The cash-guzzling black hole known as the Steam Autumn Sale has arrived
Oh, bugger. Just as I was counting my pennies, content in the knowledge that every family member I tolerate is getting a half-decent Christmas present this year, Steam goes chucks petrol on my plans and lights a match. Yes, a Steam Sale is upon us, and it's autumnal one, despite winter knocking at the door. November 27 to December 3, that's how long you have to hold out for if you don't want to throw all of your money at Valve.
I have no idea how I'm going to manage it.
Final Fantasy 14 & 11, Dragon Quest 10 cross-overs get details and screens
Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn, Final Fantasy 11 and Dragon Quest 10 will engage in a season of big cross-over events from December, right through to March Square-Enix has detailed the events and released a new batch of screens.
Marvel Heroes adds Gambit to the roster, new trailer released
Marvel Heroes developer Gazillion Entertainment has added X-Men mainstay Gambit to the character roster, and has published a new trailer to mark the occasion.
World of Warcraft’s Pilgrim’s Bounty returns with feasting tables, Plump Turkey pet
World of Warcraft’s Pilgrim’s Bounty event is back. Full of virtual food and rewards, the festival contains tables filled with Thanksgiving fare outside the major cities where players can sit and gobble down the vittles. Daily cooking quests will be doled out, trainers, vendors, and more will be around and you will earn cosmetic rewards and the Plump Turkey pet for completing quests and participating in the festivities. The event is live and ends on December 2. Hit up Battle.net for more information.
Lineage has made $1.8 billion since its launch in 1998
Lineage has made $1.8 billion in the 15 years since launch in 1998, NCsoft has announced. The medieval fantasy MMORPG has become more popular in South Korea over the year, and has millions of subscribers. The game is also available in Chinese, English and Japanese markets. Lineage 2, set 150 years before its predecessor, was released in 2003 and has been played by more than 14 million users, with the majority in Asia. The game went free-to-play in 2011. Lineage 3, known as Lineage Eternal, has been in development since 2011, and a beta schedule will be released around the end of the year. Thanks, Kotaku.
Total War: Rome 2 mini documentary provides a history lesson on The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
A new video for Total War: Rome 2 has been released, and features commentary from historians Bettany Hughes, Mike Loades, Lynette Nusbacher and Dr. Adrian Goldsworthy along with footage from the game. The documentary short takes a look at The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, which saw three full legions of Rome destroyed. Watch below.
Saints Row 4: Element of Destruction DLC makes enemies go boom
Saints Row 4 has a new DLC pack available today which gives the player some batshit crazy superpowers, allowing you to dispatch your enemies in every fashion imaginable. The Element of Destruction pack even lets you turn your intended victim into a time bomb. When the time is up they explode. Then, there’s the Airstrike Stomp where you like Stomp on the ground, sending all enemies in your vicinity flying up into the air like a rocket – and then they explode. Like I said. It’s crazy sounding. Check out the video for it below. The pack will run you $2.99 and if you are in the mood from some Zin outfits, the Zinyak Attack Pack is also out today for $1.99 on PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.
Debut 7 Bundle from Indie Royale is live
The Debut 7 Bundle from Indie Royale is now available. It features six titles: Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae, Metal Planet, Pulse Shift, Al Emmo and the Lost Dutchman’s Mine, Millennium 2 – Take Me Higher and Fleet Buster. All the games are available for Windows via Desura and are in Greenlight on Steam. The current minimum is $2.99 and if you pay $7 or more, you will also net the Chiptune Hero EP album by Dj Cutman. Hit up the link for more information.
Star Citizen has hit $33 million, next stretch goal set for $34 million
Star Citizen has hit $33 million, after just this morning the total sat at $31,137,083.
The Old Republic celebrates the consumption of turkey meat with a double XP weekend
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Centuries ago, some not-yet-American folk ate a meal with a bunch of people they met and would later treat rather poorly. I'm sure there's an analogue in the Star Wars universe, somewhere. Jabba probably shared a turkey with Luke before attempting to feed him to the Rancor.
To celebrate Thanksgiving, Star Wars: The Old Republic is putting on a double XP weekend, getting characters up to snuff for the approaching Galactic Starfighter expansion. The event ends on Sunday, December 1st 11PM PST or December 2nd at 7AM GMT. It started an hour ago, so get cracking.
Need for Speed Rivals can run at 60 FPS after all - but at a cost
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The new Need for Speed makes a technically bold promise - co-operative, high speed driving across 100 miles of vaguely American tarmac. That’s probably why it arrived last week on PlayStation, Xbox and PC with a framerate locked to 30, much to the chagrin of a subset of players.
For some, a framerate below 50 is unthinkable - like shoes without socks. If that’s you, well - there is a way. But it's a payoff.
Extremely co-op interplanetary RPG The Mandate will land safely atop its Kickstarter target
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In a victory for justice and, more specifically, Perihelion Interactive, six-player sandbox sci-fi RPG The Mandate has been funded. They’re a week early, which you’d presume would mean a little time to turn all the lights off on the shuttle and just drift through the vacuum, minds pleasantly empty, until required to write a celebratory Kickstarter update.
