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Archived News:
The
Unreal Engine website announces Bierzerkers, an Unreal 4 engine,
team-based, multiplayer, melee combat game set in the Viking afterlife. The game
is in development at Shield Break Studios,
and while they are not set to reveal a release date, they do plan on showing the
game off at PAX Prime, which kicks off next week in Seattle. Here's word:
Players will do battle using a variety of unique classes with stylized
Norse visuals, arcade-inspired melee combat, and fierce online competition.
"With Bierzerkers, we're creating a unique blend of hack n' slash action
inspired by our favorite melee combat games. We're throwing realism out the
window and focusing on a fun and irreverent style that seeps into every aspect
of the game," says Will Harris, lead designer. "In Bierzerkers, you will crush
your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their
sheep."
Dishonored on Steam
is free to play this weekend until Sunday at 3:00 pm EDT. Those who enjoy the
stealth/action game may be interested in the sale that coincides with the free
weekend, which offers the game at a 75% discount.
EA
announces that Titanfall has returned to their Gametime program,
which will allow 48 consecutive free hours of play in the mech shooter on
Origin. Here's word: By
popular demand, Titanfall has returned to Origin Game Time! If you missed it the
first time around, now is your chance to check out the action-packed shooter for
absolutely no cost.
Starting today, players who did not claim
Titanfall Game Time the first time can add the game to their library and
play for free for 48 hours.
The Game Time clock won't begin until you’ve launched the fully-downloaded game
for the very first time. Start your download whenever you want – downloading
Titanfall won't count towards your 48 hours of free time.
The
Legend of Grimrock website announces Legend of Grimrock 2 is
officially in beta status, adding this is a closed beta, and they are not
accepting applications at this time. Almost Human Games also announce plans for
an iOS version of the original Legend of Grimrock for those who enjoy their
role-playing on the road. They celebrate news of the LoG2 beta with a
new teaser trailer
from the action/RPG sequel. Here's a bit: The game has been playable from
the beginning to the end for some time now and now that we have had one complete
playthrough and several cheated speed-throughs we have some idea about the
length of the game. It’s looking like Grimrock 2 is going to be around 25%
longer than Grimrock 1 but more testing by us and our betatesters is still
needed to confirm this.
Like mentioned, all the features of the game are in, but there’s still much work
to do. Our Venerable List of Things To Do is constantly getting added with new
entries even as we are hammering on the things at the other end of the list. But
we are fighting hard to empty the list before the launch. Btw. on top of the
list we have things like memory and performance optimizations and tutorial.
Below that lots and lots of smaller tweaks and fixes and then of course testing,
testing and more testing…
Continue here to read the full story.
Battle.net announces a
50% boost to gold find is now underway in Diablo III as they continue to
prepare to release the "almost here" version 2.10 update for the action/RPG
sequel: Our first major content update for Reaper of Souls is almost here!
In preparation for patch 2.1.0 and the new content it brings—including Seasons,
Greater Rifts, and the mysterious Vault—all players who log into Diablo III this
weekend will receive a +50% bonus to Gold Find.
This bonus Gold Find period begins in the Americas region tomorrow, August 22,
at 12:00 a.m. PDT and ends on Tuesday, August 26, at 3:00 a.m. PDT (when
maintenance begins). Please note that this buff will stack multiplicatively with
existing bonuses including those provided from items and Paragon points.
A
Kickstarter update for Shadowrun Returns has a developer diary
written by Andrew McIntosh of Harebrained Schemes, lead writer on the upcoming
Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut. This is the first of four such
diaries that will precede the release of the Director's Cut in one month, and
topics cover the new content that's part of the DLC reissue, though spoilers are
avoided.
More of The Crew is on display in a new
The World’s Greatest
Playground video from the upcoming open world driving game. They say this is
the first in an "On the Road with the Crew" series of clip that will precede the
game's November release. Here's word: The expansiveness of a map is only
great if it’s filled to the edges with exciting activities and content. And in
the 1,900 square miles of beautiful U.S. land, The Crew offers a variety of
exciting mission types and hundreds of driving skill challenges for anyone to
tackle. Take an in-depth look into how you and up to three others in your crew
can take on these missions, such as making your escape from the police, tailing
and chasing down your mark, and sending your target hurtling violently with
well-aimed bumps and smashes. Make your presence known in our playground, and
NEVER DRIVE ALONE.
Continue here to read the full story.
Gameplay from The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is on display in
a new trailer from The
Astronauts' upcoming first-person mystery game. The clip runs almost 13 minutes
and features developer commentary to help us understand what's going on. Also,
the game's official website now offers
preorders of a special edition that includes a soundtrack and other extras, which
will be offered on both Steam and GOG.com. Continue here to read the full story.
