Matador trailer shows Syndicate-style city brought to its knees by mechs
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The great leader is dead. You have one night to liberate the nine city districts of Solo Nobre. Saddle up and ride your mech into town, Matador.
Influenced by Xcom, Syndicate, and Battletech, Matador looks like something that would have been very comfortably released in the 90s
EverQuest Next Landmark paid alpha launches
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While EverQuest Next, with its wandering AI and player-built cities, is still months away from release, at the earliest some time in 2015, EverQuest Next Landmark’s alpha, the Minecraft-like offshoot, is available to play now. For a fee.
Minecraft snapshot 14w05b's spectator mode is "only slightly buggy maybe sometimes"
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The ‘invisible blocks’ Mojang added to Minecraft last week sound like the ultimate “Forgot my snapshot” excuse. But they really are there - completely transparent, but tangibly in the way. On the one hand, they can conduct redstone currents, aesthetically neatening up circuitry no end. On the other, they’ve introduced adventure map makers to that most dangerous tool of ‘90s game design: the invisible wall.
All of this was academic, however, while these transparent blocks appeared “much darker” than the world around them - rendering them partially visible. That’s now been fixed, and a new multiplayer spectator mode introduced to boot.
The Walking Dead: Season 2's next episode is "just around the corner"
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Just Around the Corner could be the name of a Telltale Walking Dead episode, couldn’t it? All false hope ready to be proven deeply ominous in retrospect. In fact, The Walking Dead Season 2’s second chapter is named A House Divided. Really haven’t the foggiest what that refers to.
Perhaps Clem’s fallen into a fear-induced fever dream, and the game’s taken a sideways leap into domestic drama? Actually, that sounds really good. Lee’s in the kitchen, flipping burgers. Hey, Lee! Kenny’s in the yard, barking angry ripostes at the dog. And Lilly? Oh: Lilly’s shot the postman, in a misguided bid to save us all. A typical morning, then.
Riot Shield down: League of Legends devs testing "severe" nerfs to popular starter item
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Thank goodness for Doran: the blacksmith whose fondness for the simple and affordable over the ornate and arcane has saved many a budding champion in League of Legends. His Shield, Ring and Blade are staple items of LoL’s early game - but that might be about to change. Doran’s Shield is messing with harass-based champions, and Riot have decided it has to stop.
We want to coach a Dota 2 team formed from PCGamesN readers
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Here’s the worst thing about Dota 2: your first few days with it will suck. The Dota 2 newbie is doomed to frustration, confusion, and countless deaths.
It’s a mathematical certainty. Consider: Valve’s MOBA currently has 106 heroes, with more to come. The average hero has four unique abilities, and some have even more. That means roughly 420 separate abilities you will need to learn before you really begin to understand Dota 2. In your first games, more likely than not, you will see a flurry of particle effects, a fizzle and a pop, and you will be dead.
But I can help with that. I want to coach five of our lovely readers who have never touched a game of Dota 2 in their life. Sound fun? Read on for all the details.
Minecraft has been sold to PC gamers on 14 million separate occasions
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Minecraft has now sold more than the Myst series. More than that, it's less than 350,000 copies away from riding into Red Dead Redemption’s town (on a 1.6.1 update horse, natch) and declaring the environs sufficiently cramped to merit a duel.
In terms of copies sold, it’s now about as valuable as Raving Rabbids is to Ubisoft, or Metroid is to Nintendo.
Scone to watch: Surgeon Simulator devs pitted against Team 17 in Great British Game Jam
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You know, the game that became Surgeon Simulator 2013 was built in two days for the Global Game Jam of the same year. Good music is made when Bossa Studios jam - and they’re doing just that this week for UKIE’s Great British game-off.
Hooray: Titanfall's mystery beta won't exchange access for pre-orders
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If it were my job to be unhelpful, I’d list all the things I can’t tell you about the Titanfall beta. I can’t tell you when it starts, for instance, or when it finishes. I can’t tell you what colour the skybox will be, or whether you’ll be there. I can’t tell you if its match-end scripted sequence culminates in a direct assault on Call of Duty: Ghosts’ multiplayer component, where mechs will stomp about as final payment for Activision’s fall-out with Infinity Ward.
Can’t tell you any of that. But I can tell you that Respawn won’t ask players to buy in early to become a beta tester.
Starcraft II tournament being sponsored by Ender's Game on Blu-Ray, of all things
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Lionsgate and OddLot Entertainment are sponsoring an upcoming Starcraft II tournament to plug the Blu-Ray and DVD release of sci-fi romp Ender's Game. It's a first, a movie studio sponsoring an e-sports event, and it's a little bit peculiar.
The tournament, awkwardly titled "The Ender's Game on Blu-Ray Tournament", will be broadcast on Twitch and MLG.TV between February 5th and 22nd with 32 participants and $20,000 in prize money up for grabs. You can vote for the final 4 of 16 competing in the MLG leg of the tournament between February 3rd and 5th.
Steam Client beta update tweaks In-Home Streaming
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Those of you participating in the In-Home Streaming beta on Steam, you crazy kids with your multiple PCs and acceptance of eldtrich magic which allows you to stream games between two computers, might notice a few changes, recently added in the latest beta client update.
It's okay if you haven't, there's a list.
Dark Souls II PC preview: better second time round
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With the opening two hours of Dark Souls 2 under our belt, you'll likely be unsurprised to hear that the bulk of that time was spent dying, respawning, dying and trying again. Welcome back to the realm of sadistic design for the masochistic player. As third-person, melee-biased RPGs go, this is not going for everyone.
Journeying through Dark Souls 2's Drangleic feels like a warped reflection of what we've already seen from Dark Souls' Lordran and Demon's Souls' Boletaria. You're still up against when it comes to staying alive and fighting enemies, just as much as you are when it comes to figuring out a route through a world with no help from signs, maps or the few NPCs not thirsting for your blood.
Robots in disguise: Functioning Starscream built in Kerbal Space Program
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Who is the best Transformer? It's a rhetorical question, as Starscream is objectively the best transformer. Who can forget his distinctive voice or the compelling "will they, won't they" relationship he had with Megatron?
Hooptiej has shown their love for the greatest Transformer of all time by building him in Kerbal Space Program. Two wonderful things collide, like a cake which has another cake on top of it instead of icing, and it actually flies. Not well, but for a few seconds, Starscream gloriously streaks across the sky.
IdrA leaves the game he hates: No more Starcraft II streaming from Greg Fields
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Greg "IdrA" Fields today revealed his intention to stop streaming Starcraft II and go back to school. "Over the last 6 months or so streaming revenue has been nearly nonexistent, in part because of awful ad rates and in part because of continually declining viewership," writes Fields. "Casting sc2 tournaments pays very poorly, when considered a significant part of a full time job. A couple thousand dollars for a weekend of talking about a game seems nice, but when it happens maybe once a month it is not a good way to live."
Although he might get involved in e-sports again, for the time being he's taking a break. "I'll be going back to school. I have no plans to stream dota, or any other game right now, as I get very few viewers for it and I feel dumb inviting people to watch me be bad at something."
Steam Music introduced, beta coming soon to Big Picture and SteamOS
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In its bid to take over living rooms and, indeed, whole homes, Steam's getting a new music feature buckled onto it. The beta will hit Big Picture and SteamOS soon, desktop features coming later, letting you use Steam to play music while you game, but we can already gawp at screens and see what the big deal is.
New Unreal Engine 4 Fan Project Shows Off Glorious PC Visuals
We’ve featured a number of fan projects that were powered by Epic’s Unreal Engine 4 in the past, but this one from Polycount’s member ‘ScottP’ is simply glorious. Or epic. Or amazing. Or mind-blowing. Or the_best_cathedral_we_have_seen_to_date. ScottP’s project showcases what gamers can expect from Unreal Engine 4 games (provided developers actually take advantage of Epic’s engine). Enjoy! Continue reading
GTA V’s Fighter Jet & Buzzard Come To GTA IV Via Mods
JulioNIB has informed us about some new mods that bring GTA V’s fighter jet and buzzard to GTA IV. JulioNIB is the talented modder behind the amazing Iron Man and Hulk mods for GTA IV, so make sure to give these mods a go. The modder has provided download links for both of these mods. If you are interested in them, you can download them from here and here. Enjoy! Continue reading
PCSX2 1.2.0 Released – Playstation 2′s Best Emulator Gets Even Better
Great news for PC gamers who want to relive some classic Playstation 2 games as the team behind PCSX2 – Playstation 2′s best emulator – has released a new stable version. According to the team, one big change in this release is ‘the integration of the wide screen patches made by the community for the community numbering nearly 1200 games patched to support proper 16:9 aspect ratio.’ Continue reading
Next-Gen Realistic RPG Kingdom Come: Deliverance Gets New In-Engine Footage
Well that certainly passed under our radar. Alongside the first video update, Warhorse Studios revealed last week the official trailer of Kingdom Come: Deliverance. This is the official trailer of the game and shows off the key features of the game. In addition, the company released today the second video update that focuses on the game’s character customization. Kingdom Come: Deliverance is scheduled for a 2015 release on PC and next-gen consoles. Enjoy! Continue reading
Goat Simulator Is A Hilarious Project That May Actually See The Light Of Day
CoffeeStainStudios has released a video for what seems to be a goat simulator. Before jumping to early conclusions, this video is from a gamejam-game the team created and not from an actual game. Still, this title may get polished and released provided there is a demand for it. As the developers noted, they’ll do another release trailer on youtube and notify us about its release. For now, enjoy the trailer! Continue reading
The Witcher 3 Developer: It’s up to Nvidia to let AMD users enjoy PhysX hair and fur effects
Our dear friends over at PCGamesHardware had an interesting interview with CD Projekt RED’s lead engine developer, Balázs Török, in which Balázs claimed that AMD users will be able to enjoy the new fur and hair PhysX effects, provided Nvidia lets them to. Continue reading
Classic Awesomeness – Metal Slug 3 Available For Pre-Order On Steam
Good news for all classic platform fans as Metal Slug 3 is currently available for pre-order on Steam. Metal Slug 3 is described as the masterpiece in SNK’s emblematic 2D run & gun action shooting game series, that still continues to fascinate millions of fans worldwide to this day for its intricate dot-pixel graphics, and simple and intuitive game controls. Continue reading
Edge Of Eternity Is A Space J-RPG, Gets New Screenshots
Midgar Studio has released a new set of screenshots for Edge of Eternity. Edge of Eternity is a turn-by-turn combat system J-RPG that is planned for a November 2014 release on PC, Linux, Mac, PSVita, Wii U, OUYA, PS4, XBoxOne, iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows Phone 8 and Blackberry 10. Continue reading
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