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Archived News:
Ubisoft offers a
PC launch
trailer for Assassin's Creed Rogue, celebrating tomorrow's North
American release of the Windows edition of the stealthy action/adventure. Here's
the accompanying announcement: Today, Ubisoft® announced that Assassin’s
Creed® Rogue for Windows PC will be available tomorrow, March 10 across North
America for $59.99. Assassin’s Creed Rogue is rated M for Mature.
Developed by Ubisoft Sofia, in collaboration with Ubisoft’s Singapore, Montreal,
Quebec, Chengdu, Milan and Bucharest studios, Assassin’s Creed Rogue takes
players to new adventures set in the mid-18th century during the Seven Years’
War. Starting in 1752, players follow Shay Patrick Cormac, a former member of
the Brotherhood who turned into an Assassin Hunter, and experience the
Assassin’s Creed universe through the eyes of a Templar. Assassin’s Creed Rogue
gives players new locations across North America to explore, including the
frozen North Atlantic, the Appalachian River Valley and New York. Assassin’s
Creed Rogue for Windows PC has been adapted by Ubisoft Kiev.
The Assassin’s Creed Rogue PC development team in Kiev has partnered with Tobii
Tech to incorporate eye tracking input as part of the gameplay. With Assassin’s
Creed Rogue being the first game of this scale to incorporate this technology,
players will be immersed in the Assassin’s Creed universe thanks in part to the
“infinite screen” experience the Tobii Tech will provide.
A deluxe version of Assassin’s Creed Rogue for Windows PC is also available and
includes the full game as well as extra in-game content, including a new
mission, new weapons and outfits.
The digital versions of Assassin’s Creed Rogue for Windows PC can be purchased
at the Uplay shop by visiting:
http://shop.ubi.com/acrogueuplayshop
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The Valley of the Yetis DLC for Far Cry 4 is due for Windows tomorrow, and
Ubisoft celebrates with a
new walkthrough trailer for the DLC. Word is: "In this new campaign, you
will have to explore and survive a frozen wilderness at top of the Himalayas in
Kyrat. Your helicopter crashes and leaves you stranded on a perilous ridge,
hounded by a mysterious cult that hides a terrible secret based on ancient
legends. To stay alive, you must capture a camp, fortify it, and defend it from
waves of attackers under cover of darkness. But even if successful against the
cult, you will still have to face the fabled and dangerous yetis that prowl the
frozen wastes." Continue here to read the full story.
Gearbox Software announces the Claptastic Voyage DLC and the
Ultimate Vault Hunter Upgrade Pack 2 will be released on March 24th for
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, their Borderlands 2 prequel. On a related note,
a new
trailer (thanks nin) is online, offering the news in motion. Here's the
deal: Claptastic Voyage, a new downloadable campaign add-on for
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, is coming to Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Steam on
March 24*, along with an additional level cap increase with the Ultimate Vault
Hunter Upgrade Pack 2!
In Claptastic Voyage, Handsome Jack has found something ludicrously powerful
within Claptrap’s mind. Never one to turn down a chance at more power, Handsome
Jack digitizes the vault hunters and sends them inside! Their goal is simple:
find the mysterious “H-Source” code and get out of Claptrap’s consciousness
without going completely insane. These anti-heroes will have to deal with
Claptrap’s personal insecurities, his malware, and digital representations of
his crushing loneliness!
Claptastic Voyage will answer important Borderlands questions like why Claptrap
loves dubstep so much all while exploring his inner most thoughts. You’ll also
get a chance to visit all-new environments and make new friends (plus run into
some old ones get some new gear as well as new unique Achievements or Trophies.
On top of that, Claptastic Voyage features a customizable new mutator arena that
lets you choose your own gravity settings, enemy mixes, and more. There’s also a
brand new glitched weapons system and many more fun surprises for you to
discover!
Additionally, the Ultimate Vault Hunter Upgrade Pack 2 is included as bonus
content in the last add-on pack in the Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel Season Pass,
which raises the level cap to 70, giving each of your characters 10 new levels,
plus 10 new skill points to earn!
Continue here to read the full story.
Square Enix offers a new A
Tour of the North trailer showing off the Heavensward expansion for
FINAL
FANTASY XIV, and the publisher also reveals that June 23rd is the add-on's
release date in Europe. There's an update on the
FINAL FANTASY XIV developers’
blog about their PAX East experience offering the same date, so it seems
like this is will be released at that time in other territories as well. They
say they will be releasing a benchmark utility next month to help gauge your
system's readiness for his. Last but not least, they
also announced at PAX East that a Mac OS X version of the game will be released
at the same time as the expansion. Here's word: This past weekend at the Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) East, Square Enix Ltd.,
announced that FINAL FANTASY® XIV: HEAVENSWARD™, the highly-anticipated first
expansion for the popular MMORPG, will be released on June 23rd June 2015 across
Europe and PAL territories.
The development of a Mac OS version of the game was also announced; the Mac
OS version of FINAL FANTASY XIV will be available through the Square Enix Online
Store and will be released on June 23rd.
FINAL FANTASY XIV: HEAVENSWARD will feature a new story that drops
adventurers into the heart of the Dragonsong War, the bloody, thousand-year
conflict between the knights of Ishgard and the dragons of Dravania. Adventurers
can also look forward to an increased level cap from 50 to 60 on all
disciplines, a new playable race, new dungeons and raids, new primal battles,
and the introduction of flying mounts that allow players to take to the skies on
flying black chocobos®, single-rider airships, dragons and more!
Continue here to read the full story.
Football Manager 2015 kicks Dying Light out of first place on
GfK Chart-Track's PC Games Top 30 chart of the bestselling games in the U.K.
for the week ending March 7th. Dying Light settles in at three while The Sims
4 sets up housekeeping between them at number two. On the
all platforms top 40 chart Dying Light remains number one, while Zombie Army
Trilogy shambles in to debut at number eight.
Here's word: ‘Dying
Light’ (-48%) from Warner Bros and Polish developer Techland is still alive and
kicking at No1 for a second week.
Since launch, it has managed to outperform other recent new IP from both Sony
(The Order: 1886) and Take 2 (Evolve), despite already having been launched
digitally a month ago. The big three of ‘Grand Theft Auto V’, ‘FIFA 15’ (-17%)
and ‘Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’ (-56%) occupy the next three places. With a
sales dip of only 10% ‘GTA V’ performs the best climbing to No2 ahead of FIFA 15
at No3 and leapfroging COD at No4.
Released two weeks ago, ‘Dragon Ball Xenoverse’ (-61%) drops two places to No5,
while the Minecrafts both remain in the Top10 as the Xbox Editions are up three
places to No6 (-14%) and the Playstation Editions remain at No10 (-12%). No1
three weeks ago, ‘The Order: 1886’ (-62%) falls three places to No7 ahead of
this week’s only Top 40 new entry ‘Zombie Army Trilogy’, UK developer
Rebellion’s updated collection of their ‘Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army’ titles
for Xbox One and PS4. ‘Evolve’ (-35%) enjoys a fourth week in the Top 10, down
one place from No8 to No9.
The subject has been discussed here before, so I was brief in my comments about
Daylight Saving Time yesterday, and I think a few have misinterpreted my position
on the topic. I am dead set against the twice annual changing of the clocks, as
it is pointless, bothersome nonsense. However, I do prefer daylight time over "standard time," as I like extra sunlight at the end of the day.
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