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Archived News:
SEGA announces plans to release a PC edition of
Sonic Lost World on November 2nd, calling this a "fully optimized PC
port" of the action/platformer. They have opened up
preorders, and offer two games as bonuses for those who take part. Here's
word: SEGA Europe Ltd and SEGA of America are pleased to announce that
Sonic Lost World™ will be available for PC as a digital download from November
2nd with a fantastic pre-order incentive going live from today. Users who
pre-order Sonic Lost World from participating digital retailers will receive
Sonic and All Star Racing Transformed absolutely free.
Originally released for Wii U in 2013, the PC port of Sonic Lost World will
feature full controller support, Steam Achievements, Cloud Save, leaderboard
functionality, interchangeable keyboard prompts depending on whether you play
with controller or mouse and keyboard and widescreen and high resolution
implementation. More importantly though, it will feature the Nightmare DLC and
the whole package will cost just £19.99/$24.99/€22.99?
Sonic Lost World sees Dr. Eggman harnessing the power of six menacing creatures
known as the Deadly Six, but when the Deadly Six rise up against their master,
Sonic has to unite with his arch nemesis in order to take on the new enemies
head-to-head. Using his dynamic new parkour moves and improved Colour Powers,
Sonic must run, jump and race through a variety of ever changing terrains in
order to defeat the Deadly Six.
“We’re delighted to be able to bring Sonic Lost World to PC.” Said John Clark,
VP of Commercial Publishing for SEGA Europe; “This is the latest in a string of
high quality PC ports of past SEGA titles that we will be building on in the
coming months and years.”
Battle.net announces the
promised version 3.0 patch is now available for StarCraft II, adding a load of
changes and improvements to the real-time strategy sequel, and offering the
complete patch notes. They
also announce the release of Whispers of Oblivion, the promised free
campaign to bridge the gap between Heart of the Swarm and Legacy of the Void.
Here's word: These missions serve as an introduction to the campaign, and help bridge the
story between Heart of the Swarm and Legacy of the Void. In Whispers of
Oblivion, players will take part in the story of Zeratul for the first time
since Wings of Liberty. Therein, they’ll seek to unravel the final piece of the
Xel’naga prophecy. If you want to learn more about what’s to come in Whispers of
Oblivion, we’ve created this video to catch you up to speed:
Continue here to read the full story.
Introversion Software announces the official release of Prison Architect, as the
incarceration simulation has finally busted out of early access with the release of
version 1.0, which carries a 33% launch discount. There's a brand-new
trailer for the
game on its
official website where they offer this description of the game: Build
and manage a Maximum Security Prison. As the sun casts it’s early morning rays
on a beautiful patch of countryside the clock starts ticking. You’ve got to
crack on and build a holding cell to detain the job lot of maximum security
prisoners that are trundling to your future prison on their yellow bus.
As your workmen lay the last brick you don’t have a moment to let them rest as
they need to get started on the first proper cell block so you can make room for
the next prisoner intake. Once they’ve all got a place to lay their weary heads
the fun can really start. You’ll need a canteen, infirmary and a guard room, oh,
and don’t forget to plumb in a toilet, or things will get messy, but what about
a workout area? Or solitary confinement cells? Or an execution chamber?
Inspired by Dungeon Keeper, Dwarf Fortress and Theme Hospital and with over 1
million players having spent time inside, Prison Architect is the world’s best
lock-em-up.
Continue here to read the full story.
GOG.com now features a
launch trailer from The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Hearts of Stone,
celebrating next week's release of the new expansion for CD Projekt RED's RPG
sequel. Here's the accompanying blurb: In which things become more clear,
and then more confounding.
Prepare for your new adventure - Hearts of Stone is nearly here. The team at CD
PROJEKT RED has just released the full trailer for their upcoming expansion to
the Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
Hearts of Stone is set to feature over 10 hours of new adventure, both exciting
and peculiar new stories to discover, and new (and returning) characters to meet
and romance.
You can pre-order
The
Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Hearts of Stone the first of two anticipated epic
expansions, today with a 15% discount!
Activision Publishing announces the release of Transformers: Devastation,
a new brawler video game based on the cartoon/toy/movie franchise. The
Transformers Game website has
details on where this can be picked up along with
this launch trailer.
