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Archived News:
German website
PC Games has a confirmation that
Risen 3: The Titan Lords is the cover story on their latest print issue.
This confirms development of the next installment in Piranha Bytes' action/RPG
series, the game's subtitle, and presumably the authenticity of the leaked
screenshots. A translation shows no other new details about the game, except for
their tease that "compared to Risen 2 everything changes." Thanks
Polygon.
Craig Scott has joined Bigpoint as lead designer a "new breed" of MMOG after
parting ways with CCP, where he most recently served as design director for
EVE Online. "I am happy to be with Bigpoint now," Scott said in
a statement posted on GamesIndustry International. "Bigpoint has major
experience in the future sector of free-to-play, online games. Furthermore, I
expect to have much space for trying new things, which is a premise for making
really innovative games and which, of course, means a lot of fun for both the
teams and the users. That's what I see Bigpoint is currently about."
The Windows edition of Ace Combat: Assault Horizon has been patched to
remove the aerial combat game's reliance on the Games for Windows LIVE service,
and replace it with Valve's Steamworks services (thanks
VG247). Here's word from the
Steam Community forums: Dear Ace combat fans,
you can now update your Ace Combat Assault Horizon Enhanced Edition for PC game
to replace the Games for Windows Live functionalities with Steamworks
functionalities. The update is available from today – February 24th and will let
you keep both your saves and achievements. Please visit
http://steamcommunity.com/app/228400/discussions/ to read the update
process.
If you played or are currently playing Ace Combat Assault Horizon, you will be
able to update and keep your achievements and saves between February 24th and
April 1st. From April 1st, the new version using Steamworks functionalities will
become the default version of the game.
Battle.net announces
that beta testing of the Reaper of Souls expansion for Diablo III
and testing of the version 2.0.1 patch on the PTR for the action/RPG sequel will
conclude this evening: In preparation for the launch of patch 2.0.1, the
Reaper of Souls™ Beta and Patch 2.0.1 PTR servers will be brought offline
this evening at 5:00 p.m. PT. At that time, players will no longer be able
to log in to the Beta or PTR client, all Beta and PTR accounts (including
character information) will be reset, and both our Beta forums and PTR forums
will be marked as read-only.
We'd like to thank everyone who has participated in the Reaper of Souls Beta and
Patch 2.0.1 PTR. You've done an amazing job of testing, and we greatly
appreciate all of the feedback you provided during this critical phase of
development.
We look forward to releasing patch 2.0.1 to public shortly and encourage
everyone to stay tuned to this website for exciting news and updates regarding
the upcoming launch of Reaper of Souls!
Steam News announces the
release of liteCam 100 FPS
Game Capture, a video capture utility for Steam games that's half-off for
the next week. Here's word: ‘liteCam 100FPS Game Capture’ is a next-gen
game recording software for Steam users. ‘liteCam 100FPS Game Capture’ has a
minimal impact on actual game performance while recording and can record up to
100 FPS. You can record most DirectX 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and OpenGL games such as
League of Legends, World of Warcraft, Minecraft, Need for Speed, GTA , Grid 2
and many more pc games with no lag.
- Assassin's Creed franchise on
Steam. Save
up to 75%.
- Carmageddon 1 + 2 Bundle on
GOG.com. Save 60-70%.
- Deep Silver Week on
The
Humble Store.
- Hammerwatch on
Steam. Save 50%.
- Weeklong Deals, Monday February 24th on
Steam.
Link of the Day:
LEGO Grand
Theft Auto. Thanks Ant.
R.I.P.:
Harold Ramis dead at 69. Well... crap. :(
Iceberg Interactive announces Vector Thrust is coming to Steam in Q2 of
this year, offering a cel-shaded arcade flight game for Windows PCs, with "an
extensive variety of game modes to choose from, with quick, action-oriented
instant play, and the option to experience a deep, story-based campaign." We
have some
Vector Thrust screenshots, and here's more on the game: Vector Thrust
delivers a huge array of aircraft from which choose, as well as tactical,
intelligent AI to combat, where every unit works to complete its mission in a
dynamic, ever-changing battlefield that is never played the same way twice.
- Perfect balance between realistic models and
celshaded graphics. Each aircraft is faithfully recreated with a highly
tactical and deep flight behavior while at the same time it still remains
playable for even the most inexperienced players.
- Experience the immersive story-based Campaign in a
unique world context or jump right into the action in the Quick Action mode.
- Fly an extensive collection of more than 200
aircraft, ranging from real-world models to unusual and rare prototypes, all
of them recreated with precision and emphasizing their unique
characteristics.
- Test your abilities with every aircraft in
Challenge mode, or battle for the high score in Arcade mode.
- Quickly customize your own battles with skirmish
mode, or create your dream operation to the finest detail with the mission
editor.
