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Archived News:
A post on the
Mirror's Edge website informs us that the launch of Mirror's Edge
Catalyst is being pushed back to June 7th in North America and June 9th in
the EU to give them a couple of extra weeks to "perfect" the parkour action
sequel. Here's word from design director Erik Odeldahl: As you know,
we’re about to open the gates to the city of Glass for participants of the
Closed Beta. One of the key features of the Beta and the full game is Social
Play, detailed in our latest developer diary.
Taking on Dashes designed by DICE, creating your own Time Trials, climbing the
Leaderboards, and connecting with your Runner friends are some of the Social
Play features we’re really excited about – and something we want to play
flawlessly.
To support the Social Play features, we are using a brand new online technology.
We also want to make sure we have the opportunity and time to address player
feedback from the Closed Beta. That is why we will give ourselves a bit more
time to perfect the game, with a new release date for Mirror’s Edge Catalyst of
June 7th (NA) and June 9th (EU). We’re confident that these extra two weeks will
make sure the game is as amazing as possible for you the players.
Thank you all for your continued support and excitement for Mirror’s Edge
Catalyst. The return of Faith is imminent.
Steam News announces
that Battlefleet Gothic:
Armada is now available, offering a Windows RTS based on the tabletop
game from Games Workshop.
This announcement has more on the launch and how it will be followed shortly
by some space marines: Your crew is ready at their battle stations, your
macro-canons are loaded, and the Adeptus Mechanicus' priests have performed the
activation rites of the plasma reactors of your ship. The astropath is now
connecting to the Warp.
The Gothic Sector is on the verge of apocalypse, and you will have to fight like
never before to save it from the claws of Abaddon the Despoiler and his 12th
Black Crusade.
This is it. Battlefleet Gothic: Armada is now available!
We want you to know that this is not the end of a journey, but just its
beginning. The proud Space Marines are already on their way to assist the
Imperial Navy.
ETA is in one and a half months from now, and we have high hopes they won't get
lost in the Warp on the way.
We, at Tindalos Interactive, wish to thank all of the players who participated
in the Beta, and provided us with valuable feedback. We would also like to
assure you that the studio, with the support of our publisher Focus Home
Interactive, will be entirely dedicated to the development and support of
Battlefleet Gothic: Armada.
We will work relentlessly on balancing and also to add new content. We will
listen to your feedback and your expectations - together, we’ll strive to make
Battlefleet Gothic: Armada something truly unique.
Read the launch patch notes
here!
Don't Starve Together is now available
on Steam, offering a
multiplayer expansion for Don't Starve.
This post has details on the latest version, and here's a description of the
whole shebang: Don't Starve Together is the standalone multiplayer
expansion of the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve. Now
including Reign of Giants; adding new characters, seasons, creatures, biomes,
and Giant new challenges to Don’t Starve Together.
Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and
surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your
survival style. Play your way as you unravel the mysteries of this strange land.
Cooperate with your friends in a private game, or take your chances with
strangers online. Work with other players to survive the harsh environment, or
strike out on your own.
Do whatever it takes, but most importantly, Don't Starve.
A forum post has word on a new
patch that's now available for Galactic Civilizations III, updating the
4X space strategy sequel to version 1.7. The post by Island Dog calls this a
"massive starbase update" as it includes a bunch of quality of life and
functionality changes for starbases, including the ability to queue upgrades
directly from shipyards, a new battle assessment feature, sorting and grouping
options, and more. Word is: "We know that many of our fans love playing
gigantic-sized maps over sprawling hours of game play. The new Starbase update
brings several new features and tools for reducing micromanagement and
increasing efficiency for those late-game long hauls."
The Lawbreakers website is now
accepting signups for upcoming public alpha testing of this first-person shooter
from Cliff Bleszinski’s Boss Key Studios.
"between our guns"
trailer shows off some gameplay to entice you, and here's word from Nexon
America on plans to test the game: Beat gravity into submission in
LawBreakers, the debut game from Cliff Bleszinski’s Boss Key Studios. Players
can register now for the chance to participate and dominate, in LawBreakers’
upcoming series of public Alpha tests on www.lawbreakers.com , becoming one of
the first to get their hands on the highly anticipated game. Dates for the Alpha
tests have not yet been announced, but fans can sign up via the website or
Wishlist LawBreakers on
Steam to be first in the know.
