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Monday, September 19, 2011
Black Prophecy - Letter To The Community
4:28 AM - - 0 Comments
Gamigo's Patrick Streppel addresses the Black Prophecy community in a new state of the game-type letter. Quicky summary here... Old bugs have re-emerged, more testing, lessons learned, poor performance of game client is top priority currently, next up will be optimizing game content and features already implemented. Based on community feedback, prices have been reduced in the item shop, further improvements will be made to the store. Stressing importance of public test server. New episode, Episode 2: Species War, coming soon; will feature interstellar war and new warzones, new PvP experience. In the 6 new areas PvP players and their factions can battle for supremacy of the universe. Special bonuses for conquering a warzone. Episode 2 is in testing on the Public Test Server.
Topics: Games, Action, MMO
Related Games: Black Prophecy (PC)
This Week's Releases
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What do you plan to spend money on this week?

Week of 09/18/11 - 09/25/11
-[Title Highlights]-:

N.A.:
Dragon Quest: Monsters Joker 2 [ DS ]
F1 11 [ X-Box360 | PS3 ]
Gears of War 3 [ X-Box376 ]
Otomedius Excellent [ X-Box360 ]
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 2 - Innocent Sin [ PSP ]
Dumbo [ DVD | BD ]

E.U.:
F1 11 [ X-Box360 | PS3 ]
A Game of Thrones: Genesis [ PC ]
Gears of War 3 [ X-Box360 ]
Silent Hill 2 & 3 HD Collection [ PS3 ]


-[Next Week (09/25 - 10/02)]-
Child of Eden [ PS3 ] (US,EU)
Driver: San Francisco [ PC ] (US)
FIFA 2012 [ PC | Consoles | Portables ] (US,EU)
Ico / Shadows of the Collosus HD Collection [ PS3 ] (US,EU)
Jane's Advanced Strike Fighters [ PC | X-Box360 | PS3 ] (US)
Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary Edition (DSiWare) [ DSi ] (US,EU)
Pro Evolution Soccer 12 [ X-Box360 | PS3 ] (US)
Splinter Cell HD Trilogy [ PS3 ] (US)
X-Men: Destiny [ X-Box360 | PS3 | Wii | DS ] (US,EU)
Jeff Dunham: Cont Chaos [ DVD | BD ] (US)
Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon [ DVD | BD ] (US)



Topics: Games, Releases
UK Sales Charts - Zombies Still Preferred Over Exercise
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For the week ending September 17th, Zombies beat out the Zumba health-nuts two weeks in a row.

  1. DEAD ISLAND
  2. WARHAMMER 40,000: SPACE MARINE
  3. RESISTANCE 3
  4. DRIVER: SAN FRANCISCO
  5. DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION
  6. ZUMBA FITNESS
  7. LEGO PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN
  8. RUGBY WORLD CUP 2011
  9. LEGO HARRY POTTER: YEARS 1-4
  10. CARS 2
  11. RED FACTION: ARMAGEDDON
  12. WII SPORTS RESORT
  13. STAR FOX 64 3D
  14. EA SPORTS ACTIVE 2
  15. THE SIMS 3
  16. CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS
  17. GRAN TURISMO 5
  18. RISE OF NIGHTMARES
  19. FIFA 11
  20. JUST DANCE 2
Topics: Games, Sales Charts
The Morning Juberish
12:01 AM - - 3 Comments
Good morning Vietnam! Another weekend dead and buried. R.I.P. I'd love to pretend that I did something productive with mine. So I will. I did something productive over the weekend. The details are classified. Though, I did have a brief moment of both extreme annoyance and pride. My dog decided he wanted to break my arms and neck by pulling me at top speed down the street for a 1/4 mile. Surely Timmy fell down the well again, right? Nein! He pulled me to a pile of bacon! What kind of moron dumps perfectly good bacon on the street? So the mutt and I copped a squat on the sidewalk to partake in a greasy feast. Hmm, would that be considered sloppy seconds?

On to the entertainment! Check out this high-larious video sent in by our pal in Estonia. It's so very wrong (NSFW). And the embed below is just so evil that you couldn't help but love it.

Topics: In-House, In Other News...
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Saturday, September 17, 2011
Magicka Sale, Going Once, Going Twice...
11:48 PM - - 6 Comments
This is the last day for the Paradox Interactive Publisher sale on Steam (this being Sunday, because I'm cheating on the dates rather than starting a new day for news!). You have until Monday at 10:00 AM Pacific time to grab Magicka and the Magicka Collection for 75% off. The Magicka Collection is going for $6.24 USD; or $1.99 USD for the Gamer Bundle DLC robe package if you already own the base game and its expansion.
Topics: Games, Action / Roleplaying
Related Games: Magicka (PC), Magicka: Vietnam (PC)
Mobile Roundup
10:53 PM - - 5 Comments

Releases

Sales & Gadgets

Articles / Announcements

ZOMBIES, RUN!

ZOMBIES, RUN! is an iOS / Android game in the works with an interesting twist. You play the game by running! The app is supposed to simulate being chased by zombies. All I can say is... fuck that shit. Cool concept, amusing as all get out, but I plan to face my zombies with a shotgun from my favourite lawn chair.

