Weekend Reading - Cheap Classic PC Games - briefly
(hx) 01:15 PM CEST - Jul,12 2008
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- Hinterland Announced - Tilted Mill Entertainment announced
Hinterland,
a game that combines RPG and strategic base-building gameplay. The game will
be available later this summer for under twenty dollars, through digital
download.
- Two Worlds: Epic Edition Announced - SouthPeak Games today
announced its open-world role-playing hit game will get a new release on PC
with the upcoming Two
Worlds: Epic Edition. Two Worlds: Epic Edition will contain the original
game and the add-ons 'Tainted Blood' and 'Curse of Souls', putting the
massive world of Antaloor and countless hours of adventuring into one
tremendous package. The original Two Worlds gave players a huge world and
hundreds of adventures to undertake. The expanded content of Epic Edition
adds over 70 online quests, eight new multiplayer maps, an innovative
player-versus-player challenge where opponents battle to control magical
orbs within a variety of arenas, and introduces the town of Tharnburg where
players can train their warriors in various skills and challenge other
players to combat in the Gladiator District's huge arena. The expanded game
will be available in August 2008.
- No Far Cry 2 Demo -
Ubisoft's Clint Hocking confirmed that we should not expect a demo
version of Far Cry 2, as this is another of those open-world style games the
won't readily scale to a sample version: "One reason is, even if we were to
give out what you played today - even if we put invisible walls around it
and said, here's the demo, you can go anywhere you like inside these walls
and play it how you want - that's potentially right there eight-to-ten hours
of gameplay. I don't know too many people who are willing to give away a
12-hour game for free."
- Major Features Cut From Warhammer Online -
Four cities and four classes have been cut from the game. Only Chaos and
Empire capitals remain and Dark Elf Blackguard, Orc Choppa, Empire Knight of
the Blazing Sun and Dwarf Hammerer have been cut.
- New Wolfenstein Details - This month's
Game Informer contains first details about id/Raven's upcoming next-gen
Wolfenstein game, running on id Tech 5 engine and set to release on PC, Xbox
360 and PS3. The only real surprise is that B.J. is getting supernatural
powers of his own this time around. The blurb also describes the environment
as "one large city, which will open itself up as you progress through given
missions and quests" both that there will be "randomly generated content"
occasionally blocking your way.
- Sony Fixing PS3's Broken By 2.40 Update For Free - According to
PS3Fanboy, Sony will repair any console bricked by the update free of
charge, although there are supposed to be not that many affected.
- Fable 2 Details -
OXM UK
has some4 new details on the Fable sequel for Xbox360: "there are now
four traits to consider when going good or evil with your character --
purity, corruption, kindness, and cruelty. No HUD will be included in the
game, and there are no cutscenes either! Non-interactive scenes take up less
than five in-game minutes. Oh boy! You can read the full info at the link,
but it sounds great."
- Cheap Classic PC Games - Black Isle Studios' post-apocalyptic
RPGs Fallout and Fallout 2 will be among the many long-lost PC titles soon
re-released by Good Old Games, a new online venture from CD Projekt.
Located at GOG.com and
slated to launch in September, the online store will sell DRM-free digital
downloads of old-school PC games at $5.99 or $9.99 a pop. A closed public
beta will go live on August 1, with the site currently accepting beta
applications. The site will initially carry titles from publishers Interplay
and Codemasters, including the previously-mentioned Fallout series, MDK 1
and 2, Giants: Citizen Kabuto, Freespace 1 and 2, Sacrifice, Descent 1-3 and
Kingpin: Life of Crime. While a full list of the store's launch offerings
has yet to be finalized, other games slated to appear by September include
Shattered Steel, Jagged Alliance 2, Redneck Rampage, Operation: Flashpoint,
Colin McRae, and TOCA Race Driver 3. For more info check out
this interview.
- Konami Sues Harmonix Over Patents Possibly Illegally Used in Rock
Band -
Konami has sued Harmonix for patent infringment via Rock Band in Texas
Federal Court. Viacom/MTV/Harmonix have not commented yet as they have not
received the court papers as of yet.
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