As promised,
Overwatch is now live, offering the worldwide launch of
Blizzard's new multiplayer shooter. In a couple of related tidbits,
PCGamesN has a confirmation that the game's loot boxes will be offered for
sale via microtransaction. They
also note
that in a
Facebook Q&A, Jeff Kaplan confirmed that competitive mode will be added by
an upcoming update they hope to release by the end of the month. You can keep an
eye on the
Overwatch website
for more details.
The
GeForce website now offers new version 368.22 WHQL-certified drivers for
GeForce graphics cards, saying these are the game-ready drivers for
Overwatch
as well as upcoming updates for
War Thunder and
World of Tanks.
Here's word: "Our new
GeForce
Game Ready 368.22 WHQL drivers are optimized for the official Overwatch
release, as well as forthcoming updates for War Thunder and World of Tanks. To
download and install, simply fire up GeForce Experience and click the "Drivers"
tab. Likewise, a new
AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition version 16.5.3 hotfix is now available,
offering support for Overwatch as well as Total War: Warhammer and the Vulkan
edition of Dota 2.
A new
360° trailer
from
Total War: WARHAMMER, celebrates tomorrow's release of Creative Assembly's
fantasy-themed strategy game. This will allow you to drag your mouse to change
your viewpoint during the video, and they also offer
a 2D version of the
clip in case the other one poses problems or just seems too much like
witchcraft. Word is: "Through a marriage of award-winning Total War game
mechanics and the incredible depth and complexity of Games Workshop’s World of
Warhammer Fantasy Battle, critics have judged Total War: WARHAMMER as one of the
best strategy games ever made."
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The official simultaneous worldwide launch of
Overwatch is tomorrow, but
that is as early as this afternoon in some territories.
This post on Battle.net
has the details on when to expect the release, which will be at 7:00 pm EDT,
saying: "Similar to the Open Beta, Overwatch will launch in all gameplay regions
across all platforms at the same time globally. To find out when Overwatch will
be available in your region, check out the reference guide below."
DOOM continues to spell doom for the competition on the
GFK Chart-Track PC top 30 chart for the week ending May 21st.
Football
Manager 2016 remains at number two, and there are no new entries in the top
20. On the
all platforms chart Homefront: The Revolution debuts at number three
and there are a few other new entries, including a couple of
Fire Emblem
titles. Here's
the summary
of all the activity:
Sony take a second week at No1 with ‘Uncharted 4: A
Thief’s End’ (-78%).
Bethesda’s ‘Doom’ remains at No2 for a second week and sales only decline -35%
over the debut week, putting it close to the No1 in terms of units sold this
week. This week’s big new release debuts at No3 in the form of Koch
Media/Dambuster Studio’s ‘Homefront: The Revolution’ for PS4 and Xbox One. This
is the sequel to THQ and Kaos Studios ‘Homefront’ which debuted in week 11, 2011
at No1 (both original publisher and studio have ceased to exist). Activision’s
‘Call of Duty: Black Ops III’ (+0%) drops 1 place to No4 and Nintendo’s pair of
3DS ‘Fire Emblem Fates’ titles sees ‘Birthright’ debut at No5 and ‘Conquest’ at
No11. Also new this week and debuting at No6 is Sega’s PS4 ‘Valkyria Chronicles
Remastered’, which is the original PS3 version+DLC, released in UK during
November 2008.
Looking forward to getting to the eye doctor today, hoping that my previous
experience holds true, and that I'll be able to walk out of there with a couple
of pairs of sample contact lenses. This relates to the first definitive thing
I'd like to say about the Oculus Rift, which is that I do not believe the talk
of being able to use these with glasses, as I was able to dig out a very small
old pair, but using them with the headset was still extremely painful. It got to
the point where I couldn't put on the headset yesterday, as even thinking
about doing so made my face hurt (Does your face hurt? Because it's killing
me!). Anyway, based on my experience, trying to use a Rift with glasses is not
practical.
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