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Archived News:
A tweet from
the Battlefield has news that Battlefield Hardline is gold, and the
completion of the law-enforcement installment in the shooter series puts it on
track for its planned release
on March 17th. Word is: "#BFHardline is officially Gold on all platforms & all
regions! RT if you'll be joining us on the streets on Mar 17." Thanks
MP1st.
Lionsgate announces an investment in Telltale Games, which will give birth
to another project attempting to create some crossover videogame/television
synergy. There's
an interview on EW.com where Telltale CEO Kevin Bruner describes plans for
The Super Show, and their ambition to "create products that have a
legitimate chance of winning both a Golden Globe and a Game of the Year." Here's
more on how this is to work: Each Super Show episode [the interactive game and the scripted episode] will
be released as a package designed so that you can consume the interactive
portion or watch the scripted show portion in any order you’d like. For
instance, if you play the interactive episode first, certain elements of the
scripted episode portion will be tailored to reflect some choices made in your
interactive play through. If you watch the show before playing, some elements in
the interactive portions may be presented differently than if you played first.
The interactive episodes will never release without a scripted episode, they
will always come out together.
At some point, non-interactive episodes of the scripted content will become
available as traditional TV-style episodes on streaming services and broadcast
TV. While this obviously can’t deliver the interactivity, this version of the
scripted episodes will still stand as completely satisfying top-quality
television entertainment.
Ubiblog announces
the release of Fault One Zero, the latest DLC pack for Trials Fusion, the stunt
riding game. This trailer offers
a look a the Megalopolis this adds, and here's an explanation: Trials Fusion’s fifth DLC pack is now available on Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS4
and PC. Fault One Zero takes you to the futuristic city of Megalopolis, where
machine and man are nearly indistinguishable. Explore everything from the bright
lights of the holographic cityscapes to the grim robot dumping ground as you
make your way through this new location. Try out 10 new tracks, 24 challenges
and a ton of new objects for the track editor. You’ll also get to add 5 new
trophies to your collection. Take a look at Megalopolis in the trailer below.
In addition to Fault One Zero, a recent update added single-player tracks to
Trials Fusion’s Online Multiplayer, so you can challenge your friends on even
more tracks. Since the launch of Online Multiplayer, players have taken part in
nearly 2.5 million races, the total distance of which is over 317,581 miles.
The Fault One Zero DLC is available as part of the Season Pass, or it can be
purchased on its own for $4.99. You can still get the Season Pass for $19.99.
This gives you access to Fault One Zero, Fire in the Deep, Welcome to the Abyss,
Empire of the Sky and Riders of the Rustlands, as well as the sixth and final
DLC pack, which will be out by May.
Continue here to read the full story.
Techland announces a "My Apocalypse" collector's edition of Dying Light,
a concept based on offering a single customer a version of the zombie game that
includes the tools to help survive an actual zombie apocalypse, including a
fortified "zombie apocalypse-proofed" log cabin and parkour lessons, fitting
with the game's concept that this will be an actual zombie counter-measure. The
price tag for all this turns out to be £250,000.00 (around $386K), which seems
to be satire (not sure if they are lampooning publisher greed, customer
gullibility, or both), though they say this will go up for preorder
on GAME tomorrow. Here's word: When your life is on the line in an
apocalypse, it’s best to come prepared. The Dying Light “My Apocalypse”
Collectors Edition lets you do just that. The centerpiece of this one-of-a-kind
edition is a that will be built to order by UK-based Tiger Log Cabins. The house
comes fully equipped with all live-in amenities and also includes an upper deck
with vantage points and an escape hatch, arsenal storage for weaponry, and of
course a living area with TV, Xbox One, and the latest sound system to play
Dying Light on.
The “My Apocalypse” Collectors Edition will also include zombie survival-focused
parkour lessons from Ampisound, custom merchandise and additional in-game perks
that will let you kill time while the world around you mercilessly falls into
zombie anarchy.
The Dying Light “My Apocalypse” Collectors Edition contains:
- Custom built Dying Light Zombie Home by
Tiger Log Cabins
- Zombie avoidance parkour lessons with Ampisound,
the team behind the internet smash
Dying Light Parkour POV video.
- Be The Zombie match with devs where you win so you
can brag to your friends how “leet” you are
- Trip to Techland in Wroclaw, Poland, to meet the
dev team and party with
Steve the Zombie Consultant.