- Confront other players online with a competitive
Multiplayer mode which includes wide variety of game modes to prove who is
King of the Skies.
- Expand the original game with user mode custom
content and customize and change the flavor of your game with an extensive
variety of mutations.
Reviews of the THIEF reboot are starting to roll out in advance of this
week's release of the stealth/action reboot. The game currently has a 71
Metascore, which is pretty
mediocre based on the typical game scoring curve, though not every outlet has
chimed in yet. Here are some of the early notices for the game:
Here's a new trailer
from Divinity: Original Sin, Larian Studios' next installment in their
Divinity series of role-playing games for Windows and OS X PCs. The clip shows
off some gameplay and cinematics, and concludes with word to expect the game in
Spring 2014, which begins on March 20th in these parts. This represents a delay,
as the game was previously slated
for release on February 28th, which they say is "for improvements based on
Early Access and backer feedback." Continue here to read the full story.
Dean Hall is planning on parting ways with developer Bohemia Interactive by the
end of this year,
reports Eurogamer, saying he will start up his own development studio in his
native New Zealand to develop multiplayer games. It's not clear is this will
happen before or after the planned completion of the DayZ zombie
survival/horror game based on the Arma II modification of the same name,
but he explains he will extend his run to avoid leaving the development of DayZ
in a lurch. "I would extend my involvement here as long as Bohemia wanted," he
explains, adding "needed - me," for emphasis. Though it sounds like he will lead
his own team at his new studio, his explanation of his departure includes his
idea that he is not ideally suited to seeing such a project all the way through.
"I am a grenade. I have a specific use. I'm really good at risk-taking and
making other people take risks, I've always been good at that in my life. Like
you say, maybe I've got the gift of the gab, so I can talk, I can explain
something, I can talk people up to the ledge and get them to jump off it," he
explains. "But eventually, that's the bad person to have. Eventually, you don't
want the guy telling you to go over the top and get through. So at some point
I'll be a disaster for the project, at least in a leadership role." He does also
explain that he will never be completely free of this project: "I'll always be
involved with it; there's no way to escape it."
GfK Chart-Track has issued new sales charts tracking game sales in the U.K. for
the week ending February 22nd. On
the PC full-price there's a new entry in the top 10, as Rambo and his mullet
show up at number five. On the
all-platforms top 40 the improbable remake doesn't fare as well, debuting at
number 17. The top new entry on that chart is at number eight, where Donkey Kong
Country: Tropical Freeze resides. Here's
the latest word: ‘The
Lego Movie Videogame’ builds on week 1 success with a second (half-term) week at
the top (+7%), having also soared to the top of the UK box office in its first
week.
EA’s ‘FIFA 14’ receives a price-induced sales kick, especially on 360/PS3,
climbing 2 places to No2 (+22%). Activision move down 1 place to No3 with ‘Call
of Duty: Ghosts’ (-23%) with EA’s ‘Battlefield 4’ right behind at No4 (+15%),
climbing 3 places from No7 thanks to price promoted last-gen 360/PS3 versions.
Nintendo claim the highest new entry this week at No9 with Wii U ‘Donkey Kong
Country: Tropical Freeze’ and Ubisoft climb 23 places to No10 as ‘Rayman
Legends’ (+299%) debuts on PS4/Xbox One, with the game now available on 7
formats.
Also debuting this week is Reef Entertainment’s ‘Rambo: The Video Game’ at No21.
Last week 5 games in the Top 40 were Lego titles – this week it is now 9 with a
further 4 older titles re-entering in the mid 30’s (POTC/Batman/SWIII Clone
Wars/IndieJones 2). Aside from certain home computer versions of these 9, all
were developed by Warner Bros’ Traveller’s Tales, dating back to 2007’s ‘Lego
Star Wars: The Complete Saga’, currently residing within the Top 20. Combined UK
revenue for just these 9 titles currently stands at over £145m. Lego as a brand
stands at No10 in the UK revenue all-time Brands analysis, during the period
1995-2013.
Happy 18th birthday to Qtest, the prerelease QUAKE demo!
I'm a big fan of J.K. Simmons going back to him being as bad as a bad guy can
get in Oz, through his fine work in roles such as J. Jonah Jameson, the
guy who sells that insurance no one owns, and of course, Cave Johnson, so naturally I watched his new show, Growing Up Fisher last night. It was cute
and touching, though not necessarily particularly funny, maybe because it has a
little more exposition to get out of the way than many shows to set up the
premise of a character who made it through law school without anyone figuring
out he was blind. Anyway, being such a fan of Simmons', I hope this succeeds for
him, so maybe they should hurry up and get to the point where he becomes
Daredevil before they lose their audience.
R.I.P.:
At 110, oldest known Holocaust survivor dies. Thanks nin.
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