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Kerbal Space Program dev uninterested in adding randomly generated content

By Megan Farokhmanesh on Dec 25, 2013 12.25.13

Kerbal Space Program developer Squad isn't "particularly" interested in adding randomly generated solar systems to the game's content, lead developer Felipe Falanghe recently told PC Gamer. In Kerbal Space Program, a sandbox, space flight sim, players construct and fly spaceships. According to Falanghe, adding randomly generated content isn't impossible. However, it would disrupt the only shared experience Kerbal Space Program has: its universe. "I think that KSP being a game where you can build your own spacecraft, play the game in your own way and have essentially a completely different experience from everyone else... the only thing tying these experiences together is that the universe is the same," Falanghe said. "So if we were to add procedurally generated planets outside the...
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How science and player habits shaped WildStar's Paths

By Griffin McElroy on Dec 25, 2013 12.25.13

The genre, in general is becoming faster, with hotbar-laden interfaces and standstill combat being ushered out by MMOs like Neverwinter and Guild Wars 2. Fantasy trappings, which contributed to a stylistic homogeneity (with a few exceptions) during the MMO's rise to relevance have become far less pervasive. Developers of these sorts of online games are adapting to gaps in the market, to player demand. Carbine Studios is no different; a fact that's evident in WildStar's rich and unique world, fast-paced fighting and — most of all — its dedicated Path content. The philosophy behind WildStar's Path system has been well explored by the developer. Essentially, it groups players into four categories based on the habits that MMO players typically foster: The Soldier, for the type of...
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Asgard character pack adds Thor characters to Lego Marvel Super Heroes

By John Funk on Dec 24, 2013 12.24.13

A new trailer focuses on Thor, the Prince of Asgard and his companions in Lego Marvel Super Heroes. The downloadable Asgard Character Pack adds eight new Lego figures to the title: Odin, Sif, Hogun, Volstagg, Fandral and Jane Foster on the side of good, and the dark elves Malekith and Kurse on team evil. The Asgard Character Pack is now available for download on Xbox Live, PlayStation Network and Windows PC alongside the more expensive Super Character Pack, which adds characters like Dark Phoenix, Hawkeye and Beta Ray Bill.
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Dying Light holiday video proves zombies and caroling don't mix

By John Funk on Dec 24, 2013 12.24.13

A Dying Light-themed holiday video from developer Techland is likely the most unsettling version of a Christmas carol you'll hear all season. The short video features a little girl's voice quietly singing iconic carol "Silent Night" to herself as the camera pans around the room in which she, presumably, is taking refuge from the undead hordes. However, it quickly becomes apparent that she isn't the only one around on this particular silent night. Dying Light is scheduled to hit in 2014.
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Cryptozoic's Hex tries to be a truly digital trading card game

By Tracey Lien on Dec 24, 2013 12.24.13

Cryptozoic Entertainment's massively-multiplayer online trading card game, Hex: Shards of Fate, aims to embrace the digital platform in a way that no online trading card game has ever done, according to studio president and CCO Cory Jones. Speaking to Polygon, Jones said the studio's founders have experience working with both MMOs and TCGs, and Cryptozoic itself is known for being the home for licensed TCGs, having made the trading card games for The Walking Dead, Ender's Game, DC Comics Superman: The Legend and World of Warcraft. With this experience under its belt, the studio set out to take advantage of the technology available and make a truly digital trading card game with MMO elements. "For me, the backbone of good game design is creativity." "Hex is everything I want as a...
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Risk of Rain review: rising tide

By Philip Kollar on Dec 24, 2013 12.24.13

Risk of Rain is the ideal roguelike. This less-and-less-obscure genre is known for incredible difficulty and the constant pain of restarting from the beginning after a single death. It sounds like something that would drive most audiences away. But in recent years, a growing number of indie developers have divined ways to emphasize the challenge and randomization that makes roguelikes compelling while simultaneously making them more approachable, less intimidating. Hopoo Games' Risk of Rain is the latest culmination of this trend, and it's fantastic, even in light of a few rough patches. It builds skills smoothly without losing the sometimes masochistic difficulty, and it offers a sense of progression while maintaining permadeath. It's the kind of roguelike I could recommend to...
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Titanfall video wants the Atlas to be your robot of choice

By John Funk on Dec 24, 2013 12.24.13

A new video for Titanfall takes the form of an in-universe commercial for Hammond Robotics' Atlas model of Titans. Hammond has long been the industry leader when it comes to weaponry, argues the commercial, and has a reputation of always delivering the very best in terms of quality. The Atlas has served soldiers well on every battlefield both against infantry and other Titans; why can't it serve you well too? Previous Titanfall videos introduced Titan classes like the Ogre and Stryder. Titanfall hits Xbox One, Xbox 360 and Windows PC this March.
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World of Tanks update adds more Japanese tanks and a new map

