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Archived News:
Stardock has released a new Map Toolkit for Offworld Trading Company as
premium DLC for Mohawk Games' strategy/sim set on Mars.
This page has details
and links to pick this up, and here's the announcement: Stardock and
Mohawk Games released the new Map Toolkit DLC for Offworld Trading Company
today. The downloadable content allows players to build their own maps to share
with friends and rivals using the new map editor and adds dozens of new maps
based on real locations, many of which enhance the campaign.
“Players can have a great time creating their own maps from scratch,” said Soren
Johnson, lead designer of Offworld Trading Company, “but we also wanted to give
players some maps of real Mars locations, just to get them started.”
The Map Editor allows players to explore plenty of different options when
creating a map. From larger design details such as creating deep canyons or huge
plateaus, all the way down to the finer details of where resources can be found
and how abundant they are, players will be able to create a unique map that they
can then share with others.
Offworld Trading Company is a new direction for real-time strategy where money
is both your deadliest weapon and your toughest defense. With a campaign,
skirmishes, and daily challenges, players can enjoy a game by themselves at
their leisure. If they want to connect with their friends online, the
multiplayer mode can host up to eight people for a knock-down, drag-out economic
brawl, or they can join in ranked ladder games to see who the world’s best
businessman or woman really is.
Offworld Trading Company’s Map Toolkit DLC is now available on
Steam or through
Stardock. For more information, please
visit www.offworldgame.com.
2K and Firaxis Games
offer new details on Civilization VI, explaining how cities will be "unstacked"
in the next installment in the beloved strategy series pioneered by Sid Meier.
This two-minute video
helps explain how this works, and here's part of the article: In Civilization V, you simply queue up a build order, construct your
buildings and they all live as one enormous stack within the city screen. With
Civilization VI, we’ve unstacked the cities, removing all of that clutter within
the city screen. So not only do you need to weigh build order in Civilization
VI, but you also have to consider district adjacency bonuses and what terrains
around your city center are compatible with certain Wonders. There isn’t one
template for success in Civilization VI, and players need to react to the
environment around them. No two games will play the same.
Combat is also affected by the Unstacking Cities mechanic in Civilization VI.
As cities spread across more territory and become more exposed, adept warmongers
may target specific tiles to cripple a city’s infrastructure before going after
the city center. Additionally, passive players who would choose to fortify
cities in the past must now consider their city’s full perimeter when deciding
to pursue this same tactic in Civilization VI. A city is so much more than just
its city center now.
Finally, from a visual standpoint, Unstacking Cities presents great
aesthetical changes to the Civilization experience. Cities now look more diverse
and reflect their growth in more distinct ways. We’ve found this change goes a
long way, not only in making players feel more connected to their choices and
progress, but also in keeping players immersed in the beautiful world of
Civilization VI.
Continue here to read the full story.
Neocore Games now offers the
E3 2016 trailer for
Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor – Martyr, offering a look at "pre-alpha"
footage from the upcoming Warhammer 40K action/RPG.
This page has this video, as well as
an IGN showcase from the
show and an eight
minutes Gamespot video with more of the game. They conclude by stressing
that they are interested in what potential customers have to think about what
they have planned: "And a last word: we’d really like to hear your opinion, as
feedback in this phase of development can still have enormous impact on the
game, for the better. Please tell us what you think so far, what’s good, what’s
to be improved – your opinion matters and will be taken into account in further
developments." Continue here to read the full story.
The Turtle Rock Studios
Careers Page indicates the Left 4 Dead and Evolve developer is working on a
new unrevealed project. They list open positions for an "Unannounced new IP,"
including a Narrative Director, programmers, and artists. There's a hint at the
scope of this from the descriptions. Here's word: "We are searching for a
Narrative Director to help shape the entire narrative structure of our upcoming
new AAA game for PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. The Narrative Director will
work closely with our Creative Director and Head Writer to create and oversee
compelling stories, characters, and content that form the backbone of the game’s
story." Thanks
VG247.
