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Amazon seems to have some great deals going on this week for Dues Ex, Dead Island, and Dungeon Siege 3. If you wanted a chance to snag one of these at a good discount without having to wait several more months, now is your chance.
Depending on platform, you can grab Dead Island for up to 26% off, Dues Ex: Human Revolution for up to 33% off, and Dungeon Siege III for up to 50% off. If you're still unsure, you can check out our in house reviews of Dead Island and Dues Ex: Human Revolution.
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It looks like what seemed to be some silly "lawyers being lawyers" has turned into a full fledged serious matter. Bethesda is suing Mojang over the title of their new game still in production Scrolls; the issue being of course that they are the keepers of The Elder Scrolls series of games, including the upcomming Skyrim. Notch seems to have been nothing but jolly over the whole thing, several times giving Bethesda the benefit of the doubt, and even challenging them to a deathmatch at quake 3 to settle the issue. Bethesda on the other hand seems to be taking the issue very seriously, ignoring the light hearted attempts to diffuse the situation and pressing forward with their lawsuit.
To me this seems like a ridiculous non-issue; I doubt anyone would confuse the the simple collectable card strategy game with the upcoming epic RPG from Bethesda. Even if that could potentially be a risk, at least ninety percent of the time that The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is referred to, it is as the shortened 'Skyrim'. This makes Bethesda look like a greedy bully on the playground; attacking Mojang and the very likeable Notch seems like a horrible PR move. Heck, if Skyrim didn't look so amazing I might consider canceling my pre-order just to send a message that being over litigious and picking on a great indie developer isn't cool.
What do you guys think? Does Bethesda have a legitimate claim here? Or do you think they are just hurting themselves going after Mojang for something that wouldn't even be an issue?
If you don't want to have any of the bosses in Dark Souls spoiled for you then you may want to avoid the new trailer below.
"If we tear through the beta and everything's super positive then obviously it'll come out faster. And if we go into the beta process and we see things we want to change, then we have the luxury of having the time to be able to sit down and fix that stuff."We really don't know when release is going to be, because we want time to react to things and upgrade and everything."
Johanson said "we don't know yet" how people will be informed of the open beta. "How we're going to announce it and how to get into it - we haven't decided that yet either," he added.
Features of Dungeons - The Dark Lord:
If you pick up the game from Steam, you also get three exclusive multiplayer maps.
Christopher Plummer, a two-time Emmy Award winner, two-time Tony Award winner and Academy Award nominee, takes on the role of Arngeir, a powerful Greybeard elder. An order of philosopher monks who are masters of the Way of the Voice, the Greybeards live in silent isolation atop Skyrim’s largest mountain.Academy Award nominee, Max Von Sydow, stars as Esbern, a chronicler and agent of the Blades who has survived in hiding. Long obsessed with the foretold return of the dragon Alduin, the World Eater, Esbern will teach you how to confront this epic evil.
Tony Award winner and three-time Academy Award nominee, Joan Allen, will be making her videogame debut as Delphine, one of the last remaining members of the Blades – an ancient warrior society once sworn to protect the Emperor. Like you, Delphine is trying to unravel the mystery of the dragons’ return.
In addition, iconic actress and singer, Lynda Carter (“Wonder Woman”), voices Gormlaith Golden-Hilt, one of the Nord heroes who overthrew the dragons in ancient times.
Skyrim’s cast also includes
PES 2012 is a game designed to play with and against friends, and the game now offers matches for up to eight people via the PlayStation®3, Xbox 360 and Windows PC versions. To complement this, Community Mode has been improved to give users access to a wider range of opponents. Community groups of up to 100 users can be joined, and there are Bulletin Boards for members to pass on messages to each other. Similarly, inter-community matches have been incorporated to add rivalry between the groups.The general match-making elements of online play in PES 2012 have also been overhauled. Players are now more likely to be pitched against a rival whose manner resembles their own. Those disconnecting to thwart a defeat will also be blocked from competitions and players with poor reputations will be pitted against one another and the whole PES 2012 online system has been enhanced to offer a smoother experience.
