Archived News:
Valve sends along an
image
of the redesigned Steam Controller, showing an array of buttons in the area
formerly occupied by the touch screen display. They say they will be giving
hands on demonstrations of this at the upcoming Game Developers Conference.
Spiders Studios announces May 9th is the release date for Bound by Flame, their
new RPG for Windows, Xbox 360, PS3, and PS4. They promise a video in the coming
weeks to introduce the game's combat system, and in the meantime, offer some
new
screenshots they describe like so: "The bestiary you will confront in Bound
by Flame is impressive, rich and varied. Conceived and brought to life by the
talented teams at Spiders studios, these creatures are as terrifying as they are
deadly, and will do their utmost to make your life hell in spectacular,
real-time and highly tactical battles. And just how they do that is revealed in
the six new screenshots we urge you to check out now!"
Wadjet Eye Games is now accepting preorders for The Blackwell Epiphany,
saying the fifth and final installment in the adventure series will be released
on April 24th. The game can be preordered from
this page
where they also offer a new
launch trailer, and here's word on incentives: On April 24, preorder
customers will get The Blackwell Epiphany as a DRM-free download, along with a
slew of special bonuses:
- Exclusive video interviews with voice actors Abe
Goldfarb (Joey) and Rebecca Whittaker (Rosa) discussing their work on the
series
- Exclusive New York City video tour with series
creator Dave Gilbert showing and talking about the real-world locations that
inspired the Blackwell games
- Exclusive virtual invite to the Blackwell Epiphany
launch party -- streamed live from Dave's apartment the evening of April 24!
(Includes a hangout / Q&A session with members of the dev team)
- Blackwell Epiphany MP3 soundtrack
- Free Blackwell Epiphany Steam key that can be
redeemed at launch
Continue here to read the full story.
Frontier Developments has released the Elite: Dangerous Alpha 3.0 for all
backers and purchasers of Elite: Dangerous, the latest prerelease installment in
the upcoming space combat remake. As demonstrated in a
new tutorial video,
this adds docking to the game. Here's word: "After successfully proving out the
moment to moment combat gameplay, and multiplayer technology in Alpha phases one
and two respectively, phase three starts to move towards building out the game
by adding docking, an early version of hyperspace jumps between multiple
locations and ship outfitting within an iconic Coriolis space station. Once
successfully docked in the station – a notoriously difficult skill to master in
the original Elite – Elite: Dangerous Alpha phase three offers progression where
players can use their honest profit or ill-gotten gains from their in-game
actions to improve their ship." Continue here to read the full story.
Initial testing of Heroes of
the Storm is now underway, an invitation-only technical alpha for
Blizzard's upcoming team brawler (thanks Dirwulf via
Joystiq).
This forum thread addresses requests for access, saying no keys are
available right now, and offering steps to avoid phishing attempts based on the
test. According to the
latest blue
Blizzard post on the topic: "We're eager to get as many people as possible
into the Nexus as soon as possible, but we don't have any news on that front at
the moment. As soon as we do, though, we'll be sure to announce it and let
everyone know."
A new gameplay trailer
shows off over 19 minutes of gameplay footage from Age of Wonders III, helping
Triumph Studios introduce the Theocrat leader class from the upcoming strategy
sequel. Word is: "Theocrats lead the masses by their hearts. They heal,
persuade, minister and convert. Their zealots are fiercely loyal, convinced that
any action they perform will earn them a greater reward in the afterlife.
Because Theocrats tend not to wield many directly offensive powers, it is
tempting to believe Theocrats pose no threat. History has proven this to be
foolishness. Many earthly kingdoms have fallen under relentless crusades where
holy armies of martyrs, evangelists, templar knights, war shrines and angelic
beings bring Armageddon to pagan lands." Continue here to read the full story.
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive on
Steam. Save 75%.
- Luck of the Irish Sale on
GOG.com.
Link of the Day:
Real Physics. Thanks etienne.
