Dirt 3 Steamworks support due ahead of GFWL closure
Codemasters has confirmed it will be porting Dirt 3 over to Steamworks ahead of the impending death of Games for Windows Live.
Warcraft movie concerns first contact between orcs and humans
The upcoming Warcraft movie was discussed in a panel during BlizzCon 2013, with director Duncan Jones, visual effects supervisor Bill Westenhofer and a team from Blizzard giving first plot and character details.
Steam Controllers will be produced by Valve only
Valve will allow multiple manufacturers to produce Steam Machines, but its unique controllers are an in-house affair only.
Steam in-house beta streaming beta sign-ups open
Valve has opened a Steam Group for potential Steam In-Home Strreaming beta participants.
Carmack predicts “ten times the performance” from GPUs in five years
Graphics tech guru John Carmack sees a very bright future for PC gaming just a few years into the future, predicting huge leaps in GPU output before the end of the coming console generation.
Warcraft, Warcraft 2 possibly coming to modern PCs
Classic RTS titles Warcraft and Warcraft 2 may get a new lease on life, making them playable on modern PCs.
Steam Static domain now in Valve’s hands
Valve has purchased the domain name SteamStatic.com. The domain’s WhoIs records show Valve Corporation as the registrant, having picked up the name earlier this month. Fusible reports Valve transferred the domain to its own name servers this weekend. It doesn’t yet resolve, and there’s no clue as to what it might refer to – could Valve have yet another hardware or service surprise on the way?
Thanks, GameInformer.
Trion Worlds registers several domains related to “Trove”
Trion Worlds, its CEO Scott Hartsman, and regular registrar Mark Monitor have all made a number of domain registrations related to the word “Trove”. Fusible spotted the registrations, which include variants like PlayTrove.com and TroveGame.com. All the domains have been transferred to Trion Worlds’ own domain server, too. No word on what this could mean, although a new game named Trove seems pretty likely, y’know? Trion is a US MMO publisher best known for Rift and Defiance.
DayZ Standalone being held up by bugs & optimisation, Hall reveals
DayZ Standalone creator Dean Hall has taken to Reddit to give fans eager for the new zombie sandbox release an update on how it’s all going, and why it’s being held up. It should clear the air a little for those growing impatient.
Final Fantasy 14 has re-focused Square Enix, ‘games as a service’ approach doesn’t appeal, says Rogers
Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn has been hailed as a key success by Square Enix, following the company’s most recent financials. Now, CEO of US and Europe Phil Rogers has stressed that the game has re-focused the publisher, but that ultimately the notion of games as services doesn’t resonate with gamers.
XCOM: Enemy Within reviews begin, get all the scores here
XCOM: Enemy Within is the standalone expansion pack to the Firaxis strategy reboot. Does it stack up to the gruelling brilliance of its predecessor? Find out in our review round-up.
BioShock: Infinite – Burial at Sea Episode One review round-up
BioShock: Infinite – Burial at Sea Episode One reviews have begun, get all the scores here as they drop.
Humble Store launches. Daily sales to celebrate
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The folk over at Humble Bundle have moved beyond sporadic bundles of joy to a constant storefront of special deals. There are to be daily sales, too, so this looks set to be a digital store to return to regularly.
The store won’t replace the Humble Bundles or Weekly Deals, instead it will run separately.
FTL: Advanced Edition adds a hangar-full of new content. Chris Avellone comes on board as a writer
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FTL merged a space-based roguelike with elements of a choose your own adventure book and, when it was released last year, it stole a lot of the hearts of the team here at PCGN. (We’d like those back, Subset Games. There’s blood everywhere.) It’s set to do it all over again next year as Subset have announced they’re releasing a free update.
FTL: Advanced Edition will bring new weapons, drones, augments, systems, enemies, and missions. In a hookup that’s a little dreamlike, Chris Avellone - yes, that Chris Avellone - has supplied his writing talents to the new update.
EverQuest Next Landmark Founder’s Packs let you buy into next year’s alpha
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EverQuest Next is one of the most promising games currently in development. That is, SOE have made a lot of promises of what the game will be capable of but we’ve seen exceedingly little of it in action. You can be among the first to see if the developer has managed to follow through and create a destructible MMO that does away with the D&D ruleset and static design model we’ve come to know so well.
