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There's about to be a lot of gibberish on PowerPC and x86 sets being posted in this; http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=166018&page=1# thread within the next few days, watch out!

Thanks for the heads up.

I still have a lot of catch up t do in that thread, the walls of text are everywhere there, and they are tiresome.



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Bedlam is a game of a book about games due on PC in summer

Bedlam is a book by crime writer Christopher Brookmyre, charting the history of PC gaming with particularly notable coverage of early shooters from companies like id Software. Rock, Paper, Shotgun reports Sussex studio RedBedlam is working with the author to develop a game based on the book. Also called Bedlam, the shooter is coming to Steam in norther summer. A trailer is available through the break.

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Maia fully funded within four days of Steam Early Access launch

Maia’s Steam Early Access launch has done well enough to fund the game’s development to completion.

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Silence – The Whispered World 2 coming in 2014

The Whispered World, possibly Daedalic Entertainment’s most popular release, is finally getting a sequel. First trailer through the break.

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Wasteland 2 beta now available to backers, coming to Steam Early Access

Wasteland 2 can be yours – assuming you helped crowdfund the classic RPG revival, and don’t mind playing a beta version which inXile is very keen for you to help shape.

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Dota 2 Frostivus becomes Wraith-Night, adds new hero and much more

Dota 2′s holiday plans have finally been revealed, following the announcement of Frostivus and its abrupt cancellation yesterday; hit the break for the details of the new champion and other changes coming in this end-of-year update.

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Steam Machine – Digital Storm’s liquid-cooled beast on show at CES 2014

PC manufacturer Digital Storm also has a Steam machine in the works, and will show off the powerhouse at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas early next year.

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Framed coming in 2014, new trailer shows off comic noir gameplay

Framed, the first game form the ex-Firement team at Loveshack Entertainment, will launch sometime in the New Year.

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Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers won’t release on Linux [Update]

Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers 20th Anniversary Edition will not be releasing on Linux, despite rumours to the contrary.

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The making of Payday 2: from ’1.5′ project to heavyweight sequel – part one

Payday 2 was a resounding success for Overkill Software, turning a profit before it even launched. VG247′s Dave Cook speaks with director David Goldfarb about how it went from incremental update to full-blown sequel.

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Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z has 2D retro mode, watch it here

Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z has a bonus mode called ‘Ninja Gaiden Z.’ It pays tribute to the NES original and sees you hacking up zombies in a 2D scrolling beat-em-up fashion. Tecmo Koei’s released a video of it online. Watch it here.

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Fallout 1-2 and Fallout Tactics free for PC and Mac as part of GOG’s 2013 Winter Promo

GOG is hosting its 2013 DRM-free Winter Sale and it is kicking things off by handing out Fallout 1, Fallout 2 and Fallout Tactics for free.

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Planetary Annihilation to be published by Nordic Games

Nordic Games and Uber Entertainment have partnered up to bring the retail version of the RTS game Planetary Annihilation to market and online.

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Total War: Rome 2 – Caesar in Gaul releases next week

Total War: Rome 2 content drops next week and it’s called Caesar in Gaul. The downloadable campaign pack brings with it the battle of Alesia, which artfully recreates the engagement in which Caesar finally conquered Gaul. This made the man famous, and infamous, and thus enabling his rise to dictator. In the game, though, players will battle at the hilltop fort of Alesia as it’s under siege, and will have to weather attacks on two fronts: from Vercingetorix’ forces within the fort itself, and from a huge Gallic relief army. There’s more on the wikipage. The content will drop on December 17 and is 10% off when you pre-order on Steam.

Elite: Dangerous backers of £200 or more can now try single-player alpha

Alpha backers of Elite: Dangerous from Frontier Studios can now play the single-player tester, provided they were one of the ones which pledged at least £200. Other alpha tests will be made available next year as development is completed. A video is below. Thanks, Eurogamer.

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Kerbal Space Program update 0.23 will launch next week

Kerbal Space Program update 0.23 will launch next week on December 17, according to Squad. The update, as reported last month, will contain what the developer calls “Tweakables” as well as a Science Lab Module and 3D Mouse Support. That’s the plan anyway, and since today a massive KerbalKon is being thrown today, you should head over to the official website for more information as the team will be “spilling all the details on the release” in various manners.

