Friday Reading - F.E.A.R. 2 Patch & DLC - briefly
(hx) 06:31 PM CEST - Jun,12 2009
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- Strike Fighters 2 Europe - The
Third Wire Productions website has news of last week's
release of Strike Fighters 2 Europe, an
updated version of Wings Over Europe that adds Windows Vista
compatibility, among other things.
- Curse Episodes for Half-Life 2 - The
unique and well-crafted mod Curse: Episode One has been released! Curse
puts you inside of an Egyptian Necropolis and with the power of
telekinesis, a big spiked ball on a stick, and some puzzle solving
skills, having to battle your way through hoards of mummies, evil
wizards, and puzzles to get get to the end.
- Action Half-Life 2 Released -
Remember Action Half-Life, the mod that
allowed you to do all sorts of crazy movie-style combat stunts while
blasting your enemies away with cool guns? Well, it's been ported over
to the Source engine as Action Half-Life 2.
- Natural Selection 2 Teaser Video - Natural
Selection 2 (video) will feature everything
that made the original modification version so successful as well as
powerful and easy-to-use scripting and modding tools, dynamic
environments, Steamworks integration, and much more. You
can pre-order now one of two versions, the Standard ($20) or
the Special Edition ($40) which includes special Marine armor and early
Alpha access too.
- F.E.A.R. 2 Patch & DLC - The manual patch to update
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin to version 1.04 adding the Armored
Front DLC is now available. The 900MB download can be found on AtomicGamer, Bigdownload, FileFront, FileShack, WP The automatic Steam edition of
this update was released last week. This patch includes a DLC
with two maps for EPA mechs to mess around with. One of the maps is a
former training facility turned warzone, as dummies targets pop up to
distract you from the real enemy. To top it off, the experienced FEAR
soldiers get 4 heads to customize characters with.
- Sins of a Solar Empire, Entrenchment Patches -
Stardock and Ironclad Games have released patches for Sins of a Solar Empire
and Sins of a Solar Empire: Entrenchment. You can find the full list of changes for Sins v1.17 here and Entrenchment v1.03
over here. In both cases the patch
notes contain a warning that the update may invalidate existing saved
games.
- Hinterland: Orc Lords free update - Hinterland:
Orc Lords will give players of the original game a way to
play as an Orc for the first time with two different classes (Orc Lord
or Orc Shaman) available to play. In addition to the free Hinterland
update the promised retail version of Hinterland: Orc Lords is now
available in stores for $19.99 (it was previously due for release last
March).
- Fox News takes on Six Days in Fallujah -
Fox News took on the subject of
the contraversial upcoming Iraq War shooter on their Fox and Friends
program on Thursday. Atomic Games head Peter Tamte was part of the
discussion along with one of the game's advisors (retired US Marine
Corps Captain Read Omohundro) and Tracy Miller, who lost her son during
the Fallujah battle and opposes the game. Tamte states during the chat
that two thirds of Six Days of Fallujah's development have been
completed and that they are still seeking a publisher after Konami
pulled their inital publishing deal away.
- EVE Online developer to show next game in August -
The reveal will come as part of the keynote
address for GDC Europe which will be held from August 17-19 in Cologne,
Germany. The address will be made by CCP's CEO Hilmar Petursson . CCP
announced some time ago plans for a new supernatural-themed MMO World
of Darkness, and at last year's EVE Online FanFest showed some footage
of a Halo-style FPS without any more comment.
- Gears of War 2 coming to PC after all? -
The PC rumor mill started to catch on fire
earlier this afternoon with info that Gears of War 2, the critically
and commercially acclaimed title from Epic Games and Microsoft Game
Studios. According to one website, there were plenty of details that
appeared to be pulled from an upcoming press release and even a
preliminary box shot with the Games for Windows logo stamped on the
front and limited edition details. If this were true, this would be a
large boost to the seemingly dead Games for Windows platform,
particularly after a non-existent showing at this year's E3, where none
of the titles shown displayed the banner or Live logo on the box.
Landing a large title like Gears of War 2 would be an excellent game
for PC owners, and it would also seem to be in keeping with the release
of the original game on the PC as well: the first game came out on
computers a year after its release on the 360 with a few extras. The
supposed release date of the PC version, according the website, is
December 4 of this year.
- Killzone 2 Gets More Maps, Ico Hits
LittleBigPlanet - This week's PlayStation Store update brings
us the Killzone 2 Flash & Thunder Pack ($5.99), a pack
including two original Killzone multiplayer maps remade for the sequel.
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