Steam launches winter sales, Valve gifting gamers their wishlists
The Steam Thanksgiving holiday sale has kicked off. A new selection of games will be on offer every day until November 30th. On top of that, 30 users each day will recieve the top 5 games in their wishlist.
Alpha Protocol 2 is not going to happen
There will be no Alpha Protocol 2. “We won’t be doing a sequel,” Sega West president Mike Hayes told C&VG yesterday, citing poor sales as the reason.
PC Gamer US August issue
The time to stick with the prod is over. The new Deus Ex is our cover this month, and it’s sleek, shiny, and doesn’t mind breaking a few eggs – a little like PC Gamer, then. We’ve got a huge six-page preview for your conspiracy-hungry eyeballs, packed with gorgeous screens, honest impressions, and enlightening quotes from the daring developers at Eidos Montreal.
But if bionic shades don’t grab you, how about MMOs you can play with your kids? Josh has found nine free worlds you can enter with urchins in tow. We’ve reviewed Alpha Protocol, Split/Second, and The Sims 3: Ambitions, and we’ve played three new missions of the Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty singleplayer campaign. We’ve even written about what they were like! We’re thinking of calling it a “pre-viewing” of the game. Tell us what you think.
We’ve had to endure much, you and I, but soon there will be order again. Speaking of order, you can click here to order a subscription to the mag. Or if you’re already a subscriber, click here to login to your customer account, to change your details, deliver address, etc.
PC Gamer UK July issue – Shogun 2: Total War
Our improbably sexy new issue is now being flung at subscribers, stocked on store shelves, and fired at you with a cannon of free postage if you buy it from our online shop. The cover is a mega-exclusive: the announcement and first details of Shogun 2: Total War, the next in everyone’s favourite wargame series.
As well as a six page preview of that, we’ve got a huge feature on Deus Ex: Human Revolution, formerly Deus Ex 3. Tom got to see it in action in Montreal, and interview all the key people involved with it to find out if they really get Deus Ex. Incredibly, they do, and the game is looking far more exciting than any of us expected.
We’ve also got a feature on how to be good at every game, a review of Obsidian’s spy RPG Alpha Protocol, and a face-off between Medal of Honor and Call of Duty: Black Ops. Buy it immediately.
