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Archived News:
The UnderRail website announces the
release of this throwback role-playing game after a couple of years of early
access. This is available on GOG.com
and Steam, and there's a
dev log on Steam outlining the passion that's fuelled this project for the
last seven years, over which time the project's staff exploded by 300% (to a
grand total of three developers). Here's
a release trailer
showing off the game's isometric style, and here's the description from the
clip: Underrail is an old school isometric turn-based RPG set in a
distant future, when the life on the Earth’s surface has long since been made
impossible and the remnants of humanity now dwell in the Underrail, a vast
system of metro station-states that, it seems, are the last bastions of a fading
race.
The player takes control of one of the denizens of such a station-state whose
life is about to become all that much more interesting and dangerous, as our
protagonist is caught midst the conflicting factions of Underrail as the
violently struggle to survive in the harsh underground
environment.
Continue here to read the full story.
Activision is now offering a free multiplayer weekend
on Steam for Call of
Duty: Black Ops III, their futuristic shooter. Word is: A free trial
weekend for Call of Duty: Black Ops III PC multiplayer is available now on
Steam. Fans can download and play the multiplayer portion of the PC game
starting today through Sunday, Dec. 20, 1pm PT. During the trial, Steam is also
offering a promotional price for the PC version at a suggested retail price of
$44.99 and the Digital Deluxe to $79.99.
UbiBlog has details on how participants in the Rainbow Six Siege beta
have the opportunity to invite up to four friends to join them over the weekend:
If you’re an existing player on PC, head to www.rainbow6keys.ubi.com, and
you can give up to four buddies full access to the game through Uplay – just
enough to fill out your squad. From 3:01 p.m. PST on Friday, December 18, to
9:01 p.m. PST on Sunday, December 20, they can join you (or strike out on their
own) in 5v5 multiplayer matches or co-op Terrorist Hunt runs. They can even play
through the single-player Situations, which is a good idea anyway, as it’ll help
them acclimate to Rainbow Six Siege’s unique pacing and Operator abilities.
If just playing with buddies isn’t enough of an incentive to bring your friends
in, referrers will also be rewarded with a 24-hour Renown Booster (to be
delivered shortly after the program ends) for each friend that redeems a key.
You can send your friends keys right now, giving them the chance to preload
through Uplay and be ready to breach at 3:01 p.m. PST on Friday. Best of all, if
any “recruits” decide they want to keep playing after Sunday, they’ll be able to
get a 25% discount on the full game from Uplay, and keep all the progress
they’ve earned.
A
Steam Community Group Announcement has a release date for American Truck
Simulator, saying SCS Software's trucking sequel is due on February 3rd
(thanks
PCGamesN). They include a reminder that this will launch with just a portion
of the full game: At last, we are ready to commit to an official release
date of the first edition of American Truck Simulator; the game will hit digital
and retail stores on February 3, 2016.
As the readers of our blog will no doubt know by now, this release will be just
the first step on the road. A couple of trucks and the state of California that
we are bringing you with the base game release is only a fraction of our grand
vision - to cover all of North America eventually and to chase every relevant
truck manufacturer for a license to allow us to include their trucks into the
game.
Well, we have to set on the way, and this is where we start. Hold on
tight!
A
Steam Community Group Announcement has details on a new patch that's now
available for the Windows edition of Batman: Arkham Knight, the superhero
sequel (thanks Wookiestick). This includes "gameplay fixes and stability
improvements" along with other changes. Here are the details:
- Fixed some issues with stars being awarded or lost
incorrectly in specific AR Challenges
- Improved target prioritization during combat
- Restored heavier rain during the opening section
of the game
- Fixed missing rain effects on a few remaining
player character skins
- Miscellaneous gameplay fixes and stability
improvements
- Fixes to some keyboard and mouse prompts after
being rebound
- Made frame times more consistent for 60hz monitors
running at 30fps with VSync enabled
- Previously equipped gadgets can be selected with
keyboard and mouse again after restarting an AR Challenge
- Fixed the default key binding for Harley’s Snare
gadget
- Batgirl’s Remote Hacking Device can now be
properly selected with keyboard & mouse in AR Challenges
- Minor performance optimizations for certain
combinations of hardware
- Fixed keyboard & mouse controls that did not
function in DLC AR Challenges when no previous save data existed
- Quick Photo Mode can now be triggered with
keyboard and mouse controls when using the Batmobile
- Special Combo Takedowns can now be performed with
Quickfire Gadget binds if they were rebound
- Fixed graphical corruption that may occur after
Alt-Tabbing
- Improvements and corrections to some localized
text
- Added new Classic Harley Quinn skin for use in AR
Challenges & the Harley Quinn Story Pack
- Added Arkham Knight as a playable character for AR
Challenges & the Red Hood Story Pack
- Added support for December DLC content
The Digital Eel website announces the
release of a new patch for Infinite Space III: Sea of Stars, updating the
space roguelike to version 1.1.0. The new version includes completely revamped
mod support and adds new content, including the Kestrel from FTL. The Steam
edition also now includes some Steam-specific features. Here's word: The
new version 1.1.0 introduces totally re-vamped mod support with a handy browser
for launching mods, and now lets mod makers access the built-in editing tools
that we used to make content for the game.
