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Archived News:
Steam News announces
that Faeria is
free for the next 24 hours. The post doesn't clarify, but this is permanent.
Adding the game to your account before 7:00 pm EDT tomorrow will allow you to
keep it forever. Here's word: For a limited time, get Faeria for free!*
Faeria combines the core values of Strategy Card Games together with a Living
Board, giving you the ability to shape the board as you play to create
mind-blowing strategies. Each game of Faeria is not only unique, beautiful and
fast-paced but also highly competitive with upcoming features such as an
observer mode and integrated tournaments.
*Offer ends August 10th at 4pm Pacific.
A new patch is now available in Heroes of the Storm, Blizzard's MOBA. The main
feature of the new version is the new hero Auriel, and they celebrate with
Auriel Hero Week.
There are other changes as well, and you can read all about them in
these patch notes.
Here's a bit on Auriel: As the eternal embodiment of hope, it should come
as no surprise that Auriel’s favored role on the battlefield is one of a
backline support, bestowing clarity, hope, and healing to her allies through the
use of her Cord of Hope, Al’maiesh. This archangel is no stranger to the chaos
of battle however, as countless hell demons could certainly attest to her deadly
abilities during the Eternal Conflict. Now descending from the High Heavens and
into the Nexus, we will see what comes of those who hope to stand against Auriel!
Continue here to read the full story.
Finnish developer Frozenbyte now offers a free content update for Shadwen.
Titled Escape from the Castle, this is available for the stealth game on
Windows, OS X, and Linux. As may be inferred from the title, this reverses the
original campaign's infiltration goal. The game is also currently on sale for
half-off on GOG.com,
Humble Store, and
Steam. Here's more:
The levels are reverse and remade versions of the ones in the orignal
campaign - the objective now is to escape from the King's Castle!
The difficulty curve in the new content has been increased and players are
encouraged to search for hidden treasure maps scattered around the levels!
The update also includes numerous bug fixes and some tweaks to the game's
AI.
Heart&Slash is now available for Windows and OS X
on Steam following a
Kickstarter and early access. Publisher BadLand Games calls this a "robotic
roguelike/3D brawler-hybrid." If that doesn't paint a picture for you, they
offer this trailer to
help. Here's more: Take on the role of Heart, a malfunctioning robot, and
fight for your identity against the monolithic QuAsSy (Quality Assurance
Systems) -- an evil machine obsessed with robots that look and sound the same.
Meet Slash -- dashing veteran of the Robolution. Can you capture Slash's
attention over several playthroughs? Fair warning: Each quest is an opportunity
to woo (or anger!) the old-timer. Your choices will define the relationship
between the two robots. Go for a killing blow, and you might end the
relationship before it even begins. Choose love, and victory could slip through
your mechanical fingers ...
Continue here to read the full story.
This trailer offers a
look at the remastered version of BioShock (thanks
DSOGaming). This is part of the recently
announced BioShock collection, showing graphical improvements for the first
game in the series. Word is, "Relive the depths of Rapture and sail through
Columbia in BioShock: The Collection! Remastered for current-gen, this edition
includes all three #BioShock games, complete with all single-player DLC and a
never-before-seen video series with commentary from Ken Levine. Available
September 13, 2016 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC." Continue here to read the full story.
Here's another new
video showing off the Vanguard role in LawBreakers. Boss Key introduced
the Vanguard yesterday and follow with
a clip showing how it should be played. Word is, "The devs at Boss Key have put
together a video to share tips, tricks and everything else you need to know to
dominate with our Vanguard role in LawBreakers. He’s your run n’ gunner, but
also a killer support class." Continue here to read the full story.
Bethesda Softworks offers fans of The Evil Within and Rage hope
that follow-ups to one or both games are still possible (thanks
VG247).
Speaking with finder.com.au, Bethesda's Pete Hines tells them each game did
well enough to warrant a sequel. This topic has come up before, in particular
about Rage, id Software's 2011 first-person shooter.
