computer games

New trailer for upcoming Xbox 360 version of The Witcher II: Assassins of Kings

February 13, 2012

There’s a new developer diary video out for the Xbox 360 version of The Witcher II: Assassins of Kings, the RPG released for PC last May by Polish developer CD Projekt RED, that is well-worth watching for anyone interested in the game or in RPGs more generally. The game is a sequel to The Witcher, [...]

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Hard Reset: Extended Edition gets new trailer

February 10, 2012

Kalypso Media has put out a new trailer for Hard Reset: Extended Edition, the upcoming expanded version of the PC first-person shooter Hard Reset released last September. Unlike the original version of Hard Reset, which was only available in digital format through online sales, Hard Reset: Extended Edition will have a physical retail release. The [...]

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Crusader Kings II demo is now available

February 8, 2012

Paradox Interactive has released a demo for its upcoming game Crusader Kings II, sequel to the strategy cult classic released in 2004. I haven’t had a chance to play it myself yet, but  you can download it and try it out at this link. The original Crusader Kings was a game of grand strategy in [...]

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EverQuest is going free to play

February 1, 2012

Sony has announced that massively multiplayer online RPG EverQuest will be switching to a new free-to-play format this March. I have to admit I didn’t see this coming, mostly because I had no idea that EverQuest was actually still going in the first place. But indeed it is! Despite being nearly 13 years old, the [...]

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Mass Effect 3 multiplayer trailer

January 30, 2012

Bioware has put out a new trailer giving us our first look at Mass Effect 3′s new online multiplayer mode, a first for the series. I like the Mass Effect series but am not generally much of a multiplayer fan and greeted the original announcement that Mass Effect 3 would have multiplayer with a shrug, [...]

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New screenshots for Carrier Command: Gaea Mission

January 27, 2012

Bohemia Interactive has put out some new screenshots for their upcoming game Carrier Command: Gaea Mission. The game is a remake of the 1988 computer game Carrier Command, which was quite a noteworthy title in its day for having what at the time were very impressive 3D graphics. Carrier Command: Gaea Mission is scheduled for [...]

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Napoleon’s Campaigns II coming to PCs this year

January 25, 2012

Swedish PC publisher and strategy game developer Paradox Interactive just held their yearly convention, showing games planned for release by the company this year. They also revealed three two new games, and A Game of Dwarves and Napoleon´s Campaigns II, and a new expansion for the popular game Magicka entitled Magicka: The Other Side of [...]

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BioWare reveals that Mass Effect 3 won’t be available on Steam

January 16, 2012

Mass Effect developer BioWare has revealed that the PC version of forthcoming sci-fi RPG Mass Effect 3 will not be available on Valve Software’s popular digital distribution platform Steam. The game will be available on publisher Electronic Arts’ own online service, Origin, and some other online distributors. However, all copies of the game- both downloads [...]

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Upcoming downloadable content for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 announced

January 12, 2012

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 publisher Activision has announced that new downloadable content for premium subscribers to Activision’s “Call of Duty Elite” online service will begin rolling out for the Xbox 360 version of Modern Warfare 3 on January 24th. This will kick off what Activision is calling the Modern Warfare 3 Content Season, [...]

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XCOM: Enemy Unknown announced by Firaxis Games

January 6, 2012

Some very exciting news for fans of classic strategy games: Firaxis Games will be creating a new version of the beloved 1994 turn-based strategy game X-COM, entitled XCOM: Enemy Unknown. Like a lot of fans of the original X-COM, my hopes were briefly raised when I heard that 2K Games- which Firaxis’ is a subsidiary [...]

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