- Your face skinned onto your Night Hunter character
model
- Dying Light branded night vision goggles + adult
diapers for the night portions of the game
- x4 signed Steelbox editions of Dying Light
- x2 Top of the line Razer Tiamat headphones
- Human sized Volatile figurine to use as a
deterrent on human raiders
The fat cats at Fatshark announce Bloodsports.TV, a five-player co-op game
they are calling a "post-apocalyptic gladiator show" coming to Windows
via Steam on April 8th. This is in development at Toadman Interactive and it
is set in the third millennium as a direct spin-off of
Krater: Shadows Over Solside. The
Bloodsports.TV website is online with
details, beta signups, and
an announcement trailer. "Finally we are excited to announce this bloody little darling of ours!
Bloodsports.TV started off as a crazy attempt to create the co-op experience we
had always wanted to experience, but couldn't find," said Rasmus Davidsson, Lead
Designer at Toadman Interactive. "Bloodsports.TV is truly the most fun game
we've ever worked on and we can't wait to share it with the rest of the world.
See you on the scoreboards." Here's word on the game: Bloodsports.TV takes place in a Gladiator style arena set in a ravaged
post-apocalyptic Stockholm, that’s been feeling the effects of nuclear
detonations, kinectic impacts, bio-weapon plagues and all-consuming nano storms.
Combatants battle an endless onslaught of angry villagers, mutants and animals
to the sound of a quirky commentator, who provides a minute by minute commentary
to the vicious, bloody entertainment, in this fast-paced approach to strategic
co-op games.
Team up with your friends to form a murderous crew and choose from a wide
variety of deadly Gladiators, each with their own unique abilities and play
style. Work together to shoot, smash, stomp, electrocute, drain, and melt your
enemies. Or support your fellow Gladiators through healing and buffing up their
skills! Find your own strategies in the Bloodsports arena to become an
increasingly infamous and prestigious Gladiator in the world of Krater. Achieve
higher scores and climb global leaderboards with your friends to become the
greatest crew of Gladiators in the world.
Progress through the Path to Glory to achieve personal bonuses and master all
classes and reach the top to receive the Grandmaster title, a title sought by
all but achieved by few.
Continue here to read the full story.
Indie developer Blazing Badger announces AIPD, a co-op twin stick shooter
coming to Windows, Xbox One, and PlayStation 3 in May, saying they will be
showing this next week at the Game Developers Conference in the Unreal Engine
booth. Word is this game is 20,000 times better than a game that comes with just
five gameplay modes, as it boasts 100,000 of them. Here's
a GDC 2015 trailer,
and here's word: Indie game development outfit Blazing Badger have announced their debut title
AIPD. It’s a top-down co-op twin-stick shooter with a visual identity that is an
homage to the 80s’ neon art styles, pioneered by games like Minestorm on the
Vectrex console system or feature films like Tron. Blazing Badger aims for a
unique gameplay experience, enabling the player to design her preferred game
modes out of 100,000 possible combinations.
The game is set for a release on Steam, Xbox One and PS4 in May 2015, but
visitors of the GDC in San Francisco next week can play a prototype already as
AIPD is showcased at the Unreal Engine Booth.
Core Features:
- Design your own game modes out of 100.000
potential combinations
- Adjust your ship’s equipment to your custom built
challenges
- Team up with friends for local coop play
- Compete in online leaderboards
- Participate in limited time challenges, where the
game mode is randomized every week
- Timeless 80’s neon art style brought to the next
generation, powered by Unreal Engine 4
- Soon available on PC and new gen consoles
Continue here to read the full story.
The
Gearbox Software website continues its recent outpouring of media for the
Homeworld Remastered Collection with the
launch trailer for the
space strategy remake. They also offer
a new post on the mod tools for the game and how they will provide full Steam
Workshop support to help mod authors distribute their work after the
collection's imminent release. Continue here to read the full story.
A new video developer
diary from Europa Universalis IV: El Dorado puts the spotlight on features
in the strategy expansion that's coming on Thursday. Here's word on what the
video offers: "In this seven minute video, Project Lead Martin Anward describes
the new mechanics for Central and South American native states, including three
new religions that promise to challenge even the most experienced desktop
monarchs. Anward also goes into great detail on the Nation Designer and
alternate starting maps that will be available for the first time in Europa
Universalis IV: El Dorado." Continue here to read the full story.
