Category Archives: PC
Tue, May 21, 2013 | 15:06 BST
Guild Wars 2 has been given a permanent price drop
Guild Wars 2 has been given a permanent price drop, NCsoft has announced. The standard edition will now run you £34.99/$49.99 and the Deluxe version £49.99/$69.99. The new price point, which is $10 off the launch price, is effective starting today. The new price coincides with the conclusion of the Southsun Cove event next week, called Last Stand at Southsun. All sorts of things will be happening during the next week, and you can find out more information through a previous post on the matter, and look over ArenaNet’s update page here.
Tue, May 21, 2013 | 14:46 BST
Ghost of a Tale Indiegogo campaign a success, surpasses funding goal
Ghost of a Tale, the PC adventure game from ex-Dreamworks and Universal animator Lionel Gallat, has surpassed its funding goal on IndieGoGo, despite the crowd-funding site going down twice during the fundraising drive. The project initially needed €45,000 for development, but backers provided €48,700 in funding, making it a rousing success. The adorable game where you play a little mouse in a dangerous world, will be released on PC upon completion. A dedicated site and forums are in the works, but until either are up, you ca keep track of the development process through the funding page.
Tue, May 21, 2013 | 14:36 BST
Dragon’s Prophet goes into open beta next weekend
Dragon’s Prophet will go into open beta next week, and to get you ready for some dragon riding action, SOE has released a new trailer showing the mounts and battle partners in action.
Tue, May 21, 2013 | 11:51 BST
Eve Online team “dabbling in mobile”, considering companion apps
Eve Online developer CCP Games has confirmed it is toying with the idea of mobile companion apps for its persistent MMO universe. However, it needs to be sure of how it will all work before proceeding.
Tue, May 21, 2013 | 10:26 BST
Dawngate: EA’s MOBA shown in first video preview, beta sign-ups start this week
Dawngate is EA’s answer to the MOBA scene, and developer Waystone Games has gone on camera to talk about the title, and its respect for its predecessors.
Tue, May 21, 2013 | 08:41 BST
Black Ops 2: Revolution DLC is free this free-to-play this weekend, new micro-DLC incoming
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 developer Treyarch is lifting the paywall off its Revolution DLC pack this weekend, letting everyone play it for free for a few days. The game is also getting some more micro-DLC skins that will be chosen by fan vote.
Tue, May 21, 2013 | 08:11 BST
GRID 2: new gameplay footage shows Yas Marina circuit
GRID 2 developer Codemasters has released another new gameplay video from its racer, this time showing off the urban Yas Marina circuit. THe game’s out on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 from May 28 in the States and May 31 across Europe.
Tue, May 21, 2013 | 07:48 BST
Deep Silver bringing twin-stick shooter Narco Terror to XBLA and PSN soon
Deep Silver and unheralded games company Rubicon Organization have a new ground-based co-op twin-stick shooter called Narco Terror that is primed for release this summer/winter (sometime in the next few months, to be clear) to the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. A trailer that explains it all is inside.
Tue, May 21, 2013 | 06:53 BST
DOTA takes Steam concurrent player record… from itself
At some point this past weekend, there were 329,977 Steam users running DOTA 2. That’s a new record for any single game on the Steam platform, beating down the previous record of ~297,000 players gathered in DOTA 2 in early March. The West qualifiers for The International tournament — with a prize pool currently topping $2 million — were this weekend, and folks can watch through the client, so that probably had something to do with it.
Thanks, PC Gamer
Tue, May 21, 2013 | 05:11 BST
Cloud’s horribly impractical sword has been created in the real world
In Final Fantasy VII, Cloud carries around like a really big sword. It’s as big as he is really, and I’ve often wondered how he could even hold the thing. Now, the guy who made a real-life version of the Minecraft diamond sword built this Buster sword, and it is completely ridiculous. Video inside.
Tue, May 21, 2013 | 08:19 BST
Battlefield 4: “Big announcements are coming soon”
We know that the next-gen Xbox reveal taking place tonight will show off next-gen FIFA and next-gen Call of Duty, but we expect that many of the big game announcements will be left for Microsoft’s E3 press conference. But it could be that we’ll find out something about Battlefield 4 at the imminent event.
Tue, May 21, 2013 | 04:40 BST
Ex-Rockstar Dev says he won’t make any more violent games
If you were a key cog at the studio producing, eh, notoriously violent titles like Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, would you be embarrassed to the explain to the “normies” in your life what you do? Jeremy Pope was, and that’s why he left Rockstar Games a decade ago and is pursuing projects that he sees as more palatable to him.
Tue, May 21, 2013 | 04:26 BST
Resident Evil: Revelations HD’s DLC schedule is set
Resident Evil: Revelations is making its way to the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC this week, and Capcom has some DLC on the way for it that they will release in the coming months.
Tue, May 21, 2013 | 01:08 BST
Fourth Penny Arcade game launching June 7, get Penny Arcade 3 free on Steam today
The fourth and final iteration of Penny Arcade’s On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, coming at you from Zeboyd, will launch on June 7 exclusively on the PC and Xbox Live. No mobile version this time.
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Mon, May 20, 2013 | 21:24 BST
Watch Dogs pre-order perks get detailed
Gamers who pre-order Ubisoft Montreal’s upcoming futuristic open-world game Watch Dogs at Gamestop or Amazon will get exclusive pre-order bonuses, the firm’s revealed.
Mon, May 20, 2013 | 21:04 BST
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger gets action-packed launch trailer
Ubisoft’s released the launch trailer for Techland’s upcoming FPS Call of Juarez: Gunslinger and it focuses on the game’s main lead Silas Greaves and his journey in the game.
Mon, May 20, 2013 | 17:00 BST
Splinter Cell Blacklist co-op trailer shows Sam and buddy Isaac at work
Splinter Cell Blacklist developer Ubisoft Toronto has released a new trailer for its stealthy action game, this time showing off co-op mode.
Mon, May 20, 2013 | 16:41 BST
Hawken dev diary shows off ‘Front Line’ map
Hawken developer Adhesive Games has published a new dev diary clip, this time showing off a map called Front Line, and discussing how the locale plays out during matches.
Mon, May 20, 2013 | 16:23 BST
Deus Ex Machina 2 heads to Kickstarter
One of Deus Ex Machina’s original developers is taking a sequel to Kickstarter, and is claiming to have Christopher Lee on board.
Mon, May 20, 2013 | 16:25 BST
Google Play: in-app purchases up 700%, report suggests
Google Play apps have seen a 700% increase of internal purchases year-on-year, suggesting free-to-play is very much a hot ticket on the marketplace.


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