Avenging Angel Gets IndieGoGo Campaign, To Be Ported Over To Unity 5

November 24, 2014 John Papadopoulos 2 Comments

Avenging Angel Gets IndieGoGo Campaign, To Be Ported Over To Unity 5

Dark Amber Softworks announced today Avenging Angel’s Indiegogo Campaign. The team aims to raise €12,5K in the next 43 days for its first game, and has also announced that it will port the game to Unity 5. Continue reading →

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Elite: Dangerous Releases On December 16th, Single-Player Missions Available On November 26th

Frontier Developments held its Elite: Dangerous Premiere event at RAF Duxford Imperial War Museum on November 22nd, where it officially closed the game’s Beta process, released the final Gamma development build, and launched the official Elite: Dangerous iOS companion app. Continue reading →

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theHunter: Primal Announced – Stand-alone Expansion For theHunter That Lets You Hunt Dinosaurs

Expansive Worlds and Avalanche Studios revealed today that a stand-alone expansion for their F2P title, theHunter, is planned for release in a couple of weeks. theHunter: Primal will feature dinosaurs to hunt down, and will be released before Christmas. And yes, you read that right; dinosaurs are coming to theHunter. Continue reading →

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Steam Gifts rules have been changed to protect you from swindlers

25 November 2014 • 2 hours 34 min ago • Story by Matt Purslow

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Steam Gifts is a perfectly lovely way to trade with other Steam users, until it goes horribly wrong. A situation that’s been under scrutiny from Valve lately is where you make a trade for a game, only to have that game revoked from your library because the person you traded with has had their payment declined for the game. For shady types on this internet, this kind of action can lead to profit. But Valve are on the case and have changed the rulebook.

From now on, games in your inventory that have been set aside for trading can only be traded 30 days after purchase.

Far Cry 4’s director given go-ahead by Ubisoft for a personal project

25 November 2014 • 1 hour 31 min ago • Story by Matt Purslow

The last year has seen Ubisoft kick out some unusual games, from the absurdity-loving 80s homage Far Cry: Blood Dragon to the tear-inducing Valiant Hearts. They’re all personal labours of love for small teams, and it looks like the next unique project from Ubisoft may be coming from Far Cry 4’s creative director Alex Hutchinson.

Along with members from the Far Cry 4 and Assassin’s Creed 3 development team, Hutchinson has had a pitch for his game idea greenlit by some head honchos at Ubisoft.

Dark Souls II to re-release with ‘Scholar of the First Sin’ edition, bundled with DLC

25 November 2014 • 45 min 38 sec ago • Story by Matt Purslow

Dark Souls II is getting a fancy new rejigged release that will bolster it with all the game’s DLC packs as well as some flash new features.

Subtitled ‘Scholar of the First Sin’, the game doesn’t sounds as immediately defeatist as Dark Souls 1’s ‘Prepare to Die’ edition, but the First Sin is probably as equally terrifying.

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Admiring Procedural Islands And Flora In Meadows

By Alice O'Connor on November 25th, 2014 at 9:00 am.

You know that scene in a sci-fi film where a scientist is so fascinated by a tiny creature or moving plant that they don’t notice the other dozen rising around them? And then they turn around and are surprised and delighted/horrified to see all the rest? Meadows can feel a lot like that. Created by Tom Betts in this year’s Procedural Generation Jam, it’s about roaming procedurally-generated islands, watching procedurally-planted flora grow according to their needs. Then we turn around and gosh, a whole island has sprouted while we focused on one sapling.

Hollow Knight’s Insecty Superhero Kickstarter

By Philippa Warr on November 24th, 2014 at 2:00 pm.

While John and I have a related argument over IM about the limits when defining the adventure gaming genre, you should have a look at Hollow Knight, a game about a platforming insect in a little cape.

CCP Shut Down Vampire: TM – Bloodlines Fan Remake

By Philippa Warr on November 24th, 2014 at 1:00 pm.

EVE developers CCP have put the kibosh on a fan remake of Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines.

The remake, known as Project Vaulderie, was billed as a non-commercial endeavour focused on recreating Troika’s RPG in Unity. The reasons for the remake were partly to do with making it more stable, partly for modding reasons, partly to add multiplayer, and partly just to bring it up to date in terms of the graphics and technology.

