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Archived News:
As promised, Steam News
announces that Killing
Floor 2 is now playable for free, and anyone can check out the early access
shooter between now and Sunday at 4:00 pm EDT. Here's word on the game:
Killing Floor 2 is the successor to the ridiculously fun and successful
original title, that was released in 2009. We released Killing Floor 2 on Steam
via Early Access in April 2015 and over the last 7 months have rolled out 3
massive content updates as we get closer and closer to the final release.
Battle.net has
details on a new version of Blizzard's mobile authenticator, the app designed to
help keep user accounts secure. In the past users had to retype a code from the
app into Battle.net to log-in, but the new version offers one-touch
authentication within the app. Here's word on how this works: Whenever* a
log in attempt occurs on your account you will be notified via the app and
prompted to Approve or Deny the request. You can also approve log in requests
with notifications on your mobile or smartwatch without even opening the app! We
hope this will help ease the log in process for those of you that already have
an authenticator and encourage those of you who don’t to give it a try. You can
find out more about authenticators on our
Battle.net Authenticator FAQ.
The Mobile Authenticator with the new One-Button feature is available now on
iOS® and Android™.
*Please note that by default you will only need to approve a log in attempt once
a week per device. You can change this setting on your
Battle.net
Account Management page.
Steam News announces
that Pro Cycling Manager
2016 is now available as
promised, offering latest installment in this Windows bicycle racing series.
Word is: "Become the sports manager of a professional cycling team and take part
in a great 2016 season that will let you travel the world in over 200 cycling
events." Here's a new
trailer and here's more from
this forum post: In this new edition, the Pro Cyclist Mode, which
lets you play as a young cyclist whom you guide to the top, is back with more
interactions between you, your teammates and your manager. The Career mode also
provides a more intense challenge thanks to a new objective and sponsor system.
This 2016 edition is more realistic, thanks to graphical improvements, new
sceneries, a clearer interface, improved relaying of information, and a more
advanced AI that takes into greater consideration cyclists' physiological
abilities and also improves shape and behaviors during breakaways. Finally, you
will be able to share content with the community using the Steam Workshop to
constantly renew your game experience.
Continue here to read the full story.
Stardock now offers Turtle Wars, a new DLC pack for
Ashes of the Singularity,
their science fiction, real-time strategy game. The pack is available through
Stardock
and Steam,
and this forum post
has screenshots and details on all this adds to the game. Here's the news: Stardock
released the Turtle Wars DLC for Ashes of the Singularity today. With new single
player scenarios focused around the player building up defenses against
impossible odds and additional new maps to keep multiplayer matches fresh, this
update brings challenges for both newer and older players.
The Turtle Wars DLC pack contains scenarios such as "Implosion," "Mountaintop,"
and more, plus new maps that offer a wider array of options for multiplayer
matches.
"Our goal is to continue to create a variety of maps with open possibilities,"
said CEO and President of Stardock, Brad Wardell. "Some of these new maps are
ideal for things like a 2v1 match, even a 4v1. We’ve also made sure to include a
large-sized 1v1 skirmish map, which will encourage players to build much bigger
armies for more epic battles."
Continue here to read the full story.
Deep Silver announces August 19th as the worldwide release date for F1 2016,
the next installment in Codemasters' Formula One racing simulation series for
Windows, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. They take the occasion to tout new
features, both announced, and unannounced, saying, "Taking a massive step
forward for the franchise, F1 2016 will launch with a career mode that spans 10
seasons, the re-introduction of the Safety Car, the first inclusion of the
Virtual Safety Car and a number of other unannounced details." They also offer
three new trailers for the game, a
Welcome To Baku video,
a Daniel Ricciardo Baku
Flying Lap video, and a
Jolyon Palmer Baku
Flying Lap video. Continue here to read the full story.
