Same, you can't have to many Japanese games! Thankfully Namco has seen the light and started to support the PC more, hopefully it pays off so other developers take notice.

Yeah, my PC build and upgrade orders are getting more frequent this year already.

I think the PC has reached a point where we aren't classed as dirty filthy stealing pirates anymore, but real dollar signs.
Valve/Steam has actually successfully competed against a free model and won and that was purely via consolidation and convenience and good will to gamers, they did well, which was in stark contrast to other developers hating and ignoring the PC like Ubisoft. (Calling 93-95% of PC gamers pirates.)

Yeah its pretty rare now to hear about the terrible "PC gamers are all pirates" stereotype. Its becoming in some ways the dominant form of gaming

Thief trailer offers first, flickering glimpse of its supernatural Cradle counterpart

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Sometimes, this multi-platform life we live pays off. Most often, when expensive games that would otherwise be financially unjustifiable as PC exclusives actually get made. But also when the people at Sony’s channel post videos on games we’re interested in.

In this case we’re watching footage from imminent next-gen stealth-action game Thief, in which the shadows are your “only ally” - apart from your actual, tangible human allies, of course. Garrett has tons of mates now.

You’ll hear a lady with a robot voice do her monotone best to sex up water arrows - and catch a glimpse of Eidos Montreal’s bid to recapture Thief’s way with the scary and the supernatural.

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Magicka: Wizard Wars hands on: prepare for lift-off

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These things are never certain of course. There’s plenty that can and will go both right and wrong. But, having played Magicka: Wizard Wars at length, and seen first-hand the team’s obvious passion for both their game and developing it so publically… I think it’s going to go off like a rocket.

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Prepare the whisky and surly demeanor: The Wolf Among Us Episode 2 out today

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It's a good thing that the first episode of The Wolf Among Us was memorable, or we'd all be in a pickle, grasping a threads of memory as we attempt to recall enough to play the second episode, which is coming out today, as it happens.

It's been a painfully long four months since the first episode, and that was only two hours long. Hopefully the cadence of episode releases will improve from here on out, and we've also got the second episode of The Walking Dead Season 2 to look forward to.  

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Star Wars: The Old Republic's 2014: two new expansions and a storyline to span "the whole year"

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SWTOR’s 2013 wasn’t anything at all like its 2012: last year its live team witnessed the game’s playerbase shift from subscription-only to primarily free-to-play; instigated the release of its first proper expansion; and oversaw mammoth construction of an all-new PvP dogfighting mode to banish the memory of on-rails space combat.

In 2014, BioWare Austin hope, there will be no paradigm shifts. Free-to-play will continue to draw in thousands every day, and there’ll be another two expansions - one about the size of a Hutt Cartel, the other as big as a Galactic Starfighter.

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What Guild Wars 2's Edge of the Mists update brings to World versus World

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Guild Wars 2's Edge of the Mists update, going live today, continues the story of that tricky Scarlet and her aetherblade chums, but more significantly adds a new world versus world map, the titular Edge of the Mists. 

The map is a solution to a problem, more than one problem, really, as well as a place for ArenaNet to experiment with the design of world versus world. Devon Carver, world versus world coordinator, explained the biggest changes Edge of the Mists brings to the table. 

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Kyn's a tactical RPG with a different take on monsters

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Tactical combat is clearly a thing now. It used to be a thing, but a large group of people got together and declared that it would be a thing no longer. Presumably those people are all dead now, or they've come to their senses. Just looking at my installed games on Steam I've got Blackguards, Divinity: Original Sin and Wasteland 2 all getting up to tactical shenanigans with many more either finished with or yet to come. 

And now there's Kyn, a tactical RPG due out this summer. This is a trend I can get behind. Deploy oculur tools to watch the video below. 

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Satya Nadella wins Microsoft's Got Talent and becomes the new CEO

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Satya Nadella, previously chief of Microsoft's cloud and enterprise group, has been named Microsoft's new CEO. As is traditional in big companies like Microsoft, Nadella decapitated the last CEO, Steve Ballmer, who left in August, and consumed his power. 

Bill Gates has also stepped down as chairman of the Board of Directors but will remain as founder and technological advisor. John Thompson, lead director of the board has stepped in as the new chairman. 

Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes. 

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Titanfall minimum system requirements are... not titanic

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Vince Zampella revealed the minimum system requirements for Titanfall earlier today on Twitter. They aren't very demanding. An 8800GT is recommended as the bare minimum for graphics cards, with an Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz CPU and 4GB RAM.

These are just the requirements to run the game without your PC popping off this mortal coil, so don't expect all the bells and whistles. 

