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Archived News:
Here's word on three recent demos on Steam. Frans pointed out the
Arma Tactics and
PAYDAY 2 demos were
released last week, and today the
GRID 2 demo raced
onto Steam as well. Going back a little further, there is also a recent demo for
The Stanley Parable. As
usual, no details on the contents of any of these demos are provided.
Devolver
Digital's Fork Parker tweets about the IP for Blood, the old-school shooter
that Jace Hall proposed reviving in a
project that eventually fizzled. Fork
states even if you don't want the Shadow Warrior remake, buying it could inspire
a Blood remake (thanks Wookiestick). Here's the quote: "Here's the deal, you all
buy the hell out of Shadow Warrior and I'll go after that Blood IP real hard.
#realtalk http://www.shadowwarrior.com/."
EA announces The Sims 4 will be released in fall 2014: REDWOOD
CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:EA) today announced
that The Sims™ 4 will be shipping in fall 2014 worldwide. In development at
Maxis’ The Sims Studio, The Sims 4 brings all new ways to play with life;
powerful new creative tools, all-new Sims with enhanced emotion and
intelligence, and a gaming experience where players control the mind, body and
heart of their Sims to bring their stories to life like never before.
“Those millions of voices will fuel our development process, helping The Sims 4
to be the most ambitious and the best game our studio has ever made. We can’t
wait to see our fans reaction when The Sims 4 comes out in fall 2014.”
“The Sims franchise has the best fans in the world and their passion and
enthusiasm is at an all-time high,” said Rachel Franklin, VP and General Manager
of The Sims Studio. “Those millions of voices will fuel our development process,
helping The Sims 4 to be the most ambitious and the best game our studio has
ever made. We can’t wait to see our fans reaction when The Sims 4 comes out in
fall 2014.”
The Sims is one of the best-selling and most beloved franchises in the history
of gaming. More than four years after its launch, The Sims 3 continues to be
played every day as players exchange their creativity, stories and life’s
moments across an array of social networks to an audience in the multi-millions.
Pre-orders are available at
www.TheSims.com/TheSims4. Those who pre-order now will receive the Limited
Edition which comes with The Sims 4 Life of the Party Digital Content. The Sims
4 is coming to PC and is not yet rated by the ESRB. For the latest on The Sims 4
please visit the all-new franchise website at
www.TheSims.com/.
The
Borderlands 2 website has word on the release of the TK Baha's Bloody
Harvest DLC for Borderlands 2, adding some spooky Halloween goodness
to the role-playing shooter. Here's the announcement: The first in the
Headhunter add-on series for Borderlands 2, TK Baha’s Bloody Harvest, will be
available beginning today via digital download* across PC / Mac via
Steam, Xbox 360 via
Xbox Live Marketplace and PlayStation 3 via
PlayStation Network worldwide** for only USD $2.99 / GBP £2.39 / EUR 2,99 €.
Join the zombified corpse of TK Baha in a spooky, Halloween-themed adventure
that can be played in a single sitting, alone or cooperatively (we recommend
bringing friends!).
In TK Baha’s Bloody Harvest, the beloved, undead TK Baha tasks players with
stopping the giant Pumpkin Kingpin from terrorizing everyone in the town of
Hallowed Hollow. Once you take him down, his pumpkin head will become your
trophy to wear. And don’t forget about the candies! Each variety bestows
temporary buffs to help take down your enemies.
Happy trick-or-treating and shoot-and-looting!
*The Borderlands 2 base game is not included in this digital download, but is
required to play the content.
** Coming Wednesday, October 23rd on PS3 in Europe and Oceania.
Paradox Interactive announces Crusader Kings II: Sons of Abraham, a fifth
expansion for Crusader Kings II that imbues the strategy game with the bane of
the cocktail party, religious conflict. This is coming via digital distribution
on November 18th, and to help catch us up on the project in a hurry, the
first developer's diary is online. Here's word on the game: Religion
is the hot topic of the day and the faithful’s prayers have been answered; the
divine powers at Paradox Interactive and Paradox Development Studio today
announce Crusader Kings II: Sons of Abraham. Introducing a Holy Grail of new
features, the blessed fifth expansion of the globally acclaimed strategy/RPG
Crusader Kings II honors the big three in Medieval Europe: Christianity, Judaism
and Islam. Deceit, politics and power are fine as long as they are in the name
of one true god!
