XCOM Enemy Unknown Announced
Strategy Game From Firaxis
2011 Readers' Choice Winners
Picking The Faves
Editors' Choice Awards
Reducing 2011 Down To A Handful Of Games!
Skyrim UI Mod
Said To Boost Performance
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In the grand scheme of the game, I've only just begun; there are one or two boats darting to and fro exchanging various necessities with other islands that yield things mine cannot, but that's where it ends. The intensely mundane choreography of fastidiously organised trade routes is not yet upon me, but it will be soon. AW YEAH!
A new Indie Royale bundle arrived this week, too. So far I've had a small bite of Max & The Magic Marker, a super neat game that fits nicely into the "draw your own platform with an orange pen" genre. After spending a while in Trine 2, in which a mere squiggle conjures forth a perfect cube, my attempted squares in this game have left rather a lot to be desired. Max, will you please climb on top of this mangled scribble (I'm sorry).
Would you like a ride on an elevator of death?
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The fantastic indie title 'The Binding of Isaac' from the creator of Super Meat Boy will be getting an expansion in the foreseeable future with the "Wrath of the Lamb'. Edmund McMillen has been teasing tidbits on twitter lately. Among the tidbits teased, there will be an expansion called "Wrath of the Lamb", it will up the item count by 50%, add a new item category - the trinket, will only cost $3, and will be released 'when it's done'. with McMillen postulating that it will be at least a few months.
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The most nauseating thing about this game isn’t the insipid attempt at black humor, the repetitive and laborious mission objectives, or the juvenile angst that frames the story. It’s the unfinished state of the final build. You hear birds chirping and wind blowing indoors. Unseen arcade machines beep and boop in barnyard haystacks. The cover system plants Dude in the path of bullets. Cutscenes don’t correspond with your actions in-game. Chunks of building architecture clip into thin air. A weird “Node graph out of date” message appears every time after loading. Some objectives didn’t complete until I re-started the mission. At one point mid-game, the game was crashing to desktop on a minute-by-minute basis until I painfully completed the level by attrition.
GameSpy - 1/5
The festering, maggot-filled cherry atop Postal III's frustration sundae, however, is its writhing mass of technical issues. I eventually gave up trying to count the number of times the game crashed on me (after I smashed my abacus in a fit of rage). Frequent loading screens that regularly hit the 30-second mark only made each restart all the more painful. And then there were the downright strange glitches, like the one that reversed my controls (backward = forward, etc) and turned my character into a glue-coated homing missile for the nearest corner -- where he'd stay until I indiscriminately fired my guns to jiggle him loose. This was not an uncommon occurrence.
IGN - 5.5/10
My hat goes off to Running With Scissors to be ballsy enough to make yet another game that's completely unapologetic in its treatment of risque and taboo subject matter. It's hard to imagine anyone not being offended by Postal III. That's a big selling point for some folks, but the uninspired gameplay and serious technical glitches all but kill this dark, occasionally humorous, and extreme exercise in freedom of expression.
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Protip: Quantity has a quality all its own.
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During 2011 the platform grew to offer over 1,800 games to over 40 million accounts. Year-over-year unit sales increased by more than 100% for the seventh straight year, and during the 2011 Holiday Sale Steam's simultaneous user number eclipsed the 5 million player mark.
Meanwhile Steam doubled the amount of content delivered in 2011 vs. 2010, serving over 780 Petabytes of data to gamers around the world. To meet the increasing demand for games and services on the platform, the Steam infrastructure more than doubled its service capacity and a new content delivery architecture was deployed to improve user download rates.
Over 14.5 mil copies of Steamworks games were registered during the year, a 67% increase over 2010. Steamworks titles shipped during 2011 include The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Deus Ex: Human Revolution , and more. Since the suite of services was released three years ago, Steamworks has shipped in over 400 games.
"Steam and Steamworks continues to evolve to keep up with customer and developer demands for new services and content," said Gabe Newell, co-founder and president of Valve. "Support for in-game item trading prompted the exchange of over 19 million items. Support for Free to Play (FTP) games, launched in June, has spurred the launch of 18 FTP titles on Steam, with more coming in 2012. Looking forward, we are preparing for the launch of the Big Picture UI mode, which will allow gamers to experience Steam on large displays and in more rooms of the house."
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I think our resident gun-wielding psycho guns enthusiast G'Moist may have just wet himself.
