If you have experience with using Linux then you might just be the person Valve needs to help beta test their Linux Stem Client. They have a survey you must complete in order to be eligible.
Head on over to Valve Software and fill it out!
So you're done with Dishonored but still have the itch to cause chaos or be quiet like a church mouse. Arkane has you covered with new DLC. Dunwall City Trials and more will arrive simultaneously on PlayStation 3, PC, and Xbox 360. Below are the details for the upcoming DLC.
Dishonored: Dunwall City Trials, being released in December for $4.99 (or 400 Microsoft Points), will include 10 challenge maps that will test and track your combat, stealth and mobility skills. Ten distinct trials await challengers – including an arena battle against waves of enemy AI, a gravity-defying run of drop assassinations, and a race against the clock. Dunwall City Trials also features a whole new set of achievements and trophies as well as a global online leaderboard that will establish the greatest assassins for each challenge.
The second and third add-ons for Dishonored will be coming in 2013 and will each feature story-driven campaigns. Pricing on these two packs will be revealed closer to launch.
Daud, the leader of a group of supernatural assassins known as ‘The Whalers’, will be the focus of the second add-on pack, scheduled for release in early Spring 2013. Make your way through new Dunwall locales and discover Daud’s own set of weapons, powers and gadgets in this story-driven campaign. How you play and the choices you make will impact the final outcome…Additional story details on the third add-on pack will be revealed closer to its launch next year.
Things will be getting creepy and crazy in Team Fortress 2 from now till Nov with the 4th annual Scream Fortress Halloween Special.
Players will have to deal with Merasmus, Wheel of Fate, Magic Spells randomly dropping, Wave 666 and last but not least....Get ready for it.... ZOMBIES!
For more details head on over to the Team Fortress website.
Some exciting news Tom's Hardware has received from HIS their two GPU Tahiti XT, which it calls the 7970 X2. Devil 13 currently is the fastest Dual GPU out but HIS aims to take the crown.
More news to come once Tom's Hardware does its benchmarks. Can't wait!
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Valve has announced free to play weekend for L4D2 starting today till Monday.
" To celebrate Halloween, we are unleashing L4D2 on the world. Starting this Thursday, the entire game will be free to play for the whole weekend. New players can begin pre-loading now. For long time players, it is time to welcome your new found friends and help them survive the zombie apocalypse."
Every month or so Tom's Hardware blesses us with their Best SSDs for the money articles and here is their new one.
Tom's Hardware presents : Best SSDs for the money October 2012
Every month or so Tom's Hardware blesses us with their Best GPU of the month and here they are again with the new October 2012 edition.
Speaking with VG247 at a recent EA showcase, BioWare Montreal producer Fabrice Condominas agreed that the studio has never shied away from the fact that Mass Effect will continue after the current trilogy, but with a new hero.We asked him what the studio’s approach to whatever comes next in the galaxy-hopping franchise will involve, to which Condominas replied, “There is one thing we are absolutely sure of – there will be no more Shepard, and the trilogy is over.”
“This is really our starting point. Now the Mass Effect universe is vast, and very, very rich. So at this point in time, we don’t even know what kind of time frame we’re going to be in. All we’re doing is more gathering ideas from the teams, gathering feedback to see several things.”
“So first, we don’t want to make ‘Shepard 2′, or Mass Effect 4 with like, ‘oh there’s no more Shepard but you’re a soldier in the universe’. So this will be a very, very different context for sure, and nothing has been decided on the rest.”
VR-Zone has revealed some great news for AMD fans that their upcoming flagship Vishera FX-8350 processor would cost under $200 Price range.This is great news for PC builders since they can get a chip with eight cores clocked as high as 4.2 GHz (Turbo Core) below $200. That’s not it, the whole Vishera lineup actually would be available at much affordable rates than expected before, following is a glimpse of the pricing schemes on various Vishera processors:
AMD FX-8350 - < $200 US
AMD FX-8320 - $175 US
AMD FX-6300 - $135 US
AMD FX-4300 - $125 US
This is a great deal as AMD continues to give us good pricing and numerous price cuts throughout the year.
Studio founder and president Dylan Jobe spoke about what he called the company's "shift in product strategy."Jobe said LightBox will no longer focus on console titles, and plans to self-fund an iOS game as its next project.
A Sony representative responded to Games Radar requests for comment on the end of the publisher's relationship with the Austin-based developer."Sony Computer Entertainment can confirm that it has amicably ended its working agreement with developer LightBox Interactive, Inc.,., We have had a positive and long-standing working relationship with this talented studio, and wish them the best of success in their next endeavor. Starhawk and Warhawk will continue to be supported by Santa Monica Studio.
