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Archived News:
The
Roberts Space Industries website announces the opportunity for everyone to
check out progress on Star Citizen during a free fly event for the next
week in the space combat game: On the fence about Star Citizen? Why not
give it a try and see what we’re building! For the next week, we’re enable Free
Fly access to all accounts… which means that anyone can jump in to Star Citizen
Alpha 2.1.2 today! The Free Fly event gives everyone access to three unique
parts of the Star Citizen experience:
- Star Citizen Alpha 2.1.2 – Also known as
Crusader or the “mini-PU,” this is the nucleus of the world we’re building!
Featuring multiple space stations and environments, scripted missions,
places to explore and more, Alpha 2.1.2 is your first look at a much larger
universe!
- Arena Commander – Arena Commander is a
‘game within a game’ that we’ve used to develop our flight mechanics and
ship combat balance. Take on human opponents or an AI swarm in single seat
fighter.
- Social Module – Interact with other players
while you explore our first landing zone, ArcCorp! The Social Module is
intended as a starting point for our world building,
You can
register for an account here to get started. If you already have an account
from a previous Free Fly, you’re all set! Just log in via the Star Citizen
launcher. This is the first Free Fly that includes Crusader, so there’s more to
explore than ever before. Free Fly accounts will have access to the Hornet F7C
military fighter, the Aurora LN starter and the Mustang Delta
interceptor.
Bombshell is now available via digital distribution through places such
as GOG.com and
Steam, offering an
action/RPG from Interceptor Entertainment that's not meeting with great reviews
on Metacritic
or the Steam Community.
There's a
post on Steam with troubleshooting tips for those encountering problems, and
GOG.com has an
announcement with more details: The "Washington Incident" has certainly
left a bad taste in Colonel Shelly Harrison's smart mouth. Quite understandably
so, since it was there that she lost her right arm and the rest of her bomb
squad. Now working as a mercenary and sporting a handy mechanical arm made from
mostly unknown materials, Bombshell is eager to start kicking serious alien butt
across four different planets.
Slip into the shell of foul-mouthed Shelly "Bombshell" Harrison and blast away
the legions of ugly aliens that seek to destroy our humble planet. The
past-paced, frantic gunplay and the imposing bosses in 3D Realms' latest
offering will leave you no time for chewing bubblegum but what you will have in
abundance are opportunities for crude comebacks. Use them wisely,
wise-guy.
There's An
Update on The Division Beta Access on UbiBlog with word that they can no
longer guarantee access to beta testing of The Division: Due to the
unprecedented demand for access to The Division Closed Beta, we can no longer
guarantee access. If you have already pre-ordered The Division and have yet to
receive your key, we’re working closely with our partners to ensure that you
receive it tomorrow when we send out the next batch of keys.
For those of you that have not pre-ordered but are on the waiting list for The
Division Beta, please know that we want to get as many people in the Beta as
possible. However, space will be severely limited for the rest of the beta
testing phase due to high-demand.
Solo developer Wreck Tangle Games announces a May 20th release date for GiAnt,
the Windows and OS X ant simulator/adventure game that
recently passed through the
Steam
Greenlight process. They celebrate the news with the release of an
alpha demo with
the chance to check out its current state, and
this semi-recent video
shows gameplay. Here's word: "Given the role of Candy Collecting our hero must
venture through enormous human sized worlds, from the garden to the cinema and
even to space finding these little delectables, but things aren’t as easy as
that. Other insects are trying to find them too, and if you get in there way
they will attack! Candy isn’t just lying around either, tasks and obstacles will
get in your way round every corner! Use your ‘AntDar’ to guide you to the candy
pieces and help you avoid confrontation with your enemies, you can also use
Power-Ups to help you out of sticky situations!" Continue here to read the full story.
A new trailer from
The Ship: Remasted to show off what a good remasting can do by offering
before-and-after views of the SS Atalanta from the original The Ship and from
the upcoming remake. Here's word from Blazing Griffin: "The footage shows the SS
Atalanta, one of the smaller maps but also a fan favourite. Over the next few
weeks, we’ll release more comparison footage of the other maps as we lead up to
the launch via Early Access." If this game interests you, as
announced yesterday, there's currently a
free weekend for The Ship underway
on Steam. Continue here to read the full story.
A new post
on Game Server Operation Guidelines for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
has word that Valve has permanently disabled Game Server Login Tokens for server
operators providing falsified profile or inventory contents for players, whether
such services were free or paid (thanks
Eurogamer). They have changed the process for acquiring new Game Server
Login Tokens to prevent future abuses, and explain why they have done this:
CS:GO community servers provide valuable experiences to players and
communities, and are serving more players than ever before. Over the past month,
3.1 mln unique players were observed playing on community servers and this
number keeps growing each month.