Saints Row 4: Child’s Play Pack supports charity, lets you dress like a monkey or dinosaur

A DLC pack supporting Child’s Play charity is now available for Saints Row 4. The Child’s Play Pack will run you $2.99/EUR 2.99/GBP 2.49 and 100% of the proceeds will be donated to the charity. The pack contains toys which allow players to rampage through Steelport as a Digital Dino or a Robochimp. It also contains the Retro Rocket vehicle. Screenshots are posted below.

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The Walking Dead: Season Two – Episode One: “All That Remains” trailer released

The Walking Dead: Season Two – Episode One: “All That Remains” has a trailer available, and it’s posted below.

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Atlus titles star in latest Humble Weekly Sale

The latest Humble Weekly Sale is full of lovely titles from Atlus, and you won’t want to pass this one up if you are an Ace Team or Tripwire Interactive fan.

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Square Enix hosting What’s in the Box! surprise sale on its store for £4.99

Square Enix has posted a surprise offering on its store, and it’s literally a surprise because you don’t know what you’re going to get with it.

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Wildstar comparisons to “dated” World of Warcraft are “flattering”

Wildstar developer Carbine Studios is honoured to have the new MMO’s art style compared to World of Warcraft, since the Blizzard MMO has stood the test of time despite its age.

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Lord of the Rings offering level 50 characters for sale for a limited time only

It’s still against the terms of service to buy somebody else’s maxed-out character, but Turbine will let you jump into Lord of the Rings Online at level 50 if you’re willing to pony up.

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Strider reboot trailer shows how new score pays homage to franchise’s past

Strider has an all-new score, but as this video shows, there are echoes of familiar tunes.

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Evil Geniuses' League of Legends team splits, EG to North America, Alliance forms in EU

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One of the oldest rosters in professional League of Legends, the five-man Evil Geniuses squad of Snoopeh, Froggen, Krepo, Wickd, and Yellowpete, has finally broken up amidst some odd rebranding and an apparent restructuring of the way the Evil Geniuses business works.

The entire story is a little hard to parse, but the bottom line is that Evil Geniuses' European squad has effectively ceased to to exist. Instead, three of its members are heading to LCS North America to compete as the Evil Geniuses team while two remain in Europe under the EG-affiliated moniker, Alliance.

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America gets randomized in Europa Universalis IV: Conquest of Paradise on January 14

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If I was in the habit of writing flowery poems, I'd write most of them about Europa Universalis IV. Its vast scope and depth coupled with a plethora of tools to craft all manner of alternate history narratives made it my favourite strategy romp this year and one of the best grand strategy titles I've had the good fortune to play. So obviously I'm rather looking forward to January 14, when Europa Universalis IV's first expansion, Conquest of Paradise, drops.

Conquest of Paradise creates a randomised American continent, with new geography and a slew of new tribes to play with or fight against while expanding the native experience with brand spanking new abilities like migrating from provinces, creating confederations of tribes and working through a new advancement track, making progress hopefully less dreary.

 

 

 

Because it's there - Unity of Command: Black Turn review

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The German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 is the wargamer’s Mount Everest. The fate of the USSR was on the line in a way it never was before or after. The Germans had the forces and logistical support to take the all three major capitals, Leningrad / St. Petersburg, Moscow, and Kiev. They had an adversary that was numerically and, in many ways, technologically superior. But the Soviets were also disastrously led and unprepared for modern war.

As operational puzzles, Operation Barbarossa and the ensuing battles are irresistible. It’s no surprise, then, that I’ve spent the last week consumed with the final expansion to 2x2 Games’ Eastern Front entry-level wargaming masterpiece, Unity of Command: Black Turn. It’s also no surprise that I find myself reliving the autumn of 1941 again and again, trying to find the solutions that eluded Hitler’s generals and which continue to elude me. This is an expansion that demands near-perfection even as it attains it.

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Publishers and indies alike speak out in support of wronged YouTubers

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The legally iffy treasure trove of lost hip hop, silent movies and ‘90s British comedy on YouTube is testament to a long term unspoken policy: if nobody makes a copyright claim, it can stay.

That began to change last week when YouTube tightened restrictions on monetised videos, such that Let’s Players and the like tied to multi-channel networks like Machinima have found huge swathes of their work locked in a days-long copyright approval process.

