2K Czech’s Prague studio to close, no word on Mafia 3 development
Mafia 3′s rumoured developer 2K Czech is said to be closing its Prague office amid restructuring efforts at the publisher. Lay-offs and staff moves to the studio’s second Czech office are expected.
CES 2014 round-up: Steam Machines, PS Now, Nvidia & Razer owned the show
This year it was easy to look past the dull TV announcements and novelty iPhone taser cases at CES. Because the games business stood front and center, says Matt Martin. More »
Alien: Isolation co-op was considered, but won’t feature in final build
Alien: Isolation developer The Creative Assembly dabbled with the idea of adding a co-op mode to the project once, but it was ultimately canned. Find out why here.
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance PC issues should be fixed now, says Koji Pro
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance launched on PC today, but problems with the Steam build’s offline play quickly struck. Kojima Productions has stepped forward to say that the issue should be fixed.
Jazzpunk: IGF finalist will launch on February 7, trailer inside
Jazzpunk is the incredibly bizarre Cold War comedy game from IGF finalist Necrophone Games. The team has released an utterly weird but brilliant trailer in the style of retro puppet series Thunderbirds. Watch it here and be confused.
Nvidia responds to AMD’s answer to G-Sync tech
Nvidia’s Tom Petersen has responded to AMD’s answer to his firm’s G-Sync tech, and went so far as to call the competition’s CES 2014 ‘free sync’ demo into question.
Project Cars in-game screenshots show off latest PC development build
Project Cars is looking pretty swish, if the latest batch of screenshots taken with the latest PC development builds are any indication.
Until Dark Alpha screenshots show lovely landscapes
Until Dark, formerly known as Project Z, has been a new set of Alpha screenshots available, showing off the lovely atmosphere in the PC title.
Total War: Rome 2 patch 8.1 now available, adds a more “aggressive and tactically-focused AI”
Total War: Rome 2 has a new patch available, further improving the campaign and battle gameplay. Patch 8.1 also includes balances to campaign parameters, ensuring a more “aggressive and tactically-focused AI.” Players will also find opponents raiding their territories more frequently, according to The Creative Assembly. Full patch notes can be found through the Total War wiki. The patch will download automatically via Steam.
Blackguards now available to Mac users through Steam Early Access
Blackguards is now available to Mac users through Steam Early Access, Daedalic Entertainment has announced.
Quake Live standalone client released, remains free-to-play
Bethesda has announced that the standalone Quake Live client which was announced in November has been released. The game remains
free-to-play and offers extended access and features to members with Premium and Pro accounts. Pro subscribers may now host matches for standard users on all seven Premium game modes, including Freeze Tag and Domination. Players who already have the game installed need only to download and install a small launcher, and it will update your existing installation files. More information as well as an FAQ can be found through here.
Broken Age: Part One will be released to Kickstarter backers next week
Broken Age: Part One will be released to Kickstarter backers next week as promised on Tuesday, January 14, Double Fine confirmed to Joystiq. In July, the firm’s boss Tim Schafer said Broken Age’s design had become too ambitious despite its record-setting amount of crowdfunding, so it would be released in two parts with the first half available through Steam Early Access. Sales from the first half of Broken Age and other Double Fine games are intended to sustain production of the second half.
State of Decay developer Undead Labs extends agreement with Microsoft Studios
State of Decay developer Undead Labs extended its development agreement with Microsoft Studios to one encompassing a multi-year and multi-titles , the company announced.
StarCraft 2 patch 2.1 increases level cap, six Carbot-themed portraits and decals
StarCraft 2 patch 2.1 will contain and new rewards when it releases, according to Blizzard. Per a post over on Battle.net, a total of six Carbot-themed portraits and decals will be made available for for each race, and to earn them, all you have to do is Heart of the Swarm. Achieving levels 32 and 35 with Protoss, Terran, or Zerg will respectively award you with the decal and portrait specific to that race. Reach level 35 with each of the three races and you will collect them all. The level cap for each race will also be increased from 30 to 35. You can find out more through the link.
EverQuest Next Landmark’s latest developer video focuses on advanced building tools
EverQuest Next Landmark’s associate producer Eric Smith and the game’s lead building and UI designer Jake Sones are featured in the developer video posted below. In it, the duo show off the advanced building tools in the sandbox title as well as the selection tool, line tool, and more. Alpha sign-ups are through here, and SOE teased last month that the tester could possibly start sometime in late January.
Maxis wants you to mod SimCity, but only if you play by their draconian rules
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Maxis apparently really wants people to mod SimCity, according to a recent blog post encouraging the modding community to grow. When I think of SimCity, I rarely think of freedom and creativity, with its weird limitations and restrictions, but that doesn't mean modders have to be so restricted.
I'm joking, of course, because Maxis has a bunch of caveats for modders, a list of rules, which they hope will ensure "the safety and integrity of the SimCity experience". The sound you're hearing is my head smashing through my desk and sending my mouse, selection of brightly-coloured pens and slighty-too-full ashtray flying across the room.
Torchlight II free until Sunday on Steam, you'd be mad not to play it
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I'm rather fond of Torchlight II. So much so, that I put it on my best PC RPG list, a decision that I'm going to call "divisive" because that seems better than "made people think I was gargling paint thinner".
Instead of apologising for not putting Diablo in the list instead, I'm just going to direct you to Torchlight II's free weekend on Steam. If you're diligent, you can probably finish an entire playthrough in one weekend, so that's nice.
Classroom Aquatic is an Oculus Rift powered cheat ’em up. Also, your classmates are dolphins
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The Oculus Rift is already pushing the boundaries of what’s possible on the computer. Games genres we never knew existed are coming to the fore. Classroom Aquatic is the first example I know of a cheat ‘em up.
The set up is that your teacher is throwing a pop quiz and you’re not prepared. You’ll have to cheat your way through it. If you’ve got an Oculus Rift then you can look around the room and lean over to copy other students’ answers. Also, you’re class is underwater and your classmates are dolphins.
Spy Party bugs invite Cthulhu to the gathering
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You may have heard of Spy Party. The two-player game where one person’s a spy trying to fit in at a gathering while acting out their secret mission of planting bugs and stealing documents. The other player has the job of working out who the spy is. Then they shoot them with their sniper rifle.
What you might not have heard is that after the sniper has shot their target the scene takes a nightmarish turn with party guests rising into the air, their heads rotating on an unnatural point, eyelids pulling out from their faces, and joints popping like someone run through a mangle.
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 – PC Will Be The Definitive Version, Described As A Next-Gen Game
During a recent roundtable interview, Konami’s producer Dave Cox claimed that the PC version of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 looks way better than its console counterparts. In fact, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 PC is so good that Dave Cox described that particular version as a next-gen game. Continue reading
Kingdom Come: Deliverance – Realistic Medieval Open-world RPG – New Screenshot
Warhorse Studios has released a new screenshot for its next-gen realistic medieval open-world RPG, Kingdom Come: Deliverance. Kingdom Come: Deliverance is described as an open world, action-adventure, role-playing game featuring blockbuster production values, a nonlinear story and revolutionary, first-person melee combat. The game is planned for a 2015 release. Enjoy! Continue reading
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