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April 7th, 2009, 11:13 Posted By: wraggster
A new version of Nexuiz, a GPL-licensed, first-person shooter, has been released. There are over 3,000 changes in Nexuiz 2.5, including new maps, new game-modes, enhanced graphics, new audio, and other major changes. Phoronix has posted a preview of this Nexuiz 2.5 release, with screenshots showing the impressive graphics and how it has raised the bar for open-source gaming. Details about the Nexuiz project are available at SourceForge
http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl.../04/05/0324237
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April 7th, 2009, 11:12 Posted By: wraggster
CCP, developers of the sci-fi MMOG EVE Online, continue to impress with their open attitude towards players. In a thread on the EVE forums, an EVE Online player named Dire Lauthris describes difficulties he was having while making a fan movie that would illustrate a portion of EVE Online's background story. To make it 'historically correct,' he contacted CCP, the developers, to check on some facts. Instead of threatening to sue him for infringing on their intellectual property, they ended up inviting him to their offices to set him up with better movie-making software than the one he was using. Also, they had an employee record the narrator voice for his movie. The movie is now finished and available online. Massively is running a related article about storytelling in EVE.
http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl.../04/06/0432231
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April 6th, 2009, 22:04 Posted By: Shrygue
via Eurogamer
Crytek is offering another free trial week for Crysis Wars starting this Thursday, 9th April.
Full details on how to join the online multiplayer mayhem will be posted today on the official Crysis site. Incidentally, those with keys from previous trials will be able to reuse them.
The Crysis Wars trial grants full, time-limited access to LAN play, online play and the map editor.
Crysis Wars arrived last year as the beefed-up multiplayer part of standalone expansion Crysis Warhead. Both, we thought, were brilliant.
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April 6th, 2009, 21:17 Posted By: wraggster
cdv Software Entertainment USA and Ascaron Entertainment today announced a new patch for the retail version of Sacred 2: Fallen Angel for PC. The new patch updates the retail version of Sacred 2 to version 2.40 and adds a slew of new features, including nVidia PhysX support, new mini-bosses and a new achievement system.
The patch, along with a detailed "readme" file, is available at http://update.sacred2.com/, and includes the following content updates and fixes -
nVidia PhysX technology implemented for two combat arts of each respective hero
Direct impact on immediate environment
Updated particle effects
Variable wind speeds
Pause functionality for single player mode
Direct control of minions
New achievement system (available in logbook)
Inventory screen changes:
Equipped items now have a new layout which is individual for each character
Three new mini bosses
All mini bosses now have their own quests.
Sacred 2: Fallen Angel is a hack-and-slash action-RPG with a rich story that takes place in a gigantic seamless world. This world contains massive dungeons, treacherous opponents and hundreds of challenging quests. Intelligent enemies, which adapt in number and difficulty based on player progress, challenge gamers in heroic single- and multiplayer battles.
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April 3rd, 2009, 15:08 Posted By: wraggster
Developer Curve has announced a downloadable game called Explodemon, headed for WiiWare, PC, and PlayStation Network this year. Described as a mix of classic platformers like Mario and Mega Man with a modern Halo or Half-Life 2 twist (!), Explodemon will be presented in 2.5D. Curve is apparently a big fan of Super Nintendo-era Japanese platformers. Explodemon himself looks like a super-deformed Iron Man.
The developer previously delivered Buzz! Master Quiz and Buzz! Brain Bender to the PSP. Screenshots of Explodemon have definitely caught our attention and we'll be keeping an eye on this one.
http://uk.pc.ign.com/articles/969/969245p1.html
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April 3rd, 2009, 15:06 Posted By: wraggster
Uforia announced today that it has made some major updates to its Three Kingdoms: The Battle Begins game. The first major change is that the PVP Battles occur every hour of every day. The addition of nearly twice as many battles allow players who previously were not available to participate in them to compete for experience points and in-game gold. The battles take place in multiple locations throughout the game and players are alerted to their whereabouts via a pop-up alert notification box.
For more information about the Hourly PVP Battles, please visit the information page at:
http://threekingdoms.uforia.com/Anno...t.aspx?seq=184
The other major addition to the game is the increase in number of premium items for the Chests of Fortune. This item is a container that when purchased gives the player a chance of receiving an item which in turn can boost a character's stats or enhance character appearance or restore a player's HP. Players can purchase Chests of Fortune in the Item Mall.
