After more than a year following the initial announcement, publisher Capcom has gone live with the official site for its Unreal Engine 3 powered sci-fi shooter Dark Void. Along with it comes a very brief trailer, clocking in at around 30 seconds. Judging from the above clip, the game’s premise is centered around a conflict split between two separate worlds […]
id Software’s Tech 5-powered open-world shooter Rage will miss 2009, company CEO Todd Hollenshead revealed in a recent interview with GameTrailers. While this will no doubt come as a disappointment to fans, it’s hardly a surprise. id has been rather coy with details surrounding the title ever since its initial announcement and Todd himself gave the rather vague release window […]
EA has confirmed that a playable demo of Fight Night Round 4 will be distributed ahead of the game’s retail release date. As part of a joint partnership with GameStop, those who pre-order the game either in-store or online will receive “early access” to said demo.
Publisher Ubisoft today announced Dawn of Discovery, a real-time strategy and simulation title in development for Wii, Nintendo DS, and PC. Dawn of Discovery takes place in the year 1404, a troubled era where King George’s land is suffering from severe droughts and a widespread shortage of food. Players are tasked with building up a civilization by setting up trade […]
Valve today confirmed that it has entered into an agreement with independent game designer Jonathan Blow to distribute the PC edition of time-shifting puzzler Braid on Steam. Priced at a reasonable $14.99, the Steam version of Braid will make use of Valve’s Steamworks toolkit for achievements among other community-based features. “Braid is arguably the strongest example of what can be […]
With less than a couple hours before the clock strikes twelve here, we were beginning to wonder if Valve was going to meet its deadline in releasing the Scout Update for Team Fortress 2. Thankfully, they managed to pull through. The update is now live and will be downloaded automatically upon launching Steam. Currently the servers seem to be bogged […]
Square Enix has teamed up with Valve Software to release the PC edition of its Unreal Engine 3 powered action RPG The Last Remnant on Steam. The title is slated to hit the service on April 9 and will mark the first time a Square Enix developed effort has been distributed over Steam. Additionally, The Last Remnant will utilize Valve’s […]
id Software’s competitive browser-based shooter Quake Live will finally open its doors to the public next week on February 24, the developer announced today. A closed beta test has been underway for over a year now, with participants having been selected on an invite basis. The launch of the open beta will be met with a clean slate, as id […]
Back in December of 2007, Jackass the Game developer Red Mile announced that it had inked a deal to create a Unreal Engine 3 powered video game based on Frank Miller’s Sin City comic book series. While no release date was announced at the time, word from the company’s latest financial report is that the game has been delayed until […]
As part of this week’s weekend deal on Steam, Valve has slashed the price on its cooperative zombie shooter Left 4 Dead to just $24.99 — a 50 percent reduction. So if you’ve somehow managed to avoid the title up until now, don’t let this offer pass you by. The game was worth it at $50, it’s no doubt a […]
Developer Valve Software just sent over a press release confirming that the highly-anticipated Left 4 Dead downloadable content will be provided free of charge to both PC and Xbox 360 owners of the game. Due out later this spring, the content introduces a new multiplayer game mode dubbed Survival, plus the addition of former campaign-only maps Death Toll and Dead […]
Developer Valve today announced that the much-anticipated downloadable content for award-winning zombie shooter Left 4 Dead will hit in Spring, along with the first release of the SDK targeted at developers. The L4D: Survival Pack, as it is named, introduces a new multiplayer game mode entitled Survival, as well as two additional campaigns for Versus Mode. Additionally, Valve plans to […]
In a recent twitter update, Infinity Ward community manager Robert Bowling name dropped Modern Warfare 2, ostensibly confirming the studio’s involvement in the next Call of Duty title. Reviewing some radio-chatter VO we just finished recording for Modern Warfare 2 today. “Cujo Two-One this is Vulture, solid copy on all.” Course, no formal announcement has been made yet, but this […]
Valve announced today that a massive update for Dylan Fitterer’s music driven racing title Audiosurf is now available for download on Steam The International Update introduces Unicode support, a wider range of community features, enhanced compatibility with netbooks, and several new freeride game modes. Additionally, various bug fixes are included, all of which are detailed after the jump.
Valve has been busy working away at patches for its most recently released title Left 4 Dead, but that doesn’t mean the promised class updates for Team Fortress 2 have been put on hold. Word from the developer’s official blog is that the Scout pack is coming next and will be released after the next round of updates hit, which […]
In a revealing interview with The Escapist, Valve developer Robin Walker dropped word that a tenth character class for Team Fortress 2 is under consideration. While no plans are set in stone, Walker mentioned that the prime focus right now is to upgrade all existing classes, as we have seen with the Heavy and Pyro updates. In other words, it’ll […]
Publisher Warner Bros. sent word today that a playable demo of Monolith-developed FPS title F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin will be released across all three platforms — PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, on January 22. Currently, the demo is exclusively available to subscribers of Sony’s Qore service. A direct sequel to the original, the full version of F.E.A.R. 2: Project […]
The latest update for Valve’s co-op focused zombie shooter Left 4 Dead hit Steam today, bringing with it a host of bug fixes, gameplay balance tweaks, and performance improvements. Notably, the game’s Smoker class in Versus mode has been heavily tweaked, making players in control of a Smoker more resilient to survivor attacks under specific circumstances. The complete changelog, courtesy […]
Publisher Ubisoft today announced Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood, a prequel to last year’s hit action shooter Call of Juarez. Promising to take players on a bloody war-ravaged journey through a Civil War engulfed Georgia to the Wild West, Techland is once again handling development duties. A multi-platform effort, Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood will hit the PlayStation […]
Interested in winning a Core i7-equipped Alienware PC valued at $2000? Here’s a friendly reminder that five days are left to submit custom levels for Ubisoft’s Far Cry 2 multiplayer map competition. With 91 submissions total thus far, only 22 entries have been made in the “Nostalgia” category and 14 in the “World famous landmark” category, making the chances of […]