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Archived News:
Aeria Games announces F.E.A.R. Online will come
to Steam on October
17th, offering a free-to-play multiplayer first-person shooter based on the
F.E.A.R. series. Those who don't want to wait that long can head over to the
F.E.A.R. Online website to apply
for the game's beta test, which will open on October 8th. "We are excited to
introduce F.E.A.R. Online to millions of PC gamers with the launch on the Steam
platform," said Dr. Pascal Zuta, CEO of Aeria Games. "Taking player feedback to
heart, our team has redesigned elements of the game that are most important to
players to deliver an experience that we hope will please the vast and dedicated
fan base of the F.E.A.R. series." Here's a description of the game: Fans
of the celebrated horror franchise will be able to engage in new, terrifying
experiences within the F.E.A.R. universe. Following player feedback from the
closed beta, an extensive redesign and gameplay adjustments make for a truly
unique first-person shooter game. With the addition of new maps, a new scenario,
and a redesigned crafting system which allows for making one-of-a-kind weapons,
F.E.A.R. Online will deliver what fans have been asking for.
The Windows edition of Outland is now available
on Steam, with the OS X
and Linux versions planned to launch later this year. The action/platformer
carries a 15% discount for the next week. Here's
a new trailer from the
game showing off its co-op multiplayer support, and here's word: Outland
is a fast-paced, dynamic platformer where the player uses powers of light and
dark in an epic journey to save the world from forces of chaos.
In-between Balance and Chaos stands one man, whose efforts will either bridge
the ancient divide or doom the world to destruction. Outland is an ambitious
2D-platformer with a beautiful visual style and a unique, polarity-switching
gameplay system. Your adventure will shift between light and darkness as you
struggle to adapt in an ever-changing world!
Continue here to read the full story.
AMD announces the release of new version 14.9 Catalyst reference drivers for
AMD/ATI accelerators running under Windows. The new drivers boast miscellaneous
performance improvements and Eyefinity enhancements.
EA announces they will release a new Legends of the Lawn update for Plants vs.
Zombies Garden Warfare tomorrow on all platforms. Here's
a Legends of the Lawn
trailer and here's word on the free update: Players grow their legend
in the outlandish new Plants vs. Zombies™ Garden Warfare update, Legends of the
Lawn. Complete with a slew of new Character Variants, the tasty new Taco Bandits
game mode, and a bountiful offering of more than 200 customization items and
five new spawnable characters, the Legends of the Lawn update will be available
free for Xbox One, Xbox 360, PC on Origin, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3
starting September 30.
Players can choose from one of the seven new Character Variants – Golf Star,
Centurion, Paleontologist, Chomp Thing, Alien Flower, Jade Cactus or Sanitation
Expert – to take into the Legends of the Lawn battle grounds. In addition, the
new Taco Bandits game mode recruits the Plants to defend Crazy Dave’s
deliciously grilled tacos from the Zombies. Capture all three tacos and return
them to the UFO as the Zombies, or protect all three tacos as the Plants to win.
PlayStation players will also get all of the content from Suburbination – the
update released in August before the game was available on PlayStation –
including the Crash Course map, Suburbination game mode, and Plasma Pea
character variant.
Continue here to read the full story.
The
Bethesda Blog offers a new trailer from
The Evil Within called "Every Last Bullet" which accompanies a lengthy new
update explaining how the various systems will work in the survival/horror game.
Word is: "Get a 101 lesson on survival in the video above, and then delve into
our spoiler-free article feature below from guest Bethesda Blog editor Fran
Reyes. In the article, Reyes outlines some of the survival strategies that
helped her play through the full game. Study up to be prepared for October
14th." Continue here to read the full story.
A new trailer from
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor shows off Season Pass content in advance of
tomorrow's launch of the Tolkien-inspired action game. Word is: "Players who
purchase Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor’s Season Pass will gain all-new story
missions, challenge modes, runes and more for their journey through Mordor. The
Season Pass is priced at $24.99." Continue here to read the full story.