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Zibal 60 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard
The Mionix Zibal 60 is a fusion of the best keyboard components and great gaming features that gives your game the edge you have been searching for. The Zibal 60 has been engineered with non-tactile, mechanical, black cherry MX switches that deliver the best feel for every keystroke. Multi-level backlight illumination is paired with six key rollover, allowing the player to perform up to six simultaneous keystrokes with all keys and making the Zibal 60 a standout in the crowd. In addition to the performance features, the Zibal 60 offers smart functions that include a two-port USB 2.0 hub, audio/mic extensions, and media control keys for full integration with your desktop setup.
Features of the Zibal 60 include:
NAOS Family of Gaming Mice
The Mionix Naos gaming mice feature ergonomic design and a grip-friendly rubber coating for comfort, as well as Plug and Play functionality for players who want to leap into a game and instantly blow away their opponents. For those gamers seeking additional customization, every one of the Naos' seven buttons can be programmed to the user's personalized settings. What's more, the Naos mice feature on-the-fly DPI adjustment up to 5040 DPI, ensuring quick and responsive gaming sessions every time. Rounding out the feature set is a customizable LED light system and large Teflon feet to provide a smooth playing experience.
Mionix's Naos gaming mice have received critical acclaim from numerous publications for functionality, customization and ease of use. Overclock 3D claims that the Naos "has all the goodies you could ask for when it comes to a check-list of must haves," while Gaming Bolt said that the Naos "is one of the best gaming mice that should not be missed by any PC gamer."
Propus 380 Gaming Surface
The objective from the very start was to develop a mousepad with the best tracking performance on the market, and The Mionix Propus 380 is the result of intense research and development to meet the gamers' demands.
The silver-metallic plastic coating is the result of extensive research and testing of different materials. The ultra-fine texture on the surface delivers perfect friction and enhances the precision of every movement, providing superb stability without compromising a smooth feeling and the flexibility of a cloth mousepad.
Features of the Propus 380 include:
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The game has already seen a range of new content from new game modes like PvP and the Cooperative Boss Battles to tons of new units and a whole new region! The year 2012 promises to continue in this spirit with a wide range of improvements and additions to the game providing a regular flow of new content large and small. As a part of the celebration, all Iron Grip: Marauders players received a free Megaton Truck – the closest we could get to fireworks.
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At the time the hackings appeared to be related to FIFA 11. Accounts were accessed and used to purchase anywhere from 4,000 to 12,000 MS points; and often some points were used to purchase FIFA 11 and FIFA DLC. Upon contacting XBLA support, gamers were told that their account would be put on hold for up to 30 days in order to investigate the fraudulent activity on their accounts.
This is where it got even more fun. Some people remained on hold for months, others were told to create new accounts and the whole ordeal was nothing but a clusterf**** of lies and general BS. In repeated statements, MS refused to acknowledge any sort of issue.
There is an interesting post on Neogaf today, outlining some updates since we last reported the issue. On person actually managed to speak to the guy who had her account, during which it was revealed that he had purchased the account on a site called "TradeTang". We don't recommend that you visit the site in case it's NSFW or contains harmful material.
Head over to Neogaf to read some excerpts from the dodgy site to see how your stolen XBLA points are being sold.
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Players will be taken down the brutal and personal path of Jackie Estacado, head of a New York crime family and wielder of an ancient and ruthless force of chaos and destruction known as The Darkness. A sudden, unprovoked attack by a mysterious organization known as the Brotherhood heralds the start of a full-scale war and opens the door for The Darkness to reemerge, setting Jackie on a journey to hell and worse.
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The complete list of nominees for the 12th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards are as follows:
Best Game Design
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Game Studios)
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Nintendo)
Portal 2 (Valve)
Batman: Arkham City (Rocksteady Studios)
Dark Souls (FromSoftware)
Innovation
Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure (Toys For Bob)
Portal 2 (Valve)
Bastion (Supergiant Games)
Johann Sebastian Joust (Die Gute Fabrik)
L.A. Noire (Team Bondi)
Best Technology
Battlefield 3 (DICE)
L.A. Noire (Team Bondi)
Crysis 2 (Crytek Frankfurt/UK)
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Game Studios)
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (Naughty Dog)
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Sometime just after midnight, the Generalissimoist’s bunker was attacked by Jube’s dogs. Using their infernal psychic powers, the canines were able to hit the bunker with about 5,000 newtons of force from over 1100 miles away. The attack threw the Generalissimoist from his chair and into his bookcase causing untold dollars in damages and, possibly, a sprained wrist.
Jube’s dogs are boasting too soon. They are only showing me what I must do. I do not care if they gloat today. The victor will not be the one who reaches too soon for the laurel wreath, but rather he who bravely and loyally does his duty, who is not shaken by the storm, who at the end of the war is still standing upright on the battlefield. Plus, I have a Volar Wrist splint.
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