Call of Duty: Black Ops is coming soon, and since this is a Treyarch developed Call of Duty, of course there’s a zombie mode. But no official word had surfaced on the details of the zombie mode in Black Ops, which has frustrated some fans of the game. Now there’s been a huge leak at Activision and the details on the zombie mode are finally out.
PC Gamers had an amazing week during the close of October as every online game store held some sort of Halloween sale that all had at least one phenomenal deal. Now, November is getting off to great start as well, with Steampowered.com offering not one, but TWO Mid-week Madness sales on two different franchises.
With the end of October just around the bend, Call of Duty: Black Ops is on the horizon and has been widely touted as a quality successor to the Call of Duty franchise. As the seventh instalment in the series, Black Ops follows a variety of Special Forces operatives over the length of the Cold War as they participate in secret missions behind enemy lines. The characters players inhabit will have their own voices and shadows, adding a level of development that is commonly not in Call of Duty, a series that often makes the choice to make the player feel like a faceless observer in great historical events (although the new focus on a more individual story in MW and MW2 reflects a change in direction). However, Treyarch’s Black Ops marks a return to the original mold as it seeks to continue the pedigree set by COD: World at War, a Pacific WWII-themed title, a game that is more in line with the missions in Call of Duty 2 rather than the more contemporary and plot-driven Modern Warfare 2.
This year’s Team Fortress 2 Halloween special is filled with a few special tricks and treats for players to discover. Looking at the latest blog post you can get the general idea of whats going to be going down this Halloween. Much like last year there’ll be a new map, Mann Manor, which will feature a Haunted Halloween Gift box which will randomly drop around the map for players to pick up. However, the map also features the Horseless Headless Horsemann. Basically its exactly what it says on the tin, a Horseless Headless Horsemann who’ll run around trying to kill players with his giant axe. Manage to kill him though and you’ll net yourself a tastey achievement for your trouble.
Halloween sales keep coming at PC gamers like the endless armies of the Netherworld. All week we’ve been covering the relentless march of consumerism on Halloween, and today we have yet another horde of sales clawing at your credit cards in search of money. However one game company has actually learned the true meaning of Halloween and is giving us the best kind of treat- A free game! The generous (And attractive) folks at Telltale Games are
Some games just don’t die. Bioware released Neverwinter Nights over eight years ago. Since then there were three Expansion packs, several smaller “Premium Modules” and a sequel. There is also still a highly dedicated modding community for it. The official Software Development Kit included with the game, The Auroroa Toolset, is an easy to use, but still customizable system which lets novice programmers design maps and missions with limited programming skill by using a tile-based map system, and a conversation/ quest system which could be learned in a weekend. So, it’s really no wonder why this game is still popular after all these years.
Now that Halloween Weekend is here, all of the major online game stores have unveiled their big scary sales. New for the weekend is Good Old Games (GoG.com) who have put up a half a dozen scary games which include all three Gabriel Knight games from that classic adventure series. Also of note are the Phantasmagoria games which were made during the FMV fad of the nineties; that means they use digital footage of human actors, rather than animated characters. Either franchise is a worthy investment, and you can grab six scary games as a lot for $23.94, or buy any of them at 20% off for $4.79.
Halloween is just three days away and many online stores are getting in the spirit by holding sales on Horrifying games. Steampowered.com is having not one, but TWO blowout sales right now. The first is a different Daily Deal on games Published by THQ; today’s deal is a massive 85% off Frontlines, Fuel of War. That brings the game down to just $2.99. It’s an underrated FPS with an open-world design, Developed by Kaos Studios.
All of the online game stores are gearing up for Halloween with new sales every day this week. Today Direct2Drive.com is holding a sale on the indie Horror series Penumbra. You can buy the Penumbra Collection for $5.95, which contains all three games in the franchise. D2D is calling it 75% off the normal $19.95 price, but we’ll forgive their poor math skills because this is such a good price on an unusual set of games.
All week long Player Affinity is covering the Halloween-themed sales that are appearing all over the internet, like zombies crawling from their graves. Each day this week, Direct2Drive.com is holding a sale on a different scary game, today it’s The Path, a reimagining of Little Red Riding Hood with a heavy dose of modern Goth Chick aesthetics. This indie game developed by Tales of Tales can be yours for just $4.99 at D2D.