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Distance – Nitronic Rush Spiritual Successor – Alpha Gameplay Footage Revealed

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Refract Studios has released a new video for Distance, showcasing some gameplay footage from the game’s alpha version. Distance takes the intense action of arcade racing and fuses it with the exploration of an atmospheric world. In this futuristic racing game, players control a unique car that allows them to boost, jump, rotate, and even fly to survive in a chaotic and twisted city. Enjoy! Continue reading →

 

 

 

 

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Free CRYENGINE SDK 3.5.7 Now Available

February 4, 2014 John Papadopoulos 0 Comments

Crytek has released a new version of its free CRYENGINE SDK. This new version comes with several additional Flow Graph nodes based on community requests, completely new AI Modular Behavior Tree setups and advanced watervolume parameters which will allow you to simulate water displacement based on volume size and object interaction. Continue reading →

 

 

 

 

 

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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 – New Gameplay Footage Shows The Battle With The Toy Maker

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Our reader “Stevanvel” has informed us about a new video from Castlevania: Lords of Shadows 2 that shows the battle between Gabriel and the Toy Maker. Do note that this video contains minor spoilers. Castlevania: Lords of Shadows 2 will hit PC, PS3 and X360 next month. Enjoy the video, courtesy of IGN! Continue reading →

10000000+1: You Must Build A Boat

By Alec Meer on February 4th, 2014 at 11:00 am.

Hey kids, remember April 2008? Remember You Have To Burn The Rope? Remember how we laughed? Well, You Must Build A Boat has absolutely nothing to do with that. A new game with an imperative in its title just sent me all nostalgic. Look at the stuff we were banging on about back then. Blueberry Garden! Demigod! Jetpack Brontosaurus! Possible Deus Ex 3 concept art!

Man. Man. No, no, I’m fine, I’m just… sniff. I SAID I’M FINE. It’s just been raining on my face.

You Must Build A Boat is the sequel to wonderful RPG/match-3/endless runner mash-up 10000000. It’ll also be free to existing 10000000 owners.
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For A Song: MirrorMoon EP Expands, On Sale

By Adam Smith on February 4th, 2014 at 2:00 pm.

To coincide with a week-long Steam sale, the enigmatic MirrorMoon EP has expanded its repertoire of planetary structures, adding objects that pay homage to various games, including Kentucky Route Zero and Gone Home. It’s entirely possible that I made a huge mistake when I allowed this one to slip off the frighteningly extensive list of games that I intend to play. I did noodle around with the prototype, which introduced the puzzling concept hinted at in the game’s title, but have only visited the full release a couple of times. It reminds me somewhat of Starseed Pilgrim, in that it lacks guidance or instruction but is constructed around concepts of puzzle and play rather than being a ‘go for a walk’ experience. The game is currently £4.19 through Steam, a 40% discount that firmly plants it in actual EP territory.

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Survival RPG ReRoll Wants To Map (Most Of) The World

Carmack left id because ZeniMax wouldn't let his games appear on the Oculus Rift

04 February 2014 • 23 min 50 sec ago • Story by Fraser Brown

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Speaking with USA Today, John Carmack discussed his reasons for leaving id and working at Oculus full time. He would have stayed with id, he reveals, if parent company ZeniMax Media has been willing to allow games Carmack had been involved in to appear on the Occulus Rift. 

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Humble Bundle!
https://www.humblebundle.com/
Civilization 3, 4, 5 and DLC/Expansion Packs, Railroads, Ace Patrol.
That's well over $100 worth of games and content...

Also meow @ those Titanfall Specs, expected from a source powered game I suppose.

That's a great deal!

I could get Brave New World and Gods and Kings for roughly 12 € (yeah, I'm that cheap), with the plus of the past Civ games and Railroads... I will seriously consider it.

Also, 2K has revealed a new Complete Edition of Civ V!

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/448120/civilization-v-complete-edition-compiles-all-content-for-50/

But some places mention that it includes all the DLCs including Brave... and Gods... while others don't mention them, only the other, small add-ons :-/ .

Splintered, not stirred: Splinter Cell was originally pitched as a James Bond game

Splinter Cell has gone through a lot of changes since the first game in 2002, but none as significant as the changes that took place before it became the franchise we know. Yannis Mallat, CEO at Ubisoft Montreal spills the beans to IGN.

It was originally conceived as a retro-sci-fi shooter called The Drift, but it lacked soul even though it had some of the mechanics - like different vision modes and modular guns - that would make its way into Splinter Cell. Development struggled thanks to an inexperienced team with big ambitions and the project was close to being shelved. 

Then it was pitched as a James Bond game in a desperate attempt to rescue it. 

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Valve fire out first wave of Steam Music beta invites, consider taking on iTunes

With a distant, somehow funky boom, Valve’s pulse cannon signals the initial salvo of invites to Steam Music - the local ditty-player that’ll come as standard with SteamOS. Beta feedback will determine, among other things, whether Valve expands its music library beyond game soundtracks.

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New Developers Report No Payments From Strategy First

Unfortunatly I had Brave New World and Gods and Kings. :( I think I bought them at full price, not sure.

Personally, I refuse to play Civ anymore. It sucks the life out of you, entire days can pass you by as you tell yourself "Just one more turn".
It's evil, just like Sins of a Solar Empire.

Ha, ha, ha!

Luckily, my "Civilization fever" isn't as severe and I have no problem playing it in small bursts.

That said, and given that it's been a few weeks since my last game, now would be a good time to get the expansions and give it another run ^.^.

Get the Alpha Centauri mod from the Steam Workshop. :)
It's addictive as crap.