Console gamers have seen the last hurrah for 2011 in terms of new games, but the PC scene can still look forward to several new games in this final month like Star Wars: TOR and Trine 2. Another PC game whose release date was just confirmed is Q.U.B.E. a debut title by indie developers Toxic Games.
Due to the relative ease of use and game development, the iPad App store has plenty of unique business models. There are cheaper apps that are created on lower budgets, free-to-play games driven by micro-transactions, products populated with advertisements, and more. Apple’s popular tablet was almost introduced to yet another business model, in the form of a multi-game subscription for Big Fish Games.
In case you’ve forgotten, as you’ve likely been lost in the realm of Skyrim, this game called Battlefield 3 came out. Well the first DLC pack, Back to Karkand, is coming out and EA has been kind of enough to give us a little sneak peak with a brand new trailer. The DLC pack features multiplayer maps from Battlefield 2 re-imagined using the new Frostbite 2 engine. The new trailer shows off the Gulf of Oman map and showcases the return of some vehicles that may be familiar for veteran players, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and desert buggy. There’s also a brand new vehicle in the video. See if you can find it, it’s right around the 1:02 mark.
It’s been a fair while since the last Rainbow Six game but fans of the venerable team based first person shooter series may be delighted to hear the first details about the next one, which will be called Tom Clancy’s Rainbow 6: Patriots.
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.
What is best in life? Ask a thousand barbarians and you’ll get a thousand different answers. “Crush your enemies and see them driven before you”. Yes, that is best in life. “The open steppe, a fleet horse, and the wind in your hair”. Yes, that is best in life too. “A comfortable chair, a roaring fire, and a book filled with tales other men’s adventures”. That is also best in life. What is best in life is to pursue whatever you desire at any moment, and Skyrim lets players do just that.
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.
