War Of The Roses Medieval Combat MMO Needs Beta Recruits

Paradox Interactive and Fatshark announced that, after recently completing a successful closed alpha, sign-ups for a chance to participate in beta testing for upcoming medieval multiplayer combat title War of the Roses has now opened to the public. Starting today, players can enroll to be a Knight in the King’s army and help restore order to England by visiting the following link: http://www.waroftherosesthegame.com/ When signing up to guarantee their access to enter the beta, future knights will obtain a unique referrer URL from the King that can be shared across social media channels. When five friends use this player-specific link … Continue reading War Of The Roses Medieval Combat MMO Needs Beta Recruits

The Secret World Launches To Critical Acclaim

Funcom, a world-leading independent developer and publisher of online games, launched the highly anticipated massively multiplayer online (MMO) game ‘The Secret World’ to the masses. Three days later Funcom is happy to report that the launch has been a tremendous success for the company with positive feedback from both players and the press. In terms of server and client performance the launch was exceptionally smooth and as of now several of the game’s dimensions ‘ which can hold tens of thousands of gamers playing at the same time ‘ have started filling up due to the ever-increasing number of players … Continue reading The Secret World Launches To Critical Acclaim

Case Blue War Game Nearly Ready

Matrix Games (www.matrixgames.com), Slitherine (www.slitherine.com) and VR Designs (www.vrdesigns.nl) are excited to announce the upcoming release of the new turn-based operational strategy game Decisive Campaigns: Case Blue, the second release in the critically-acclaimed Decisive Campaigns series. Decisive Campaigns: Case Blue brings players to the Eastern Front during World War II, simulating the German Wehrmacht’s drive towards Stalingrad and the Caucasus in the summer of 1942. Take command of the powerful Wehrmacht starting from the 2nd Kharkov Offensive and in Operation Trappenjagd or unleash the might of the Red Army during the Soviet winter counter-offensive in Operation Uranus that encircled the … Continue reading Case Blue War Game Nearly Ready

Tryst RTS Looking For Beta Testers

Tryst is an RTS game set in the distant future where humans find themselves at war with a mechanical alien race known as the Zali. In Tryst’s Multiplayer, the player takes command of one of these two factions as they wage war in interesting locales where their opponent won’t be all that’s vying for their attention! With two playable races and a near infinite number of upgrade combinations, the battlefield will always be changing in Tryst. Tryst is a competitive RTS in which players experience reactive environmental dangers, a breadth of unique units and most importantly the A.R.M. – the … Continue reading Tryst RTS Looking For Beta Testers

The Walking Dead Episode 2 Launch Movie

Episode Two of The Walking Dead is available right now on Xbox Live Marketplace for 400 MS Points and on the PlayStation Network for $4.99. Episode Two is also available on PC and MAC through the Telltale Games Store and Steam, as well as other select digital distribution partners. Players who purchased a season pass to all the episodes can download it for free on any platform immediately. http://www.youtube.com/watch/?v=mIG2aQcnVmM Publishers: Telltale Games Platforms: PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

Valve Releases Source Filmmaker Animation Tool

Valve, creator of best-selling game franchises (such as Counter-Strike, Half-Life, Left 4 Dead, Portal, and Team Fortress) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced the Source Filmmaker (SFM) and the release of "Meet the Pyro." The SFM is a storytelling tool Valve developed inside the Source Engine to create all its animated short films, including those in the "Meet the Team" series of Team Fortress 2 shorts. The SFM condenses the production pipeline of an animation studio down onto a single gaming PC. To celebrate the announcement of the SFM, Valve also released the ninth and final … Continue reading Valve Releases Source Filmmaker Animation Tool

Spec Ops: The Line Deploys

2K Games announced today that Spec Ops: The Line is now available in North America for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system and Windows PC. The game will be available internationally on June 29, 2012. Developed by YAGER, Spec Ops: The Line features an intense single-player narrative that unfolds within Dubai after a series of cataclysmic sandstorms cut the city off from the rest of the world. Playing as Captain Martin Walker, gamers fight through Dubai in this gripping third-person shooter in their search for Colonel John Konrad and his missing … Continue reading Spec Ops: The Line Deploys