Gold Rush finally out, TF2 free this weekend!
Posted by inpheaux on April 29th, 2008 at 9:29 pmAnd of course, we're all too busy playing GTA4.
However, if you're one of those few people who isn't playing GTA4, you can enjoy your shiny new medic achievements / weapons and new map for Team Fortress 2. It's out now. Just restart Steam.
Also, if you're one of the like two people who haven't picked up [...]
PC Gaming really extra not-dead: Spore dated, 7 SEP 2008
Posted by inpheaux on February 12th, 2008 at 2:34 pmIt's apparently "announce a bunch of stuff" day over at EA. First the Mass Effect PC release slated for May, now this, the first solid release date for Spore.
7 SEP 2008
From the press release:
"The wait is almost over," said Maxis Chief Designer Will Wright. "We're in our final stages of testing and polish with Spore, [...]
PC Gaming still not dead - Mass Effect coming in May
Posted by inpheaux on February 12th, 2008 at 12:35 pmWell, ok, I guess it's time for me to eat my words regarding if and when Mass Effect would be coming to PC. Apparently it is, and it's coming far sooner than anyone expected. Like May.
Apart from being ported to the PC where, you know, you might not experience as much terrible texture pop-up, the [...]
GTA IV dated: 29 APR 2008, for real this time.
Posted by inpheaux on January 24th, 2008 at 1:55 pmTake 2 issued a pretty short press release today announcing that the super mega anticipated Grand Theft Auto IV will debut on the 360 and PS3 on April 29th. Yes, that's three months from now.
I will wait a moment for that to sink in.
Got it? Alright. As for why it got delayed, well, it's our [...]
Rockstar lineup now on Steam, for a super mega discount
Posted by inpheaux on January 4th, 2008 at 7:28 pmEvery Rockstar PC game except for State of Emergency is now on Steam.
It's all presently on sale.
The whole set will run you $53.99.
$53.99
What's that? You only care about GTA? You're crazy for not wanting Max Payne and Max Payne 2, but fine, that'll be $26.95.
If you were asleep or something for the past decade, you [...]
Valve Store Update: Cubes! Posters! Headcrabs! Other Stuff!
Posted by inpheaux on December 14th, 2007 at 11:14 pmWell, the day is finally here. Time to rush rush rush to buy Weighted Companion Cube merchandise.
Valve has two options to fill the Weighted-Companion-Cube-Shaped void in your life: Full-size plush (6" cube) or Fuzzy-dice-sized (4" cubes).
They've got other new stuff, too, like some new Aperture Labs Propaganda Posters and an Aperture Labs Mug.
Then there's the [...]
Sunday Dramabomb: Vivendi & Activision merge into “Activision Blizzard”
Posted by inpheaux on December 2nd, 2007 at 4:16 pmIn today's "Certainly Didn't See That Coming" news, Vivendi Games and Activision have buddied up to form "Activision Blizzard".
So . . . it looks like we're down to three omni-platform super-developer/publishers now. In one corner we have EA, the only company allowed to make sports games, and who will be making sports games with tiny [...]
Deus Ex 3 formally announced. Why, Eidos, why?
Posted by inpheaux on November 26th, 2007 at 3:19 pmEarlier in the year - much earlier - Eidos announced plans to open a new big fancy studio in Montreal. Ok, fine, all kinds of developers have studios in Montreal, most notably EA and Ubisoft, but today they actually opened up.
Oh and they announced that their first game would be another multi-platform Deus Ex.
With no [...]
Review Megapost: Shooters, Future Law, Gimmicks and Hobos
Posted by inpheaux on October 28th, 2007 at 8:01 pmWe've been holding onto this set for awhile. It just kept snowballing, you know? Well, here they all are in descending order of quality.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
BioShock - PC / 360 - The best single-player game I've played since System Shock 2.
Portal - PC / 360 (and eventually PS3) - The second-best single-player game I've played since [...]
BAD END: Bioware & Pandemic gobbled-up by EA
Posted by inpheaux on October 11th, 2007 at 7:14 pmAll bad news, all the time.
Out of nowhere, EA has decided that it would be super neat if they went ahead and bought-out Bioware and Pandemic, to build upon their game-development Empire of Doom. If they were another less-established pair of independent developers, sure, this would be pretty decent news, since it would mean stable [...]