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Archived News:
A
post on reddit from Blizzard community manager trikslyr says some balance
changes are coming soon to Heroes of the Storm to reduce some of the
heavier stuns in the currently CC-heavy meta for the MOBA (thanks
Ten Ton Hammer). Here's word: There are a couple of heroes getting
small balance updates in the next couple of weeks that could help with some of
the heavier stuns in the meta. While these updates won't come out with Greymane,
they'll be going live shortly after.
The amount of stuns available in Heroes of the Storm is a subject the balance
team has been discussing lately. Obviously crowd control can be very powerful,
but the amount of stuns in a game can vary depending on the heroes selected per
a match. This is a subject we'll be keeping an eye on and we're not opposed to
making adjustments if they are needed. Please feel free to let us know your
thoughts.
UbiBlog has more on Far Cry Primal, offering
this video capture of
a two-hour community livestream of the upcoming dinosaur shooter. This includes
gameplay footage with new reveals along with interviews with the developers.
Here's how they describe the whole shebang: Want to get an in-depth look
at Far Cry Primal ahead of its release? Did you miss yesterday’s developer-led
livestream? No problem! The Far Cry community team has you covered with an
archived video of gameplay and interviews with the developers, which clocks in
at just over two hours. Take a look:
The stream offers a varied look at the Stone Age combat, stealth, exploration
and animal-taming that lies ahead, peppered throughout with insights from Far
Cry Primal’s developers. You’ll be able to experience it all firsthand when Far
Cry Primal arrives on PS4 and Xbox One on February 23, and PC on March 1. To
reserve a copy, visit the
official site.
Continue here to read the full story.
Gearbox Software now offers a
"Primary Anomaly" trailer
from Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak, the upcoming ground-based spin-off of the
space-based RTS gameplay of the Homeworld series. Here's word on the cinematic
trailer: The world is at war. But there is hope -- an object has been
detected deep in the Great Banded Desert. Learn more about the expedition that
started it all in this new story trailer for
Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak.
Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak is a new ground-based RTS prequel to Homeworld
coming to Windows PC on January 20, 2016.
Pre-order Deserts of
Kharak on Steam and receive a copy of Homeworld Remastered Collection for
free! Existing Homeworld Remastered Collection owners will instead receive 20%
off their Deserts of Kharak order!
Continue here to read the full story.
A new trailer from
Moving Hazard that debuted at CES is now online, showing off this upcoming
first-person shooter where the zombies serve as weapons. The description has a
rundown on how this works: In the game, the zombie war is already lost
and what remains of humanity has retreated to fortified military bases, leaving
everything in between to the shambling corpses. In order to survive, the
player’s squad must venture into the wasteland and face off against other
survivors for control of important resources and strategic command points.
While battling powerfully equipped human opponents, the player will also need to
survive the hunger of the zombie masses. Even more important, the player will
use technology specifically evolved in this post-apocalyptic hellscape to
control the mindless shamblers by attracting, repelling, sedating or angering
the horde. Only by working as a strategic military team while simultaneously
harnessing the power of the undead, can a battle be won.
Continue here to read the full story.
A
post on reddit covers an email exchange with Marc Laidlaw that says the
writer is no longer affiliated with Valve, where he wrote the stories for both
Half-Life and Half-Life 2, as well as the episodic Half-Life 2 expansion, which
remains only 67% completed. There are a couple of follow-ups attempting to prove
this exchange is genuine, and
GameSpot reports this news is "confirmed," but we're not seeing anything as
concrete as that. Presuming this is true, it could be taken as another
indication that Valve has no plans to return to the first-person shooter series,
though on the other hand, Marc certainly had time to write stories for more than
one game in the series in the over eight years since the release of Half-Life 2:
Episode Two. Update:
Gamasutra reports they have confirmed this news directly.
