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Archived News:
The Steam: Game and Player
Statistics page shows the Fallout 4 has already achieved a peak of
445,546 simultaneous players, which
Polygon notes is a record for a non-Valve title on the service. According to
Steam Charts the previous
record-holder was Grand Theft Auto V, which peaked at 360,761 concurrent
users shortly after launch.
This graph puts this
information in visual form, though the line graph is not particularly suited to
the data.
GuildWars2.com has details on Spirit Vale, a new update coming to Guild Wars
2 on November 17th, adding raids, among other things, to ArenaNet's MMORPG
sequel. In addition to these 10-player raids, the new version will also bring an
enhanced squad UI, a new zone, and legendary rewards. Word is: Spirit
Vale represents the first of three raid wings that will ultimately form the
first full raid in Guild Wars 2, introducing a new style of challenging content.
Raids in Heart of Thorns will be unlike anything players have experienced
before, as 10-player challenges designed to deliver epic encounters and rich
rewards for skilled players, and with game play rooted in everything that sets
Guild Wars 2 apart from other MMOs.
UbiBlog now offers
minimum and recommended system specifications for the Windows edition of Tom
Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, the next installment in the tactical shooter
series, which is due on December 1st. Here they are: MINIMUM
Supported OS
Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 (64bit versions required)
Processor
Intel Core i3 560 @ 3.3 GHz or AMD Phenom II X4 945 @ 3.0 GHz
RAM
6GB
Video Card
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or AMD Radeon HD 5870 (DirectX-11 compliant with 1GB of
VRAM) [See list of supported video cards down below]
DVD ROM Drive
DVD-ROM Dual Layer
Sound
DirectX® 9.0c compatible sound card with latest drivers
Hard Drive
30GB
Multiplayer
Broadband connection with 256kbps upstream or faster
RECOMMENDED
Supported OS
Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 (64bit versions required)
Processor
Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.3 GHz or better or AMD FX-8120 @ 3.1 Ghz or better
RAM
8GB
Video Card
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 (or GTX 760 / GTX 960) or AMD Radeon HD 7970 (or R9 280x
[2GB VRAM] / R9 380 / Fury X) [See list of supported video cards down below]
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Valve announces that today marks the official launch of their line of
Steam Hardware in a number
of territories. Here's the news: Valve today announces the official
launch of its line of Steam Hardware devices in the US, Canada, UK, and Europe.
A leading platform for PC, Mac, and Linux games, Steam offers more than 6,000
titles to millions of gamers around the world. The Steam Controller, Steam Link,
and Steam Machines are a collection of hardware devices designed to expand the
Steam gaming experience into any room in the home.
Earlier this fall, Valve announced dedicated Steam Sections in most GameStop,
GAME UK, and EB Games stores. The sections will feature the Steam Hardware
devicesas well as a variety of Steam prepaid cards. In addition, Steam Machines
will be available from their respective PC manufacturers, and the Steam
Controller and Link are available via Amazon and directly from Steam.
About the Steam Hardware devices:
Steam Controller -- An innovative input device that allows you to play games
from all genres, including traditional gamepad style games as well as games
usually reserved for play with a mouse and keyboard. Steam Controllers are
wireless, completely configurable, and available for a suggested retail price of
$49.99/?54.99/£39.99/$59.99CAD.
Steam Link -- The Steam Link allows Steam gamers to easily expand the range of
their current gaming set up via their home network. Connecting any TV to your
Steam host PC or Steam Machine, the Steam Link allows you to stream your games
anywhere via your home network, and is available for a suggested retail price of
$49.99/?54.99/£39.99/$59.99CAD.
Steam Machines -- Available from Alienware, Zotac, Cyberpower, and other
manufacturers, Steam Machines can serve as a stand-alone device for enjoying the
Steam gaming experience in one box, with more than 1,500 titles available for
native play. In addition, Steam Machines have the ability to broadcast and
receive In Home Streaming, allowing you to stream your games to a Steam Link, or
receive a stream from another Steam Machine or PC. Steam Machines will vary in
price, offering a range of hard drive sizes, graphics performance, and more.
Starting at $449.99.
Paradox Interactive announces that the OS X and Linux/SteamOS editions of
Magicka 2 are now out of beta. This isn't mentioned yet
on Steam, but the game
page now sports logo for the OSes, and word is cross platform play is supported
between Windows, Linux, and OS X. They also note the game supports Steam
Hardware in their typically punny fashion: "In addition, Magicka 2 will run on
the newly available Steam Box with full Steam controller support, enabling
players to use a Steam Box in Steam OS to cast Steam on their friends (who may
become steamed)."
NeoGAF has
images purportedly from a canceled Jurassic World game said to have been
in the works at Cryptic Seattle before the studio was closed. They have .gifs
showing character and dinosaur running animations, and say this would have been
a third-person Unreal Engine game where the player would have controlled Chris
Pratt's character from the movie. Thanks
DSOGaming.
The
League of Legends website has a new champion reveal for Illaoi, the
Kraken Priestess. They don't say when she will be added to Riot's MOBA, but they
offer screenshots and details on her kit and playstyle. Here's an overview: Most
champions arm themselves with swords or guns or magic or whatever, but Illaoi’s
bringing a freakin’ god to the Rift. One of the new breed of juggernauts, she’s
a slow but impactful solo laner in any game, with tentacles that offer huge zone
control once they worm their way into a game. And while she lacks traditional
gap closers to start fights, she can pull the spirits from distant squishies and
destroy them, rendering yet another vessel for Illaoi’s god, Nagakabouros.