EVGA has just recently announced their new "Step Up" program which allows you to purchase a graphics card or motherboard from now until Christmas. You will able to trade it in for a new graphics card or motherboard within 6 months of purchase. All you have to do is pay the difference between the cards and shipping both ways.
Visit EVGA online store to check out what they have!
I'm just going to leave this picture right here. If you really want this fugly controller it can be found at various online retail stores for $34.99.
Every month or so Tom's Hardware blesses us with their Best CPU for the money articles and what do you know the October article is out. If have a budget and you're on the hunt for a new CPU but don't feel like doing all the research check out their article below.
Robert Space Industries has released a new FAQ for its upcoming game Star Citizen. The FAQ goes over numerous things like Modding, PC spec requirements etc. Check it out below.
http://www.robertsspaceindustries.com/draft-faq/
Irrational Games lost two more BioShock Infinite team members last week as the latest of a series of shuffles and departures from the untypically quiet developer. Superannuation spotted the LinkedIn profiles of former Artificial Intelligence Lead Don Norbury and Combat Design Director Clint Bundrick reflecting the change.
Both Norbury and Bundrick took positions at Microsoft as Senior Software Design Engineer and Senior Designer, respectively. Irrational recently experienced the parting of Product Development Director Tim Gerritsen and Art Director Nate Wells from the company. Systems Designers Ken Strickland and Tyann Sylvester, Design Director Jeff McGann, and Senior Level Designer Steve Gayno also left Irrational earlier this year.
BioShock Infinite still maintains a February 2013 release schedule, with a Facebook countdown timer promising a new trailer reveal.
Source PC Gamer
Never heard or played this game but it sounds right up my alley
Coming soon, the “Most Critically Polarizing Survival-Horror Game” Deadly Premonition will be receiving a Director’s Cut iteration. This version of the game will focus on the story of Francis York Morgan, an FBI agent investigating a murder in the town of Greenvale. In this story the player will find themselves attempting to solve the murder mystery and discover creepy new creatures that have surfaced across town.On top of the above, Deadly Premonition: The Director’s Cut will include a variety of new features including but not limited to HD graphics, an updated control system, a brand new scenario from the game’s director, Hidetaka “Swery” Suehiro, and DLC to keep the mystery going once you complete the main campaign.” No release date or price have yet been revealed for the game, but they won’t likely be too far out as far as announcements.
Doom 3 BFG Edition is now available on Windows PC for $29.99, and on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 for $39.99. This new bundle includes enhanced, re-mastered versions of the core game and its expansion pack, Resurrection of Evil, and The Lost Mission which contains eight new single-player levels for your demon-demolishing pleasure.
The new bundle is mainly optimized for consoles, bringing the 2004 game up to speed on the newer Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. However the BFG Edition now supports 3D and cranks out 5.1 surround sound. It also features improved rendering and lighting, and a new check point save system allowing for smoother progression through the game.
Ubisoft has announced the creation of a map and texture pack for Minecraft inspired by the Far Cry 3 universe, which is to be released for free on PC on the 26th of October 2012.This pack allows users to explore and survive the Minecraft experience through the warped lens of Far Cry 3, with modifications to all aspects of the original game, including environments, weapons and tools. Discover key Far Cry 3 locations and characters, including Vaas, Jason and Citra, all completely redesigned in Minecraft style. The map also features over 50 Easter Eggs, hidden throughout the Islands.With the map modded by Michael Lambert (Sacr3, creator of Newcraft City), a well known Minecraft enthusiast, and artists Axel Janssen and Yohann Delcourt responsible for the textures, the Far Cry 3 inspired pack will be released for free on PC via the Far Cry official website.
Tom's Hardware, is reporting MSI is now offering a 2GB version of the Radeon HD 7750. In my opinion stay away from this card. Details below.
The graphics core of this new card runs with 512 processors and at 800 MHz, down from 830 MHz of the overclocked 1 GB version, but the memory (128-bit interface) has been brought down from 4500 MHz to 1600 MHz. The dual-slot cooling component integrates a 70 mm fan.
There was no information on pricing, but we expect street prices to check in at well under $100 and closely compete with existing 2 GB 7750 cards, such as Gigabyte's GV-R775OC-2GI (850/1600 MHz), which are hovering around the $100 mark.
Yes I'm very late on this but I just heard of it yesterday lol. Anyway, HotHardware has a great article about the new tech Nvidia has introduced. It looks great and barely takes a performance hit. Article after "the jump".
At last coming October 30th, Halloween, Sleeping Dogs will receive its first campaign based DLC titled Nightmare in North Point.
