World of Warcraft to add new PvP skirmish mode
A new PvP mode, called War Games, will soon be added to World of Warcraft, letting players challenge friends and enemies to duels in World of Warcraft’s Arenas and Battlegrounds. The new system is aimed at getting players into player versus player scraps more easily, and will let players fight with members of their own guild.
First footage of Warface, Crytek’s new free to play shooter, emerges
The first moving images of Crytek’s new free-to-play shooter have appeared showing alpha footage of a multiplayer match in action. You’ll find the video embedded below.
Minecraft to enter beta soon, will increase in price
The mind behind Minecraft, Notch, has announced that Minecraft will be making the move from alpha to beta on December 20th. The change will come with a price rise and will mark a shift in development focus, with extra modding support and some story elements already in the works.
Massive Fallout: New Vegas patch has landed
Last week we mentioned that a comprehensive Fallout: New Vegas patch was on the way, promising a huge number of fixes for many of the quests in the game. That patch has finally arrived. Read on for the full list of updates, it’s a big one.
UK Christmas bonanza – Day 1: Win a SteelSeries Shift keyboard and Ruse mouse
The Christmas bells are ringing and carol singers are warming up, which means it’s that time of year again. Time for PC Gamer to launch a midnight raid on Santa’s grotto in order to steal lots of lovely stuff for our readers. The good news is that this year’s raid went down with minimal elf casualties, and the spoils were even better than usual. That means we’ll be holding a competition every single day from now until Christmas.
Today we’ve got a stealthy pair of peripherals to give away in the form of the SteelSeries Xai Ruse mouse and the chameleon of the keyboard world, the SteelSeries Shift keyboard. If you live in the UK and want to know how to win, read on.
Why Mass Effect 3 needs an Elcor team mate
[Genuine mirth] Mass Effect’s expressionless elephant race the Elcor have to explain their emotions because they can’t alter their tone of voice. They are the best thing in the universe. CryGateEntertainment have created a vision of what it would be like if you could befriend and romance an Elcor in Mass Effect 2, and it is wonderful.
Monday Night Combat is coming to PC
Monday evening is the appropriate time to make an announcement about a game called Monday Night Combat. Well done, Uber Entertainment. The Washington-based independent studio’s take on class-based multiplayer shooting was previously an Xbox exclusive, which this surprise announcement happily breaks. January 17 is the release date, $15 is the price, and the Steam page tells us that MNC will support dedicated servers and that “editor support” is planned for January. Update: pre-orderers get access to a beta this week. Video within.
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit DLC not coming to PC
Criterion have announced that the planned DLC packs won’t be coming to PC, citing a “limited amount of resources” as the reason for the lack of PC support.
Square Enix say sorry for Final Fantasy XIV, announce staff changes and free trial extension
CEO of Square Enix, Yoichi Wada has posted a message to Final Fantasy XIV purchasers apologising for the state of the game, adding that the team in charge of the MMO had been restructured and the free trial period extended even further
World of Warcraft: Cataclysm becomes “fastest selling PC Game of all time”
Blizzard have announced that in the first 24 hours of going on sale, Cataclysm sold more than 3.3 million copies, breaking previous records for the fastest selling PC game.
The Minecraft Experiment, day 13: Creeper Country
When I first started playing Minecraft a few months ago, I played with a rule: if I die, I have to delete the entire world. Then, I decided to go to hell and back.This is the thirteenth entry in the diary I kept of that experiment – the first is here.
Valve build life-size Team Fortress 2 sentry gun
Valve headquarters is full of secrets, and there’s a constant stream of spies trying to infiltrate the inner sanctum. This is why Valve have splashed out on an extra bit of security for their lobby, a life size sentry gun from Team Fortress 2, complete with motion sensors. There’s a video below of the sentry gun in action.
Arkham City trailer reveals Hugo Strange as new villain
A new Arkham City trailer adds Hugo Strange to the roster of super-villains that will be tormenting Arkham City next year. The video has Strange interrogating a SWAT team captain about an encounter with the caped crusader. Head below for footage of Batman violently doing what he does best.
Get to know the co-op bots in latest Portal 2 trailer
The latest Portal 2 trailer shows a few moments in the lives of the two unfortunate robots we’ll be playing as in co-op mode. Watch them get poked and prodded by Glados’ many robotic arms in the video below.
Mass Effect 3 announced with debut trailer
Mass Effect 3 was revealed at the Video Game Awards on Saturday. The sequel will be taking the fight to Earth, with the debut trailer showing the city of London ravaged by alien attack. You’ll find it embedded below.
