Archived News:
A tweet by
Fork Parker seems to stick a fork in the possibility that Devolver Digital
will pursue buying the IP for Blood, Monolith's cult-classic first-person
shooter, answering a question about it by saying: "Not happening." Parker had
previously indicated that strong sales of
the Shadow Warrior remake might allow them to take a stab at the Blood IP, but
he now indicates they will not be able to get blood from a stone, adding the
two-word reason in a
later tweet:
"Too expensive." Thanks Wookiestick.
The
Dark Souls Facebook page has an acknowledgement from BANDAI NAMCO of a
startup issue with the just-released PC
edition of Dark Souls II (thanks
GameInformer). They say they are working on this, and in the meantime, point
to this
Steam forum thread where they list possible solutions to this and other
problems with From Software's action/RPG sequel. Here's word: We are aware
of an issue some Dark Souls II PC players are having with the game upon
start-up.
We have identified the issue, and the team is currently working towards a
resolution.
We have highlighted a few possible temporary fixes and will keep you posted on
our progress on the official Dark Souls II Steam Forums:
http://bit.ly/1kduB6S
Thank you for your patience!
Here's a new Magnum
Opus trailer, introducing Max's car from the upcoming Mad Max video game,
Avalanche Studios' not-timely tie-in with the post-apocalyptic movie series.
They say this ties in with a TV promotion creating a real-life version of the
car: "The trailer will be premiering on TV via West Coast Customs on Sunday,
April 27 at 7 p.m. PDT on FOX Sports 2, following the debut of the Magnum Opus,
Max’s in-game vehicle." The game was
announced for release this year, but the accompanying description reveals a
delay to next year, saying: Set to release in 2015, Mad Max delivers open
world gameplay in a post-apocalyptic setting where cars are the key to survival.
Developed by Avalanche Studios, gamers become Mad Max, a lone warrior who must
fight to stay alive in The Wasteland, using vicious on-ground and vehicular
combat against savage gangs of bandits. Following the theft of his iconic
Interceptor, Max must align himself with a gifted, but peculiar, mechanic named
Chumbucket and others to build the ultimate war vehicle as he works to escape
from the dangerous Wasteland.
Continue here to read the full story.
There's an
Interview with Obsidian on CVG talking with Feargus Urquhart about "life
after South Park" that discusses a range of topics, including whether they are
still an RPG studio, plans for more AAA development, IPs they would enjoy
working with, and more. As noted on
Joystiq (thanks nin), Feargus also gives a sense for when they might try
their next Kickstarter campaign: We are working on what that is. I think
we've come up with what it's going to be. We have to still firm up some details,
but my hope is that we'll get one going before the end of the year.
I think we've got a good idea. I'm not going to share anything, but a few times
in my career I have these things where I say, "hey, that's a cool idea!" and
I've generally been right. So I think this one's going to be a cool
thing.
The AMD website now offers new certified
version 14.4 Catalyst reference drivers for AMD/ATI accelerators running under
Windows or Linux. Here are the release notes for the Windows driver, which may
be familiar, since they are the same as for the beta drivers released earlier
this week: Highlights of AMD Catalyst™ 14.4 Windows Driver
- Support for the AMD Radeon R9 295X
- CrossFire fixes enhancements:
- Crysis 3 – frame pacing improvements
- Far Cry 3 – 3 and 4 GPU performance
improvements at high quality settings, high resolution settings
- Anno 2070 – Improved CrossFire scaling up to
34%
- Titanfall – Resolved in game flickering with
CrossFire enabled
- Metro Last Light – Improved Crossfire scaling
up to 10%
- Eyefinity 3x1 (with three 4K panels) no longer
cuts off portions of the application
- Stuttering has been improved in certain
applications when selecting mid-Eyefinity resolutions with V-sync
Enabled
- Full support for OpenGL 4.4
Continue here to read the full story.
The Divinity -
Original Sin website announces Larian's RPG sequel is due for release on
June 20th, offering a Before and After
Kickstarter trailer to celebrate the news. Here's the deal: Exactly one year ago, Larian Studios celebrated the end of a million-dollar
crowdfunding campaign in support of its innovative, old-school-inspired RPG,
Divinity: Original Sin. Today, the studio celebrates this anniversary by
announcing an official release date of June 20th 2014. Hand in hand with this
announcement comes a new gameplay trailer highlighting just how many new
features and worlds of content community support has leant this project.
Continue here to read the full story.
The
Really Slick Blog has word that a new version 1.1 of Retrobooster is now
available, along with a corresponding updated version 1.1 demo for the cave
flyer. The main feature of the new version is to add support for extremely
wide-screen gaming using multiple monitors. Word is: "Upon releasing
Retrobooster, the most popular request was for better support for
multiple-monitor configurations. Fixing the field-of-view issues was easy.
Fixing the glow effect so it didn’t look really stretched was a bit harder. And
updating the levels so you can’t see their edges with a wide field of view took
a decent amount of work. Here’s what it will look like now if you spread it
across three monitors." Continue here to read the full story.
- Chip on Steam.
Save 30%.
- Risk of Rain on
Steam. Save 66%.
- Rogue Shooter: The FPS Roguelike on
Steam. Save 50%.
- Supremacy Special on
GOG.com.
The Battlefield Blog has word on DICE's
promised
efforts at addressing rubber-banding and other latency-related issues in
Battlefield 4 that followed the launch of the Naval Strike DLC for the
military shooter sequel. Word is they have rolled out some new
hardware: As you know, we’ve been looking into resolving the “rubber
banding” that some players on certain platforms have experienced with
Battlefield 4 after the recent release of Naval Strike. We’ve found that the
root cause of the issue was a configuration of certain hardware types dedicated
to 64-player matches.
We have invested in new hardware to resolve this issue and deployed new
higher-performance servers this week. In preparation, we conducted a significant
amount of testing before installing the new servers to ensure they would correct
the issue. We are already seeing performance improvement with 64-player matches
and expect this to continue.
While the process took longer than we would’ve liked, we wanted to be 100% sure
it was done right and that the long-term solution was properly in place.
Our objective is to deliver the best player experience possible. We feel this
solution helps us deliver that to you. Stay tuned to our official channels for
more information.
Trion announces that Founder's Packs are now available for ArcheAge,
XLGames' upcoming fantasy-themed sandbox MMORPG. There are details on the
ArcheAge website and the packs are on sale
on this page. There are three
different levels of participation, with future beta access included in the
$49.99 and $99.99 silver and gold packages, and immediate alpha access included
with the $149.99 Archeum package.
This FAQ answers
questions this might raise, and here's
a new ArcheAge trailer. Continue here to read the full story.
Endless Legend is now available
on Steam as an Early
Access title, offering access to the alpha version of Amplitude Studios'
upcoming fantasy-themed 4X strategy game. Here's word: "Acquiring Endless Legend
in "Early Access" will help us make the game the best it can get. Come and
discuss with the dev team the upcoming art and game design elements via our
GAMES2GETHER platform! If you want to support even more the development of the
game, go for the Founder Pack! The more supporters we have during the Early
Access, the better we'll be able to make the game for release! ...be prepared to
create your own legend!" There's also a new
"Dust to Dust" trailer
showing off the game's premise with a bunch of cinematics. Continue here to read the full story.
Where are they now? Well, here's a shout out to one of our great friends from the pioneering days of the
web, as Alex "Sharky" Ross recently
appeared on Jay Leno's
Garage to show Jay one the amazing Porches Alex's company modified. It's an amazing
looking car, and it's great to see Sharky doing so well, and hobnobbing with
celebrities no less, though it's hard to get used to
how Americanized his accent has become.
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