Firefly Studios today released an ambitious new expansion for Stronghold Kingdoms — Stronghold Kingdoms: Rise of The Wolf, available now for free on PC and Mac. As the press release reads, Rise of The Wolf recreates the savage world of the original Stronghold in an MMO environment, featuring new PvE gameplay in a world under siege from series antagonist The Wolf. Continue reading New Expansion for Stronghold Kingdoms Available Now for Free
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Cities: Skylines – Final Dev Diary Focuses on In-Game Tools
Paradox Interactive and Colossal Order have released the final instalment of their video developer diary series for Cities: Skylines, the highly anticipated city simulation game for PC, Mac and Linux set to break ground on March 10th. Continue reading Cities: Skylines – Final Dev Diary Focuses on In-Game Tools
Super Dungeon Bros & Siegecraft Commander Are Coming To PC With Cross-Platform Support
Wired Productions and Blowfish Studios have announced that Super Dungeon Bros and Siegecraft Commander are coming to Windows 10 and will be among the first titles to take advantage of the much anticipated cross-device multiplayer gameplay between Xbox One and Windows 10 PC systems. Continue reading Super Dungeon Bros & Siegecraft Commander Are Coming To PC With Cross-Platform Support
Ex-Maxis Dev on EA – Great Place to Work, Maxis Was Closed Due to The Sims Overshadowing SimCity
Reddit’s member ‘vertexnormal‘ – who is a former Maxis developer – has talked a bit about the closure of Maxis Emeryville, and shed some additional light to it. According to vertexnormal, Maxis Emeryville was closed because the SimCity series was it suffered from The Sims’ huge success. And even though the older SimCity games made a profit, they were not even close to what The Sims had achieved. Continue reading Ex-Maxis Dev on EA – Great Place to Work, Maxis Was Closed Due to The Sims Overshadowing SimCity
Worlds of Magic Will Be Powered by Unity 5, Will Be the First 4X Game on Unity 5
Wastelands Interactive has just announced that Worlds of Magic will be powered by Unity 5, and will be the first 4X game of such a scale released on this new iteration of the Unity Engine. As the team noted, it will be able to greatly increase the stability and overall performance of the game via Unity 5. Continue reading Worlds of Magic Will Be Powered by Unity 5, Will Be the First 4X Game on Unity 5
NVIDIA PhysX 3.3.3 Available for Free to All Unreal Engine 4 Developers
Epic Games and NVIDIA have announced that all Unreal Engine 4 developers will gain access to NVIDIA’s PhysX. Not only that, but developers will have access to PhysX’s source code. And in our opinion, this is another clever move from Epic Games; a move that will certainly make a lot of developers start experimenting with its engine. Continue reading NVIDIA PhysX 3.3.3 Available for Free to All Unreal Engine 4 Developers
Magicka 2 Releases On May 26th, Gets New Trailer
Paradox Interactive today published a completely fair-use trailer for Magicka 2, the forthcoming magick-mixing game for PC. The trailer, containing all-new gameplay and allegedly new ideas, celebrates the upcoming launch of Magicka 2, which will arrive on PC on May 26th. The game can be pre-ordered on PC beginning today. Magicka 2 will be available for $14.99. Continue reading Magicka 2 Releases On May 26th, Gets New Trailer
Electronic Arts Shuts Down Maxis Emeryville
Well, we all saw that coming. After the hugely disappointing latest part of the SimCity series, EA decided to pull the plug and shut down the studio that was behind it. Yeap, Maxis Emeryville, the team responsible for Spore and the SimCity series, is no more. And while a dedicated team of ex-Maxis devs is hired by EA in order to keep SimCity alive, we kind of expect to see this game being abandoned really soon. Continue reading Electronic Arts Shuts Down Maxis Emeryville
Dragon Age: Inquisition – Patch 5 Detailed, Will Bring Various Improvements to Gameplay & Stability
The fifth update for Dragon Age: Inquisition will be released soon, and Bioware has unveiled its changelog. According to its release notes, this new update will bring various improvements to gameplay and stability, and will also add an option to control the font size of subtitles. You can view the complete changelog of this upcoming patch below. Continue reading Dragon Age: Inquisition – Patch 5 Detailed, Will Bring Various Improvements to Gameplay & Stability
Stardock Unveils Ashes of the Singularity – Strategy Game Powered by Nitrous Engine
Stardock today revealed Ashes of the Singularity, thus revealing the long-awaited first title to harness the groundbreaking power of developer Oxide Games’ Nitrous engine. In addition, Stardock has released its first screenshots that can be viewed below. Continue reading Stardock Unveils Ashes of the Singularity – Strategy Game Powered by Nitrous Engine