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Spec Ops: The Line – Launch Trailer

2K Games has released the launch trailer of their third person squad-based game, Spec Ops: The Line. The squad-based action in Spec Ops: The Line is highlighted by an intelligent squad command system that allows players to tactfully take out insurgents as they advance into the heart of Dubai. Gamers will blast their way through sandstorms with a variety of weapons and explosives, even using sand as a weapon to strategically bury enemies in their path. Combining intense action with a riveting narrative and the unique setting of a sandstorm ravaged Dubai, Spec Ops: The Line is unlike any other military shooter. Spec Ops: The Line is due out June 29th on current generation consoles and PC. Enjoy! Continue reading Spec Ops: The Line – Launch Trailer

Asphalt 7: Heat pushes the best graphics we’ve ever seen in a iOS/Android game

We don’t usually cover mobile games, but we seriously feel the need to bring this game into the spotlight as we’re uterly amazed by its visuals. Gameloft’s Asphalt 7: Heat is an arcade racing game that was released – a couple of days ago – on iPad and iPhone. The game was released today and for Android and is packed with breathtaking graphics. It’s really shocking witnessing such graphics in a mobile game and what’s really funny is that those visuals can come, somewhat close to current-generation console games. Continue reading Asphalt 7: Heat pushes the best graphics we’ve ever seen in a iOS/Android game

StarCraft II World Championship Series Comes In UK This Weekend

Blizzard announced that on 30th June and 1st July 2012, 16 of the best StarCraft II players in the United Kingdom will compete in the World Championship Series UK Nationals in London. Part of a global campaign to find the best StarCraft II player in the world, the United Kingdom Nationals will see Britain’s best fight it out to be crowned the UK champion and earn the right to represent their country at the StarCraft II World Championship Series Europe Finals. Continue reading StarCraft II World Championship Series Comes In UK This Weekend

Unity Engine sports spectacular visuals, realtime alien character showcases the engine’s potential

Evil Games is an indie game studio that is currently developing an action adventure game that combines exploration, puzzles and super fast gameplay. And even though their game is an isometric title, the company decided to create an alien mascot for it. This alien character is still a WIP model and is being created via the Unity Engine. What’s important here is that this is a realtime model, meaning that the engine can actually push this kind of visuals. It surely is not as impressive as Unreal Engine 4 but this engine is mainly targetted for indie developers. And we seriously can’t wait till all indie games look like this. Enjoy! Continue reading Unity Engine sports spectacular visuals, realtime alien character showcases the engine’s potential

First gameplay footage from Mojang’s ‘Scrolls’ title, game approaches closed beta phase

Mojang has unveiled some new information – as well as the first gameplay trailer – about their upcoming turn-based game, Scrolls. Scrolls aims to take the genre of Collectible Card Games to a whole new level and is packed with a streamlined gameplay that is aimed towards digital online gaming, auction houses, single-player campaigns and an array of multi-player gaming modes such as friendly matches, tournaments and ranked matches. Continue reading First gameplay footage from Mojang’s ‘Scrolls’ title, game approaches closed beta phase

Weekly Top 10 PC Charts; UK PC Retail and Steam Digital Charts [June 17th – 23rd]

The UK PC Retail and Steam Digital charts have been revealed and as we can see, Diablo III and Sid Meier’s Civilization V – Gods and Kings are at the first places. The UK PC Retail charts seem similar to last week’s, although we can notice two games entering the chart for the first time. LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes and Battlefield 3 Premium can be spotted at the ninth and tenth place, respectively. Diablo III is still at the top place, while Skyrim has managed to climb at the third place. Continue reading Weekly Top 10 PC Charts; UK PC Retail and Steam Digital Charts [June 17th – 23rd]

Mass Effect 3’s Extended Cut will most probably disappoint everyone

Now I’ll be honest here – this does not surprise me at all. In their latest interview with Community Manager Jessica Merizan, Mass Effect 3 Executive Producer Casey Hudson and Lead Writer Mac Walters revealed that the Extended Cut will focus on the Shepard’s companions and not on all those unanswered questions that arose during the last five minutes. Continue reading Mass Effect 3’s Extended Cut will most probably disappoint everyone

Overgrowth Alpha 183 Changes

Wolfire Games has released a new video that showcases the changes that have been made to the latest alpha version of Overgrowth. This week, David Rosen added a ‘case error’ alert and a ‘process pool’ toggle to config. Most of you won’t even bother with these features but let us tell you that they are really importan for developers and modders. Overgrowth looks great but we feel that the game has hit a wall or something, as there hasn’t been any major updates lately. Wolfire Games seems to be polishing various features but what we want to see is something more than an environment with some bunnies fighting each other. Well, until that time comes, enjoy the following video! Continue reading Overgrowth Alpha 183 Changes

Company of Heroes 2 – Two New Screenshots Unveiled

Relic and THQ have unveiled – via the game’s FB page – two new screenshots for Company of Heroes 2. Company of Heroes 2 utilizes Relic Entertainment’s state of the art proprietary Essence 3.0 Engine to bring new technological advancements to the strategy genre in the form of innovative Dynamic Battle Tactics, increased graphical fidelity and new environmental destruction, ultimately putting the player in control with new Commander Abilities. The game is currently slated for a 2013 release, exclusively on the PC. Enjoy! Continue reading Company of Heroes 2 – Two New Screenshots Unveiled