Reversing today's trend of rumors and unofficial assets, publisher Atari has issued several flame-filled screenshots from Eden Studios' Alone in the Dark.
The reimagining of the classic survival horror franchise is set to hit PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox 360 and Wii on June 24, with a PlayStation 3 version following later this year.
Warcraft and StarCraft developer Blizzard has begun offering direct downloads of select PC titles via a new portion of its online store.
At present, the store's digital download section only contains three listings: the StarCraft Anthology, Warcraft III, and the WarCraft III Frozen Throne expansion. They mark the first digitally distributed releases of any Blizzard game, apart from World of Warcraft.
Pandemic parent Electronic Arts quietly revealed earlier this year that Pandemic, famous for Mercenaries and Star Wars: Battlefront, was working on a LOTR title, but no details were revealed.
Pandemic revealed Thursday that the new LOTR game is subtitled Conquest and will be an action title for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, DS and PC.
The game will be set in J.R.R. Tolkien's LOTR universe as depicted by Peter Jackson's hit movies, thanks to EA's partnership with New Line Cinema.
This time around, gamers will be able to play both good and evil sides of the LOTR conflict.
Pandemic general manager Josh Resnick said that Conquest will give gamers "full control of the blade, bow and magic to fight ... epic battles any way they want – even if they choose to play from the evil side.”
Release for Conquest is slated for fall this year.
Following this morning's announcement of Burnout Paradise for the PC, developer Criterion Games has released the first three screenshots of the enhanced open world racer. All three images were captured in dual-monitor mode at 1920 x 2400 resolution.
"We don't want to waste time making our work-in-progress look finished, so there's never any touch-up, up-res or faked game imagery. You get to see what we're building as we build it," the studio wrote on its website.
During a live podcast, Criterion noted that, as it is not familiar with the PC, it is extremely interested in hearing feedback through the PC forum of its site. No release date has been announced for the project.
The company showed the game running on a two-year old laptop that had 2GB of RAM and a 1.8Ghz processor, and stating that it was shooting for a high framerate for the game. It was also mentioned that the game supports gamepad and wheel controls in addition to keyboard.
New details regarding the Death Knight hero class in Blizzard's upcoming World of Warcraft expansion Wrath of the Lich King have recently been revealed.
Players who choose to start a Death Knight character will begin their journey at level 55, the same level required to create one. Death Knights can be any race, but users will only be able to create one per server, according to Curse. Once created, they will begin the game with a series of specialized quests, designed to introduce the player to their new abilities.
Wow, Call of Duty 5 is already playable? It's supposedly being created by Treyarch on the same engine that CoD4 was made on. Also, the setting would be on the Pacific in WWII.
The game will come out on the PS3, 360, DS, PC, and PS2 and Wii. What an immense number wouldn't you say? With that though, I don't think we can expect that much from the PS2 and Wii versions as with the PS3, 360 and PC versions.
Jonathan Mak, you might remember him, yeah, he solely created Everyday Shooter. That game which was $9.99 USD and will be $9.99 USD on Steam as well, but for now it'll be at $8.99 USD.
This game is abnormaly fun, I would know from experience with it, and is worth a purchase from you the consumer.
Wes Cherry, creator of Solitaire for Windows had recieved a load of Questions from readers at B3TA and had answered them, in only 11 months! What great time!
If you had been paid $1 for every game of ms solitaire ever played, would you be in any fit state to do this interview? It took me 11 months to answer these bloody questions. If you cheapos would have actually paid me I might have not been so tardy. So buck up!
Heh heh, he called them "cheapos."
I would like to compensate you for your fabulous game since Bill Gates won't. How much money do you want? One penny per copy. If everybody pitches in, I promise to throw you all a big party.
Are there any cheats? What are they? Yup. When playing Draw Three, you can hold down Ctrl-Shift-Alt and click on the deck to get one card. That makes most games winnable.
Publisher Capcom has released several new screenshots of Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Colonies Edition (PC, X360), a repackaging of the 2007 shooter with a number of additions to the game's multiplayer component, including new weapons, maps and modes.
