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Archived News:
The Drox Operative
website now offers a playable demo for Drox Operative: Invasion of the
Ancients, the first expansion for Drox Operative, Soldak's sci-fi
action/RPG, along with an updated version of the main Drox Operative demo. Word
is: "Drox Operative: Invasion of the Ancients is the first expansion for the
unique action RPG Drox Operative. Adds ancient invasions, space stations,
persistent galaxies, Scavenger race, Drox Guild quests, new Talon, Legion, and
Overlord monsters, 19 playable subraces, and much more."
The Redshirt Website now offers
online sales of Redshirt, the comedic game based on the humdrum life of a
lowly space cadet. The game is available from
Steam and
Positech, and purchasing from either provides both the Windows and OS X
editions. Here's the turbolift pitch for the game: Redshirt is the comedy
sci-fi sim about social networking aboard a space station, starring the
station's most ambitious low-ranking peon: you! Navigate the professional and
interpersonal politics of the ubiquitous "Spacebook" to curry favor among
friends and colleagues. As intense intergalactic conflict rages around you, it's
up to you to accrue those all-important "likes" on your status updates! Whether
you're looking for love, opportunities for promotion, or even a chance to play
Zero-G golf with the captain, you can schmooze your way through social circles
and claw your way up the career ladder. Perhaps you too can finally achieve the
dream of an off-station transfer, or even the Redshirt's opportunity of a
lifetime: being sent on an away-mission!
Blood Knights is now available for Windows PCs and Xbox 360 via digital
distribution, with the PlayStation 3 edition of the fantasy-themed hack 'n'
slash to follow next week, and a retail edition for certain territories expected
the week after that. The release is punctuated with the release of
a "Jeremy" trailer
showing the game's protagonist vampire hunter, who spoke in class today. Here's word: Blood Knights is a hack ‘n slash action - RPG, where the age-old war
between humans and vampires is out-of-control and threatens to plunge the world
into the abyss. The game combines spectacular combat with RPG elements in
single-player or co-op mode. Blood Knights is developed by Deck 13 interactive,
who have made a name for themselves with such titles as ‘Venetica’, ‘Jack Keane’
and ‘Ankh’. Set in a mystical version of the Middle Ages, Blood Knights is an
exciting story about the Knights Templar and a legendary Vampire Hunter who
finds himself bound by blood to the powerful vampire Alysa during a daring
mission. The two must work together to break the blood spell and defeat the
hordes of evil creatures who stand between them and their goal.
Continue here to read the full story.
The Kickstarter
for Obduction has hit its initial goal of $1.1 million in funding for
Cyan's upcoming follow-up to Myst and Riven, their artsy point-and-click
adventures. With around 60 hours to go in the campaign, they are now making the
push for their stretch goals, the first of which is Occulus Rift VR support at
the $1.3 million mark.
The EGOSOFT website
has word from last week that preloads of X Rebirth are underway in
advance of the release of the space combat sequel on November 15th. Likewise, the Baldur's Gate II website is
now offering preloads of the PC edition of Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition,
which will allow those buying the RPG remake to get going more easily on the
game's release date of November 15th. They celebrate the news with a new
launch trailer. Continue here to read the full story.
Link of the Day: Help Ana Kessel
with medical bills. Insomniac Games graphic arts intern lost her leg in a
hit-an-run. Thanks nin via
Kotaku.
Wargaming announces that World of Warplanes is out of beta, and the
free-to-play aerial combat game is now officially live. Players can get into the
game through either the North American
World of Warplanes website or the
European website, and here's a bit from the announcement, which also kicks
off their
Unified
Premium Account program: WoWP currently features five nations
(USA, USSR, Germany, Great Britain, and Japan) and over 100 different
warplanes, with many more to come in future updates. You can choose to fly
iconic aircraft such as the Supermarine Spitfire, Messerschmitt Bf. 109, and the
P-51 Mustang across a wide variety of landscapes.
The release of World of Warplanes also marks the introduction of the
Unified
Premium Account. This means that if you purchase Premium account time in
World of Warplanes, it will also be valid in World of Tanks, and vice versa.
In addition to sharing Premium account time, your Gold will also be shared
between both games. You'll be able to make all of your World of Warplanes and
World of Tanks in one convenient place, the
Premium Shop!
We're also celebrating the release with a special contest:
First to the
Top. Race up to tier X and you could win some amazing prizes, including a
whole ten years of Premium account time!
