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In my recent Street Fighter V for Linux article I expressed great hope for game's launch given how communicative and honest the developers were pre-release. Unfortunately, it seems that I was completely wrong.
What ended up happening is that Street Fighter V not only launched with a fraction of the content available, but that fraction was so buggy and unstable many players couldn't even play it due to lag and constant disconnects. Thankfully, it seems that Capcom is on the case as they've detailed their upcoming fixes and features a couple of hours ago:
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Back in December when System Shock 3 was officially announced the developers OtherSide Entertainment briefly name-dropped Warren Spector as one of their consultants and left it at that.
But it seems that the excitement for System Shock 3 is contagious because according to a Facebook post that went out today Warren Spector has left his academia job and is now joining up with OtherSide Entertainment to work on System Shock 3 & Underworld Ascendant. Here's what Spector had to say about his return to game development:
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Are you one of those people that just couldn't care less about the "story" in Call of Duty games and is just there to 360° no-scope fools in multiplayer matches?
If so I have some great news because Activision has released a Call Of Duty: Black Ops 3 Multiplayer Starter Pack which besides having a name so long it doesn't fit on the Steam store front is also a multiplayer-only version of Black Ops 3. There are some restrictions however, as you might imagine, but they aren't very severe so odds are you won't even feel them if you're just in it to shoot some dudes:
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The Division beta was supposed to start yesterday but due to some unforeseen issues has been slightly delayed and will instead be arriving for the PC on February 19th, one day after the Xbox One version.
Given that the open beta client is rather large in size Ubisoft has opened up The Division to pre-loads today so if you plan to give it a shot during the weekend I'd recommend you download it now before the Uplay servers get absolutely slammed. And if you're interested here's the full list of changes and feature updates that happened between the closed and open beta:
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The first phase of the grand three-way showdown between Dawn of War II, Total War: Atilla & Company of Heroes has been concluded. As anyone with a bit of sense might have guessed the Emperor's faithful have decisively won the bout and now bring free games with them.
The three games currently on offer are: Golden Axe, Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit & Jet Set Radio. Here's a short summary of each game and how to grab them:
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After mercilessly teasing the announcement multiple times in the past month it appears that Bethesda has finally decided to unveil their plans for Fallout 4's DLC.
The first wave of new content will be arriving in three parts: the $10 Automatron, $5 Wasteland Workshop and by far the most significant $25 Far Harbor. Here's a bit of info on each of them:
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The single biggest issue XCOM 2 has is the overwhelming amount of short but very aggravating delays that leave the camera staring in to nothing while the game slowly composes itself and finally continues on with the action.
Initially I thought this was due to my hardware imitating Homer Simpson and simply flopping on the ground in exertion but as it turns out almost all of it can be removed through the use of the amazing "Stop Wasting My Time" mod. Here's the list of issues the mod can address:
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I mentioned recently that the multiplayer murder-mystery The Ship: Remasted would be entering Early Access on February 15th but unfortunately it seems that the launch will be delayed for a week. The reason for the delay is the large amount of negative feedback over the fact that The Ship: Remasted was set to initially release with only LAN multiplayer support.
After seeing so many community members express their dislike towards this the developers have opted to delay the launch for a whole week in order to ensure that at least basic online functionality is present. Here's the announcement message:
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Hitman GO is a bit of a strange take on the Hitman franchise. Rather than having huge open-ended levels and real-time action Hitman GO focuses on a large amounts of short but difficult turn-based challenges.
It initially released on mobile platforms and the Windows 10 store to some great reviews and is now making its way to Steam, PS4 and Vita on February 23rd at a €7,99/$7,99 price tag. Here's the announcement trailer showcasing some of the gameplay:
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I don't think its much of a secret at this point that DayZ's development has been a bit of a letdown, to put things lightly. Even after years in Early Access the standalone version is more or less on par with the mod and nowhere near the lofty promises it made when it first launched.
There is a however a ray of sunshine in all of this as the DayZ team has recently showcased their work on a new Direct X 11 renderer that brings with it great performance improvements but most noticeably an upgraded weather system. Here's the video and if you don't feel like watching all of it I'd suggest skipping to around 5 minutes in order to see it all in action: