A new
developer blog
announces a delay for the
Galactic Strongholds expansion for
Star
Wars: The Old Republic, saying Early Access for subscribers will now
commence on August 19th, after previously being scheduled for June 24th. Word is
the expansion for BioWare's MMORPG wasn't feeling expansive enough: "When
playing early builds of Galactic Strongholds it became that clear that our June
Early Access date was simply not enough. For this to truly feel like an
expansion, it needs to include the full set of features, including those
originally coming later in the year." They offer a full outline of planned
changes and a new schedule for how this will all roll out.
This new trailer
from Watch Dogs offers an eight-minute walkthrough showing multiplayer play in
in the upcoming open-world action game, and how this plays into the
single-player game. Word is: "Check out Watch Dogs’ groundbreaking multiplayer
modes where everything and everyone is connected. Learn how Watch Dogs is
blurring the line between single and multiplayer, and get a glimpse into three
distinct and exciting modes including Online Hacking Contracts, ctOS – Mobile
Companion App, and Competitive Decryption Combat."
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A
new video from
WildStar offers a "DevSpeak" explaining Warplots, and the role they play in
Carbine Studio's upcoming MMORPG. They explain: "Warplots are massive,
strategic, 40v40 battles and accessible to all players once they hit level cap.
This latest DevSpeak educates players on all the intricacies of Warplots and
what they will be bringing to the elder game of WildStar."
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An
Ultimate Driver
Journey trailer offers a new look at
Project CARS, the upcoming motorsport
game from World of Mass Development. Here's the description:
Project CARS
is the most authentic, beautiful, intense, and technically-advanced racing game
on the planet.
Create a driver, pick from a variety of motorsports, and shift into high gear to
chase a number of Historic Goals and enter the Hall Of Fame. Then test your
skills online either in competitive fully-loaded race weekends,
leaderboard-based time challenges, or continually-updated community events.
Featuring world-class graphics and handling, a ground-breaking dynamic time of
day & weather system, and deep tuning & pit stop functionality, Project CARS
leaves the competition behind in the dust.
Project CARS will be coming to the Playstation 4, Xbox One, PC, Steam OS & WiiU
starting November 2014.
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Polygon - Playing with privilege: the invisible benefits of gaming while
male.
One particularly astounding theme I’ve noticed running through online
discussions surrounding these incidents has been a consistent denial that
there is any real problem with the way women are treated in gaming. Despite
the abundance of evidence, I’ve seen many of my fellow male gamers, in
comment thread after comment thread, dismiss the issue as "no big deal" and
insist that everyone is essentially treated the same.
Gamer Horizon - I hate Hearthstone and I can't stop playing it.
Tripwire Interactive is offering
Red Orchestra 2 free
on Steam for the next 24
hours, with access to the World War II shooter being permanent for all who take
advantage during the promotion. Word is: "Today, Tripwire Interactive is pleased
to announce a special fan promotion in which users can download Red Orchestra 2,
PC Gamer's 2011 First-Person Shooter Game of the Year (Multiplayer) on Steam
free of charge for a 24 hour period! And, so long as you install it during that
24 hour period, it is free to keep. Permanently!"
Publisher UIG Entertainment and developer Freedom Factory Studios announce that
Kick Ass 2 is coming next month to PCs and consoles as a tie-in with the
movie sequel of the same name.
This teaser trailer
offers a quick look at the premise, and here's a description:
Freedom
Factory Studios and UIG Entertainment are excited to announce the final release
date for the fantastic action adventure/beat’em up game KICK-ASS 2 for PC and
console - the official game of the hit movie KICK ASS 2 will be released in May
2014.
Three years after the success of “KICK ASS”, the second installment of the
successful comic adventure movie hits cinemas across the world and features
returning cast members Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Kick-Ass) and Chloe Grace Moretz
(Hit-Girl), along with Hollywood star Jim Carrey (Colonel Stars and Stripes).
KICK-ASS 2 the game is a classic beat-em-up featuring brutal finishing moves and
animations straight from the movie and comic-book. Play with the main character
of the movie and take on arch-nemesis, “The Motherf*cker”!
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Man is it hard to be a Knicks fan... I admit that if I ostensibly owned a sports
team, I would probably meddle in personnel decisions, but at a certain point I
would have to back off if that turned out badly. But the Knicks'
James Dolan can't help himself in spite of perpetually being part of the
problem rather than the solution (they're like the Cowboys of basketball). For the record, the Knicks have won a single
playoff series in the past 14 years, and their last championship is now over 40
years ago... if I were Dolan, I'd just let Phil Jackson do the job he was hired
to do.
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