Worms studio Team 17 returns to third-party publishing with indie title Light
Team 17 has returned to third-party publishing after 20 years. Its next published title will be Light, from Brighton outfit Just A Pixel. It’s currently receiving votes on Steam Greenlight.
Call of Duty: Ghosts update released on all formats, patch notes & fixes inside
Call of Duty: Ghosts has received a title update on PC, PS3, Wii U and Xbox 360. It addresses several known issues such as a private match crash and more.
Payday 2 Armored Transport DLC lands on Steam tomorrow
Payday 2′s first DLC, Armored Transport Heists, will be made available on Steam tomorrow, November 14. It comes with the new armored car heist, playable across five existing maps and the train heist. Three new weapons, Reagan, Clinton, Bush and Obama president masks, four new mask patterns and four new mask materials are all included. Armored Transport will run you £4.99. DLC for both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of Payday 2 are due to follow in 2014. Shots and a trailer are below.
Thief screenshots and concept art show the game’s first mission Lockdown
Thief screenshots and concept art taken from a mission at the beginning of the game called Lockdown have been released by Square Enix and Eidos-Montréal. Plus, if you are curious as to how DualShock 4 features have been implemented, there’s news on that as well.
Dota 2 MLG Championship hits $108,000 and continues to grow
The prize pool for the Dota 2 MLG Championship in Columbus has risen to $108,000 and it will continue to go up, Major League Gaming has announced. The prize pool grows as more people purchase the Dota 2 MLG Championship Bundle which comes with the Deathbringer Courier, HUD, Ward, Battle Bonus and eligibility for game item drops during the Championship. The event also features the first-ever competition for Call of Duty: Ghosts and its $50,000 prize pool. More information can be found in a previous post and through MLG.
GOG’s Fall Insomnia sale now on, get the savings inside
GOG has sent us details of its Fall Insomnia promotion, which sees hundreds of games discounted until copies run dry. Titles that went on sale and went as fast as you can blink were Legacy of Kain and Leisure Suit Larry, Torchlight is 80% off right this minute, so hurry.
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Shadowrun Returns to be released DRM-free due to deal with Microsoft
Hairbrained Schemes has announced it and Microsoft have reached an agreement which will allow the firm to release DRM-free versions of Shadowrun Returns. The deal includes DRM-free expansions for the game as well, such as Berlin. Players will be able to download all game patches, use the Shadowrun Returns editor and experience user-generated content downloaded from third-party sites such as Nexus. The team is currently working on getting the game up on GOG.com and will announce its availability in due course. Shadowrun Returns was one of the first major Kickstarter-funded games to be released.
Humble WB Games Bundle adds LOTRO pack, Guardians of Middle Earth, Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection, more
Warner has added F.E.A.R., Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection, Guardians of Middle Earth and its DLC, a Lord of the Rings Online: Steely Dawn Starter Pack, and the Gotham City Impostors: Professional Kit to its Humble WB Games Bundle. You will get all these games, plus the previously announced titles if you pay over the current $4.64 minimum. Those who have already purchased the bundle will get the newly added games as well. Hit up the link for more information. So far, $3,705,136 has been earned as of press time for the We Can Be Heroes charity.
Star Trek Online Season 8: The Sphere is live
Star Trek Online Season 8: The Sphere is live. The free content update adds the Solanae Dyson Sphere allowing travel into the Delta Quadrant using the Iconian Gateway.
Obduction is funded. Myst pseudo-sequel can now enter development
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Myst’s developer Cyan are currently running about the offices shouting “Money fight!” having just passed the funding target of their Obduction Kickstarter campaign. They now have $1.1 million to throw at a first-person puzzle game.
The team have 65 hours left to raise funds for stretch goals. If they can get to $1.3 million then they’ll be working to implement support for the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset.
Interview: Egosoft on how X Rebirth is rebooting the space genre
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X Rebirth launches on Friday. Egosoft's space simulator has torn down everything the decades old series has built, stood proudly atop the debris and vowed to create something beautiful from its remains: an open universe, cosmos exploration game in which you're free to pursue a career in piracy, trading, or barreling through hyper-dense space stations making pew pew pew sounds.
