offers early
access to Betrayer, allowing the chance to influence development of
Blackpowder Games' recently revealed, mostly monochromatic first-person action
adventure set in 17th century colonial America. This carries a 10% discount over
the coming week. Here's word: “We are excited to get feedback while
there’s still time to react to it and make the game better,” said game designer
Craig Hubbard. “There are only six of us, so being able to hear from gamers who
are motivated to help us deliver the best possible experience while we’re still
in active development will help us prioritize on the fixes and features that
will have the biggest impact.”
Betrayer is an eerie first person action adventure game that takes you to the
New World at the turn of the 17th century. The game focuses on exploring,
unraveling mysteries, collecting loot to spend on better weaponry, and engaging
in brutal combat against deadly enemies.
“We deliberately chose to make a game that doesn’t explain everything to you.
You’ll find clues about what’s happening and what befell the colony, but it’ll
be up to you to put the pieces together. It’s challenging to strike a balance
where players are getting just the right amount of information. Too much and you
can lose the sense of accomplishment. Too little and it can get frustrating.
We’re hoping the community can help us with the fine tuning.”
The Counterstrike Blog
announces the new Arms Deal update is now live in Counter-Strike: Global
Offensive, Valve's tactical first-person shooter sequel. The new version
walks a fine line, courting the masses with in-game weapon microtransactions, while currying favor
with the hardcore by building tournament kitties. Here's
a FAQ, and here's
word: August 14, 2013 - Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises
(such as Half-Life, Left 4 Dead, Portal, and Team Fortress) and leading
technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced the release of The Arms
Deal Update for its tactical first-person shooter Counter-Strike: Global
Offensive, which allows players to collect, buy, sell and trade decorated
in-game weapons for the first time. The Update will also introduce weapon cases,
which can be acquired through timed drops and opened by purchasing or trading
for the appropriate key.
The Arms Deal Update will also actively support the CS:GO competitive community
with the introduction of the eSports Weapon Case. A portion of the proceeds from
sales of eSports Case Keys will go towards prize purses at competitive events.
This update also adds two classic Counter-Strike: Source silenced weapons to the
game in the form of the M4A1-S and USP-S.
Cyanide announces Dogs of War Online will begin closed beta testing next
month in preparation for the release of their free-to-play tactical multiplayer
game this fall, a delay from the announced
plan to have it out during Q2 of this year. A new
Dogs of War Online website
is online, and here's what they say: "By visiting
www.dogsofwar-online.com, players
will have access to new Dogs of War Online content, such as a description of the
units and factions in the game, as well as the game’s latest updates. With the
launch of the Closed Beta to begin at the end of September 2013, prospective
testers can keep up to date via the website and find out more about registration
details."
One Of Swords offers details on Collector's Editions for Call of Duty: Ghosts
, the military shooter sequel. One has a camera and the other has a strap (you
can work out for yourself which is more expensive), and both include
this map.
Also, this Multiplayer Reveal
Trailer is from today's Call of Duty: Ghosts multiplayer reveal, showing off gameplay modes and a bunch of in-game combat
footage where the twist
is your opponents are other players.
This trailer is also
from the event showing off squad play, but there seems to be something a little
odd how this one is rendered.
This clip reveals features like their new Marksman rifles
and the
Create-a-Soldier system, which even includes the ability to play as a female
soldier. Finally, this
video has the entire presentation, which runs almost an hour. Continue here to read the full story.
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A Telltale Games teaser
page reveals development of The Wolf Among Us, a new series from the
episodic game specialists. The page offers signups for future updates, and in
the meantime only has this to say about the game: "Based on the Vertigo Comic
Books 'Fables' by Bill Willingham and published by DC Entertainment." There's a
little more on this in
this new teaser trailer which shows off some stylized cinematics that look
cel-shaded, and says that "Episode One: Faith - A new series of choice and
consequence," is "premiering soon." Continue here to read the full story.
Startup developer Proletariat announces World Zombination, a
faction-based strategy game coming to Windows and mobiles next year. Proletariat
was recently formed by veterans of Harmonix, Insomniac, Turbine, 38 Studios, and
Zynga Boston, and they say they will be attending
PAX Prime at the end of this month to
show the game off to the press. In the meantime, they offer
an
"infected" teaser trailer and promise a "survivor" trailer in the fall.
Here's word on the game: In World Zombination, players choose between The
Infected and The Survivors and fight with (and against!) their friends to
control cities around the world. With compelling and asymmetrical
moment-to-moment gameplay, the choice of faction gives a totally different
experience and is a new take on real-time strategy combat. The Infected players
control a horde of hundreds of zombies while The Survivors control a band of
heroes trying to hold off the onslaught.
Proletariat Design Director Jesse Kurlancheek says, "The most fun and memorable
moments in games come when you're playing with your friends, whether it's team
death-match in an FPS, raiding in MMOs, or just sitting around playing cards.
We're hoping to provide those experiences, distilled down, with World
Zombination." The game features a constantly changing world map that allows
guilds and players to team up and work together to control the world in
real-time and on a massive scale.
Proletariat's CEO, Seth Sivak , adds, "We are focused on bringing cutting-edge
multiplayer games to tablets. This is the sort of game we love to play. With
World Zombination, we've come up with fun and unique gameplay that real-time
strategy gamers will find refreshing."
"We are creating a world that is both beautiful and utterly devastated," says
CTO Dan Ogles. "Quality keeps going up on tablets and we're pushing ourselves
from both a technical and a design perspective to take advantage of what these
devices can do."
