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Archived News:
The teaser countdown from Boss Key
Productions now points to this website, revealing
LawBreakers, the free-to-play first-person shooter in the works at this new studio from former Epic design
director Cliff Bleszinski. This includes an
official LawBreakers
announce trailer describing your role in a militant police force set to
protect a gravity-challenged post-apocalyptic utopia that sprang up after "clandestine government
testing" broke the moon ("the shattering" that was part of the tease). However
there is
a note that they've added the ability to register on their forums as LAW,
BREAKERS, or NEUTRAL, and
the announcement makes it clear you can also play as a criminal. Here's
first word on the game codenamed Project Bluestreak: LawBreakers is a competitive team-based FPS set in an alternate future in which
the world has been divided into two factions following a huge cataclysmic event
known as ‘The Shattering’ that changed gravity forever. Afterward, the world
recovered and ushered in a new age technological advancements providing gravity
manipulation and supplement use that grants near-superhuman abilities. Now, the
new technology rages and two forces fight for control; a peacekeeping
organization charged with upholding the law, and a highly-organized crime
syndicate bent on breaking it. Players will be asked to choose a side – it’s LAW
versus BREAKERS.
Continue here to read the full story.
Night Dive Studios is preparing
HD PC remasters of the first two Turok games, presumably after finding DNA from
the dinosaur hunting shooters in an amber-trapped mosquito. They don't have a
release date yet, but express their enthusiasm for the project: Night Dive
Studios, a company specializing in the restoration of classic PC game titles, is
pleased to announce that it will restore and publish modernized versions of two
classic game titles: Turok: Dinosaur Hunter and Turok 2: Seeds of Evil.
Originally developed for PC in 1997 and Nintendo 64 in 1999, both titles will be
re-mastered for today’s modern computers with enhanced graphics and other
improvements. The games will be made available for sale exclusively through
Steam, the Humble Bundle store, GOG (Good Old Games), GamersGate, Greenman
Gaming, and via the Night Dive Studios website.
Stephen Kick, CEO and Founder of Night Dive Studios, explains, “When Turok:
Dinosaur Hunter was first released it was nothing short of revolutionary. To
that point, no game had ever offered the combination of graphics and an open
world environment that Turok featured. We are very excited to have the
opportunity to bring this great franchise back to life and to be able to share
these great titles with today’s gaming audience.”
Hammerfall Publishing announces a new release date for Warhammer 40,000:
Regicide, saying the Warhammer 40K Windows strategy game is now due out of
Early Access on September
8th. The official release of the game
was expected today, so we
inquired if there was an explanation for the setback, and not unexpectedly, the
answer was for a few extra days of polish and testing.
The Orcs Must Die! Unchained
website has details on a new version 2.4 patch that's now available for
the beta of Robot Entertainment's third-person multiplayer action game. This
forum post has the detailed patch notes, and
this post
offers an overview. The new version adds a new hero, and he is shown off in a
new Oziel, the Soul Thief
trailer. Word is the patch has significant changes: "The closed beta of ORCS
MUST DIE! UNCHAINED has undergone some major gameplay changes designed to make
it easier to learn and more engaging to play. These include changes to the way
War Camps run and leadership is generated, adding a new "Pillage" mechanic to
find enemy items on the map for rewards, the addition of a Fog of War, changing
gates to become new repairable barriers, and much more." Continue here to read the full story.
- Cossacks 3 on
YouTube. Video
screenshot #2: Ukraine.
UbiBlog
has the news that the Windows edition of Assassin's Creed Syndicate on
November 19th after previously being expected on October 23rd for all platforms.
Word is they tried really hard to head this off from the beginning, but it
happened anyway: Assassin’s Creed Syndicate will be
releasing on PC worldwide on November 19, less than a month after the PS4 and
Xbox One versions of the game. But why is it coming out after the console
versions? Sam Kovalev, Studio Production Manager at Ubisoft Kiev, tells us the
development team is dedicated to ensuring PC players get the most stable,
optimized version of the game on day one.
“We have introduced several new improvements to our production pipeline and
validation process, which allowed us to focus on polishing, stabilizing and
optimizing the PC version very early on in the project,” says Kovalev. “This has
been one of the top priorities for the production team this year.”
But even with these new processes in place and everything running on schedule,
the team still wants to let Assassin’s Creed Syndicate cook for a little while
longer before releasing it on PC, so as to give players the optimal experience.
“The additional four weeks are for us to really bear down and finalize all of
the polish and optimization, to make sure the game and all of its systems are
stable when it launches, so it runs smoothly for all players starting on day
one,” explains Kovalev.
The team in Kiev is working to accommodate the myriad PC setups as they optimize
the game. Kovalev tells us that PC requirements are still being finalized, and
said that there will be no locks on the game as far as framerate and resolution
goes. The recommended system requirements will target 1080p and 30 FPS.
