Personal Computer Game News

[yourbeliefs]

In case you think that World of Warcraft is on it's way out due to all the F2P models taking over, they added 2.6 million players over last year and now have over 10 million subscribers again.

http://blizzard.gamespress.com/WORL...ES-10-MILLION-SUBSCRIBERS-AS-WARLORDS-OF-DRAE

 

[yourbeliefs]

Broken Age: Act 2 has entered Alpha.

Unfortunately that means it won't come out until early 2015.
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/138823-Second-Half-of-Double-Fines-Broken-Age-Delayed

 

[king3pj]

Broken Age: Act 2 has entered Alpha.

Unfortunately that means it won't come out until early 2015.
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/138823-Second-Half-of-Double-Fines-Broken-Age-Delayed

Guess that means I need to finish the second half of Act 1 soon. I liked what I was playing but the fact that Act 2 was not even being mentioned made me want to move on to other things.

 

[yourbeliefs]

And it makes me think that maybe I should go back and replay Act I. The twist at the end of Act I is cool and it really makes you think (or at least it did to me,) "How the HELL did I not realize that was the case as I was playing the game?" Maybe once an exact date is set I'll go back and plow through.

 

[yourbeliefs]

Valve has launched a game video streaming service within Steam.

http://www.polygon.com/2014/12/2/7321223/valve-steam-broadcasting-live-streaming

 

[king3pj]

Valve has launched a game video streaming service within Steam.

http://www.polygon.com/2014/12/2/7321223/valve-steam-broadcasting-live-streaming

I would have thought that Twitch was too big for anyone new to take a significant chunk of the market. Valve is probably one of the few companies that could step in and immediately do just that though. The reason game streaming got so big in the first place was because of PC gamers and all PC gamers have Steam installed on their machines. Some streamers haven't been happy with the new Twitch policies after the Amazon deal either.

 

[yourbeliefs]

I would have thought that Twitch was too big for anyone new to take a significant chunk of the market. Valve is probably one of the few companies that could step in and immediately do just that though. The reason game streaming got so big in the first place was because of PC gamers and all PC gamers have Steam installed on their machines. Some streamers haven't been happy with the new Twitch policies after the Amazon deal either.

 

[yourbeliefs]

Assassins Creed: Victory has been leaked/announced, to come out in 2015. Nice to know Unity didn't suck enough for Ubisoft to take up their claim that "We won't release yearly AC games if they start to suck."

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/138865-Assassins-Creed-Victory-Coming-in-Fall-2015

 

[king3pj]

Assassins Creed: Victory has been leaked/announced, to come out in 2015. Nice to know Unity didn't suck enough for Ubisoft to take up their claim that "We won't release yearly AC games if they start to suck."

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/138865-Assassins-Creed-Victory-Coming-in-Fall-2015

I'll probably rent Unity this spring when there aren't many new releases to pick from. I liked Black Flag so this seems worth checking out. I'm not saying I'll put 40 hours in like I did with Black Flag or that I'll even complete the story. I do want to see the technical features for myself though. The cities and crowds look pretty impressive.

 

[yourbeliefs]

Right but Black Flag and Unity are vastly different. Unity is more like the older games in the series. If you're looking for more of what Black Flag had, you might be better off with AC: Rogue, which was the last gen release. The reviews weren't stellar for it but many mentioned that it feels more like a true sequel to BF and has more sailing and such in it.

 

[king3pj]

Right but Black Flag and Unity are vastly different. Unity is more like the older games in the series. If you're looking for more of what Black Flag had, you might be better off with AC: Rogue, which was the last gen release. The reviews weren't stellar for it but many mentioned that it feels more like a true sequel to BF and has more sailing and such in it.

It wasn't so much the sailing stuff that I liked. That stuff was okay but I wouldn't play a game just to get that again. I liked that the main character was a pirate who was basically just out for himself. Sure, he killed some templars but he did it to steal treasure for himself, not because of some ancient assassin's order. I liked that the game didn't take itself so seriously and even poked fun at the ridiculousness of other Assassin's Creed story lines.

 

[Poke]

New trailer reveals 'Street Fighter V' is headed to PlayStation 4 and PC

http://www.engadget.com/2014/12/05/new-trailer-reveals-street-fighter-v-is-headed-to-playstation/

 

[yourbeliefs]

Tim Shafer plans on bringing numerous Lucasarts adventure games to modern systems.

http://www.polygon.com/2014/12/8/7354949/tim-schafer-day-of-the-tentacle-remastered-ps4-vita-pc

 

[yourbeliefs]

Minecraft is getting its own episodic TellTale Series.

http://www.polygon.com/2014/12/18/7...episodic-story-based-game-from-telltale-games

 

[yourbeliefs]

Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes is now available on Steam.

http://www.polygon.com/2014/12/18/7...und-zeroes-is-available-for-download-on-steam

It's also 33% off today, and early word is that they did a great job on the PC port.

 

[king3pj]

Minecraft is getting its own episodic TellTale Series.

http://www.polygon.com/2014/12/18/7...episodic-story-based-game-from-telltale-games

This will be the first post TWD Tell Tale game that I'll be skipping. I just have no interest in Minecraft.

 

[yourbeliefs]

This will be the first post TWD Tell Tale game that I'll be skipping. I just have no interest in Minecraft.

Hey don't knock it until you try it. I had NO interest in The Walking Dead game but then it got all those awards and praise so I gave it a look. I wasn't even into the show at the time. I got into the show (and then lost interest) afterwards. Now obviously MC and TWD are two very different worlds, but I think TT has proven that they can turn many different things into magic. I'm not saying MC is destined to be a success, but I am quite curious to see what comes out from this, although admittedly I'm not as curious/excited as I am for TWAU Season 2, GoT, or TWD Season 3.

 

[meStevo]

Id like a Battlestar Galactica telltale adventure.

 

[Poke]

2015 hopefully we will have some good games this coming year..

 

[Poke]

'WTF' Malware spreading over Steam chat

http://www.neowin.net/news/wtf-malware-spreading-over-steam-chat