Jane Jensen’s Moebius nearing completion, new trailer, screens & comic released
Jane Jensen’s Kickstarter-funded adventure title Moebius is nearing completion, and to celebrate, developer Pinkerton Road has released a new trailer and other visual goodies for you to enjoy.
Diplopia: Oculus Rift game designed to treat eye conditions, currently funding on IndieGoGo
Oculus Rift developer James Blaha has taken to crowd-funding site IndieGoGo to raise funds for his VR project Diplopia, which aims to alleviate various eye conditions through visual techniques.
Eve Fanfest 2014 tickets on sale now, CCP dates & details the show
Eve Online developer CCP Games has dated and detailed Eve Fanfest 2014 in Reykjavik, Iceland.
Infinite Crisis champion spotlight video focuses on Mecha Wonder Woman
The latest champion spotlight for Infinite Crisis focuses on Mecha Wonder Woman, who began life as D1A-NA: a diplomatic robot in service to Queen Hippolyta, ruler of the Amazon nation of Themyscira. Check her out below.
SMITE will launch in Europe and North America on March 25
Hi-Rez Studios has announced its MOBA game, SMITE, will officially launch in Europe and North America on March 25. In addition, a $100,000 LAN Tournament to celebrate the release will be held the following weekend.
Borderlands 2: The Horrible Hunger of the Ravenous Wattle Gobbler releases today
Borderlands 2: The Horrible Hunger of the Ravenous Wattle Gobbler, the second Headhunter add-on for the game, is available on Steam for Mac and PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 today. It will run you $2.99 or your country’s equivalent. In The Horrible Hunger of the Ravenous Wattle Gobbler, players will meet up with Mr. Torgue’s “super buff grandmother” while he hosts a hunger-themed competition to hunt down a giant turkey, the Wattle Gobbler, and selects sacrificial recruits from all of the districts of Pandora to participate. Two new screenshots are below.
EverQuest Next: three more classes announced – Beast Lord, Cleric and Necromancer
Three new classes for EverQuest Next have been announced: the Beast Lord, Cleric and Necromancer. This bring the class total to eight when you include: Blademaster, Rogue, Tempest, Warrior and Wizard. In all there will be 40 classes. The news was announced as part of a feature in the latest issue of PC Gamer, which details each of the three aforementioned newcomers along with the Tempest. EQN will be free-to-play and ties into EverQuest Next Landmark. Neither have been dated. Thanks, Massively.
Wasteland 2 backers should be able to try the beta “within two and a half weeks,” according to Fargo
Wasteland 2 should go into beta within the next two and a half weeks, according to tweets from inXile boss Brian Fargo.
Nordic Games hands back rights to Costume Quest and Stacking to Double Fine
Nordic Games has announced Double Fine has acquire the publishing and distribution rights for Costume Quest and Stacking after the former picked them up in the THQ sale.
World of Tanks version 8.10 marks the debut of Japanese tanks
World of Tanks’ next update will see the debut of Japanese tanks once version 8.10 is released. The tanks come with two tech tree branches extending out to a roster of 14 vehicles total. Four light tanks include the Type 5 He-Ko, nine medium tanks include the STB-1, and the Type 3 Chi-Nu Kai as a Premium medium tank. Version 8.10 will also introduce a major overhaul to the game’s lighting system, with a new approach to how light and shadow works in the game world to improve the level of realism within. The full list of changes and additions will be revealed soon, according to Wargaming.
Battle.net Winter Sale has kicked off in Europe
The Winter Sale on Battle.net has kicked off in Europe and for a limited time, you can save up to 65% on digital copies of select Blizzard games.
Guild Wars 2 Fractured update arrives today
Guild Wars 2 fans benefit from a stack of new content today with the arrival of the Fractured update, which includes time travel and challenges for the most daring of combatants.
WildStar’s latest DevSpeak video focuses on the Stalker Class
WildStar’s latest DevSpeak video focuses on the Stalker Class, which Carbine Studios describes as “appearing from the shadows with a Tactical Strike ready.” The developer is “just about ready to start,” a round of beta testing and you can sign up here. Videos and screens below.
Starbound beta expected in early December
Starbound’s first beta is expected to begin on December 4, according to Rock, Paper, Shotgun – presumably on PC. The procedurally-generated Terraria-like sci fi sandbox is also headed to Vita. It pulled in over $1 million in pre-orders.
World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor will make loot drops more exciting with randomized stats and buffs
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With Blizzcon over and the announcement of World of Warcraft’s next expansion, Warlords of Draenor, behind them, Blizzard are beginning to detail the nitty gritty of the changes coming. In particular, something the team want to do is make loot drops exciting again.
Often you’ll find the armour pieces and weapons that drop in raids are specific to certain classes or not actually an improvement on your current gear, even if the item dropped is a higher level. The effect is that you stop expecting loot to be relevant to you and so lose that anticipation that should come with a raid.
Blizzard are working hard to change all that by dipping their toe in the procedural generation pond. In this case adding randomised stats to gear.
Watch this: Microsoft’s Surface Pro 2 tablet modded into a handheld PC
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A Surface Pro 2, two Xbox 360 controllers, a portable hard drive, and (possibly) a saw. Those are the elements combined to bring you this lengthy, very unofficial demonstration of Microsoft’s actually-rather-capable new tablet.
To low Earth orbit and beyond in Buzz Aldrin's Space Program Manager
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Space gaming in the 1990s wasn’t all Wing Commander sequels and pestering David Braben on alt.fan.elite you know. Well, it was mostly that, but in amongst the Chris Roberts razzmatazz and newsgroup sniping some delightful space oddities were thrown up into the exosphere; games such as Buzz Aldrin's Race Into Space, that served to remind us just how tricky it was for humans to get up there in the first place.
With Braben and Roberts preparing their triumphant returns to the space genre, it seems entirely natural to welcome back Mr. Aldrin after all these years, especially after hearing that Buzz Aldrin's Space Program Manager won't conclude with the Moon landings as Race Into Space had done, but aims to incorporate shuttle development, space station construction, Curiosity-style planetary excursions and even the distant possibility of setting up permanent bases on the Moon and Mars.
CCP lead PLEX drive for Typhoon Haiyan victims
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The Eve community have spent a decade betraying each others’ socks off, but their charitable work has been going on nearly as long. They’re raised more than $150,000 USD in donations since their first collection tin was rattled in the wake of 2004’s Indian Ocean tsunami. And the PLEX for GOOD initiative begun three years ago, in which CCP donate $15 for every PLEX pledged, has accounted for two-thirds of that total.
The latest beneficiaries of PLEX for GOOD are the Icelandic Red Cross, for their continuing efforts in alleviating the aftermath of November 8’s typhoon in the Philippines.
Call of Duty: Ghosts Is The First Game With Nvidia’s Fur Tech, New Update Live Now
And it’s finally here. The update with Nvidia’s PhysX and Fur tech support is now live for Call of Duty: Ghosts and everyone can enjoy Riley’s new fur. Although there aren’t any release notes for this latest update – therefore we don’t know whether Infinity Ward has further optimized its engine or not – we do know that Nvidia’s exclusive PhysX features have been added to it. Continue reading
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