The thing is, the game developers whose copyrighted footage has caused the problem are, on the whole, quite happy to see it used. In the last day or so of upheaval, studios both large and tiddly have looked up from their keyboards to express their support for YouTubers.

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OSosoon: SteamOS available to download tomorrow as Steam Machine beta begins

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Tomorrow, Valve will begin shipping prototype Steam Machines and Steam Controllers straight from the factory to beta participants. As exciting as that is, they’re all in America, there’s only 300 of them, and they’re probably not you.

The real news, then, is that tomorrow is also the day SteamOS becomes available for download, for free, to absolutely everyone.

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PS4 & Xbox One Emulators May Arrive Sooner Than Expected

Ah, the beautiful – yet awkward – world of emulation. Thanks to them a lot of players can enjoy classic 16bit titles. Thanks to them, all PSX titles have been enhanced with better visuals and framerates. Thanks to them, more people were able to enjoy a variety of games that were not available on their platform. And thanks to them PC gamers may get their hands on PS4 and Xbox One games in the near future. Continue reading

Would be interesting if they could get it to work in the next few years lol, I have my doubts tho. And before anyone asks emulators by themselves are perfectly legal, piracy however is not. That wouldn't provent people from playing games legaly on an emulator as it would theoreticaly be possible to run legit discs or downloads via an emulator.

Frictional Games’ “SOMA” Gets New Video With In-Engine Footage

Frictional Games has released a new video for its upcoming horror title SOMA, featuring some new in-engine footage from it. SOMA is a sci-fi horror game from Frictional Games, creators of the groundbreaking Amnesia and Penumbra series. The game is coming to PC and PS4 in 2015, so there is still a long way until we get our hands on something better than mere teasers. Enjoy! Continue reading

 



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Steam Machine – Digital Storm’s liquid-cooled beast on show at CES 2014

PC manufacturer Digital Storm also has a Steam machine in the works, and will show off the powerhouse at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas early next year.

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There's another Steam Machine, the piixL Jetpack, that attaches to the back of the TV (from 32 to up to 70")).

But I'm not sure about how the cooling works, specially the CPU.



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JEMC said:

There's another Steam Machine, the piixL Jetpack, that attaches to the back of the TV (from 32 to up to 70")).

But I'm not sure about how the cooling works, specially the CPU.


Looks like they are iterating off a server rack design.

 



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^ Yes it does, but without the ventilation holes.



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JEMC said:

^ Yes it does, but without the ventilation holes.


Well there seems to be grill over the CPU and in the powersupply, being compartmentalised should help as well.

 

 



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zarx said:
JEMC said:

^ Yes it does, but without the ventilation holes.


Well there seems to be grill over the CPU and in the powersupply, being compartmentalised should help as well.

Yes but over the CPU they'll have to put a cooler, and there doesn't seem to be much space.

Besides the 3 blowers don't seem to get air from anywhere.



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JEMC said:
zarx said:
JEMC said:

^ Yes it does, but without the ventilation holes.


Well there seems to be grill over the CPU and in the powersupply, being compartmentalised should help as well.

Yes but over the CPU they'll have to put a cooler, and there doesn't seem to be much space.

Besides the 3 blowers don't seem to get air from anywhere.

well it would probably have to be a low profile cooler, you probably won't be putting something too high end in there. And you certainly won't be doing serious overclocking. It is wide enough for a two slot GPU so there is probably enough clearance for the fans to move air around in there.

 



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zarx said:
JEMC said:
zarx said:
JEMC said:

^ Yes it does, but without the ventilation holes.


Well there seems to be grill over the CPU and in the powersupply, being compartmentalised should help as well.

Yes but over the CPU they'll have to put a cooler, and there doesn't seem to be much space.

Besides the 3 blowers don't seem to get air from anywhere.

well it would probably have to be a low profile cooler, you probably won't be putting something too high end in there. And you certainly won't be doing serious overclocking. It is wide enough for a two slot GPU so there is probably enough clearance for the fans to move air around in there.

 

I don't know.

But I'm sure that once these Steam Machines are out there, some site will make a roundup of some sorts ("The best Steam Machine" or "Which Steam Machine is for you?") and will compare them, hopefully with noise and cooling taked into account.



