Great news for all indie fans out there, as Headup Games announced today that they are securing the worldwide retail publishing & distribution rights for the Collector’s Edition of Terraria as well as the European rights to The Binding of Isaac. This is awesome as a lot of PC gamers want a box version of their games and some of them are not even bothered with buying their digital versions. Both Terraria and The Binding of Isaac are great and we hope to see more indie games in retail form. Continue reading Terraria and The Binding of Isaac coming to retail in 2012→
Perfect World Entertainment and Zombie Studios released the third developer diary for their upcoming free-to-play FPS, Blacklight Retribution, in which the developers talk about the game’s gadgets and gear. Blacklight Retribution is coming exclusively on the PC and promises to set the new standard for free-to-play shooters, by fully leveraging Unreal 3 technology and implementing DirectX 11 to give gamers cutting-edge graphics that will blow away expectations as well as minds. Continue reading Blacklight Retribution – Developer Diary 3→
DICE and Electronic Arts have just informed us – via Battlefield 3’s Facebook page – that they will roll out new updates for their game that will affect PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 players. As a result of that, there will be a maintenance at 2 AM PDT and will last until 3 AM PDT. During this maintenance, Battlelog and online multiplayer services for PC will be unavailable, whereas online multiplayer services for PS3 and XBOX 360 may experience intermittent issues over the hour-long period. Continue reading Battlefield 3 updates coming today on all platforms→
Great news for owners of Stronghold 3 and inMomentum as a new update has rolled out for both of them. In addition, DOTA 2 beta testers can get their hands on a new build as Valve released a new update for it that features lots of additions and fixes. Those patches will be auto-downloaded next time you start the Steam client and you can view the entire changelogs for all three of them after the jump. Continue reading DOTA 2, Stronghold 3 and inMomentum Updates Released→
PC Sonic fans, get ready as SEGA’s latest Sonic game is finally available on Steam. Sonic Generations promises to deliver the definitive experience for Sonic fans new and old. Sonic’s universe is thrown into chaos when a mysterious new power comes into force, creating ‘time holes’ which take Sonic and his friends back in time. Continue reading Sonic Generations is Now Available on Steam→
Now here is a pretty interesting mashup that we’ve just spotted on Jest. This video could be basically considered a response to Rockstar’s official GTA V trailer and shows what would happen if the game was based on the Super Mario series. It’s a nice ‘versus’ and we are sure that you will enjoy it. GTA V is slated for a 2012 release on current generation consoles and PC. Continue reading Super Mario meets Grand Theft Auto V in… Grand Theft Mario→
A few days ago, we posted an editorial about how all those dreadful scripted events are killing the gaming experience. Seems that we should had also added all those annoying QTEs that were used heavily in God of War. These QTEs are not immersive and have no place in modern-day games as they can be easily replaced by clever, real-time, gameplay ideas. Seriously developers, we are not watching movies. We are playing games and this is definitely not the right way to create dramatic or cinematic scenes. An adventure game like Heavy Rain can get away with this. But the sequel to one of the best tactical FPS games to be filled with QTEs? Seriously now Ubisoft? Oh the horror. Continue reading Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Patriots – Target footage is disappointing to say the least→
Ubisoft announced the development of the latest edition in its best-selling Tom Clancy’s Rainbow 6 franchise, Rainbow 6 Patriots. Developed by Ubisoft Montreal with the support of Ubisoft Toronto and Ubisoft Red Storm, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow 6 Patriots revolves around a dynamic single-player storyline that captures the reality of modern-day terrorism and allows players to experience it from multiple characters’ perspectives. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow 6 Patriots is due for release on Xbox 360, PS3 and Windows PC in 2013. Continue reading Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Patriots Announced; Coming to consoles and PC in 2013→
I’ve said it before and I’ll keep saying it: I love modders. TechPowerUp’s user ‘Mindweaver‘ released a handy utility that lets you edit and config Battlefield 3’s graphical settings without entering the game. Now this is a crucial little program and one I was looking forward to. Why should I enter the game in order to change my settings? Especially when I want to play some multiplayer matches and want to tweak some options. God bless Mindweaver. Continue reading BF3 Config Utility v1.4 – Config Your Graphics Settings Without Entering The Game→
El Presidente and his Minister of Communications, the wondrous Penultimo, are pleased to announce that Kalypso will release a new DLC pack for Tropico 4 for Windows PC. Dubbed “The Junta”, the new DLC pack will be available for for £3.49/€3.99 on Windows PC on November 11th. Continue reading Tropico 4 – Junta DLC coming to the PC on November 11th→