Archived News:
Devolver Digital tweets the rhetorical question "Who wants some more Wang?
http://shadowwarrior.com" along with an
image that's also found on the SHADOW
WARRIOR website and
another tweet to tease an upcoming continuation of the first-person shooter
series. There's a cinematic running in a loop on the website, but that's all we
have for now. Perhaps there will be more about this revealed at E3. Thanks
Eurogamer, where they note
Shadow Warrior (2013) on GOG.com is currently on sale for 90% off.
Ubisoft announces the addition of more licensed toy armies coming to
Toy
Soldiers: War Chest, the upcoming tower defense game, saying these include
an army based on Masters of the Universe, and one based on G.I. Joe. These can
be purchased as DLC or as part of a bundle.
This trailer
celebrates the news, and here's the announcement: Today, Ubisoft®
unveiled four new rival toy armies to battle against each other in Toy Soldiers:
War Chest. The fast-paced tower defense action game will be available as
standard and Hall of Fame editions on PlayStation®4 computer entertainment
system, Xbox One, the all-in-one games and entertainment system from Microsoft
and Windows PC this summer.
Toy Soldiers: War Chest Hall of Fame edition brings to life four additional
nostalgic action figures that allow players to recreate imaginative battles
using their favorite childhood heroes. Enabled by the power of Grayskull™ is the
Masters of the Universe™ army led by He-Man™, The Most Powerful Man in the
Universe™. Gifted with unimaginable strength and fearless courage, He-Man,
Battle Cat™ and his Eternian warriors team up to protect the Eternia toy box
from the forces of darkness.
Also marching into the toy box is a highly trained special mission force, code
name: G.I. Joe. Led by brave field commander Duke and armed with an arsenal of
weapons and overflowing with fighting spirit, this team works together on the
front lines to stop evil in its tracks. Two additional licensed armies will be
included in the Hall of Fame edition and announced at a later date.
Continue here to read the full story.
Further incentive to back
the
Kickstarter for The Bards Tale IV comes from inXile Entertainment, as they
promise all who back the project at the $20.00 level or above free copies of the
first three games in the series. The campaign to fund a new installment in the
RPG series is cruising along as it is, having achieved well over 90% of its
$1.25 million goal with 30 days remaining. Here's word on the offer:
Today inXile Entertainment is proud to announce that the original The
Bard’s Tale, The Bard’s Tale II: The Destiny Knight and The Bard’s Tale III:
Thief of Fate will be given FREE to all backers of the currently ongoing The
Bard’s Tale IV Kickstarter for any pledges to tier $20 or higher.
The original trilogy will be released to backers after the Kickstarter has
successfully funded as emulated versions of the classic games. However, inXile
Entertainment also has an agreement in place with the original The Bard’s Tale
III programmer Rebecca “Burger” Heineman to work on updated versions of the
three games based on their Apple IIGS versions, to run natively on modern
Windows and Mac PCs. Once she delivers on the enhanced versions, they too will
be given free to backers.
“It’s pretty amazing to see how far the graphics have come since these first
games and it’s fun to think that people will still be playing these classics
decades after release. These games made my career so it’s only fitting that we
are doing another game.” said Brian Fargo, CEO. “Of course playing them will not
be necessary to understand the new title, but we wanted to give our backers the
opportunity to and are always happy to give our supporters some free extra
value!”
Focus Home Interactive announces a September release window for Act of
Aggression, their upcoming "techno-thriller" real-time strategy game. They
celebrate the news with a
new trailer showing Chimera gameplay. Here's word on this faction: "With an
HQ that also acts as a power-reserve there's no stopping the development of the
Chimera's diverse military capabilities; a heavy reliance on unmanned UAVs for
exploration and transport, the Chimera can put its manpower into super-soldiers
with exoskeletons." Continue here to read the full story.
This new video is
the E3 story trailer for Hollowpoint, the upcoming co-op platform shooter in the
works at Ruffian Games. Here's a refresher on the game: "Hollowpoint, an
action-packed co-op combat title set in the 22nd century, will be released for
the PS4® and PC. The game puts players in charge of secretive Organizations of
corporate mercenaries, taking on missions for pay and prestige alongside three
other players in online co-op. Developed by Ruffian Games, the team behind
Crackdown 2, Hollowpoint brings classic 2D side-scrolling action into the next
generation." Continue here to read the full story.
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Generic Shooter: The Game - Steam Greenlight. "Generic Shooter is a
first and third person multiplayer shooter that contains all your generic
game modes, as well as some not so generic game modes. This is the game you
want if you and a few friends just want to shoot some things and have some
fun."
