This gives us a good excuse to show off Civilization V's final box cover artwork. You can check that out after the jump:
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Civilization V gets its own day in Maryland; plus final box art
This gives us a good excuse to show off Civilization V's final box cover artwork. You can check that out after the jump:
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Just Cause 2 gets 50 percent sale on Steam
From now until the end of the weekend you can purchase and download the Avalanche Studios-developed open world action game for just $24.99. That's a 50 percent price cut from its normal price. In addition all seven paid DLC additions to the game are on sale for 50 percent off as well, making them just 49 cents to download.
StarCraft II video asks, "Just what game is this anyway?"
The video, which we have reproduced after the jump, goes over the very basics of the sci-fi RTS sequel (mine resources, build units and structures and crush the enemy armies). It also goes over the benefits of Battle.net-based multiplayer and the single player campaign. So if you have indeed never heard of StarCraft II, this video should get you up to speed.
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Transformers: War for Cyberton gets double XP multiplayer weekend
That being said, players of the PC version will have access to this weekend's double XP multiplayer event. From 9 pm Eastern time on Friday to 3 am Eastern time on Monday you will be able to rack up the experience points in the game much faster than normal. Even without the DLC. Which we don't care about. Really.
[Via email press release]
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Two Worlds II tries to be funny in new videos
Publisher Southpeak Interactive seems to know that the first Two Worlds game it released had its issues. So how does it deal with them? Why try to make a funny viral movie series out of it, of course. So for the upcoming sequel to the fantasy RPG, Two Worlds II, Southpeak is promoting it by making funny of both the game and one of its characters. Sordahon, as he tries to find a new life away from the game's setting (here's a hint: it doesn't go well).
The live action videos themselves have a couple of laughs, especially at the end of the second video which you can see after the jump, as the work placement woman ask Sordahon what's its like to kill people. We are curious as well.
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Weekend PC game sales single the end of July
- Impulse has a number of games on sale this weekend including Mirror's Edge for $9.99 and the Gratuitous Space Battles Complete bundle (the original game and all three expansions) for just $25.95.
- GamersGate has quite a few adventure games on sale this week including the first two seasons of Sam and Max for $11.98 each.
- EA's online store has put up a number of Command and Conquer games on sale this weekend for as much as 75 percent off.
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Shogun 2: Total War's first in-game engine trailer looks cool
Last month during out annual trek to check out all the games at E3 we got to see Shogun 2: Total War up close in a behind-closed-doors demo meeting with folks from the development team at The Creative Assembly. At the time we remarked on the game's graphics saying that the historical RTS title "looked absolutely gorgeous with wind and rain effects, impressive lighting and highly detailed units.'
Now the game's publisher Sega has released the first gameplay trailer from Shogun 2: Total War. While the trailer is basically a cut scene it does use the in-game engine to render the action. As you can see above the visuals are perhaps the best we have ever seen for an RTS game. Shogun 2: Total War is still a long way off with a scheduled release date of sometime in 2011.
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StarCraft II Contest III - Win one of two copies of StarCraft: Heaven's Devils
We took a one day break from our StarCraft II giveaway week on Wednesday but today we are back with the third of four planned giveaways based on Blizzard's just released sci-fi RTS sequel. Today we got two copies of StarCraft: Heaven's Devils, the recent hardcover novel written by WilliamC Dietz, to give out to two of our readers. The novel tells of the early history of StarCraft character Jim Raynor and serves as a prequel to the events in StarCraft II (you can check out an interview we did with Dietz right here). We will even throw in a copy of World of Warcraft Stormrage, the recent hardcover novel from author Richard A. Knaak, to the winners of StarCraft: Heaven's Devils.How do you win? It's pretty easy
- To enter, post a comment on this contest page.
- The comment must be left before 11:59 pm Eastern Time on Sunday, August 1
- You may enter only once.
- Two winners will be selected in a random drawing.