Early access to Screeps is now available for Windows, OS X, and Linux
on Steam, offering first
crack as this MMORTS game that relies on actual programming skills to play.
Here's a trailer
showing off how this works. While this will limit the potential audience of this
game, it is an interesting new approach to things, as outlined here: It
is a MMO RTS sandbox game for programmers, wherein the core mechanic is
programming your units AI. With all the attributes of a full-fledged strategy
game, you control your colony by writing real JavaScript which operate 24/7 in
the single persistent world filled by other players on par with you.
Your colony can harvest resources, build units, conquer territory, trade with
another colonies. As you conquer more territory, your influence in the game
world grows, as well as your abilities to expand your footprint. However, it
requires a lot of effort on your part, since multiple players may aim at the
same territory.
Screeps is developed for people with programming skills. Unlike some other RTS
games, your units in Screeps can react to events without your participation –
provided that you have programmed them properly. And, unlike other MMO, you do
not have to play Screeps constantly to play well. It is quite enough just to
check once in a while to see if everything goes well.
Continue here to read the full story.
DOOM takes over the top spot on the
GFK Chart-Track top 30 chart of the bestselling PC games in the U.K. for
last week. Overwatch drops to number three on that list, and Overwatch falls to
number two on the
all platforms top 40, here DOOM also lands at number one. Here's word:
‘Doom’ puts an end to Overwatch’s three week run at the top of the chart.
It jumps two places from No3 to No1 with retailer promotions pushing the ASP
down by £5 to £31.20. Sales of ‘Doom’ are up 57% on last week giving Bethesda
their first All Formats No1 since ‘Fallout 4’ and developer ID Software their
first No1 since ‘Doom 3’ on PC topped the All Formats Chart in W34 2004.
‘Overwatch’ drops to No2 with sales down by 24%, remaining ahead of ‘Uncharted
4: A Thief’s End’ (+1%) which climbs one place to No3. Older titles ‘FIFA 16’
(+21%) and ‘GTA V’ (+20%) still prove popular, also rising by one place to No’s
4 and 5 respectively. ‘Mirror’s Edge Catalyst’ (-62%) slips from No2 to No6,
while retailer promotions boosts ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops III’ (+52%) back in to
the Top 10, up from No12 to No7. As Euro 2016 is now well under way, Konami’s
updated Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 (+24%) title on PS4 and PS3 enjoys a 24% sales
increase, although is a non-mover at No8. More promotions guide ‘Star War
Battlefront’ (+63%) back in to the Top 10, up 7 places to No9. ‘Lego Marvel
Avengers’ (+4%) rounds off the Top 10 at No10, while ‘MotoGP 16: Valentino
Rossi’ is the only new title to break in to the Top 40, new at No19.
Sometime after we posted the Steam top 10 yesterday
the list changed. We're not sure which list is more accurate than the other, but
for the record, here's the list as it currently reads:
- Dead by Daylight
- Total War: WARHAMMER
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
- Arma 3 Apex
- DARK SOULS II: Scholar of the First Sin
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Hearts of Iron IV
- Youtubers Life
- DOOM
- ARK: Survival Evolved
- FSP Hydro G 850W PSU on
APH Networks.
- Intel 535 Series 240GB SSD on
Nikk Tech.
- Lexar High-Performance 200GB UHS-I MicroSD Memory Card on
TweakTown.
- LiteHawk QUATTRO NEON Quadcopter on
ModSynergy.
- The OnePlus 3 Cell Phone on
AnandTech.
- Tt eSPORTS COMMANDER COMBO Multi Light on
Vortez.
Happy first day of summer for those of us in the northern hemisphere, and
happy first day of winter to the southern hemisphere. This is often erroneously
called the longest day of the year (pretty sure it's still just 24 hours), and
if you view it that way, it seems sort of cruel to have it fall on a Monday.
There's apparently some sort of
full moon involved as well, and I saw somewhere this is the first time a
full moon has fallen on the solstice in 80 years, which is a considerable
defiance of odds.
R.I.P.:
'Star Trek' Star Anton Yelchin, Dead After Freak Accident.
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