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Archived News:
The Minecraft sales tracking page has
word that the Windows/OS X edition of Mojang's sandbox construction game has now
sold more than 20 million copies (thanks
Gamasutra). Word is they moved over ten thousand copies in the past 24 hours
to hit the milestone: PC/Mac version
20,003,378 people have bought the game.
In the last 24 hours, 10,457 people bought the game.
The
World of Warships official forum has a follow-up to the
recent controversy over the
fulfillment of a Humble Bundle deal for World of Warships (thanks Krovven). The
terms of the sale were changed as it was underway, leaving a lot of customers
unhappy that they were not getting what they thought they were paying for.
Wargaming had previously said they would provide everyone with the Russian ship
at the heart of the deal, and now they have relented about the other virtual
items in the bundle, saying all customers should receive their just rewards over
the next few days. Here's word: We value your support of World of
Warships and we take to heart the feedback you’ve given us over the past week.
Know that we’ve read each and every one of your messages.
As you’re reading this we have begun the process of crediting the full value of
the originally advertised bundle on Humble Bundle. There are many of you who
purchased the E3 Digital Ticket Humble Bundle, so please be patient as we begin
to respond to all of you in waves -- expect about 72 hours to have the goods
reflected on your accounts.
If You Have Already Received the Murmansk*
You will have the following credited to your account in the coming days:
- 7 Days of Premium time
- 5 Port Slots
- 1,000 Doubloons
*This code set can only be redeemed once per account.
PLEASE NOTE: If you have not received the Murmansk on your account yet
and you have redeemed the code, please
file a ticket with
Customer Support and provide your Humble Bundle code.
If You Have Not Redeemed Your Humble Bundle E3 Digital Ticket Code (Available
From 06/15/15 to 06/19/15)*
Continue here to read the full story.
Sierra announces a July 28th release date for King's Quest: A Knight to
Remember, the first chapter in their upcoming remake of the role-playing
classic. Additionally, they announce pre-orders are underway on the
Sierra website for King's Quest
The Complete Collection, which will eventually comprise five chapters.
Here's a new trailer for the
collection, and here's the announcement: Today Sierra™ revealed that the
first chapter of the new King’s Quest™ – titled King’s Quest: A Knight to
Remember – will launch as a digital download in the UK on 28th July or £7.99 on
the PlayStation®4 and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment systems, as well as
Windows PC. It will arrive on 29th July on Xbox One, the all-in-one games and
entertainment system from Microsoft and the Xbox 360 games and entertainment
system from Microsoft. It is rated PEGI 12.
In addition, Sierra today announced that a bundle* of all five chapters,
including a future bonus playable story epilogue, of the new King’s Quest –
named King’s Quest: The Complete Collection* – is now available to pre-order on
the PlayStation®Network and Steam for £31.99. Xbox One pre-orders on the Xbox
Games Store will begin on 7TH July.
Developed by The Odd Gentlemen, King’s Quest rekindles the classic feelings of
exploration, wit and wonder that have always defined this family-friendly series
since its introduction over 30 years ago. The first entry in a planned
five-chapter arc, King’s Quest: A Knight to Remember sets the stage for an
unforgettable journey to come with original places, puzzles and personalities to
discover. As an aging King Graham reflects on a life of adventure with his
granddaughter, Gwendolyn, King’s Quest transports players back to the untold
tales of Graham’s youth to experience a story that bridges generations.
Continue here to read the full story.
A new major patch is now available for Terraria, updating the
side-scrolling sandbox to version 1.3 with new content, new features, and
various improvements. An update on
the
Terraria website has all the details: It has been a long road - one
full of sleepless nights and tiring nights, laughter and tears, successes and
setbacks - but the time has finally come for us to turn our labor of love for
the past year or so over to you, our loyal fans. Terraria 1.3 touches on many
aspects of the game - from re-imagined sprites and backgrounds to new features
and - of course - the new content that you crave - that we truly feel it
refreshes and revitalizes the entire Terraria experience. We are confident that
you will enjoy what it has to offer!
