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Archived News:
Steam News has a follow
up on news from last week on plans for
a PC edition of FINAL FANTASY IX, confirming this will be released in the
west via Steam. Here's word: Final
Fantasy IX is coming soon to Steam!
Zidane and the Tantalus Theater Troupe have kidnapped Princess Garnet, the heir
of Alexandria. To their surprise, however, the princess herself yearned to
escape the castle. Through a series of unusual circumstances, she and her
personal guard, Steiner, fall in with Zidane and set out on an incredible
journey. Meeting unforgettable characters like Vivi and Quina along the way,
they learn about themselves, the secrets of the Crystal, and a malevolent force
that threatens to destroy their world.
Add Final Fantasy IX to
your Steam wishlist to stay updated!
CCP Games announces alpha testing of EVE: Valkyrie will commence on
January 18th, offering Oculus Rift DK2 owners the chance to
sign up to participate in
testing of the virtual reality game that will be included with retail Oculus
Rift headsets. Here's the announcement, including a closing bit about
availability we don't understand: CCP Games today announced that the
consumer testing program for VR game EVE: Valkyrie will enter the alpha phase on
January 18th. Owners of the Oculus Rift DK2 headset who are interested in
testing the game can sign up
here. New players will be admitted in waves starting before the first test.
EVE: Valkyrie is an award-winning, highly anticipated multiplayer dogfighting
shooter that has been built from the ground up to harness the very latest
advances in virtual reality technology. It is an accessible and immersive
experience that fulfills the fantasy and thrill of being a spaceship pilot in
the midst of combat. More information about the game can be found at
http://www.evevalkyrie.com/ .
Access to EVE: Valkyrie is bundled with pre-orders of the Oculus Rift, which
opened today at http://oculus.com/, and the
game will be available today from 5pm CET for the Oculus Rift. EVE: Valkyrie
will also be a launch title for PlayStation VR.
Battle.net asks "are you
prepared for 2.4.0?" to see who has their ducks in a row for the upcoming patch
for Diablo III. If, to your eternal shame, your answer is not yes, they provide
all the important information you need, including details on the new Greyhollow
Island region, word on new and improved set items, set dungeons, empowered
rifts, and more.
The Fig page for
Psychonauts 2 shows Double Fine's platformer sequel has reached its $3.3
million crowdfunding goal.
This
post offers a thank you video
and the following message from the team: Holy Smokes! We did it you guys!
Psychonauts 2 is now fully funded!
We want to thank you all from the bottom of our hearts for making this possible.
We’ve wanted to make this game for a long time, and now we finally can! So thank
you, thank you, thank you!
So what happens next? Well, we still have 5 days to go, so we’ll be continuing
the campaign. Everything we raise will go into making the game better, bigger,
and shinier, so let’s keep going!
We'll have some mission updates soon, plus we want to show off some new add-ons
we've been working on too, so stay tuned!
Continue here to read the full story.
Ubiblog now offers a
new trailer from Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India showing off this
2.5D platformer based on the stealth/action series. The accompanying update says
to expect this to be released next Tuesday: Assassin’s Creed Chronicles:
India takes a running leap onto consoles and PC on January 12, and while you’re
waiting, we’ve got a new, in-depth trailer primed to whet your appetite. If
you’re curious to find out what sets Arbaaz Mir’s colorful, 2.5D adventures in
19th century India apart from those of Shao Jun in 16th century China, here’s a
better look:
Boasting a unique art style and new gameplay twists, Assassin’s Creed
Chronicles: India drops players into 1841, when conflict was starting to brew
between the British East India Company and India’s Sikh Empire. Of course, the
Templars have a hand in it all, but Arbaaz’s concerns are more immediate; on a
quest to stop the Templars from stealing the Koh-i-Noor Diamond, he’ll also need
to steal back a familiar artifact while working to protect his lover, Princess
Pyara Kaur.
Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: India will be available for digital download on
January 12 for PS4, Xbox One and PC. For more information on the trilogy, visit
the
official site.
Continue here to read the full story.
- SpellForce Complete on
Steam. Save 90%.
