Video Games

Steam Platform Starts Screenshot Cloud Beta

Steam has started a beta version of a new in-platform screenshot hosting platform (not unlike popular sites such as WeGame and XFire) that allows players to take screenshots in any game that supports the Steam overlay. Simply bind a key, and when you press it, the screenshot is automatically taken and then uploaded to your Steam community profile upon exiting the game. It is a great idea, adding yet another good feature onto the already-great Steam platform. My personal favorite part of this is that it also supports this on non-Steam bought games hooked into the Steam overlay, allowing you to use those screenshots taken in the background of the information view on your Steam library window.

Epic and EA Takes A Huge Stab At CoD?

More Demon’s Souls On The Way, Not From Atlus

It’s time to brush up on your meditation techniques, sip some relaxing herbal tea, and stock up on protective cases for your controllers. Demon’s Souls is back, and no matter how much you want to quit, you will again be compelled to return to From Software’s engaging fantasy world for just one more try. For whatever reason, though, the newly announced sequel will not be called Demon’s Souls, but rather Dark Souls. Perhaps this is a reference to the original game’s brutal “dark” alignment, at which times the game would become even more difficult?

Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 Requires Internet Connection

Capcom’s newest and somewhat-hyped PSN game Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 requires a constant connection to the internet to play. That’s right, despite the game’s lack of online co-op, you must be connected to PSN at all times while playing the game or it will stop working. This is an effort on Capcom’s part to keep the game from being shared amongst PS3 owners, and it works a lot like the DRM on many PC games.

I Am Alive Lives On PSN?

Okay, file this as a rumor for now, but a very interesting one. Remember that Ubisoft game I Am Alive? The post-natural-disaster-survival game that was originally announced way back in 2008? Well according to jeuxvideo.fr’s Warpzone, the game has shifted formats significantly thanks to some internal struggles.

New Releases This Week on PS3 (2-1-11)

Not much in the way of new store release this week for the PlayStation 3. But as we did get Dead Space 2 last week, andLittleBigPlanet 2 the week before, we shouldn’t complain too much. The biggest PlayStation Network release this week is probably Assassin’s Creed II Deluxe Edition, which is a downloadable version of the full game with three new extra maps.

New PC Game Developed With True Blood Novelist

HBO’s hugely popular vampire show True Blood is based on a series of novels written by Charlaine Harris.  In addition to the adventures of Sookie, Bill and the other denizens of Bon Temps, Ms. Harris has also written about other vampires, and a new game called Dying For Daylight will follow Dahlia, a vampiress who is in search of a magic potion that allows vampire to survive in sunlight.  Dahlia might be familiar to Harris’s regular readers; she appeared in several books which took place in the same setting as the Sookie Stackhouse novels, but which didn’t actually feature Sookie.  The game also has some new vampire characters for fans to get to know.