Here's the deal: TRANSFORMERS: Devastation moves at a breakneck pace:
rocket through danger in vehicle mode before bursting into robot mode to unleash
a barrage of close-quarters combos and blaster fire. Tackle the game’s gripping
single-player campaign and 50 highly challenging bonus missions with any of five
playable heroes – OPTIMUS PRIME, BUMBLEBEE, SIDESWIPE, WHEELJACK and GRIMLOCK.
Each of these characters can be evolved with new abilities, unique talents and
more than 150 upgradeable weapons.
Brought to life with bold, cel-shaded artwork, TRANSFORMERS: Devastation
features legendary TRANSFORMERS voice actors like Dan Gilvezan as BUMBLEBEE,
Frank Welker as MEGATRON and SOUNDWAVE, Michael Bell as SIDESWIPE, Gregg Berger
as GRIMLOCK, and Peter Cullen as OPTIMUS PRIME. As the fates of Earth and
Cybertron collide, the noble AUTOBOTS must face off against the DECEPTICONS’
most ruthless champions in an original adventure from veteran TRANSFORMERS
writer Andy Schmidt that expands the series’ ongoing Combiner Wars story
arc.
Continue here to read the full story.
Wadjet Eye Games announces Shardlight is the next game from the developer
of the Blackwell series, saying this will come to Windows in Spring 2016, with
other platforms to follow.
Their website has
information, screenshots, and
this debut trailer.
Here's word on the game: The world ended on the day the bombs fell. Since
then, it's always been like this: disease, hunger, death. The ruling Aristocrats
-- a faceless oligarchy that controls all resources -- have unchallenged
authority. There's never enough food, water, or vaccine to go around. The rich
receive regular doses of vaccinations in exchange for their unconditional
government support. The poor live in fear, superstition, and squalor until they
die.
Amy Wellard, a young woman reluctantly working for the government to qualify for
the vaccine lottery, believes there's a cure -- and she's going to find it. Even
if it costs her her life.
Continue here to read the full story.
Publisher Daedalic Entertainment and developer Mandragora have released
Skyhill on Steam,
offering a 10% discount on this Windows and OS X Roguelike-like. Here is
the official release
trailer, and here's a description of the game: Skyhill is a noir
survival roguelike in an apocalyptic setting, published by Daedalic and
developed by Mandragora. Players will walk in the shoes of Perry who survived
World War III and now also an atrocious assault with bio-weapons. He survived,
because he resided in the penthouse suite of the high class Skyhill Hotel when
the world began to change for the worse. Mutants lurk everywhere, eager to rip
anyone to shreds with their claws. Scavenging for supplies, Perry has to fight
his way through the 100 hazardous floors of the Skyhill Hotel.
Features:
- The only game of its kind: Skyhill is not "just
another survival-game", but gets individuality through its design, artwork
and gaming concept
- The claustrophobic setting of the Skyhill Hotel
creates a very special feeling of desperation
- Interesting and unusual genre-mix (RPG,
Point&Click, Survival)
- Survival aspect: hunger & crafting are central
elements, there's more to this than winning the next fight
- Different difficulty modes and endings make
Skyhill highly replayable
BioWare announces the release of the Dragon Age: Inquisition Game of the Year
Edition, which combines the RPG and all of its DLC and add-ons into one
convenient bundle. Here's the news: The definitive Dragon Age™:
Inquisition experience has arrived! Today, BioWare released the Dragon Age:
Inquisition – Game of the Year Edition, including every piece of downloadable
content made available since launch. This is the perfect gift at a great value
for fans that have yet to step into the role of the Inquisitor, to lead a team
of heroes and save the world of Thedas from the brink of chaos. Dragon Age:
Inquisition – Game of the Year Edition is available on Xbox One, the all-in-one
games and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®4 computer
entertainment system and PC via Origin™ for only $59.99.
Dragon Age: Inquisition – Game of the Year Edition includes:
- Every DLC – This edition includes all the story
and gameplay DLC content ever released, including Jaws of Hakkon, The
Descent, and the recently released epilogue, Trespasser
- All Official Add-Ons – Customize your inquisition
further with specialized gear, legendary weapons, diverse mounts, and unique
elements from every official add-on including: Spoils of the Avvar, Spoils
of the Qunari, and the Deluxe Edition upgrades
Winner of over 160 awards, including more than 130 Global Game of the Year
wins, Dragon Age: Inquisition is set in an epic, dark fantasy world where
players are empowered to shape and drive their experience. The game combines the
storytelling legacy BioWare is known for with deep RPG gameplay, all on a brand
new RPG game engine underpinned by EA's cutting edge Frostbite™ 3
technology.
