While Valve’s upcoming multiplayer strategy game DotA 2 has certaintly grabbed headlines recently with the announcement of a one million dollar tournament set to take place at this years Gamecom, most gamers still haven’t seen any screenshots or gameplay footage of the game itself. Until now. Valve have revealed the cinematic trailer for DotA 2 in the lead up to their tournament. Check it out below:
Deus Ex: Human Revolution has been long in the making, with the last title in the series having been released in 2004, and development taking place over the course of 4 years. The legacy of the franchise and the long development time have led to certain expectations for the new first-person RPG, set to release August 23rd. Whether or not it will meet those expectations is a question that should be answered next week, but for now, let’s see what kind of game Human Revolution will be.
If you’re one of the many people looking forward to Ubisoft’s next turn-based strategy game, Might and Magic: Heroes VI, then prepare to be disappointed. Ubisoft has announced that the PC title has been delayed once more, and is now being planned for a release on October 11, 2011.
Codemasters has just announced a new title in their Fomula 1 racing series. This one’s different, though. Like many other games being developed today, the new F1 game will be online and free-to-play, titled “F1 Online: The Game“.
The PC rumor mill was buzzing today with talk of a possible new
Counter-Strike title from Valve. Why does this matter?
Counter-Strike really put competitive multiplayer shooters on the map
back in the late 90’s and early 2000’s as it turned into a global
phenomenon. Although it was just a Half-Life mod like Team Fortress it became insanely popular. Version 1.6 is still played
today.
Thirty years have passed since the Personal Computer was created. In
those thirty years, the PC has been at the forefront of technology with
bleeding-edge graphics and utility. It has had an immense influence on
new technologies, economics and has helped shape the world we know.
Thirty years have passed since a team at IBM gave birth to the idea of
the PC. Today Mark Dean, who worked on that team, is claiming the PC is
dead.
This article on Chantelise: A Tale of
Two Sisters could simply go on about its gameplay, the
story, or that it is a light and fun independent title that can now be
found on Steam. And it will cover those things. But first and foremost, this is about how
two studios managed to work together to come out with Chantelise as
we know it in English.
Once upon a time, there was a Japanese
independent circle called EasyGameStation. They made fan games and
independent titles like Recettear. But Chantelise was their first
original-content game; it features all original characters and an
original story. In Japan, Chantelise has been available since 2006,
but it has not been as widely available to overseas gamers until the
release of Carpe Fulgur’s English localization this past July.
