Bioshock: Infinite’s New 1999 Mode Sounds Awesome
My biggest complaint with the original Bioshock was that it played far too close to the team’s previous success in System Shock 2. The mechanics were identical, the plot was identical, and other aspects were still a spitting image of Irrational’s success with that game. Bioshock had a very unique setting and aesthetic, but part of me felt that I was playing a streamlined version of that game, which featured the best villain in a video game ever. But System Shock 2 was something else: very difficult. Now it appears that Irrational is out to rectify this with their newest game.
BioWare Makes A PVP Booboo In SWTOR, PVP Radicals Up In Arms
Star Wars: The Old Republic got hit with a patch yesterday (1-18) which introduced a bunch of goodies and fixed a bunch of bugs. Unfortunately, that patch also introduced a bug in the world PVP system on the planet Ilum, which allowed players to invade the spawns of the opposing faction and beat them into the middle of the 9th ring of hell before they could even respond.
BioWare discovered the bug and are releasing an emergency patch for it this morning but some of the “vocal minority” in the community are spewing their hatred over at the SWTOR forums, saying they’re cancelling and having a big cry about the show thing.
Star Wars: The Old Republic Patch 1.1 Goes Live – Also, Legacy System Teaser
This morning, BioWare shut down the SWTOR servers to release the new version of the game, in patch 1.1 – Rise of the Rakghouls, after having to delay it to finalize some bug-fixes.
The 123 megabyte download and patch contains a fairly impressive array of fixes and features, as seen in the patch notes.
Today, Game Director James Ohlen released a statement on the SWTOR website, regarding this new patch.
EA / BioWare Announce Release Date Of Mass Effect 3 Demo
In a press release, today, Electronic Arts and BioWare gave up the official release date for the Mass Effect 3 Demo, coming to the Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and PC platforms.
Mass Effect 3, the closing episode of the massively successful Mass Effect Trilogy will officially release, in full, on March 6, 2012. Check out the press release in the main article for the release date of the demo, as well as finding out which features will be included
Star Wars: The Old Republic – Patch 1.1 Notes
Well, after a bit of a delay, Bioware has released SWTOR Patch 1.1, Rise of the Rakghouls.
I’m not going to go into a whole lot of commentary, because there’s a LOT to read below so just go ahead and jump into the article for the official patch notes. There’s a LOT of stuff there.
SWTOR Version 1.1 – Rise Of The Rakghouls – Delayed
Fans of the hit game Star Wars: The Old Republic who have been looking forward to the new content patch are going to have to wait a little longer, according to BioWare.
Of course, this is the kind of thing that spawns 117,268,372,465 threads in the forum, full of people with entitlement issues crying because they can’t get their new content on but, for those of us with sense, it’s a lot better that they make sure it’s working than release it before its time and break the game.
The Best Game You Didn’t Play In 2011… Saints Row: The Third! (Video)
If you’re a Grand Theft Auto fan, you should buy this. If you’re a person who enjoys cooperative play, you should buy this. Are you crazy? You should buy this. Saints Row: The Third, for all its brash offensiveness, enlists so many things that are fun in video games and gives them to you. And then explosions. I could sit here all day and go over how cool this game is and how much time I’ve planted in it (which I’ve done, anyway), but instead, I offer you a video montage of Cody and I ripping up the city of Steelport over the course of an evening. Check it out!
Why Did I Buy Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary?
I don’t think there is any game franchise that I’ve dumped more money in to than Halo. I’ve bought all of the games (including some special editions), I’ve read the books, and I even bought the Halo Legends DVD.
On November 15th, 2011 – the tenth anniversary of the release of the original Halo – Microsoft released Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, a completely remastered version of the original game. And I plunked down the cash for it, like I seem to do for everything with the word “Halo” on it.
But after playing the game, I’m having some buyer’s remorse.
HeroEngine, The Engine Behind SWTOR, Licensed To Dozens
This morning, Idea Fabrik dropped a press release regarding their HeroEngine, the technology behind Star Wars: The Old Republic and their HeroCloud service, which aims to host games developed with their engine.
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Mass Effect 3 Will Not Be Available On Steam
Electronic Arts / BioWare announced today that Mass Effect 3 will not be launching on the wildly popular digital distribution service “Steam”, citing overly restrictive terms of service as the lynchpin behind their decision.
This will mark the second major release from EA, in a row, which has skipped Steam. Read the rest of this article…
