The
February Monthly Report on the Roberts Space Industries website has the
latest from the various studios working on
Star Citizen, Cloud Imperium's space combat game
(thanks 88fingers). Their summary outlines what this covers, and also says the
game's FPS module is nearing its public debut:
February is a short month,
but it was a full one for Star Citizen’s development! As you read this, Arena
Commander 1.1 is hitting the PTU, and we expect to make it available on the live
server in the very near future. Once we pass that milestone, it’ll be time for
the first public release of FPS… so stay tuned, exciting things are coming! But
for everything you can play today, there’s a hundred other aspects of the game
in other stages of development. Read on to find out how everything from the
imminent FPS module to the Persistent Universe is shaping up!
GOG.com now offers the
PAX East 2015
official gameplay trailer for
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, CD Projekt RED's
upcoming RPG sequel. Here's word:
CD PROJEKT RED are demoing an all new
bit of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt gameplay during PAX this weekend - but you don't
have to go all the way there to see it. You can just watch it here, with us!
It's just another day on the job for Geralt, as he tracks down the bloody
remains of a merchant caravan - and the huge, beastly reason responsible for the
mess. It's a showcase of the depth you'll encounter, and the skills you'll
employ, as a professional monster hunter. Oh yeah, and this is just a sidequest.
Continue here to read the full story.
A
video posted by GameSpot
offers the entirety of John Carmack's Game Developers Conference presentation on
what's going on at Oculus. As
previously
noted, a lot of this focuses on how the future of virtual reality will
involve mobile devices. The description reads: "The dawn of consumer mobile VR
is close. Come hear the technical details of making mobile VR a reality;
techniques and strategies for maximizing the quality of your VR games,
applications, and experiences; and thoughts about the future of VR, including
what it means for the mobile ecosystem." Thanks
GamesIndustry.biz.
Continue here to read the full story.
I had to shovel out the BlueTower three times this week, but it looks like
there's a chance that this was winter going out with a bang, as the forecast is
calling for temperatures to climb up to where they normally are around this time
of year, into the mid-forties. I'm pretty optimistic this means I can put away
the shovel for the next seven months or so. I like winter and all, but this has
been a very cold, snowy one, and I'm not sorry to bid it farewell.
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