We reported last summer that someone going by the name of egod123 was recreating Diablo 2 in StarCraft 2. I noted two things at the time: One, that it looked pretty good, and two, that a cease-and-desist letter from Blizzard would bring the whole thing to a screeching halt. But the latter hasn't happened yet, and so work continues—and it continues to look very good.
22 Cans' "new" game The Trail: Frontier Challenge is actually a rework of a mobile game it released in 2016. Studio boss Peter Molyneux said in July that it would "take the core gameplay and narrative" of the mobile version, and "reimagine" it for Steam as a more strategic experience. It was expected to be ready for release this summer, and sure enough, today is the day.
You think you’ve heard strange MMORPG soundtracks before, but Wurm Online is about to take you to the odd frontier. With two distinctive soundtracks that skew away from typical composition, Wurm baffles, amuses, and bewitches the Battle Bards in today’s show! Battle Bards is a bi-weekly podcast that alternates between examining a single MMO’s soundtrack and exploring music tracks revolving around...
Today, Compulsion Games made several We Happy Few related announcements. The Early Access game now has a release date, April 2018; a publisher, Gearbox; and an increased scope, which the devs have been working on for some time. It’s also getting a full retail release and a price tag to match.
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First, there’s the increased price. Early Access games typically become more expensive around launch, and We Happy Few will be jumping up to a not insignificant $60. The increased cost also comes with an expanded scope, however.
Ogre is a tabletop wargame, designed by Steve Jackson and originally released in 1977, in which one player takes control of a massive supertank—the Ogre—while the other tries to destroy it using conventional forces. It's been updated several times since then, and in 2012 Jackson took to Kickstarter to seek $20,000 in supplemental funding for a Sixth Edition release. One of the reasons for the campaign, he said in the pitch video, was that it enabled stretch goals, for things like more maps, or maybe an option to design your own Ogre.
Crackdown 3 has been pushed back from 7th November until spring 2018.
As reported by Polygon, Microsoft Studios claimed developers Reagent Games, Sumo Digital and Cloudgine needed a bit more time to spruce up the explosive sandbox adventure.
"Crackdown 3 is a hugely ambitious game and we want to ensure we deliver the right experiences all the way through every part of the game, whether that's campaign, co-op multiplayer or our competitive multiplayer mode, Wrecking Zone," said Microsoft Studios Publishing general manager Shannon Loftis in an interview with Polygon. "Getting the balance right between the three modes is important, and we are going to take the extra development time to ensure that. Gamers can expect Crackdown 3 in Spring of 2018."
The graphics card market is highly competitive, and users can become extremely vocal in their support for one side or the other. Look at the comments on my recent AMD RX Vega review, for example, and sure enough you'll find accusations of fanboyism on both sides of the fence. Something else you'll find in the comments of almost every GPU review: claims that Nvidia drivers intentionally cripple older hardware, trying to force users to upgrade. This is the so-called "planned obsolescence" approach to hardware, and I've always felt it was more than a bit bogus. After all, in a highly competitive market, making your existing products look worse than the competition isn't good, not to mention it would be extremely easy to prove—or disprove.
Last summer Crackdown 3 was confirmed for the PC (good) but delayed from its expected release in 2016 to sometime in 2017 (bad). This summer, it's been delayed again: Microsoft told Polygon that the planned November 7 release is off, and that it won't be out until the spring of 2018.
Bad news out of Microsoft, as the green team has confirmed to Polygon that Crackdown 3 will no longer be hitting the Xbox One X launch window. The open world…
After a lot of waiting, a demo for Prey has finally hit PC. There’s been a console demo since April, but prospective PC players were told to get a refund on Steam if they didn’t like it after two hours. Not a great solution! Regardless, it’s no longer a problem, and you can download the demo now.
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Rather than a conventional demo, this is a free trial, so if you like what you see after an hour, you can buy the game and continue your progress instead of replaying the opening moments. This is now the case with the console demo now, too.