This trailer from
SMITE offers a new God reveal for Hi-Rez
Studios' MOBA, introducing us to Sol. Here's word on her abilities: Sol,
Goddess of the Sun is here to light up SMITE, the Battlefield of the Gods.
Spirited, passionate and driven by an age-old grudge, Sol will quickly torch
those who are caught off guard by her impressive abilities.
Sol’s passive is called Unstable Manifestation. For every basic attack she will
gain Heat, which provides a boost in attack speed and magical power. At 100%
Heat Sol will gain a +35% damage boost to her basic attacks. All that built up
rage is dispensed when Sol unleashes her Ultimate, Supernova. Unleashing flame
and fury from the sky, enemies are struck up to 8 times along a moveable ground
target location.
Continue here to read the full story.
Battle.net announces
plans to release Artanis for Heroes of the Storm on October 27th,
offering the chance to buy this new StarCraft-based warrior for their MOBA. They
also say that those who are
entitled to a free Artanis because they preordered StarCraft II: Legacy
of the Void will gain access to the hero a week early on October 20th. They
also offer this new post
celebrating today's launch of their newest hero, Lt. Morales, the StarCraft
medic.
Here's a new animated
trailer celebrating the 15th anniversary of the Deus Ex franchise. Word is:
"Gaming’s perpetual window to the future, the Deus Ex franchise, has long been
regarded as one of the most innovative series ever created. From JC Denton to
Adam Jensen, we’re looking back at 15 years of Deus Ex with a unique animated
trailer, recreating some of the most iconic scenes from the series. " Continue here to read the full story.
A new splash intro on the Ubisoft website
confirms that yesterday's
teases were for a prehistoric installment in the Far Cry series Ubisoft is
calling Far Cry Primal. The page points to the
Far Cry website where they are
already accepting preorders for the game, which is expected for consoles on
February 23, 2016, with the Windows release is currently ambitiously planned for
March 2016. They also offer
an official reveal
trailer, which is also posted on
the Ubiblog along
with the following: Far Cry Primal takes you back to the Stone Age when
man was definitely not at the top of the food chain. Danger lurked around every
corner during the daytime, and nighttime brought a fresh set of terrors. It is
in the untamed land of Oros that you meet Takkar, the sole survivor of an ambush
on his hunting group. Now on his own in a treacherous world, Takkar will face
massive mammoths, savage sabretooth tigers, hostile bands of rival hunters, and
countless other threats as he attempts to re-unite his lost tribe.
Like any good hunter, Takkar carries an extensive set of survival skills,
including the ability to craft tools and weapons from the bones of the beasts he
slays and the resources he gathers in the wild. These are not only crucial for
his own safety against predators (both human and animal), they’re also essential
in maintaining the safety of his tribe. Takkar will need to guard his fledgling
group carefully to ensure its survival and growth.
Like every Far Cry before it, Far Cry Primal takes place in a massive open
world, and Takkar’s adventure will take him through a number of landscapes,
ranging from swamps to redwood cedar forests, and when nightfall comes to Oros,
fire may be the only thing standing between Takkar and a particularly sharp set
of teeth or the jagged tip of a spear. The use of fire is perhaps just as
important, if not more important, than the weapons Takkar crafts. In addition to
using it for protection at night, he can use it for additional tactical options
when assaulting beasts or infiltrating enemy outposts.
Continue here to read the full story.
The new patch is now live in Heroes of the Storm, updating Blizzard's
team brawler/MOBA with a number of balance changes and the addition of the new
Lt. Morales support character.
Battle.net has the patch notes that have been updated since the PTR notes
were previously posted. Word is: "We’ve just released a new patch for Heroes of
the Storm, which brings a new Hero, art and user interface updates, balance
changes, and much more to the game."
The
Deus Ex blog tells us they will take to Twitch today at noon eastern time to
reveal more about Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, the upcoming RPG sequel in a new
episode of Deus Ex Television. That covers the whole announcement, as all they
say is: "Join us tomorrow on
www.twitch.tv/deusex for a 1-hour DXTV program! We’ll have new info on Deus
Ex: Mankind Divided and more to share."