- The winners will be sent a hardcover copy of the novel StarCraft Heaven's Devils (valued at approximately $25) and a copy of the hardcover novel World of Warcraft Stormrage (valued at approximately $25)
- Click Here for complete Official Rules. You must be a resident of the US or Canada (excluding Quebec) who is 18 years or older to enter this contest
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Worms Reloaded coming to Steam August 26
After several months of hints, developer Team17 has finally announced that Worms Reloaded, the latest game in their long running turn-based strategy series, will be released on Steam on August 26. The game itself will feature a campaign mode with 35 missions plus 30 more missions in the more advanced Warzone campaign. It will also feature multiplayer for up to four players and a landscape editor to create your own levels. Of course you can also expect Steamworks features such as achievements, leaderboards and more,
Steam is offering pre-orders a 10 percent discount off Worms Reloaded's $19.99 price along with a couple of extra in-game bonus items (the x6 Worms Hats and the x10 Forts).
Capcom's profits plunge over 90 percent in latest quarter
Capcom blamed the profit shortfall in part on the console release of its action game Lost Planet 2 where it said sales of the game "underperformed its projection substantially." The game is due for release on the PC sometime this fall. Despite the profit hit, Capcom is not changing its expectations for the rest of the fiscal year due to its upcoming release schedule. That includes Dead Rising 2, its zombie action game sequel that's due on the PC and other platforms on September 28.
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New Plants Vs Zombies Game of the Year Edition available for download
As we reported before the Game of the Year edition of the title has some extra features including 20 new achievements to, well, achieve. They have titles like "Explodonator" and "No Fungus Among Us." The biggest new feature is the Zombatar, the make-your-own-undead program that allows you to customize the zombie of your dreams and then see that zombie attempt to eat your back yard in the game.
[Thanks Mikhail]
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Exclusive: Combat Arms to release new Kriss weapon
The folks at Nexon have been nice enough to send Big Download this new and exclusive video showing off one of the new weapons the development team will be adding to its free-to-play first person shooter Combat Arms. The above footage shows off the new Kriss sub-machine gun in action.
As Nexon tells us the Kriss was "developed for military and police forces, chambered specifically for .45 ACP rounds. Its unique operating mechanism is designed to provide stability by absorbing recoil when firing." There is also a modified version of the weapon called the Kriss SpecOps. This version "features an integrated dot-sight and a suppressor. The stability, damage potential and magazine have all been enhanced."
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Movie director Guillermo del Toro to make big games announcement soon
If you love well done fantasy movies, you must also love the work of Guillermo del Toro. The Mexican director behind such great movies like Mimic, The Devil's Backbone, Pan's Labarinth, and most recently Hellboy 2 had been slated to take on the two-movie adaptation of The Hobbit. del Toro recently left that project but has written the upcoming horror film Don't Be Afraid of the Dark which is due out in January 2011.However del Toro is also a big gamer and in a brief chat with MTV News he revealed that very soon there will be an announcement "with a big company" about the games he is helping to make. del Toro states, "It's not a development deal. We're going to do it. We're doing them." Sounds like there could be a reveal by Gamescom time. Besides saying that the games he is helping to make will be "technically and narratively very interesting" del Toro didn't say anything else on his future game plans.
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NCsoft to shut down Exteel on September 1
The game launched on December 2007 but like Dungeon Runners it never seemed to catch on with a large enough audience. Indeed the announcement of Exteel's shut down was due to the game becoming "no longer financially viable" according to NCsoft. In late August all of the game's items will go on sale for one credit which will allow players access to any mech or weapon they want. Loyal players who have spent money on micro transactions in the game will be able to participate in a "loyalty rewards" program but details have yet to be announced.
[Via Blue's News]
Big Download's News Bits & Bytes - July 28
- Kind of a spoiler but there's a familiar looking character that pops up when you check out one of StarCraft II's campaign maps.
- Left 4 Dead 2's latest bug update via Steam includes some changes for the Charger in Versus mode
- A new update for Stargate Resistance via Steam includes the addition of a new King of the Hill gameplay mode.
- Check out this chat in PC Gamer with Dave Johnson the creator of Counter-Strike's de_dust map (he works for Splash Damage now, by the way)
- Team Fortress 2's team discovers the joys of Minecraft.
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