By Alexa Ray Corriea on Dec 24, 2013 12.24.13

The latest update to massively multiplayer online game World of Tanks is slated to hit this week, bringing with it a new Japanese tech tree as well as an additional map, developer Wargaming announced today. Update 8.10 is available now in North America and Europe and will go live in China and Vietnam on Dec. 26 and in Korea on Dec. 27. The new Japanese tech tree brings with it 14 armored vehicles including four new light tanks, nine medium tanks and one Japanese premium tank: the Type 3 Chi-Nu Kai medium. Featured among the new light vehicles are the Type 5 Ke-Ho and medium-weight vehicles will feature the STB-1 tank. The update also adds two new tanks to the Soviet tech tree, the Tier 9 Object 430 Variant 2 and the Tier 10 Object 430 medium tanks, and the Japanese-themed Hidden...
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Judge: Case against League of Legends player will proceed

By Dave Tach on Dec 24, 2013 12.24.13

After a judge's ruling, the case against a League of Legends player who made what's been characterized as a "terrorist threat" on Facebook will proceed, KENS 5 in San Antonio, Texas reports. The judge denied a motion to dismiss the case against Justin Carter, who was arrested earlier this year after another player called him crazy, and he responded by posting on Facebook. "I'm fucked in the head alright, I think Imma shoot up a kindergarten and watch the blood of the innocent reign down," Kotaku quotes him as writing. Charged with making terrorist threat, he spent four months in prison. After receiving an anonymous that allowed his family to post $500,000 for bail, he told CNN in that he was "elated" to be free and that he was "taking it one step at a time."

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The Banner Saga deals death, both in combat and storytelling

By Griffin McElroy on Dec 24, 2013 12.24.13

The Banner Saga, a streamlined strategy game from new Austin-based development outfit Stoic Games, peels away much of the complications that the genre is known for. Both its tactical considerations and role-playing game customization elements boil down to just a handful of relatively simple mechanics. It's easy to learn, difficult to master and, on occasion, remarkably brutal. Each hero in your stable has a number of defining attributes affecting their movement, special ability and so on, but most of the proceedings in combat hinge upon just two stats: Strength and Armor. The first not only determines how hard a hero can hit their opponent; it serves as their health, too. As it depletes when the hero takes hits, their own ability to deal damage is diminished. The latter protects them...
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Men sentenced to prison for defrauding more than 11,000 World of Warcraft accounts

By Jenna Pitcher on Dec 23, 2013 12.23.13

Ten men were sentenced to prison terms of up to two years by Zhejiang province's Songyang county court after being found guilty of defrauding more than 11,500 World of Warcraft accounts via online transactions, Zhejiang Online reports. The instigator of the group, named Chen, organised a small workspace as a base of operations for his team to flip WoW accounts. Chen and group would purchase stolen WoW accounts for approximately $1 each, gut them and sell the account's the gold and gear for roughly $3 per account. An investigation found that the group had pilfered in excess of $10,800 in profit from more than 11,500 WoW accounts. While the majority of the group were sentenced to under two years and fined around $1,000, Chen received two years in jail and fined $8,000. Hardware used for...
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Gone Home being remade as a 16-bit Japanese RPG

By Samit Sarkar on Dec 23, 2013 12.23.13

Gone Home, the first-person exploration game from The Fullbright Company, is getting a "demake" in the form of a 16-bit Japanese role-playing game, and developer Seth Macy is doing it with the blessing of the studio, he announced today on Twitter. Gone Home is a three-dimensional adventure game in which the player character, Kaitlin Greenbriar, searches her new home to uncover details about her younger sister and her parents, all of whom are missing when Katie comes back from a year abroad. Players glean much of the story from the rooms they search and the items they find, including audio diaries left by Kaitlin's sister, Samantha. Macy is using RPG Maker XP to remake Gone Home in the style of a top-down Japanese role-playing game akin to Final Fantasy titles from the 16-bit era. In...
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The Farm 51's FPS Get Even coming to PC and next-gen in 2015

By Alexa Ray Corriea on Dec 23, 2013 12.23.13

Deadfall Adventures developer The Farm 51 will launch its first-person shooter Get Even for next-generation consoles and Windows PC in 2015, according to the game's official website. Get Even was revealed last week during the French Game Connection conference. The game is a first-person shooter that seeks to bend the boundaries of single-player and multiplayer campaigns; players can jump into another's single-player campaign at any time and impersonate the A.I enemies. Players will also be given the opportunity to experience Get Even's story from the perspective of the title's two opposing protagonists. Gameplay for either side of the story is different and the plot will unravel through exploration and interaction with the environment, "rather than the standard usage of cutscenes and...
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Call of Duty: Ghosts update brings new Heavy Duty mode and fixes

By Alexa Ray Corriea on Dec 23, 2013 12.23.13

A new update now live for Call of Duty: Ghosts brings with it a new mode and a handful of fixes, according to a post on the Call of Duty forums. In the newly-added Heavy Duty mode, players will have increased health during the mode's playlist. Developer Infinity Ward is hoping to collect player feedback on this mode. Other new features include additional loadouts in Infected Mode and each solider will now earn five squad points during the initial five levels of progression. The update brings two balance tweaks for the Sniper Rifle: the flinch benefit of the Focus perk for the Sniper Rifle has been reduced and further adjustments and ADS speed reductions have been made to the gun's settings. Additional tweaks include a fix for a glitch allowing unlimited perks and another for an...
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Analyst: Battlefield 4 issues may mean long-term damage for EA

