Weekend Reading - CABAL Online Free - briefly
(hx) 12:25 PM CEST - Jun,30 2007
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- Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance Q&A -
Gamespot has a brief Q&A with the lead designer Bradley Rebh: The
quick overview of the game includes new units, a new playable faction, more
maps, a new single-player campaign, a major user-interface revamp,
artificial intelligence revisions, and much more. It's difficult to quantify
the number of improvements we're including that don't fit into one of those
categories. I think that's why we haven't labeled it an expansion pack and
are making the product a stand-alone game. It's really big!
- Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms Gameplay Movie - Developed
narrated gameplay movie from the Medieval II: Total War expansion pack
Kingdoms, focusing on the Brittania Campaign
- Gothic 3 Patch v1.31 -
The JoWooD Forums offer new community
patches for Gothic 3, updating various language editions of Piranha
Bytes' fantasy-themed RPG to version 1.31 (thanks
- Pacific Storm Patch v1.5 -
The new patch
brings the retail game to version 1.5, and offers multiple fixes, gameplay
tweaks and broader operating system compatibility.
- Switchball Demo -
A free trial (homepage)
allowing you to try out Switchball, an intricate puzzle game set in a
stunning 3D world. Control an ever-changing ball along a narrow winding
course suspended in midair. Solve your way through challenging levels
jam-packed with obstacles, traps and mazes
- PT Boats: Knights of the Sea To Support DirectX 10 - Game
developer/publisher Akella has announced that its upcoming WWII naval action
game PT Boats: Knights of
the Sea will include extra graphical features to support DirectX10 cards
(it will still support DirectX9 as well). They also released this
Side-by-side DirectX 9 vs. DirectX 10 comparison video.
- Sherlock Holmes versus Arsène Lupin Announced - Focus Home
Interactive and
Frogwares announce Sherlock Holmes versus Arsène Lupin, the next
installment in their series based on the famed fictional detective.
- CABAL Online Free - Games-Masters.com today announced
the re-launch of CABAL
Online. Word is: "Replacing the standard monthly subscription service
with the new Free-to-Play model, the new service offers a new item shop and
premium services for players wishing to take the game to the next level. "
- Fury Beta Signups -
Fury
Beta Signups are now underway (trailer),
as closed testing for Auran's upcoming action/RPG will commence on July 6.
- Vigil - Blood Bitterness Steamed - Meridian announces Vigil -
Blood Bitterness, their recent adventure game,
is now being offered for sale via Steam.
- Turning MMO Playing Into Business Leadership -
This new study from IBM and Seriosity (PDF) claims to show that people
who are able to play massively multiplayer games successfully might have an
edge in the real business world.
- Take Two Thanks Fans For Manhunt 2 Support - Take Two Interactive
has
sent an email to fans of its upcoming and currently on hold stealth
action game Manhunt 2 thanking them for their support of the game. The
company has pulled the release date for the game after it was banned in the
UK and slapped with an AO rating in the US. In a related story,
this article on the MCV web site reports that Roger Bennett, the former
head of the UK's video game trade group the ELSPA believes that the ban of
Manhunt 2 in that country could have long term effects.
- Yet Another Game Pulled From UK Shelves -
This time the BBC is reporting that the Nintendo DS game MindQuiz from
publisher UbiSoft has been pulled from shelves in the UK. Apparently the
game tells the player at one point that if they have low performance in the
game it rates your efforts in a manner that is "derogatory to the disabled"
(the article does not get more specific)
- What do you mean I can play DVDs on my 360? -
This survey reports that 30% of those surveyed who have a console
capable of DVD playback apparently did not realize their console could play
DVDs
- People Still Line Up To Get The Wii - While most of the media
attention has been on the iPhone these past few weeks,
Wii is still continuing to generate long lines at stores that carry them
with near instant sell-outs
- Last Chance To Nab Free Wii Opera - A heads up that Opera for
Wii's gratis period ends tomorrow. From Sunday, the first of July it will
cost 500 Wii points for new downloaders, while those who procured it before
will not have to pay ever. 500 points is a reasonable price, but nowhere
near as good as free.
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