In 2013 Hines said
whether a Rage sequel was coming was "TBD," and shortly after that Tim Willits
stated that the franchise was "not dead." When
asked about sequels to both games they say Hines didn't hesitate before saying
yes. He expands on that in a follow-up answer: Pete Hines: I can’t talk
about the unannounced stuff and what we may or may not do. I get myself in
trouble whenever I do that. Even when we were talking about the Morrowind
Remaster, if I come out and say, ‘I just don’t think that is going to happen,’
then people freak out. So I won’t confirm or deny stuff we may or may not do, as
people jump to the wrong conclusions. But I do think both The Evil Within and
Rage did well enough that we could make sequels. Personally I loved Rage and had
a tonne of fun playing it, but we have a lot of stuff in the pipeline right now
so you will have to wait and see.
AMD Support announces the release of new version 16.8.1 Crimson reference
drivers for AMD graphics cards. Among other things, these add support for Radeon
RX 470 and Radeon RX 460 graphics cards and a Crossfire profile for F1 2016.
This list outline other fixes: Fixed Issues
- Max memory overclock available on Radeon RX 480
being too low in Radeon WattMan has been resolved.
- Overwatch™ may experience an application crash on
some Radeon™ RX 480 configurations when using AMD Crossfire technology mode.
- The Division poor Crossfire scaling may be
experienced in some low resolution configurations when using AMD Crossfire
technology mode.
- DOTA2™ may experience lower than expected
performance when in AMD Crossfire mode.
- Radeon Settings may not report the correct Vulkan™
driver or API version information.
- Firefox™ may experience an application crash when
hardware acceleration is enabled for content playback.
- Low frame rate or stutter may be experienced
Wolfenstein®: The Old Blood™ on Radeon™ RX 480.
- Updating drivers through Radeon Settings may
sometimes fail with an error message.
Shiver Games offers a Lucius Demake for Windows
on Steam. This takes the
original Lucius back to
the 80s with throwback graphics and style. They also offer a bundle of this
along with the first two Lucius games at a discount. Here's
a trailer with a look
at this. Here's word on how this generated from a fan project: Lucius
Demake is a reimagining of the original Lucius game, made to look as if it is
actually from the late 80s, complete with 2D pixel graphics and 16 colors. Why
did Shiver Games decide to do something like this? It all started when Gergely
Sinkó, a fan of the original game, created a mock-up concept picture: The image
resonated with the team so much that they decided Lucius needed to be completely
reborn in the 1980s. Shiver Games reached out to Gergely and asked him to
recreate the whole game with them in his distinctive style. He was hired and the
devil's son was born again – this time, with only twelve pixels.
Continue here to read the full story.
I want to express my appreciation for one of the greatest hitters in the history
of baseball as he nears the end of his career. I'm tricking you into think I'm
talking about Alex Rodriguez, but you may know me too well already to fall for
that. Congrats to
Ichiro Suzuki on his 3,000th career hit. Ichiro is an amazing baseball
player, still productive at age 42, and is one of the classier players of our era.
He also managed to rack up 1,278 hits in Japanese ball so his 4,278 hits
professional hits is an all-time record. Hat's off to Ichiro, one of the
all-time greats.
A
post on the No Man’s Sky website paves the way for this week's launch of the
new space game. It's due tomorrow on PS4 and on Friday for Windows, so Sean
Murray tackles the topic of what you do in the game. He also provides links to
old and new screenshots and gameplay videos from various sources. He also
mentions a livestream of the game that's already concluded, but can still be
viewed here.
Here are some warnings about what the game is and isn't:
That means this maybe isn’t the game you *imagined* from those
trailers. If you hoped for things like pvp multiplayer or city building,
piloting freighters, or building civilisations… that isn’t what NMS is. Over
time it might become some of those things through updates.
For instance, freighters and building bases *are* coming!
Read about updates
coming here.
At launch though, it’s an infinite procedural sci-fi-space-survival-sandbox
unlike anything you have ever played before. If you decide to play it, you’ll
see just how closely it plays to those trailers, and to our original vision.
It’s a weird game, it’s a niche game and it’s a very very chill game.
A new
Internet Archive Amiga Software Library is online (thanks
Boing Boing). This is a large collection of titles from the heyday of the
beloved 16-bit system. These can be played via emulation in a browser, and they
also offer downloads of the Amiga disk images. A wide range of classics are
immortalized, including King's Quest II, The Bard's Tale, and of course,
Blow
Job Drifter.