Download and play the game for free at http://threekingdoms.uforia.com/
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April 3rd, 2009, 15:03 Posted By: wraggster
Starbreeze, the Swedish development studio that made the upcoming Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, recently spoke to Eurogamer about the next game based on Robert Ludlum's Bourne series.
Electronic Arts announced in February that it picked up the rights to the Bourne franchise, and the publisher chose Starbreeze to develop a game based on the spy series. Last year's Bourne release was developed by High Moon Studios and published by Vivendi, now part of Activision Blizzard.
Although details on Starbreeze's Bourne effort remain thin, the company has confirmed that there will be multiplayer and that the studio is going all-out with its motion capture and voice capture tech.
"It is the same team that's going to create the Bourne game that did Riddick as well as The Darkness," lead designer Jerk Gustafsson told Eurogamer. "We've already begun work. There are some personnel in a development cycle that are free a little bit earlier than others and those guys have been working on the Bourne project.
There's still no release date for Bourne, and Starbreeze and EA haven't announced platforms just yet.
http://uk.pc.ign.com/articles/969/969124p1.html
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April 3rd, 2009, 15:00 Posted By: wraggster
When 2K Games released the first trailer for its upcoming BioShock sequel, Rapture fans were held rapt by the brief teaser, which showed a young girl standing by the ocean at sunset among a tight group of stylized sandcastle skyscrapers. The scene faded slowly into a barnacle-covered Bioshock 2 logo, and the phrase "Sea of Dreams" floated up from the bottom of the screen.
It's was a pretty short leap to the assumption that "Sea of Dreams" was the subtitle of the sequel, but 2K corrected the record on March 19th, saying the game is officially called Bioshock 2, which no subtitle. So why the confusion? Was Sea of Dreams dropped as a subtitle, or was it just an evocative phrase meant to get gamers going early on?
"We name most of our trailers at 2K and the name of the teaser trailer we released last October for BioShock 2 is called 'Sea of Dreams,' 2K spokesman Charlie Sinhaseni told IGN. "There was talk about adding that as an official subtitle, but we decided to simply keep it BioShock 2. We're sorry for the confusion, but we're glad people are so interested."
So there you have it. BioShock 2 has no subtitle. But if you'd like to turn your experience in Rapture into a sea of dreams when the game releases later this year, we're pretty sure 2K won't be able to stop you.
http://uk.pc.ign.com/articles/969/969140p1.html
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April 3rd, 2009, 14:28 Posted By: wraggster
Funcom is proud to announce that 'Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures' is now available as a free trial. Funcom, Fileplanet and Ausgamers have teamed up to provide gamers everywhere with the opportunity to download and play `Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures' for free for a period of seven to fourteen days. This is the chance to experience the brutal, savage and sexy world of Conan where you can live, fight and explore in the world of Hyboria together with thousands of people from across the globe.
"The time has finally come for us to open the flood gates," says Morten Larssen, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Funcom. "There is a world of gamers out there who have never played `Age of Conan' and we want them to experience what hundreds of thousands of gamers have before them. The game has matured tremendously since launch, and we feel confident that this is the time to launch a trial. `Age of Conan' is simply bigger and better than it ever was, and we want both new and previous players alike to experience that!"
All you have to do to start playing `Age of Conan' today is visit the www.ageofconan.com/trial website, download the game and off you go. Funcom has also teamed up with Fileplanet and Ausgamers, and depending on which source you download from you will receive between seven to fourteen days free play time and a host of special rewards. Various websites across the world will also be doing exclusive give-aways where gamers can receive a special key that will unlock rare virtual items in addition to the free trial play time.
Since launching last year, the development team has made significant updates to the game. Too many to list at once, here are a few highlights of what has been done in the past few months:
NEW CONTENT! Experience countless hours of more content and adventure through new areas such as the expansive Ymir's Pass and the massive Xibaluku dungeon. Embark on new quests, face new challenges and experience entirely revamped dungeons and gameplay!
ENHANCED PVP! The world of Conan is now more brutal than ever before. Increase your player vs. player level and reap the exclusive rewards as you slaughter enemy players, but be ready to face the violent consequences should you engage in criminal activities!