Also on
UbiBlog is word that the second closed beta test for Might & Magic Heroes
VII is underway, and will run until September 2nd. They celebrate the occasion
with a recent trailer
and the following word: Might & Magic Heroes VII has kicked off its second
closed beta! Head out onto the battlefield from now through September 2 at 12
p.m. CET and receive unlimited access to the game, with no maximum level. Spend
more time with the Haven and Academy factions, and try your hand at the Sylvan
and Dungeon factions for the first time.
In addition to two new factions, the second closed beta will also open up two
new Skirmish maps: the Fire & Blood and the Irresponsible War. You will be able
to explore those as well as the Dried Lands and the Bad Neighbors, which were
playable in the first closed beta. You can still join the closed beta if you
aren’t already playing. All you have to do is pre-order Might & Magic Heroes VII
for guaranteed access or join the waiting list.
Continue here to read the full story.
Techland is now offering a free demo of Dying Light, which includes three
hours of new co-op content in the zombie game for PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation
4. The Windows and SteamOS/Linux editions are available
on Steam, where they
have
this announcement, while the announcement sent to us is a bit more
expansive: Techland announced today that a free demo of its
critically-acclaimed zombie game Dying Light is now globally available to
download on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and the PC. The demo lets players explore
most of the Slums area and offers 3 hours of unique content, including one story
quest chain and a number of side quests, challenges, and random encounters. It
also features all the core gameplay mechanics of Dying Light, such as the
day&night cycle, parkour-based Natural Movement system, creative brutality and
crafting. Additionally, the demo supports online co-op mode for up to 4 players.
You can download the demo from the PlayStation Store, the Xbox One Store or
Steam today.
“With the demand for Dying Light still high after more than half a year on the
market, we wondered what else we could do to help players decide which game to
buy – says producer Tymon Smektała. – Then we thought: demoes were pretty much a
standard in the previous generation, but suddenly they’ve become few and far
between. So we decided to use some of our resources to release a demo now and
let everyone experience our game first-hand.”
The promised
Kickstarter campaign is now underway for Divinity: Original Sin 2,
Larian Studios' planned continuation of their RPG series (thanks Sauron). The
campaign launched around 90 minutes ago, and is already over a quarter of the
way to its $500K funding goal. Here's randomly bolded word: An
epic RPG with turn-based combat, cooperative/competitive multiplayer; sequel to
Divinity: Original Sin, Gamespot's PC Game of 2014.
Thank you for taking the time to check out Divinity: Original Sin 2, our biggest
and most ambitious RPG to date!
A couple of quick facts about the game:
- Divinity: Original Sin 2 is a single-
and multiplayer top-down, party-based role-playing game with pen &
paper RPG-like levels of freedom. It features turn-based combat,
a strong focus on systematic gameplay and a well-grounded
narrative.
- Divinity: Original Sin 2 is the sequel to
the critically acclaimed Divinity: Original Sin, winner of
over 150 Game of the Year awards and nominations. Winner of
GameSpot’s “PC Game of The Year 2014”.
- Divinity: Original Sin 2 is currently in
development for PC in English. Subtitles will be available in German,
French, and Russian. Other platforms and languages may be announced at a
later stage, once development is more advanced.
GOG.com
announces the release of a bunch of classic games from Bethesda Softworks on
their DRM-free marketplace. These consist of the first two DOOMs.
QUAKE, the return of the first three Fallouts, and several Elder
Scrolls games, including a couple of freebies with any purchase. Here's
word: Today, we're happy to start a blooming new partnership with Bethesda Softworks,
one that brings an impressive lineup of their unforgettable games to our
DRM-free platform, and plenty of guts and nuclear smiles to our faces.
We're teaming up to release some of the greatest hits from the Bethesda vault,
some DRM-free for the first time ever. Eleven new arrivals include The Elder
Scrolls and two digital-distribution premieres, totally retro id Software
shooters, plus the long-awaited return of the Fallout franchise! To make the day
even sweeter, The Elder Scrolls: Arena and The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall will
be added to your game shelf entirely for free when you buy any Bethesda game.
The Elder Scrolls, perched high up among the most famous video-game worlds ever
created, are now DRM-free and updated for your modern computer - you can
purchase all three to receive a 33% discount.:
--The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind - Game of the Year Edition.
--The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard - digital distribution premiere.
--The Elder Scrolls: Battlespire - digital distribution premiere.
--The Elder Scrolls: Arena - FREE with any Bethesda purchase.
--The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall - FREE with any Bethesda purchase,
too.
Megahit id Software first-person shooters join the fray - also 33% off if
you grab all three:
--Quake including Mission Pack 1 and Mission Pack 2
--The Ultimate DOOM
--DOOM II + Master Levels for Doom II + Final DOOM
And last we find that goodbyes are not forever (and that war never changes).
Fallout, the premiere post nuclear role playing game franchise is finally
back on GOG.com! Save 66% if you complete your collection in one purchase.