Nightmare in North Point is about a gang member whom the Triad tortured and killed; here, he comes back to life with an army of the undead, and it's up to Wei Shen to take care of the threat.
No surprise here especially when it comes to big name games like Halo. Microsoft spokesman Joe DIMiero told Polygon yesterday that the company is working closely with their security teams and law enforcement to investigate the apparent theft.
As of now we can't find any videos on YouTube so it seems like Microsoft has worked fast to get then removed.
Straight from Dark Horse Comics.
The most anticipated video game of 2013, The Last of Us, comes to print with a comic series and an art book from Dark Horse Comics and Naughty Dog!
The Last of Us: American Dreams will be a four-issue series by The Last of Uslead writer Neil Druckmann, with rising star Faith Erin Hicks (Zombies Calling, Friends with Boys, The Adventures of Superhero Girl) as cowriter and artist.Ellie, the heroine of The Last of Us, has grown up in a postpandemic world, shuttled between military orphanages in one of the last remaining quarantine zones and resigned to the fact that when she’s old enough, she’ll be channeled into the army or left to fend for herself—until she meets an older girl determined to find a third way out.
American Dreams explores Ellie’s backstory and her first steps on the road that led her to her companion Joel.The first issue of The Last of Us: American Dreams will appear in the spring of 2013.
The Art of The Last of Us, a deluxe hardcover exploring the characters, the infected humans, and the intricately realized world of the game, will launch in conjunction with the release of the game.
Electronic Arts conducted a survey during the weekend which at the end gave gamers a $20 off coupon for games in the Origin Store. Unfortunately for EA this code worked for everyone, even those who did not participate in the survey. Obviously when things like this happen it spreads around the web quickly and people figured out you can get more than one game by using the code on the website and app but not only that you could clear your cookies and the code would still work!
Community manager Sam "q4q" Houston has posted that EA will honor all purchases made.
Latest patch notes from Steam
•Various visibility/hiding optimizations•Multiplayer text chat support (J to activate)
•Mouse 4/5 will switch soldiers in the Barracks
•ESC hides the movement grid if you do not want to commit to a move while it is activated
•Squad Sight ability optimization
•Fixed issue when equipping two grenades with Deep Pockets.
•Fixed Rapid Fire sometimes consuming too much ammo.
•SHIVs that are damaged will no longer become unusable.
•Fixed some hangs/soft crashes in tactical combat.
•Replaced software cursor with the operating system cursor to reduce lag and framerate dependence.
•Fixed rendering bug which causes some soldier’s hair to appear as if it is rendering on top of environment fog.
•1080p movies are now used at all times on the PC.
AMD has the clock rate on its side. But Intel's Ivy Bridge architecture boasts superior IPC throughput. We pit the 4.2 GHz FX-4170 against Intel's new 3.3 GHz Core i3-3220 in an effort to determine which CPU is the better buy for $125.
See the results and who comes out on top over at Tom's Hardware!
The new mech fps game Hawken developed Adhesive Games are now excepting people for their series of closed betas. Signing up now will allow to choose your in-game call tag before the game releases later in Dec. The closed betas start later this month from Oct 26-29 and again continue from Nov 8-13.
Head on over to Play Hawken to enlist.
Erie drops you into a visually stunning, yet terrifying scenario where your goals are to investigate, survive, and finally escape. It’s first person horror meets intense dark-ride with hidden, rotting cats. Erie begins in October 1966, when the Fermi 1 Nuclear Power Generator suffers a partial meltdown, and locals begin disappearing from a sleepy Michigan town. Oliver Victor is a Red Cross Investigator sent to find missing locals, but quickly finds himself trapped underground and being hunted by a product of forced-mutation experiments. Oliver’s rescue mission quickly turns into a struggle to survive, escape and uncover what’s been happening under the nuclear plant on the shores of Lake Erie. Developed by the University of Utah's EAE Master Games Studio Program.
Developer "kcoppersmith" has done the unthinkable and has released this gem FREE! Head on over to Desura to download. We will have some gameplay videos up soon. Do not miss it!
Seems like Sony really can't catch a break this year. They've had to lay off workers from numerous divisions, sell their building and deal with less than stellar Vita sales. Now they have a new problem.
VentureBeats is reporting that T5 Labs is claiming Gaikai is infringing on their patents and has gone ahead with a lawsuit.
For more on the lawsuit head on over to Scribd
Talk about great success. According to the charts over at NeoGaf BL2 has sold 1.48 millioncopies and outselling the original by 234%. Keep in mind that NPD sales still do NOT include Digital Sales! Congrats to Gearbox.