Maxis tweets
that update 10 for SimCity is almost complete, which will bring
the promised ability to play the
urban planning game without being connected to the Internet, saying: "Update 10
is in final testing. Almost there Mayors,"
and
confirming: "This is the one that will add Offline Play." Thanks
GameSpot.
BattleGoat Studios announces a new May 9th release date for Supreme Ruler
1936, the upcoming World War II installment in their Supreme Ruler series of
strategy games. Supreme Ruler 1936 was originally planned for release this
quarter, but while they say they are "thrilled" with the reception the game's
Early Access has met with on
Steam, they add that feedback from participants have inspired some changes.
"We love Early Access," exclaims BattleGoat's David Thompson. "The feedback from
players that have participated has been great for both testing the game and
making changes to better the gameplay experience. In the three months since we
released the Early Access, we've pushed nine updates and we expect this rate to
continue right up until our official release." Here's more: Originally
planned for release late Q1 2014, the changes and additions from player feedback
have resulted in a slight delay of the anticipated release date to May 9th 2014.
When asked further about the success of their Early Access beta, Thompson
replied, "The Early Access sales have been above expectations and this has given
us the freedom to incorporate some new ideas and to improve the historical
content of the campaigns." Supreme Ruler 1936 is BattleGoat's first
self-published title, the previous two titles were published by Paradox
Interactive. Early Access to the game is available for 25% off the release
retail price.
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
announces
that the open beta testing phase is underway for Infinite Crisis, the
free-to-play MOBA game based on the roster of DC Comics superheroes and
villains. Those who sign up on the
official website can join in now, and they offer a
new "What Do You Fight For"
trailer showing off what to expect. Here's the rundown: Infinite
Crisis is the highly anticipated, free-to-play multiplayer online battle
arena (MOBA) with a robust lineup of DC Comics Champions, including Batman,
Superman, The Joker, Wonder Woman, and more. With Open Beta, Green Arrow,
Aquaman and Mecha Superman join the cast of characters that fans
can choose to play.
In Open Beta, players will be able to test their skills on three different maps
including the recently announced “Gotham Divided,” a tri-lane map where two
universes collide and players can battle across Gotham City and its Multiverse
variant, Gotham by Gaslight. Since the beginning of Closed Beta in 2013,
Infinite Crisis has gained an enthusiastic fan base and dozens of
Champions have already been revealed, offering bountiful choices to players of
all skills and styles.
Continue here to read the full story.
There are details on NVIDIA's plans on
their website,
where the graphics card maker announces they will discontinue new driver support
for legacy Direct X 10-era products after April 1, 2016 (thanks
Maximum PC via
HARDOCP). Word is the upcoming 340 drivers will be the last series to
specifically support older cards such as the 9800 GTX: After Release 340,
any subsequent Windows driver release starting with Release 343 will cease to
support the products listed in this section.
The Release 340 drivers will continue to support these products until April 1,
2016, and the NVIDIA support team will continue to address driver issues for
these products in driver branches up to and including Release 340. However,
future driver enhancements and optimizations in driver releases after Release
340 will not support these products.
This video shows off
gameplay from a playable build of Satellite Reign, in spite of being
labeled "pre-alpha" footage of the Kickstarted homage to
Syndicate Wars in the works at 5 Lives Studios. Word is: "The video was recorded
at 1920x1080 @ 60 fps on a 2nd Generation i5 PC with a Radeon 5970 using Fraps."
Thanks
Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Continue here to read the full story.
Happy Pi Day, as today is 3/14, an annual celebration of geekiness that
demonstrates why U.S. date notation should be adopted worldwide, at least until
someone goes all Julius Caesar on the calendar again and adds a couple of
additional months. And since it's also 3/14 written month/year-style, I guess this
falls during the once-a-century Pi Month. As always, best celebration time
should be 1:59:26. I think I'll celebrate by making some
pie. Or at least eating some.
R.I.P.:
Hal Douglas, famed movie trailer narrator.
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