Continue here to read the full story.
The Hot Wheels website
has word on a new racing game coming from Mattel and WBIE called Hot Wheels
World's Best Driver. in development at Firebrand Games. They say this is
coming to Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U, and DS, and offer
a video showing off
racing on a variety of vehicles that concludes showing the same platforms.
However, Gamer's Hell
has
an official press release on this that includes a September release window,
and also lists the PC as a target platform, so either there's an error
somewhere, or Windows support is somewhat of an afterthought here. Here's
word: London, UK, August 13, 2013 – Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
has entered into an agreement with Mattel, Inc. for the global distribution,
sales and trade marketing of the upcoming video game, Hot Wheels World’s Best
Driver launching on September 20 in the UK for the Xbox 360® games and
entertainment system from Microsoft and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment
system, Wii U™ system, Nintendo 3DS™ hand-held system and PC.
In Hot Wheels World's Best Driver, players join the ranks of Team Hot Wheels™
and compete in dozens of unique, fast-paced, replayable challenges highlighting
the driving styles of the different teams – the record-breaking speed of the
Green Team, the show-stopping stunts of the Red Team, the super-tight precision
with the best technology of the Blue Team or record-breaking jumps of the Yellow
Team. Featuring 24 outrageous and iconic Hot Wheels vehicles and set in four
under-the-radar test facilities around the world, the game pushes players to
their limits to see if they have what it takes to become Hot Wheels World's Best
Driver.
Continue here to read the full story.
Two new trailers are available for Grand Theft Auto V, revealing the
gubernatorial campaigns for two candidates. There's a clip showing off the
Jock Cranley Campaign
and another showing the Sue
Murry Campaign. Also,
Forbes has a statement from NVIDIA attempting to put the horse back in the
barn after spilling some beans about the PC
edition of Grand Theft Auto V. They claim this "was made with the intent of
expressing enthusiasm for the games industry in general," and that "NVIDIA does
not have information on any possible PC version release of Grand Theft Auto or
its availability." This may very well be true, but it certainly sounds like
full-on spin. Here's the full statement: “Please note, during our
Thursday’s earnings call, our investor relations team provided a list of
important games that gamers are looking forward to on PC this fall, and included
Grand Theft Auto V on that list. This statement was made with the intent of
expressing enthusiasm for the games industry in general, and was not intended to
represent specific knowledge possessed by NVIDIA. NVIDIA does not have
information on any possible PC version release of Grand Theft Auto or its
availability. We deeply regret the error.”
Continue here to read the full story.
A new Reaper of Souls
teaser page has appeared on Battle.net. While the Trademark news
from yesterday caused some confusion
about which franchise it is for, this new tease is unambiguously Diablo,
as it uses the QUAKE Diablo Exocet typeface and quotes
the Book of Tyrael, saying: "Death, at last, shall spread its wings all over."
Thanks
Polygon.
Capcom's Haunts
tweets that the upcoming Ultra
Street Fighter IV will be dropping Microsoft's unpopular Games for
Windows LIVE, and is turning to Valve and Steam for distribution: "It's
coming to Steam, yes, we'll be transitioning from GFWL to Steam." Haunts
also tweets
that the PC edition should be released "around the same time" as the console
editions. Thanks
The Escapist.
Hardware Canucks outlines changes AMD is implementing to their "Never
Settle" promotion which bundles free games with their graphics cards. Rather
than a set game or games bundle, they will be offering their customers a choice
of games from a selection divided into tiers: A Gold tier with three game, a
Silver tier with two games, and a Bronze tier (you can see where this is going)
with one game. These rewards don't have to be redeemed immediately, and they
will add new games to the various tiers going forward.
Activision is planning a livestream later today for a look at multiplayer
support in Call of Duty: Ghosts, the next installment in the military
shooter series. The event will get underway in Los Angeles at 1:30 pm EDT, and
you can view the proceedings on the
Call of Duty: Ghosts
website and they provided an embed link, so those who wish to can also view
this right here. Update:: Looks like the embed code doesn't work, sorry. Continue here to read the full story.
A new trailer from
Dark Souls 2 called "Forging a Hero," offering a cinematic with glimpses of
the creation of armor and weapons. For those getting their hopes up that this is
the blacksmithing simulator of their dreams, here's your letdown: Dark Souls II
is the next installment in From Software's action/RPG series, so you probably
won't get to man the forge yourself. Continue here to read the full story.
The Witcher 3: Killing Monsters
page now offers
a cinematic trailer
from The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. This seems to be the outcome of the
countdown we mentioned yesterday, so it
didn't arrive when we expected even after recalculating this in our trusty HAL
9000. Here's the explanation: "CD Projekt RED is proud to present The Witcher 3:
Wild Hunt 'Killing Monsters' cinematic trailer to the public for the first time,
offering a thrilling glimpse into the morally ambiguous universe of Geralt of
Rivia. 'Killing Monsters' portrays the cruel and gritty world of The Witcher and
foreshadows the mature mood of the upcoming story-driven RPG, The Witcher 3:
Wild Hunt, set for release on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in 2014."
- Europa Universalis IV on
IncGamers.
- Papers, Please on
GameSpot.
- Saints Row IV on
IGN,
Joystiq,
Kotaku, PC
Gamer,
Rock, Paper, Shotgun, and
Shacknews. Thanks nin.
- Spelunky on
Rock, Paper, Shotgun.
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