League of Legends patch 4.20 is all about “strategic diversity” and lasers
League of Legends’ 2015 preseason has begun, which means Riot are free to patch, update, and alter their MOBA. The mantra for this upcoming season’s changes is “Strategic Diversity,” say Riot.
“Our high-level philosophy is we want to offer you more paths to victory so that your in-game decisions matter just as much as the champions you pick.”
If you’ve a read through of the patch notes you’ll see how they’ve achieved this.
GTA V VR unlikely, publisher claims industry isn’t ready for virtual reality
GTA V is getting a first-person mode in its transition to PC but that’s unlikely to lead to virtual reality support, at least if the game’s publisher is to be believed.
Take-Two’s CEO Strauss Zelnick says his company won’t be jumping onto VR development until they see “how the headsets roll out” and how they can “best deliver an experience.”
Titanfall trailer shows everything that’s changed since launch
Despite being an excellent game, Titanfall’s multiplayer numbers dropped off sharply on PC. EA are trying to tempt in new players with the recently released Deluxe Edition and to show off everything it contains they’ve released a trailer detailed the updates and features that have been added since launch.
Block N Load trailer shows off Jagex’s Ace of Spades successor
Ace of Spades took Minecraft’s malleable world and stuffed a team shooter into it. Matches saw you blasting through your enemies’ fortifications and building up your own.
Block N Load is Jagex’s follow up to Ace of Spades, it makes the whole thing prettier and makes it a lot more like Team Fortress 2.
AMD Carrizo chip is a low voltage APU built to power the next generation of laptops
AMD announced a new line of APUs at their their Future of Compute event in Singapore, the Carrizo. The hardware’s been optimised for low power usage, making it perfect for powering laptops.
The Carrizo chip acts as both a CPU and GPU upping the possibilities of what your laptop can run.
There's a new sheriff in town: Valve updates its Steam Early Access rules and guidelines
Steam’s Early Access program has been inundating the platform with in-development games for a year and a half now, and it’s become the Wild West. Games with “borrowed” assets, false advertising, forum drama, and titles that never get finished - it’s become increasingly hard to judge whether or not a game is worth investing in. It’s why we do Early Access reviews now.
Up until now, Valve’s been completely hands-off. Besides taking down games that use assets the developers have just lifted or make false claims, Valve’s presence hasn’t really been felt at all. That was until now. The sheriff's badge has been dusted off, and a new set of rules and guidelines have appeared.
Rome II gets four new Greek and Gallic factions today, and one of them is free
Antiquity is busy today, as Rome II’s patch 16 pops into existence with performance improvements, tweaks to battles and campaigns, and balancing changes. A little more glamorous are the two bits of DLC which also launched today, and one of them’s free.
You’ll need to shell out £5.99/$7.99 for the Black Sea colonies pack, which comes with three new factions along with new cultural traits, faction traits and units. And if you’d rather keep your cash safe, you can still get Rome II’s 12th piece of free DLC, the faction of Massilia.
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