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Total War: Shogun 2 – Fall of The Samurai Announced

It’s been almost a year since the release of the last full game in the Total War series and The Creative Assembly have kept fans sated with numerous DLC packs that brought new content to the game, but now fans will have something bigger to look forward to in the form of the games first expansion pack “Fall of the Samurai“.

The expansion is currently set for a March 2012 release and is confirmed to be a standalone expansion, meaning it won’t require players to own a copy of Total War: Shogun 2 in order to play it. Fall of the Samurai is set to focus on the impact that the discovery and coveting of gunpowder-based military technology had on the world of Japanese feudal warfare. Fall of the Samurai is intended to expand and extend the game’s already lengthy campaign map, as well as add almost forty new units. There will be six new factions as well as an increased focus on naval combat. On top of all this, The Creative Assembly are promising an unspecified, but “huge” upgrade to the game’s multiplayer.

Enjoy The Skyrim Library On Your e-Reader

Dovakiin, what is best in life?  A comfy chair, a hot cup of tea, and a good book!  This is best in life!  Among the many pleasures that Skyrim affords is the chance to enjoy hundreds of books featuring short stories, history lessons and works of poetry from the land of Tamriel.  Alas, until now, you could only enjoy such literary classics as The Lusty Argonian Maid, and The Real Barenziah while sitting in front of your computer.  But now, thanks to the work of game blogger Capaneus, you can enjoy the vast libraries of Skyrim anywhere you please.

Battlefield: Back To Karland Set For December Release

Battlefield fans have been waiting to go Back to Karkland since the DLC was announced prior to the release of Battlefield 3 and EA and DICE have released a bunch of new info and a gameplay video for the upcoming expansion pack/DLC. Check it out below:

Back to Kirkland is the first DLC Map Pack for Battlefield 3 and aims to reintroduce four maps from Battlefield 2. The maps in question are Strike at Karkland, Gulf of Oman, Sharqi Peninsula and Wake Island. As well as new maps, the DLC is also going to add some new weapons, vehicles and achievements to the game’s multiplayer.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Open Beta Set Launches Next Week

Anticipation is high for the sequel to one of the bigget online first person shooters of all time and Valve have announced that the closed beta for Counter Strike: Global Offensive will begin next week. The closed beta will allow gamers with keys to try out two of the new maps (Dust and Dust2). While Valve aim to start the beta small, they have said that they will be quickly opening up the beta to larger and larger amounts of players.

“Girl With A Heart Of” Now Available

We love indie games here at Player Affinity, and do what we can to spread the word about the little guys with stars in their eyes, and open source dev kits on their hard drives.  One such newcomer with an interesting new game is Bent Spoon Games with their debut title Girl With A Heart Of.

New Trine 2 Screenshots

While console gamers are grabbing up the last clump of games for the year, us PC gamers can look forward to a bunch of PC exclusives that will become available in the final month of 2011.  One such game is Trine 2, Frozenbyte’s follow up to their physics/puzzle/platformer.  To remind gamers to set aside a few bucks for its December release, the developer has let loose a new batch of screenshots.

Modern Warfare 3 PC Players Unable to Create Elite Accounts

Some players who purchased Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 are still unable to create Call of Duty: Elite accounts to supplement their playing experience.  While Activision would like players from all platforms to be able to enjoy the benefits of creating an Elite account, PC gamers may be unable to enjoy those benefits indefinitely. Security is the reason currently being cited for why. BeachHead, which is responsible for the Elite service, states that they believe the PC platform is too vulnerable to those who would hack or otherwise exploit the system.

Magicka Receives Overhaul and New Content

Magicka, a popular ARPG in the vein of Diablo and Torchlight (But much sillier) just received a large engine overhaul and is going to get some brand-new content. Arrowhead Studios, the development team behind the game, are pushing out this update to address some of the larger concerns from their playerbase.

Free Watch: Everquest II

More and more MMORPG developers are choosing to go with a free-to-play model for their games. On top of that, more and more existing MMORPGs are being converted from their subscription models to free-to-play, the latest of which is going to be Everquest II.

Sony’s venerable Everquest series was the biggest thing in the MMORPG world prior to Blizzard taking the stage with World of Warcraft and Sony is trying to draw players back to the second game by launching both a new expansion and re-launching the game as a free-to-play title. You can watch the trailer for the re-launch below.

Blizzard Offering Some Post-Blizzcon Goodies

Blizzard have a bit of a reputation for the goodies they give to gamers who visit their yearly convention (Blizzcon) and in the aftermath of Blizzcon 2011 they have announced a slew of goodies available for purchase for people who attended or watched via a Blizzcon 2011 pay-per-view virtual pass.

The goodies themselves look quite cool and go beyond the usual game related merchandise. Gamers can get their hands on things like a Megablocks Battlecruiser and a variety of Murloc plushies. Gamers can even buy a World of Warcraft breifcase and a rather…colorful Diablo 3 shirt.