We’re aware that some server operators are offering to their players false
inventories and/or profiles as a free or paid service via mods on their servers.
These mods inaccurately report the contents of a player’s inventory and/or
matchmaking status, devaluing both and potentially creating a confusing
experience for players.
Therefore, we are asking server operators to remove any mods and plugins that
falsify the contents of a player’s profile or inventory.
To be clear, the services that should not be offered on a community server
include (but are not limited to):
- Allowing players to claim temporary ownership of
CS:GO items that are not in their inventory (Weapon skins, knives, etc.).
- Providing a falsified competitive skill group
and/or profile rank status or scoreboard coin (e.g., Operation Challenge
Coins).
- Interfering with systems that allow players to
correctly access their own CS:GO inventories, items, or profile.
[To clarify: it is also not acceptable to provide players with custom models
and/or weapon skins that do not exist in the CS:GO ecosystem]
If your server provides any of the above services then we request that you
disable them. If for some reason you are unable or unsure of whether a
particular plugin should be removed, feel free to contact us.
Kalypso Media announces the release of Tropico 5 - Complete Collection, a
bundle of the dictator sequel that's available as a boxed retail release or
through Steam. They offer
a look at the goings-on in
this trailer, and here's word: Tired of petty rebellions and the
cries of austerity from his 'beloved' citizens, El Presidente has instructed
Kalypso Media to release the PC version of Tropico 5 – Complete Collection,
bringing the most comprehensive Tropico package yet to his adoring fans and
prospective dictators everywhere. Packing in both full expansions ‘Espionage’
and ‘Waterborne’ along with all 10 DLC add-ons released to date, Tropico 5 -
Complete Collection delivers overs 100 hours of gameplay, giving fans the best
ever chance to test their mettle as the Caribbean’s latest mastermind dictator.
More maps, more missions, more buildings, more beards. You really are spoilt for
choice - the only question is, how will you rule your island paradise?
Continue here to read the full story.
Slitherine
now offers the release of Order of Battle: Morning Sun, a strategy expansion for
Order of Battle: Pacific that's set during the second Sino-Japanese war, which
was part of the run-up to World War II. Here's
a trailer with a look,
and here's word: In summer 1937, renewed tensions between Japan and China
escalate into open war: The Second Sino-Japanese war has begun.
Order of Battle: Pacific after the release of the successful free update Battle
of Britain, comes back to the Pacific Theatre, covering one of the cruellest but
most underrated conflicts of the Second World War period.
In Order of Battle: Morning Sun players take control over the Japanese forces
fighting for territorial expansion and rich Chinese resources. The conflict soon
turns into a massive all-out war between the two sides during the Battle of
Shanghai. While the Chinese forces are numerically superior, they have suffered
from internal conflict and are poorly equipped with outdated weapons. The
recently modernised Japanese Army, on the other hand, is well trained and
experienced, but as the war drags on it gets increasingly overstretched,
allowing the enemy to regain the initiative at several occasions...
Continue here to read the full story.
Keen Software House offers another
video developer's diary
about the addition of planets to Space Engineers, focusing on what makes planets
unique. Here's the outline of what they are showing us here: "Take a look at the
creative process of making Planets for Space Engineers life-like and big enough
to host all your creations. This new development diary by our lead designer
Tomas Rampas focuses on the creation of the biggest content update for Space
Engineers yet." Continue here to read the full story.
"We are on a journey to regain the trust of the PC gamer,"
Peter O’Reilly, senior marketing director for Origin tells MCV. "Over the
last couple of years we have focused on ensuring a great play experience from
launch and bringing players a better experience on Origin with programs like the
Great Game Guarantee, On the House, and now Origin Access. We’re excited about
the progress we’ve made, but are always pushing ourselves to innovate on behalf
of players."
Happy birthday to Duke Nukem 3D, as the 2.5D shooter was first released 20 years
ago today. My strongest memory of the game was the impact of the demo version being added to DWANGO. At the time DWANGO was all about DOOM, and was
so set in its ways 90% of the matches took place on the same map. Duke was so
different and fun it actually shook that community out of its doldrums and
sparked a lot of Duke 3D multiplayer, which was insanely fun. Good
times. Happy birthday Duke. Here are some singles to enjoy at your party at the
strip club (and here's a fake ID that says you're 21).
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