All hell has broken loose when Blizzard’s community manager, Bashiok, said that gamers should lower their expectations for Diablo III. This sounded awkward, right? I mean a community manager telling gamers to lower their expectations for a triple-A game that will most probably sell like hot-cakes? Something didn’t seem right. And according to Blizzard’s Jay Wilson, Bashiok was being sarcastic. Now obviously, there are two sides of this story: either Bashiok was indeed trolling everyone and the media mistook his comment or he was dead serious and Jay Wilson is trying to damage control this whole mess. Continue reading Blizzard wants you to have high expectations from D3 after all; incoming release date announcement→
As promised, Remedy has released the first patch for Alan Wake PC. This update comes with better mouse controls and CPU thread assignment for 3-Core AMD machines, as well as unofficial support for running the game in lower resolutions than 1024×768 and a fix for the flickering trees on Nvidia cards. This update will be auto-downloaded next time you start the Steam client and you can view its entire changelog after the jump. Enjoy! Continue reading Alan Wake PC Patch 1.02 released; comes with better mouse controls and better CPU thread assignment→
And it’s finally revealed. The next Medal of Honor title will be called Medal of Honor: Warfighter and is slated for release this October on current generation consoles and PC. That was revealed by the latest issue of the Official Xbox Magazine. Medal of Honor: Warfighter will be a reboot to 2010’s Medal of Honor title, which was also a reboot to the old franchise. And… well… we can’t wait for the next Medal of Honor title that will most probably be a new reboot (yeah, that was a joke in case you didn’t catch it). Continue reading Medal of Honor: Warfighter Revealed; developed by Danger Close studios, powered by Frostbite 2.0→
I still remember those old days, when Serious Sam was a tech demo and I was reading PC Gamer UK. PC Gamer UK was one of my favourite magazines and I have so many great memories from it. But lets face it: today’s age is all about the Internet. While I miss those old days, we have to accept that life goes on and things around us are constantly changing. Ironically, the same can be said about the FPS genre but sometimes, we really need the feel for some old-school fun. Call it nostalgia or whatever, but there is that need we feel. And the Serious Sam franchise is the perfect medicine for that ‘illness’. But anyway, let’s get back on topic. Devolver has released a retrospective video of Serious Sam that can be viewed bellow. Enjoy! Continue reading Serious Sam: A Retrospective Video; all Serious Sam games 66% off this weekend on Steam→
This is too good to pass by. Reddit’s user MikkelManDK has spotted a nice surprise inside the installation folder of Syndicate PC. It seems that Starbreeze decided to include a .nfo file as an easter egg that is addressed to the PC piracy scene. In case you are unaware of, most scene groups place a .nfo file in their releases with installation instructions. Starbreeze went ahead and placed a similar file into Syndicate’s folder (SBZ.nfo and SBZ stands for StarBreeZe) with proper instruction in how you can install and play the game. Great find MikkelManDK! Continue reading Syndicate PC features an amazing easter egg, addressed to the PC gaming piracy scene→
Rockstar has released the first PC screenshots of Max Payne 3 and let us tell you that it looks F’ing amazing. Sure, this is a multi-platform title but we are really impressed with the quality of its PC version. Launching on June 1st in Europe, the PC version of Max Payne 3 will feature gloriously increased resolution and graphical detail in both the epic story and the explosive multiplayer modes. Rockstar promised to reveal the system specs at a later date, so stay tuned for them. Enjoy! Continue reading Max Payne 3 – First PC Screenshots Released→
Bohemia Interactive has revealed some new screenshots for their military sim FPS game, ArmA 3, as well as some new information about it. Arma 3 will be exhibited at E3 (June 5-7) and Gamescom Cologne (August 16-19). For many this will be the first opportunity to experience what has been accomplished so far and to get a sense of what is to come. However, that is not all. For the first time ever in the Arma series, Bohemia Interactive is planning a ‘Community Alpha’. This will let people try out an early playable build of Arma 3 and help the team with development. Continue reading ArmA 3 – Community Alpha coming after E3, mod support confirmed, backward compatible with ArmA 2→
Crytek, creators of the award-winning Crysis video game franchise and CryENGINE 3D engine technology, announced that Autodesk Scaleform user interface (UI) solution is now integrated into CryENGINE 3. The technology will also be included in CryENGINE 3 free SDK, as part of a new update released today. Scaleform has been Crytek’s UI solution-of-choice for the development of all titles in the “Crysis” franchise. Continue reading CryENGINE 3.3.9 SDK comes with DX9 POM & Autodesk Scaleform support, better SLI/CF utilization→
Gameforge announced today that AION will switch to free-to-play on the 28th of February 2012 . The change-over will occur simultaneously for the German, French and English language versions. To join the action in Atreia from the start, you can download the free game client already at Aion’s official website. Continue reading AION goes free-to-play in Europe on February 28th→
