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Archived News:
Creative Assembly informs us that this month marks the 15th anniversary of the
Total War series, revealing several ways they are celebrating the occasion,
including rereleases, sales, and a free weekend. They offer the Steam debuts of
SHOGUN: Total War Gold Edition and
MEDIEVAL: Total War Gold Edition and most of the Total War collection
including DLC on Steam is now in sale for up to 75% off. They are also providing
a free weekend all weekend on Steam for several installments in the historical
strategy series: Total War: ATTILA, Total War: ROME II, Total
War: SHOGUN 2, Total War: SHOGUN 2 – Fall of the Samurai, EMPIRE:
Total War, NAPOLEON: Total War, and MEDIEVAL II: Total War.
This
page lists all the games on sale.
The XCOM website
now offers the official E3
2015 trailer from XCOM 2, showing off gameplay from the upcoming sequel to
XCOM: Enemy Unknown. This looks like it may well contain all the content of the
IGN video we linked to during the show,
but we have not conducted a frame-by-frame comparison. Word is: "Watch as XCOM
soldiers strike back against the alien occupation by sabotaging an ADVENT
landmark in the first official gameplay as presented at E3 2015." Continue here to read the full story.
Deep Silver announces Lost Horizon 2, an upcoming point-and-click
adventure in the works at Animation Arts as a sequel to the original Lost
Horizon, which was released in 2010. This
is coming first to Germany, where it is expected on August 28th, while an
international release will follow on October 2nd. Here's the plan: Lost
Horizon 2 continues the story of the first part’s hero, Fenton Paddock, from the
1940s and 50s onwards, where this time he is facing the hardest fight of his
life. While the tensions between the superpowers threaten to tear the world
apart, the British soldier has to save his family that has been caught by
powerful enemies. His adventure leads Fenton far beyond the Iron Curtain and
finally onwards to mysterious, uncharted territory. He has to finally face the
dark powers of his past and learn what it means to take on responsibility.
Thanks to the Unity 5.0 3D Engine the developers created a vigorous and rich 3D
World with a love for detail which players can dive right into. At the same time
all the zones keep their hand-crafted charm which fans of the genre love and
enjoy so much.
Studio Lead Marco Zeugner says -“We are delighted to bring the next installment
of the adored Lost Horizon series to our fans, and with the natural progression
of the story and characters, combined with technological advancements across all
aspects of the game that we´ve made, we feel sure that both historical fans of
the titles and new fans alike will love Lost Horizon 2”
Lethis - Path of Progress is now available
on Steam, a Windows
city-building game with a steampunk setting. The
launch trailer offers
a look, and
the announcement covers the release, and their support plans for the
immediate future: Here we go , Lethis – Path of Progess is finally
available ! After 9 months of hard work, we're exhausted, yet extremely happy to
know that you'll finally be able to play our game. This game was built by a
small team of 6 people and a musician who all wanted to bring back the feeling
of old-school games of their youth.
We're very proud of all the work we've already done, and promise to further
establish and improve our game ! In the following days and weeks, we'll do
everything to enhance your experience, and implement new features and extras –
all free of charge of course !
We're assuring you as well that we will fix every bug you may encounter.
We hope that you have as much fun as we had developing and programming the game
!
And now : It's time to build a city !
Continue here to read the full story.
Blizzard's weekly trailer releases for Overwatch are like Sith, always two there
are. No more, no less. This week's second clip from the upcoming team shooter
shows off Zarya in action. Here's word: "Zarya guards her allies in this
complete, unedited match from an early version of Overwatch, captured in 60fps
on PC. Here, Zarya plays on the defending team in the Temple of Anubis, a Point
Capture map located on the enigmatic Giza Plateau." Continue here to read the full story.
Here's a new trailer
from Skyforge, offering a look at the Eskenian Peninsula, one of the open-world
zones in Obsidian's upcoming MMORPG. Here's the description from the clip: "We
take you live to one of Skyforge's latest Open World zones, Eskenian Peninsula,
to discover this magnificent reserve with a rich, yet dark past. A gem of Aelion,
the beautiful Eskenian Peninsula has been invaded and its inhabitants threatened
by hordes of Demons flowing out of unsealed portals within the region's ancient
temple." Continue here to read the full story.
A new video from
Legends of Eisenwald shows off combat from this medieval combat game. Here's the
brief accompanying description, which reminds us the game is expected next
month: "Today, Aterdux Entertainment is pleased to make available a new gameplay
video from Legends of Eisenwald, their medieval-era tactical-RPG, set for a July
2 release. This new video features narrated footage of in-game combat and some
of the recently updated special effects in Legends of Eisenwald." Continue here to read the full story.
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There's no multiplayer in 'Fallout 4,' but some ideas were tossed around.
"Believe it or not, every time we do a game we design a multiplayer mode
just to see what we would do." -- Todd Howard. Thanks
GameInformer.