We have also added new content to the game in the form of a new special quest
featuring a special guest, the notorious Tiberian swamp pirate Arch Fenster! Oh,
and just possibly a ship from that other space roguelike-like game created by
one of our Kickstarter backers may make an appearance!*
For all of our Steam fans, this update just keeps on giving by adding over fifty
achievements, as well as Steam trading cards, badges (not steenking), profile
backgrounds and emoticons!
- Diablo III on
Battle.net. Patch 2.4.0 Preview: Items and Sets.
Funcom announces a new agreement with Conan Properties, following their
collaboration on Age of Conan,
the barbaric MMORPG launched in 2008. The Norwegian developer says they will
unveil three new games over the course of 2016, the first being a new Conan the
Barbarian game based on this agreement that they will officially unveil next
month. Here's an outline of their plans: Funcom is excited to announce
that the company has entered into an agreement with Conan Properties, making it
the preferred partner for all PC and console games based on the 'Conan the
Barbarian' brand and the world of Hyboria. The two companies have already
enjoyed a long and prosperous relationship, having successfully brought to
market Funcom's critically acclaimed massively multiplayer online game 'Age of
Conan: Hyborian Adventures' back in 2008.
"We are tremendously excited to be strengthening our relationship with Conan
Properties," said Funcom CEO Rui Casais. "'Conan the Barbarian' is undoubtedly
one of the world's greatest and most recognizable fantasy heroes, and as game
developers, working with such a character and being able to draw from the
fantastically detailed world of Hyboria is nothing short of a dream come true."
As Funcom communicated earlier this year, the company will be announcing three
new games in 2016. The first of these games will be based on the 'Conan the
Barbarian' brand and will be announced to the public in January next year.
"Working with Funcom through the years has been a rewarding and very enjoyable
journey," said Fredrik Malmberg, CEO of Conan Properties. "Making them our
preferred partner for all PC and console games based on 'Conan the! Barbarian'
is the next step on that great journey. Funcom has shown they are more than
capable of managing the rich heritage of Conan and to breathe new life into the
world of Hyboria, and we are thrilled to be working together on new, exciting
projects."
For more information about Funcom and our games, please visit
www.funcom.com.
Bethesda Softworks announced The Elder Scrolls Legend
at E3 2015, at the time saying
the free-to-play virtual card game would come by the end of this year. With that
deadline fast approaching, Bethesda's Pete Hines
responded on
Twitter to a question about the release with a sideways admission it is
delayed, coyly saying: "@tal_elmar i think it's safe to say it's not coming in
the next 15 days." Thanks
VG247.
Valve is once again heading to court to defend its subscriber agreement, as
this report (in French) describes a suit by a French consumer rights group
over aspects of their terms of service.
PC
Gamer points the way to
a translation by redditor Silencement of key points in the case:
- Steam's Subscriber Agreement explicitly forbids
users to sell their games, despite the transfer of ownership of digital
products/licenses being legal.
- Valve declines responsibility in the event that
users' personal information is stolen.
- Valve claims ownership of the rights of any
user-created content uploaded to Steam.
- It is impossible to get the money on your Steam
Wallet back if your account is closed/deleted/banned.
- Valve applies Luxembourg's consumer law regardless
of the user's country.
Wall Street Journal reports a new milestone for Rocket League, the
runaway hit motorsports game, saying developer Psyonix is claiming the game has
now raked in almost $50 million in revenue since launching for PC and
PlayStation 4 (thanks
MCV). They quote company founder Dave Hagewood on how they managed this:
“We paid the bills by working on some of the biggest games in the
industry,” such as EA’s “Mass Effect 3” and Microsoft Corp.’s “Gears of War,”
the 40-year-old said.
The few who played “Battle-Cars” loved it, Mr. Hagewood said, “so we saw that as
a problem of awareness.”
His strategy for “Rocket League” was to get it into as many hands as possible.
So he made it a free download for a month for Sony Corp.’s PlayStation Plus
subscribers. Otherwise, it was $20 for nonsubscribers and PC users.
Psyonix also passed along the game to players who stream on YouTube and Twitch,
in a bid to build word of mouth.
Today is the official opening of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but I don't know
how that works since it opened in tons of theaters last night. We saw it again,
since we already had purchased advance tickets when we scored our invite to a
screening on Wednesday. So the movie comes out today, and I've already seen it
twice, which, if nothing else, is certainly a good way to avoid spoilers.
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