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Wednesday, Nov 12, 2014
Patrice Desilets Launches Panache Digital Games [9:46 pm ET] – Share – 1 Comment
Patrice
Desilets tweets an announcement of the launch of a new studio following his
firing by Ubisoft earlier this year. So
far most of what we have to go by is a URL and a hashtag: "My new studio in
Montréal:
http://www.panachedigitalgames.com Talk to you soon!
#playwithpanache." Thanks
All Games Beta.
Mount&Blade Free on GOG.com Fall Sale [9:46 pm ET] – Share – 13 Comments
A big fall sale is underway on GOG.com,
offering over 700 games discounted up to 90% off, along with free gifts from
their DRM-free marketplace. The first freebie is a copy of Mount&Blade,
which is being offered to all registered users for 48 hours, and they are also
offering the chance to get a free copy of The Witcher 2. Here's word:
It kicks off with an exceptional offering: the bottomless sandbox action-RPG Mount & Blade is available for free for the first 48 hours of the sale. You can sign up for your free copy on our front page. You can also complete the Mount and Blade collection with the remaining titles bundled 75% off.
Impressive? We've only just begun. Look here, what's that? Another bundle? Yes! It's the all-time favorite Ultimate Dungeons and Dragons Bundle making a comeback by popular demand. Only $21.10 for a collection of ten D&D classics with hundreds of hours worth of gameplay time. Available for 24 hours only, as tomorrow this amazing deal will step down to make room for another gratuitous daily offer. Not feeling like waiting an entire day for a new offer? No worries, we've got you covered. Throughout the sale a line up of flash deals will be available on our front page to give you amazing offers on great games hour, by hour, by hour.
Ubisoft on AMD & Assassin's Creed Unity [9:45 pm ET] – Share – 33 Comments
This forum post has links to where to turn for support for problems with the
Windows edition of Assassin's Creed Unity.
Also, a post on the
Assassin's Creed Unity Forums from Ubisoft addresses AMD owners playing the
just-released stealth/assassination sequel (thanks
IGN), explaining what's being done about some of the reported
issues on their systems:
We are aware that the graphics performance of Assassin’s Creed Unity on PC may be adversely affected by certain AMD CPU and GPU configurations. This should not affect the vast majority of PC players, but rest assured that AMD and Ubisoft are continuing to work together closely to resolve the issue, and will provide more information as soon as it is available.
Darkfall Unholy Wars Free Week on Steam [9:45 pm ET] – Share – Post a Comment
Steam News announces
that Darkfall Unholy Wars
is free to play on Steam for the next week: "Play
Darkfall Unholy Wars for
FREE starting now through November 18th at Midnight. You can also pickup
Darkfall Unholy Wars one
month subscription at 75% off the regular price for the first month!"
Star Citizen Passes $61M [9:45 pm ET] – Share – 24 Comments
A new
Roberts Space Industries Letter from the Chairman announces the Espera
Prowler stretch goal is unlocked for Star Citizen as the upcoming space
combat game has now passed the $61 million crowd-funding goal. The game hitting
another plateau at least comes as a surprise to one person, Chairman Roberts,
who says: "It’s good to be home! After a fourteen hour flight home from
Australia, it was a nice surprise to see that Star Citizen’s backers had once
again hit another milestone."
On Sale [9:45 pm ET] – Share – Post a Comment
Evening Previews [9:45 pm ET] – Share – Post a Comment
- Shadows: Heretic Kingdoms on RPGWatch. Thanks Acleacius.
- World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenort on Battle.net. Feature overview.
Evening Safety Dance [9:44 pm ET] – Share – Post a Comment
Into the Black [9:44 pm ET] – Share – Post a Comment
Link of the Day:
WORLD OF WARCRAFT (Honest Game Trailers).
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel Free Ultimate Vault Hunter Plans [10:17 am ET] – Share – 4 Comments
In announcing the availability of the Handsome Jack Doppelganger Pack for
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel,
Gearbox Software also announces plans for a free update to satisfy requests
for an Ultimate Vault Hunter mode. Word is: "Additionally, free updates to the
game are currently in the works, including a highly requested Ultimate Vault
Hunter playthrough mode that allows players to go through the game a third time
as well as reset campaign progress at any time."
Steamships Ahoy - Space Hulk: Ascension [10:16 am ET] – Share – 8 Comments
Steam news announces the
release of Space Hulk
Ascension Edition, saying the standalone Space Hulk expansion is 10% off
for the next week. Here's word:
Set in the isolated corridors and tomb-like chambers of ancient vessels lost in the graveyard of space, players lead a small force of fearless Space Marine Terminators in a ferocious fight for survival against hordes of predatory, alien Genestealers.
The standalone sequel to Space Hulk brings an all new and improved single-player experience for the turn-based strategy game.
Ships Ahoy - Randal's Monday [10:16 am ET] – Share – 2 Comments
Daedalic Entertainment announces today is Randal's Wednesday with the release of
Randal's Monday for Windows and OS X. The
official website has details on
where to get this "point & geek" adventure from Nexus Game Studios, and
the official trailer
offers a look at what to expect. Here's a bit:
Randal’s Monday features cynical humor, geek culture references and classic point & click adventure gameplay at its best: being stuck in a space-time-odyssey that makes main character Randal having to go through the worst day of each week– a Monday – over and over, players can experience an epic story about friendship in seven huge chapters and more than 20 hours of gameplay time.Continue here to read the full story.
