Oh Valve, you are so unpredictable. After revealing yesterday that the Sniper class in Team Fortress 2 would introduce the Razorback tribal shield, a defense-focused item useful for fending off first-time backstabs, the limelight has since shifted over to the Spy in today’s announcement.
Capcom just sent over the minimum and recommended specifications for the PC iteration of brawler Street Fighter IV. If you have a rig equipped with hardware from the past couple years or so, chances are you’ll be able to run this one without a sweat. The specs are fairly modest, recommending at least a Core 2 Duo clocked at 2.0 […]
Take three of the over-the-top, destructive-centric Serious Sam franchise is slowly but surely moving from mere pipe dream into a real tangible product. According to developer Croteam, work on the title has already begun, further noting that a publishing deal is very close to being signed. We have also recently started the development on two games, one of which is […]
Valve is living up to its promise that the upcoming Sniper update for Team Fortress 2 will be the largest yet. For day two of the ongoing Sniper reveal, Valve has announced that it is introducing a new game type dubbed “Payload Race.” Maps categorized under this mode feature dual payload carts, which team members are tasked to both push […]
Valve just shot over a press release announcing that the highly-anticipated Sniper class update for Team Fortress 2 will be distributed via Steam within the “coming days.” In Valve tradition, this class update will be completely free, ushering in new maps and achievements to all TF2 players, in addition to a selection of unlockable weapons. The official site for the […]
Amid news that Duke Nukem Forever developer 3DRealms is closing down, art director Tramell Isaac has went public with several images consisting of concept art and environmental showcase screenshots from the oft-delayed project. Isaac joined 3D Realms in 2006 and led artistic production on DNF for nearly two years and nine months. Judging from a short blurb on his blog, […]
By way of a post on the company’s official forums, community manager Joe Siegler has confirmed that 3DRealms is closing its doors. Formed back in 1987 and also known under the guise of Apogee Software, sources say that the studio is expected to close as early as next week. The reason? All signs point to a lack of funding. Judging […]
Blizzard has opened the floodgates for StarCraft II beta sign-ups. Interested folks should head on over to Battle.net and run the required system specifications check pronto. Note that doing so does not guarantee beta access, but does automatically add your profile into a pool of considered applicants, which Blizzard will randomly select from for program inclusion. Those selected will receive […]
Valve is making the prospect of picking up Left 4 Dead real hard to pass up this weekend, as the company announced today that its free weekend promotion on Steam will also double as a sale. Meaning you’ll be able to secure full access to shooting down hordes of undead foes with friends (or adversaries) for only $23.99. The first […]
Capcom continues its excellent display of PC support with the announcement that Bionic Commando, Street Fighter IV and Resident Evil 5 are all inbound for PC. The trio of releases kicks off in July with SF IV, followed by BC and RE5 later this year. In addition to being fully-optimized for the platform, each title will sport “PC-specific” features, such […]
It was rumored earlier this month that a second entry in the mutant-infested S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series was in development and sure enough, GSC Game World today confirmed the existence of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat.
Gary Dale, former Take-Two CEO, has landed himself a top-ladder position at independent developer Realtime Worlds, the creative force behind 2007’s Xbox 360-exclusive shooter Crackdown. Backed by 25 years of industry experience, Dale now serves as the company’s new CEO. With this role comes responsibility for overseeing daily operations and laying down the path to success by directing management decisions. […]
It’s hard to imagine that many people have held out this long, but if you have yet to pick up Valve’s Orange Box, now’s the time to do so. Seriously. For this weekend only, Valve has slashed the price of the five-pack wonder to just $9.99 — a 66 percent price reduction. Included in the anthology are all three Half […]
NCsoft is the latest publisher to enter the Steam fold, Valve’s increasingly popular digital distribution service, the company announced today. As a result of the move, not a select few but all titles released under the NCsoft banner are now up for grabs on Steam. Notable offerings include efforts from the City of Heroes and Lineage franchises. Upcoming titles like […]
At a media event held in London earlier today, Bethesda announced that Fallout New Vegas is slated to hit consoles and PC next year. An all-new entry in the series, New Vegas is no way related to Fallout 3 but will share a heavy resemblance to it in terms of pure gameplay style, according to marketing vice president Pete Hines. […]
In a further effort towards expanding its Western presence, Square Enix today announced that it is publishing Order of War, a PC-exclusive real-time strategy effort in development by Wargaming.net. Promising to deliver “massive-scale battles brought to life with a cinematic intensity never seen before in a WWII strategy game,” the title will mark Square Enix’s first-ever release of a western-developed […]
News flash: Eidos Montreal has a second project in the works and they are planning to unveil it soon, according to blurb recently posted on the company’s official website. It’s definitely not Deus Ex 3, seeing as that was announced awhile back. All bets are on a new entry in the Thief series. If you recall, a job listing turned […]
Stop whatever you’re doing and listen up: Duke Nukem Forever has reached a “milestone” in its 12-year development cycle. 3DRealms co-founder George Broussard speaks briefly on the feat in a recent Twitter update: Closing out a milestone this week. 71 more tasks to do and we started with probably 800-900. Been a good push. Next one starts Monday. Hold the […]
MMORPG focused developer NCsoft today announced that its California-based studio responsible for creating City of Heroes has been renamed, now going under the collective identity of Paragon Studios. A fitting name, considering that the main locale in the company’s flagship superhero MMO is called Paragon City. Says NCsoft on the announcement: “The renaming of our studio to Paragon Studios represents […]
Russian-based developer GSC Game World has reportedly confirmed that a second expansion to shooter S.T.A.L.K.E.R. is in the works. The revelation comes by way of an online conference held on the company’s website, which was later translated to English. Call of Pripyat is said to be the subtitle of the second expansion, a notion that GSC president Sergey Grigorovitch reportedly […]