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Archived News:
The Steam page for Sid
Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth now offers the playable demo for the
just-released turn-based strategy game. Details on the demo are not provided, so
here's the overview of the game itself: Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond
Earth is a new science-fiction-themed entry into the award winning Civilization
series. As part of an expedition sent to find a home beyond Earth, lead your
people into a new frontier, explore and colonize an alien planet and create a
new civilization in space.
The opening cinematic
from The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is now available to heighten anticipation for the
upcoming release of the RPG sequel from CD Projekt RED. Word is: "Foreshadowing
the story of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, The Trail Opening Cinematic is an epic
sneak peek into the adventure that awaits gamers in Wild Hunt. See witchers
Geralt of Rivia and his mentor Vesemir pursue Geralt’s long lost love, the
immensely powerful, raven-black-haired sorceress -- Yennefer of Vengerberg." Continue here to read the full story.
A new video from
Project CARS looks to put the fear of Halloween into potential drivers in
Slightly Mad Studios' upcoming racing game by showing the spookiness of driving
at night. Here's the story: "To celebrate the Halloween season, enjoy a
thrilling ride in a dark and scary atmosphere of night racing. The Halloween
trailer exemplifies Slightly Mad Studios’ approach that everything they put into
Project CARS not only has to look absolutely stunning but must add additional
gameplay." Continue here to read the full story.
CVG announces the winners of the 2014 Golden Joystick awards, which they
call "the people's awards," though most them carry individual corporate
sponsorships. Along the way Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima picked up
a Lifetime Achievement award. Here's the full list of winners: Best
Original Game in association with Digital Spy
DayZ
Best Online Game in association with PC Gamer
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
Best Storytelling
The Last of Us: Left Behind
Best Visual Design
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Best Audio in association with PDP
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Playfire Most Played Game of the Year
Rust
Best Multiplayer in association with Absolute Radio
Battlefield 4
Best Indie Game in association with Official X-Box Magazine
DayZ
Innovation of the Year in association with T3
Oculus Rift DK2
Best Gaming Moment in association with Sony Xperia Z3
The Last of Us: Left Behind - "The kiss"
Best Handheld Game
Pokemon X & Y
Best Mobile Game in association with Kiss FM
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
Most Wanted in association with The Sun
The Witcher III: Wild Hunt
Gaming Personality of the Year in association with Kotaku UK
PewDiePie
Studio of the Year in association with CVG
Ubisoft Montreal
Gaming Platform of the Year in association with GamesRadar
Steam
Lifetime Achievement
Hideo Kojima
Game of the Year in association with Green Man Gaming
Dark Souls II
Steam now offers
early access to Hardland, a stylized open-world action/adventure inspired by
Ultima and Betrayal at Krondor that was greenlit for release on the platform
after just four days. Word is: "In this game, there are no artificial limits or
a story arc that forces you to making certain 'choices.' In this game you can
put on a chicken mask and lead an army of chickens. If you want to. In this game
the Goblin King will throw ham at you. If he wants to." Here's an
early access gameplay trailer.
Continue here to read the full story.
Steam News announces the
release of the Linux and SteamOS editions of
Dead Island: Game of the Year
Edition. Word is: "Terror. Violence. Madness. Bedlam. A holiday paradise
gone mad. A tropical island turns into total chaos after a mysterious zombie
outbreak. Cut off from the rest of the world, the player’s only chance to
survive is to fight to the death and find a way to escape from the island." No
penguins were harmed in the making of this message.
- Best of Both Worlds Sale on
ShinyLoot.
- Deadly Premonition: The Director's Cut on
Steam. Save 90%.
- Eidos Anthology on
Steam. Save 75%.
- Escape Dead Island on
Steam. Save 15% on
pre-purchases.
- Halloween Sale on
MacGameStore.
- Strategy Supreme on
GOG.com.
2K Games announces the release of Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth,
a new sci-fi installment in the turn-based strategy series. Here's word on the
game: 2K and Firaxis Games today announced the award-winning* Sid Meier’s
Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ is available now worldwide for Windows PC. In
Civilization: Beyond Earth players lead an expedition from Earth to a new
frontier, enabling them to explore and successfully colonize an alien planet.
The game’s storyline ventures into uncharted territory for the franchise as the
game propels the evolution of human civilization into the future. Civilization:
Beyond Earth will also be available for players on Mac and Linux by Aspyr Media
this holiday season.
“The game challenges players to make interesting and fun decisions bringing
together future science, technologies and ideologies as you explore mankind’s
future on an alien planet.”
“Civilization: Beyond Earth is a new science-fiction themed entry to the
critically-acclaimed Civilization series,” said Christoph Hartmann, President of
2K. “Civilization: Beyond Earth showcases Firaxis Games’ commitment to creating
high quality strategy games, and challenges players to colonize an alien planet
through an intellectually challenging and visually appealing gaming experience.”
“Unlike its predecessors, players are no longer bound by historical context in
Civilization: Beyond Earth,” said Sid Meier, Director of Creative Development at
Firaxis Games. “The game challenges players to make interesting and fun
decisions bringing together future science, technologies and ideologies as you
explore mankind’s future on an alien planet.”
In Civilization: Beyond Earth players lead factions divided by contrasting
cultures and philosophies, while simultaneously advancing their own leaders,
cities and units to reflect their personal choices and style of play. Through an
array of new gameplay systems, including nonlinear technological progression and
a new virtues tree, there are countless opportunities for players to change the
very identity of their faction and the world around them.