But shockingly, no: they’ve already prepared a new developer log for the occasion, and announced three new feature-carrots to tempt those last few budding backers.
Football hooliganism doesn’t belong in the "more utopian world" of Football Manager
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Football Manager 14 offers the most comprehensive simulation of the if-not-beautiful-then-quite-pretty game we’re ever likely to know. Even EA have been forced to admit defeat, retiring the FIFA Manager series earlier this week.
But it’s not quite a true simulation. It turns out there are elements of real football that Miles Jacobson and his team at Sports Interactive would rather forget.
Saxxiest 2013 Team Fortress 2 Source Filmmakers announced: watch their work here
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Source Filmmaker remains an incredible resource for budding animators, sound directors and sadist comics, and that’s been proven all over again in this year’s Saxxy Awards.
Guild Wars 2 launches Great MMO Migration contest. Free copy to those willing to pledge allegiance
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ArenaNet are looking for able gamers to pledge allegiance to Guild Wars 2. In return for their oath the developer is offering the chance to win one of 5,000 free copies of the game.
It’s one of the more extreme promotions we’ve come across. However, if you’ve been wanting a copy of Guild Wars 2, this is one of the better ways to acquire the game. It’s certainly better than selling organs, robbing an HMV, or pretending you’re writing a feature on the game and requesting a press copy.
Renegade X – Fan-made free MP remake of Command & Conquer: Renegade – Will Be Out In February 2014
Totem Arts has announced that its freeware MP remake of Command & Conquer: Renegade will be released this coming February (on February 26th to be more precise). Renegade X is described as a free multiplayer Tactical FPS game and its release date will coincide with the 12th birthday of C&C Renegade. Continue reading
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Interviewed: Warren Spector
Spector tells us why he'd only develop for the PC.
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SteamWorld Dig Announced For PC
The 3DS hit is heading our way.
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Judged: King Arthur's Gold
Brendan knocks down a few Englishmen's castles.
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Judged: Contrast
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Breach? X: Rebirth
Renegade X Commands, Nay Conquers, Your Attention
By Alec Meer on November 27th, 2013 at 8:00 pm.
Command & Conquer FPS spin-off Renegade: bobbins.
Commander & Conquer FPS spin-off Renegade’s fan-made reinvention Renegade X: not bobbins?
Watch this video. It is quite an exciting video.
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Most Logical: Kickstarted Pathologic Remake On The Cards
By Alec Meer on November 27th, 2013 at 7:00 pm.
This makes almost too much sense. Yet I almost don’t want it to happen. Mysterious, infamous survival game Pathologic’s power stems more from its legend (a game of existential brutality that reached for the very stars) than its reality (broken, arduous, appallingly translated); to bring it onto a more conventional plane of reality by remaking it, and in turn by having lots of people play it, could upset its mythology.
On the other hand, Pathologic. It matters.
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Stalin vs Martians vs Common Sense
By Alec Meer on November 27th, 2013 at 2:00 pm.
THIS IS NOT A RECOMMENDATION POST.
Oh, how simple things were for PC gaming back in 2008. With the indie invasion yet to begin in earnest, a videogame with a funny name and a techno soundtrack grabbed our attention wholesale, rather than made us roll our eyes or utter an ‘oh, you guys.’ Russian-made comedy RTS Stalin vs Martians! It was the best of jokes, it was the worst of jokes. However you might feel about the depiction of the General secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union as a figure of cartoonish fun, it was certainly the worst of games. And now, like warts or that stray cat with bowel troubles that you once took pity on, it’s come back unbidden.
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InXile On Date, Length, And Expansion Of Wasteland 2′s Beta
By Nathan Grayson on November 27th, 2013 at 1:00 pm.
Wonderful news from the tweet-o-dodecagon today: Wasteland 2‘s beta finally has a release date. After it slipped from October into daaaaaaaates unknown (woooooooooo), inXile CEO Brian Fargo has claimed the Kickstarter darling is only two-and-a-half weeks out. That in mind, I got in touch with Fargo to find out what took so long, how much of the game will be available in the beta, whether it’ll expand over time, and what all of this means for the final game. Read on for the full thing.
Catacomb Kids Will Win You Over Within 55 Seconds
By John Walker on November 27th, 2013 at 12:00 pm.
Here are my thoughts during the first 55 seconds of the Catacomb Kids video:
“Looks nice, but sure looks like yet another pixel roguelike.”
“He’s got a really decent jump. That’s neat.”
“Wait, distractions? There’s more happening here.”
“Oh. Oooohhhh. Oh, okay, yeah, I’m posting about this.
Night Rider Turbo Is The Surgeon Sim 2013 Of Driving
By Nathan Grayson on November 27th, 2013 at 11:00 am.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA *BOOMSMASHWHAMCARSEVERYWHERE*
GOTTA STEER, GOTTA STEER, OH JEEZ OH JEEZ OH JEEZ *steering wheel pops off* NONONONONONONONOOOOOOOO
WELL MAYBE MY FINAL MOMENTS WILL AT LEAST BE ACCOMPANIED BY PLEASANT MELODIES ON THE RADIO *accidentally tears off radio* WHHYYYYYYYYYYYYY
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