Archived News:
Steam News announces the
release of the first episode of
Tales from the Borderlands,
Telltale's episodic game based on Gearbox's shooter series. The Windows edition
came out as planned, but
a news post warns that the OS X edition is "temporarily delayed," saying
they are working on getting it out ASAP. Here's
a launch trailer along
with word on the game: Tales from the Borderlands is a five part episodic
game series from the creators of The Walking Dead: A Telltale Games Series. Set
on the unforgiving world of Pandora after the events seen in Borderlands 2, this
is a story full of Borderlands’ trademark humor, following two adventurers on
their quest for greatness.
The revived Sierra label announces the release of Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions,
as the Windows, Linux, and OS X editions of the shoot-em-up is now available
on Steam.
Here's word on the new installment in the series: Geometry Wars 3:
Dimensions is an exciting evolution of the fast-paced twin-stick shooter
gameplay the Geometry Wars franchise helped define nearly a decade ago. While
the game’s look should be immediately familiar to hardcore fans, it features new
3D action and gameplay modes, a dedicated single-player campaign with 50 levels
and revamped online cooperative and competitive multiplayer. It also adds five
unique companion drones, new power-ups, electrifying boss battles and community
leaderboards. There are also Classic Arcade modes available for those still
hungry for the original Geometry Wars experience.
Atari announces the release of Haunted House: Cryptic Graves, saying
the spooky remake is now on
Steam for 15% off. The Haunted
House website features details and media, and here's a brief description: Inspired
by the classic Atari hit of the same name, the new Haunted House: Cryptic
Graves™ is a terrifying, first-person, adventure-horror game filled with cryptic
puzzles, supernatural entities and paranormal activity.
You are Anya Graves, heir to Abaddon Grange, the estate of Zachary Graves - a
notorious occultist and collector of all things supernatural. As the mysteries
and terror of Abbadon Grange unfold, your true powers will awaken, along with a
long-dormant evil...
The
Assassin's Creed blog has details on a third patch for Assassin's Creed
Unity, saying this will roll out for Windows and consoles this week. The new
version is said to include over 300 fixes, including framerate improvements,
though they say more improvements in this area are in the works. Here's word: Thanks
to your collaboration and support via our Customer Support channels and this
Live Update blog, we have assembled Patch 3 and are preparing to deploy it on
console and PC this week. The rollout itself will begin tomorrow (Wednesday
November 26) on PS4 and Xbox One and later this week on PC.
Patch 3 includes over three hundred fixes designed to improve your Assassin’s
Creed Unity experience. While you might notice some improvements to framerate as
a result of Patch 3, we still have a future patch planned to further address
framerate concerns.
An
ESRB rating is now online for Dead or Alive 5 Last Round for Windows,
Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 (thanks
DSOGaming). Here's what they list for the game that earned it an "M" rating:
This is a fighting game in which players engage in martial arts battles
against a large cast of characters. Players mostly punch and kick opponents
during fast-paced rounds of combat. Some fighters use special attacks involving
swords, throwing weapons, or magic; matches are accompanied by battle cries and
exaggerated impact effects. Cutscenes also depict instances of violence, such as
characters getting struck down with swords in slow motion. Most female fighters
are dressed in revealing outfits (large amounts of cleavage); their breasts
frequently jiggle while standing or fighting. Some bikini-style costumes (with
narrow strips of cloth) barely cover fighters' bodies, exposing large amounts of
breasts/buttocks; one hologram-like figure appears to be nude—though her
reflective skin obscures any discernible details (i.e., nipples or genitalia).
In some sequences, players have the ability to zoom in on female fighters'
cleavage and/or posterior and take pictures.
A
Steam Community announcement details changes Valve is making to the ability
to trade gifts on Steam to curtail the abuse of the system by third-party key
resellers. Here's what's different: All new games purchased as a gift and
placed in the purchaser's inventory will be untradable for 30 days. The gift may
still be gifted at any time. The only change is to trading.
We've made this change to make trading gifts a better experience for those
receiving the gifts. We're hoping this lowers the number of people who trade for
a game only to have the game revoked later due to issues with the purchaser's
payment method.
Shrapnel Games announces Approaching Infinity is approaching, as the
space strategy game is now gold, and is on track for release on Windows and OS X
on December 15th. "Although we missed the Gold Date by one day, it had no effect
on the projected release date of December 15th," says Tim Brooks of Shrapnel
Games. "We are very pleased that we will begin shipping Approaching Infinity
before Christmas. This is a fun, strategy oriented game of intergalactic
exploration and makes a perfect Christmas gift." There's a chance to save 15% by
preordering this month through
the
Shrapnel web-store, and you can sample the game through Windows and OS X
demos on this
page. Here's word on the game: Approaching Infinity allows you to
discover the wonders of space, from new planets to nebula to radiation belts.
Encounter twelve alien races, each with their own agendas and quests. Become a
trader and buy low and sell high. Send Away Teams on missions, both planetside
and amongst space wrecks adrift in the cosmos. See new worlds and kill new life
forms. This game is the absolute joy of sci-fi adventure on your computer.
There are details on
CapCom Unity of an upcoming patch coming to Ultra Street Fighter IV,
CapCom's brawling game that seems to have entered an era of permanent
post-release refinement. The patch updates the game to version 1.04 and will
bring more new features, as covered in this description: "If you thought our
support for USFIV for was going to stop anytime soon, let me be the first to
tell you that you’re sadly mistaken. Shortly after Capcom Cup, we’ll be
releasing a patch full of all the things that will make your USFIV experience
that much more entertaining: Edition Select online, New training mode trials,
Omega Mode (online and offline) and compatibility files for the Wild costumes."
UbiBlog has details on
console beta testing of The Crew, while also explaining why the
prerelease version of the open-world driving game will not be officially
reviewed until it officially launches on December 2nd. Here's word: For
this very reason, The Crew will be available to media to begin their reviews
when the game launches on December 2. There will be absolutely no embargo on any
type of coverage once the game is available for sale. While we fully anticipate
that you might see some reviews immediately at launch – largely built around the
preview sessions we facilitated during the past months or the limited content of
the closed and open betas – they won’t be based on optimal conditions or reflect
the finished game. We sincerely hope everyone will take the time to customize
their ride as they progress through all five regions, explore every corner of
the map solo and with friends, dive into our competitive and cooperative
mechanics, race to the end of the main campaign, choose a Faction and compete
with your crew in Factions Wars, and so much more.
Just about done with the last of the leaves hanging around the BlueTower,
something I don't always take as seriously as I have this year. I do have to
admit that my temptation for fall cleanup is similar to the impulse I get
whenever the lawn is simply overgrown... that a splash of gasoline and a
well-placed match would save an awful lot of labor, and would be pretty
spectacular as well.
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