UbiBlog now offers
the following PC specifications for Far Cry: Primal to help players learn
whether their computers are too primitive to play the upcoming prehistoric
shooter. We've reformatted them for readability: MINIMUM
- Supported OS - Windows 7, Windows 8.1,
Windows 10 (64-bit versions only)
- Processor - Intel Core i3-550 | AMD Phenom
II X4 955 or equivalent
- RAM - 4GB
- Video Card - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 (1GB
VRAM) | AMD Radeon HD 5770 (1GB VRAM) or equivalent
- Hard Disk Space - 20 GB
- Peripherals - Windows-compatible keyboard,
mouse, optional controller
RECOMMENDED
- Supported OS - Windows 7, Windows 8.1,
Windows 10 (64-bit versions only)
- Processor - Intel Core i7-2600K | AMD
FX-8350 or equivalent
- RAM - 8GB
- Video Card - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 | AMD
Radeon R9 280X or equivalent
- Hard Disk Space - 20 GB
- Peripherals - Windows-compatible keyboard,
mouse, optional controller
SUPPORTED VIDEO CARDS AT RELEASE
AMD Radeon™ HD 5770 (1 GB VRAM) or better, HD 7000 / 200 / 300 / Fury X series
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 460 (1 GB VRAM) or better, GTX 500 / 600 / 700 / 900 /
TITAN series
Note: This product supports 64-bit operating systems only. Laptop versions of
these cards may work, but are not officially supported. For the most up-to-date
requirement listings, please visit the FAQ on our support website at
support.ubi.com.
The
Counter-Strike blog announces the addition of new first-person arm, hand,
and glove models to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. They offer
an image showing the new gloves, and provide the following explanation:
2015 was an incredible year for the Counter-Strike community, with over
10 million unique players launching CS:GO just last month and new players
joining us every day! We’re excited to see where you take us in the coming year.
To celebrate the community’s success, we’re starting the new year by shipping a
big visual upgrade to all of the first-person arm, hand, and glove models in the
game.
Click here to see all of the new gloves, or just jump into a game and give
them a look!
The Star Wars:
The Old Republic website announces February 11th is when to expect the
release of Anarchy in Paradise, the next chapter in Star Wars: The Old
Republic - Knights of the Fallen Empire, BioWare's Star Wars MMORPG. This
will introduce a new ally and a new subscriber rewards system. Here's a bit:
BioWare and Lucasfilm today announced the release of the next chapter in
the episodic expansion story, Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ - Knights of the
Fallen Empire. This chapter, Anarchy in Paradise, will be available February 11,
2016 and is the first in a series of seven new chapters that build on the
personal story of the Outlander. Best of all, Subscribers of Star Wars: The Old
Republic, receive all existing and future chapters of Knights of the Fallen
Empire for free* for the duration of their subscription. New players can jump
immediately into the evolving story of Knights of the Fallen Empire at Level 60
and experience BioWare storytelling in the rich Star Wars™ universe.
Anarchy in Paradise introduces a new ally, an infamous mercenary known as
Firebrand. Her mission is to destroy the Eternal Empire by attacking Zakuul and
crushing the seat of power, the Eternal Throne, by any means necessary. It will
be up to the Outlander to decide just how far he or she is willing to go to beat
the Eternal Emperor. Players will experience the grim consequences of their past
decisions and feel the grip of the hand of fate on their dangerous journey.
BioWare also announced a new Subscriber Rewards program offering players a
series of unique monthly in-game reward items themed to the HK-55 Assassin
Droid:
Continue here to read the full story.
Happy birthday Frans! This provides an opportunity to thank our good friend once
again for his hard work over all the years in keeping this place running
properly (and running at all, for that matter).
Today is also the birthday of a couple of other cult heroes, as David Bowie was
born on this day in 1947, making the (still) thin white duke 69 years old.
Thanks to nin for pointing out that Bowie fans are the ones who get a present
out of this deal, in the form of
a new album. Today is also
the official inception date for Roy Batty from Blade Runner. Happy birthday
Roy, and remember, the light that burns twice as bright burns half as long!
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