Perhaps most exciting to the team are the ways in which Terraria 1.3 streamlines
the multiplayer experience. Gone are the days of port-forwarding and endless IP
sharing for anyone seeking to connect quickly with their friends for an
ore-hunting session or to team of up that tough boss fight. We have always felt
Terraria was best with a buddy (or ten) - so if you haven't yet, now is an
opportune time to try out multiplayer! (Do note that dedicated servers will
still need to use the standalone server software, which you can download
HERE).
Steam now offers a
playable demo for MotorSport Revolution, the racing game for Windows from
Ghost Machine. The game is designed to take advantage of the fledgling PC
virtual reality scene, though a VR headset is not required to play. Here's an
outline of what the demo offers: This demo contains 3 playable racing
levels from the VR racing game, Motorsport Revolution. This demo is restricted
in the initial racing class, which is the smallest horsepower of all 5 classes
included in the full game. This game is best experienced by playing with a
Oculus Rift VR Headset or a HTC / Valve Vive VR Headset.
The official E3 trailer
for Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth is now online, offering what was
shown privately of the upcoming expansion at the trade show (thanks
PCGamesN). Word is: "Watch the
E3 behind-closed-doors gameplay demonstration of Rising Tide, the exciting
expansion to Civilization: Beyond Earth. View new oceanic gameplay, sponsors,
alien life forms, units and more. " Continue here to read the full story.
Grinding Gear Games announces a July 10th launch date for The Awakening
expansion for Path of Exile, saying
this is the largest expansion to date for their action/RPG. This
new trailer shows off
the add-on, and here's word: Grinding Gear Games, developer of the
critically acclaimed action RPG Path of Exile, today announced that their
largest expansion to date, 'The Awakening,' will launch on Friday, July 10th.
The Awakening has had an incredible Closed Beta period with unprecedented player
and press support. Act Four is finally here, giving players a spectacular new
experience in the dark world of Wraeclast.
This week, Grinding Gear Games unveiled the complete version of Act Four,
containing new areas, monsters, six boss fights, five previously unannounced
skills, 13 end-game maps, two challenge leagues and a climactic multi-stage
encounter with Path of Exile's new end boss!
Continue here to read the full story.
Rockstar Games announces part two of the ILL-GOTTEN GAINS update for GTA
Online is coming to Grand Theft Auto V a week from
tomorrow, and will be followed by another social club weekend event (thanks
Devicer). Here's the plan: The second haul of high-end goods currently en
route to Los Santos' luxury shops and dealerships. We're pleased to announce
that the Ill-Gotten Gains Update: Part Two will arrive for all platforms next
week, on Wednesday July 8th. This new collection of extravagant attire and
potent transportation also includes the debut of the previously PC-exclusive
'The Lab' radio station across all four console platforms.
Stay tuned for more details on next week's update, including particulars for our
second Ill-Gotten Gains Social Club Event Weekend kicking off on Friday, July
10th. For now, check out a sample of what’s coming up via our screenshot gallery
- and for players who didn’t get last year’s
Independence Day Special, look for the return of old favorites at reduced
rates, including the Firework Rocket Launcher.
Metro Conflict
is a new free-to-play MMOFPS in a science fiction setting that's now available
on Steam.
This announcement covers the launch, and here's a bit on the game: "Metro
Conflict is a free-to-play MMOFPS set in the distant future, where players dive
head first into a world drenched in warfare between two factions. Gear yourself
up with 8 playable classes, each equipped with unique skills and weapon sets, to
showcase your abilities in a fast paced, high adrenaline battlefield!"
Roberts Space Industries website introduces a new spaceship for Star
Citizen, Cloud Imperium's upcoming space simulation, though ship may not do
justice to the Genesis, which they call a starliner (thanks
GameSpot). This carries an eye-opening $400 price tag, but they say:
"Potential owners and operators can rest easy: the Starliner is a ship designed
to pay for itself!" Here's more on the starliner: ith proprietary NeoG
engines, the starliner allows for fuel-efficient duration travel. A pair of
remote-operated turrets allow for a good defense, and multiple decks can support
everything from first class lounges to additional cargo capacity. Whether it’s
the centerpiece of a private spaceline or part of a larger system of passenger
transports, the Genesis can be used for a variety of support roles.
