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Archived News:
Firefly Studios now offers The Emperor & The Hermit
on Steam as new DLC for
Stronghold Crusader 2,
their siege warfare simulation. This carries a 33% launch discount, offering
seven new player missions, AI opponents, castle designs, achievements, and coat
of arms designs. Here's a
trailer , and here's more: Following on from the ‘Invasions’ update,
which added Sandbox sieges and an easy AI mode for the modern laid-back gamer,
The Emperor & The Hermit introduces spiritual successors to The Emperor and The
Abbot from the original Stronghold Crusader. Playable in skirmish mode and
multiplayer The Emperor and The Hermit are leaders driven by religious fervour
and an insatiable desire to ‘cleanse’ their enemies. Backed by zealots who
follow their cause without question, said cleansing typically ends in virtual
bloodshed.
Continue here to read the full story.
DoubleBear Productions offers a new patch for Dead State
on Steam, an update
significant it has its own name, Dead State: Reanimated.
new trailer shows this
off, and here are the highlights from
the announcement:
- Major overhaul of combat balance! Core
combat systems have been thoroughly reworked to take advantage of all the
data and feedback we’ve gathered over the months since Dead State’s original
release. Ranged weapons, melee weapons, armor, special attacks, ally / PC
healing, and more have been reworked and carefully tested to create an
engaging and challenging combat experience. Even the core combat system has
been tweaked so that AC is calculated before damage reduction; this change
makes combat more consistent and more fair.
- Smarter AI! Medic, Guard, Grenadier,
Sniper, and more - New AI behaviors and schemas exist for human enemies,
making them more interesting and more challenging to fight! Enemies will
notice your presence more quickly and fully utilize all of their tactical
options, thrown weapons, and special attacks.
- New PC Infection option on New Game menu!
Create a new game with PC Infection checked and your character will be as
susceptible to infection as your allies are. Carefully manage your
antibiotics and change your combat strategies to ensure your own survival!
- Hardcore Mode! In Hardcore mode combat
becomes more dangerous, allies consume more resources and heal more slowly,
and Morale is harder to keep up. Turn on Hardcore, Iron Man, and PC
Infection for the ultimate challenge!
- Alarms! That’s right - we’ve added alarms
to buildings in several areas. Red, blinking lights warn you that there’s an
active alarm on a building. Use your Science skill to deactivate an alarm
and prevent a looting distraction from becoming a noisy attraction!
- New areas and random encounters! Several
new levels and random encounters have been added. Make sure to keep an eye
out for the Chemical Plant, an area with a unique twist…
- New combat sounds and animations! We’ve
added new special attack, reloading, and healing animations and sounds.
Special attacks feel smoother and more impactful now!
- Stability improvements! We’ve rooted out
every crash and progress blocking bug to make sure you have the smoothest
possible experience. Several popularly requested usability improvements have
been added, such as friendly fire confirmation, looting piled up bodies, and
an option to toggle Live Shelter movement on and off.
- Pathfinding improvements! Both allies and
the undead have received major pathfinding adjustments that will reduce lag
some people have experienced as well as make movement more consistent and
natural.
Continue here to read the full story.
Cliffhanger Productions offers a new patch for Shadowrun Chronicles - Boston
Lockdown.
This page has the patch notes, saying: "today’s patch is finally not about
lag (even though we still added improvements) but a whole bucket full of changes
and additions." They also promise compensation for the turn-based tactical
shooter and add that the first content update is coming at the end of this month
adding an "end game mode, new content, and gear." Here's word on the new content
along with the patch notes: Only two weeks after launch, Cliffhanger
Productions has announced the first update containing a number of balancing
changes for items and characters.
To make up for the first (bumpy) week after its release, Cliffhanger will
provide every customer with a goodie-bag to make up for the inconvenience. Jan
Wagner, Managing Director says “We have been quite open with our communication
and we have fought day and night to solve the issues and our players have been
hugely supportive and patient. We wanted to give something back as a way of
saying thank you to our community for their understanding and encouragement.”
Players who had been active during the first week have received an additional
character slot, two unique bioware items, which cannot be bought in-game, and
three consumable flamethrowers (so they can flame enemies and think of the
developers when they get angry).
Continue here to read the full story.
Grinding Gear Games announces "record sales" of Supporter Packs for
Path of Exile: The Awakening, the upcoming expansion for their action/RPG. It's not
clear what supporter pack records were broken, but they say: "Grinding Gear
began selling access for early entrance into the beta of The Awakening on April
28th and sales have set multiple records within the Path of Exile community.
Proceeds from the Supporter Pack sales fund the continued development and
expansion of the game." They also announce a new type of card drop in the
game: In addition to offering access to The Awakening's closed beta,
Grinding Gear has also announced that it has introduced another new facet to the
game. Divination Cards are a new type of item that drops from monsters that
players encounter while playing Path of Exile: The Awakening. Sets of cards can
be traded later in the game for special items that are referenced on the cards.
Additionally, Grinding Gear is offering the opportunity for players that
contribute at the Highland Supporter level to design their very own Divination
Cards, putting their personalized mark on Path of Exile. More details about the
Divination Card system and various The Awakening supporter packs can be found at
https://www.pathofexile.com/purchase.
GOG.com and
Steam now offer the
release of Invisible, Inc., an indie action/strategy game from Klei
Entertainment, offering a 10% launch discount and a 20% loyalty discount for
those who already own Mark of the Ninja (thanks nin).
This announcement offers this list of key features:
- Character selection: Start with any of the 10
unlockable agents in the game, plus 6 agent variants, and 6 starting
programs to crack corporate security.
- Deep customization of builds: each play through is
different as you create your own strategy using agents, items, augments and
programs, and adapt to your surroundings.
- Randomly generated world: locations, threats, and
loot are randomly generated so each playthrough is vastly different and
you’ll never get complacent.
- Choose your own game mode: with 5 different game
modes and extensive custom generation options, each player can play the way
they prefer.
- Fully animated cutscenes and voice over: with
hundreds of lines of voice over, great animation, and fully animated
cutscenes, we didn’t spare any expense to make an immersive experience.
Frozenbyte announces release dates for a BADLAND: Game of the Year, which
brings this mobile action/adventure to other platforms. The Windows, Linux, and
OS X editions are coming to
Steam on May 26th, and they celebrate the news with a new
The Life of Clones
trailer. Here's word: BADLAND: Game of the Year Edition is based on
Frogmind’s multi-award-winning game, BADLAND, a console-quality game for tablets
with over 25 million players worldwide. BADLAND is a side-scrolling action
adventure with innovative physics-based gameplay and stunning atmospheric
graphics and audio. Players control a flying creature called Clony and try to
survive an astonishing number of imaginative traps, puzzles and obstacles
through a beautiful forest.
BADLAND: Game of the Year Edition builds on the original game’s strengths with
completely redesigned controls, perfected for consoles and PC. The redesigned
gameplay expands that of the original by offering full left/right/up/down
control over the game’s characters. The Steam version supports up-to-four-player
multiplayer gaming from a single keyboard (old-school style), gamepad
controllers, and any combination of controllers and keyboard.
Continue here to read the full story.
A short teaser trailer
looks to whet our appetites for Tour de France 2015 and Pro Cycling Manager
2015, the upcoming Windows and console bicycle racing simulation. Here's word:
We're happy to release today the first teaser trailer dedicated to the
official video games of Le Tour de France, developed by Cyanide Studio for PS4,
PS3, Xbox One and PC. Time goes fast, and we're getting closer and closer to the
beginning of this year's Le Tour de France. The 2015 route will offer an
exciting challenge to the riders taking them through Holland and the cobbled
routes of Northern France, to the summits of the mythical climbs and the
legendary final on the Champs-Elysées. This year also heralds the return of the
team time trial!
You will be able get a first taste of it thanks to today's video. Plunge in
the middle of the pack, and follow the riders through all the stages that make
Le Tour de France an epic competition! After watching, don't forget to sign on
our official Facebook
and Twitter pages to get more
info about this year's new features. New games modes, improved visuals, new user
interface and more surprises are at the menu for both the console and the PC
version! So stay tuned.
Continue here to read the full story.
Steam News announces the
Early Access release of
The Magic Circle, kicking things off with a 10% discount on this
meta-adventure where your game character is a game character: The
Magic Circle is Now Available on Steam Early Access and is 10% off!*
In this darkly comedic story, you are the hero of an unfinished fantasy game -
and your designers have failed you. Trap their creations. Swap behaviors and
body parts, crafting your own unique solutions to free-form puzzles. Steal the
power of creation, to either ship the game from the inside ... or cancel it.
*Offer ends May 20 at 10AM Pacific Time
Thanks to Quinn for posting a solution to
our forums for the problem I mentioned
yesterday with my seemingly dead iPhone. Turns out what I thought was a soft
reset is actually a hard reset, and executing one set things straight again. I'm
a little sheepish to be such a newb, but I'm happy that this was solved so
easily without a trip to any genius bars or anything like that.
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