Valve announces the Steam Controller with touch screen, haptic feedback, more
Valve has revealed its third, planned announcement for the living room and it’s the Steam Controller – a “hackable” controller with dual trackpads, a touch screen, and haptic feedback that works with all past, present, and future games available through the Steam service.
Not what I was expecting lol, I guess it's something that I would have to try myself...
Thief 4: Master Thief Edition is a digital download option on PC and available for pre-order
Thief 4: Master Thief Edition is a digital download option on PC available for pre-order, Square Enix has announced.
Second Life gets a graphics and features overhaul
Hot on the heels of its 10th anniversary virtual life simulator Second Life has received a facelift in the form of new graphics and features. This includes streamlined chat tools, better lighting, and improved avatar loading speed. If only real life could be patched like that, eh? Check out the trailer after the break.
Arma 3′s first post-release update is live
The first post-release update for Arma 3, Update 1.02, is now available. It implements several tweaks, fixes and improvements. You can look over the entire changelog through here. Upon logging into the game via Steam, it will auto-update for you.
Hearthstone beta wipe approaches ahead of major update
That time has arrived for Blizzard’s Hearthstone beta. The servers will soon be wiped as a major update comes in to the collectible card game. This is the only planned wipe, unless something goes horribly and catastrophically wrong. Which it probably won’t.
The Evil Within extended gameplay video released
The Evil Within has an extended gameplay video available for you to watch below. In the game, detective Sebastien Castellanos and his partners are called in to investigate a mass murder, when a “mysterious force” slaughters Sebastian’s fellow officers. Knocked unconscious, when he awakens, he finds his world “has been turned upside down.” This is where the video opens.
The Evil Within is in development for the Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and PC and is slated for release in 2014.
League of Legends voice chat "not off the table"
Riot are understandably wary of introducing real, human voices to their MOBA. They’ve put a lot of work into washing the toxic sludge from their community, via tribunals and chat bans and such, and they’re hardly about to throw that away by thoughtlessly implementing unrestricted voip.
They do think about it, though.
Divinity: Original Sin delayed until 2014; more gardening required
Easy on those wallet hinges, Kickstarterers - all that extra cash you’re flinging at developers is resulting in some seriously delayed videogames. First Schafer overscoped Broken Age to the point that it’s been split into two, and now Divinity: Original Sin’s stretch goals have seen it burst through the membrane into 2014.
Edge Of Eternity Is A French J-RPG? It’s Ambitious
By John Walker on September 27th, 2013 at 8:00 pm.
It’s kind of weird that J-RPG has become a genre, rather than meaning it’s actually from Japan. Edge Of Eternity, describing itself as such, despite being developed in France, by indies Midgar Studio. It’s an extremely ambitious project, a young indie studio looking to create a massive original RPG, with orchestrated live music, turn-based combat, and fire coming out of the developers’ heads. But they’re asking for $200,000. Cripes.
An Alien-Focused XCOM? Firaxis Talks Possibilities
By Nathan Grayson on September 27th, 2013 at 5:00 pm.
I recently had the chance to chat with XCOM: The Enemy Within senior game designer Ananda Gupta, and I was immediately faced with a crushing dilemma. Adam had done his job too well in a previous interview and discussed everything (XCOM-related) ON EARTH. I was stumped. I was about to hand in both my hands and my ability to ask questions to the Intergalactic Journalism Police when it hit me: if Earth’s no longer an option, then the only way out is up. Space! So Gupta and I chatted about aliens and the possibility of an XCOM campaign starring said nefarious extraterrestrials, and it was absolutely wonderful. [Warning - some XCOM: Enemy Unknown spoilers ahead.]
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