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Warframe PS4: update 11 adds new characters, bosses & more

Warframe PS4 has received its first title update from Digital Extremes, bringing the free-to-play shooter in line with its PC counterpart’s 11th update ‘Valkyr Unleashed’.

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Alien: Isolation screenshots leak online, Sega declines to comment

Alien: Isolation concept art leaked recently, and has now been followed by four screenshots from The Creative Assembly’s tie-in.

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Bound by Flame story trailer released

Bound by Flame, the RPG in the works at Spiders Studios, has a new story trailer available and we’ve posted it below. Bound by Flame puts players in the role of a mercenary possessed by a flame demon who must choose between the powers offered or keeping their humanity with heroic talents. Bound by Flame will release in early 2014 on PC, PS3, PS4 and Xbox 360. It was announced back in March.

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Painkiller Hell & Damnation’s City Critters DLC now available through Steam

Painkiller Hell & Damnation has a seventh DLC pack available to download. Called City Critters, the content adds new levels, enemies and even more demon flesh to destroy.

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Blackguards Chapter 3 now available through Steam Early Access

Daedalic Entertainment has released the third-chapter for its turn-based RPG Blackguards on Steam Early Access. Users can download Chapter 3 now. Screenshots are posted below. in full in January 2014 on PC and Mac.”>Users can download Chapter 3 now. Blackguards will release in full in January 2014 on PC and Mac.

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Rise of Nations and Rise of Legends sold in 38 Studios auction

38 Studios assets sold during an auction conference call include Rise of Nations and Rise of Legends, and associated intellectual properties. The trademark for Big Huge Games was also sold, with gross proceeds totaling $320,000. An acceptable offer was not received for Project Copernicus nor 38 Studios’ integrated social media and gaming platform Helios. Richard Land, the receiver handling the asset auction, stated that he will continue to “engage in negotiations” with interested parties to sell the remaining assets.

Major League Gaming video consumption up 262% in 2013

Major League Gaming has announced video consumption for its esporting events was up 262% in 2013 year-over-year, and up a whopping 1557% since 2010.

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Firefly Online heading to Mac and PC during summer 2014

Firefly Online, a multi-user strategic roleplaying game based on the television series, will finally be released during summer of 2014. The news comes from io9 which was given an exclusive look at the game in development at QMXi and Spark Plug Games. In it, players will captain a ship and recruit crew to facilitate trade with other users online and go on space missions. It will be released on Mac and PC. The game is also scheduled for an iOS and Android release. Thanks, GameFront.

Rainbow 6: Patriots “wasn’t working” and had to be “remade,” according to Ubisoft

Rainbow 6: Patriots “wasn’t working” and had to be “remade,” according to Ubisoft’s North American president Laurent Detoc.

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The dongs of Rust get censored

First-person survival romp Rust has dongs in it. It probably says a lot about me that this has piqued my interest in the game quite a bit. There simply aren't enough flopping members in our beloved hobby, and that rubs me the wrong way. Get it? I made a masturbation joke. 

There are, of course, times when you don't really want to see digital penises, like when you're showing screenshots of Rust to your gran, so Garry's made a slight tweak to this phallic feature, pixelating the exposted genitals by default to save people from fainting fits and to appease Valve. 

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Rogue Legacy patch brings with it new bosses, a secret class and more punishment

 

My Rogue Legacy dynasty is filled with short lives and nasty deaths. To say that I'm a wee bit crap is akin to saying blue whales are a bit on the heavy side - I'm an embarassingly terrible hero. The latest patch, coming soon, is unlikely to change anything in this regard, adding new, challenging bosses (not for the faint of heart), more rooms and a slew of other updates, none of which will make my lives any longer. 

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Euro Truck Simulator 2 multiplayer mod shifts up a gear, trailer is delivered

It’s almost impossible to quite explain why Euro Truck Simulator 2 is brilliant. It’s got all the hallmarks of a bland, generic sim, yet is one of the most compelling driving/management games of recent years. Whilst driving down the rainswept M6 though, a French 80s pop station blaring out your radio, you could be caught thinking “Man, I wish I’d got a friend driving in the next lane, talking over CB with codenames like ‘Danny Boy’ and ‘Broadsword’.” 

Turns out that fantasy isn’t so far away. A team of modders have been working on a Euro Truck multiplayer mod, and the first results of their efforts can be seen in this trailer. 