- XCOM 2 interview - Gaming Nexus. "So Firaxis is, our pedigree has been
PC games for almost 20 years now. That's what we do and when you look at
that and the things that we want to do with XCOM 2 in particular even
different from Enemy Unknown, it allowed us to say how do we stay as focused
possible making the best game, the best game about splitting mindshare
across multiple platforms. So it made a lot of sense for us to say we're
going to be PC focus for now."
Portal Stories: Mel is now available
on Steam, offering a free
modification for all owners of
Portal 2 to add new gameplay to the
first-person puzzle sequel.
The announcement simply says: "After years of hard work Portal Stories: Mel
is now finally released! Featuring 22 levels full of brand new tests, dialogue
and much much more!" You can have a look in
this launch trailer,
and here's a description: 1952, in the early years of Aperture: Science
Innovators, Cave Johnson’s scientists experimented with whatever they wanted.
Not everything worked as it should have though, but that wasn't going to get in
the way of the progress of Science! Mel unfortunately took part in a faulty test
called the Aperture: Science Innovators Short-Term Relaxation Vault, falling
asleep for years. When she finally wakes, there is a fake Cave Johnson telling
her she needs to escape the facility and a new device called the Aperture
Handheld Portal Device, her mind races with questions. “Who is this imposter
Cave Johnson?” “What happened to the facility and its staff?”
"What happened to me?"
Main Features
- 22 levels, with an estimated gameplay time of
~6-10 hours
- Custom Story with 350 separate in-game voicelines
- Over an hour of custom music with the Free
soundtrack included
- Huge amount of custom assets
- 27 steam achievements
- Standalone mod (You do not need Portal 2 installed
to play)
- Free to Play (You must own Portal 2)
- Logic based puzzles, not execution based puzzles
Continue here to read the full story.
Kalypso Media announces that the Supercomputer DLC for Tropico 5
is now available, hoping the new content for the island dictator game is a hit,
rather than a petaflop. The Steam version is naturally available
on Steam, while other
versions of the game can be updated through the
Kalypso Launcher. Here's
word on what to expect: "Together with the support of the brightest scientists
in all of Tropico, you must build the biggest and most efficient supercomputer
in the world in order to research new technology faster than your rival nations
and find the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and
everything. In the new mission 'The Supercomputer,' you will be required to
conduct research faster than your competitors so that you can keep your
technological dominance on the worldwide stage."
Techland announces plans for free DLC packs for Dying Light as part of a
#DrinkForDLC viral marketing campaign for the zombie game that's sort of
like an Ice Bucket Challenge for those who aren't into challenges (or energy
drinks). Inspired by
how the whole water drinking thing has taken off (word is every single person on
Earth is participating to some degree), they announce plans for an XP boost this
weekend, and a stream of free DLC to come to the game with new content: Yesterday Dying Light playfully
encouraged people to drink water in exchange for a free docket
code that gives players a high-tier weapon to redeem in-game. The
response from the community was overwhelmingly positive with fans from all over
the globe joining in.
To thank fans for their amazing involvement, today Techland announced an
extension to the Drink For DLC campaign. Techland have decided to
design, create and release a number of all new free DLC packs for Dying
Light throughout the second half of the year. The campaign will be led by the
fans reaching successive stretch goals - by posting pictures of themselves
drinking water on Twitter and tagging them with #DrinkForDLC.
All fans who have already participated will have their submissions added to the
total tweet count. A full breakdown of the stretch goals are listed
in the
attached image along with the originally promised docket code.
However, the very first stretch goal will be a more immediate reward. As the
tweet count is already nearing 5,000, Techland decided to reward all the
water-loving fans with a 50% XP boost to player agility. The perk will be active
for 24 hours, starting this Sunday, June 28th (Pacific Time).
Techland will keep fans informed on the campaign progress via the
official Dying
Light Twitter account and will announce the number of upcoming free
DLCs by the end of July 2015.
Following news that sales
have been suspended for Batman: Arkham Knight, the
GMG & Playfire Community Blog announces that in addition to halting sales of
the superhero sequel, they are also offering refunds to those who purchased it
from them. Just
yesterday they announced they would offer refunds to those who could still
not play the game after an upcoming patch to address complaints, but they are no
longer waiting. Here's word: WBIE also confirmed to us by email that "those
customers who have already activated the game will be able to play the game
during this time and will automatically be updated to the new version when it is
available." So if you don't request a refund, you'll still be able to play
the game even though it's been removed from sale. We're big fans of Warner Bros
here at Green Man Gaming, they make some absolutely fantastic games and will
continue to do so, and we have every faith that they will do all they can to
make Batman: Arkham Knight on PC the best it can be.
To update our earlier statement regarding refunds for this title, all refund
requests will be honoured as per WBIE's request. If you would like to submit
a request for a refund for this title,
please
contact our helpdesk by clicking here and submitting a support ticket. We
thank you in advance for your patience in this regard – we'll be dealing with
every ticket we receive as swiftly as possible.
