It's been emotional: DC Universe Online's War of the Light kicks off
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DC churns out a mind-boggling array of comics month after month, reboot after reboot, so it shouldn't be all that surprising that DC Universe Online is already on its ninth chunk of DLC. War of the Light Part 1 is the first part of a planned trilogy of expansions and adds a new storyline, a new powerset, introduces the Blue Lantern Corps (they're the chilled ones) and throws in some new mechanics for good measure. It launched today, and already the various Lanter Corps are getting all up in each other's grills.
Evil Genius creator sells AI firm to Google: Judgement Day is coming
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Demis Hassabis, computer scientist, chess prodigy and creator of the excellent Evil Genius and Republic has just made a killing by selling his AI firm, DeepMind, to Google for around £400m. The startup founded by Hassabis along with Shane Legg and Mustafa Suleyman brought together neuroscientists and computer scientists was exploring the potential for AI to mimic the human brain, and developed a system able to play games.
Facebook had previously attempted to acquire the firm, reports The Information, and Google snatched it up instead. This has also led Google to establish an ethics board in an effort to stop AI from being abused. The board will set up rules which dictate how Google can and cannot use this technology, hopefully stopping a Judgement Day or Wargames scenario.
World of Warcraft stats reveal that more people are still playing Alliance - this must end!
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Since it started consuming lives and ruining relationships in 2004, Blizzard has been diligently collecting World of Warcraft stats on everything from the faction split (the Alliance are more popular, damn them) to how many PvE instances folk have run (900K per day). So now they've made a handy infographic so that we can drown in glorious stats, and some of the numbers are, frankly, a bit crazy.
Poor Garrosh Hellscream has been killed 400K times, for instance, which is a lot of punishment, even if he is a bit of a douche.
The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot enters open beta February 25th - Won't someone think of the castles?
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Folk have been sitting in their castles, swimming in Scrooge McDuck style pools of gold, safe from pillaging for too damn long. No more, says Ubisoft. The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot, where players will amass a fortune by raiding other players' castles and fortify their keeps with traps, is entering open beta on February 25th, and not one castle will be safe.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Three New Screenshots Surfaced
Witcher fans, here is something for you to drool all over your monitors. Three new screenshots from CD Projekt RED’s upcoming RPG have surfaced, showcasing the game’s mind-blowing visuals. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is planned for a 2014 release on PC, Xbox One and PS4. Enjoy! Continue reading
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 Gets A Second Developer Diary
Konami has issued a second development video, focusing on the huge open-world environment of its upcoming Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 title. Featuring Dave Cox, Producer of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 and Studio Head of European Production for Konami Digital Entertainment B.V and Enric Alvarez, Head of Development at MercurySteam, the video details how the events of the new game take place during the course of one night, within both a modern city setting and Dracula’s castle. Continue reading
StarCrawlers Announced – New Sci-Fi Dungeon-Crawling RPG
Juggernaut Games announced today their first title – StarCrawlers, a sci-fi dungeon-crawling RPG. In StarCrawlers, players will run a crew of talented fixers taking shady jobs on the fringes of space where their choices dynamically change the way they explore the environment, fight their foes, resolve encounters, and how their story ultimately unfolds. Continue reading
Broken Age Comes Out Today: Are You Going To Buy It?
By John Walker on January 28th, 2014 at 6:00 pm.
Today is likely to be one of the most interesting days for Kickstarter watchers. Broken Age, the adventure game that made the crowdfunding format a gaming household name, is out on sale today. Right now, in fact. So the question that’s left to be answered is: how many people are there who are interested in buying it, who weren’t interested in funding it?
Playdek On Unsung Story, PC Ports, And DRM Concerns
By Nathan Grayson on January 28th, 2014 at 5:00 pm.
Unsung Story: Tale of the Guardians is an intriguing prospect despite its name also functioning as a dictionary of cliche fantasy words. It’s the vision of Final Fantasy Tactics and Tactics Ogre creator Yasumi Matsuno, who played a huge role in popularizing turn-based tactics RPGs on consoles. Its Kickstarter has already soared to nearly $500,000 of its $600,000 goal, so things are looking up. However, developer Playdek has provided depressingly little concrete information, and a cursory reading of the Kickstarter gives the impression that Unsung Story will be a mobile game first and foremost. I got in touch with Playdek CEO Joel Goodman to find out whether or not the PC version will be a port, how the Kickstarter plays into that, how much Matsuno will be involved in actual development, and whether or not we need to worry about DRM. His answers could’ve been a bit more detailed, but oh well. Early days and all that. Go below for more.
Braben’s Space Head Talks About Elite Multiplayer
By Craig Pearson on January 28th, 2014 at 4:00 pm.
Uncy Dave is back, floating in space. A new Elite: Dangerous dev diary usually gives me a giddy thrill, but ever since I had that angerous/">brief taste of the alpha, all I can see is a game that I touched and now don’t have. It’s torture. Watching the new video has only made it worse: there’s a small look at the next alpha update, and when it lands it’ll bring the first moments of multiplayer. Playing Elite with friends… I have never been this close to spending £200 on a game in all my life.
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Opening The Passage: CK II – Rajas Of India
By Adam Smith on January 28th, 2014 at 2:00 pm.
I don’t think anyone at Paradox expected Crusader Kings II to spread into India with quite as much gusto as it will this March. The next expansion adds around 50% to the world map, with almost 400 new provinces, three new religions and a continent’s worth of new events, including the possibility of chained ‘reincarnation’ plotlines. As always with these generous chunks of DLC, a free patch will be released alongside the expansion and it will contain a surprisingly hefty amount of content, including the entirety of the expanded map, and Steam matchmaking and Workshop support. While it may not have the immediate appeal of the Old Gods to many (Vikings vs Buddhists anyone?), Rajas is the biggest expansion since. More details below.
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