Archived News:
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has attracted more than a million preorders in
advance of its release next week, reports
GamesIndustry.biz. Word is: "The game is being launched on PS4, Xbox One and
PC, but the studio did not provide a breakdown of which platforms had more
pre-sales than the others." Also, according to
reddit, preloads are now being provided on GOG.com and for those who
preordered the RPG sequel. Thanks Quinn.
Studio Wildcard announces ARK: Survival Evolved, an open-world dinosaur survival
game the indie developer plans to release for Windows, OS X, and Linux on June
2nd through Steam Early Access. Here's
an announcement trailer,
and here's word: Powered by Unreal Engine 4, ARK: Survival Evolved takes
on the survival genre with a unique blend of emergent multiplayer cooperation
and competition. Players awake naked and starving on the beach of a mysterious
island among a herd of other confused humans. On ARK, they must then hunt,
harvest, craft, research technology, and build shelters to protect against
scorching days, freezing nights, volatile weather systems, dangerous wildlife,
and potential enemies.
Use cunning strategy and tactics to tame and ride the many dinosaurs and other
primeval creatures roaming the dynamic, persistent ecosystems across land, sea,
air, and even underground. Build your character’s strengths and gain items,
skills, and pet creatures using in-depth role-playing systems. Start a tribe
with hundreds of other players to survive and dominate competing tribes...and
ultimately discover the ARK’s true purpose.
Continue here to read the full story.
A new video developer's
diary from King's Quest offers a behind-the-scenes look at some voice
recording sessions for the upcoming remake, revealing the cast includes
luminaries Christopher Lloyd and Wallace Shawn, as well as the daughter of the
late Robin Williams. Word is: "King’s Quest: 'Voicing a Modern Classic' is the
second installment in a four-part series revealing the headlining talent at the
heart of bringing King’s Quest™ to life. Talent includes veterans Christopher
Lloyd and Wallace Shawn as well as Josh Keaton, Maggie Elizabeth Jones and Zelda
Williams. In 'Voicing a Modern Classic' find out what they have to say about
voicing one of gaming's most memorable franchises." Continue here to read the full story.
GOG.com
announces the release of five former THQ titles on their service, which are
now available for the first time with no DRM. Here's word: The five titles
unchained today are:
--Metro: Last Light
Redux (-50%) - The 2014 remastered re-release of the blockbuster horror/FPS
set in post-apocalyptic Moscow.
--Saints Row 2 (-60%) - The
surprise cult hit that reinvigorated the open-world action-adventure genre with
its unique sprinkle of quirk. Complete with the GOG.com treatment to greatly
improve performance on modern PCs.
--Saints
Row: The Third (-66%) - Quirk overload. The massively popular open-world
action-adventure that flipped a genre on its head.
--Darksiders +
Darksiders 2 (Up to 75% off)
- Hack and slash done right. Become a horseman of the apocalypse and fight as
Death himself.
All five releases (and
extra DLC
package for Darksiders 2) are discounted for one whole week, that's until
Monday, May 18 at 12:59 PM GMT.
- Action Henk on
Steam. Save 10%.
- Awesomenauts on
Steam. Save 90%.
- Fifth Anniversary Flash Sale on
Green Man Gaming.
- Strategy First Anniversary Sale on
Steam.
Save up to 80%.
- The Witcher Franchise on
GOG.com. Save up to 85%.
Link of the Day:
Star Wars: The Binks Awakens. Missed this at the time. Thanks JDreyer.
Videogamer notes that the C.V. on the
LinkedIn profile for Luis Nieves states that a Fallout 4 cinematic
trailer as the most recent project for this 3D artist. There are no further
details except that this is listed as a product of Mirada Studios, co-founded by
Hollywood director Guillermo del Toro, and that the job concluded in March. The
next installment in the Fallout series of RPGs hasn't been officially announced,
though it has been trademarked,
possibly detailed, and
rumors swirl that it will be shown
next month at the E3 Expo. An E3 showing would certainly fit with the timeframe
offered for creation of this alleged trailer, but this all remains speculative
at this point.
GamesIndustry.biz has word on SEGA's financial reporting, showing packaged
software sales up by 41 percent, though SEGA still characterizes sales as
"weak." They also note that Alien: Isolation has sold around 2.1 million
units to date, saying this is a disappointing figure for the kind of investment
such a project must have required. This gets worse when you take discounts into
account, saying: "And not all of those units were sold at full price, either.
SteamSpy puts the game's owners at around 440,000, but it has been available for
as little as £7.99 or $12.49 within the recorded period."
The Steam stats page reveals
a new concurrent user record was set over the weekend on Valve's digital
service. The page currently lists a concurrent user peak at 9,502,661. The last
record reported for the service was in
March at just over nine million. Thanks
GameSpot.
Project CARS pulls in at the poll position on the new
U.K. top 30 PC sales chart on GFK Chart-Track for the week ending May 9th.
Grand Theft Auto V slips into the third spot this week and the
Homeworld Remastered Collection debuts at number 12. On the
all platforms chart Project CARS also debuts at number one as Mortal
Kombat X falls to number three. Here's how this is
all summarized: This
year we’ve seen a couple of motorcycle racing games (PQube/Milestone’s ‘RIDE’ &
Koch/Kylotonn’s ‘Motorcycle Club’) but now we have a 4 wheel racing game that
does something that no other racing sim has done for 2 years – and that is to
claim No1 on the UK All Formats Top 40 (since Codemasters’ ‘GRID 2’ back in week
22, 2013).
The game in question is ‘Project Cars’ for PS4/Xbox One/PC, a crowd-funded AAA
release developed by Slightly Mad Studios in the UK and published/distributed by
Bandai Namco. It’s also the first boxed product release to tick the following 3
boxes: triple screen 4K resolution and compatibility with Occulus Rift & Project
Morpheus…although neither of these VR headsets are actually commercially
available right now. Rockstar/Take 2 remain at No2 with ‘GTA V’ (-3%) and
Warner’s 3 week run at No1 with ‘Mortal Kombat X’ is over (-35%) as the title
drops to No3.
In terms of other new releases there are 2 new Nintendo titles, starting at No21
with Wii U ‘Kirby and the Rainbow Paintbrush’ with amiibo functionality and then
at No32 we have 3DS compilation ‘Puzzle & Dragons Z + Super Mario Edition’.
Re-entering the Top 40 for the first time this year at No38 is EA’s ‘Skate 3’
(+15%), which continues to enjoy a cult following on 360/PS3. The game dates
from 2010 but units sold in 2014 and 2015 so far are close to 25% of entire
lifetime sell-through, which is a highly unusual sales pattern for a boxed
product.
- Crucial Ballistix Sport 2400MHz Quad Channel DDR4 16GB Memory Kit
on
eTeknix.
- Fractal Design Define R5 Dual Loop Water Cooling Build ON
Techgage.
- Liztek HDDT1BSB USB 3.0 Hard Drive Dock on
Technogog.
- Patriot FUEL iON iPhone 6 Magnetic Charging Case on
TweakTown.
- Raijintek Triton CPU Cooler on
pcGameware.
- XTracGear Carbonic XXL on
APH Networks.
Not sure where this lack of faith came from, but I have sort of been waiting for
Mad Men to jump the shark for about three seasons now. At this point I'll
have to thankfully admit defeat, because it has remained compelling to the
bitter end, for me at least. One more episode to go, and I will miss it greatly.
R.I.P.:
Elizabeth Wilson Dead- Character Actress With Roles in '9 to 5' and 'The
Graduate' Dies at 94.
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