Free Reign Entertainment announces Burstfire, "a slow paced first-person
shooter that enables team-oriented gameplay" from this developer that includes
members of the HAWKEN team. The
Burstfire website is online
with details, media, and signups for those interested in playing the alpha. The
game will feature five-on-five teamplay battles, but they stress this is a "pay
once, play forever" release that is neither pay-to-win nor free-to-play which
will be supported by free updates rather than paid DLC. Thanks Gamer's Hell. Here's
word: Burstfire is a slow paced first-person shooter that enables
team-oriented gameplay. Players have the freedom to equip their weapons and
tools of choice. This allows teams to create many interesting and unique
strategies. The defending team may alter the flow of the game space by setting
up their defenses with barricades and various trapping tools. The attacking team
is able to scout the enemy defenses using recon vehicles to plan their
assault.
This new trailer
for Volume reveals an August 18th release date for
this stealth game from Mike Bithell, designer of
Thomas Was Alone,
saying it will hit Steam, PS4, and PS Vita at that time. Word is: "We've been waiting
excitedly to tell all of you our release date. So, while we feverishly fix bugs
and polish the game to a fine sheen, here's a release date announcement trailer
for your perusal." Thanks
PC Gamer. Continue here to read the full story.
The Grey Goo website
now offers Grey Goo:
Emergence, a DLC pack that's free for all owners of Petroglyph's RTS
game for a
limited time, as the offer ends tomorrow at noon EDT, when picking this up will
require cash money. Here's word: This 3 mission, Grey Goo mini-campaign
follows the events of Singleton immediately following the explosion at the
Terminal, and reveals the true motivations behind the overwhelming Goo force.
An ally turned enemy, Singleton’s journey remains a mystery to his former
companions. But what happened to cause his corruption and turn? And what drives
the Goo itself? Delve into the Goo's origins and learn its true intention and
plan for the galaxy.
Italian developer Milestone announces June 24th is the release date for
MotoGP 15, so the third installment in the motorcycle racing series is due
two weeks from today for Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and
PlayStation 3. The game carried a June 19th release date prior to this, so this
represents a small delay. The
most recent trailer shows things off, though this is still labeled a work in
progress. Here's word on the game from
the official website: A
huge step forward from the past, this is MotoGP™15 ultimate goal! Experience the
new and thrilling game modes featured in this year edition, prepare yourself for
fast-paced challenges and head-to-head race against your opponents, online and
offline. Will you be able to reach the podium?
MotoGP™15 is back with a range of new features and an even more comprehensive
and deeper experience. The career mode has been expanded, the A.I. and game
physics have been completely overhauled, and new game modes guarantee total
immersion in the world of the MotoGP™.
Continue here to read the full story.
Dice Insights - Is Stress Driving Tech Pros From Video Games? Thanks
Slashdot via Ant.
“The oft-used practice of quickly building up development teams and then
laying off the majority when the project is complete isn’t conducive to a
positive quality of life for individual game developers,” Kate Edwards,
executive director of the IGDA, admitted, “even if the overall industry
continues to see growth.”
Faced with what many perceive as draconian working conditions, many
developers are taking their skills and leaving video games for another
technology sector. As Edwards noted, “People who opt to leave the game
industry have a lot of options where their skills can be utilized.
Programmers and software engineers easily find jobs at a wide range of
IT-related companies.”
There's a special annex in technology hell for the dreaded "known issue." You
know, those wonderful moments when we encounter an bug, and find out that other
users have been reporting the same problem for years, but never enough of them
to actually inspire the company responsible to address the cause. Yesterday in
adding an album I accidentally pointed iTunes (a piece of software that
qualifies as an annex of tech hell in and of itself) towards my full music
library, rather than the subset I keep on my phone, which led to iTunes
complaining there was not enough room on my phone for all of it. That was all it
took to trigger an issue that has plagued users for years, as the phone
allocated the space for the update, and then orphaned that data, leaving the
music library empty and the phone thinking it was full. No amount of manipulation
of the phone or where iTunes was looking for music would clear this up, and
there are numerous posts spanning years from other users frustrated by this
problem. This has never inspired a response or a solution from Apple, but one
post pointed the way to a third-party program called
iMazing (formerly DiskAid) which finally saved
me by allowing the deletion of the corrupted music files. This was a relief, as
the next solution I was going to attempt was to see if
smashing the phone with a sledgehammer would help, which may have involved
paying royalties to Gallagher.
Oh yeah, and Cutter asked if I was worried I was going to "jinx" the Mets by
talking about their relative success.
But
what are the chances that would immediately happen?
R.I.P.:
Vincent Musetto, 74, Dies; Wrote ‘Headless’ Headline of Ageless Fame. Thanks
Neutronbeam.
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