Archived News:
Auroch Digital announces Chainsaw Warrior: Lords of the Night, a sequel to their boardgame adaptation Chainsaw Warrior coming to Steam and mobiles this winter.
The original is currently on sale
on Steam for half off,
and here's word on the sequel: Chainsaw Warrior: Lords of the Night, sees
players once again fighting against the clock as they battle through decks of
deadly traps and fierce creatures. Lords of the Night introduces an upgraded
combat system, new weapons, upgrades, powers and equipment, unique mini bosses
that require careful tactics to defeat, three new zones to fight through and an
even tougher confrontation with the enigmatic Darkness than ever before.
“Chainsaw Warrior will always be, at its heart, a board game. It’s important to
us that people who played the original can jump right in and feel at home, but
at the same time we want to use this opportunity to build on the challenge and
add in some tricks that the digital format opens up for us” said Steve Martin,
the game’s designer at Auroch Digital.
Snapshot Games announces Chaos Reborn will be released next week
on Steam as an early
access title, offering the first crack at the new game from X-COM designer
Julian Gollop. The release for Windows, Linux, and OS X is planned for December
9th, and here's word on what to expect: "Chaos Reborn is a fast paced turn based
strategy game with RPG elements. Command a wizard, a plethora of spells, explore
and conquer realms, collect items, join guilds and even become a GOD. If you
love turn based strategy games and quick thinking with a dose of luck tossed in,
Chaos Reborn is your new home. Early Access is already extremely playable with
fully functioning multiplayer (up to 4 players) and lots of goodies to help test
and refine the single player content."
Epic Games announces a first round of invitations have gone out for alpha
testing of Fortnite, saying this first online test of their upcoming
action/building game will run from tomorrow until December 19th. These initial
invites have gone out to the game's community, and those interested in getting
in on future testing can sign up on the
Fortnite website. Here's word on testing: "During this phase of the Alpha,
Epic is testing to verify at a larger scale that the basic systems in the game
function properly, from sign-ups and patching, to gameplay. Epic is devoted to
taking its time and working with players to make Fortnite a great experience."
Here is the launch trailer
for The Crew, Ubisoft's open world driving game that will be released tomorrow
for Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Xbox 360. Here's word from
UbiBlog: The
finish line is in sight and The Crew is almost here. Get ready to form your
crew, pick your faction, and head out onto the roads (and mountains, deserts,
fields, etc.) to take down your rivals and explore the wide open world. The
United States of America is your vehicular playground. Customize the perfect
ride for the job you need done, or just take a leisurely drive around the
massive map. You can’t go wrong. Take a look at the launch trailer for an idea
of what you’ll find in The Crew’s thrilling Faction Wars.
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Winter is coming, and so is Telltale's episodic Game of Thrones game (as are
more "winter is coming" jokes, no doubt). Paving the way is
this new launch trailer,
which they explain thusly: "Based on the award-winning HBO television drama
series, Game of Thrones: A Telltale Games Series tells the story of House
Forrester. Caught up in the events of The War of the Five Kings, they are placed
in a precarious position where members of the household must do everything they
can to prevent the house from meeting its doom." Continue here to read the full story.
This video is part
two of the "Ace Chemicals infiltration trailer," a three-part series of gameplay
videos from Batman: Arkham Knight, the concluding installment in Rocksteady's
Arkham trilogy of Batman action games. Word is: "The latest video showcases the
new Batmobile in Battle Mode, armed and ready to assist Batman as he goes up
against the Arkham Knight’s militia forces and heavily armored drone
tanks." Continue here to read the full story.
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Michael
Condrey tweets about plans for a title update for Call of Duty: Advanced
Warfare coming to the Windows edition of military shooter (thanks
VG247). Word from the Sledgehammer Games honcho is this will rebalance the
game and address some exploits, though an exact ETA and patch notes are still
forthcoming: #AdvancedWarfare TU @X1/PS4 +PC Stay tuned for notes incl
weapon balancing, ranked play updates, map exploits & spawn fixes, optimizations
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11 bit studios has
posted an infographic highlighting the successful release of This War of
Mine on Steam, saying
this is the developer's most successful release, as it recouped its entire
development budget in the first two days of availability. There are a few
statistics offered in this graphic form, perhaps the most noteworthy being that
96% of the game's over 2200 user reviews are positive, making this one of the
most highly rated games on Steam. Thanks nin via
Joystiq.
On the
PC entertainment top 30 Football Manager 2015 kicks Dragon: Age
Inquisition out of the top spot on a list where the top 10 is a reshuffling
of last week's top 10. On the
all platforms chart the two new entries in the top 10 are Pokemon Omega
Ruby at number six and Pokemon Alpha Sapphire at number seven. This
seems pretty stable, but their
big write-up says this
is a big shake-up: The Black Friday sales event shakes up the All Formats
Chart this week, propelling ‘Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’ (+110%) back to the
top.
It's up from No3 and switches places with last week’s No1 ‘GTA V’ (-64%). As
sales of the PS4 and Xbox One versions of GTA V drop off in their second week of
release, it is the previous generation versions of ‘Call of Duty’ (Xbox 360 and
PS3) that take advantage. 67% of COD sales this week are on the older console
formats, whereas at launch it was a 68% share for PS4 and Xbox One. Sales of
‘Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’ this week are the largest ever for any title in
a Black Friday week. ‘FIFA 15’ (+84%) also benefits from the shopping frenzy,
climbing from No4 to No2, just pipping GTA by 1,500 units. Down from No2 to No4,
‘Far Cry 4’ (-54%) remains Ubisoft’s top selling game this week despite
competition from ‘Assassin’s Creed: Unity’ (+28%) up from No6 to No5, boosted by
strong promotions on the Xbox One console hardware bundles.
‘Pokémon Omega Ruby’ is the highest new entry this week at No7, one place and
2,400 sales ahead of sister title ‘Pokémon Alpha Sapphire’. Combined, the new
Pokémon titles would have charted at No3. Last year’s Pokémon X and Y debuted at
No’s 3 and 4 respectively, however sales of the new Alpha and Omega games better
them by 17%. Combined they also become the biggest Pokémon launch ever, beating
previous best Pokémon Black and White Versions on DS back in 2011. Sony’s
‘Driveclub’ (+999%) speeds back up the chart from No33 to No8 thanks to massive
sales on the Black Friday promoted PS4 console hardware bundle. Like its
successor ‘Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag’ (+353%) benefits from the upsurge in
sales of the Xbox One hardware bundle, pushing it from No18 to No9. ‘Minecraft:
Xbox Edition’ (+184%) re-enters the Top 10 at No10 boosted by the release of the
Xbox One Edition. There are a large number of Black Friday promotions across the
Top 40 including ‘Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor’ (+128%) at No11 and ‘Disney
Infinity 2.0’ (+140%) at No14, among many others.
‘Super Smash Bros.’ (+560%) jumps from No27 to No13 with its launch this week on
Wii U alongside the new compatible Amiibo figures. In amongst all the heavily
promoted Black Friday titles ‘LittleBigPlanet 3’ manages to make a debut at
No18.
It was right around the time I decided my twisted ankle was taking too long to
heal (or heel) that it began to improve more quickly, another endorsement of the
curative powers of complaining. I am mostly over this by now which means I was
surely wrong in my amateur diagnosis that this was a high ankle sprain, and in
fact I see that that variety is specifically caused by a twist in the other
direction, so someone should revoke my not-medical license after I got that one
so wrong. Anyway, it's good news that I'm getting around better.
Oh yeah, and happy Cyber Monday. That's really a thing, right?
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