Steam News announces
the release of Rise of
Incarnates, offering a two-on-two battle arena. Here's the announcement:
Forged by Bandai Namco, veterans in action games, Rise of Incarnates teams
people up and inspires them to fight for each other. In this F2P 2v2 battle
arena, you will experience unique Incarnate abilities with a rewarding coop
gameplay packed with a rich library of characters and customization.
Stardock announces a release date for Sorcerer King, saying
fantasy-themed. asymmetrical, 4x strategy game is due on July 16th, though the
beta version remains available
on Steam through early
access. This recent
trailer offers a developer stream of gameplay, and the announcement includes
the following description of the game: Stardock, software and video game
developer, announced today that its new fantasy turn-based strategy game
Sorcerer King will release on July 16th.
In the game you play as the leader of a city-state in a world filled with magic
generated by the “shards,” but the self-styled Sorcerer King has begun to
destroy the shards and use their magic in a quest to become a god. You must
build a kingdom and raise a force powerful enough to stop him while at the same
time dealing with rival factions who only care about conquering more land and
resources for themselves. Time is limited: the Doomsday Counter keeps track of
the Sorcerer King’s progress toward godhood. Can you stop him in time?
You’ll don the mantle of one of six powerful sovereigns; the Wizard, the
Commander, the Tyrant, the Guardian, the Priest, or the Tinkerer. You may also
create your a custom sovereign to halt the march towards doomsday. A random map
generator offers unlimited replayability while story-driven quests provide a
rich narrative experience.
City-building, item-crafting, monster battling; all of these familiar tropes are
found in Sorcerer King, but there is a twist: you've already lost the world to
the Sorcerer King. Now you must take it back before he destroys it.
Continue here to read the full story.
RONIN is now available on
Steam, offering the official release of this turn-based action/platformer
after a short run on Early Access, The RONIN
website points the way to the game and its playable demo, and while they
don't mention it, this can be purchased through the
Humble Store
and GOG.com, though GOG.com says it
won't be on sale there until tomorrow. Here's word on the release: "Through the
brief Early Access period, developer Tomasz Waclawek worked directly with the
RONIN community to polish and tweak finer points of movement, combat and flow in
the unique turn-based action game. Additions like UI indicators, jump arc
modications and more open-ended progression through levels came from community
feedback to ultimately evolve a good game into a great one." Here's the
game's launch trailer. Continue here to read the full story.
Trion Worlds announces Devilian, an MMO action/RPG coming to North
America and Europe after several years of successful operation in Korea. This is
the payoff to the teaser website
they launched last week,
which now redirects to the game's official
website. They tout the game's frantic action and social features, saying it
offers chaotic 20 versus 20 PvP battles, crafting and quests, fully-fledged
cities, guilds and multi-guild alliances.
This blog post outlines the plan, but does not offer a release date, saying
they are currently working on localization for alpha and beta testing. Here's
the announcement trailer,
and here's word: Trion Worlds, creators and publishers of legendary MMOs
such as RIFT, Defiance, Trove and ArcheAge are back with a devilish new world
for gamers to immerse themselves in. Proudly announcing their newest partnership
with developer Bluehole Ginno Games, Trion Worlds are bringing hit MMO-ARPG
Devilian to players in North America and Europe.
Devillian combines the frantic nature of an action RPG with all the depth and
social aspects of an MMO. Gamers play the role of the last guardians of Aelkeina
– unique half-devil heroes battling to save their world from a fallen god – and
experience fast-paced, visceral action combat paired with MMO features like
crafting, quests, trading, cities, mounts, pets, guilds, alliances, wars, and
dungeons.