Paradox Interactive announces July 14th is the planned release date for the
Horse Lords expansion for Crusader Kings II, the strategy/RPG
sequel: It is rather unlike hordes of nomadic invaders to stick to
schedule, but the Horse Lords have told us that we can expect a rainfall of
arrows on July 14. Horse Lords is the latest expansion for Paradox Development
Studios’s much-loved grand strategy RPG CrusaderKings II and it will bring the
hellfire of war on the steppes to glorious map-painting life on your desktop.
With a heavy focus on the Mongol and Turkic invaders of the Central Asian
plains, Horse Lords adds an expanded map, new ruling systems for the fascinating
culture of the nomadic tribes that changed the course of world history from the
saddle. There are also some minor tweaks that will affect everyone, including
the construction of temporary forts to hold an area in your control and
introducing the Silk Road – the wealthy trade highway that ran from the
Mediterranean to East Asia.
KillHouse
Games announces the release of
an iPad
version of Door Kickers which includes cross-platform saves with the
desktop version (they also say Android tablet support will follow, and they are
also looking into possibly supporting large-screen iPhones), offering a
trailer to show off
the mobile version. The cross-platform saves require a new patch for the
Windows, OS X, and Linux editions of the heist game, and the new version 1.08
also adds a new campaign, two new shotguns, and more. Here are the patch notes:
New Features:
- New campaign, in celebration of the iPad release.
- Two new shotguns.
- Tablet mode: activate the new GUI and control
scheme optimized for touchscreen displays and trackpads.
- Added import/export save-games capability, to
share progress between different platforms (PC-Mac-Linux-iOS).
- Improved path-drawing smoothness on some maps.
- Increased maximum zoom-in distance.
Fixes:
Continue here to read the full story.
We received a reply today from Thrustmaster to our inquiry about
a rumor
that their high-end T500RS racing wheels are being discontinued, which they
categorically deny. Word from the peripheral manufacturer is: "We inform you
that the T500 RS is still being produced so we deny any claims that it was
discontinued." As we noted yesterday, there are new drivers for the wheel
on their website which support Windows 10, and there is also new firmware
for the wheel to better optimize cooling fan and power supply management.
A post to the
WB Games Community forum from a community admin explains that WBIE is
suspending sales of the PC edition of Batman: Arkham Knight until they
can address the
issues running
the superhero sequel under Windows (with
reported assistance from NVIDIA). They ask for patience, and the refunds they
mention are based on the policies of where the game was purchased: Dear
Batman: Arkham Knight PC owners,
We want to apologize to those of you who are experiencing performance issues
with Batman: Arkham Knight on PC. We take these issues very seriously and have
therefore decided to suspend future game sales of the PC version while we work
to address these issues to satisfy our quality standards. We greatly value our
customers and know that while there are a significant amount of players who are
enjoying the game on PC, we want to do whatever we can to make the experience
better for PC players overall.
Thank you to those players who have already given valuable feedback. We are
continuously monitoring all threads posted in the Official Batman: Arkham Knight
Community and Steam forums, as well as any issues logged with our Customer
Support (support.wbgames.com). If you purchased your copy of the game and are
not satisfied with your experience, then we ask for your patience while these
issues are resolved. If desired, you can request a refund at
help.steampowered.com (Steam refund policies can be found here: http://store.steampowered.com/steam_refunds)
or the retail location where you purchased the game.
The Batman: Arkham fans have continually supported the franchise to its current
height of success, and we want to thank you for your patience as we work to
deliver an updated version of Batman: Arkham Knight on PC so you can all enjoy
the final chapter of the Batman: Arkham series as it was meant to be
played.
A new
Project Eternity Kickstarter update claims to announce the previously
revealed and
announced
White March expansion for Pillars of Eternity, also offering details on
an upcoming version 2.0 update for Obsidian's role-playing game (thanks nin).
There are details on Zahua the monk and the Devil of Caroc, two new companions
in the expansion, and they say they will be announcing release date for the
two-part expansion "soon," adding that "part 1 is not far in the future."
Version 2.0 will come around the same time, and will be released for all owners
of the game even if they don't buy the expansion. They explain this will include
"a few new features and quality of life improvement options." They have
a video to show some
of then new features. Continue here to read the full story.
Here's another new video
from Overwatch, showing the Bastion character in action in Blizzard's upcoming
team shooter. Here's the explanation: "Bastion's combat programming takes
control in this unedited match from an early version of Overwatch, captured in
60fps on PC. Here, Bastion plays on the attacking team in King's Row, a Point
Capture/Payload hybrid map situated in the heart of England." Continue here to read the full story.
The Knicks have the fourth pick in the draft tonight. How optimistic am I? I'll
answer with some Knicks trivia. The title David Lee won with the Golden State
Warriors is the first Knicks first-round pick to win a championship since before
the team drafted Patrick Ewing. That covers the entire 30 years of the draft
lottery. And like Lee, the last Knicks' first-rounder to win a title before that
did so with another team. So no, I'm not optimistic, but I'll be happy to be
proven wrong.
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