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Archived News:
A HOXAR Inc. website is live, offering
what appears to be a typical online presence for a corporation. This is
apparently one of those sneaky viral dealies, however, as a little bird
told Shacknews that this is a teaser for an upcoming game from id Software
co-founder John Romero. That was enough to spur a seeming confirmation, as The
Romero
tweets some hashtags indicating a PC first-person shooter is in the works:
"Yes, there may be something to this. #pc #fps."
Kotaku has a details on the outcome of the
lawsuit filed by Trendy
Entertainment against Studio Wildcard over the involvement of Trendy's former
creative director Jeremy Stieglitz in development of Ark: Survival Evolved. They
note leaked private message this week indicated Trendy was seeking $600 million,
but that there are indications this was settled for about $40 million. The only
official word on this appears to be a joint statement from lawyers for both
sides, saying: "A mediation conference was conducted on the 13th day of April
2016. The conference resulted in a final written settlement agreement."
Digital Extremes announces TennoCon, an upcoming convention of
Warframe players, saying this is one of
the largest free-to-play communities in the world. The gathering is scheduled
for July 9, 2016 in London, Ontario, Canada.
This website has all the details
and ticket sales. Word is: "TennoCon offers attendees a chance to connect with
the Warframe developers, well-known Warframe Twitch and YouTube broadcasters,
and fellow players, better known as Tenno."
Early access to Out of Ammo is now available
on Steam, offering as
first crack at this virtual reality strategy game from RocketWerkz, the studio
formed by DayZ creator Dean Hall (thanks
Eurogamer). This is for HTC Vive, though the listing also has the Windows
logo (we're still figuring out how some of this is supposed to work). Here's the
description: Out of Ammo is an intense virtual reality strategy game for
the HTC Vive that puts you in the commander's seat against wave after wave of
soldiers. Built exclusively for the HTC Vive to make use of motion tracking, the
game allows you to move around the battlefield to build defenses and issue
orders. You can even directly possess your units to directly engage the enemy
making use of cover and preparing your magazines carefully so you don't.... run
out of ammo!
Key Features
- Four unique environments to try your skill on
- Construct defenses such as sandbags and
watchtowers
- Issue orders to your soldiers
- Five different kinds of units each with special
abilities
- Possess any units directly to control their
engagement
- Call in artillery, airstrikes, and sniper targets
- Fixed Machine guns, Grenades, and more
Unlock the potential of your HTC Vive
Out of Ammo has been designed exclusively around the HTC Vive. Possessing your
units allows you to utilize the full capability and power of the positional
tracking; take cover behind sandbags, lean over a tower railing, or duck behind
your sandbags and grab a grenade to throw as a last resort! Full physics applied
to game objects further enhances your experience allowing you to position your
magazines in the space around you ready for when you need to reload.
Activision publishing announces plans for two Ghostbusters games in
collaboration with Sony Pictures to celebrate the film franchise reboot coming
to theaters this summer. Of course one of these is a mobile dealie, which is
called Ghostbusters: Slime City, but the other is a more full featured affair,
simply titled Ghostbusters, which is expected to launch on Windows, Xbox One,
and PlayStation 4 on July 15th, the day of the movie premiere.
This trailer offers
a first look the game, and here's the news: Activision Publishing, Inc., in collaboration with
Sony Pictures Consumer Products, has announced a pair of new Ghostbusters video
games set in and inspired by the comedic action world of the upcoming
Ghostbusters film, in cinemas on the 15th July. Taking place after the events of
the new movie, both Ghostbusters games introduce new casts of rookies keeping
watch over the station while the now-famous Ghostbusters tour the country
stopping high-profile poltergeists. When paranormal phenomena unleash
apparitions across New York City, these new squads of recruits must don their
proton packs and wrestle those rogue spirits back to the afterlife!
The console game, Ghostbusters, is a third-person action role-playing game
positively charged for thrilling couch co-op with up to four players locally. As
rookie Ghostbusters, players can level up their characters’ gear and abilities
by tackling objectives, defeating ghastly creatures and discovering hidden
collectibles in Manhattan’s most haunted haunts. There are four heroes to choose
from, and each has his or her own unique personality and play style, bringing
special strengths to support the team.
Ghostbusters is expected to arrive on the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment
system, Xbox One and Windows PC via Steam on the 15th July in Europe.
Continue here to read the full story.
Steam News announces the
multiplayer DOOM Open
Beta is now available to play for free. Here's word on this weekend-long
sample of id's return to their second shooter franchise: In the DOOM
Multiplayer Beta, fans will have the opportunity to play the brutally fun and
challenging shooter weeks before its release. The Beta will feature two maps,
Heatwave and Infernal, and two modes, Team Deathmatch and Warpath, along with
never-before-seen weapons, armor sets, taunts and hack modules.
The Beta will run from April 15 at 12:00 AM EST to April 17 11:59 PM
EST.
Battlefront announces the release of Combat Mission: Final Blitzkrieg, a
new installment in the World War II strategy series centered on the events
surrounding the Battle of the Bulge. You can find all you need to know about the
game
on this page, including details on how to order and screenshots showing how
things look. Here's an outline of what this game covers:
- Base game covers the western front from October
1944 to January 1945, although emphasis is placed on the winter battles of
December and January.
- Regions depicted includes the Ardennes, France,
Germany, and Holland.
- Detailed, historically accurate formations for the
United States Army, German Heer, Waffen-SS, and Fallschirmjäger, depicting
combat formations from the squad to the battalion level.
- One training campaign, three historical campaigns,
25 standalone scenarios, and multitudes of Quick Battle maps to test your
tactical acumen.
- Painstakingly researched and highly detailed
combat equipment for the United States Army, German Heer, Waffen-SS, and
Fallschirmjäger, including well over 100 vehicles and dozens of various
small arms and heavy weapons.
- Combat Mission: Final Blitzkrieg is a STANDALONE
base game. Final Blitzkrieg does not require any other Combat Mission
products in order to play. Future expansions (modules and packs) will expand
Final Blitzkrieg to include additional nations, forces, and equipment, and
extend the timeline of the Western Front all the way to VE (Victory Europe)
Day in May 1945.
GOG.com has details on the release of new free DLC for
Thea: The Awakening,
adding new content to this turn-based RPG. Here's
a trailer showing off
the pack, and here's the deal: This is exactly the kind of news one wants to wake up to, isn't it? Thea: The
Awakening, the turn-based strategy/RPG inspired by Slavic mythology, just became
bigger, more accessible, and even more stable, thanks to the free DLC Return of
the Giants that was released today.
Here's what's added:
- Localization to German, French, Polish and Russian
- 70 new events
- Events Editor that lets you create your own stories and share them with others
- Full English voiceover
- Additional buildings, items, and item quality modifiers
- New music tracks and artwork
- Tons of improvements and fixes
Take a look at it in all its audiovisual glory:
Continue here to read the full story.
When it rains it pours, as the old expression goes. The beta test for
Battleborn started earlier this week, and the DOOM multiplayer beta
kicked off last night. So naturally this morning I found a note in my inbox
informing me of my acceptance into this weekend's beta for Overwatch as
well, so I have three different multiplayer shooter betas to juggle. Funny thing
about my Overwatch invite is that it came to a smurf account I created to get a
Vulture mount in Heroes of the Storm. All that account ever did was play
the minimum required games to earn the mount, while my main account contains
Diablo II, Diablo III, and StarCraft II, all bought and paid
for. That's a little weird, but I guess it's to Blizzard's credit that they are
actually being random with beta keys.
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