Archived News:
An update
on EA News by Peter Moore offers a specific October 1st start date for the
Battlefield 4 open beta, saying: "The highly-anticipated Battlefield 4 action
starts with the Battlefield 4 Open Beta on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC on October 1,
then the game lights up on October 29." The beta was
already
confirmed to begin at some point next month, and at that time it was
announced preorder customers would get a three day head start, so it's not clear
at this point if this means the general public will get access on the first or
three days after that. That August announcement also said "the beta will feature
the Siege of Shanghai map in the classic Battlefield Conquest mode." On a
related note, there's a new
Road to Battlefield 4 feature on the Battlefield Blog offering "The Ultimate
Guide to the BF4 Vehicles."
The lawsuit filed in June by 3D Realms
against Gearbox Software over unpaid Duke Nukem Forever royalties has
been dropped, reports
Kotaku. There seems to be a small dispute over how this happened, as they
have an email from 3D Realms to Gearbox saying they have "voluntarily withdrawn"
their claims against Gearbox, but Kotaku states Gearbox president Randy
Pitchford, who forwarded them the letter, says the suit was "dismissed with
prejudice," which would mean the court decided the matter. Here's the letter
from 3D Realms co-founder Scott Miller: After reviewing evidence
regarding our business affairs, and without any money exchanging hands, we have
satisfactorily resolved any and all differences that we perceived against
Gearbox.
In all sincerity, we regret the misunderstanding that instigated our lawsuit.
Now that we better understand—and appreciate—the actual nature of our business
matters, we have voluntarily withdrawn our claims against Gearbox, with genuine
apologies to Randy for any damage that our lawsuit may have caused to the
relationship.
PC Gamer has word from Starbreeze that PAYDAY 2 has sold over 1.5
million copies since the release of the heist sequel in August. Before the game
was even released it was
announced it had made back its development costs. An interesting note is that
80% purchases of the game were digital.
- Square Enix Catalog on
GOG.com.
Save 60%.
- Tomb Raider on
Steam. Save 75%.
GOG.com celebrates
the fifth anniversary of their launch with the release of
Stargunner for free:
In a distant galaxy of Andromeda an epic struggle between two planets is
drawing to a close. The greedy, powerful Zilions are gathering an almighty fleet
to destroy, once and for all, a neighboring civilization of Ytimians. When their
army takes flight, there is nothing that can stop them from annihilating Ytima.
Unless you--one of the elite squad of Stargunners--can cripple their immense
forces while they are still stationed at strongholds scattered on the surface of
Zile. The challenge, even for a special forces pilot like you, is daunting. So
get your laser cannons charged and lead your swift spacecraft to victory!
Stargunner is an exceptionally
well-crafted Sci-Fi shooter with fast-paced action and explosive boss fights.
You will have to battle over 75 unique, fully-rendered and animated enemy ships
in diverse environments: in space, on the planet's Zile mountainous surface,
even underwater, with plenty of weapons, shields, and power-ups available to
boost your craft. With fitting soundtrack and--for the time of its original
release--ground-breaking pre-rendered 3D graphics, which made the game one of
the most beautiful and detailed shooters of the 90s,
Stargunner is a sure-fire pick
for classic shoot 'em up fans!
A new
developer diary on the Harebrained Schemes website written by Mike McCain,
art director on Shadowrun Returns, the tactical RPG reboot. First the
game took Seattle, then it will take Berlin, and Mike fills us in on the state
of the Berlin campaign offering concept art and all sorts of details on gameplay
this will add when it is released. Here's word on the sandbox element this will
bring: We’re focusing on one such neighborhood for the player. Not only
do you have a home base in this area, but you can explore and meet people in the
surrounding neighborhood – meet a contact at the cafe down the street, or head
to that back-alley street doc for some new meds or cyber. While developing this
Haven area, I’ve been working with the Shadowrun pen-and-paper team in Germany
to make sure we construct a slice of Berlin that’s accurate to the spirit of the
campaign setting.
The main campaign of the game will allow you to complete certain missions in the
order you choose, and will present you with some different ways to tackle those
missions as well as some optional side objectives. To be clear though, Berlin is
not a sandbox environment or an open-world experience. What we are working to
create is a more flexible story structure and an engaging “hub area” that will
give the player some choices and a sense of place and purpose.
The
Bethesda Blog announces plans for a Dishonored: Game of the Year Edition,
which bundles Arkane's stealth/action game and four of its add-ons. This will be
released in North America on October 8th.
They also announce that Arkane is "ramping up for what’s next" by revealing
nothing at all about what the developer is up to now
( recent rumors say they've taken
over development of Prey 2), but does list a few job openings for those
interested in working at the Austin, TX-based studio.
This trailer shows
off PhysX support in Batman: Arkham Origins, the upcoming stealth/action
prequel. The clip shows various scenes from the game both with and without PhysX
effect enabled. Continue here to read the full story.
- Antec High Power Gamer M 750W on
Pure Overclock.
- Astro A50 Multi-Format Wireless Gaming Headset on
eTeknix.
- ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU Mini on
Guru3D.
- ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU Mini on
Guru3D.
- Corsair Carbide 330R Quiet Mid-Tower Case on
PC Perspective.
- Corsair Force LS 240GB on
Vortez.
- Cougar PowerX 550-Watt 80 PLUS Bronze Power Supply on
TweakTown.
- Fractal Arc Midi R2 Computer Case on
Mad Shrimps.
- HGST Touro Desk Pro 4TB USB 3.0 External Hard Drive on
Nikk Tech.
- Intel Core i5-4670K vs i5-3570K Gaming-Performance on
ocaholic.
- Lian Li PC-Q28 Aluminum Mini-ITX Tower PC Case on
Benchmark Reviews.
- NZXT Kraken X40 & X60 CPU Water Cooler on
Legit Reviews.
- PNY Prevail 240GB SSD on
TweakTown.
- Rosewill Throne Full Tower Case on
Hardware Canucks.
- Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3-inch Smartphone on
Hardware Heaven.
- SilverStone Zeus ZM1350 1350W Power Supply on
HARDOCP.
Happy Friday the 13th! I have a new idea to celebrate the occasion. When someone
mentions the date I'm going to say, "hope you get lucky!" Perfect way to
celebrate, imo.
Speaking of lucky, I am fast coming to the uncomfortable
conclusion that the issues I've been working through on my system were the
result of the bad luck of multiple failures piling up: Bad RAM and some bad
settings that could be reverted were the cause of my BSODs and graphics
glitches, respectively, and some other mysterious issue is behind my 500 and 501 events. I
am also getting 100 and 200 events on boot and shutdown, and all these events
seem(?) hardware related, and the only hardware in the system that hasn't been
swapped is the mobo/CPU combo. Most maddening of all, however, is that
investigating my problems with Borderlands 2 shows that something is unexpectedly causing crazy
CPU spikes. This is one of those nightmares we've all experienced at some point: There
are loads of forum posts from those with the exact same problem: processor
usage soaring seemingly unrelated to anything happening in the game, causing
stuttering and lockups. The nightmare is
that there are almost as many "this might work" sort of "solutions" offered as
there are people with the problem.
R.I.P.:
Ray Dolby dead at 80. Thanks
TV.com.
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