Archived News:
Microsoft announces plans for a Windows 10 edition of Fable Legends,
saying this will support cross-platform play with the Xbox One edition of the
RPG sequel. This trailer
celebrates the news, and here's word from
the announcement and how to sign up for the beta: PC gamers rejoice! Today the announcement you’ve been waiting for has been
made; Fable Legends will be available to play on both Windows 10 PCs and Xbox
One.
If that’s sweet music to your ears, then you’ll be positively ecstatic when you
hear Fable Legends will be playable across devices. Put simply, for the first
time EVER Fable players on Xbox One will be able to play with (or against!)
their friends on Windows 10 PCs.
Suddenly feverish with excitement? Got questions? Watch this video to hear the
inside scoop (oh, and check out our castle):
You’ll almost certainly have more questions - don’t worry, we’ve got you
covered. Head to our official FAQ now and join the discussion on our forums!
Finally, don’t forget to log into your Fable Legends account and flag your
interest for testing either Windows 10 PC, Xbox One – or both!
Continue here to read the full story.
CNET has more details, scant though they may be, on plans for Xbox
social integration in Windows 10 through an Xbox app, which "will be used to
manage games played and to connect customers with the company's Xbox Live social
network."
Eurogamer has more, saying Microsoft demonstrated the ability to
stream Xbox One games to a PC, Xbox to Windows voice communication, and
cross-platform play, as discussed in the Fable Legends announcement.
SilverHelm Studios announces Valiance Online has received a greenlight
from the Steam community, paving the way for an upcoming release for this
recently proposed MMORPG homage to City of
Heroes/City of Villains. The game is still in pre-alpha testing, and details and
signups can be found on the Valance
Online website, and they are gearing up to release this soon via Steam early
access. Here's a gameplay
trailer, and here's a bit on the game: "Valiance Online is a 'living world'
superhero massively multiplayer online game in which player choices and actions
are paramount. Set at the end of the 21 st Century in the fictional city of San
Cielo, players take on the roles of heroes and villains who battle using
superhuman powers and advanced technology." Continue here to read the full story.
Ratz Instagib early
access on Steam offers a fast-paced cartoony shooter, offering six game
modes, eight maps, five beam-types, and seven frag animations. Here's
a video and here's
word: "So, it's taken a lot of effort - specifically on the part of one
man... take a bow, Lino! - but finally, Ratz Instagib is live on Steam! As you
can see, the game's in Early Access right now because we need to thoroughly
stress-test how the leaderboards and other server-based elements hold up to
having loads of people playing at once. Work will continue though, and hopefully
you'll be seeing things evolve in the coming weeks and months!" Continue here to read the full story.
- Dark Quest is now available
on Steam, offering a
turned-based fantasy adventure/RPG "where players assume the role of a
mighty barbarian on his epic quest to destroy the forces of the evil
sorcerer and save the land from evil."…
-
The Sex Games That Steam Censors. NSFW…
Link of the Day:
15 impossible videos of babies and toddlers escaping from cribs. Thanks
Ant. According to family legend, I was one such little Houdini.
Windows 10: The Next Chapter
offers a presentation from Microsoft for Windows 10, the next version of their
operating system.
PC Gamer has news from the presentation that for the first year of release,
this will be offered as a free upgrade for owners of Windows 7 or Windows 8/8.1,
noting this will provide access to DirectX 12, a Windows 10 exclusive. There is
speculation that this will involve license fees after the first year, but this
has not yet been confirmed. Update: There are more details on the
Windows blog which seem to indicate this means free for the life of the
device.
SEGA announces that Creative Assembly's survival/horror game Alien: Isolation
has now sold over one million copies worldwide. "It has been fantastic to watch
the reviews come in and read of the reactions of players, hidden in the bowels
of Sevastopol Station, terrified to make the next move," said Creative Lead,
Alistair Hope. "We set out to make the Alien game we had always wanted to play,
and from these figures it seems we also succeeded in making the Alien game
another million wanted to play. We hope many more gamers enjoy Alien: Isolation
in 2015."
The
Bethesda Blog announces a March 17th launch date for ESO: Tamriel
Unlimited, confirming
suspicions
that a subscription-free model was in the works for The Elder Scrolls Online,
which was launched as a subscription-only MMORPG. This relaunch for Windows will
be followed by the game's release on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 on June 9th.
Existing subscribers and new players can also choose whether or not to subscribe
to
ESO Plus, a monthly microtransaction commitment. Here's a
new cinematic trailer
kicking off a four-part series, and here's word: In Tamriel Unlimited,
you’ll be able to purchase optional downloadable content, and the in-game Crown
Store will offer convenience and customization items. Already a subscriber?
You’ll become a member of
ESO Plus to receive monthly in-game benefits and a monthly allotment of
Crowns to spend in the store. Our team remains committed to providing a great
experience to all players, and you can expect continued, regular updates free of
charge in addition to our new store offerings.
