Archived News:
The
Arma 3 Website announces the release of the first installment in the
campaign for Bohemia Interactive's military shooter sequel, saying the update is
now automatically available through Steam (thanks
PC Gamer). They offer
a brief trailer teasing
the content, and the following word: In Arma 3’s
campaign,
players take on the role of Ben Kerry, a soldier who is a part of the NATO
peacekeeping operation in the Mediterranean. Five years after the bloody civil
war in the Republic of Altis & Stratis came to an end, NATO has started to
withdraw its forces from the region - unknowingly creating the conditions for a
Mediterranean flashpoint. Kerry's unit, 'Task Force Aegis' - together with a
clandestine group of UKSF operators - is soon caught up in a situation beyond
their control, and trapped in a fight for survival.
Besides new playable content, the first campaign episode also provides extra
building blocks for Arma 3 content creators. These come in the form of new
weapons, animations, 3D objects, and scripted modules. More free content,
including new vehicles, is expected to be released together with the next
campaign episodes. The exact release dates of the second (Adapt) and third (Win)
campaign episodes will be announced later.
Continue here to read the full story.
The UbiBlog
announces another delay to South Park: The Stick of Truth, saying
Obsidian's cartoon-inspired RPG is now expected on March 4, 2014. They explain
the latest delay to the game is due to how much more work it required than they
anticipated when they acquired
it along with developer THQ Montreal, even though they said it was still on
track for this year months
after the sale which is after they now say they recognized the problem.
"Within three weeks after acquiring the game, we sadly realized we had to turn
this thing upside down if we hoped to deliver the experience everybody wanted,"
says Ubisoft North America’s president Laurent Detoc. "It’s been such a major
overhaul to get to the point where we are that we couldn’t let it go, even if
that meant missing December." They offer
a new trailer showing
the quest for the Giggling Donkey featuring gameplay and lots of cinematics.
They also offer a quote from the game's creators, who apparently speak
simultaneously like creepy twins. "We always wanted the game to feel like you're
actually in an episode of South Park," say Matt Stone and Trey Parker. "Getting
the game up to the crappy standards of the show has been a real challenge and
we’re excited to say it's taken way longer than we thought it would." Continue here to read the full story.
The Total War
Facebook page has news of the release of the Blood & Gore DLC for
Total War:
ROME II, saying "This content is rated mature, not suitable for all audiences."
Word is: "Blood & Gore brings the savagery of front-line combat to
viscera-splattering life with decapitations, dismemberment and devastating
impalements. Featuring hundreds of gruesome animations that play out in combat
between multiple different unit types, the massed battles of Total War: ROME II
will never be the same again. Employing a more refined particle system than
Shogun 2, Blood & Gore for ROME II looks and feels grittier and more brutal.
Gore coats combatants, the ground will become soaked with blood, and you’ll hear
every stab, slash and impact with bespoke new sound effects."
Publisher Paradox Interactive announces the release of Dungeons & Gargoyles,
the final DLC pack for Magicka, Arrowhead Games' action/adventure. Here's
the skinny: "Magicka: Dungeons & Gargolyes caps off the original Magicka tale by
continuing and concluding the fan-favorite Dungeons & Daemons expansion.
Player-wizards will find themselves stuck in the buried city of Old Aldrheim,
searching for a way home while confronted by new creatures and foes, new jokes,
and a new tale that explores the fate of the lost town. Paradox does not want to
offer too many spoilers, but there’s probably gargoyles in it. Dungeons &
Gargoyles is available now for $3.99." They celebrate the news with
this trailer, and
Steam offers Magicka
free all weekend, and a sale on the game at 75% off its normal price. They have
also released the Windows edition of
Wizards of the Square Tablet,
their Magicka game for tablets, bringing cross-platform gameplay and perks along
with it. Here's word: The two-dimensional team from Wizards of the Square
Tablet, a Magicka adventure released on iOS and Android early this year, have
made their way to the PC in a new release on Steam. Players who purchase Wizards
of the Square Tablet for the PC will receive all in-game robes and staves for
free, and those items can be transferred to mobile platforms (if the mobile
version is already owned) with the use of a Paradox account. The PC version is
also cross-platform compatible, enabling the game to now support real-time co-op
between PC, iPad, and Android. Wizards of the Square Tablet on PC will be
available for $4.99.
