Harebrained Schemes announces details on a
Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's
Cut coming to Windows, OS X, and Linux next month, saying this will be free
to owners of the original Shadowrun: Dragonfall. Here's word
from Kickstarter:
Hello from GenCon!
As promised a couple weeks ago, we’re ready to tell you more about
Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director’s Cut. In fact, Mitch and Jordan will be
talking about the game at their
Shadowrun “What’s Next” panel tomorrow at the Crowne Plaza. If you’re at
GenCon, come check out the panel! You can also drop by Booth 2343 to chat more
with members of the Harebrained team, play some
Golem Arcana, or catch a sneak peek of the
new Dragonfall trailer.
But if you’re not here at GenCon, don’t worry! We’ve got you covered. Here’s the
scoop on the Director’s Cut:
Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director’s Cut will be released for Windows, OSX & Linux
on September 18th, 2014 for $14.99. It will be available on Steam, GoG,
and the Humble Store. And - in case you missed our
previous update: as a continued “thank you” for your support, the
Director’s Cut will be FREE to all Backers and owners of the original Dragonfall
release.
The
gamescom website does not yet reflect the news, but
2K Games announces that
Evolve took the best in show award at the
trade show, which was one of five awards Turtle Rock's four-versus-one
multiplayer shooter won out of 13 that were handed out, saying this is the most
official gamescom awards for any single game. Here's word:
2K and Turtle
Rock Studios announced today that Evolve, the highly anticipated 4v1 cooperative
and competitive multiplayer shooter coming to next-gen consoles and PC on
February 10, 2015, has won the prestigious “Best of Gamescom” award as well as
the awards for “Best Console Game Microsoft Xbox,” “Best PC Game,” “Best Action
Game,” and “Best Online Multiplayer Game.” Evolve dominated Gamescom 2014,
winning five of the thirteen award categories, the most official awards any game
has ever won at Gamescom.
“We are blown away by the positive reception for Evolve from both the critics
and the consumers here at Gamescom,” said Phil Robb, co-founder and creative
director at Turtle Rock Studios. “Winning the ‘Best of Show’ award at both E3
and Gamescom in the same year is humbling and exhilarating.”
“It’s encouraging to see the level of excitement for Evolve rise constantly,”
said Christoph Hartmann, president of 2K. “The team at Turtle Rock Studios is
creating something very special with this new IP that we believe will deliver
one of the most unique and engaging next-gen experiences early next
year.”
The
Roberts Space Industries website offers a new
Constellation video
for
Star Citizen showing off another spacecraft from the upcoming space
game in a Kubrick-inspired commercial (it runs about 3:30, so its more of an
infomercial). This comes as the game passes the $50 million mark in crowd-sourced
funding, though no letter from the chairman has appeared yet to mark the
milestone, so we can expect that soon.
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Early access to
Clockwork Empires is now available
on Steam, offering a
first crack at Gaslamp Games' colony building simulation. They celebrate the
news with
a new trailer
showing off some steampunk sims going about their business, which includes
combat with the Gorn and cannibalism. Word is: "Also unveiled today is the
Clockwork Empires Early Access trailer, which details life on the frontier -
from foraging wild berries to some serious shotgun action right to an Auroch's
face, and even provides a few tips on cooking. 'Boil til it's grey, and the
germs go away!'"
Continue here to read the full story.
AMD support now offers a new AMD Catalyst 14.7 beta driver for AMD/ATI
graphics cards running under Windows. Here's the word on what this does, which
includes dropping support for Windows 8.0:
- Starting with AMD Catalyst™ 14.6 Beta, AMD will no
longer support Windows 8.0 (and the WDDM 1.2 driver)
- Windows 8.0 users should upgrade (for free) to
Windows 8.1 to take advantage of the new features found in the AMD Catalyst
14.7 RC3 driver
- AMD Catalyst 14.4 will remain available for users
who wish to remain on Windows 8
- A future AMD Catalyst release will allow for
the WDDM 1.1 (Windows 7 driver) to be installed under Windows 8.0 for
those users unable to upgrade to Windows 8.1
I have my grandfather's old easy chair up here in my office, which is covered in
this mustardy/gold upholstery that clearly demonstrates it was last re-covered in
the 1960s. In spite of this, it has held up surprisingly well over the years, as
the fabric seems to wear like iron. The Gunnar-man put this to the test recently
by leaving a nasty little vomit stain on it; My canine companion curls up in the
chair on occasion, and I guess it's so comfortable he could yak while reclining.
This looked like it might not come out, and even after I sprayed this harsh
cleaner on it, there was an ominous brown patch left behind. Then I followed the
next step of vacuuming the spot after it dried, and it came perfectly clean like
it never happened. The spray I used was Oreck Spot Remover for Stains, in case
you're curious, but I think the credit goes to this crazy fabric they used...
it's probably some mix of teflon, asbestos, and the flesh of virgins that would
be completely impossible to make anymore.
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