--Fallout
--Fallout 2
--Fallout Tactics
The bundle promos end on Wednesday, September 2, 12:59 PM GMT.
Stream watch:
We'll be showing off many of these fresh and returning releases on
our Twitch channel! Follow us (or track
our dedicated streaming Twitter)
to not miss 'em!
Norwegian developer Funcom announces The Park, a horror game set in an amusement
park coming to Windows this October, noting this will be their first
single-player experience since Dreamfall: The Longest Journey in 2006. The
official The Park website is online,
offering some details and
a brief teaser trailer, and while they don't come out and say so,
Rock, Paper, Shotgun has a confirmation from Funcom that this game uses the
same setting as their MMORPG The Secret World. Here's the announcement:
Amusement parks are happy places, filled with the innocent joys of
childhood and the exhilarating rush of hair-raising, but safe adventure.
Balloons, cotton candy and fantastic rides to be dared. Perhaps that is how
Lorraine pictured it too when she brought her son Callum to one... just before
it descended into the most terrifying nightmare of her life.
Funcom is thrilled to announce 'The Park', a unique horror story and the
company's first single-player experience since its award-winning adventure
'Dreamfall: The Longest Journey'. Releasing on the PC in October this year, 'The
Park' puts you in the shoes of a mother whose son goes missing. When night falls
and the lights go out, what follows is a short, but intense horror story set
against the backdrop of an amusement park where a dark and sinister secret is
just waiting to be uncovered.
"It has been very exciting and creatively energizing for us working on a
single-player experience again," says Funcom CEO Rui Casais. "'The Park' is
actually the outcome of what started with a small group of developers
experimenting with new concepts and looking at how we could draw upon the
universes we have built for our massively multiplayer online games and expand
upon them into smaller-scale single-player games. Something special started to
take shape, and 'The Park' ultimately became something we are eager to share
with the rest of the world."
Continue here to read the full story.
Battle.net
announces that Infernal Shrines should launch today, offering a new
Diablo-themed map for Heroes of the Storm, their MOBA. They also
announce that the Battlefield of Eternity map that was pulled
due to bugs will return to the map rotation, which will be pared down to
allow more play in the new map (which has
reported issues
of its own). Here's word on how they will create map fatigue in an effort to
prevent map fatigue: We’re planning to make our newest Battleground,
Infernal Shrines, available for play in all game modes starting on Wednesday,
August 26. At that time, we’re also going to temporarily reduce the size of our
normal Battleground pool for one week in order to increase the chances that
you’ll be able to play on Infernal Shrines when you queue for matchmaking. The
six Battlegrounds we’ve selected for this rotation are listed below.
Battleground Rotation: August 26 – September 2
- Infernal Shrines
- Battlefield of Eternity
- Cursed Hollow
- Dragon Shire
- Sky Temple
- Tomb of the Spider Queen
While Blackheart’s Bay, Haunted Mines, and Garden of Terror will not be
available in matchmaking game modes during this time, you can still play on them
using Custom Games. We’ll let you know once Infernal Shrines and the temporary
Battleground Rotation have been enabled.
Xbox LIVE's Major Nelson announces that the Windows and Xbox editions of the
Call of Duty: Black Ops III closed beta launch today, offering a
previously released
trailer and noting that access to this is restricted to those who preorder
the military shooter sequel. A
post by Treyarch (thanks
MP1st) has word for PC gamers on what to expect, including minimum system
specifications: We are super excited to put the Black Ops 3 PC Beta in
your hands more than 2 months before the game launches on November 6.
It’s been said before over the last week, but it bears repeating: the Beta
represents a mere fraction of what you can expect on November 6 when the full
game launches. A Beta affords us the opportunity to test hardware compatibility,
networking, default settings, and other systems – while at the same time,
allowing you to get your hands on the game and provide the kind of feedback that
can make for the best Day One possible.
How can you contribute? Well, there are a few ways:
- Twitter: We’ll have our ear to the @Treyarch Twitter machine and
we’ll be interested to hear your thoughts on everything from gameplay to
bugs.
- Twitter: For technical issues, feel free to Tweet at @ATVIAssist
- Forums: Check for the Black Ops III Beta section
here.
Because you’re a PC player, you know that this is a different animal from
console development. So, there are a few things you should know about the Black
Ops 3 PC Beta…
Final optimizations and final Advanced Graphics features are not included in the
PC Beta; however, you can expect that these will be in the final game. We
typically spend the last couple of months before launch finalizing graphics
features and optimizations on PC. Also, the final optimized drivers from our
hardware partners will also come later. (Because this isn’t your first rodeo,
you know that this is normal.)
Continue here to read the full story.
Yesterday was the 40th anniversary of the release of Born to Run. I guess
it's a sign that popular music has matured that Bruce Springsteen's magnum opus
can still be relevant today. Compare this to the most popular song 40 years
before the release of BtR in 1975, which was Cheek to Cheek by Fred
Astaire.
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