The first Dead Island CG trailer (which received a shit ton and a half of kudos) will be the primary creative inspiration for the film because of its focus on human emotion, family ties and non-linear storytelling. Said Drake of the property’s acquisition, “Like the hundreds of journalists and millions of fans who were so passionate and vocal about the Dead Island trailer, we too were awestruck.” He continued, “This is exactly the type of property we’re looking to adapt at Lionsgate – it’s sophisticated, edgy, and a true elevation of a genre that we know and love. It also has built in brand recognition around the world, and franchise potential.”
The game centers on vacationers whose island paradise becomes a living hell when a zombie outbreak quickly spreads. Cut off from the rest of the world, the survivors have only the available materials and the island’s natural “weapons” to protect themselves from the viscous and growing legions of the undead. In addition to the award-winning trailer and video game, the Dead Island intellectual property will be simultaneously developed by Deep Silver into forthcoming graphic novels, novels and other extensions.
Also, Bowling really liked the Galactic Warfare Mod for Call of Duty 4.
I think that pretty much covers it, but feel free to check out the Gamespy version if you are in to the whole reading thing.
Read on for the trailer and a list of The Repopulation's ambitious key features.
If CS:GO is on your radar at all you'll definitely want to check out the full interview with Chet by clicking through the image below.
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After my recent Tropico 4 Review, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about excellent El Presidentes of the past. One particularly talented individual was António de Oliveira Salazar, who ran Portugal from 1932 until 1968. While he leaned a towards fascism, he had the good sense to collaborate with the Allies during the Second World War, which was a better policy than in my Hearts of Iron II game where I lead the Portuguese conquest of Spain and subsequently joined the Axis. This experiment ended with Lisbon being nuked multiple times by the Americans while Germany conquered the USSR and Great Britain. As for the real Salazar, Life Magazine called him "the world's best dictator," and added that "he is also the greatest Portuguese since Prince Henry the Navigator." His regime co-founded the United Nations and NATO, despite the whole fascism thing. Salazar's security forces even murdered the opposition candidate who seemed to be the actual winner of the fraudulent elections of 1958. I do the same thing whenever I play Tropico 4! You really can’t get more El Presidente than that, can you?
On that note, João Leitã, one of our readers, has shared a delightful video that he made that includes an appearance by Presidente Salazar. Its premise is that fascist Portugal had an equivalent to the campy Batman TV series of the 1960s. Watch below for the video and be sure to click on the little cc icon if you’d like English language subtitles.
That's right, head over to GoG.com, buy something, and download it. If you're the lucky gamer who downloads the six millionth game, you'll win every game in the GoG catalog, including newer titles they carry like The Witcher 2. Check out this page for more details, and go get your GoG on! If you happen to be the lucky winner let us know! Otherwise tell us what Good Old Games you finally have an excuse to pick up because of this contest. I think I'm going to finally try Master of Magic.
The Elder Scrolls Skyrim Fansite has a list of some of the perks and racial abilities you'll find in Skyrim. Perks are a new addition to the Elder Scrolls games having been a successful feature in Fallout 3. These perks will boost or compliment your abilities; everything from helping you sneak better, to boosting your spell damage. The racial abilities are also getting a bit more deversified from when we saw them last, the Dark Elf 'Ancestor's Wrath' looking particularly cool.
Thanks to PCG for the story, click read more below for the full list of perks and abilities.
If you're still wallowing in anguish waiting to get into the Diablo III beta, you can head over to the Community Portal and check out the fully fleshed out items section. It includes full info on (what looks like) all items, rares, legendaries, sets, crafting items, gems, runestones, jewlery, dyes, etc. - all subject to change of course. One interesting tidbit I gleaned from browsing that I hadn't realized before: the game doesn't end after Hell difficulty. Maybe I missed a press release somewhere, but it looks like there will be an additional Inferno difficulty for those who are truly masochistic.
