A few days ago, we posted an editorial about how all those dreadful scripted events are killing the gaming experience. Seems that we should had also added all those annoying QTEs that were used heavily in God of War. These QTEs are not immersive and have no place in modern-day games as they can be easily replaced by clever, real-time, gameplay ideas. Seriously developers, we are not watching movies. We are playing games and this is definitely not the right way to create dramatic or cinematic scenes. An adventure game like Heavy Rain can get away with this. But the sequel to one of the best tactical FPS games to be filled with QTEs? Seriously now Ubisoft? Oh the horror. Continue reading Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Patriots – Target footage is disappointing to say the least→
Ubisoft announced the development of the latest edition in its best-selling Tom Clancy’s Rainbow 6 franchise, Rainbow 6 Patriots. Developed by Ubisoft Montreal with the support of Ubisoft Toronto and Ubisoft Red Storm, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow 6 Patriots revolves around a dynamic single-player storyline that captures the reality of modern-day terrorism and allows players to experience it from multiple characters’ perspectives. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow 6 Patriots is due for release on Xbox 360, PS3 and Windows PC in 2013. Continue reading Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Patriots Announced; Coming to consoles and PC in 2013→
I’ve said it before and I’ll keep saying it: I love modders. TechPowerUp’s user ‘Mindweaver‘ released a handy utility that lets you edit and config Battlefield 3’s graphical settings without entering the game. Now this is a crucial little program and one I was looking forward to. Why should I enter the game in order to change my settings? Especially when I want to play some multiplayer matches and want to tweak some options. God bless Mindweaver. Continue reading BF3 Config Utility v1.4 – Config Your Graphics Settings Without Entering The Game→
El Presidente and his Minister of Communications, the wondrous Penultimo, are pleased to announce that Kalypso will release a new DLC pack for Tropico 4 for Windows PC. Dubbed “The Junta”, the new DLC pack will be available for for £3.49/€3.99 on Windows PC on November 11th. Continue reading Tropico 4 – Junta DLC coming to the PC on November 11th→
BattleGoat Studios and Paradox Interactive today announced the release of a new patch for Supreme Ruler: Cold War that brings numerous improvements and a brand new scenario to the grand strategy game. Supreme Ruler: Cold War’s patch 7.2.1 include the new scenario called Shadow of the Bear, more than 80 new Cold War events, 65 actual leader pictures, many new units, unit meshes, technology updates, significant game speed and AI improvements, new game features, interface improvements, and general fixes. Continue reading Supreme Ruler: Cold War Patch 7.2.1 Released→
Dragon Age: Redemption is a six-part web series set in the world of the EA/Bioware RPG Dragon Age. The series tells the story of Tallis, an Elvish assassin, who gets a last chance at redemption when she’s sent to capture a rogue Qunari mage intent on wreaking havoc in the world. In this episode, the betrayed Reaver, Nyree, reveals disturbing secrets about the mage Saarebas’ real motives. Enjoy the episode after the jump. Continue reading Dragon Age: Redemption – Episode 4→
Hi-Rez Studios confirmed today that the Closed Beta for Tribes: Ascend will begin on Friday, November 4, 2011. In addition, the studio has also announced that no character wipes are planned during Beta. Player advancement in terms of rank, class unlocks, and skill progression will carry forward beyond Closed Beta, into Open Beta and into Release. Continue reading Tribes: Ascend Closed Beta Begins Tomorrow; Player Progression Will Be Preserved In Beta→
The Fighter Collection and Eagle Dynamics have released the new benchmark in PC air combat simulation with the release of “Digital Combat Simulator: Black Shark 2”. “DCS: Black Shark 2” is a simulation of the Russian Ka-50 attack helicopter and the next entry in the Digital Combat Simulator combat series. “DCS: Black Shark 2” is a greatly improved version of the original “DCS: Black Shark” that brings many new features. Continue reading Digital Combat Simulator: Black Shark 2 Released→
Frozenbyte has just released a new trailer for their upcoming action puzzle-physics platformer, Trine 2. This is a sort of funny, TV shop type trailer, since players can now pre-order Trine 2 on Steam and get to play the beta. Moreover, the game will be released in December for PC, Mac, PSN and XBLA. Trine 2 looks great and even better than its first part and we seriously can’t wait to get our hands on it. Enjoy! Continue reading Trine 2 – Home Shopping Trailer→
Trendy Entertainment, D3Publisher and Reverb Publishing announced today that its recently released action/tower defense/RPG mash-up Dungeon Defenders, with 200,000 units sold on PC alone, is a runaway success with over 250,000 sales total on all three platforms – Steam, Xbox LIVE Arcade and PlayStation Network. To celebrate, Trendy is announcing one of its many plans to continue to support the game across all platforms, with free, weekly community events for PS3 and Xbox 360 players. Continue reading Dungeon Defenders – 200,000 units sold on the PC→
