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Archived News:
CapCom Unity announces that Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen will be
released for PC with full Steam support in January 2016. They offer a high
resolution image gallery and the following details: As of January 2016,
the epic fantasy action-RPG Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen will be available on
Windows PC for $29.99 / € 29.99 / £ 24.99, with full Steam platform support.
Huzzah!
In case you missed it on console, Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen is an awesome,
inspired, sprawling fantasy game set in an open world, where players create
their own unique character and supporting, AI-controlled characters known as
Pawns, which can be “rented” and shared online by other players. Battle giant
mythical beasts, master a variety of distinct vocations, and explore atmospheric
dungeons to uncover endless items and loot.
The PC version will feature stunningly high-res graphics and improved fidelity,
as well as support for both the Xbox 360 and Xbox One controllers, as well as a
traditional keyboard and mouse control scheme.
Heroes of the Storm is
now updated to include Rexxar the warrior, the
newest hero in Blizzard's MOBA. The update introduces a couple of changes they
recently discussed, including the
limit
on the number of players who can queue for Hero League together and the
new silence penalty
for misbehavior. There are a couple of other changes, including a nerf for
Kael'Thas' Chain Bomb talent. As of now, however, they say
they are
working on some issues that have plagued the update.
GOG.com announces preorders are now being accepted for The Witcher 3:
Wild Hunt - Hearts of Stone, in advance of the release of the first full
expansion for CD Projekt RED's RPG sequel on October 13th. They celebrate the
occasion with a new teaser
trailer and a 15% discount for the advance commitment. Here's word: The
Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Hearts of Stone the first of two anticipated epic
expansions, is available for pre-order today with a 15% discount!
In the world of The Witcher, nearly everything that you do matters - once in a
while you may just have to face the heavy consequences of even the briefest
interactions. CD PROJEKT RED have just released the first teaser for the
upcoming The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt expansion: Hearts of Stone, a look at what's
to come, and why the past matters.
A new contract awaits, from the mysterious Merchant of Mirrors. Geralt of Rivia
will take on the impossible: a quest to defeat one man cursed with the power of
immortality - and he'll do so over 10 hours of new adventure, with new
characters, new monsters, new romances, and a whole new storyline for him to
shape.
Continue here to read the full story.
The king is dead, long live the king, as Hammerfall Publishing has released
Warhammer 40,000: Regicide
on Steam, the space
marine strategy game that was in Early Access. A
launch trailer shows
off some gameplay and gore, and the announcement has the details: Indie
studio Hammerfall Publishing is thrilled to announce that Warhammer 40,000:
Regicide, the game that mixes modern tactical combat with classic chess strategy
and the blood-drenched Games Workshop's Warhammer 40,000 Universe, has left
Early Access and has its full launch via Steam
After months of meticulous production, and integrating features requested by
fans, Regicide is moving out of Early Access into full release. The full game
includes new factions for Space Marines and Orks, Acts II and III of the epic
campaign: The Angels of Death, written by author Ross Watson -- and a veritable
bombardment of new gameplay features, enhancements and
refinements!
Continue here to read the full story.
A
Steam Community announcement announces the release of THE NOXX, a new free
DLC pack for Nightside,
OMNIDREAM CREATIONS' real-time strategy game. There's also now a playable
Nightside Demo with a
sampling of the game. Here's word on the expansion: THE NOXX free
DLC is now live! Here are the features that it comes with:
- NIGHTSIDE is now a four races RTS
- players can now play against 2 AIs and/or ally
with an AI in VERSUS AI game mode
- added "free for all" game mode in VERSUS AI
- added 2 more 4 players maps
- added 2 more music tracks
- added "formation move" functionality - groups of
units of different types will now move at the speed of the slowest moving
unit
- improved UI
- added tutorial mission for The Noxx
- a lot of gameplay improvements and bug fixes based
on the community's feedback
Creative Assembly announces
Empires of Sand, a
Culture Pack coming a week from today to
Total War: ATTILA,
the Hun and games installment in their strategy series, saying they also plan on
unveiling some new free content for the game tomorrow.
This trailer is a
cinematic showing off the three new factions this adds, and you can grab your
tea and crumpets and read on for more on the culture this will bring: The
Empires of Sand Culture Pack brings three new playable factions to Total War:
ATTILA. Aksum, Himyar and the Tanukhids. Part of the new Desert Kingdoms
cultural group, the pack also features new campaign and horde gameplay
mechanics, events, enhanced religion features, and adds over fifty unique units
to the grand campaign.
Because of the dramatic impact religious changes had on these cultures in this
period, the Empires of Sand Culture Pack includes a number of changes that
increase the importance of religion including building chains, victory
conditions, events, technologies and overall campaign bonuses.
With new objectives, skills, buildings, religious events, ancillaries and a
series of new narrative event-chains for each faction, the Empires of Sand
Culture Pack features a huge array of new content for ATTILA
players.
Continue here to read the full story.
The Xenocide website heralds
the release of this top-down arena-style survival shooter from Finnish developer
Confused Genius Studios. Here's the game's
most recent trailer,
and here's the elevator pitch: "Xenocide is a fresh take on an arena style survival game that pitches you
against wave after wave of mutated humans who now have quite the appetite for
flesh. Your job is simple, shoot everything that moves and is not 100% human.
Brought to you by a new Indie studio 'Confused Genius Studios' based in Finland,
our first game. You play the role of a hobo who is pitted against unfair odds as
endless waves of undead, aliens and some mutations in between. To balance this
unfair advantage you can select various weapons & power ups of different powered
tiers." Continue here to read the full story.
SMITE is now available on
Steam, offering another way to access Hi-Rez Studios' MOBA. They offer a
tongue-in-cheek trailer
to celebrate the news, and the following word: “The time is right for SMITE on Steam,” said Todd Harris, co-founder and COO
of Hi-Rez Studios. “The platform has evolved to include more quality
free-to-play titles and, most importantly, better ways for users to discover
them. Now is the best time yet to see what SMITE is all about, and we're excited
to make it even easier for the more than 125 million active users worldwide who
call Steam home to dive in for free.”
SMITE on Steam supports seamless server integration with the game’s original
PC infrastructure, allowing both communities to queue and play together
simultaneously. Existing SMITE PC users who wish to play the game on Steam can
do so by simply installing SMITE from within Steam and logging into the game
with their Hi-Rez account, with no account migration required.
Continue here to read the full story.
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Kraken Skulls- Ain't Puttin' Up With This Ship -- Steam Greenlight. "On
the giant squid of life, you are but a tentacle. Splash around with two
unwieldy appendages as you bash, slap, grab, and squirt in a clumsy attempt
to protect the head. In the style of Brothers and The Splits, each tentacle
is controlled by a different hand. Team up with friends to defend the head
before it's destroyed!"
- Hammerwatch on
Steam. Save 75%.
- Killer is Dead - Nightmare Edition on
Steam. Save 80%.
- Max: The Curse of Brotherhood on
Steam. Save 75%.
Happy birthday Star Trek, as the first episode of the original series debuted 49
years ago tonight. Thanks Michael Gray for the reminder.
Link of the Day:
Building A Tiled
Roof Hut. Wilson!!!
An
announcement on Battle.net has details on new reporting options for
Heroes of the Storm and a new penalty for the toxic behavior some players
exhibit. It's possible these updates will come today, as there is an unconfirmed
expectation that the new Rexxar character will be released this afternoon. They
outline new ways misbehavior can be reported, but reassure players they
understand that some unusual heroes may generate complaints, like Murky feeding
or Abathur AFKing, and that that they will take these play styles into account.
They also explain how bad actors will now be "silenced" when appropriate:
THE SILENCE PENALTY
Following our next patch release, any player who is reported multiple times
under the Spam or Abusive Chat categories will, after investigation, receive a
silence penalty. While this penalty is active, the silenced player will find
that their ability to chat with others is greatly limited.
| Silenced Players
Cannot |
Silenced Players
Can |
- Use Allied Chat in-game
- Chat in Hero League Draft Lobbies
- Chat in General Chat channels
- Chat in custom chat channels
- Send Whispers to non-friends
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- Use Party Chat (with invited
players)
- Create, Suggest, and Request to
Join parties
- Send and receive friend requests
- Send Whispers to friends
- Reply to Whispers from
non-friends
- Issue in-game Pings
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The first time a player is silenced, their chat will be restricted for 24
hours. This duration will double for each silence penalty received after the
first, and there is no maximum. This means that players who receive multiple
silence penalties may find themselves unable to chat for a very, very long time.
Silenced players will be notified of the penalty’s remaining duration each time
they log in to Heroes of the Storm, and a new icon will be displayed on their
player portraits in the game’s menus to indicate their silenced status to
others. Players that are in-game when they receive a silence penalty will be
logged out at the end of that game, but will still gain any XP, Gold, or Ranked
Points earned during the previous match.
I am surprised how much it turns out I am looking forward to the debut of
Stephen Colbert's new show tonight. I've long been a fan, but as the Late Show
relaunch has grown nearer, my sense of anticipation has grown, and I am very
excited to see how things turn out.
R.I.P.:
Martin Milner Dead -- 'Adam 12' Actor Dies at 83.
R.I.P.:
‘Our Gang’ actress Jean Darling dies at 93.
R.I.P.: Judy
Carne, star of Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, dies aged 76.
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