I spoke to Bernd Lehahn, founder and manager of Egosoft, about the challenge of rebooting the long-running X series, the expectations of fans and the mechanics of accurately modelled interstellar capitalism. Here's what he told me.
Interview: Steve Swink On The Scale Of SCALE
By John Walker on November 13th, 2013 at 9:00 pm.
Steve Swink is a man of damned good ideas. Thankfully, he also makes them into games. And from what I’ve played of an early build of SCALE, his latest is something pretty special. First winning crowds over at GDC this year, it’s now in the very final days of a Kickstarter, topping its target late last night. We caught up with Steve to learn how the idea began, before growing and growing into a full-sized videogame.
By Riker’s Beard! Redshirt Beams Down At Last
By Alec Meer on November 13th, 2013 at 8:00 pm.
Stardate -309131.9634703195 (or so a random website tells me it is): a videogame is released, on the internet. I think Oor Graham plans to bring you An Opinion on social networking meets Star Trek comedy game Redshirt a little further down the line, but according to the Captain’s Log (my RPS inbox full’o'press releases) The Tiniest Shark-developed, Positech-published sci-fi, turn-based management sim has made itself available for purchase as of this very day. Disaster-strewn social ladder-climbing within the confines of a starship also puts me in mind of Red Dwarf at its most well-grounded, which is a good thing. I do hope there’s a Gazpacho Soup achievement.
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PC: The Review
By John Walker on November 13th, 2013 at 4:30 pm.
The day has finally arrived! Rock, Paper, Shotgun’s review of the PC can finally be unveiled…
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Arcane Hearts now in open beta
Playworks MMORPG Arcane Hearts has crossed the threshold into open beta, meaning you can finally get your hands on its classic RPG gameplay and real-time PvP. The medieval-themed title boasts interactive worlds with random events; customisation; crafting; an auto-hunting feature to efficiently level without grind; guild battles; co-operative play; and special rewards as players advance through the ranks. Choose from Warrior, Mage or Shaman and enjoy the constant barrage of updates promised over the next few months. Give it a go here.
Wildstar screens show off Esper class
Wildstar is getting closer and closer, and ddeveloper Carbine Studios is finally ready to talk about the MMO’s classes. This week’s star is the Esper; take a look at the screens through the break showing off this magic user.
Green Man Gaming Indie Love promotion lets you pick your price
Digital distributor Green Man Gaming is throwing a very special promotion celebrating all things independent. Check out the Indie Love sale page to score big discounts on a wide variety of games – you can pick from one of three price points, depending on how much love you want to give the developers. And also money, obviously. Titles on offer include Psychonauts, Stacking, The Binding of Isaac, To The Moon, Anodyne and Rook’s Keep.
Deadfall Adventures trailer shows off Arctic gameplay
Deadfall Adventures isn’t all crumbling temples in steamy jungles; our globe-trotting heroes also visit the opposite end of the environmental spectrum, as this trailer showing off Arctic gameplay demonstrates. The Farm 51′s first-person tomb raiding sim goes on sale on November 15, and can be pre-ordered on Steam at a discount.
Blood Knights out now on PC, console version due next week
Blood Knights, a new fantasy hack-and-slash from Venetica developer Deck 13 Interactive, has arrived on PC and Xbox Live, ahead of PSN and boxed PC launch later in the month. Check out the latest trailer through the break.
Unity Engine 4.3 Has Been Released
Unity has released a new version of its engine, the Unity Engine, and you can find below its key features. According to the release notes, Unity Engine 4.3 comes with a completely new 2D toolset, a major Windows Store apps upgrade and plastic SCM integration. Continue reading
AMD’s Mantle Does NOT Require GPUs With GCN Architecture
Okay, I’m pretty sure that both AMD and DICE have been misleading people on purpose these past weeks regarding Mantle. That, or they decided to ditch Mantle’s GCN-architecture requirement, something that seems highly unlikely. During AMD’s Developer Summit, Johan Andersson confirmed that Mantle is not tied to AMD’s GCN architecture, meaning that there isn’t such requirement. Continue reading
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