Trine is a fantasy action game where the player can create and use physics-based objects to beat hazardous puzzles and threatening enemies. Set in a world of great castles and strange machinery, three heroes are bound to a mysterious device called the Trine in a quest to save the kingdom from evil…
“MMO launches are complex, and we are determined to set a new standard for a high quality, stable, smooth launch for our fans. Our new BioWare facility and team in Galway is critical to ensuring we deliver on that goal,” said Dr. Ray Muzyka, EA Senior Vice President and General Manager of the BioWare Label.Added Dr. Greg Zeschuk, EA Vice President and General Manager of the BioWare MMO Business Unit, “It’s exciting to bring the Galway community into the BioWare family in support of this high-priority launch. This project wouldn’t have been possible without the strong support from the Irish government and the strong local mix of technology infrastructure and recruitment opportunities.”
Gun Runners’ Arsenal will be available on PSN, XBLA and Steam tomorrow; along with (I think) the "Courier’s Stash" DLC.
Courier’s Stash (Xbox LIVE for 160 Microsoft points, PlayStation Network and Steam for $1.99) gives players immediate access to four content bundles previously available only through pre-ordering Fallout: New Vegas. The Caravan Pack, Classic Pack, Mercenary Pack and Tribal Pack each offer unique weapons, apparel and aid advantages that will help you throughout your journey.Gun Runners’ Arsenal (Xbox LIVE for 320 Microsoft points, PlayStation Network and Steam for $3.99) increases the range of unique weapons, weapon mods, ammo types and recipes waiting to be uncovered in the vast Mojave Wasteland.
Today, you’ll step onto the battlefield to face off against your opponents on the Crystal Scar! Get ready to capture, defend and dominate your enemies in this brand new game mode for League of Legends!We promised to deliver the unexpected in 2011, and today we make good on that claim.
Nearly a year in the making, League of Legends: Dominion represents the largest and most ambitious update to League of Legends since its launch in October of 2009. In Dominion, summoners do battle on a brand new map, the Crystal Scar, and vie for control over five Capture Points, a style of play never before attempted in the League of Legends universe.
League of Legends: Dominion is the latest example of our ongoing commitment to bringing you the best of the MOBA genre in new and innovative ways. You’ve been requesting new battlefields upon which to test your skills, and today you’ll do battle not only on a brand new Field of Justice, but in an entirely new and groundbreaking game mode!
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"You will be working on the next iteration of Remedy's unique world-class rendering engine that was previously used in Alan Wake," outlined the vacancy for a 3D graphics programmer.
This past May, Remedy told Eurogamer that more Alan Wake is coming; but that it would not be Alan Wake 2 or a DLC.
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Later this week Eurogamer will unveil the Top 10 games of Eurogamer Expo 2011 as voted for by attendees.
"We've been talking a lot about that actually on and off over the years," said Ray Muzyka, BioWare CEO."It's an IP, it's a setting that we're really passionate about, and we still are. Both Greg and I were big believers in the IP.
"We're just looking for the right way to deploy it."
"We have a lot of different projects now on a lot of different platforms, and you might see some of that [Jade Empire] in the future. You never know.
"We don't have anything to announce on it right now," Muzyka added, "but it is a franchise that's near and dear to us."
My wife has been waiting to hear this for about five years. She groggily told me that she wants this to happen, and she wants it released simultaneously on PC and consoles, but without the bugs that plagued the PC version. I enjoyed Jade Empire’s unique setting as well, but I found the PC port to be frustrating. Here’s hoping that Jade Empire 2 stays true to its roots, and you can get into a threesome.
Thanks to Milord A. Keshishian for the bringing this to our attention.
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Doubtlessly, the next revision to their EULA will require users to agree to quarter soldiers in their homes before they can play Mass Effect 3. Thanks to Boba3388 for bringing this to our attention.
I'm not sure when our relationship first started. Were you the one who logged into my Facebook account? Was it you who drained my meager bank account via PayPal? Or were you just the one who logged into my Xbox account yesterday and ordered up a hundred bucks worth of MS points on my credit card?
Thank you! It was so incredibly kind of you to point out my security flaws. I should know better. In fact, I do know better. It's really just laziness, and that is inexcusable. You really could have done so much worse. You clearly had nothing to gain since I have nothing! But you still took the time to teach me a valuable lesson, and to top it off you were kind enough to put those 6000 MS points into my XBLA account.
Thank you for looking out for me and teaching me the error of my ways.
Love,
Jube
Here's a little something for Dexter fans.