The story of Randal’s Monday is way more than an homage to movie classics such as “Groundhog Day” or “Clerks” that the developers consider being both the best entertainment and also friendship stories. “It’s one of the best scripts I read in years”, states “Clerks” legend Jeff Anderson. He stars not only as voice actor for the game’s cynical main character, Randal, but also consulted the developers, Nexus Game Studios, by working with them on the game’s script.
Pillars of Eternity Preorders [10:16 am ET] – Share – 11 Comments
Paradox Interactive and Obsidian Entertainment announce that preorders are now
being accepted on this page for
Pillars of Eternity, Obsidian's crowd-funded role-playing game. They
celebrate the news with word they plan a livestream of the game tomorrow at 4:00
pm EST, and offer the following word on preorder bonuses:
Paradox Interactive and Obsidian Entertainment today announced that Pillars of Eternity, the fan-funded role-playing game (RPG) inspired by classics of the genre, is now available to pre-order from digital distributors everywhere with a discount available for early purchasers. Pre-orders of the game will also include special in-game bonus items – while fans who backed the game on Kickstarter will receive these extras free of charge.
Morning Patches [10:16 am ET] – Share – 1 Comment
Morning Crowdfunding Roundup [10:16 am ET] – Share – Post a Comment
- Golden Black - RTSMMO by Amsgames — Kickstarter. "Become a pirate and rule the world in this cross-platform RTSMMO video game. Set sail for quests, bounties, adventures and more..."
- STEAMPUNKER - an award-winning adventure game - Indiegogo.
Morning Previews [10:16 am ET] – Share – Post a Comment
- Speakeasy on Gaming Nexus.
Morning Consolidation [10:15 am ET] – Share – 6 Comments
Morning Tech Bits [10:15 am ET] – Share – Post a Comment
Morning Safety Dance [10:15 am ET] – Share – Post a Comment
- Potentially catastrophic bug bites all versions of Windows. Patch now.
- Hackers used luxury hotel Wi-Fi to steal business executive's data, researchers say.
- US Postal Service Suspends Telecommuting Following Massive Data Breach. Thanks Ant.
- Operation Onymous may have exposed flaws in Tor, developers reveal.
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt confirmed as Edward Snowden in Oliver Stone NSA film.
Game Reviews [10:15 am ET] – Share – 15 Comments
Ubisoft's
Sneaky Scheme to Keep You From Seeing Bad Reviews - WIRED.
- Assassin's Creed Unity on IGN.
- Dragon Age: Inquisition on Eurogamer.net.
- Farming Simulator 15 on Gaming Nexus.
- Toybox Turbos on GameWatcher.com.
- Ryse: Son of Rome on eTeknix.
Hardware Reviews [10:15 am ET] – Share – Post a Comment
- ASRock Z97E-ITX-ac Intel LGA 1150 Motherboard on OCInside. German.
- ASUS X99-E WS (Intel X99) Workstation Motherboard on TweakTown.
- Best Graphics Cards: Nvidia vs. AMD at Every Price Point on TechSpot.
- COUGAR 700M Aluminium Gaming Mouse on Tech ARP.
- Das Keyboard Model S Professional on pcGameware.
- DimasTech Bench-Test Table EasyXL on Technic3D. German.
- G.Skill Phoenix Blade 480GB PCIe SSD on PC Perspective.
- HIS Multi-View X2 USB Dual Display Docking Station on Christ Centered Game.
- MSI GT72 Dominator Pro on AnandTech.
- MSI Z97 Gaming 9 AC Motherboard on Techgage.
- netTALK DUO WiFi VOIP Phone on ModSynergy.com.
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI Overclocked GPU on HARDOCP.
- NZXT GRID+ Fan Controller on ThinkComputers.org.
- Scythe Mugen Max CPU Cooler on pcGameware.
- Seagate NAS Pro 4-Bay on TweakTown.
- Silicon Power Thunder T11 120 GB on techPowerUp.
- Speedlink KudosZ-9 & INVICTUS Core Gaming on ocaholic.
etc. [10:15 am ET] – Share – 2 Comments
- Why Video Games Are Released On Tuesdays. Apparently started with Sonic in 1992…
- Game industry growing four times faster than US economy - ESA…
Out of the Blue [10:14 am ET] – Share – 28 Comments
I've been getting around pretty well on my twice-sprained ankle thanks to some
help from a neoprene brace. The itch of healing is starting to make me nuts
because it's below the skin, but it also hasn't healed up enough to put it
through much without a brace, and I can't really say when I'll get past this
point, as the last time I had a high ankle sprain it took ages to recover, and I
was much younger at the time. Actually, if I'm smart, I'll continue to wear the
brace for a while after it's no longer a necessity, since it helps remind me to
be careful on it. Besides, I think the orthopedic look is in this year.
R.I.P.: Hip-hop loses a legend: Sugarhill Gang's Big Bank Hank dead at 57.
R.I.P.: Hip-hop loses a legend: Sugarhill Gang's Big Bank Hank dead at 57.
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