AtomicTorch Studio reveals plans for VoidExpanse, a sandbox action/RPG
set in the expansive void of outer space coming to Windows PCs early next year.
The AtomicTorch Studio website has updates
from the past couple of months tracking the game's development, saying that they
are now prepared to share their progress with the world, having passed their
first major milestone. Here's a rundown on the project: With robust
skill-trees, multiple factions with their own agendas, and extensive
customization of your ships, VoidExpanse allows you to truly shape your journey
to defeat the alien threat and restore the galaxy. Will you be the stalwart
savior of humankind, the opportunist playing every angle for financial gain, or
the down-and-dirty renegade?
A single-player campaign with a masterfully crafted story of open-exploration
and difficult choices is only a small portion of VoidExpanse. With moddable
sandbox modes, you can create your own procedurally generated galaxy to
discover, and create persistent multiplayer worlds to band with other players –
or destroy them.
This trailer offers a narrated introduction to Prominence, Digital
Media Workshop's upcoming sci-fi point-and-click adventure, hoping to inspire
support for the game's
Steam
Greenlight campaign. Word is: "The 7-minute narrated preview video is packed
with new in-game footage and for the very first time reveals art for several of
the game characters. Digital Media Workshop also opens a window on the
development process, discussing how key design and feature decisions for
Prominence were inspired by some of the most beloved point-and-click adventure
classics, and demonstrates new features that are less conventional to the genre,
including options that players will have to customize their game experience, and
the unlocking of character skills as the story develops." Continue here to read the full story.
A new expansion called The Japanese Incentive is coming on December 5th for the
Windows edition of Omerta - City of
Gangsters, the strategy game set in the boardwalk empire of 1920s
Atlantic City. Here's word on the add-on, which will come to the Xbox 360
edition of the game early next year: ‘The Japanese Incentive’ expansion
offers budding mobsters a brand new and exciting single player campaign with new
characters, storyline, weapons and cut scenes as well as unlocking new areas of
Atlantic City, all ripe for the taking. There’s no time to let your guard down
as there’s a new enemy AI gang in the city and they are looking to muscle in on
your turf. It’s a story from a time when love was more important than keeping
your cool, but sometimes losing your cool is the only way to get the job
done.
Codeweavers
announces the release of Crossover 13, a new version of their
emulation software that allows Windows games to be played on OS X and Linux
computers without even having Windows installed. The new version promises a
significant performance improvement: The centerpiece of release 13 is a
dramatic improvement in graphics performance, particularly for games. According
to CodeWeavers’ CEO Jeremy White, “Even though it’s been shown in many studies
that frame rate isn’t the only measure of game play satisfaction, the truth is
that many gamers do measure their success by their frame rate. With Performance
Enhanced Graphics, now they can play their games any time the moment’s right.”
The reaction from CodeWeavers beta testers has been euphoric. Though user’s
mileage may vary depending on their individual… hardware, frame rate increases
of between 40-60% (or more) have been noted on titles such as Torchlight 2. One
tester noticed a 2x-3x improvement in StarCraft 2. According to another, "With
CrossOver 13, I can re-live all of the greatest moments of my misspent gaming
youth, with excellent, near-native performance. I can once again be a
nano-augmented resurrected Viking warrior working for the NSA, while mowing down
innocent civilians in a four-wheeled death machine! Thanks,
CodeWeavers!”
A new
Kickstarter seeks £14,000 for Dex, a 2D cyberpunk RPG that's just an
"eus" away from a copyright infringement letter. Here's
an announcement trailer
and here's developer Dreadlocks' pitch on the game, which they hope to release
by next summer: The most innovative aspect of Dex, both from a story and a
gameplay perspective, is that it takes place in two planes: physical reality and
cyberspace (which is presented as a sort of augmented reality). Cyberspace is
omnipresent - you can go there anytime for an alternate take on things - and it
is up to you to choose how to overcome all obstacles and enemies. More than one
solution can work - pure action, stealth, or cutting through intrusion
countermeasures in cyberspace.
Dex will be distributed DRM-Free. Confirmed platforms are PC (Windows, Linux),
Mac, and OUYA.
Continue here to read the full story.
PS4 mania abounds. The new consoles are only available in some territories, but
the news today makes it seem like they are everywhere. This raises the question
of whether a simultaneous worldwide launch might have been more desirable, but I
can't even begin to imagine the logistics of a staged release, much less a more
completely coordinated one.
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