Become enlightened on Crusader Kings II: Sons of Abraham’s features and
mechanics with the Paradox Development Studio team in a brand new developer
diary: http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/
Plunge into the powerful and profitable world of Papal politics, appointing your
bishops, gaining influence with the College of Cardinals and reap the rewards of
the Pope’s money and favours. Show your devotion with the Holy Orders; their
clout will come in handy when you want to expel troublesome relatives to a
monastery! Pick sides of the Islamic debate, choosing to follow the rationalist
Mutazili or opposing Ashari or play as a Jewish lord and restore the Kingdom of
Israel. Crusader Kings II: Sons of Abraham features hundreds of new religious
events no matter what doctrine you follow!
Get ready to get spiritual as you crusade your way to greatness in the name of
YOUR one true god!
Matrix Games announces QVADRIGA, a chariot racing strategy game. The game's
product page is online
with details, and since the game is heading into the beta phase,
this page is where
to sign up as a tester. Here's word: During the Roman Ludi, not only
gladiatorial fights or theatrical plays entertained the public, but also the
thrilling, fast and dangerous races of the aurigas driving their four-horse
chariots: the quadrigas! Symbol of Victory and Triumph, and seen as a Godly
chariot (Apollo was often represented riding one) on the earthly world, it was
the most important chariot adopted in ancient Roman circus racing. Rushing fast
inside the Circus Maximus each auriga could not rely only on his horses speed,
but also had to use strategy and wit.
Now, with QVADRIGA, players will be able to revive the historical races of
Ancient Rome and became the greatest driver of the ancient world!
The game features historically modeled circuses with all their styles and
particularities. Variable circuit sizes, lengths and shapes, from the classic
Greek oval hippodrome to the standard Roman circuses for a total of 43 unique
arenas. Thanks to the dual game system you can play the way you like: paused
turn-based gameplay (static) or continuous real time action (dynamic). Events,
trade, upgrades and bonuses; four factions, a huge campaign system with seven
regions to travel and an expert AI. QVADRIGA is all this and much more!
Steam now features the
Nomadic Tribes Culture Pack for Total War: ROME II, and while this
will carry a full US$7.99 price tag, it is being offered for free to owners of
the game between now and October 29th. "We’ve had more gamers playing ROME II,
and for longer, in its first month than any other Total War to date. We are
going to continue to work on gameplay feature balancing with our community who
have been hugely helpful in feeding back on the game," says Mike Simpson of
Creative Assembly. "Offering this DLC for free for the first week it’s on sale
is a celebration and a small thank you to them for helping us make this the
biggest TW yet." Here's a
trailer, and here's word on the contents of the pack: The Nomadic
Tribes favor cavalry, exclusively in some cases, providing for swift hit and run
and massed shattering charge tactics on the battlefield. The three playable
factions come with new buildings and building chains, technology tree, campaign
objectives and new units both unique and for general mercenary
use.
Continue here to read the full story.
Link of the Day: Кот
улетел cat flew. Thanks nin.
A new
Kickstarter is underway from Mad Otter Games to raise a quarter-million
dollars to develop an updated version of Red Baron, Dynamix's classic
World War I combat flight simulator, designed by Damon Slye, creator of the
original. They propose an easy-to-learn dogfighting game with a single-player
campaign, a persistent multiplayer world with no subscription fees or
pay-to-win, as well as a MOBA setting. They have put $250K into the project so
far, and say alpha testing is near. Here's a bit more: Red Baron will hit
the sweet spot between simulation and game dead-on. We will emulate the controls
of flight authentically but with a focus on fun and intuitive gameplay. Our
design goal is to make it easy to play but hard to master.
You will be able to hop into your airplane and begin playing in minutes. The
controls will be intuitive and easy to grasp. You won’t have to have a degree in
advanced aerodynamics to understand how to fly and fight. Under the hood, the
game will be running a complex and realistic simulation, but we will hide the
complexities from new players and let them discover them over time at their own
pace.