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Brace yourself, the Crusader Kings 2 Game of Thrones Essos update is coming

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If you’ve been enjoying the Game of Thrones mod for Crusader Kings 2, you’ll probably have noticed there is a little something missing. The clue is in the continent that you’re currently ransacking: Westeros. Yup, the blood-stained landmass is only the western side of George R.R. Martin’s fantasy world, with the eastern side made up of Essos. This eastern territory is home to the savage Dothraki horse lords and some lovely fashions, but more importantly it’s the current digs of fan favorite Daenerys Targaryen, AKA the Mother of Dragons. 

It's time to get very excited, as Dany and her armies are about to start playing the game of thrones thanks to the Essos update. Will she win, or will she die? Well, it depends on how good your strategy is, I suppose.

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Minecraft reaches the 13 million copies sold mark

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More than double the number of people living in Scotland now own Minecraft on PC. Crikey. That's a lot of abused chickens and exploding creepers. The blocky sandbox doesn't appear to be losing steam, selling a million copies over the last few months, making its early success in 2011 (and before during alpha and beta phases) not a very big deal in comparison. 

I attempted to relay this news to my flatmate and his son, who are rather big fans, but both of them were too busy doing weird things with lava and sheep, one on the PC and the other on the phone. Wait... there's shouting now. I believe zombies are attacking. I wish they'd be quiet, I'm trying to work.

 

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Democracy 3’s Cliffski: "Half of the industry wants to be grown up and accepted as art, the other half have the mentality of seven year olds”

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Cliff ‘Cliffski’ Harris, the one-man band behind Positech Games, has been suffering at the hands of the mad men recently. Whilst trying to buy some advertising space for his latest political strategy game Democracy 3, he found his attempts to market it were thwarted by the most bizarre piece of policy. The advertising agency refused to use his advert because the banner promoted politics. They deemed the subject too controversial. 

Apparently these days politics is considered a more taboo subject than violence. Understandably, Cliffski flared up a little. 

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Cockpit-cam capers: Elite Dangerous alpha footage is tentatively stunning

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Elite: Dangerous won’t be done for a good long while yet - in this stage of alpha it’s been rated merely ‘unnerving’ - but an elite group of Kickstarter backers are already enjoying something that looks and plays an awful lot like it. Grab a fire extinguisher and propel yourself through the vacuum to the videos embedded below.

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SteamOS Has Just Been Released

Great news everyone as Valve’s SteamOS has just been released. The client is 960MB in size and can be downloaded from here (torrent link here). According to Valve, SteamOS is a fork (derivative) of Debian GNU/Linux. The first version (SteamOS 1.0) is called ‘alchemist’ and it is based on the Debian ‘wheezy’ (stable 7.1) distribution. Continue reading

New Details Unveiled For “The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing II”

Neocore Games announced today the key features of The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing II. As the company noted, The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing II is not just a collection of a dozen new maps and monsters, but a true sequel that keeps all the good bits from the first game, with a little improvement here and there and adds plenty of new features. Continue reading

Custom DualShock4 Drivers Bring Touchpad Support To The PC

Now this is bloody amazing. PCSX2′s member ‘InhexSTER’ has been working on some custom drivers in order to bring all functionality of PS4′s DS4 controller to the PC. In case you were not aware of, DS4 is currently recognized as a simple gamepad on the PC. Thanks to InhexSTER’s custom drivers, though, PC gamers can now take advantage of DS4′s touchpad. Glorious. Continue reading

Kickstarter campaign launched for Project Nimbus; an indie high speed mech action game

GameCrafterTeam has informed us about the launch of a Kickstarter campaign for its new indie high speed mech action title, called Project Nimbus. As its description reads, Project Nimbus is a very high speed mech action game set in a post apocalyptic world. Players control a humanoid battle suit armed with an arsenal of weapons called “BattleFrame”. Continue reading

Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues – Alpha Version Available Now To All Backers

Portalarium has announced the first release of Garriott’s Shroud of the Avatar fantasy role-playing game. Backers of the crowd funded project today can log in to their accounts, download the client, create a character and begin to wander and explore the streets of Owl’s Head, the game’s first town open for business. The release comes only nine months since the project was announced by Portalarium in early March. Continue reading

 



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