Tuesday Reading - Mafia PC demo - briefly
(hx) 02:01 PM CEST - Aug,10 2010
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Mafia 2 PC demo - The
demo is now out through Steam for PC users!
- Ship Simulator Extremes Goes Gold - Paradox
Interactive has announced that Ship Simulator Extremes is ready
to set sail. The development has been completed and the
pre-order has started on leading digital distribution outlets. As an
exclusive bonus from select distribution sites, pre-orders for the game
will grant the unique bonus fishing vessel "Sigita" and six bonus
missions to feature more challenges as you endeavor in the rescue
attempts of your fellow vessels. Watch for Ship Simulator Extremes to
release on August 27th.
- StarCraft II pro tournaments announced - GomTV
has announced the formation of the Global StarCraft II League (GSL),
which will be run by the South Korean company and is open to players of
all nationalities, though the initial tournaments held in 2010 and all
of the finals will take place in Seoul, South Korea. TeamLiquid.net reports that the
total prize money for the 2010 edition of the GSL is $500,00 which they
claim "the most amount of money in the history of e-sports." Monthly
tournaments will be held starting in late August with the grand prize
winner getting $85,700. The tournaments of 2010 will serve to rank the
players for the 2011 edition of the GSL. All of the monthly tournaments
will be broadcast globally. In related news, the US based pro gaming
organization Major League Gaming has announced that StarCraft II has
been added to the league's roster of game titles.The first MLG event
that will host the game will be held in Raleigh on August 27-29 with
$7,000 in prizes to be won.
- Split/Second Has New Content In/Coming - Split Second is set to get four downloadable
content packs in the next couple of months, according to the
game's Facebook page. The first set of DLC will include new liveries
for Elite vehicles. The second pack, titled the "High Octane" Supercar
Pack, includes a new vehicle. The third pack will be free, and include
a special edition car based on the Ryback Cyclone vehicle. A fourth
pack is coming in September, which will include a new environment for
racing. Pricing and specific release dates weren't included in the
announcement, but other DLC unlock packs have ranged from $3-5. We'll
know about the prices of these new packs soon enough.
- Disciples III v1.06.2 Patch - This patch updates the retail box
release of The Disciples III: Renaissance to v1.06.2. It features fixes
a number of bugs and gameplay issues
- Remedy Wants to do Alan Wake 2, Would Remain
Exclusive to Microsoft - Alan Wake developer Remedy would like to do a sequel with
Microsoft and even though Remedy owns the rights to the
franchise, any future games would remain Microsoft exclusive.
- Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Collector's Edition
Includes Jack-in-the-Box - The
Collector's Edition will be available for the Xbox 360 and PS3
 alongside the
standard edition on
November 16, 2010. The oversized box includes: Jack-in-the-Box
Collectible ('Harlequin' character, pictured above, exclusive to
GameStop, 'Doctor' character at all other retailers), Two
Exclusive In-Game Single Player Maps, Hard Copy Strategy Map
of Rome, Exclusive Art Book, Bonus Disc: Exclusive
Making-of Assassin's Creed Brotherhood Video, Bonus Disc:
Digital Sneak Peak at the Assassin's Creed Comic, Bonus Disc:
Trailers, Bonus Disc: Game Soundtrack. Assassin's
who pre-order Brotherhood at GameStop will also gain access to the
upcoming multiplayer beta, which begins on September 13.
- Dragon Age Origins: Ultimate Edition Listed - Gamestop is currently showing a
'Dragon Age Origins: Ultimate Edition'; available for Xbox 360, PS3 and
PC. The vague listing shows a shipping date of 10/12/2010. Nothing has
been announced and there are no further details, but if one were to
take a guess then Ultimate Edition will likely include all expansions
and add-ons released to date.
- Killzone 3 Beta Site Launches; Beta Test Likely - It
could always be a test of the game's companion website. A Sony
representative informed Shacknews that 'Guerrilla Games is
currently testing a number of elements internally with Killzone 3 and
further details will be available soon.' A beta test was conducted for
Killzone 2 prior to that game's release and it stands to reason that
Killzone 3 would be tested as well. It remains to be seen if a beta, if
planned, will be one of the bonuses included with a PlayStation Plus
subscription as one of the advertised features is priority betas. The
game, which will support PlayStation Move and stereoscopic 3D, is
scheduled to be released in February 2011.
- Sparkplay Media to shut down - It looks
like yet another free-to-play MMO is close to shutting down, barring a
last minute reprieve. On Sunday the
official Earth Eternal website posted up a message from Matt
Mihaly, the CEO of the game's developer Sparkplay Media. In short, he
stated that the company has run out of money, laid off nearly all of
its employees (only he and one other team member remain) and the game
itself could shut down unless someone else agrees to acquire it and
keep it running.
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