We want to focus on an immersive and gallant flying experience. It is not just
about documental realism: placing every gauge, dial, and knob in the right
place, but about confronting the player with the same challenges and
psychological reality that WWI Aces faced.
A new trailer from
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag offers "Assassin's Creed 4 101," a
nine-minute primer on the upcoming stealth sequel. Here's word: "In this preview
of Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag, learn everything there is to know about the
largest and most immersive Assassin’s game ever created. See how Edward Kenway
takes on the Golden Age of Pirates, and meet the outlaw characters that defined
this unforgettable era. Experience the breadth of this open-world, including
enhanced naval gameplay, expansive new environments, exotic animals and the
vibrant underwater world. And learn more about new combat features and weapons,
including dual-sword attacks, multi-gun abilities and the free-aim system."
Continue here to read the full story.
Publisher EA and Developer Respawn announce a March 11, 2014 North American
release date for Titanfall, which will be followed by the release of the mech
shooter in Europe on March 13th. They add that a Collector's Edition of the game
can now be preordered, warning this is in "extremely limited quantities,"
befitting its whopping US$249.99 pricetag. Details on that can be found on
this page. The news is
accompanied by two new videos, an
Official First to Fall
World Tour video showing gameplay and the reaction of those who got to see
it, in case you decide you hold their opinions over your own. There's also an
official Angel City
gameplay trailer, but this just seems to be a rerelease of the previously
released Gamescom trailer. Either way, there's no audience reaction on that
one, so you're on your own. Continue here to read the full story.
DICE has released the
official single-player story trailer for Battlefield 4, showing off a
bunch of cinematics from the next installment in their military shooter series.
The clip includes several snippets, and goes beyond the call of duty by punching
out a pooch reminiscent of a competitor's feature. Continue here to read the full story.
Steam now offers the
Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut, the updated version of Eidos
Montreal's action/RPG which adds The Missing Link DLC and Tong's
Rescue pack (previous) preorder bonus as well as a new Game+ mode. Those who
own that nasty old non-director's cut of the game on Steam are being offered a
50% discount, and an additional 25% off for those who also own The Missing Link
DLC. Thanks nin.
A new "Inside Unreal"
trailer from Epic games is part one of a look at some visual effects in the
Unreal Engine 4. Here's word: " VFX
in the Infiltrator Demo (part 1) takes a look at UE4's new visual effects
pipeline, illustrating how GPU particle simulation and collision, dynamic
particle lights and other VFX are used to ground the world and add richness to
the environment in Epic's
Infiltrator real-time demonstration." Continue here to read the full story.
A tweet
from the Titanfall team from last night teases an announcement today that
will reveal how to be the first (non press, at least) to play Titanfall,
the upcoming mech game (thanks
NowGamer). Here's word: Be the First to Fall into Titanfall! Check
back tomorrow for a special announcement. #Titanfall
pic.twitter.com/h0AmjBRRie
A
Kickstarter from Herocraft seeks to raise £60,000 for development of
Lords of Discord, a planned turn-based strategy game where battles are
fought with creatures from the world of mythology. The game is planned for
release next year on Windows, Linux, OS X, and mobiles, and they have just
kicked off a
Greenlight campaign to try and get the game listed on Steam. Here's
a trailer showing off
artwork and gameplay, and here's a description of their goals: "Lords of Discord
is a turn-based strategy game set in a fictional fantasy world, inhabited by two
opposing races: Humans and Demons, as well as the odd goblin, orc, giant spider
and other nefarious creatures. Lords of Discord has breathtaking gameplay,
incredible graphics, hand drawn characters and a carefully detailed plot and
in-game reality. Drawing inspiration from games like the Disciples and the
Heroes of Might and Magic series." Continue here to read the full story.
Steam news has
a note saying
Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine
is currently 60% off as a daily deal. As reported on
Rock, Paper, Shotgun, the heist game has also received a huge free content
update as well (no room for that amid
pages of DOTA 2 patch notes?).
The update includes a new mini-campaign and Halloween-themed zombies while
adding support for Linux and the Steam workshop. Here's word on this gratis
patch: FREE HALLOWEEN UPDATE!
