A Game Of Thrones: Genesis, based on the A Song of Fire And Ice books, has its release date set for the end of this month. The PC title is a real-time strategy game which also lets players forgo the battlefield to use politics, assassination and espionage to seize the Iron Throne.
While
Activision has spoken a lot about their new Call of Duty Elite
subscription-based service, they have kept a pretty tight mouth when it
has come to pricing or features for premium membership, avoiding
questions about both for a lengthy period now. In the way that
Activision treated the subject, one might have been worried that the
pricing or perks would be unreasonable.
That
changed at Call of Duty XP, where both the price and details for
premium membership were revealed for Call of Duty Elite. Activision
Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg confirmed that a year-round premium
membership would cost $50. While Call of Duty players can use
Elite for free, paying users can get access to several perks, including
access to every piece of DLC released for Modern Warfare 3. On its own, the DLC will cost $60, saving $10 for hardcore Call of Duty fans.
For months, I have been writing about older MMOs and shooters being changed to the free-to-play business model. This trend doesn’t seem to be stopping any time soon, and Star Trek Online, the middling Star Trek MMO from Cryptic Studios (creators of Champions Online), has switched to the free-to-play format.
The long awaited Deus Ex: Human Revolution
was finally released last month and while the game has been really well
received, a lot of gamers have finished it by now. However, thanks to
some new DLC for the game called “The Missing Link,” fans of the game will have a perfect excuse to dive back into the role of Adam Jensen.
“The Missing Link” is set during the three days that Adam Jensen disappeared in Deus Ex: Human Revolution.
The story follows Jensen who, after being tortured by Belltower agents
and having his Augmentations deactivated, must attempt to escape from a
cargo freighter using little more than his basic capabilities.
For those who didn’t know about it, Call of Duty XP, the world’s first official Call of Duty
convention, happened over the weekend. From all accounts it was a great
experience for those who attended and towards the end gamers were
treated to the first look at Modern Warfare 3‘s multiplayer gameplay.
To say that gamers are excited for Modern Warfare 3‘s
multiplayer mode would be a bit of an understatement. For a lot of
gamers this is the big selling point of the game, particularly if
Infinity Ward is able to fix the issues of imbalance and general
buggyness of Modern Warfare 2′s multiplayer.
Regardless of how you feel about Call of Duty, Call of Duty XP
is here. The inaugural Call of Duty expo kicked off in Los Angeles and
will be going strong this weekend. The official site is featuring live
streams and blogs going on during the convention. Saturday’s events
will feature a one million dollar tournament, two panels (Black Ops
Multiplayer and COD: Zombies-Origins and Evolutions) and a Kanye West
concert to close it all out.
Well, last week at PAX, Razer pulled back the curtain to their aggressive
marketing campaign debuting the Blade to the expo attendees. The Blade
is Razer’s first attempt at actual PC hardware and the compact gaming
laptop is a sight to behold. There are a lot of exciting features
packed into the Blade, and at first glance the price admission may seem
high, but take a closer look and I think you will see why the Razer
Blade is going to be worth the investment.
It’s shooter weekend on Steam for the weekend of 9/2/2011, with the entirety of the Call of Duty series on special (excluding MW3 pre-purchases and Black Ops DLCs) to celebrate the Call of Duty XP convention. Speaking of Call of Duty: Black Ops, it’s also free multiplayer weekend on the game, so Black Ops Multiplayer is free (and the Black Ops title is 33% off) and it certainly sounds like time to get your gaming on. Prices range from USD 7.49 (DLCs for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2) to USD 39.99 (Call of Duty: Black Ops).
Many gamers were dissapointed by the sudden cancellation of the third installment of the Penny Arcade Adventures series when it happened last year, but fans of the unique episodic RPG series can be happy that the Penny Arcade Adventures: On The Rain Slick Precipice of Darkness Episode 3 is back on track and being developed by Zeboyd Games.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 might be a must buy for console gamers, but the game is a bit trickier of a sell to PC gamers. However, the game just became more appealing to the PC gaming crowd with the announcement that the game will use Steamworks.