Link of the Day:
The Internet in Real-Time. Thanks ^Drag0n^.
Paradox Interactive announces Ancient Space, a story-driven sci-fi RTS game in
development at CreativeForge Games for release for Windows and OS X this fall.
An announcement trailer
is online showing off some cinematics and revealing some familiar science
fiction actors in the game's cast, including Dina Meyer ( Starship Troopers),
John Billingsley ( Star Trek: Enterprise), Aaron Douglas ( Battlestar Galactica),
Ron Glass ( Firefly), Richard Gunn ( Dark Angel), and Dwight Schultz ( Star Trek:
The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager, and Star Trek: First Contact). Here's
what they are revealing about the game at this time: Ancient Space is a
single-player, real-time strategy title that puts the player in command of a
fleet conducting a scientific mission on the edge of the known universe,
charting what lies beyond in ‘The Black Zone.’ A rich and compelling story will
guide the player as they build and upgrade their fleets and then survive
overwhelming odds in deadly strategic missions.
Ancient Space mixes an engrossing single-player campaign story with time-honored
RTS gameplay for a suspenseful experience. Mission objectives are many, varying
from exploration to stealth, from assault to defense and more.
Ancient Space Features:
- New Frontiers, Classic Gameplay: Build,
maintain, upgrade, and strategically command a multitude of ships in
tactical battles and missions, facing aliens, pirates, and the unknown
- An Explosive Space Opera: A compelling
story, performed by a stellar cast, follows the player as the fleet tackles
questions of humanity and science in an epic single-player campaign
- Live with Your Choices: Each mission
advances the plot, and introduces new challenges to be met by choosing the
right crew and the right upgrades for the job
Continue here to read the full story.
The Path of
Exile website announces that the recently
announced Forsaken Masters expansion is now live for
Path of Exile, Grinding Gears'
action/RPG. Also, a trailer on
GameTrailers we missed last week offers a look at the hideout customization,
new skill gems, and mission variations the add-on brings (thanks rist3903).
Here's word on the release: We released the Forsaken Masters expansion an
hour ago and were met with an immense flood of users. For the third release in a
row, the player numbers were high enough to kill our website but leave the game
servers intact. Player concurrency has already broken Sacrifice of the Vaal
records and is still going up! Thanks for your enthusiasm and kind words. Enjoy
Forsaken Masters and remember to invite some friends to play with you. We've
ordered a lot more servers to fill!
Continue here to read the full story.
The
World of Warplanes website announces a new version 1.5 update is now live in
Wargaming's aerial combat MMOG. The new version includes redesigned
air-to-ground combat, 50 new achievements, one new and one reworked map, and
bots to allow pilots to practice their skills in an new
player-versus-environment mode. Here's word on the new PvE support: New
battle types have been on the wishlist of many veteran players for a while now,
and so it is with great pleasure to announce for 1.5 a new PvE battle type
called Battle Against Bots! As the name suggests, this feature will allow you to
team up with other human players and chase down an air fleet of AI bots in a
dedicated battle type that will follow its own unique rules and settings. This
new mode will be a perfect tool for both newcomers, looking to explore the game
and learn the mechanics, as well as hardened veterans, who’ll be able to
discover World of Warplanes from a whole new perspective.
Steam now offers Save
Churchill Part 2: Belly of the Beast, a continuation of this DLC for
Sniper Elite 3, Rebellion's sharpshooting sequel. Here's word: Save
Churchill Part 2: Belly of the Beast is the intense second mission of a new
three-part campaign for Sniper Elite 3.
In the outlying mountains of North Morocco a concealed facility is being used by
Axis forces to create devastating new weapons of war and build an elite unit of
the Führer’s most devoted soldiers.
Among them is Raubvogel, the elusive German sniper behind a plot to kill British
Prime Minister, Winston Churchill. You must find out what you can about the
planned assassination and stop these new weapons from leaving the remote
facility.
Traverse an intricate maze of lofty canyons and walkways littered with enemy
encampments and testing rooms. But be cautious, the soldiers guarding the canyon
are some of the most formidable that you will have ever faced, and eager to test
their terrifying new weapons...
Batman, the Commissioner of the Blue's News NFL picking league, is looking ahead
to the season, and has identified a few different sites that can provide free
tracking of our picks. If you are interested in participating, feel free to
offer an opinion on the pros and cons of
Yahoo Sports,
NFL.com,
ESPN, or
FOX Sports so we
can decide which one of those we should use. It feels early to discuss such
things, but the season actually begins two weeks from today!
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