Continue here to read the full story.
Grip Games announces plans to bring their recently released multiplayer action
game Atomic Ninjas to Windows PCs after a successful launch for PS3 and
Vita. They plan on releasing the Windows edition in Q1 of next year, and have a
Steam
Greenlight campaign underway to support their efforts. The
Atomic Ninjas website
has details on the game, and here's word: "All of the Atomic Ninjas’ signature
features, such as online matches and split-screen matches of crazy super-powered
ninjas, colorful graphics and innovative gameplay will of course be present in
the PC version and will be better than ever before." They also have a few
special features planned for the PC:
- Windows, Mac and Linux support
- Improved graphics and visual effects
- Completely new single-player campaign
- Keypad and mouse control
A new backstage trailer
from Contrast shows off Compulsion Games' upcoming puzzle/platformer in a
developer-narrated walkthrough. Publisher Focus Home Interactive also announces
that preorders of the Collector's Edition are now underway
on Steam which comes at a
25% discount between now and the game's release on November 15th. Here's word on
the video: "Narrated by Guillaume Provost (Director), Joshua Mills (Set
Designer) and Whitney Clayton (Visual Designer), this 2 minute video illustrates
all of the behind-the-scenes details of CONTRAST and its origins. We learn how
Compulsion Games brought the world of CONTRAST to life through the eyes of Didi,
the tenacious little girl who is going through difficult times, and her
imaginary friend, Dawn. The video reveals details of the imagination behind the
gameplay mechanics and its allure; the ability to instantly shift from a
brilliant 3D world to a mysterious shadowy universe in 2D at the blink of an
eye. See for yourself the magic the developers perform as they allow gamers to
play with light sources and shadows to solve riddles and uncover different
platform puzzles throughout the game." Continue here to read the full story.
This video offers
gameplay footage from Freefall, a bonus multiplayer map from Call of
Duty: Ghosts, the upcoming first-person shooter sequel. The map is a
preorder bonus, and
this page has
details on the map and where to buy your copy in advance. Continue here to read the full story.
A new Dracula's Vengeance
trailer from Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2, Mercury Steam's upcoming
action/adventure sequel. They are also now accepting preorders on
the
official website, outlining some incentives for various regions. Here's word
on the video: "In time for Halloween, KONAMI reveals more about the dark story
of Dracula. Watch the new trailer and see brand new footage from the highly
expected conclusion of the Lords of Shadow Saga! Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2
will be coming on PlayStation®3, Xbox 360® and Windows PC on February 27th,
2014." Continue here to read the full story.
Trilobyte Games announces The 7th Guest 3: The Collector, an upcoming
follow-up to their seminal 20th century FMV adventure games The Seventh Guest
and The Eleventh Hour. "We’ve been waiting to make The 7th Guest: 3 for a long
time," said Rob Landeros, CEO of Trilobyte Games. "The team's in place; new
puzzles are in development, and the most notorious villain in all gaming, Henry
Stauf, is poised to return and finish the story that begin in The 7th Guest.
With the launch of our Kickstarter campaign, we're turning to our fans and the
gaming community to provide the only remaining ingredient, development and
production funding." Here is
the Kickstarter campaign he mentions, which seeks $435,000 for the project.
Here's word: In The 7th Guest: 3, Stauf's house is filled with 20
devilishly clever puzzles that will test wits--and scare even the most jaded
gamers. The house is not only filled with puzzles, it is a puzzle; one gigantic,
mechanical mind-bender. To complete the game and the story, players must solve
every puzzle in the house and the puzzle of the house itself. Only then will the
final, dreadful secret of that brilliant madman, Henry Stauf, be revealed.
