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Archived News:
By way of
a
new job posting for a game director for an "unannounced project," Blizzard
seems to have pretty clearly announced that this project will be a new Diablo
game (thanks
Ars Technica). The responsibilities mention a knowledge and passion for
Diablo games and experience "developing online games, action games, and / or
role-playing games," qualities some feel may not have been present enough during
the initial design phases of Diablo III. Aside from those details, the
abstract makes it sound pretty apparent that a new Diablo game is in the works:
Blizzard Entertainment is seeking a game director with outstanding
communications skills, proven experience in creative direction, strong ability
in system design, and a stellar track record of shipping AAA games to lead the
Diablo series into the future.
A post on Battle.net
outlines future plans for Heroes of the Storm, showing off some new characters,
skins, and mounts coming to Blizzard's MOBA in the near future.
This video has most
of the update, including pretty detailed looks at two new characters, Gul'dan
and Auriel. Word is: "It’s almost time for some new additions to the Nexus,
including our two upcoming Heroes: Gul'dan and Auriel! Check out the video below
to catch a glimpse of these two powerful paragons of light and darkness, along
with some of the other awesome stuff coming to the game in the near
future:" Continue here to read the full story.
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BOB RG 42 -- Steam Greenlight. "BOB RG 42 is an action-adventure game
developed by Karton Games. You play as an astronaut by the name of Bob,
hired by an influential company to locate and collect cubes of precious
material in the 936 Zeta Floating Island Nebula. On his mission he has his
trusty spaceship and the RG42 Multipurpose Alien Material Processing
Backpack. All he has to do is collect this material and come back home,
right? "
A
tweet from the Battlefield teases news about beta testing Battlefield 1,
the upcoming World War I shooter. EA promises inside information for insiders,
saying, There's news coming about the #Battlefield 1 Beta. Become an Insider so
you don't miss it. http://bit.ly/29dgB1h.
Thanks
VG247.
Focus Home Interactive announces the Unread Team DLC will be released late this
month for Blood Bowl 2, the fantasy-themed sports sequel. As the title
implies, this will bring a new team of undead players to the game, presumably
all hopped-up on performance-enhancing brains.
These
screenshots show off the new race, and here's word, which includes details
on how it's still possible to qualify for a free copy of this DLC: Blood
Bowl 2 is the sequel to the video game adaptation of Games Workshop's famous
board game that combines American football with the fantasy world of Warhammer.
The new screenshots unveiled today showcase the upcoming Undead team and their
deadly Players. They will be available, along with their own Starplayers, in the
Undead DLC available late July for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC/Mac.
We remind you that PC/Mac Steam players of Blood Bowl 2 can still benefit from
the FOUNDERS INCENTIVE: Players will receive the Undead, as well as the
Necromantic and the Nurgle teams for free, as long as they purchased the game
before the races release. Also, Blood Bowl 2 is currently 60% off on Steam until
July 4th. This is a perfect opportunity to get the game at an attractive price,
and receive the coming races for free as soon as they are available.
Nordic Games offers some new details on ELEX, the post-apocalyptic RPG in the
works at Gothic developer Piranha Bytes. They now say to expect this foe
Windows, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 in the first quarter of next year, and
offer a "mood" video
to, you know, get you in the mood. Here's a new outline of what to expect from
this game, and how it will pit brother against sister, up versus down, and
Coke versus Pepsi: The Story
Magalan, the completely open game world of ELEX, was home to a highly developed
civilisation until a catastrophic meteor strike devastated the planet, reducing
it to a post-apocalyptic world. The meteor also deposited a substance that is
now found in nearly everything: Elex, and each faction uses it in a different
way. Every inhabitant of the world is constantly looking for Elex, whether as a
substance with magical powers, to use in a weapon or as a pure stimulant.
A Game of Contrasts
ELEX is all about contrasts: science vs fantasy, magic vs laser weapons and
logic vs emotions. In ELEX, Piranha Bytes combines all the game elements that
RPG fans love and has placed them in an entirely new environment: a
science-fantasy setting. These contrasts are also evident in the various
factions.
Use of Elex
While one faction, the Albs, consider the ingestion of Elex as part of their
cult, the Clerics group ban the consumption of Elex on religious grounds, and
use it to build their high-tech weapons. The Berserkers however, a people who
live in harmony with nature, process Elex into mana and use it to craft magical
weapons. As for the Bandits, their society has no fixed rules, but they live by
the credo: “Take anything you can grab, or someone else will.”
Continue here to read the full story.
Childish Things announces a July 5th release date for Captain Cricket 2016, the
new installment in their sport simulation series. There is nothing about this
yet on their website, but they do offer
a launch movie showing
off the new version. Here's the pitch: Cricket Captain has been hailed as
the best cricket management simulation ever created and Cricket Captain 2016
takes the game to the next level – new teams, a beautiful new interface, updated
3D graphics engine and all the attention to detail that you expect from the
series.
Key features for 2016 include:
- 79 playable domestic teams across 5 domestic
leagues, including 12 new teams from the New Zealand and South African
domestic cricket leagues
- Updated One Day International (ODI) and 20 over
(T20) World Cup Tournament modes. Play as any international team that played
in the last two World Cups including Afghanistan, Hong Kong, Ireland,
Netherlands, Oman, Scotland or the UAE.
- Day/Night matches
- New 3D lighting system
- Improved One Day and T20 match engine combined
with improved player form calculation for One Day and T20
- Updated kits for international teams
- Sri Lanka and Pakistan historical scenarios
- New database with improved player ability ratings
- New and improved interface
- In-game help system
- New achievements
Continue here to read the full story.
- AMD Radeon RX 480 4GB versus Radeon RX 480 8GB Graphics Card on
Legit Reviews.
- Arctic Liquid Freezer 120 Test on
OCinside.
German.
- The Corsair Gaming K70 RGB RAPIDFIRE Mechanical Keyboard on
AnandTech.
- GIGABYTE X99-Designare EX (Intel X99) Motherboard on
TweakTown.
- Jabra Sport Pulse Wireless Earbuds on
Nikk Tech.
- MSI X99A Gaming Pro Carbon Motherboard on
Play3r.net.
- Plextor M7V 512GB Solid State Drive on
CDRLabs.com.
- Scythe Grand Kama Cross 3 CPU Cooler on
Hardware Slave.
- Synology DS916+ Four-Bay Consumer NAS on
TweakTown.
- Toshiba HK4R Enterprise SSD on
The SSD Review.
Whelp, the mystery of my recent malady has been solved. I got a call this
morning from my doctor about the additional round of tests he conducted, and it
turns out my second Lyme titer was positive. In fact, his words were "very
positive," so in the course of one week my evidence of the disease went from
nonexistent to extreme. So... yay? Actually, this feels like good news, because
as someone who rarely feels sick, I was positive the symptoms I was experiencing
meant that something was actually wrong, so at least it's good to know what it
is. The fact that my earlier test came back negative so recently suggests we caught
this pretty early, but Lyme titers are also known for false negatives. Either
way, I'm still assuming a round of antibiotics will clear this up.
Thanks for all the suggestions and support during the stage when this was just a
giant aggravating mystery.
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