Guild Wars 2 post-release content plans – Updated
Lead Game Designer Eric Flannum, while discussing the upcoming dungeon system in a recent interview with PC Gamer, revealed that Guild Wars 2 may be supported, in part, by microtransaction sales.
Updated with clarification from ArenaNet
Guild Wars 2: the art dump
Have you read, reread, and read again all of our recent Guild Wars 2 posts and still crave more? Have you ever felt a need to look at lots of fantasy art in rapid succession? Do you need illustrations for your fanfic? If some or all of these scenarios describe your situation, look no further than PC Gamer’s own Guild Wars 2 art dump!
Fan-made Sonic game gets brilliant demo
A team of fans are making their own version of Sonic the Hedgehog called the Sonic Fan Remix. They’ve just released a demo, and it’s incredible.
Railworks 2 out now, half price on Steam
Yes! Railworks 2 Train Simulator is now available on Steam, and if you buy it before October 25th, it’s half price.
The game lets you drive an accurate selection of trains “from the age of steam to the present day”, across eight different routes. All of these are painstakingly recreated with “accurate signalling and signage,” and there’s also a career mode with 50 scenarios to play through that will have you comparing performance and competing with other drivers across the net. But the best part is the new editing tools.
Football Manager 2011 demo is out
Earlier this week we mentioned there was a Football Manager 2011 demo on the way, and it’s now out and available to download from Steam. One of the new features models player negotiations more realistically, but even in a virtual world it seems unlikely that Wayne Rooney and Alex Ferguson will get back together. Give it a try and grab the demo here.
New Battlefield Bad Company 2: Vietnam trailer
EA have released a brand new trailer for Battlefield Bad Company 2: Vietnam, a multiplayer expansion for the brilliant Battlefield: Bad Company 2. It’s got helicopters laying waste to massive stretches of land to the sound of 60′s guitar music, which is exactly what films have taught me Vietnam was like.
First Fallout: New Vegas patch has arrived
Since Fallout: New Vegas was released in the US on Tuesday, players have been discovering a raft of weird and wonderful bugs. The good news is that the game was patched this morning, and more updates are planned for the near future. Read on for the patch details, and a round up of some of the most freakish bugs.
The Ball trailer bowls us over
A shiny new trailer has been released for the indie first person bowl-em-up, The Ball. Read on for a round up of what the game has to offer, as well as the trailer, which is literally full of ball-to-the-wall action.
Mind blown: Minecraft to link servers with portals
Notch has been hard at work crafting a massive Halloween update for Minecraft, which includes an entire hell dimension which can be mined for new materials, and used to fast travel across the overworld. But that’s not all he’s working on, earlier today he dropped a bombshell on Twitter, saying “Yes, you will eventually be able to link servers with portals.” Read on for more information and an awesome bonus video.
Codies explain free European LOTRO delay as “contractual”
Lord of the Rings Online went free in the US, with massive success, but the European free to play release was delayed. Codemasters have released a statement explaining the situation.
Fallout: New Vegas G.E.C.K. mod tools released already
Calling all modders! The Fallout: New Vegas G.E.C.K tools are have been released. They’re freely available to download from the official Fallout site, so you’re a few minutes away from being able to create your own masterpiece set in the wastelands of New Vegas. Read on for details on some of the new features included in the latest version of Bethesda’s modding tools.
World of Warcraft: Cataclysm system requirements announced
World of Warcraft’s apocalyptic expansion is coming, but is your machine powerful enough to render the destruction of Azeroth? Blizzard have released the system requirements for World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, so you can see how well your rig will run the game. Read on for the full system requirements.
WTFmageddon: the Avatar suit turns you into a real-world game character
Have you ever wished that you could walk down the street looking like a video game character from the late ’90s? Have you ever dreamed of being a blocky, polygonal person, covered in blurry textures? Now you can, and it’s all thanks to Marc Owens’ ‘Avatar suit’. This is the strangest thing you’ll see all day.
Creative Assembly say Shogun 2 won’t ship until “the AI is perfect”
Creative Assembly are looking to reassure Total War fans that the AI problems seen in recent entries in the series won’t be a part of Shogun 2, saying that the game won’t ship until the AI is perfect.
PC Gamer UK Podcast 45: Deja Vu
Tim, Tom, Graham and Craig take a second stab at a podcast that was destroyed in a fire. We weigh in on whether Dota 2 can make Defense of the Ancients fun for the masses, how big a deal Fallout: New Vegas is, the philosophy behind BioShock Infinite, the ability to use feces as a writing implement in Duke Nukem Forever, the wisdom or otherwise of scaling difficulty in Deus Ex: Human Revolution, the prospects for Civ 5‘s AI, and our ever-changing opinions of Team Fortress 2 selling items for real money. Tom also does an impression of the police baton from Deus Ex 1.
This is an extra-long bonus ultra podcast, bonusly ultra-soon after the last one, to make up for our unexpectedly long hiatus. And as a special favour to anyone sick of hearing about them, we barely mention StarCraft 2 or Minecraft. In two week’s time, we’ll be countering this with a favour to anyone who isn’t: a Minecraft special about why the game has taken such a firm hold of so many people.
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