BETTER SIEGES! The entire siege warfare experience has been improved, making sieges more fun and easier to get into. Warfare between guilds is now even more dramatic with specific resources that must be fought over in order to build and maintain battlekeeps!
ENHANCED PERFORMANCE! Major updates have been made to technical stability and performance, allowing for a much smoother gameplay experience across a wider range of computer systems - even with higher levels of graphical detail enabled!
... AND MORE! Many more improvements and additions have been made to Age of Conan since launch. More voice overs, more travel options, a new friend interface, new GUI options, easier access to PvP mini-games, better tradeskills and much, much more!
Launching in May last year `Age of Conan' quickly became a smash hit in retail, shipping over 1.2 million copies around the world. In North America, the most prominent online gaming market in the west, `Age of Conan' became the third best-selling PC title of the year only beaten by `Spore' and `World of Warcraft'. In the weeks after launch `Age of Conan' simultaneously topped the charts in 17 countries, and the game received critical acclaim from gaming press across the globe. `Age of Conan' is now available in English, French, German, Spanish, Russian and Polish, and is being prepared for launch in Korea as well.
With a constant stream of new updates and improvements, Funcom continues to push the game forward and the development team is now working on a new expansion as well as a series of free updates that will take the game to even greater heights in the months ahead.
For more information on the trial campaign, please visit www.ageofconan.com/trial
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April 3rd, 2009, 14:05 Posted By: wraggster
Frogster continues to throw all the gameplay they can possibly find into Runes of Magic, introducing a suspiciously kart-like horse racing mini-game, complete with mystery power-ups.
The Wind-Runner Race is an 8-person horse race that players sign up for in the city of Varanas in the game world. Once the race card is full the race begins, with players avoiding magical traps on their way towards the finish line. Just like many popular kart racing titles, players can help themselves and hinder their foes by picking up any of 8 different horse powers, represented on the field by question mark icons. Boost your speed, slow down an opponent, or trap them in a web...all's fair when in game currency is on the line. You can see a brief video of a race in action at the game's official site.
It just amazes me how much stuff Frogster is tossing into Runes of Magic. I eagerly await the announcement of an in-game FPS archery mini-game in the near future.
http://kotaku.com/5195526/runes-of-m...els-mario-kart
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April 3rd, 2009, 13:59 Posted By: wraggster
Was at the pub the other night, and got into a fight over subscription-based MMO growth. Some bloke said the market wasn't growing, I said it was. Researchers Screen Digest have proven me the winner.
Having conducted a study on the finances of the (*breath*) subscription-based massively multiplayer online gaming market (which excludes games reliant upon microtransactions instead of a flat monthly fee), Screen Digest have found that the market grew by 22% in 2008 over 2007's figures.
That means $1.4 billion was spent on MMOs in 2008, 58% of that going on World of Warfare subscriptions alone. No wonder Blizzard can, in a time when other studios are sacking workers, go out and commission a giant false idol.
http://kotaku.com/5196358/mmo-games-grew-by-22-in-2008
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April 3rd, 2009, 13:57 Posted By: wraggster
The developers over at Jolt Online Gaming have released Legends of Zork to the general public. It's a free, browser-based, adventure game based on the world of Zork. You play as a Traveling Salesman, recently laid off from FrobozzCo. You start off in a clearing, where a white house has a boarded up door. From there, you can do what you like. Explore the world, fight other salesmen in PVP, or try out your Darkvision Goggles in the dark — just try not to get eaten by a grue."
It's free in that you're given 30 Action Points each day, which are consumed by moving about and fighting. Their business model is that if you want more Action Points, you can purchase more.
http://games.slashdot.org/games/09/04/03/043201.shtml
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April 3rd, 2009, 13:46 Posted By: wraggster
Empire: Total War has held onto the top of the US PC software sales chart for the week ended March 21, according to data provided by NPD.
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King and The Sims 2 Double Deluxe both also held onto their positions in second and third place respectively.
THQ's Warhammer 40,000: Dawn Of War II claimed fourth place, with the World of Warcraft: Battle Chest taking number five and World of Warcraft itself coming in at six.
The Sims 2 Apartment Life took seventh place, while Spore came in at eight. Civilization IV re-entered the top ten at number nine, pushing Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst down a place to ten.