Update: Removed the
term "free-to-play" from the story, since it is not an accurate description of a
game you still have to purchase.
A
community manager post on the Diablo III forums says Blizzard believes it
has cleared up the "major lag" reported in Diablo III earlier
this week. Apparently this was the result of the
recent version 2.1.2 patch for the action/RPG sequel: Hey everyone! We
believe the latency issues many of you have experienced since the release of
patch 2.1.2 should now be resolved. However, if you continue to encounter
problems with high ping or in-game lag, please let us know.
Thanks so much for your helpful posts!
The
Roberts Space Industries website announces the Public Test Universe is now
available to all backers of Star Citizen, Cloud Imperium's space combat
game. Here's word: Get ready to join the Public Test Universe (PTU.)
During the lead up to Arena Commander 1.0, we gave a limited number of backers
access to what we call the PTU, a version of the game that offers experimental
versions of upcoming patches. Starting today, all Star Citizen backers have
access to the PTU and with it access to test a build of Arena Commander 1.0.1.
Please note that the PTU is not for the faint of heart: unlike standard Arena
Commander, you’re one of the first people testing a new build which can often be
unstable or otherwise non-functional. If you’re serious about helping us test
Star Citizen, accessing the PTU and reporting bugs on the forums is one of the
biggest services you can provide… but if you’re looking for a clean dogfight,
you may want to stick to the standard build. You can report bugs discovered in
the PTU
here, or provide feedback on the PTU itself
here.
Focus Home
Interactive tweets an image revealing development of Technomancer, a
new RPG from Mars War Logs and Bound by Flame developer Spiders. We should see
official details on this soon, as this was unveiled at a press event in France.
In the meantime, there's a write up of the unveiling
on GameWatcher, where they say this "seems like an attempt to smooth out
some of the rough edges from War Logs, fixing some of the game's clunkier
elements and adding in a few new features that should make adventuring a bit
more varied and interesting." Here's a bit more: You play as a rookie
technomancer tasked with finding and securing artifacts and technology from lost
Earth. Details on the main story were scarce, but a big part of it seems to
involve dealing with the revelation that the technomancers' strange magical
abilities are powered by mutation - mutants aren't popular on Mars to say the
least, and enemy factions who discover your secret will be rubbing their hands
in glee.
Quests are now more complex, branching affairs. There are six factions in the
game (the junk-collecting, trade focused Americans and the underhanded, sneaky
Thieves were mentioned at the event) and depending on how you choose to approach
a mission you might earn favour with one at the expense of another.
Also from "Le What's Next De Focus" event comes
this tweet
revealing development of Vampyr, a role-playing game in the works at
Dontnod Entertainment, the undead
developer of Remember Me. For now, word is: "With @DONTNOD_Ent and
@FocusHome, the blood will drip! #FocusHome."
The
Battlefield Battlelog has word that starting today, players have an
opportunity to unlock an additional gameplay mode in the Battlefield Hardline
beta if 2 billion points are scored in Rush mode over the next few days:
One of the community missions starts this Wednesday, January 21 – and the
reward is something special: the Heist game mode will be playable in the
Battlefield Hardline beta if you succeed! Your mission? Work together and score
2 Billion points in Battlefield 4 Rush mode.
The community mission will run between January 21, 9 AM PST and Jan 24, 11:59 PM
PST.
Good luck and stay awesome – and log in to Battlelog regularly so you won’t miss
any of the giveaways and events.
Devs Play S01E05 from
Double Fine is a DOOM gameplay session featuring John
Romero, co-creator of the seminal first-person shooter (thanks
Shacknews via nin). In the clip The Romero plays the game and
discusses its history and the design philosophy behind some classic
levels. Here's word: Doom history enthusiast and Spacebase creator JP
LeBreton joins id Software co-founder John Romero as the two play though the
first episode of Doom, “Knee Deep in the Dead,” in its entirety. John Romero’s
run through each level turns up fresh and encyclopedic insight into how this
genre-defining title was designed and set the stage for first-person action
games for years to come.
This first part introduces us to JP and his long history with Doom before taking
a trip to John Romero's house to kick off the marathon play
session.
Continue here to read the full story.
I woke up in the wee hours today with a bit of a tummy ache, hence the late
start, but I'm feeling better now. Weird, I was just contemplating health due to
an
LA Times article about the dangers of too much sitting. This says that even
those of us who attempt to get a good amount of daily activity are still at risk
for various maladies, and will live shorter lives thanks to our sedentary ways.
I wonder if I could really work at one of those standing desks? You can probably
get used to anything, though that wouldn't be ideal for gaming. I guess the best
approach would be a treadmill desk like the agent in Showtime's (fantastic)
Episodes, but that's pretty ambitious.
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