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Archived News:
Assassin's Creed: Syndicate is apparently the title of the next
installment in the Assassin's Creed series, reports
Polygon after getting to see marketing material for the stealth/action
sequel. They seem pretty convinced, but this is still unconfirmed pending
next week's reveal.
The
Frontier forums have word that all Elite: Dangerous players will soon
be able to claim Steam keys for the space combat MMORPG (thanks
IncGamers). Here's how this will work: We’ll soon be offering Steam
keys to anyone who bought Elite: Dangerous from the EliteDangerous.com store who
would like a key, and to anyone who buys the game from our store in the future.
We always appreciate it when you buy direct from our store because it means we
can put more into supporting and developing Elite: Dangerous, but we know a
number of long-time players and backers like to play through Steam and we think
it’s fair everyone has that option, not just new players.
Elite: Dangerous runs on Frontier’s servers, so we’ve been working with Valve to
give you a way to seamlessly connect your Steam and existing Frontier accounts
in a way that’s easy. It’s coming soon. From May 28 you’ll be able to generate a
Steam key from your account page, and we’ll have full instructions right here on
the forums closer to the time.
The team really has been working hard on this one, and we’re all super happy to
finally have an answer for you. Thanks for bearing with us and thanks for
playing, as always.
Edit: This applies to Kickstarter backers, too.
A
Kickstarter update for Pillars of Eternity has details on a new
version 1.05 patch for the RPG, which Obsidian Entertainment calls "a big one"
(thanks nin). Word is: "Patch 1.05 features hundreds of bug fixes, balance
changes, and new UI features. There are many minor fixes that are not listed in
these notes." Here are the new features they list:
- You can now rename save games.
- You can now change the portrait and sound set of
characters from the character sheet. Click on the gear icon to open the
customization window. You can only use this feature on player characters and
hired (non-companion) characters.
- New Stash sorting. You can now sort stash by item
type, enchant score, and sell value.
- Added a Latest News feature on the main menu to
keep you informed on patches and Kickstarter updates.
- Added a new color for unique items in the
inventory.
Added a new hotkey for switching weapon sets on selected characters.
You can now bind extra mouse buttons to Ability hotkeys.
- There's a new option to reset newly recruited
companions to level 1 (without losing the experience). This will allow you
to level up companions to your liking.
The
CryENGINE website has details on some changes to their EULA which include
the revelation of plans for Linux support in Crytek's game engine (thanks
GamingOnLinux via Ant). Here's the deal: Let's talk about the
pengui... elephant in the room If you read the above paragraph, it might not
come as a major surprise to you, but we are proud to announce that we will add
an Open GL implementation and support for running your EaaS games on Linux with
one of our next updates. For now, Linux support will be limited to the game
launcher, and the Sandbox editor will still require Microsoft Windows. And of
course, Linux support will be subject to the same developer-friendly terms as on
Windows: Your monthly subscription fee will allow you to sell your games for
Linux in addition to Windows, with no additional fees or royalties required.
While we can't pin an exact date on this update, we wanted to give you an early
heads-up so you can start planning your Linux ports today!
Steam News announces the
promised release of GoatZ
for Goat Simulator,
a $4.99 expansion. Word is: Goat Simulator: GoatZ, all new content for
Goat Simulator is Now Available on Steam!
GoatZ. Mandatory zombie survival DLC, because that's what everyone is doing now.
GoatZ. This is your story. The only aim is to survive.
Link of the Day:
Crash caught on dashcam. Thanks nin.
Steam is now offering a free
weekend for Arma III, Bohemia Interactive's military shooter sequel. This
celebrates a big
Bohemia Weekend Deal where it is on sale along with a bunch of other BIS
titles. Games in the sale are up to 80% off, and the offers include a
mega-bundle with 26 items for $99.99.
Project
CARS tweets about the release of
Community Livery Pack #1 for Project CARS, Slightly Mad Studios' just
released racing game. Word is: "This first pack contains not only bold, creative
designs and homages to iconic real-life liveries but also an accurate recreation
of Deadmau5' livery for his BAC Mono..." Also, a
post on the game's Steam Forums addresses concerns about performance on
AMD-based systems. The post offers Slightly Mad boss Ian Bell's take on driver
issues, which sound like they are being addressed, based on
a follow-up
tweet from AMD (thanks
DSOGaming). Here's Ian's overview of the situation: We've provided
AMD with 20 keys for game testing as they work on the driver side.
But you only have to look at the lesser hardware in the consoles to see how
optimised we are on AMD based chips.
What can I say but he should take better stock of what's happening in his
company. We're reaching out to AMD with all of our efforts. We've provided them
20 keys as I say. They were invited to work with us for years.
Looking through company mails the last I can see they (AMD) talked to us was
October of last year.
Categorically, Nvidia have not paid us a penny. They have though been very
forthcoming with support and co-marketing work at their instigation.
We've had emails back and forth with them yesterday also. I reiterate that this
is mainly a driver issue but we'll obviously do anything we can from our
side.
-
Dark Dawn - Steam Greenlight. "Dark Dawn is a 2d Action Side scroller,
in which you can explore over 10 unique locations, fight countless mutants
that have enslaved mankind. Along the way you will unlock and upgrade
powerful weapons and passive abilities to help you in your journey."
GamesIndustry.biz - A red Flag for Greenlight.
If that were true, though, why does Greenlight exist at all? What is
Greenlight, after all, if not a holding pen designed to keep the vast
tsunami of games - many if not most of them absolutely terrible - off the
hallowed Steam service itself? If Valve truly believes in openness, in the
intelligence of crowds mediated through the mechanisms of markets, then why
doesn't it just let everyone release whatever they want on Steam, subject to
rudimentary technical checks to make sure they're not actually distributing
viruses or malware? In fact, that's Valve's stated long-term goal; an open
Steam, with Greenlight gone and new games pouring onto the platform
constantly, to sink or swim according to the pure will of the market.
Happy birthday WalterEgo, as it was on this day that my little brother came into
the world some undetermined number of years ago. This well-wishing is emblematic
of why we have email spam. I just managed to save $2.00-$5.00 on a card and
forty-something cents (who keeps track?) on postage to wish him a happy
birthday, and all it required was blasting thousands of other people with the
message.
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