Oculus Rift preorders are now underway on the
Oculus website, finally revealing
pricing for consumer versions of the VR headsets, which will be $599.00, though
as
previously
announced, credit cards will not be charged until these are shipped. Word is
these will ship in March, and the bundle includes a wireless Xbox One controller
along with the headset. There is
some backlash over the price of the units, so it will be interesting to see
how that impacts orders.
GameInformer has word that Square Enix is closing down Shinra Technologies,
the cloud gaming service they announced in
September 2014.They quote a
press
release translated by
Gematsu saying a lack of third-party investors has left them on the hook for
$16.8 million, and they link to
a tweet from a former employee confirming the closure.
A
Steam community announcement unveils details on Sky Fortress DLC for
Just Cause 3, the "air" portion of the Air, Land and Sea expansion pass
announced a few
months ago (thanks
Videogamer). The post also offers details on a small release coming to the
action sequel today on all platforms which will add the ability to buy content
previously offered as preorder bonuses, and say they are also working on
addressing issues with the game. Here's word: For those of you who picked
up the XL Edition, or for anyone interested in the Air, Land and Sea Expansion
Pass we announced earlier last year, we’ve got some exciting news for you all.
Whilst one side of the studio is working on patches, fixes and optimisations for
the game, which will continue to roll out over the coming weeks, the other side
is busily bringing this additional content to life. The first pack – ‘Sky
Fortress’ which is the “Air” pack, is nearing completion, and will bring new
missions, features and other exciting surprises to the skies of Medici. We’re
play testing this content right now so watch this space for more news on this
very soon.
On top of this, we’ve got a small release of additional weapons and vehicles
landing across Steam, PSN & Xbox stores today. This isn’t strictly new stuff –
all of this content was previously available as part of our pre-order
programmes, so for the early adopters out there you may already have most of
these items. However, if there’s any particular pre-order incentives you missed
out on that you want to pick up, you can now do so. Check out the store pages
for more info.
For those of you that are still having some issues with your game, rest assured
that we’re working on optimisations, bug fixes, performance enhancements and
improvements, and we’ll continue to roll these out as soon as they’re ready,
with the next patch expected later in the month. We’re doing everything we can
to get to the bottom of all the issues that are reported to us.
With Oculus Rift preorders set to begin in less than two hours on the
Oculus website, Oculus founder
Palmer Luckey offers reassurances that there is no danger they will sell out,
and that they are not charging anyone at this point (thanks
VG247).
This tweet covers their ability to deal with demand: "No chance of Rift
preorders 'selling out', we will keep taking preorders for as long as people
want EVE: Valkyrie!" And
this one explains this is a preorder, not a prepurchase: We won't
lock people into preorders months before reviews come out using our awesome
preorder bonuses. We have confidence in our product!
Kalypso Media announces Agatha Christie – The ABC Murders, saying they
will publish the boxed edition of the new mystery game for Windows and consoles.
Here's word on the adaptation featuring the world's most famous French
Belgian detective: Kalypso Media is excited to announce its partnership
with the highly regarded French publisher Microïds in bringing the boxed retail
versions of the eagerly awaited adventure title “Agatha Christie – The ABC
Murders” to PC, PlayStation®4 and Xbox One in the United Kingdom*, North America
and Brazil.
Adapted from the classic Agatha Christie novel of the same name, “Agatha
Christie – The ABC Murders” is an adventure mystery game, offering sharp-minded
gamers the opportunity to play as Christie’s famous fictional detective Hercule
Poirot. Players will guide the famous detective as he attempts to unmask the
elusive murderer known only as “A.B.C.” To solve the case, players will have to
interview characters, gather evidence, and solve challenging puzzles in order to
collect clues and piece together the mystery to bring the “A.B.C.” murderer to
justice, all rendered stylishly in cel-shaded 3D.
- Crazy Belts is now available
on Steam, offering a
Windows version of this mobile game based on the adventures of checked-in
luggage…
I've got the Internet doctor coming by today to look at intermittent outages
that I've been experiencing. The last time this happened a little tweaking of
signal strengths was enough to put things right again, but it's disturbing that
things have gone south so quickly. I'm starting to grow frustrated with the
flakiness of my cable service, and am starting to contemplate a return to FiOS,
which will be inconvenient, since they don't offer TV in this area, but it was far
more reliable.
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