Colonies includes three new single-player modes as well—score attack, boss rush, and off-limit—with off-limit featuring increased movement speed, more powerful weapons, and unlimited ammo.
Developer Blizzard Entertainment has acquired the Diablo3.com domain name from a Diablo fan community web site, but suggested that the acquisition is not a hint of a forthcoming announcement for a new Diablo title.
The website had been running a countdown timer on its front page over the last several days, leading many to speculate that the site was set to break news of a new title in Blizzard's beloved hack-and-slash PC RPG series. The site's webmaster said that Blizzard denied any connection between the domain acquisition and a new Diablo game.
"[W]hile Blizzard is indeed acquiring the diablo3.com domain name, they told me that this shouldn't be considered an announcement for the Diablo 3 game we've been waiting for all these years," the webmaster wrote in an update. "While this is true, I personally can't help but think that this is a confirmation of sorts that they're working on the next Diablo game."
The Diablo3.com domain name now redirects to DiabloFans.com, the new home of the Diablo community website, to aid in the transition of the domain.
Independent developer Valve today announced the release of its Steamworks software development kit, a set of free tools that will allow PC game developers to add a number of supporting services to their products.
The list of features includes product key authentication, copy protection, auto-updating, social networking, matchmaking, and anti-cheat technology.
Those interested in the nitty-gritty details can check out the Steamworks partner site, which has now been updated with additional documentation.
Crysis and Far Cry creator Crytek has revealed its intent to focus more on consoles and move away from creating PC-exclusive titles due to the "huge piracy" problems of the platform.
"We are going to support PC, but not exclusive anymore," Crytek president Cevat Yerli told PC Play. "Similar games [to Crysis] on consoles sell factors of 4-5 more. It was a big lesson for us and I believe we won't have PC exclusives as we did with Crysis in future."
The studio had previously revealed it was working on at least one console title and a non-FPS game along with the still-underway efforts to bring its CryENGINE 2 technology to consoles.
The Crytek president noted that piracy had significantly hurt the retail performance of Crysis, the company's CryENGINE 2-powered PC-exclusive sci-fi shooter that arrived last fall and went on to sell over a million copies worldwide.
"We are suffering currently from the huge piracy that is encompassing Crysis," he continued. "We seem to lead the charts in piracy by a large margin, a chart leading that is not desirable."
Yerli went on to state his belief that piracy is "the core problem of PC gaming...to the degree that pirate games inherently destroy the platform." His comments are similar in tone to those made by many other PC developers, including id, Epic and Infinity Ward.
UK publisher Codemasters revealed that it has purchased Sega's UK Racing Studio. Previous owner Sega recently announced its intent to close the studio, citing a mandate to ensure each branch remained profitable.
The sole game to be developed and released by Sega Racing Studio was Sega Rally Revo (PC, PS3, X360, PSP) in 2007. The acquisition provides the company with the opportunity to work on such well-received Codemasters racing franchises as Colin McRae and Race Driver.
"In seizing this opportunity, we have created additional resources to escalate our plans in the racing segment," stated Codemasters chief executive Rod Cousens. "We hope to welcome more than 40 people to the company.
"We have enjoyed the full co-operation of our friends at Sega in making this happen," he continued. "It is good business for Codemasters, an exciting prospect and there will be more to come as we are not content to stand still."
A trio of Russian developers have revealed that they are all collaborating on an alternate-history PC strategy title that pits former Soviet Union leader Joseph Stalin against invading Martians.
Titled Stalin vs. Martians, the game is billed as "the natural choice for anyone bored of hundreds and hundreds identical 'World War II strategies'" as well as "the perfect choice for anyone who just hates the strategy genre."
Set in 1942, it begins as Martians invade Russia, forcing Stalin to lead the military's anti-extraterrestrial troops into battle.
Developed by Black Wing Foundation, Dreamlore and N-Game Studios, Stalin vs. Martians is expected to release this fall. No North American publisher has been announced.