Monaco Origins
New Mini-Campaign featuring the back stories of the 8 original characters.
Zombie Mode!
Zonaco - Your Flesh is Mine featuring new enemies, new strategies, new gameplay.
Linux
Yes, this means Steam OS!
Now with Steam Workshop!
A forum
post by the GOG.com team announces the etailer is stepping up and offering
refunds for Dark Matter for those who feel deceived by
the game's description,
which they have changed (thanks
PC Gamer). Here's word: It's come to our attention that the gamecard
for Dark Matter was not quite specific enough about the nature of the game and,
as a result, it may be that some people bought the title with some
misapprehensions as to how the game's story would end. Since we don't ever want
to sell a game to someone because they believe it is something that it is not,
we wanted to let you know about this and let you know what we're doing to make
it right.
If you bought Dark Matter before 21 October 2013 at 15:00 GMT (when we updated
the description to where we feel it adequately reflects the game) and you feel
that the game wasn't as promised to you, please contact Support and they'll be
happy to offer you full refund to your card or, if you''d prefer, games of equal
or lesser value to the sale price of Dark Matter (which is $13.49).
We're sorry if anyone who bought the game isn't happy with the way it was
represented, and we hope this makes it right for you guys.
If you've got any questions, hit me up and I'll try to answer 'em for
you.
EA Maxis announces the release of The Sims 3: Into the Future, the
eight-hundredth expansion for the wee people series. Here's word on how this
will allow you to wet yourself and set accidental housefires in THE FUTURE!:
Set against the backdrop of the new world of Oasis Landing, The Sims 3
Into the Future gives Sims an opportunity to discover new adventures when they
travel back and forth between the future and present worlds. Leap far into the
future to experience new technologies such as wind carvers, dream pods, food
synthesizers and more. Along with the advanced future living, players will be
able to customize and create Plumbots to help them raise kids, cook meals and
more. In a first for the franchise, decisions made in the present world can
alter the future of Oasis Landing and change a Sim’s legacy. Blaze a trail
towards Utopia and find a future filled with happy self-hugging Sims, or chart a
Dystopian course and lead Oasis Landing into a state of desolation. Players will
uncover new stories when they leap forward in time with The Sims 3 Into the
Future.
- Asus R9 270X DirectCU II Top on
LAN OC.
- Corsair Carbide 330R on
Guru3D.
- Cougar CMX v.3 850W Power Supply on
Legit Reviews.
- Gigabyte Z87-D3HP (LGA 1150) Motherboard on
eTeknix.
- HIS R9 280X iPower IceQ X2 Turbo Boost Clock 3GB Video Card on
Mad Shrimps.
- Kingston HyperX Beast KHX21C11T3K2-16X 2x8GB on
APH Networks.
- Monoprice IPS-Glass Panel Pro 27" LCD Monitor on
AnandTech.
- MSI Radeon R9 270X VS Sapphire Radeon R9 270X on
ULTIMATE HARDWARE.
- NZXT HALE82 v2 700 Watt Modular Power Supply on
Modders-Inc.
- Rosewill Armor EVO on
Hardware Canucks.
- Samsung 840 EVO SSD 750GB on
Metku.
- SMS Audio Street by 50 Wired On Ear Headphones on
Testfreaks.
- Synology DiskStation DS414 on
Legion Hardware.
- XFX Pro 750W XXX Edition Semi-Modular Power Supply on
eTeknix.
As I mentioned last night, Hudson the wonder dog is home, and doing much better.
Her breathing has cleared up after about a liter(!) of fluid was removed from
her chest cavity, her appetite is back, and she is very happy to be home. The
EKG was pretty grim however, confirming what we knew, she is beginning to suffer
from congestive heart failure. So her long-term prospects are poor, but at her
age, that was the case before she fell ill anyway. I'll be able do discuss the
results with her doctor today to determine the best way to make sure she doesn't
suffer any further as this final chapter of her life plays out. Thanks you all
so, so much for your kindness and indulgence during this very difficult time.
Hudson has two kinds of people in her life: the friends she knows, and the
friends she hasn't met yet, so you are all her buddies.
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