Thief: new screens show city hub area, see them here
Thief publisher Square Enix has published a new set of images and concept art showcasing the game’s city hub area.
XCOM: Enemy Within video introduces a rogue organization known as EXALT
XCOM: Enemy Within has a new video available showing off the game’s rogue organization known as EXALT.
Need for Speed: Rivals progression system detailed by Ghost Games
Need for Speed: Rivals questions regarding progression in the game have been answered by Ghost Games. These questions range from replay value to whether or not there is a progression cap. The answer to the latter is yes.
EverQuest: Call of the Forsaken – 20th expansion for the MMORPG now available
EverQuest: Call of the Forsaken, the 20th expansion for the MMO, has launched.
Montague’s Mount now available through GoG, GamersGate, Get Games
Montague’s Mount, the indie horror title from Irish developer Polypusher Studios, is now available for Linux, Mac and PC through GOG.com, Get Games and GamersGate. It is not available yet through Steam, but you can rectify that by voting for the game through Steam Greenlight.
Tomb Raider will be released on Mac later this year
Tomb Raider will be released on Mac later this year courtesy of Feral Interactive. Pricing, system requirements, multiplayer details and a mini-site dedicated to Tomb Raider for Mac will be revealed closer to the release date. A trailer announcing the Mac version is below, and for those of you who played it on consoles and PC, it will look rather familiar.
ShootMania: Storm Elite demo now available
A demo for ShootMania: Storm Elite is now available, featuring a full mode from the retail product. It can be downloaded through ManiaPlanet, shootmania.com or Steam – where it is also 50% off. The demo also offers a taste of 3v3 action, matchmaking, dedicated rankings and progression levels. Plus, if you play the demo between now and October 31, you could win a PlayStation 4 or the game. Details through here. A video is below.
CI Games hires two industry vets to work on core Enemy Front team
CI Games has brought Steve Hart and Paul Robinson on board to be part of its creative development team. Hart, who has 18 years of experience under his belt, joins as executive producer and previously worked for Rebellion on Sniper Elite v2. Robinson, who has worked in the industry for 20 years, joins the senior creative and design team after having worked for firms such as NovaLogic, Pandemic and Guerrilla Games. Both will be working on CI’s upcoming World War 2 shooter, Enemy Front, which releases next year on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.
Total Annihilation follow-up ‘probably’ in the works, but Chris Taylor won’t come out and say it
With Gas Powered Games now owned by Wargaming, and with the studio also owning the rights to Total Annihilation, GPG founder Chris Taylor has pretty much said, without saying, that a follow-up to the RTS game is “alive and well”. Without going as far as to announce it as being in the works, Taylor said the following instead (per PC Gamer): “In so far as other RTS properties that I am capable of working on – and I think you know what I’m talking about, I don’t even need to be coy – I think that nerd is alive and well. It’s just not an area I’m ready to talk about yet. But you can use your imagination, even though you’re not on the project. You’re welcome to use your imagination, your imagination will serve you well in this case.”
Alrighty then.
Total War developer ‘absolutely intends’ to support SteamOS
The Creative Assembly is bang behind SteamOS, and sees no problem in porting its games to Linux for Valve’s new hardware scheme.
Modern indie scene better than ‘good old days’, says mark Cerny
Small teams, lots of variety, and low cost releases – the indie revolution is a return to the industry’s roots, right? Nope, says industry veteran, Marble Madness designer and PS4 lead engineer Mark Cerny; it’s actually much better.
LocoCycle PC release listed by German ratings board
LocoCycle may be coming to PC, as the TwistedPixel racer has been listed for PC release on German ratings board USK. According to Microsoft, LocoCycle is headed to Xbox 360 and Xbox One sometime this year; nary a sniff of a PC release has surfaced elsewhere. LocoCycle is the latest from the team behind Gunstringer and Splosion Man, and concerns the adventures of sentient spy bikes.
Thanks, CVG.
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