News
| EA unveals more Dragon Age DLC, Grey Warden's "darkest hour" | |
| Posted: 20.11.2009 06:38 by Technet2k | Comments: 4 |
 Dragon Age: Origins may have launched for three platforms, and it may already have two big DLC offerings, but more is on the way - alright?
Developer BioWare has announced 'Return to Ostagar', where Grey Wardens had a hard time of it. You could discover King Cailan's "agenda." | |
| The Witcher 2 made on "multi-platform engine", needs a publisher | |
| Posted: 20.11.2009 04:33 by Technet2k | Comments: 3 |
 CD Projekt has had another leaked clip of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, and thanks to translation, we know they don't have a publisher!
The developer hopes to get it by sorted by Q1, 2010. It's being developed on their "internal, multi-platform" engine, which they want as "vanguard". | |
| New Divine Divinity II: Ego Draconis Screenshots | |
| Posted: 19.11.2009 09:11 by Jamie Davey | Comments: 0 |
 Mastertronic has released 4 new screenshots for Divine Divinity II: Ego Draconis. Divinity II - Ego Draconis transports players back to the wide-open world of Rivellon, where they'll face the ultimate challenge of becoming a Dragon Knight. With up to 60 hours of gameplay, and the ability to play as either a knight or a dragon, Divinity II offers players an expansive experience packed full of lands to explore, dungeons to conquer and plenty of exhilarating ground and aerial combat. | |
| Borderlands DLC "four to six hours" gameplay, size of starter zone | |
| Posted: 19.11.2009 05:10 by Technet2k | Comments: 1 |
 Paul Helquist of Gearbox Software says 'The Zombie Island Of Doctor Ned' is "about the same size" as a starter zone, like the Arid Badlands.
It'll add "probably four to six hours" of new gameplay. The DLC "detects what level you are" so you can start playing it straight away. | |
| Second leak clip of The Witcher 2 hits net, CD Projekt open about it | |
| Posted: 19.11.2009 04:56 by Technet2k | Comments: 1 |
 Wonky cam footage is the way of things these days, thanks to YouTube, and developer CD Projekt accepts that and embraces fan "feedback".
The clip follows our hero Geralt as he battles some large tentacle monster on a cliff-side, but unfortunately the commentary is all in Russian. | |
| BioWare "would" consider FPS, sees RPG as "being pretty broad" | |
| Posted: 18.11.2009 05:27 by Technet2k | Comments: 3 |
 Asked if the Canadian developer (don't hold it against them) would consider a first-person shooter, boss Dr. Ray Muzyka declared "we would."
The veteran sees the "definition of RPG" as being "pretty broad" with Mass Effect as prime example. It's "as much a shooter" as an RPG. | |
| Borderlands quite a scorcher, "best selling launch week" for new IP | |
| Posted: 17.11.2009 05:42 by Technet2k | Comments: 3 |
 Developer Gearbox is chuffed their new IP Borderlands is doing so well, especially given the surrounding releases of big boy sequels.
The studio says it's the "fastest selling original property" videogame in 2009. Its total multiplatform sales beat PS3 Uncharted 2. | |
| Gearbox: More Borderlands is "no-brainer", just "water cooler talk" | |
| Posted: 12.11.2009 04:51 by Technet2k | Comments: 2 |
 Mike Neumann is Creative Director at Gearbox Software, he's also dished that they're pretty much going to make more out of the new IP.
Right now though any talk of a sequel to Borderlands is pure "water cooler talk", with the game consensus as one of "praise and love." | |
| Gearbox release Borderlands' Zombie Island DLC November 24th | |
| Posted: 10.11.2009 05:56 by Technet2k | Comments: 3 |
 The first piece of downloadable content for Borderlands will arrive later this month, on both Xbox 360 and PS3 but no mention of PC yet.
It's called 'The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned' and has players tackle an undead army while trying to find a cure and bring peace to the cove. | |
| BioWare defends "intro, four planets, finale" narrative structure | |
| Posted: 10.11.2009 04:53 by Technet2k | Comments: 2 |
 Some person has noticed a trend in BioWare story telling and decided to create a spreadsheet, which has drawn a writer's attention.
BioWare's Patrick Weekes has agreed with elements of the excel expose, but defends why they take that approach. Gamers "can understand it." | |
| Product quiz reveals ambitious DLC for Mass Effect 2, new worlds | |
| Posted: 03.11.2009 06:58 by Technet2k | Comments: 2 |
 BioWare has already announced they have long-term DLC for Dragon Age: Origins, but now Mass Effect 2 looks to be getting the same.