Early access to Space Ribbon is now available
on Steam. This is a
psychedelic racing game for Windows, OS X, and Linux is set in space, but still
uses tracks. This is pretty typical stuff, unless you count local split-screen
multiplayer or that tracks are vomited up on the fly by gigantic space
creatures. This video offers a
look and here's a bit more: The year is 2132. In the far reaches of the galaxy, gigantic space creatures
have been discovered. Creatures that vomit solid matter out of their mouths.
Solid matter that is the perfect substance to drive super retro space cars in a
race to enter the creature’s mouth. We call it the Space Ribbon. In the fastest
growing sport in the galaxy, be the first to chase down a giant space beast as
it spews a completely different psychedelic racetrack out of its mouth every
time you play. Modify junked up classic cars and turn them into the fastest in
space.
Experience psychedelic space racing with Space Ribbon’s intelligent track
generation you will never drive the same course twice, making this is a true
test of driver skill.
Continue here to read the full story.
A new video from
LawBreakers puts you on the frontline with the Vanguard. This shows off the
aerial antics of this mobile class in the upcoming first-person shooter. Boss
Key invites those interested in breaking the law to sign up for the alpha test
on the official website. The
description has a bit more on the game: "The Vanguard is highly mobile and flies
above the battle to rain destruction on their enemies! Keep your eyes out for
Maverick and Toska-9 when you're in battle- you don't want to be caught in their
line of fire." Continue here to read the full story.
Riot Games offers a look at the Kled character in
this new trailer for
League of Legends.
This page has the previous character reveal for the newest champion coming
to the MOBA and
this page has more details. They say, "Kled's legend is undeniable: when he
rides into battle on Skaarl (his cowardly steed), the Cantankerous Cavalier
fights ferociously to protect what’s his… and to take whatever he can
get." Continue here to read the full story.
-
ShapeRockets -- Steam Greenlight. "Three shapes. Two choices. One
weapon. Enter a minimalist multiplayer FPS world where you knew the rules
before you played the game. ShapeRockets is the world’s first literal Rock,
Paper, Scissors shooter! (And it will only be $7.99!)" Here's
a trailer.
Link of the Day:
Inside QuakeCon. Thanks Redwood.
Psyonix announces a new Rumble mode is coming to Rocket League next month in a
free update. The call this all-new mode "chaotic," noting that it adds 11 new
power-ups to the motorsports mash-up. Here's
a trailer, and here
are the details: Independent video game developer and publisher, Psyonix,
is thrilled to announce that it is bringing an all-new, chaotic game mode dubbed
Rocket League® Rumble to Rocket League® players around the world, starting next
month.
Revealed on stage for the first time at today's finale of the Rocket League
Championship Series in Hollywood, California, Rocket League® Rumble is a FREE
new game mode that lets you play in an epic battle royale stacked with
randomized power-ups. Whether you're equipped with the Haymaker (which punches
the ball), the Swapper (that changes your place with an opponent's), or the
Tornado (which you'll just have to see to believe), each one of the 11 new
power-ups brings an extra dimension to the classic Rocket League® formula.
Like the "Hoops" and "Mutator" modes before it, Rocket League® Rumble will
appear in online playlists when it debuts in September, and will also be
available in both Private and Exhibition matches. The complete power-up list
includes:
- The Boot (Kick's an opponent's car)
- Disruptor (Forces the opponent to drive
uncontrollably)
- Freezer (Freezes the ball in-place)
- Grappling Hook (Pulls you towards the ball)
- Haymaker (Punches the ball)
- Magnetizer (Attracts the ball to your car)
- Plunger (Grabs the ball via plunger and cord)
- Power Hitter (Hit everything harder)
- Spike (Attach the ball to your car when you bump
into it)
- Swapper (Change positions on the field with your
opponent)
- Tornado (Sweep up the ball and cars into a giant
funnel cloud)
Rocket League® Rumble is just the beginning of a much bigger update planned
for September. Expect more details in the coming weeks.
Continue here to read the full story.
This tweet confirms plans for a third season of episodes for the new
HITMAN game, quipping that they haven't yet guaranteed a second season. Word
is, "Of course, our plan is to have three seasons. Although Season Two hasn't
been confirmed yet" (thanks
PCGamesN). Also,
IO Interactive announces episode 4 of HITMAN is coming on August 16th.