Players can take up arms as rampaging Berserkers, harness destructive magic as
mystical Evokers, wield heavy weapons as keen-eyed Cannoneers, or stalk their
enemies as Shadowhunters brandishing bladed chains. Each Class hides a unique
Devil Form with infernal powers they can master and unleash against their foes.
Additionally players will take part in epic and chaotic 20 vs. 20 PvP battles,
lose themselves in crafting and quests, explore fully-fledged cities, form
guilds with friends, and join multi-guild alliances.
Ready to enter through the gates of this dark world? Visit the
Devilian website for a chance to
join the beta and thousands of players in this vast, free-to-play action MMO-ARPG.
Eternal glory can be yours - unleash the devil within!
Continue here to read the full story.
Today's scheduled maintenance for Heroes of the Storm in North America
concluded sooner than projected, and Blizzard's MOBA is once again online,
offering the first installment in the Diablo-themed Eternal Conflict update,
including a new map and the playable Butcher character. The
Patch Notes outline all the changes. Here's word on the new map: The
conflict between the High Heavens and the Burning Hells has spilled into the
Nexus, breeding a new Battleground that is equal parts righteous and wicked.
Angels, Demons, and now Heroes clash in ceaseless combat in their struggle for
dominance over the Battlefield of Eternity.
- Battlefield of Eternity is a two-lane Battleground
featuring two massive Immortals that battle endlessly at its center, and
teams must compete to defeat the opposing Immortal.
- Once its foe has been toppled, the victorious
Immortal will be restored to full Health, and proceed to seek out enemy
Structures, attacking down the lane with the most remaining defenses.
- An attacking Immortal will also gain a Shield,
proportionate to the amount of Health it had remaining at the end of the
battle.
- The Immortal will perform ranged attacks, which
each consume a portion of its Shield. Taking damage will also drain the
Immortal’s Shield.
- Once its Shield has been expended, the Immortal
will only attack at melee range.
The WB Games Montréal Jobs Board
has listings for a positions to work on a "new open world IP." This was spotted
by
GameSpot, where they note that the reference to a new IP casts doubt on
assumptions that this studio would continue to develop titles in the Arkham
series for alternating for alternating annual releases with Rocksteady's games.
The details indicate this unannounced game will be a cross-platform title using
the Unreal engine.
The Heroes
of the Storm forums announce that the play test realm is now closed as
they are right now in the midst of launching the new
Eternal Conflict
update for the MOBA. Word is: Once the PTR closes, you will no longer
be able to log in to the test realm until our next PTR phase. Thank you all very
much for taking some time to give the PTR a spin during the past week. Your
feedback and bug reporting have been very helpful.
A
CodeWeavers blog post has post from around E3 announcing plans to bring
DirectX 11 support to their CrossOver software that allows Windows emulation on
Linux and OS X computers, which will probably also eventually find its way into
the open-source WINE (thanks
Linux Today via
PC World via Ant). Here's word on the plan where they talk about the games
shown off at E3: How do these games impact Mac and Linux users? Well,
they don't. That's the rub in all of this. Most of these games are PC only.
However, you might still be able to play these titles on your Mac or Linux
computer when they are released later this year using CrossOver. In the coming
months, CodeWeavers will have support for DirectX 11; better controller support;
and further improvements to overall GPU performance. While these incremental
improvements for game support may seem small (at first), the cumulative
improvements for game support will allow for many of these games to 'just run'
when released. And when more games 'just run' in CrossOver, it won't matter if
you're battling against Thor or Apollo using a PC, a Mac, or a Linux computer.
I was playing online with MrKawfy last night when I stated experiencing
intermittent little Internet hiccups. These didn't last more than a few seconds
at a time, but they came every half-hour or so and caused me to disconnect from
the game and Skype at the same time. This behavior is what was fixed when I had
the Internet doctor make a house call about five
weeks ago, but it's not clear yet if I have another problem that needs
repairing, or if this was just a temporary issue that will clear up by itself.
I'm hoping for the latter, but suspecting the former.
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