The
Rockstar Games Newswire has word that online heists are coming to Grand
Theft Auto V on March 10th, just two weeks before the release of the Windows
edition of the open-world action game, except the same announcement includes
word that the PC port is delayed another three weeks, and is now due on April
14th. They copy-and-paste the apology from
the previous
delay and are throwing another 200K in spacebux into their preorder bonus as
hush money. They say the extra time is needed to "ensure that the game is as
polished as possible," though they admit they are not really sure how much
actual polish this will represent, asking PC gamers for "understanding and
assistance" with "those inevitable initial teething issues" upon launch. Here's
word: GTAV for PC
GTAV for PC will be arriving on April 14th at retail and as a digital download.
Our apologies to PC gamers worldwide who have been counting down the days until
the launch of the game, but a bit more time is needed to ensure that the game is
as polished as possible, and to make certain that both Heists and the GTA Online
experience are ready to roll out on day one for PC. As a gesture of thanks for
your understanding, we will grant anyone who has pre-ordered the game an
additional $200,000 in-game cash for use in GTA Online.
As always, we ask for the GTA PC community’s understanding and assistance in
helping to report any concerns during the early days of launch when those
inevitable initial teething issues arise on the new platform. If you do
experience issues please visit
Rockstar Games Support and send feedback to
GTAOnline@rockstargames.com –
we’ll be closely monitoring the situation and addressing any hitches as quickly
as we can.
The PC version of Grand Theft Auto V is our most graphically and technically
advanced version yet, fully optimized to support a broad range of current
hardware (system
specifications) and features a host of PC-specific enhancements including
greater levels of detail, deep configuration options and ultra-high-definition
support – as well as the powerful new Rockstar Editor for recording, staging and
editing original custom videos.
We thank GTA players worldwide for their patience in awaiting these big game
updates and we are excited to bring both Heists and GTAV for PC to you very
soon. Please stay tuned for lots more information in the weeks ahead and for
now, check out some new screens showing action from Heists.
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announces the release of The Bright Lord,
a new DLC pack for Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor,
adding story missions to the Tolkien-inspired action/RPG. This is available to
Season Pass holders or as an a la carte purchase.
This page
has details what this adds and we also have
a trailer showing
things off. On a related note,
Shadow Of Mordor Players Have Killed 5.65 Billion Uruks is an infographic on
the game, since a picture says a billion words, or something like that (thanks
nin). Here's word on the add-on: Today Warner Bros. Interactive
Entertainment released The Bright Lord DLC, a new Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
story mission expansion pack, along with a new trailer and screenshot showcasing
the content. In The Bright Lord, players become Celebrimbor and face the Dark
Lord himself. Celebrimbor will use his new abilities to dominate Sauron and
retrieve the One Ring in order to take control of Middle-earth. The Bright Lord
DLC is available today for purchase and to Season Pass holders for download for
PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. The Bright Lord DLC includes the following
features:
- Play as Celebrimbor, the Bright Lord, wielding
a Ring of Power to challenge Sauron for domination
- Wield the Power of the One Ring to dominate
and defeat your enemies. Activate the ring to become invisible and tear
through your enemies from the shadows
- Deadly new Elven Archery abilities with a
rapid fire bow
- New ways to dominate your enemies and build
your Army including Shadow Brand
- New Story Campaign, including 10 new Missions
- Face the power of the Dark Lord and his armies
at the height of their power
- An epic boss fight against the Dark Lord
Sauron himself for domination of Mordor
- Face a more powerful Uruk Army with Elite
Nemesis Enemies and Warchiefs up to level 25 and deadly new abilities
- New Celebrimbor Skin
- Play as Celebrimbor in the main Campaign
- New “Test of the Ring” Challenge Mode
- Play with the new Celebrimbor abilities
- Higher level enemies (i.e., only way to get
Level 30 Runes to take back to the Main Story Campaign) with the goal to
Dominate rather than kill the hierarchy
Continue here to read the full story.
The
QuakeCon 2015 website outlines plans to offer several rounds of
pre-purchases of BYOC packages for those interested in bringing a computer to
QuakeCon 20 this summer and participating in the various LAN tournaments. In
addition to the ability to participate in the games, these packages also offer
different levels of access to the presentations as well as QuakeCon merchandise
(including the "your design here" t-shirt). Things kick off next week with the
sale of 32 $500.00 premium packages, and there will be different tiers offered
every week, culminating with the April 1st release of a $125.00 Swag Pack which
has all the merchandise, but does not include access to the event itself. Thanks
LoneStar.
