Call of Duty: Black Ops reported to Office of Fair Trading
Independent pressure group Gamers’ Voice is to report Activison to the Office of Fair Trading after they failed to respond to a letter regarding the buggy and ‘unfinished’ Call of Duty: Black Ops.
The Making of EVE Online
Ingólfr Arnarson left Norway in a flimsy boat made of wood and beaten metal in 874 AD. He left to find somewhere colder, harsher, more unforgiving than his cold, harsh, unforgiving homeland. He found Iceland. A millennium and a century later, in the country Ingólfr forged, another set of pioneers got an idea in their heads. It was an idea of similar insanity and danger, one that demanded they brave high water to create a new existence. Like Ingólfr, they sailed off in the darkness of the Arctic winter for a new home. They found EVE.
The Reykjavik head office of CCP, creator of the galactic bastard sim, EVE Online, feels like an outpost on the edge of the world. Look at the right angle from the main boardroom’s giant windows and you’d swear human beings had never laid foot in Iceland – if it wasn’t for the few CCP staff members mid smoke-break gripping solid steel railings on the balcony outside and bracing against the wind.
The Minecraft Experiment, day 23: Water
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. Now I’m trying to get to hell and back. The diary starts here, and we’re up to the 23rd.
Crap Shoot: Granny’s Garden
Richard Cobbett goes back to school to face an old fear. The Witch has returned, and she wants your soul. Or to see if you can handle basic literacy puzzles for six-year olds. One of the two.
Hers is the face that haunted a thousand nightmares. Hers is the laugh that chilled the blood of almost every child during the decade that taste forgot. There was no running from it. There was no hiding. If you were at school in the 80s, facing her was as close to a rite of passage as figuring out what the older kids were actually doing behind the bikesheds. She was Freddy. She was Jason. She was the blood-soaked murderer in your older siblings’ carefully hidden videos. And at some point, your teachers would nervously plug in your school’s single BBC Micro computer and make you dance for her amusement.
She was… The Witch. And if this blocky cyan face means nothing to you, know that across England, a generation of gamers is even now crawling back into their skins after seeing it. Oh yes…
10 Cancelled PC Games We Still Want To Play
Every year, thousands of games are pitched, hundreds are released, and just as many… simply vanish. In most cases, we never even hear about them. Sometimes, the code can be on the verge of hitting the shelves, only for the company to fold or the publisher decide to cut their losses. We’ve been on a nostalgic trip through our back issues to remind ourselves of the ones we were most disappointed not to get the chance to play, both because we thought they were going to be great, and because we just really, really wanted to see what the hell some of our favourite developers were working on.
Here’s our list. Share your biggest non-release regrets in the Comments…
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And in other PC gaming news…
So, Duke Nukem forever has a release date. The shock-wave that occurred when the new was let loose shook the PC Gamer offices, leaving many of us stunned for extended periods of time. Although we are all pretty miffed that it’s not scheduled for April 1, we can’t deny that the new trailer is two-and-a-half minutes of glorious insanity.
Yet this monumental revelation hasn’t stopped other gaming companies in their tracks, and there’s still news to share. Get your daily dose of culture, random YouTube videos and other PC gaming news after the jump. *hits space bar*
DC Universe Online Smallville alert detailed
Not even the place where Superman grew up is safe from villainy. Lex Luthor is in town, and he has a brilliant and diabolical plan. He’s trapped Doomsday in hi-tech prison, carefully hidden in a place where nobody would ever find him – inside the barn where Superman grew up. Hang on a minute, that’s a rubbish plan. Perhaps he figured it’d be the last place Superman would look. He was wrong. The man of steel has recruited you to stop Luthor’s scheme as part of one of DC Universe Online’s latest alert missions. Read on for details and a video.
Bulletstorm on PC to support 3D
Epic Games have confirmed to Big Download that Bulletstorm will support Nvidia’s 3D Vision system, and that the PC version will be the only one supporting 3D technology.
PC gamers with access to an Nvidia GeForce graphics card, the 3D Vision kit and a 3D capable monitor will be able to play Epic’s insane shooter in brain-bending 3D-o-vision come February 22.
Developer Cliff Bleszinski may be living in hope that this PC exclusive feature could cheer up PC gamers after he made them ‘grumpy’ by tweeting that the Bulletstorm demo would only be available on consoles.
So does this make up for the lack of a PC demo? Let us know in the comments.
World of Tanks open beta kicks off next week
World of Tanks developers Wargaming.net have announced that an open beta for the game is set to begin on January 27th. The tank vs. tank MMO was released in Russia early last year, and has amassed a huge following. A closed beta has been running in the US and Europe since summer 2010, but it looks like that’s about to change. Read on for details.
Can you break into the mysterious new Crysis 2 site?
A Crysis 2 teaser site has appeared offering some in depth information about the Nanosuit that’ll be powering our super speed bumslides when the game comes out. As well as a lot of text and a short teaser video of the Nanosuit, there’s an option to log in to the site. Visitors so far have reported trying to use their Crytek ID’s but with no luck. There must be something lurking behind that log in screen. Can you crack the code?
Football Manager comes out on top for 2010
Statistics for new retails sales across 2010 have been released, and it’s been a big year for SEGA with Football Manager 2011 and 2010 taking the titles of first and second best-selling PC games., respectively. Read on for the full top 10.
Duke Nukem Forever has a release date. Honestly.
The game everyone thought would never see the light of day actually has an official release date. Duke Nukem Forever will be out May 3 this year. Get the details and the new trailer after the jump.
Men of War Assault Squad beta to continue if 20,000 join Steam group
Digital Mind Soft have provided gamers with a challenge: hit 20,000 members for the official Men of War: Assault Squad Steam group, and they will reactivate the open beta. Not only will they do that, but they’ll let you play as the Soviets in it, too.
Get signing up already!
20% lifetime subscription to Champions Online: Free For All
Yes, you read that right: you can save a whooping 20% if you purchase a lifetime subscription for Champions Online: Free for All – a game that’s subscription free. Read on for details.
