Turn Based Political Strategy "Democracy 3" Is Getting A Stand-Alone Sequel Set In Africa
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[Update]: After nearly two years in Steam Early Access, Democracy 4 has now been released in full.
I'm sure that at some point in your life, most likely while showering, you thought how easy politicians must have it and how quickly you could fix up the country if you were in charge. Well, if you would like to put your theories up to the test then look no further than Democracy 3, a turn based political strategy game that grants you full control of all branches of government and expects you to deal with realistic issues and consequences for each and every action.
So far Democracy 3 mostly dealt with rather stable first world countries but how does the same concept work when you apply it to politically divided and potentially even unstable ones. This is the sort of question that gave birth to Democracy 3's stand-alone expansion Africa which, as you might guess, allows you to take control of various nations on the African continent and run them in to the ground through incompetence bring them to prosperity through clever policy making.
Here's a developer video briefly going over the its development and a bit more information on the game itself:
A New "Dead Island" Game Seems To Be In The Works
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The past year has not been a good one for the Dead Island franchise. First Dead Island 2 underwent heavy development troubles and then subsequently even lost its whole team and the Dead Island MOBA got canceled before it even had a chance to come out of beta.
But much like the zombies it portrays it appears that Dead Island isn't dead just yet as the Australian Classification board recently listed an entry for Dead Island Retro Revenge with an M rating for bloody violence.
Point & Click Adventure Game "Heaven's Hope" Is Coming To Steam In Two Weeks
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Despite trying to enjoy playing point & click adventure games for the better part of my life I could never get in to them, the combination of moon-logic and difficult puzzles proving too much for my FPS-addled mind. Ironically, I still enjoy them as a concept and like to keep up with interesting upcoming ones.
One such game is Heaven's Hope, a 2.5D point & click adventure game where you play as an Angel who has fallen down from Heaven and now needs to find his way back while avoiding the clutches of the maniacal inquisition. Here's the trailer and a bit more information:
Battlefield Hardline: Betrayal Is A New Expansion Coming In March
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The Battlefield inspired cops & robbers spin-off has been met with a rather resounding meh ever since its release and with the PC market already overflowing with excellent FPS games its not rare to see Hardline fall under 1000 concurrent players, a frightfully low number for a franchise so big.
But I have a feeling that is going to change as Battlefield Hardline: Betrayal has been announced today and is bringing with it a whole bunch of new weapons, maps, vehicles and an actual bloody sword so can you at least look cool while you're getting shot! Here's what you can expect to see in Betrayal:
Fallout 4's Survival Mode Is Getting A Complete Overhaul In The Near Future
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As someone who greatly enjoyed the hardcore survival mode in Fallout: New Vegas I have to say that the Fallout 4 equivalent has been less than ideal, to say it nicely.
Thankfully it seems that Bethesda agrees because they've released a short Facebook announcement recently stating that they are working on a complete overhaul of the survival mode with the focus on providing a more compelling experience. Here's the full quote:
Need For Speed 2015 Is Coming To PC In March With Improved Graphics, Uncapped FPS and More
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The PC versions of the Need for Speed series have not been in a good spot the past couple of years, to put things lightly. They often came with poor performance, annoying bugs and glitches but worst of all the dreaded frame cap.
There is a shred of hope for the series however as EA has announced today that Need For Speed 2015 will be coming to PC with improved graphics, no frame caps, support for all sorts of peripherals and even manual transmission. Here's the PC reveal trailer:
Rise Of The Tomb Raider PC Patch #2 Brings Performance Improvements & Crash Fixes
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I have to hand it to Crystal Dynamics, they said they would support the PC version of Rise of the Tomb Raider and support it they have.
The first optimization patch released a mere week ago and already there is a second one deployed on Steam that promises performance improvements, a fix to the ALT-TAB crash bug and more. Here's the full set of patch notes: