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Archived News:
Battle.net reminds us a three-hour livestream event is coming this afternoon
on YouTube to
celebrate the launch of Heroes of the Storm, Blizzard's new team brawler/MOBA.
Things get underway at 3:00 pm EDT, and here's the plan: Heroes of the Storm has officially launched, and hell, it’s about time for
another celebration! Tune in to our Heroes of the Storm: The Mayhem Begins
event, which will be streamed live from the YouTube studios in Los Angeles on
Saturday, June 6, from 12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. PDT.
During the event, members of the Heroes development team will share a sneak peek
of some never-before-seen content coming soon to the Nexus. We will also be
hosting all-star Heroes of the Storm matches, where Jesse Cox and Team Low
Expectations will be looking to defend their BlizzCon crown against a new
eSports challenger, and our very own Heroes of the Dorm winners, UC Berkeley,
will face off against Cloud9. Be sure to tune in to the YouTube livestream event
to celebrate launch, check out our brand new game content, and see who comes out
on top in our Heroes showmatches!
EVENT DETAILS & STREAM
Continue here to read the full story.
A
sponsored post on Gamasutra reveals that Amazon is gearing up to develop its
first PC game (we don't do sponsored posts, we're passing along out of the
goodness of our hearts). Amazon is not being humble about this (how much harder
can game development be than delivering merchandise?), implying they are going
to elevate the medium, saying: "We believe that games have just scratched the
surface in their power to unite players and will produce some of the future’s
most influential voices in media and art." Here's more: The team is made
of former Portal, World of Warcraft and BioShock creators, and we’re building a
team of top talent for an ambitious new PC game project using the latest
technology. Our team in Seattle has worked on a lot of other great titles like
Half Life 2, Left for Dead, Dota 2, Halo, Infamous, Shadows of Mordor and The
Last of Us.
If you want to be on the tip of the spear for game design and technology,
contact us. We want people that are
driven to make the best games in the industry. We're looking to take interesting
risks, and invent!
Steam now offers a
playable demo for Football Tactics, the Early Access turn-based strategy
game based on the real-time sport of association football/soccer Here's all they
say about the demo, which is really just a generic (translated?) description of
the game: "Football Tactics - is a tactical football manager with turn based
matches. Create your own club, and turn it to a team of the champions." Thanks
Frans.
An E3 Debate trailer
is a live-action dealie promoting Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, the upcoming
continuation of the action/RPG series. This is an odd comedy-heavy exercise
which offers interactive branching outcomes based on your decisions. Word is:
"It’s almost E3! Play as Adam Jensen’s actor in our interactive video, and find
out what’s in store for Deus Ex: Mankind Divided." Continue here to read the full story.
Berserk Games announces that Tabletop Simulator has graduated from Early
Access, and this recreation of many classic physical games is now officially
available on Steam for
Windows, Linux, and OS X, carrying a 20% launch discount. A
release trailer shows
off what this is all about. Not wasting any time, they also announce the release
of Tabletop Simulator -
Superfight, the first DLC for the game. Here's word on both
releases: Tabletop Simulator is a unique blend of multiplayer physics, a
sandbox, and a prototyping tool. Create your own original games and rules,
import 3D models & cards, set up complete dungeons for an RPG gathering,
manipulate the physics, create hinges & joints, and of course flip the table
when you are losing the game. All with an easy to use system integrated with
Steam Workshop. Most importantly, you can do anything you want in Tabletop
Simulator. The possibilities are endless!
Main Features:
- Online sandbox with unlimited games to play how you want.
- Create your own mods easily with full Steam Workshop support and 3D
model importing.
- Up to 8 people can play together on the same table & talk on in-game
voice chat.
- Team system with voice and text chat.
- Hotseat mode allowing you to play locally on the same computer.
- Browse the internet, listen to music, and watch videos in multiplayer,
in-game on a tablet.
- Perfect for RPGs - build your very own roleplaying dungeons with our
modular tileset, RPG Kit and tablet.
- Great admin tools to enable or disable player permissions and to
eliminate griefing in public games.
- Included game modes: Backgammon, Cards, Chess, Checkers, Chinese
Checkers, Custom, Dice, Dominoes, Go, Mahjong, Pachisi, Piecepack, Poker,
Reversi, RPG Kit, Sandbox, Solitaire, Tablet
Superfight DLC
We have also partnered with Robert Kirkman’s Skybound Entertainment to bring
Superfight into Tabletop Simulator as official DLC. Superfight is the viral card
game sensation in which players use cards to create ridiculous characters, and
then argue about who would win in a fight. Superfight is now available for
$4.99. (http://store.steampowered.com/app/367330)
Dan Murray, President of Skybound Interactive states, “The entire Skybound team
is thrilled to expand the universe of Superfight with Tabletop Simulator. We
look forward to seeing Superfight live in the digital world for years to come.”
Read about and purchase the box set of Superfight at
http://www.superfightgame.com
Continue here to read the full story.
Today is one of those dates that only has one association for me, as all I can
think about when June 6th comes up is D-Day. Operation Overlord, the Allied
invasion of Europe, began 71 years ago today, and within a week, over one
million soldiers(!!) had landed on the shores of France. It's estimated that
over 4,000 allied troops died storming the beaches, and I will always marvel at
the courage of the participants, who were willing to make the ultimate sacrifice
for what they considered to be the greater good. Salute.
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