GameSpot has word from DICE that Star Wars Battlefront will not
feature microtransactions. They asked Battlefront design director Niklas
Fegraeus about indications they might be included, and he told them
that microtransactions are "not part of the core design" of the action game, and
that the in-game credit system is there to reward game activities. On a related
note,
Origin now offers system specifications for the Windows edition of
Battlefront (thanks
DSOGaming). Here are the specs to run the game. May the Force be with you:
Minimum PC System Requirements
OS: 64-bit Windows 7 or later
Processor (Intel): Intel i3 6300T or equivalent
Memory: 8GB RAM
Hard Drive: At least 40 GB of free space
Graphics card (NVIDIA): nVidia GeForce GTX 660 2GB
Graphics card (ATI): ATI Radeon HD 7850 2GB
DirectX: 11.0 Compatible video card or equivalent
Online Connection Requirements: 512 KBPS or faster Internet connection
Recommended PC System Requirements
OS: 64-bit Windows 10 or later
Processor (Intel): Intel i5 6600 or equivalent
Memory: 16GB RAM
Hard Drive: At least 40 GB of free space
Graphics card (NVIDIA): nVidia GeForce GTX 970 4GB
Graphics card (AMD): AMD Radeon R9 290 4GB
DirectX: 11.1 Compatible video card or equivalent
Online Connection Requirements: 512 KBPS or faster Internet
connection
Cloud Imperium Games
demanded a
retraction from The Escapist after the site
recently posted an article
attributing negative quotes about the Star Citizen project to current and
former CIG employees. Yesterday's deadline for the retraction has come and gone,
and instead of backtracking, the site has posted a defiant update
to the article in question, saying: Update: The Escapist,
notwithstanding Cloud Imperium Games' notice and posting, stands by its coverage
of Star Citizen and intends to continue to investigate the developing
story. Since publishing our original stories, we have been contacted by, and are
currently interviewing, additional sources corroborating a variety of the
reported allegations. Additionally, if Mr. Roberts' offer for The Escapist
to "meet the developers making the game and see how we're building one of the
most ambitious PC games first hand" remains open, we take the opportunity to
accept such invitation so as to hopefully provide the public with sufficient
information and opportunity to vet such sources' allegations and claims for
themselves. We have also communicated the foregoing directly to Cloud Imperium
Games.
The
GeForce website announces a choice of Assassin's Creed Syndicate or
Rainbow Six Siege is the new promotion accompanying the purchase of new
GTX graphics cards. Here's word: It’s the final few months of the year,
and as always that means a rush of new triple-A games that promise to excite and
delight over the Holiday season. This year, Ubisoft's
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate and
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege are vying for glory. And to ensure the
definitive versions are found on PC we’ve teamed up with Ubisoft once again to
add NVIDIA GameWorks effects to each, bringing richer, more detailed experiences
to your desktop.
Enabling ultra settings and GameWorks effects at higher resolutions will require
serious pixel-pushing prowess, as you can imagine, so for many an upgrade will
be in order. From today, if you
upgrade your system with a
GeForce
GTX 980 or
970,
or purchase a new
GeForce GTX 970M or higher notebook, you opt for bullets or blades to
receive a free downloadable copy of Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, or Tom Clancy's
Rainbow Six Siege.
UbiBlog now
offers a new trailer
showing off the upcoming Wild Hunt expansion for The Crew,
Ubisoft's open-world driving game. The clip shows off the summit competition,
and here's word: Put your monster truck, motorcycle, dragster and drift
racing skills to the test. Compete in challenging on- and off-road races and in
head-spinning stunt courses to earn your Qualifier Medals for The Summit Finale.
Winners of the first edition of The Summit can earn a Lotus Evora GTE as an
exclusive reward.
Yeah, so today is Rock Band 4 release day, but there never was any follow-up
about the missing online multiplayer support, so I am just holding off (weirdly,
most reviews make no mention of this omission). I'm sad that this is the case,
and I still am in complete disbelief of Harmonix' contention that online play
was an underused feature, so hopefully they will come through with a patch to
add online MP, as that's all it will take to get me to pick this up.
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