This will be set in Bangkok, and will add new missions, disguises, and gear to
the assassination game. Here are
some screenshots
and further details: Io-Interactive today confirms that episode 4 of
HITMAN will be set in Bangkok and will be arriving on August 16.
The "Club 27" mission transports players to the opulence and splendor of the
Himmapan luxury hotel and resort, situated on the Chao Phraya River outside
Bangkok. Your targets are rising rock star Jordan Cross, front man of trending
indie band The Class, and Cross’ family lawyer, Ken Morgan. Both are currently
residing at the luxury hotel as the band finishes its highly-anticipated
sophomore album.
Explore the grand hotel's exquisite interiors and bask in the natural beauty of
the exotic gardens adorning the hotel's exterior pavilions. Or just enjoy the
vista of the Chao Phraya River as you plan how best to carry out your mission.
A new playable demo for The Silver Case for Windows is now available on
PLAYISM and
Steam. This adventure
first came for PlayStation in 1999 and a mobile edition came a few years ago.
This post has details, saying it "allows you to play the start of the
chapter Decoyman." Word is: "The debut game from developer SUDA51, 'The Silver
Case' is fully remastered, localized into English for the first time!" The full
release is coming in the fall, and here are more details: The demo of The
Silver Case Remastered featuring the first chapter “Decoyman”, which was
exhibited at BitSummit 4th on 7/9-10/2016 has been made public as a
free-to-download demo, on Steam and PLAYISM.
Steam:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/476650
PLAYISM:
http://playism.jp/game/454/the-silver-case
We hope this new version of The Silver Case – which until now, has only been
experienced by those who came to BitSummit – will be enjoyed by players all over
the world.
Steam
now offers a free DLC for
Coffin Dodgers
adding Oculus Rift support to the cartoony racing game (thanks
Team VVV). Here's more on the game's new support for virtual reality: "This
single track demo allows the player to experience the fast paced kart racer in
first person with this immersive VR experience. Take on the Grim Reaper and
battle your opponents using a variety of homemade weapons and gadgets and get
closer to the action than ever before."
Things look stable on the
GFK Chart-Track PC top 30 chart for the week ending August 6th. The Sims
4 remains at number one as the top three remain unchanged. The
all-platforms top 40 is similar, though GTA5 is now number one after
swapping places with LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which lands at
number three. Here's the
big picture: ‘Grand Theft Auto V’ (+31%) returns to the top of the All
Formats chart for the first time since March 2015.
Having been on chart over 150 weeks it’s the 9th No1 crown for the Take2 title.
It’s a close run fight for top spot this week with ‘Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End’
(+19%) making a late surge for the crown although it remains at No2 by just a
handful of sales. GTA V’s return to the top ends the 5 week run of ‘Lego Star
Wars: The Force Awakens’(-21%), which had been set to break the record for chart
topping Lego titles but instead drops to No3. ‘Overwatch’ (+13%) moves up a
place to No4 while outside the Top 10 ‘Tom Clancy’s The Division’ (+34%) climbs
ten places to No11.
It’s another quiet week with No Man’s Sky not scheduled to arrive until Wed.
However elsewhere in the Top 40 some notable climbers come in the form of ‘EA
Sports UFC 2’ (+26%) and ‘Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege’ (+26%). Both titles
continue their week on week climbs up to No15 and No16 respectively.
- ARCTIC P533 Military Stereo Headset on
Nikk Tech.
- MSI GTX 1080 Armor OC 8GB Graphics Card on
Play3r.net.
- NVIDIA TITAN X vs. the GTX 1080 on
BabelTechReviews.
- Sapphire RX 470 4GB Nitro Graphics Card on
LAN OC.
Decided to go back and rewatch Firefly, the cult favorite space western.
This is (only?) my second viewing of the show, and my recollection of how good
it is feels like an understatement. This causes the return of frustration over
its early demise. But as someone who didn't watch its first run, I'm in no
position to complain. But still, the show is so damn shiny. Seriously, to the
Fox execs who cancelled this? Ni men dou shi sha gua!
R.I.P.:
Ahmed Zewail, Nobel laureate who sparked a ‘revolution in chemistry,’ dies at 70.
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