Minecraft 1.8.1 will improve stability, make the ender dragon killable again
There’s a reason Mojang dubbed Minecraft 1.8 the Bountiful Update. It was the culmination of 10 months’ work, stuffed with exciting infrastructure rewrites and rabbits. But in the way of all updates, it’s yielded an equally exciting number of bugs and breakages.
Mojang have pushed out a pre-release version of 1.8.1, which they reckon will go a long way to solving stability issues and a whole host of other more colourful problems.
Ubisoft won't stop PC players from fiddling with The Crew's frame-rate
What if a roadside threat to a fellow crewster emerged in the 59th frame of a second, and you didn’t spot it? That’s the possibility The Crew beta players lived in fear of, and so in many cases cranked up their frame-rate to an unsupported 60fps.
Ubisoft are reluctant to promise 60 frames-per-second for The Crew on release day, but they won’t impound your sweet ride for chasing those speeds yourself.
Halo: Spartan Strike trailer promises top-down prometheans and warthogs
It’s sometimes tough to get a picture of the wider world of games on a PC-only site, so here’s all the stuff that’s going on in Halo everywhere but here. The Xbox One is getting the Master Chief Collection next month, and the Halo 5 beta by Christmas. Even tellies are getting Halo Nightfall.
Halo: Spartan Strike is our sliver of that distant action: a twin-stick shooter semi-sequel to Spartan Assault. Here’s what it’ll look like.
Play Hearthstone and meet Blizzard's Hamilton Chu in Stratford next week
Visitors to the UK are spoiled for interesting places to go. They could take a trip to Tim’s stomping grounds in Bath and take a gander at lots of lovely Roman and Medieval buildings. Or they could come up here, in the frigid north, and watch cannons being fired in Edinburgh Castle. And don’t forget GAME, a shop in Stratford.
That’s where Blizzard’s Hamilton Chu is going to end up while he’s over in Blighty next week. But he’s not visiting the retailer for the sightseeing opportunities. The Hearthstone executive producer will be at GAME to chat about Hearthstone, take questions and sign stuff. And you can pop in and say hello between 5pm and 8pm on October 23rd.
Project CARS has hit a few speed bumps and won't reach the finish line until March 17th
Project CARS has been knocking around for a while. We saw it for the first time back in 2012 and it has since launched on Steam Early Access. Slightly Mad Studios has teased a few different release windows, from early 2014 to November, which is not early at all. And it looks like it’s been pushed back once again, and we’ll be waiting until March 17th for it to pull in.
It might be worth the wait, though. Our resident racing enthusiast, Rob, called it one of the 10 best racing games on PC back in the summer.
Heroes of the Storm celebrates Halloween with the time-honoured tradition of getting new skins
Since the day when people don hockey masks and harass teenagers, Halloween, is nearly upon us, we can also expect a slew of themed events in games. Even game’s that haven’t even launched.
Heroes of the Storm’s acknowledging that it is in fact almost Halloween by sprouting three new skins, so you can run around killing things while looking only marginally more ridiculous than you did before. Especially if you have that magical little pony.
Tired of Waiting: Asus gets off Valve Time and announces its console PC, the GR8
The delay of Steam Machines and their Linux-based SteamOS has not halted the launch of other PC-turned-consoles. PC builders all seem to have a dedicated section for custom living room PCs and Alienware’s been showing off the Alienware Alpha, which is essentially a Windows version of a Steam Machine.
Now ASUS is trying to get a slice of the action and recently announced with the GR8 Console PC. It’s about the size of a Wii, is less than 3 litres in volume and can be upgraded ever so slighty.
Final Fantasy XIV patch 2.4 will bring Shiva, a naked guy and some glasses to Eorzea
Final Fantasy XIV is about be hit with a big ol’ patch; one so large that it requires an eight minute trailer to get through the highlights. There’s quite a lot to get through.
Take a gander at the preview below.
Doughlightful: Bossa Studios announces I am Bread
In another time, the unsung hero of breakfast, the ungarnished slice of floppy bread, would have gone unnoticed. The thought that a game would appear in which such an unlikely hero would be its focus would have once been ridiculous. But we are living in an era of unusual protagonists, where cephalopods, goats and even surgeons, of all things, are deemed important enough have their own games.
So there’s nothing weird at all about Bossa Studios’ I am Bread.
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