Pre-alpha gameplay from Empyrion: Galactic Survival is on display in
this trailer from the
upcoming space adventure. The game is expected for final release for Windows by
the end of next year, with early access planned for March, and a Kickstarter
slated for next month. Here's word: "Empyrion - Galactic Survival is a 3D free
roaming, space survival adventure in which you can fly across space and land on
planets. Build, explore, fight and survive in a hostile galaxy full of hidden
dangers. The game is unique because it combines elements from space simulations,
construction games, survival games and ego-shooters. Empyrion is an unusual
blend between Eve Online, Space Engineers, Minecraft, Rust and Halo - all in one
package!" Continue here to read the full story.
- Civilization: Beyond Earth on
Ars Technica. Thanks Neutronbeam.
The
Classificação Indicativa website has a classification to sell a PC edition
of Assassin's Creed Rogue, the upcoming AC game. There's nothing much
else there besides word (in Portuguese) that this is not recommended for those
under 16. This follows recent
indications that a PC edition of the console installment in the series is
possible. Thanks
CVG and
NeoGAF.
A new co-op mission called The NeuroGen Incident is now available as a
free download for Interstellar Marines, their work-in-progress, sci-fi
first-person shooter. There are details on the
official website, and the early access game is on sale for 25% off over the
next few days to celebrate the release. "We promised our players tactical
cooperative gameplay, and this is our first step towards fully delivering on
that promise," explains creative director Kim Haar Jørgensen. "The team has been
laser-focused on delivering an exceptional update that meets the highest
expectations of the Interstellar Marines community." Here's word on the mission:
"The NeuroGen Incident immediately thrusts the player and up to three friends
into a pivotal event in the Interstellar Marines universe. The mission ties
directly into the storyline of the game and helps to create the foundations for
the upcoming single player and coop campaigns."
Battlefield Hardline will break from tradition set by previous
installments in the series by functioning properly at launch,
Visceral tells Game Revolution (thanks
MP1st). Here's what Visceral Games creative director Ian Milham told them
about the police shooter at the Tokyo Game Show: What you're basically
asking is, 'Is you're game going to work?' and the answer is yes, it's gonna
work. We actually started on this more than a year before Battlefield 4 came
out. We've been working with the DICE guys for a long time; some of our
engineering work is actually in Battlefield 4 and things they've been doing
since then. It's in pretty great shape now and all that work is gonna come into
what we're doing.
We already had one very successful beta, we're going to have another beta on
every platform we ship on. We take shipping a working game pretty seriously. So,
yes, the game will work.
The
GFK Chart-Track list of the 20 bestselling full-prices PC games in the U.K.
for the week ending September 27th is online, showing The Sims 4
retaining the top position, while FIFA 15 enters the chart at number two,
and Stronghold Crusader II debuts at number five. On the
all platforms top 40 FIFA 15 kicks even more ass, debuting at number one.
Here's an overview:
The prelude to the all-important Q4 season begins in earnest this week
with the ‘FIFA 15’ onslaught.
EA’s latest FIFA is the 21st in the main series, dating back to 1993 with FIFA
International Soccer on Sega’s Megadrive (list excludes World
Cup/Street/Management spinoffs). ‘FIFA 15’ accounts for 80% of all entertainment
software units this week and a whopping 87% of revenue. Unlike last year, ‘FIFA
15’ debuts on 8 formats simulataneously - there are no more PS2/PSP versions
this year and the later PS4/XO releases from ‘FIFA 14’ now arrive alongside all
other versions.
Consequently, GfK Chart-Track total UK market estimates are that ‘FIFA 15’ is
+15% units / +23% revenue over ‘FIFA 14’ (weeks 39 compared). If you align all
the week 1 sales, so adding in week47/2013 PS4/XO sales (both Gen 8 versions
launched in that week) then ‘FIFA 15’ is actually around the same in units and
+6% in revenue. Finally, ‘FIFA 15’ Gen 8 versions (PS4/XO) account for 54% of
sales units, with Gen 7 (360/PS3) holding a still considerable 45%. There were a
few other new releases this week but the only one to make the Top 40 is
Nintendo’s 3DS RPG adventure ‘Fantasy Life’ at No8 which is developed by Level
5, best known for the Professor Layton series.
Even with the high quality series the cable networks have brought to raise the
standards of television over recent years, most of them still seem pretty ready
to go by their final seasons... I'm finding Boardwalk Empire to be the opposite,
with almost every season more compelling than the last. The final season is now
halfway done, and I find myself already missing it.
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