As promised, Valve has released a new update for the beta version of their upcoming free-to-play title, Dota 2. This new update adds three heroes (Chaos Knight, Phantom Assassin, and Gyrocopter), fixes a bug where bots would pick their heroes before humans locked in their picks, and comes with some rebalance tweaks for various characters. This update will be auto-downloaded next time you start the Steam client and you can view its complete changelog below. Enjoy! Continue reading Dota 2 gets a new Update that adds three new heroes→
Good news for adventure fans as Tex Murphy – Project Fedora’s Kickstarter campaign has hit its initial goal of $450K USD. Project Fedora will continue the amazing adventures of Tex Murphy, the down-on-his-luck P.I. in post-apocalyptic San Francisco. This long-awaited game will be the sixth in the adventure series, which includes the award-winning games Under a Killing Moon, The Pandora Directive and Overseer. Continue reading Tex Murphy – Project Fedora hits its Kickstarter Goal of $450K USD→
Gamania Digital Entertainment today unveiled new gameplay for their upcoming action MMO title Core Blaze with in-game screenshots as part of a private press event taking place in downtown Los Angeles. The event, “Core Blaze: The VIP Experience,” is being held at loftSEVEN Penthouse and will showcase an exclusive build for the first hands-on opportunities with the game. Additionally, the event features cosplay models, a gallery with concept art from Core Blaze and a large-scale crossbow modeled from one of four major game weapons, which was designed by a local Los Angeles metal sculptor with works on display at the ARIA and the Hard Rock Café in Las Vegas. Continue reading New screenshots for free-to-play Unreal Engine 3 powered MMORPG, Core Blaze, revealed→
Color us unsurprised by this, but Epic Games has unveiled that their first Unreal Engine 4 title will hit stores next year. That was revealed in the latest interview of Epic Games’ president, Mark Rein, with Joystiq. According to Rein, Epic will release an Unreal Engine 4 powered game next year, though he does not know exactly when. Continue reading First Unreal Engine 4 powered game coming in 2013→
Sergeant_Mark_IV has released a new version of his mind-blowing Brutal Doom. This new version features many fixes, better particles for fire and smoke, more gore, and new things like a system that rewards the player with bonus health and armor for doing vile things such as torturing enemies near death (a funny thing to do is to blow off the leg of a zombie, and when he is crawling trying to escape, set him on fire, or melt him with plasma gun). Continue reading Brutal Doom V0.16 Released; better particles for fire and smoke and more gore included→
The FB page of Black Mesa: Source has just hit 20K likes and the Black Mesa team has now kicked off their social-media campaign towards their first release. This new batch of screenshots really give the first glimpse into the gameplay of Black Mesa and be sure to keep an eye on them as they have more in store for us in the near future. In other words, this is the start of Black Mesa: Source’s hype machine, so get ready everyone. Truth be told, we hoped for a video release but that’s okay if the team keeps releasing updates more frequently. Enjoy the shots after the jump! Continue reading Black Mesa: Source FB page hits 20K likes; new screenshots released→
Gotta love indie devs and modders. Chain Studios has released Wolfram, a modern remake of Wolfenstein 3D that is powered by Volatile3D II Engine. According to the team, there are three versions of Wolfram available: European, US and Russian. European version has been cut a little bit and does not include any Nazi symbols. The language is English. It is intended for those people who can be insulted by such the inappropriate content, or whose country’s laws forbid it. US version is the full English version of the game with Nazi symbols, just like the original Wolfenstein 3D. And the last, Russian version, is also the full version, but it’s language is Russian. Continue reading Wolfenstein 3D fans, rejoice; Wolfram is a modern remake of Wolfenstein 3D and its out now→
ChangYou has released a new ‘weapons’ trailer for Renaissance Heroes. Renaissance Heroes is a brand new online multiplayer first-person shooter (FPS) developed by Bridea and published in North America by ChangYou (US). The game is set in the beautifully re-imagined world of the 16th century Renaissance Europe and combines classic multiplayer action with unparalleled visual realism powered by the Unreal Engine 3 technology to deliver the fun of fast-action shooters to a new generation of gamers. Renaissance Heroes will be a free-to-play title that will hit PC later this year. Continue reading Renaissance Heroes – Official Weapons Trailer→
Wizards of the Coast has released two new trailers for Magic: The Gathering 2013: Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013. Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 is currently slated for a June 20th release and will feature 10 Fresh Decks, a Multiplayer Game Mode, Planechase, Fresh Puzzle Challenges, optional Manual Mana Tapping, and Integration between the digital and paper product offering. Enjoy the trailers after the jump! Continue reading Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 – Two New Trailers Released→