Well, sort of.
SOE have begun selling Founder’s Packs for EverQuest Next Landmark. The offshoot project that will precede EverQuest Next.
Riot to move into "bodaciously productive" new workspace a la Pixar and Google
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We’ve meticulously tracked the growth of League of Legends as it's unapologetically burst through every invisible barrier holding back online gaming. We applauded as the LCS found a new venue alongside the NBA in the LA Staples Center, and cheered on the pros now recognised as proper athletes in the eyes of the US government.
What we haven’t been keeping an eye on is its developers, whose girth has grown in tandem with their game. So much so that they’re having to unbuckle their belt and find a new place to live.
Open-world survivalist horror meets the Oculus Rift in The Forest
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Survival horror means struggling to line up a shot on a zombie because your PlayStation controller is a bit funky. It’s mostly something that happened in the ‘90s.
Survivalist horror means scraping together scant defence against the emergent threats audibly moving about the woods outside. In both technology and design, it couldn’t be more now. It’s defined by games like The Forest - part Tomb Raider, part Minecraft, and all a bit much. Am I okay to crawl under my desk now?
Planescape Producer’s Deathfire: Ruins Of Nethermore
By John Walker on November 11th, 2013 at 9:00 am.
Guido Henkel may not be one of the most immediately familiar names, but there’s a good chance you’ve played a game he’s worked on. As well as being co-creator of the German RPG series Realms Of Arkania, he also just happened to produce a game called Planescape: Torment, and had a hand in Fallout 2. Oh, and he’s the guy from the front cover of Planescape! And now he’s after some of that sweet, sweet Kickstarter cash to fund a new fantasy roleplayer in the Grimrock mould. And it couldn’t have a more RPG name: Deathfire: Ruins Of Nethermore.
Thief Will Officially Support AMD’s Mantle, TressFX 2.0 Announced
AMD’s Developer Summit will begin shortly, and we’ve already got some interesting news for you. A couple of days ago, Square Enix stated that it would support AMD’s Mantle, though we had no official word on Thief supporting it. Well, we just got a confirmation. During AMD’s event, Nixxes Software’s Jurjen Katsman (yeap, once again Nixxes is handling the PC version of EIDOS Montreal’s title) will speak about Thief, Mantle, 4K gaming and AMD’s TrueAudio. Continue reading
Pirates of New Horizons Is An Interesting 3D Action Adventure, Gets A Kickstarter Campaign
Our reader ‘Dakan45′ has informed us about an interesting Action Adventure/3D Jump’n Run title that focuses on looting, pillaging and… throwing cats. Pirates of New Horizons is inspired by Mario, Monkey Island, God of War and Zelda. The team has launched a Kickstarter campaign for it, and aims to raise $10K in the next 20 days. Continue reading
Take On Mars – Deimos Content Update Trailer
Bohemia Interactive has released a new trailer for the latest content update of Take On Mars. Featuring two new locations and the Zero-G Probe vehicle, this content update also implements new features such as dynamic mission generation and a spectacular new weather system. Continue reading
Reset’s IndieGoGo Campaign Is Now Live
Theory Interactive has launched today the crowdfunding IndieGoGo campaign for Reset. The team aims to raise €65K in the next 43 days, and those interested can back it up by visiting its IndieGoGo page. Reset is described as a sci-fi noir, a mystery, a first person puzzle game that is infused with mind boggling puzzles, a grippingly haunting but beautiful story and an unparalleled immersive atmosphere. Continue reading
IndieGoGo Campaign Launched For Interference; a technoir stealth puzzle-platformer
Andrew Silverman has informed us about a new IndieGoGo campaign for a new title. French artist Anthony Beyer has just launched the Indiegogo campaign for his technoir stealth-based platformer, Interference. Interference is a stealth puzzle-platformer set in the tech-noir city of Arachnopolis, a place where citizens’ rights have been replaced by totalitarianism, oppression, and a robotic police force. Continue reading
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