After being leaked this morning, the Halo Reach beta trailer is now official. Bungie promised something new, and they were not lying… jetpacks. Lots, and lots of jetpacks. That brings up the question why jetpacks were not part of prior Halo games, but hopefully that little plot hole is cleared up somewhere in the story. Other [...]
Continue reading...9. December 2009
Futuremark Games Studio has released the dedicated server for their zero-gravity multiplayer FPS Shattered Horizon on December 4th.
Continue reading...13. October 2009
Dreamkiller, the stylized horror FPS published by Aspyr Media and developed by Mindware Studios, is now available exclusively via Steam®
Continue reading...3. October 2009
CrimeCraft to go F2P at the end of this month, due perhaps to financial trouble, or an upset gaming community. Plenty of new features and updates are to be released alongside the F2P drop.
Continue reading...3. October 2009
Are you worried that Modern Warfare 2 is going to bomb? Worried that Infinity Ward would be stupid enough to make it not play like every Call of Duty before it? Well then you’ll just have to take it on good faith that both of those questions are answered on the positive side of things, [...]
Continue reading...19. August 2009
There are some weird people out there, you know, like the ones who prefer to use a stable operating system? Weirdos. Anyway, those strange ones have been cut from enjoying the online frag fest Quake Live… until now. As you read this, Quake Live has been patched to allow people using a Mac and Linux into [...]
Continue reading...3. August 2009
Some unique words from Epic CEO Tim Sweeney in terms of the Unreal series. It seem the company doesn’t see a retail future for the franchise any time soon, at least for “several years.” Since his quote specificially mentions retail, that could mean a downloadable Unreal title is in the works. “Unreal Tournament is certainly a [...]
Continue reading...11. June 2009
In-browser id FPS Quake Live is getting a boost in the form of six maps. A new one is scheduled to go live in each of the coming six weeks, which for the slow person means one map per week for six weeks. First up is a remake of Dreamcast Quake III Arena map Hidden Fortress. [...]
Continue reading...28. April 2009
Indie game development isn’t easy. Ask Paleo Entertainment who recently released their first ever title, an impressive looking first-person shooter titled Merchants of Venice, on Steam. Players who downloaded it found that the game they had was a mess, including frame rate hiccups, sound issues, and the HUD disappearing from the screen. Forums lit up [...]
Continue reading...15. April 2009
Those who missed out at their chance to get into the private beta for id’s free-to-play browser version of Quake will get their shot starting February 24th. The game, which is based on Quake III, is playable on any Windows PC. Sorry Mac and Linux people. They’re working on a version for you, but it’s [...]
Continue reading...28. March 2009
Based on the same engine used in Battlefield Bad Company, Battlefield 1943 will take EA’s war shooter back to WWII, ironically like Call of Duty. Instead of a full retail release, the game will be downloadable only through Xbox Live, PSN, and PC. Up to 24 players can blow each others heads off in this [...]
Continue reading...21. March 2009
Console gamers waiting for a patch on Call of Duty: World at War… you’re still waiting. PC Gamers waiting for a patch on Call of Duty: World at War… you’re ready to go. The patch covers a variety of issues, including map exploits, collision detection, server issues, balancing of bolt action rifles, and smaller stuff like [...]
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3. March 2010
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