Steam News announces
that Fallout 4 is now
available. They say: "Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of
Fallout 3 and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, welcome you to the world of Fallout 4
– their most ambitious game ever, and the next generation of open-world gaming."
Here's the rest of the game's official description: As the sole survivor
of Vault 111, you enter a world destroyed by nuclear war. Every second is a
fight for survival, and every choice is yours. Only you can rebuild and
determine the fate of the Wasteland. Welcome home.
Key Features:
- Freedom and Liberty!
Do whatever you want in a massive open world with hundreds of locations,
characters, and quests. Join multiple factions vying for power or go it
alone, the choices are all yours.
- You’re S.P.E.C.I.A.L!
Be whoever you want with the S.P.E.C.I.A.L. character system. From a Power
Armored soldier to the charismatic smooth talker, you can choose from
hundreds of Perks and develop your own playstyle.
- Super Deluxe Pixels!
An all-new next generation graphics and lighting engine brings to life the
world of Fallout like never before. From the blasted forests of the
Commonwealth to the ruins of Boston, every location is packed with dynamic
detail.
- Violence and V.A.T.S.!
Intense first or third person combat can also be slowed down with the new
dynamic Vault-Tec Assisted Targeting System (V.A.T.S) that lets you choose
your attacks and enjoy cinematic carnage.
- Collect and Build!
Collect, upgrade, and build thousands of items in the most advanced crafting
system ever. Weapons, armor, chemicals, and food are just the beginning -
you can even build and manage entire settlements.
Battle.net has word that
Legacy of the Void is now available, offering the final chapter in the
three-part release of StarCraft II, the real-time strategy sequel. For
those who prefer to watch,
this post outlines a schedule of broadcasts coming from various streamers.
This post features
launch day patch notes, and links for
Patch
and Installation Troubleshooting,
Connection and Latency Troubleshooting, and a
Known Issues List.
Here's word: Players who have purchased Legacy of the Void now have
access to all of its content.
- Witness the conclusion to the StarCraft II
trilogy.
- Command the noble Protoss to save the galaxy
over the course of 19 exciting missions that span multiple worlds.
- Take control of the ancient Protoss arkship,
the Spear of Adun, to call down devastating strikes directly onto the
battlefield.
- Explore mysterious new planets with the
addition of eight new and vibrant tilesets.
- After you’ve completed the Legacy of the Void
campaign, experience the resolution to the storylines of Jim Raynor,
Sarah Kerrigan, and Artanis in “Into the Void”, the 3-mission epilogue
campaign to Legacy of the Void and the capstone to the epic story that
begun in the original StarCraft.
- Compete in the definitive version of the StarCraft
II multiplayer experience.
- Six new units have been added across the
Terran, Protoss, and Zerg races.
- A number of existing units from both Wings of
Liberty and Heart of the Swarm have been retrofitted with new abilities
and upgrades.
- Wage war across 10 new multiplayer maps with
more to come in each new ladder season.
-
New game mode: Co-op Missions
- Play cooperatively with your friend, or be
paired with a partner of your skill level.
- You each select one of StarCraft’s legendary
commanders, which defines your army options.
- Work together on a campaign-style mission,
with objectives that need to be completed in order to win.
- Completing missions gains you experience and
levels up your commander.
- As levels are unlocked, gain new powerful
abilities that increase the strength of your commander.
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New Multiplayer option: Archon Mode
- Two players team up to share control of a
single base.
- Play at a new level of competition, with your
combined focus allowing for more complex strategies.
- Compete on the ranked ladder, all the way up
to Grandmaster League!
- Become a StarCraft II champion in daily
Automated Tournaments.
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Arrowhead Game Studios announces HELLDIVERS is coming to Windows PCs
via Steam next month, offering this top-down shooter that's now available for
PlayStation 4, PS3, and Vita, though there will be no cross-platform play between PC and
these various PlayStations (thanks
Gamer's Hell).
The Steam announcement
trailer offers a look, and word is this will include all the content already
available for the console versions: STOCKHOLM, Sweden – Arrowhead Game
Studios – Arrowhead announces today that its latest game, HELLDIVERS™ is now
being released for PC via Steam in December 2015.
HELLDIVERS™ PC will include all three free expansions, up to and including
HELLDIVERS™: Democracy Strikes Back. Additionally, DLC will also be available
for purchase for PC users.
HELLDIVERS™ is an action-packed, hardcore, top-down, co-op, twin-stick shooter,
for 1–4 players, single and multiplayer, local co-op, with any mix of online or
offline.
Set in a dystopian future where mankind is ruled by a managed democracy, as part
of the elite unit called the HELLDIVERS, players must work together to protect
Super-Earth and defeat the enemies of humanity in an intense intergalactic
war.
Continue here to read the full story.
The Grand Theft Auto-V Alternative Multiplayer
Modification website announces the closure of this alternate way to play
Grand Theft Auto V multiplayer online without GTA Online, after Take-Two
Interactive contacted them about it infringing on their rights. They say they
are "heartbroken" over this, but that they have repeatedly stated that they have
no desire to damage the company or its game. Similarly,
a FiveM reddit post from the author of another upcoming Online GTA5
describes being contacted by Take-Two about shutting down the project as well.
This encounter doesn't sound a cordial as the previous one, as it apparently
involved a visit from a couple of private detectives. Thanks
All Games Beta.
Fallout 4 and StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void coming out on the same day is
pretty overwhelming (and Star Wars Battlefront rolls out within a week!). I'm
guessing more than one of you called in sick with a bad case of Fallout Flu
today?
R.I.P.:
Influential songwriter, producer Allen Toussaint has died.
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