Full US PC sales chart follows:
01. Empire: Total War (Sega of America)
02. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (Blizzard)
03. The Sims 2 Double Deluxe (EA)
04.Warhammer 40,000: Dawn Of War II (THQ)
05. World of Warcraft: Battle Chest (Blizzard)
06. World of Warcraft (Blizzard)
07. The Sims 2 Apartment Life Expansion Pack (EA)
08. Spore (EA)
09. Civilization IV (Take 2)
10. Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst (Activision)
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...to-us-top-spot
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April 2nd, 2009, 22:02 Posted By: Shrygue
via IGN
Amidst all the April Fool's Day stories about Crocodeagles (Qualcomm), rogue AI that loves Pandas (Google), and more going on Wednesday, it was easy to look at PopCap's Web page and assume that the newly-revealed Plants vs. Zombies game was part of the April 1 fun. PopCap carried what many around the office considered to be a joke even further by including a hilarious music video for the game, as well as an optional Japanese version of the song! But it turns out that it's all real, and it's apparently the next big game from the maker of such insidiously addictive fare as Peggle, Bejeweled, and Bookworm.
PopCap isn't saying much beyond the initial reveal and that the game is coming out on May 5. But we did manage to ask PopCap spokesperson Garth Chouteau some questions, and he was kind enough to reply in a typically fun PopCap kind of way.
More info with Q&A at IGN
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April 2nd, 2009, 19:05 Posted By: wraggster
News via aep
A new version of OpenTTD has been released. Quote: "OpenTTD is a clone of the Microprose game "Transport Tycoon Deluxe", a popular game originally written by Chris Sawyer. It attempts to mimic the original game as closely as possible while extending it with new features. OpenTTD is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2.0. For more information, see the file 'COPYING' included with every release and source download of the game."
http://www.openttd.org/
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April 2nd, 2009, 10:35 Posted By: wraggster
It's the biggest StarCraft II announcement since the game itself -- and would make Michael Bay proud. Blizzard today unveiled the largest unit to date in its RTS franchise: the Terran Terra-Tron. This hulking bipedal war machine is actually built from the combined pieces of an entire Terran base. The base "transforms," if you will.
As if its sheer mass and weapons load-out weren't enough to intimidate Zerg and Protoss adversaries, the thing speaks. Phrases such as, "Hell, it's transformin' time" and "Terra-Tron, terrorize!" should turn any rush into a retreat. Blizzard has videos of the Terra-Tron doing big things on the game's official site -- but hurry, it might be gone come April 2.
http://www.joystiq.com/2009/04/01/ap...n-meets-the-e/
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April 2nd, 2009, 10:31 Posted By: wraggster
OK, it's been a bit longer than three days. But with Easter around the corner, it's somewhat apt, because just as everyone was done saying goodybe to FileFront, it's now back from the dead.
The popular PC file download service was closed late last month after its owners, Ziff Davis Media (who were trying to offload the site), failed to find a buyer. Yet no sooner did the site close than, with its value crashing through the floor, it seems somebody stepped in to save it. A message on FileFront's website reads:
FileFront has been acquired by the original founders of the site and will NOT be suspended as previously announced. This is NOT an April Fool's Joke.
Several more paragraphs of that make it rather clear that, yes, this is not a joke. As of writing, all "previously suspended" services are up and running, and the new/old owners "look forward to improving FileFront and serving the gaming community for years to come."
http://kotaku.com/5194923/and-on-the...ront-was-risen
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April 2nd, 2009, 10:28 Posted By: wraggster
It's been a busy day for the folks at Blizzard, who have released major announcements for several different games. The next Diablo III class has arrived: the Archivist. Despite their frail appearance and hunched, labored movement, they are quite deft at launching Quest Bolts at nearby foes, or conjuring a whirling Lore-nado of spinning books. Loud monsters can be silenced with a devastating Shush attack. Blizzard also put Starcraft II's latest unit on display, the Terra-Tron, which is a giant, robot uber-weapon assembled from the buildings in your base. Finally, for World of Warcraft they announced two features that have been requested by players for years: a battle of dances, where you can show off your avatar's hippest moves, and the ability to 'p1mp' your mounts. (Not sure exactly what that means, since I don't speak elvish, but there's a Nightsaber with a cannon — holy crap!)
http://games.slashdot.org/games/09/04/01/2215205.shtml
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