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Archived News:
Steam News announces a
free weekend is underway in
F1 2015, the Formula
One racing simulation, and will run until Sunday at 4:00 pm EDT. Here's a
refresher on the game: Race like a champion in F1 2015 - get closer than
ever before to the experience of racing in the world’s most glamorous, exciting
and prestigious motorsport. F1 2015 puts you in the heart of the action with a
stunning new game engine that recreates the blisteringly fast and highly
responsive racing cars of FORMULA ONE™ and features all-new ‘broadcast
presentation’ that immerses you in the unique race day atmosphere. F1 2015 is
the official videogame of the 2015 FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP™ and also
features fully playable 2014 FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP™ bonus content.
Compete as your favourite FORMULA ONE star in the new Championship Season and
push yourself to the limit in the challenging Pro Season mode. Hone your skills
in the new Online Practice Session, and then challenge your friends and racing
rivals from across the world in Online Multiplayer.
Today at the GDC Boss Key boss Cliff Bleszinski revealed some new details about
Lawbreakers, the upcoming first-person shooter that will be the debut
release from the studio the designer formed after leaving Epic Games. At the
show he revealed a new art direction said to be more aligned with his original
vision, and you can see more on that and the game's "R-rated experience"
in this
article on their website. He also announced Lawbreakers will launch
exclusively on Steam and
that it will not be a free-to-play game, noting that this would negatively
impact game balance. They call it a "digital premium title," though they say it
will not be $60.00 (we presume that means it will be less). Here's the
announcement, including a FAQ on their Steam plans: In a panel presented
at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) today, industry veteran Cliff Bleszinski
and the team at Boss Key Productions announced that their upcoming multiplayer
FPS LawBreakers, will be available exclusively on the Steam platform at launch.
Fans are able to add the game to their Steam Wishlist starting today, by
visiting
http://store.steampowered.com/app/350280.
LawBreakers is an upcoming new first-person shooter in which even the laws of
physics can be shattered, creating intense gravity-based combat and resulting in
an ever-evolving and bloody arena. Set in a futuristic rebuilt America, players
will choose whether to kill for the nobility of the “Law,” or go out for blood
as a “Breaker,” as they take part in the conflict raging across iconic locations
including the boiling oceans off the Santa Monica coastline, to a gravity
ravaged Grand Canyon and nearly unrecognizable Mount Rushmore.
Boss Key also announced LawBreakers will be a digital premium title when
released. While the price has not yet been announced, they assured the audience
it will not have the $60 price point of a traditional box product.
“As the game continued to take shape, we realized free-to-play wasn’t the right
fit for what we’re building,” said Cliff Bleszinski. “LawBreakers is a
competitive game at heart and that means balance is a big priority to me, my
team, and our community. Using a digital premium model helps ensure an even
playing field by giving fans access to every available role without any
barriers.”
Addressing how to make a new FPS stand out among heavyweights in the industry,
the panel – titled “Surrounded by 800 lb Gorillas! Standing Up to the
Competition” – also revealed LawBreakers’ shift in design to embrace a more
mature look and feel, and gave attendees a first look at a revamped logo, game
models and screenshots illustrating the new tone and attitude, which will
feature variable gravity effects, unique roll-based movement systems and truly
three-dimensional combat realized through grappling blades, reverse
blind-firing, time dilation, jetpacks and more.
Continue here to read the full story.
A new trailer shows
off gameplay from the upcoming Outer Rim expansion for Star Wars Battlefront,
leaving one of the great questions of the franchise as an unanswered
cliffhanger. Here's the accompanying announcement: Are you ready for the Outer Rim? DICE today revealed a
new trailer that
showcases some of the new content, features and updates Season Pass owners – and
all players – can enjoy on the Battlefront. Starting March 22, ALL Star Wars
Battlefront players will receive new missions with Hutt Contracts, a new
Spectator Mode to watch others play, an increased Level Cap, weapons and more!