Battle For Wesnoth Is Still Free, Still Getting Better

By Graham Smith on November 24th, 2014 at 10:00 am.

A quick search reveals that we’ve only written one post about venerable, free, turn-based strategy game Battle for Wesnoth. One! One. Burn down RPS right now. It’s Fantasy Battles by way of Advance Wars, it’s open source, it offers a vast selection of user-created campaigns and the latest update vastly improves the interface, the map editor, adds a new faction, and more. Let’s increase that post count by 100% right now.

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Zkuq on 25 November 2014

Just a quick note here: Steam sale seems to be indeed starting today (it's the 26th where I live ^^), as the usual midweek sales are missing (should've started about five hours ago), which strongly suggests there's another bigger sale starting very soon. Not that there was any doubt even before, but this is even further confirmation.

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The Binding of Isaac developer turns to community for expansion pack ideas

25 November 2014 • 12 hours 29 min ago • Story by Matt Purslow

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth may have enhanced an already super game, but developer Edmund McMillen doesn’t plan on stopping there. He’s turning to the community to offer up feedback on Rebirth and to suggest various new features that could be included in an expansion.

If you want to get involved with the production of McMillen’s next release, now is the time to jump in and start commenting.

Armored Warfare’s co-op campaign is something World of Tanks sorely lacks

25 November 2014 • 10 hours 57 min ago • Story by Julian Benson

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World of Tanks and War Thunder don’t leave much space for a third free-to-play tank game. Yet Obsidian think Armored Warfare’s in with a chance of capturing some of the market from those entrenched mammoths by aiming for two things neither of its competitors have attempted; a story campaign and modern technology.

Activision is placing copyright strikes on Call of Duty Advanced Warfare videos showing cheats and/or glitches

25 November 2014 • 10 hours 43 min ago • Story by Matt Purslow

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Call of Duty publisher Activision is apparently issuing copyright strikes against YouTube videos that contain footage of game glitches or cheats.

YouTube videogames channel Machinima has reportedly alerted their partners to the strikes, warning that “your channel may be liable to receive a copyright strike so please be careful.”

Good news, everyone: The World of Warcraft Blood Elf makeover is in progress

25 November 2014 • 6 hours 34 min ago • Story by Fraser Brown

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While almost all of Azeroth is swanning about, looking fancy with their new character models, only the Worgen, Goblins and Blood Elves have been left out in the cold. The first two don’t care, because their character models look just as good as the new ones, but the Blood Elves were not so fortuitous. Worse, they had to look on as their Burning Crusade counterparts, the Draenei, got updated.

This unfortunate situation will soon be remedied. New models for the Barbies and Kens of World of Warcraft are on their way, and Artcraft offers up a glimpse of their new look.

Distance, the neon-soaked survival racer, is launching on Steam Early Access next month

25 November 2014 • 5 hours 4 min ago • Story by Fraser Brown

I’m not usually interested in racing games that don’t involve karts and popular Nintendo characters unless they are called F-Zero, so it’s rare for me to get excited about new driving shenanigans. But Distance is weird. It’s an arcade racer where future-cars speed up and down neon highways, leaping, spinning and flipping their way to victory, if they can survive for that long. It’s utterly bonkers, and reeks of cool.

Our Rob took a look at it in the summer, and his thoughts are neatly summed up by the preview headline, Distance: Oh hell yes. Now it’s about to hit Steam Early Access, and you’ll be able to start defying physics on December 9th.

Solve your own nautical murder in Why Am I Dead At Sea

25 November 2014 • 3 hours 58 min ago • Story by Fraser Brown

You should know three things about me: I like dogs more than people, I think boats are the raddest form of transportation and I reckon that ghosts are infinitely more interesting than zombies. Two of these facts are relevant to Why Am I Dead At Sea. Yes, it’s a game about spooky dogs. No, hang on a second. Wrong facts. It’s a game about a ghost on a boat. Sorry.

Here’s what’s up: You’re dead, and you’re on a boat. Why? That’s up to you to find out by possessing the other passengers and using them to investigate. There’s a trailer, so slap your eyes on it below.

