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Archived News:
Grand Theft Auto V is due for Windows PCs next year,
Eurogamer "understands" in an vague unverified report. Here is what they
say: "Multiple industry sources have indicated the open world game, currently
available for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, will come out on PC in the first
quarter of 2014." They asked Rockstar about this, and were told this question
has already been
asked and answered.
Volition and Deep Silver announce an October 23rd release date for the Enter
the Dominatrix expansion pack for Saints Row IV, their open-world
action sequel. Word is the second DLC pack will follow later this
year: Fans of Saints Row IV ™can soon indulge themselves in some
appropriately freaky stuff as the long awaited Enter the Dominatrix DLC will be
available this month on October 23 from Deep Silver. Favored pets- er- fans who
have purchased the Saints Row IV Season Pass will automatically receive Enter
the Dominatrix. For players wishing to purchase the DLC standalone, they are
able to do so for GBP 5,99.
The second half of the Saints Row IV season pass and final mission pack, How the
Saints Saved Christmas, will be released later this year.
Fans will also have the opportunity to ask the developers questions during a
three-hour livestream playthrough of Enter the Dominatrix on October 23 starting
at 1pm Central Time on Volition’s twitch channel (www.twitch.tv.com/dsvolition).
Illwinter announces the
launch of Dominions 4 for Windows, OS X, and Linux, offering the latest
installment in this long-running strategy series. Here's word on how the new
games improves on their formula: Dominions 4 brings several major
improvements and changes to the Dominions franchise. The largest of these
changes is the Thrones of Ascension, which not only add valuable boosts to your
blessed troops and help spread your dominion, but give an objective based game
that is much faster than the previous Dominions games to win at. Additionally
Dominions 4 has Disciples Mode, which adds a co-op mode where multiple players
can have mini-gods called disciples which work together to ascend their
pretender to godhood. Veteran players of Dominions will find a lot of UI and
streamlining improvements, including the ability to auto-recruit, set battle
formations, wrap-around maps, improve fortifications, and much more. Lastly the
number of units and nations has increased about 20%, adding even more variety to
the already robust world.
Activision offers a new
trailer from Call of Duty: Ghosts, showing off clan and Clan Wars
support in their upcoming military shooter sequel. This is timely, since they
are now accepting early registrations for clans in advance of the game's
release. Details can be found in
this One Of Swords blog post as well as this
massive FAQ on the topic. Here's the summary: Additionally, starting
today through October 25th, Call of Duty fans can create and/or join a Call of
Duty: Ghosts Clan prior to the game's launch in November. Existing Call of Duty
Elite Clan Leaders will be able to reserve their current Call of Duty Elite Clan
Name as their Call of Duty: Ghosts Clan Name on a first-come, first-serve basis,
as well as copy over and manage their existing Call of Duty Elite Clan Member
roster. New players and players who don't already have a Call of Duty Elite
account can sign up for a free Call of Duty account to create their own Call of
Duty: Ghosts Clan, or join an existing one.
Continue here to read the full story.
The
Battlefield Blog offers a new "Road to Battlefield 4" segment on the
Spectator Mode in DICE's upcoming first-person shooter. They outline the various
modes for observing games, and express their commitment to eSports through the
following delusion: "we at DICE are convinced that e-sports will someday become
the most popular sport on the planet, and we’d like Battlefield to be one of the
games that makes that happen." A video is included, but this
was previously
released.
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Link of the Day:
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"Life Hacks" Debunked. Thanks Ant.
Bohemia Interactive announces an October 31st release date for the free
Survive campaign episode DLC for Arma 3, their military shooter
sequel. Here's word on how this puts players in the role of "a regular soldier
stationed in the Republic of Altis & Stratis." Here's more: “Our first
campaign episode, ‘Survive’, introduces players to Ben Kerry, a regular soldier
who’s part of a NATO peacekeeping mission in the Mediterranean. Following a
couple of years of uneasy cease-fire, this US-led deployment is now in the
process of a staged drawdown. The vacuum left by withdrawing forces is being
rapidly filled by the opposing CSAT faction, creating the conditions for, one
might say, a flashpoint” , explains Jay Crowe, Creative Director on Arma 3.
“Of course, it's not just about our own story, but another opportunity to
provide yet more building blocks for the platform - new weapons, animations, 3D
objects, scripted modules - each designed to grant content creators even greater
freedom to create and share their own content. Looking forward to the
forthcoming episodes, we’ll continue to expand Arma 3’s sandbox with additions
such as new vehicles.”
1C Company announces a release date for Space Rangers HD: A War Apart,
saying the space combat overhaul will launch worldwide on Steam on October
17th. Here's the pitch: Space Rangers HD: A War Apart remasters and
enhances the world of the cult Space Rangers 2. The game was developed by the
SNK-Games team in close cooperation with fans of the series. New story branch,
upgrades, equipment, planetary battles and famous text adventures expand the
boundaries of the already lush universe of the game in every direction, roughly
doubling the game content.
The game has also received a major technical overhaul to for seamless
compatibility with modern OSes. Game art was reworked to support display
resolutions of up to 1920×1200 and planetary battles employ modern render
technologies.
Following up on an Australian classification board listing,
Polygon confirms plans for Enslaved: Odyssey to the West - Premium
Edition, a re-release of Ninja Theory's console game, saying this is heading
to Windows PCs. Word is: "A Namco Bandai rep confirmed to Polygon that Enslaved
will be re-released as part of a premium edition later this month on PlayStation
3 and Windows PC."
Just three weeks after
announcing that
SpellForce 2 - Demons Of The Past was due this month, Nordic Games follows
up with the announcement that it is delayed until January 16th to allow them to
enhance the standalone RTS/RPG add-on's multiplayer support. Here's
word: To ensure a fully formed gaming experience, Nordic Games has
announced it will now release SpellForce 2 – Demons Of The Past on January 16th
2014 due to additional features in the multiplayer department.
Demons Of The Past will feature the popular free game mode, where the tales of
the single player campaign can be experienced in a new way i.e. with other
players cooperatively. To top it off, a new survival mode will be implemented
with distinctive objectives and gameplay. More detailed information on the
specifics of the new modes will be released in due time.
“We had the choice to either release the single player part first, then
follow-up with the new multiplayer modes later, or release it all in one go. We
opted for the latter,” said Gennaro Giani, Localization and Production Manager
at Nordic Games. “Of course, this was not an easy decision to make, but it
reflects our uncompromising standards when it comes delivering a comprehensive
gaming experience to every fan/gamer out there.”
Frontier Developments announces support for the Oculus Rift virtual reality
headset will be part of Elite:
Dangerous, their upcoming remake of their space combat classic, saying
that the game is being gifted for free to all backers of the Oculus Rift
Kickstarter. "We’ve been playing with the Oculus Rift dev kits and are excited
about the potential – just glancing around your cockpit or being totally
immersed in a space battle," says David Braben, CEO of Frontier. "Many of our
backers have made it clear that they would like Oculus Rift support – and so do
we! We’re very pleased with the results so far."
We had a funny exchange at the plumbing supply store when I went to get a new
fill valve for the bathroom in my office since after replacing our completely
broken toilet we noticed this one was perpetually running as well. We picked
this up at the same place as we got our toilet, which is for professional
contractors, and for a moment I was confused by something he asked that made it
seem like we needed to be pros to shop there. I then made a joke about how the
box for this valve says "for professional installation only." MrsBlue asked if
that was going to be a problem, to which the clerk replied, "not for me." Good
stuff. Anyway, installation seemed to go without a hitch, so that keeps up for a
couple of days I'll allow everyone to remove their life-jackets.
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