In apparent disregard for secrecy,
PayPal UK tweets an apparent confirmation of
recently leaked alleged dates for
the Steam Summer Sale 2016, saying, "It’s official: the @Steam_games sale starts
23rd June." This is not unprecedented, as PayPal has previously leaked the dates
of the 2014 autumn sale and the
2015 winter sale. Thanks
VG247.
Slitherine announces the release of Scourge of War: Quatre Bras, an
expansion of their Napoleonic wargame that seems to involve four brassieres. The
official product section is where to pick up the expansion (which requires
ownership of the original Scourge of War), and they also offer screenshots and
all the details about this product. Here's the overview: Following and
expanding on the scope of the base game, Scourge of War: Quatre Bras heavily
focuses on realism about units, formations, tactics, weapon ranges and more.
You will find all of the historical units that originally fought, in an
extremely accurate order of battle. Each unit has its own commander and
objectives: under the orders of Marshal Michel Nay, the Duke of Wellington or
the Prince William of Orange, you are able to chose which side to take to
victory in five new scenarios covering all the critical phases of the battle of
Quatre Bras!
The battlefield is meticulously represented in a extensively researched
historical 5-mile x 5-mile map. You will be pleased to find all of the features
(and more!) that have made Scourge of War: Waterloo one of the best simulators
of Napoleonic warfare ever created.
E3 2016 trailer
from The Surge offers a look at this dystopian action/RPG from Deck13 featuring
mech combat. The description includes specifics about the clip as well as the
game. Here's word: "In the E3 trailer, fight for the first time with our
reluctant hero, discovering a few of the exo-suit modules that you can equip and
upgrade. With a heavy emphasis on environmental storytelling and Deck13's
classic duel-style combat system expanded and enhanced with unique limb
targeting mechanics, there are thousands of combinations of armor and make-shift
weapons to dismantle, craft, and merge with your exo-suit." Continue here to read the full story.
A new gameplay video
from Cossacks 3 is called "Prussia on the defensive," introducing Prussia
as a playable race in the upcoming strategy sequel. Here's word on the clip:
"Peacefully living Prussian city was unexpectedly attacked, but peaceful doesn’t
mean unprotected. Please take a look at the Cossacks 3 playable nation:
Prussia." The clip offers some gameplay showing off the once prominent world
power in action. Continue here to read the full story.
Farming Simulator 17 is on display in the
E3
2016 trailer for the next installment in the agriculture series. The game is
due by the end of the year, and the clip shows off how they have cultivated
gameplay over the previous version. Here's word: The hit simulation from Giants Software has been a mainstay in the video game
market for more than 3 years. The two previous versions of Farming Simulator
have attracted almost 5 million players on consoles and PC worldwide. This huge
community of players has been eagerly awaiting fresh news about Farming
Simulator 17, which will launch simultaneously at the end of 2016 on PlayStation
4, Xbox One and PC.
The game is being showcased this year at E3 2016 to unveil its new features:
a new environment, new vehicles, a new animal to breed, and new gameplay
mechanics that increase the game's richness and depth every year, but also to
make it more accessible for both existing fans and new players.
Continue here to read the full story.
Trinium Wars is now out of Early Access
on Steam, marking the
official commercial launch of this free-to-play, post-apocalyptic MMORPG.
This post covers the launch and how the game evolved over the course of
Early Access: Since the start of Early Access in March, we were able to
provide an extensive amount of content updates that improved and expanded
Trinium Wars step by step. New features like the dungeons with their mighty
bosses and the Battle Arena have been implemented during this phase. We met you,
the community on Saturdays to battle with each other in the Resource War,
conquered mines and defended our supply chains. With each update, you could
follow the growth and completion of the game and provided us with your helpful
feedback via the Steam forum and many changes have been made to the game based
on this feedback, most significantly the change to Free to Play to bring in more
players.
We've got the party hats out, as today is MrsBlue's birthday. We've got some
minor celebrations planned, and are thankful that this doesn't seem to be as
much of a conflict as it did at first, as although today is the last day of E3,
the show was so front-loaded most of the announcements were cleared up before it
even officially began.
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