Rek'Sai is League of Legends' newest champion; she's underground, so you've probably never heard of her

25 November 2014 • 3 hours 4 min ago • Story by Fraser Brown

League of Legends has its fair share of grotesque champions, and the roster of horrors has just been expanded, with Riot revealing Rek’Sai, the Void Burrower. She’s a nasty piece of work, burrowing underground, creating tunnels, waiting to jump out and bite unsuspecting champions.

She’s a terror, but has a bit of trouble dealing with another new champion, Kalista, as well as Kevin Bacon.

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Project HON Is A TWIMTBP Title, New 25-Minute Video Shows New Gameplay Footage

NCSoft has released a 25-minute video for its upcoming Unreal Engine 4-powered mecha game, Project HON. Project HON is a third-person mecha action MMORPG, and it is advertised as a TWIMTBP title. This means that the development team is working closely with NVIDIA, and we might see some NVIDIA specific features implemented in it (such as TXAA or HBAO+). This video packs new gameplay footage from Project HON, so make sure to watch it. Kudos to our reader ‘Mafioso’ for spotting it! Continue reading →

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FIFA 15 – Third Title Update Improves Defensive Positioning & Lob Through Balls

EA Sports has released the third title update for FIFA 15 on all platforms. This update improves defensive positioning & lob through balls, brings general stability fixes in Career Mode, and features new authentic player faces for promoted Barclays Premier League teams Leicester City, Burnley, and Queens Park Rangers. Continue reading →

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World of Speed – New Trailer Shows Off The Ford Mustang GT & The Chevrolet Camaro

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My.com has released a new trailer for Slightly Mad Studios’ upcoming free racing game, World of Speed. In this trailer, we get to see the modern day Camaro & Mustang go head-to-head on the streets of San Francisco. Enjoy! Continue reading →

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Tales from the Borderlands Gets Launch Trailer, Now Available On Steam

Telltale Games, in collaboration with developer Gearbox Software and publisher 2K, today announced the release of ‘Zer0 Sum,’ the first of five episodes of Tales from the Borderlands: A Telltale Games Series. Continue reading →

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Assassin’s Creed: Unity – Patch 3 Releases Later This Week, Will Feature PC Specific Fixes

Ubisoft has just announced that its third title update for Assassin’s Creed: Unity will be released tomorrow on consoles and later this week on the PC. According to the French company, this patch will improved task scheduling tweak performance for Reach High Points (Synchronization). Ubisoft is also working on the fourth patch of its title, and you can view below its complete changelog. Enjoy and stay tuned for more! Continue reading →

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Die With Pals: Take On Mars Adds Multiplayer & Survival

By Alice O'Connor on November 25th, 2014 at 8:00 pm.

What’s the point of going to Mars if we can’t asphyxiate beneath beige skies? Where’s the triumph if we’re all invincible? If I am not allowed to burst my own head by removing my helmet, I don’t even want to go to Mars. You might as well send a robot instead.

Arma makers Bohemia understand the need for peril, and for people to share that peril with. With the latest Take On Mars update, they’ve added “survival” bits and multiplayer to their Martian roving simulator. Is space-scurvy a thing? I guess we’ll find out.

Riot Teams Up With MIT To Investigate.. Uh.. Teams

By Philippa Warr on November 25th, 2014 at 3:00 pm.

Riot are teaming up with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as part of their research into player behaviour and teamwork. This time they’re looking to explore “the ability of a team to perform a wide range of collaborative tasks” and want your help.

Posting on the League of Legends forums, Jeffrey Lin (lead designer of social systems) explained a little more about what will be involved in the online study and to seek out participants.

Maniacs: Thimbleweed Park Kickstarter Funded In A Week

By Graham Smith on November 25th, 2014 at 12:00 pm.

Broken Age was trapped between two posts: its need to satisfy the nostalgia of the people who funded it via Kickstarter, and its desire to be accessible and reach a modern audience. The former group seemed displeased with the results, which is maybe what’s pushed Thimbleweed Park beyond its own $375,000 Kickstarter goal in just a week. It’s from the creators of Maniac Mansion, Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick, and they’re creating a point and click adventure that feels like “opening a dusty old desk drawer and finding an undiscovered LucasArts adventure game you’ve never played before.”