The Salamanders expansion is now available for Space Hulk: Ascension,
adding 20 new story missions and 20 new flash missions to the turn-based
strategy game for Windows, Linux, and OS X. Here's the news: Independent developer Full Control today
announced that the second expansion for Space Hulk: Ascension is available now
for Windows PC, Mac and Linux on Steam. The Salamanders Expansion unlocks the
Salamander Chapter and brings 20 new unique story missions and 20 flash missions
for players to conquer in Space Hulk: Ascension.
Based on the best-selling board game set within the Warhammer 40,000 universe,
Space Hulk: Ascension, is a 3D digital turn based strategy game, that features
reworked mechanics and a host of new features, including RPG progression
mechanics, new Genestealer variations, new rules, and mission structures.
“Players are going to love the new options afforded to them by the Salamanders
chapter.” said Thomas Hentschel Lund, CEO of Full Control. “Their lethal Heavy
Flamers and resistance to fire are a deadly combination for the Genestealers to
contend with!”
Featuring over 30 hours content, Space Hulk: Ascension - Salamanders is
turn-based strategy at its finest. The Salamanders board the Space Hulk - Virtue
of Hatred - to find priceless pages from the Tome of Fire... or wreak revenge on
any who have dared despoil them. Featuring new gameplay hooks to the story
missions, in the Salamanders Expansion players will face environmental
challenges as well as an onslaught of hordes of predatory, alien Genestealers.
The Salamanders bring new abilities to the table, as players can now have two
Heavy Class Terminators in a squad, each with the option of having a Heavy
Flamer to boot. The Salamanders also have an extra Flamer pattern too, and can
walk unharmed through flames, as well as some new ferocious pyromantic psychic
powers.
Matrix Games announces the release of Breaking the Deadlock, the first
expansion for To End All Wars, the World War I turn-based strategy game.
This can be ordered from the
game's official product section along with details and screenshots. Here's
word on how after six months of conflict the deadlock gets broken, leading to
the war's speedy conclusion just three-plus years later: Early 1915 –
After a massive initial push from the Central Powers on the Western Front, the
war is bogged down. Commanders from both sides protect their positions with
strong defensive structures and fail to find breaches in the enemy lines.
Artillery and barbed wire make the assaults deadly and wasteful. But in Breaking
the Deadlock, the first expansion of Ageod’s World War 1 wargame To End All
Wars, players can develop new tactics to outsmart their opponent and break the
stalemate once and for all!
Releasing today, Breaking the Deadlock is an expansion that focuses on key
moments of the Great War. It provides a series of short, intense and very
detailed scenarios in which every single turn has decisive consequences on the
final outcome of the battle!
This trailer offers
a look at Tormentum - Dark Sorrow, a Giger-inspired point-and-click adventure
coming to Steam next month after running a successful Indigogo campaign last
year to complete its development. Here's a rundown on the game: "A dark hopeless
world, inhabited by grim characters and hideous creatures. The player takes
control over a nameless protagonist who wakes up one day only to discover he has
been locked in a metal cage attached by chains to a large flying machine. The
only vague memory he manages to recollect, with great difficulty, is a faint
image of a statue of a woman surrounded by a forest of stone hands. Our hero, in
search for truth about himself, travels through three lands composed of nearly
80 locations. The dark illustrations are perfected with an exquisite grim
soundtrack." Continue here to read the full story.
In a thoroughly modern problem, an alarm started up this morning from somewhere
in the BlueTower that wasn't related to anyone's wake-up plans. I tracked this
down to a small bag I had just earmarked for recycling, as it was one of those
you come home with when you get a new phone, carrying the old phone and boxes
and stuff. I guess moving the bag managed to press the power button, so it went
off when the alarm came up. The thing of it is, this is not from the last time I
got a phone, it was from the time before that, which was from September 2012,
and it surely didn't have even close to a full charge when it went into the bag. It
has not been plugged in since then, a tribute to the upsides of that dumb phone technology we
eagerly abandoned. The thing
may not have been great for web-surfing, but hard to argue with the battery
life... over two years? Man!
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