Shadow Warrior includes Saints Row Penetrator weapon
If you own a copy of Saints Row 4 on Steam, you’ll find a bonus weapon in Shadow Warrior – the Penetrator, the Saints Row signature purple dildo bat. That seems to be all there is to say on this subject. Flying Wild Hog’s Shadow Warrior remake arrives on PC on September 26.
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Lone Survivor: The Director’s Cut coming to Mac and PC soon, launch trailer released
Check out what’s new in the freshly-released Director’s Cut of indie horror Lone Survivor.
Wildstar’s new IP means Carbine must “earn every user”
Wildstar doesn’t need an existing IP to prove itself a true successor to World of Warcraft, according to executive producer Jeremy Gaffney.
The Raven – Legacy of a Master Thief: A Murder of Ravens now available through GoG, Steam
Nordic Games and KING Art have announced the third and final chapter from The Raven – Legacy of a Master Thief: A Murder of Ravens, is out now for PC, Mac and Linux. On October 24, all three chapters will be available as a DRM-free boxed version. The chapter can be downloaded through Steam and GoG and the full game can be yours for 20% off. The game is a crime tale set across 1960s Europe and tells both sides of the story, as players adopt the role of the thief and the investigator. It will be made available through PS3 and Xbox 360 later this year. A video is below.
Stardock and former employee drop lawsuits against one another
A sexual harassment suit brought against Stardock and a counter suit against the plaintiff by the game developer have both been dropped.
EA restructuring corporate positions, Patrick Söderlund to take over as head of EA Sports – report
Electronic Arts is moving its corporate structure around a bit, according to a report on Polygon. Andrew Wilson, who is the firm’s new CEO, left a vacant position within EA Sports and Origin with his promotion, and the report states that Patrick Söderlund, currently EVP of EA’s games label, will be taking over as the head of EA Sports while Frank Gibeau, president of EA games labels, will now head up the firm’s mobile division and Origin. Polygon was unsure whether Gibeau’s role as the head of EA Labels will be maintained. We’ll update you when more information becomes available.
Guild Wars 2 players will venture into Twilight Arbor in October via Twilight Assault update
Guild Wars 2 is getting another new content update in October called Twilight Assault.
Editorial: An Appeal For Unrealism
By John Walker on September 24th, 2013 at 7:00 pm.
“Realism”. It’s probably the most common phrase I read in the forests of press releases that tower over me every day – boasts of a game’s attempts at realism. “Realistic weapons”, “realistic gravity”, “realistic AI”… And each time a part of me looks up into the sky, raises its arms, and wails. “Buuuuut whyyyyyyyyyyyy?!”
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