Season Pass owners will have access to exclusive new weapons like the Relby V-10
rifle and DT-12 blaster pistol, maps on Sullust and at Jabba’s Palace, a new
game mode called Extraction, and two new playable characters: Greedo and Nien
Nunb.
Continue here to read the full story.
Techland announces this weekend they are running their first Community Bounty in
Dying Light: The Following, tasking players of the zombie game with the
goal of running over five million zombies in a 48 hour period, saying such
hit-and-runs will do extra damage for the duration. All participants will
receive a special weapon docket for participating, even if the goal is not
achieved, and if it is, all players will get an exclusive gold paint job for
their buggies. They illustrate the news with
this trailer, and they
have set up this page to track
progress toward the goal, in the meantime counting down the seconds until the
festivities begin. Here's word: Today Techland announced its first
Community Bounty for Dying Light: The Following. This weekend (March 19th -
20th, 2016), players from around the globe can rally together in the
newly-released expansion to try collectively run over 5 000 000 zombies with
their in-game buggies. Reaching the group goal within 48 hours will award an
exclusive Gold Buggy paint job for use in the game. All participants will also
get a special weapon docket just for taking part.
“We’ve also added a little something extra to max out the carnage - explains
producer Tymon Smektała. - We’re giving the buggy some extra hitting power
during the event, so smashing zombies will be even more fun. Make sure to give
it a try!”
‘Buggy Frenzy’ Community Bounty | Dying Light: The Following – Enhanced Edition
trailer can be viewed
here
Fans can track the cumulative score live at
dyinglightgame.com/bounties.
The website features a countdown timer to the beginning of the event and a live
community score counter. The website will also be updated with the final results
of the ‘Buggy Frenzy’ community bounty. Only participating players will be
eligible for the rewards. The event runs for March 19th - 20th for 48 hours
starting Saturday at 0:01am PST / 8:01am CET. All players across PC, PlayStation
4 and Xbox One can take part.
XCOM 2 - Anarchy's Children is now available
on Steam, offering a
rebellion-themed cosmetic content pack with more than 100 new customizations for
your XCOM 2 soldiers.
This update has all the information, including details on a new patch for the
strategy sequel that accompanies the DLC. Here's word: Anarchy’s Children
features over 100 new exotic customization options for your soldiers, including
new hair styles, face paints, armor, lower face props, decals, helmets, masks
and more. Your soldiers will strike fear into ADVENT and its alien overlords
with menacing tactical styles that run the gamut from post-apocalyptic to the
downright deranged.
If you don’t already own the Reinforcement Pack, which includes Anarchy’s
Children and two future pieces of DLC, you can purchase Anarchy’s Children
individually for $4.99. If you have already purchased the Reinforcement Pack, do
not also purchase Anarchy’s Children on its own, as you will be charged for it.
The team has put out a patch to prepare the game for the enhanced customization
in Anarchy’s Children. This patch also provides a few minor changes that will
affect the base game including soldiers now having four new slots to attach
additional pieces of armor: left/right arm and left/right shoulder. While
Anarchy’s Children gives players new armor pieces to be used in these slots,
anyone with the base game can also take advantage of this update. And DLC is not
required for modders, who can already begin creating new customizations for
these slots.
Changes included in this patch:
- Anarchy’s Children compatibility changes
- Players will now be able to press “Load Anyways”
when loading a save when the mods used are not present
- Fixed the sort order of available targets in shot
HUD
- Corrected an issue causing Grenadier’s demolition
to fail to update the target’s cover status
- Adds “Zip Mode” description text
Victory and Glory: Napoleon for Windows is now available from
Slitherine,
offering the chance to indulge your Napoleon complex in a new high-level
strategy game. This recent
teaser trailer gives an idea of what to expect, and here's the announcement:
Victory and Glory: Napoleon puts players in the role of Napoleon
Bonaparte in his attempt to forge the French Empire and to expand it across
Europe.
Players will relive the entire Napoleonic War, planning campaigns, fighting
historical battles, moving armies and fleets across the continent and managing
multiple theatres from a high level strategic perspective.