While the gameplay of T7G3 will fairly closely follow that of The 7th Guest and
11th Hour, Trilobyte plans to thoroughly leverage touch-screen, mobile
technology, and modern standards in video-game presentation to bring players the
7th Guest of their fondest dreams (and nightmares)! “We are committed to staying
true to the spirit of the original 7th Guest,” said Landeros.
The new Stauf mansion will be rendered in beautiful high-definition, extensively
renovated and furnished with hundreds of interesting new items. The house's
remodelers won’t stint on redecoration. The grand, revamped edifice will be
something of an historical museum.
The
Kickstarter for Shadowrun Returns has word that the Linux edition of
Harebrained Schemes' Shadowrun revival is now available
on Steam. Here's
word: We’re pleased to announced that the Linux version of Shadowrun
Returns is now available on Steam and in the Download section of your HBS
account (which you’ll find here). From this point on, Linux will receive updates
at the same time as the Windows and OSX versions of the game. Thanks to all the
Linux Beta Testers for their feedback. Much appreciated!
In addition to Linux support, version 1.1 of Shadowrun Returns has moved from
Beta to release and the game will automatically update the next time you launch
it on Steam. As mentioned in our last update, we also added quite a few new
editor features in this release in anticipation of the Berlin campaign. You can
find the entire change log
here. Our
next big code update will feature expanded save game functionality.
Wadjeteye Games is offering a treat this Halloween, as they are offering their
point-and-click adventure Blackwell Deception as a free download through
tomorrow. Between now and 11:59 pm EDT tomorrow all you need to do is add the
game to your shopping cart
on their
website and enter the code "Boo" into the discount area and the game's price
will be zeroed out. Here's a reminder of what this series involves: "Wadjet
Eye's Blackwell adventure games star Rosa Blackwell, a spirit medium committed
to helping troubled souls cross over, and her spectral sidekick Joey Mallone.
The duo has appeared in four indie adventure games since 2006: The Blackwell
Legacy, Blackwell Unbound, Blackwell Convergence, and Blackwell Deception."
The Elemental Forums
announce the release of Dead World, a new DLC pack for Fallen
Enchantress: Legendary Heroes. The pack is available for US$4.99 from
Stardock
or Steam, and here's
word on the spookiness it adds to the strategy game just in time for
Halloween:
- A brand new faction: the Empire of the Dead, led
by the nefarious sorcerer Morrigan the Risen. Undead ignore food, growing
their population by building cemetaries and mausoleums and by reanimating
slain foes
- New spells for undead casters – summon a powerful
but temporary army, feed on the lifeforce of friendly units in battle, and
more
- New undead empire fully implemented in
faction/army creators – design your own skeletal and spectral troops
- New custom map: The Dead World
- New Hellknight monsters – powerful mounted undead
knights with enchanted gear
- New Risen Brood monsters – skeletal undead
half-spider monstrosities
This video offers a new
developer's update for Infinite Space 3: Sea of Stars, Digital Eel's
upcoming space roguelike-like sequel. The clip is narrated by Iikka Keranen, who
shows off new features like the hyperwave radar screen and multi-body systems.
He also offers a brief memorial to recently
deceased team member Dave Cash and also notes that physical rewards for
Kickstarter backers should be going out soon. Continue here to read the full story.
This blog offers an unofficial
patch/mod for Deadly Premonition, addressing the lack of graphics options
in the just-released mystery game. The fix is in the alpha phase, but does offer
the ability to adjust the game's resolution past the 720p mode it is locked into
by default. Thanks
PC Gamer.
Congrats to the Red Sox, as word from people who watch baseball is they won the
World Series. And Happy Halloween! Two years ago we had a freak blizzard in this
area snow out the occasion, and last year's trick-or-treating was hindered by
Hurricane Sandy, but with mild weather in the forecast, we're expecting a good
turnout this year. This is especially nice for Hudson the wonder dog, as she has
always believed the children come to visit her, making Halloween one of the
happiest days of the year for our beloved girl, so what's undoubtedly her last
one should be a good one. I'll just have to work out how to best reduce the
effort of her popping up for the doorbell, and we'll probably forego dressing
her up this year, but as long as the kiddies come calling she will have a great
time.
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