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A couple of years ago Amazon gathered up a bunch of talented game and engine developers and simply went dark with their final announcement saying that exciting things will be coming in the future.
It would appear that the future is now as Amazon has released a beta version of their free & open-source game engine titled Lumberyard. Its based on CryEngine so expect to see some beautiful games coming out of the woodwork's. Here's the announcement video and a few more details:
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Even though Bitcoin might be outside of the public eye its popularity and applications have been steadily growing for many years now. So to see Valve potentially getting behind it is not a surprising occurrence.
This rumor comes from a Reddit user named Haoose who found out that Steam's Translation Server contains many strings of text related to Bitcoin purchases. Here's a few particularly interesting ones:
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Dark Souls is genuinely my favorite game ever made, embodying almost every element I love seeing: deep and subtle storytelling, challenging but fair combat, tons of diversity and replay value as well as a well-connected world ripe for exploration.
So I hope you can understand how excited I am that the intro cinematic for Dark Souls 3 has been recently released. But enough of me rambling for now, here's the video and don't worry, there are no spoilers:
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When Unsung Story first appeared on Kickstarter way back in 2014 it got many people very excited because Yasumi Matsuno, the director behind the excellent Final Fantasy Tactics, was finally given a chance to create the sequel/spin-off he always wanted but never could.
Unfortunately it would appear that Unsung Story might remain unsung as Kickstarter backers have recently received an ominous email telling them that the game is being put on hold, possibly forever. Here's the full message:
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Titanfall is an excellent showcase of today's gaming market. When it first launched it arrived alongside massive praise and plenty of hype yet all of that completely dissipated within a single month. There are simply far too many games battling for a player's attention for them to spend a long time playing a multiplayer-only game that came out with small amounts of content.
The Titanfall team is seemingly well aware of this because in an interview with Forbes the lead writer behind Titanfall 2, Jesse Stern, confirmed that the team is focusing on both the multiplayer and the campaign which is supposed to be an introduction in to a much larger universe alongside the upcoming TV spin-off.
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I've never been much of a fan of soccer, or football as its known in Europe, but I am well aware I'm in a very small minority compared to the amount of people who simply adore it.
The reason I mentioned that is because I have managed to completely miss the Steam release of the much anticipated Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 myClub, a free to play spin-off of the popular PES series. Here's the official trailer though fair warning, the constantly cutting-off music might drive you insane:
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With the second Pillars of Eternity "expansion" White March: Part 2 concluding this chapter of the story it only makes sense to bundle it all together in to one package.
What does surprise me however is that according to an Amazon.de product listing that Gamebanshee discovered the Pillars of Eternity: GOTY is set to arrive only a couple of days after White March: Part 2, on February 19th.
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Firewatch is a visually gorgeous narrative-driven adventure game where you play the role of a park ranger who along with his chatty companion needs to ensure that the entire forest doesn't get consumed in a blazing inferno. A seemingly easy task and one that's perfect for a man who has a book to write but things don't always work out as planned.
To remind everyone of its upcoming February 9 release the developers, Campo Santo, have released not one, not even two but four fancy new trailers showcasing what exactly Firewatch is about. Here they are:
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After the standalone Day Z release failed to engage me I looked forward to H1Z1 as the next big thing in the open world survival genre. Unfortunately the entire game fell in to the very same trap as Day Z, the zombies were not menacing enough so hunting other players was by far the more exciting option.
However, with the split announced today that will divide H1Z1 in to a competitive Battle Royale game and an open-world zombie survival game I once again have hope that the features I first saw advertised so long ago will actually come to fruition. Here's how exactly the split will go down:
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When Harebrained Schemes announced that they will be adding 5 hours of extra content to Shadowrun: Hong Kong I was rather ecstatic but I have to admit I didn't expect they would be bringing it out this soon.
However, I doubt anyone will complain as the Extended Edition of Shadowrun: Hong Kong brings with it new visual effects, dialogue, a 6 hours long campaign and much more. All for the very affordable price of nothing if you already own Hong Kong. Here's a short overview of the contents: