Warlords of Draenor TV ads are all heavy breathing and hurled fireballs
World of Warcraft ads run the gamut these days - where ‘gamut’ is a wide spectrum of approaches, and not the name of a new orcish raid boss. There’ll always be dwarves gyrating in your sidebar, yes, but now and again we’ll also get expensively produced TV spots from Blizzard’s CG department. That’s what we’ve seen emerge over the weekend; three of ‘em, for the launch of Warlords of Draenor in two weeks’ time.
Your airwaves are about to be invaded by the Iron Horde,” say Blizzard. “Word to the wise: it’s best to try not to make eye contact.”
Hexakill comes to Twisted Treeline in League of Legends' Halloween event: The Harrowing
We’re finally able to put a name to the rolling fog that’s bothered League of Legends’ champion pages for over a week now. The Black Mist seeps into the heads of its victims, dissolving all memory of home or loved ones and pulling them deep into the Shadow Isles, where they take on new 975 RP skins.
On Halloween, we mimic their sacrifice by forgetting our own homes and loved ones to play with twelve champions on Twisted Treeline, LoL’s most close-quartered map.
Minecraft 2 unlikely from Microsoft: "We need to meet the needs of the community"
Our Tim’s letter to Microsoft about Minecraft was a hopeful but insistent plea: please don’t screw it up. Early signs are good: the company’s first act after the purchase of Mojang will be to consult the Minecraft community - and to shoo away any wrongheaded thoughts of a direct sequel.
“I don’t know if Minecraft 2, if that's the thing that makes the most sense," said Microsoft Studios boss Phil Spencer. “We need to meet the needs and the desires of the community before we get permission to go off and do something else.”
Unity CEO John Riccitiello insists developers have nothing to fear from him
I always had a soft spot for Riccitiello. He greenlit Mirror’s Edge, and had a beaten-down, wearied way about him, which seemed becoming for the accountable man at EA. Yes, he might eventually have split Dead Space into so many horcruxes that it became a ghost of itself - but he at least had the decency to look guilty about it.
Now he’s been plucked from the pool of displaced CEOs, brushed off, and made boss of Unity. That’s concerned some developers dependent on the game engine for their livelihood - but Riccitiello has told them they’re not to worry.
“My philosophy is not to get bigger or more profitable for the sake of these things,” he said.
Go Beyond Earth for 100 turns with the new Civ's Steam demo
Firaxis might have gone Beyond Earth, but they’re still in orbit of old-fashioned Civilization. Like Sid Meier's opus, this space-based spin-off offers a series of hard choices - about treaties, base construction, and the nature of first contact.
The devs have decided to make the first decision a little easier, however. You now have the option to download a Steam demo before deciding if the new Civ is for you.
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare leak upsets Sledgehammer: "A real bummer"
Sledgehammer Games’ Glen Schofield sports wide shoulders, a footballer’s nose, and a voice gruff enough that he could star in his own shooter. He is, on the face of it, every bit as solid as his studio’s namesake. But now fans desperate to know the ins and outs of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare have gone and upset him - spilling some of the game’s multiplayer secrets across Twitch and YouTube.
Telltale's Game of Thrones adventure game confirmed to premier this year
It’s been almost a year since Telltale announced their foray into the Game of Thrones universe for their next adventure game. They’ve been frustratingly tight-lipped when it comes to details, but that might end today. A tweet from their community and PR specialist, Laura Perusco, has revealed that we can expect to be playing the game by the end of this year.
Assassin's Creed Unity TV spot crashes a fancy French party with 1,400 fan-made assassins
Ubisoft have released a fancy new TV ad for their upcoming revolution-starter, Assassin’s Creed: Unity. The CGI trailer is a bit special, because it features over 1,400 custom assassins that players made via a special website promoting the game.
If you squint hard enough, maybe you can make out yours too.
Get ready for Warlords of Draenor with patch 6.0.3, heading to World of Warcraft tomorrow
A new patch will hit the denizens of World of Warcraft tomorrow (Wednesday for EU), that will bring the game in line with the version of Warlords of Draenor that’s being tested on the beta realms. It’ll also include fixes for issues that cropped up in the initial transition to 6.0, while porting over the remaining assets required for the launch of the new expansion on November 13th.
“Our plan is to not require a launch-day patch, and have a smooth transition to the new expansion.”
Lords of the Fallen is out tomorrow in surprise ambush release for Europe
Hang onto your chainmail breeches warrior, because Lords of the Fallen is out a couple days early here in Europe. In fact, it’s out in only 18 hours from now according the the Steam store page. Originally due out on October 31st, the EU launch has been brought in-line with the North American release.
Huzzah for launch date equality!
Our moment of triumph? X-Wing, TIE Fighter, and LucasArts catalog on GOG
In 1998, LucasArts released updated versions of X-Wing and TIE Fighter. A year later, they bundled them alongside X-Wing Alliance. Nobody knew it at the time, but it was the last time those games would be widely available, and functional on modern hardware.
Tomorrow, at long last, GOG and LucasArts will rectify that situation. TIE Fighter, X-Wing, and a number of other LucasArts classics are coming out on GOG.com.
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