An
interview with developer Red Barrels on Bloody Disgusting reveals
development of Outlast 2, a sequel to their survival/horror game (thanks
CVG). Part of the conversation covers how the game's success came after the
console ports were released, but it's not stated whether this means they are
skipping the PC this time around. Here's the skinny: It’s important for us
to be passionate about whatever we’re working on, because we believe it’s the
only way to achieve quality.
After shipping the XB1 version of Outlast, we took some time to analyze our
situation and we quickly realized we had at least another horror game in us.
So, yes, we are working on Outlast 2.
The game will be a survival horror experience and it will take place in the same
universe as Outlast, but it will have different characters and a different
setting. We might go back to Mount Massive Asylum one day, but for now we have
new ideas and themes we’d like to explore and we think we’re cooking up
something special.
We’re still a small indie studio (12 people), so we’ll need a little bit of time
to ship our next game, but hopefully it will be worth it.
Codemasters announces Toybox Turbos, a miniature car racing simulation coming to
Windows, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 on November 12th. There's a
Super Awesome Announce
Trailer on the game's official
website showing what to expect. Here's the scoop: Featuring gameplay
that reflects Codemasters’ fondly remembered miniature racing titles of the
‘90s, Toybox Turbos delivers a pick-up-and-play arcade racing extravaganza as
gamers take a nostalgic tour of 18 obstacle and short-cut filled circuits
inspired by childhood locations. Players will speed past spilt sticky jam on the
kitchen table, dodge flaming Bunsen burners as they take their opponents back to
school and zip past the runaway train in races around a railway set and more.
Gamers can see Toybox Turbos in action in a new gameplay video which is now
playing at www.toyboxturbos.com.
Bursting with classic retro racing fun, Toybox Turbos includes four-player local
and online multiplayer options, perfect for turning friends into foes with
one-more-go gaming sessions that race into the night. Whether playing locally or
online, or with a mix, Toybox Turbos brings alive the glory days of multiplayer
score-settling competition with rapid-fire rounds designed for all-action
racing.
Toybox Turbos features 35 vehicles to collect and customise, ranging from sports
cars and dragsters to emergency vehicles, taxis, ice cream vans, construction
vehicles, milk float, moon buggies and more! Each can be raced in six
super-charged game modes; players sprint for the line in Classic Races, set
their best time in Time Trial, pass as many turbocharged toys as possible in
Overtake, avoid getting wiped out by the tide in Escape, beat the clock in
Countdown and take down bosses in Elimination mode. To gain the advantage,
gamers can collect and use a range of power-ups spread liberally around each
circuit, including, but not limited to, machine guns, mines, electronic pulses
and, of course, giant hammers!
Continue here to read the full story.
En Masse Entertainment announces Fate of Arun will be the first expansion for
TERA, adding a new continent to their MMORPG.
A new trailer
celebrates the news with concept art, making this seem far off, which it may be,
as they don't mention a release date. "It’s been an incredible two years since TERA first launched in North
America," said En Masse Entertainment Producer Patrick 'Treeshark' Sun. "Fate of
Arun will be, without a doubt, the biggest addition to the world of TERA new and
returning players have ever seen – and we’re excited to reveal more details in
the upcoming weeks." Here's more: "Fate of Arun represents the first and biggest
expansion for TERA to date, featuring a new level cap of 65 and the lands of
Northern Arun to explore through a brand-new storyline, new quests, zones,
dungeons, skills, gear and a new PvP battleground, in addition to vast
systematic improvements to the gameplay experience." Continue here to read the full story.
Australian Servers
and FAQ for World of Warcraft is an announcement from Blizzard that
they are finally launching servers in Australia for the MMORPG, allowing
players down under to enjoy local server which are actually local, offering
reduced latency for players in Australia and New Zealand playing on Oceanic
realms (thanks Ryan). Here's what to expect: We are pleased to announce
that the upcoming deployment of Australian World of Warcraft game servers ahead
of the games next expansion, Warlords of Draenor. This new infrastructure will
support Australia and New Zealand and should provide a significant smoother
gameplay experience for player in the region.
Players currently on an Oceanic realm—Barthilas, Frostmourne, Thaurissan,
Saurfang, Caelestrasz, Jubei'Thos, Khaz'goroth, Aman'Thul, Nagrand, Dath'Remar,
Dreadmaul, and Gundrak—should automatically experience improved latency once the
new game servers go live. To help those currently adventuring on North American
realms, such as Blackrock and Proudmoore, optional free character and guild
master realm transfers will be offered for a limited time.
This trailer (NSFW)
from Far Cry 4 is part two of their "Welcome to Kyrat" series, introducing the
flora, fauna, weapons, and bare boobies in Ubisoft's upcoming first-person
shooter sequel. Word is: "Today, Ubisoft released a new trailer which takes
viewers on a visual tour of Kyrat’s dangerous midland and Himalayan regions. The
trailer provides a glimpse into Kyrat’s vast forests, where its booming drug
trade, exotic animals, brutal blood sports and the deadly Arena competition is
prevalent. Viewers will also get a look into Kyrat’s snow covered Himalayan
peaks. From the Royal Army’s elites, ravenous wolves and tigers, and avalanches,
every moment is a near-death experience." Continue here to read the full story.
My problem installing the new drivers for my video card worked out easily
enough, as in my next attempt to get them going I chose the clean install option,
which took care of things nicely. I don't really have any settings I'm attached
to, so maybe I'll just always choose that option going forward.
Anyway, as you well know driver issues can be nightmarish, so I'm extremely
happy it didn't turn out to be one of those situations.
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