Topics: Games, Mobile
Reviews, Interviews, Previews 'n Stuff
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PC Reviews

Console Reviews

Previews

Interviews

News Blurbs / Articles

Topics: Games, Reviews
Valve Steams Ahead - 35 Million Active Steam Users And 25+ Job Openings
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There have been some changes to the Valve site. An awful lot of job vacancies have suddenly opened up, including "Food Services" and "Psychologist" positions. These sort of additions point very definitely towards an expansion of Valve as a company.

Other points of intrigue include the revelation that the active Steam userbase has now breached 35 million - an impressive number - and an indication that the Source engine will be improved further.

Thanks go to "angular graphics" of NeoGAF for bringing the news to my eyes.

Topics: steam, valve
The Architecture Behind Intel's Ivy Bridge
7:50 PM - - 12 Comments
An article at Anandtech rounds up the information surrounding the architecture of Ivy Bridge, the new 22nm processor from Intel, following the 2011 Intel Developer Forum.

The new CPU will be backwards compatible with current Sandy Bridge LGA-1155 socket motherboards, but a new motherboard would be necessary in order to utilise PCI-E 3.0 and native USB 3.0. We could apparently see performance gains of up to 10% above the current range of Sandy Bridge chips at the same price point. Details are also given about overclocking, which four of the six different chipsets will support.

I'm rather looking forward to benchmarks from the new range of Bulldozer processors from AMD, which have been due for release for roughly five million years. Intel have been the horse to back for a while now, but I'd like to see the balance shift a bit. I like rooting for the underdog. Underhorse?

Topics: Tech
A Look Inside The Call of Duty Zombie Labs
2:42 PM - - 4 Comments
A rather icky trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops Rezurrection, which is coming out on September 22nd.

Topics: Games, Action
Related Games: Call of Duty: Black Ops (PC), Call of Duty: Black Ops (Xbox 360), Call of Duty: Black Ops (PlayStation 3)
Q&A;: The First For Saints Row: The Third
9:29 AM - - 0 Comments
The first in a series of video Q&As; about the upcoming Saints Row: The Third is full of questions, answers and a sprinkling of gameplay footage.

If you want to ask a question for future Q&As; (apparently they'll be released every couple of weeks), you can head over to the official forum.

Topics: Action / Adventure
Related Games: Saints Row: The Third (PC), Saints Row: The Third (Xbox 360), Saints Row: The Third (PlayStation 3)
"PC Gamer Digital" - Beta Released On Steam
12:31 AM - - 20 Comments
There are new and confusing things afoot in the world of Steam - a beta has been released of a new digital platform by PC Gamer. Initially it seemed that I'd be left completely in the dark about the whole thing due to my location outside of the US (where the beta is currently restricted), with even the descriptive Steam page eluding me, but a workaround means that anybody anywhere can click this link and see the PC Gamer Digital beta page.

Even after reading the 300 words there, I remain slightly baffled about what PC Gamer Digital actually is. I presume a chunk of the material will be video-related, with some degree of interactivity - a line of blurb says "In PC Gamer Digital, you'll do, not read or watch". I imagine the key will be in how the information is linked together, but the idea - however intangible it may be in its current description - sounds pretty innovative and interesting.

The download is 2.2GB. If you fall within regional reach, you might like to opt-in to the beta. If you do, you should report back here with your findings.

Topics: steam, news
Good Morrow! Keyboards, Valve & Alien Chicks
12:01 AM - - 42 Comments
There's a test that illustrates the supposed quality of your keyboard. I have taken it and I expect each of you to take it too. I'm collecting the information for no knowable reason. Here is the test.

Hold down both shift keys simultaneously and proceed to type the following sentence: THE SMALL BROWN FOX JUMPED OVER THE LAZY DOG.

Although my keyboard was (relatively) cheap, I like it because it's virtually planar. I don't have to put much effort into causing each key to dimple inward due to the very small gap between the keys and the base of the keyboard, and there's no mountain for my hands to climb tiringly every single day. These things appeal to me. However, upon putting it through its lettery paces using the aforementioned litmus test, this is what happens: HE SALL BROWN FO JUPED OER HE LA DOG.

Really. What does that even say? It doesn't make sense and quite frankly I'm ashamed.

I've infrequently toyed with the idea of buying a keyboard that's actually worth something, but all of the "gamer" keyboards I've tried feel weird to me (although backlit keys are a huge draw). I once looked into getting the Logitech Illuminated keyboard, because it errs on the planar side while succeeding in lighting the letters up like t'were the future, but apparently a lot of them don't take kindly to more than two simultaneous key presses which renders it completely useless to me. Alas.

In unrelated but rather less cripplingly mundane news, I'm going to be interviewing Valve in relation to CS:GO at the Eurogamer Expo next weekend, so If you have any questions you'd like asked that do not involve the words "half," "life" and "three" then please place them carefully in the comment section. I'll be straining with all of my might to exclude those words entirely from my vernacular for fear that I may otherwise be slain.

Here's a video for you to fool your brain with. It makes regular chicks look like aliens. I'll be damned.

Topics: In Other News..., In-House