Designed by Glenn Drover, the creator of award-winning board-game adaptations of
strategy videogames like Age of Empires III and Age of Mythology, Victory and
Glory: Napoleon is a unique mix of clever design and slick gameplay gimmicks.
It’s a game that will test the player’s skill through six campaigns with
different starting conditions where the opponent is guided by a deep and
challenging AI.
An integral part of the design is the cards system. This element adds a touch of
unpredictability to each new game. There are almost 100 different “Event Cards”
with art designed by Keith Rocco, that will give players and opponents,
advantages on the battlefield. Each card gives special unit upgrades, new
recruits or political actions that can change the delicate balance between the
factions.
The Star
Wars: The Old Republic website offers details on Visions in the Dark,
a next chapter in the Star Wars MMORPG that will launch on April 7th. Here's the
plan: BioWare™ and Lucasfilm today announced details of the next chapter
in the episodic adventure, Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ - Knights of the Fallen
Empire.
In Visions in the Dark, releasing April 7, players will venture deep into the
savage wilderness of the planet Odessen to face the immortal Emperor Valkorion
for the first time since becoming the Outlander. As part of the confrontation,
you will uncover dangerous secrets about your destiny that bind you to your dark
enemy. For those that can master the challenge, there is a great reward waiting
– a powerful new weapon inspired by some of the greatest Force™ users in the
galaxy. Meanwhile, your Alliance will risk everything in a life-and-death
mission to strike at the very heart of the Eternal Empire – this intense battle
offers the chance to shatter Arcann’s forces forever.
Subscribers of Star Wars: The Old Republic can play the Knights of the Fallen
Empire story and unravel the truth of their destiny in Visions in the Dark for
free* during their subscription period. Players subscribed by April 1 will
receive added firepower with the bold new HK-55-inspired Weapon Set that
includes in-game items such as HK-55’s Sniper Rifle, Blaster Pistol and
Vibrosword.**
It’s a great time to jump into Star Wars: The Old Republic to experience the
entire Knights of the Fallen Empire story from the beginning of Chapter 1 and
continue your saga as new chapters release monthly. As the Outlander in Knights
of the Fallen Empire, players are able to start a new Level 60 character to get
right into the game and begin building their Alliance.
To learn more, visit
www.StarWarsTheOldRepublic.com/Fallen-Empire.
A BELOW website is online, its
URL asking "what lies below," though answers are scant as we don't
have loads of details
on Capybara Games' upcoming procedurally generated, roguelike dungeon-crawler. A
new trailer from the
game does provide one answer, saying this is coming to Steam and Xbox One this
summer. The two-minute clip, titled "death's door," also looks at some gameplay,
including exploration and combat. Thanks
Videogamer. Continue here to read the full story.
The 16th annual Game Developers Choice Awards were handed out last night as
part of the ongoing Game Developers Conference, and
this
press release announces all the winners. The Witcher III: Wild Hunt took
home game of the year honors, and CD Projekt RED's RPG sequel was also honored
for Best Technology. The most awards went to Her Story, which won for
Innovation, Best Narrative, and Best Handheld/Mobile. Her Story was also the
most honored game at the 18th annual Independent Games Festival Awards, taking
home the Seumas McNally Grand Prize, and
this
announcement has all the details on those awards. For those interested in the
presentations and the speeches, they are recorded for posterity in
this Twitch stream, which
warns that portions of the audio are muted over possible copyright concerns,
because lawyers. The ceremony also included the awarding of the previously announced Pioneer
award for Markus "Notch" Persson and Lifetime Achievement award for
Bethesda's Todd Howard.
Beware two days after the Ides of March, as this is St. Patrick's Day, the
annual celebration of the patron saint of Ireland and snake expeller extraordinaire.
This often involves getting blind drunk, so please be safe if you are out there
celebrating (or just if you are out there). I don't think we have anything going
on in the BlueTower to commemorate the occasion, and I'm sort of regretting
that, since I do love me some corned beef. I think I need to start taking
advantage of this holiday to indulge that affection.
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