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Archived News:
PC support for Everybody's Gone to the Rapture was mentioned in
a
recent AMD driver release, so the confirmation on
PC Gamer that the game is coming to Windows is not a shock. They spoke with
Dan Pinchbeck of The Chinese Room about the plans, and learned about what this
version will support: It's mainly performance—there's a framerate cap you
can turn off, and with a good rig you can push up to 60fps, and obviously you've
got scope for much higher resolutions. To be honest with you, we were pushing
the PS4 about as far as it will go graphically, so it's not like there's massive
space for improvement anyway.
What we're really excited by is the addition of some accessibility features,
like a crosshair option for people susceptible to motion sickness; visual assist
for hearing-impaired players; and a 'one button tilt'/simplified
event-triggering feature for users with mobility issues. It's also fully
compatible with most controllers and keyboard/mouse, so the core thing for us is
that it's as accessible to as many players as possible.
Stikbold! A Dodgeball Adventure is now available for Windows
on Steam, with the Xbox
One and PlayStation 4 editions of this dodgeball game to follow next week. This
has multiple throwback elements, including a 70s aesthetic, low-poly graphics,
and local multiplayer.
This trailer offers a look, and here's word on the game: Indie
publisher Curve Digital and developer Game Swing today proudly announced the PC
launch of Stikbold! A Dodgeball Adventure, a quirky and perilous reimagining of
the classic ball game and local multiplayer darling. To celebrate the game’s
launch today on PC and next week’s April 5 and April 8 launches on PlayStation®4
and Xbox One respectively, Stikbold! A Dodgeball Adventure will be going where
no indie game has gone before: to the World Cup.
Using simple twin-stick controls and featuring a vibrant, ’70s-inspired art
style, Stikbold! is a fast-paced approximation of the game of dodgeball,
complete with off-court hazards, random events and boss battles. Players will
embark on an epic single or multiplayer journey across a host of wild and wacky
dodgeball arenas, using their dodgeball skills to defeat opponents, teams and
bosses. Up to four players can partake in brutal yet outlandish rounds of
dodgeball, where fast reactions, tactics and teamwork combine to create a sports
game unlike any other. Always enjoyable but truly shining as a local multiplayer
game, Stikbold! is slated to become the next couch multiplayer game of choice.
Continue here to read the full story.
Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear is now available for Windows and OS X,
offering a new expansion Beamdog's Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition that's set between
the first two Baldur's Gate RPGs. This can be
picked up through the
Beamdog website, and you can take a look in
this launch trailer.
Here's what this includes: The threat of war looms over the city of
Baldur's Gate. A crusade marches from the north, seizing supplies, forcing
locals into military service, and disrupting trade along the Sword Coast. A
charismatic warrior known as the Shining Lady leads this army, her background
shrouded in mystery. Rumors whisper that she follows a divine agenda. Could the
gods truly guide this Shining Lady?
The farther you travel from the city, the more you realize how many forces have
a stake in the outcome of this conflict. Baldur's Gate has put its faith in you,
but you must determine whose interests you truly serve before you face the
Shining Lady among the ruins of Dragonspear Castle...
KEY FEATURES
- Expand Your Story: Continue your adventure
in Baldur’s Gate II: Enhanced Edition after completing Siege of Dragonspear
- The Crusade Rises: A sharp and subtle
adventure that pits you against an enigmatic new foe
- Explore the Sword Coast: Venture through
vibrant new regions of the Sword Coast, with an area greater than Tales of
the Sword Coast and Throne of Bhaal put together!
- Gather Your Party: The original cast
returns to kick butt for goodness—along with Neera, Rasaad, Dorn, and four
new additions!
- Double the Items: Over 100 new items—almost
double the number than in all other enhanced editions combined
- Extra Class: First new player class in over
fifteen years: the spirit-calling shaman!
- Venture Forth With A Friend: Cross-platform
multiplayer on all supported platforms
- Story Mode: A difficulty setting to allow
players to experience all of the story with none of the Game Over screens
- Legacy of Bhaal Mode: A difficulty setting
offering tactical challenges only the most skilled of players can hope to
defeat
We’re making improvements all the time; join the discussion on our official
forums, or visit the
SiegeOfDragonspear.com to learn more!
Continue here to read the full story.
Battle.net announces that
Season 5 for Diablo III will soon draw to a close. They outline their
end-of-season procedures, which are not really changed from the past, and offer
a schedule showing Season 5 will end in the middle of next month, and Season 6
will commence a couple of weeks after that:
There will be a period of time between when a Season ends and the next begins.
During this time, you’ll be able to sort through your rollover rewards and
review your progress on the Leaderboards. It’s a great time to reflect on the
accomplishments you’ve made and enjoy the culmination of your pre and
post-Season loot hunts!
Season 5 will be ending at the following dates and times for each region:
- North America: Friday, April 15 @ 5:00 p.m.
PDT
- Europe: Friday, April 15 @ 5:00 p.m. CEST
- Asia: Friday, April 15 @ 5:00 p.m. KST
Season 6 will be starting about two weeks afterwards at the following dates
and times for each region:
- North America: Friday, April 29 @ 5:00 p.m.
PDT
- Europe: Friday, April 29 @ 5:00 p.m. CEST
- Asia: Friday, April 29 @ 5:00 p.m. KST
For time zone assistance, click here.
We look forward to seeing you in Season 6!
Steam News announces the
release of Hyper Light
Drifter for Windows, OS X, and Linux, which carries a 10% launch
discount. This is an action/adventure/RPG which contains no hyperspace or
drifting, but what's in a name? Here's the pitch for this one: Echoes of
a dark and violent past resonate throughout a savage land, steeped in treasure
and blood. Hyper Light Drifter is an action adventure RPG in the vein of the
best 16bit classics, with modernized mechanics and designs on a much grander
scale.
Drifters of this world are the collectors of forgotten knowledge, lost
technologies and broken histories. Our Drifter is haunted by an insatiable
illness, traveling further into the lands of Buried Time, hoping to discover a
way to quiet the vicious disease.
- From each character to subtle background elements,
everything is lovingly hand-animated.
- Easy to pick up, difficult to master; enemies are
vicious and numerous, hazards will easily crush your frail body, and
friendly faces remain rare.
- Upgrade weapons, learn new skills, discover
equipment and traverse a dark, detailed world with branching paths and
secrets abound.
Lo-Fi Games announces that Kenshi is now in the beta phase
on Steam, and various
updates mark this new phase in the early access squad-based RPG.
This post has details on what's been added to the game, and outlines plans
to gradually open up new areas of the expanded game map, and
this
trailer shows off the new version 0.90 beta. Word is: "Kenshi is a
free-roaming squad based RPG with emphasis on open-ended sandbox gameplay
features rather than a linear story. You can be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a
warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals! Build
a safe house, research new equipment, craft new gear and train your men from
puny victims to fearless warriors - with skill, luck and talent, you might even
bring them home alive! The updated BETA introduces one of the largest
single-player world maps ever to be offered in an RPG. Initially, only
restricted areas will be accessible, and other areas of the map become available
in future updates to the game."
So I'm here to announce I am closing this site to take on my new post as
ambassador to the moon, but that's okay, there's a joint deal for Microsoft,
Google, and Apple to buy the site, and use it to report on news on Half-Life 3,
4, and 5, which have also been officially confirmed. Ha ha, April Fools! I
totally had you going there, but I was kidding. Google isn't actually part of
the consortium buying the site. I'll start my job on the moon tomorrow, so I
guess I'll stick around and try to help sort through the inevitably
imaginative pranks that roll out today. Apologies in advance for any jokes that
are tagged as real or vice versa.
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