A Microsoft Expert Zone quiz for retailers reveals big DLC coming to the sci-fi sequel, like new worlds, characters, gear packs and more. | |
| Gearbox patch Xbox 360 Borderlands, "will deploy fixes" to others | |
| Posted: 30.10.2009 07:40 by Technet2k | Comments: 2 |
 Developer Gearbox Software have updated the Xbox 360 version of Borderlands with bug fixes, with the PS3 and PC editions to follow suit soon enough the studio affirms to users.
I'm sure Xbox 360 gamers are glad to hear the "introductory quests" should always progress as intended now, as will fellow platforms. They're "continuing work on support updates". | |
| Petition springs up for PC Space Marine, Relic tease gamer impact | |
| Posted: 29.10.2009 08:13 by Technet2k | Comments: 3 |
 Developer Relic Entertainment has said they're "always looking at feedback" from the community, and tease that a continued "strong desire" for PC could yield something.
An online petition is currently floating on the Internet, and it hopes to convince team Relic to bring their upcoming Warhammer 40K: Space Marine action/RPG to PC as well as console. | |
| Game-crippling bug found in Borderlands, there "isn't a fix just yet" | |
| Posted: 28.10.2009 07:20 by Technet2k | Comments: 8 |
 A rather nasty bug has been found in Borderlands, and not the colourful type you smoosh with guns or fists in-game. This bug is linked to all three platforms when going online.
It can cause, though it's frequency is "very low", all character skills to be wiped clean. Developer Gearbox hope to "repair as much" character data loss as possible, when fixed. | |
| Gearbox says "internal mix-up" cause of Aussie Borderlands censor | |
| Posted: 28.10.2009 05:22 by Technet2k | Comments: 0 |
 The Steam version of Gearbox Software's colourful Borderlands, the one with all those guns in it, wasn't intentionally edited for censorship at all. It's all just a pre-load mistake.
For gamers Down Under, the pre-loading period for Borderlands was giving them an "incorrect version" to download. It's been replaced now, and so 2K asks you delete and re-download. | |
| Rumour-mill: Amazon UK shows Interplay classics re-releasing soon | |
| Posted: 27.10.2009 07:08 by Technet2k | Comments: 2 |
 Retailer Amazon has its UK website showing some interesting wares, for this week no less, that Interplay is re-releasing a tide of old RPG gems in single and bundle form.
Oldies like Plane Scape Torment, Baldur's Gate 1 & 2 and Icewind Dale have been listed, with the new PEGI ratings. They're scheduled for release October 30th, with full XP and Vista support. | |
| BioWare's Dragon Age: Origins goes gold, PS3 "alongside" others | |
| Posted: 26.10.2009 08:50 by Technet2k | Comments: 2 |
 The impending early November arrival of Dragon Age: Origins will be simultaneous across Xbox 360,PS3 and PC announces BioWare. The PS3 version won't be held back after all.
That news may be true for North America but the RPG developer is yet to extend the joy to UK shores, saying they'll have something "on that shortly." It's out November 6th in Europe. | |
| Rumour-mill: Elder Scrolls V set 200 years after Oblivion, hints book | |
| Posted: 26.10.2009 08:35 by Technet2k | Comments: 6 |
 Developer Bethesda is keeping any activity on a new Elder Scrolls game very close to their chest, but a newly synopsised novel from Greg Keyes has given fans a whooping hint.
The Elder Scrolls: Infernal City, Keyes' book, "partly bridges the gap" between Oblivion and the "next game". The events in the novel itself are set 45 years after The Elder Scrolls IV. | |
| BioWare reveal PS3 Dragon Age: Origins for November 17th in US | |
| Posted: 23.10.2009 06:49 by Technet2k | Comments: 0 |
 The spiritual successor to Baldur's Gate is almost upon us, and developer BioWare has finally put PS3 gamer minds at ease by confirming a solid release date for their copies.
It will be arriving on Xbox 360 and PC early November. Bioware's Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuck will be having a livechat with the EU PlayStation.Blog later today, revealing something. | |
| Interplay countersuits Bethesda, cites terms violated and bad faith | |
| Posted: 22.10.2009 06:43 by Technet2k | Comments: 3 |
 Fallout IP holder Bethesda brought legal proceedings against Interplay for contractual breaches, no less than ten apparently, but now Interplay is angry enough to countersue.
They allege Bethesda went around blabbing to business partners that Interplay had no licensing rights, in bad faith, causing them a lot more financial hardship. Wants IP back. | |