LawBreakers is a 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.
Continue here to read the full story.
Publisher Devolver Digital and developer Reikon Games announce RUINER, an
anime-inspired, cyberpunk, isometric shooter coming to Windows, OS X, and Linux
this year. This will be on display this weekend at PAX East, where attendees
will have the chance to play it for the first time. The
game's Steam page and the
RUINER Website are live, offering
information, images, and
this teaser trailer which features gameplay. Here's the announcement: Developer
Reikon Games and game label Devolver Digital have announced RUINER, a brutal
cyberpunk action shooter that will devastate gamers on PC, Mac, and Linux in
2016. Throw up your energy shield and refresh your dash augmentations because
it’s going to get pretty wild from here on out (ruinergamer.com).
RUINER is a brutal action shooter set in the year 2091 in the cyber metropolis
Rengkok. A wired psychopath lashes out against a corrupt system to retrieve his
kidnapped brother under the guidance of a secretive hacker friend. Combine
preternatural reflexes, augmented tools, and the arsenal of fallen foes to tear
down and dismantle the corporate titans of virtuality dealers at HEAVEN.
“The Reikon Games team is thrilled to work with Devolver Digital on our debut
game. RUINER is a game we’ve been working on for quite some time and have wanted
to make for even longer,” said Magdalena Tomkowicz, lead writer on RUINER at
Reikon Games.
Reflexes will be put to the test as players take aim at HEAVEN, the monolithic
corporation behind the entertainment networks bringing people real sensations in
virtual worlds. The masked hero will utilize a fantastic array of weaponry and
gadgets in concert with fluid movement and tactical strikes to save his kin and
discover the hidden truths of Rengkok. A sensational score from Khoven, DJ Alina,
and famed anime composer Susumu Hirasawa (Paprika, Millennium Actress) back a
unique original narrative.
If you or someone you love is looking to become an unstoppable psychopath with a
super sweet video helmet strapped to their face, please visit ruinergame.com and
follow @RuinerGame on Twitter.
Continue here to read the full story.
A new Sapienza launch
trailer takes a look at Episode Two of HITMAN, a new chapter coming next
week to the assassination sequel. Here's a bit on the release and what it will
offer: "HITMAN - Episode 2: Sapienza is available April 26 on PS4, Xbox One and
PC. The beautiful, sun-drenched coastal town of Sapienza is full of new
challenges and packed with opportunities for the creative assassin to explore.
Your main target is Silvio Caruso, a brilliant bioengineer reportedly working on
a DNA-Specific virus able to infect anyone anywhere in the world." Continue here to read the full story.
Publisher Daedalic Entertainment and developer Forgotten Key are attending PAX
East this weekend to give attendees a look at AER, their upcoming adventure game
that allows the player to transform into a bird and explore. For those unable to
transform into a bird and fly to Boston, they offer
this gameplay trailer
showing things off. Here's word on the game and plans to demonstrate it at the
show: "get airborne during this year's PAX East as Daedalic Entertainment and
Forgotten Key bring a hands-on demo of their atmospheric adventure game AER.
Transform into a bird and fly to explore and experience a world of floating
islands. For the first time, fans and press can experience gameplay footage, and
AER will be shown live at PAX East for anyone who is interested in flying around
and traversing the colorful remnants of AER’s world." Continue here to read the full story.
My internet was acting more reliably for a while, but recently started misbehaving again with frequent disconnections.
These are always brief,
but it is still quite aggravating to get dropped from games and voice chat all
the time. I
finally got fed up and made an appointment for Verizon to come and
reinstall FiOS. The problem is they don't offer TV in this area (word is our local
politicians have a shockingly high bribe floor), so I can't get one of their
"triple play" bundle deals. What's bizarre about this is how they quoted me a higher
price for internet and phone service than they offer for the triple play! I had
to kick and scream and get a supervisor on the phone to get to the point where
they were not going to charge me more for two services than they would charge
someone else for three. Having successfully negotiated for sanity, now I
just have to wait a week for the installation, which will hopefully put my
internet issues behind me.
R.I.P.:
Chyna,
WWE wrestler and entertainer, dead at 45.
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