By Alexa Ray Corriea on Dec 23, 2013 12.23.13

Technical issues following the launch of Battlefield 4 and subsequent class action lawsuits could mean long-term damage for publisher Electronic Arts, says investor analysis site The Motley Fool. The Fool writes that Battlefield 4, which was poised to compete with Activision's Call of Duty: Ghosts, was "a PR nightmare on all fronts," and as a result of the still ongoing technical and online issues with the game, EA has "let a golden opportunity slip between its fingers." Battlefield 4 was largely unplayable at launch and frequently crashed when players tried to search for and join online matches. As of today, developer DICE is still rolling out patches for Battlefield 4 across all platforms, and all future expansions for the title are on hold until the technical issues are resolved. A...
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Unreleased multiplayer games delivered to Sportsfriends backers

By Samit Sarkar on Dec 23, 2013 12.23.13

Four unreleased local-multiplayer games are now available to select backers of Die Gute Fabrik's Kickstarter drive for Sportsfriends, the studio announced over the weekend in an email to those backers. People who backed at the $60 tier ("Super Sportsfriends") or above now have access to four games designed by friends of Die Gute Fabrik. The titles in question are Recurse (screenshot above) by Matt Parker and Lumalus; Shot Shot Shoot by Erik Svedäng; SMESPORT by Michael Brough; and Super Punchball by Dominique "Dom2D" Ferland and team. Die Gute Fabrik has also included the single-player title Miracle Adventures in 2113 by Noah Sasso, developer of the game BaraBariBall in Sportsfriends. All games are available on Mac and Windows PC, except the Windows-only SMESPORT. The backers in...
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A breakdown of 2013's most fascinating video game moment

By on Dec 23, 2013 12.23.13

If you're not a Spelunky junkie, the words "solo Eggplant run" won't mean very much to you. But as I see it, Bananasaurus Rex's feat is an important, downright historic achievement — not just for Spelunky, but for games at large. I want to help you understand why. At its core, the solo Eggplant run is a thrilling story about how live-streaming is changing video games in radical and exciting ways; how the Internet has finally triumphed over Spelunky's creators, Derek Yu and Andy Hull; how mastery can lead to a beautiful kind of performance, showcasing the value of gaming as human culture. And it hinges on an mysterious eggplant. The Video If you're already versed in the world of Spelunky, start this journey by watching the run yourself. I'll embed some play-by-play highlights...
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Devs use Shroud of the Avatar Early Access feedback to tweak game

By Alexa Ray Corriea on Dec 23, 2013 12.23.13

Following the first Steam Early Access testing for Portalarium's Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues, the game's developers have released three postmortems detailing what they believe was a successful testing round, according to the latest backer update for the Kickstarter-funded title. Executive producer Starr Long called testing Shroud part of a "new paradigm of crowd funded and crowd sourced development" with more transparency and a "tighter communication loop" between developers and consumers. "At a deeper level it was a test to see if we could give you something so very early in development and have you understand what to expect," he added. "We worked on that by being as clear as we could on what to expect, and what not to expect. It seemed to have worked as almost everyone...
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The Elder Scrolls Online PvP detailed in latest developer commentary

By Alexa Ray Corriea on Dec 23, 2013 12.23.13

The Elder Scrolls Online's standard PvP campaigns will last about three months, with scoring rulesets to change based on player feedback after the massively multiplayer online game is released, according to a Q&A; with PvP developer Brian Wheeler on the Elitist Jerks forums. Wheeler noted that developer Zenimax has been working with a 48-hour campaign ruleset during The Elder Scrolls Online's beta testing, but this will change for the full game. Due to the campaign system's flexibility, Zenimax will be able to change and add rulesets based on player behavior and feedback. "We have the ability to make scoring changes and duration changes depending on player needs and we'll analyze how scoring goes to determine if we need alternate rulesets with different duration, scoring, but also if...
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Battlefield 4 server and PC patches fix crashes and more

By Samit Sarkar on Dec 23, 2013 12.23.13

Battlefield 4's most recent patches went live Dec. 20: a server-side update and a patch for the Windows PC version of the game, according to forum posts from developer EA DICE. The PC patch addresses "three of the top crash issues" on the platform, said DICE, along with a persistent user-interface glitch. Here's the full list of fixes: Dec 20 PC Game Update Notes Fix for terrain flickering when using SLI/CrossFire setup Fix for three of the top crash issues on the PC platform Fix for case when soldier can die with 1 HP instead of 0 Fix for the issue where the revive UI could be permanently shown after accepting a revive That was the second update of the week on PC; the first, released Dec. 16, fixed a host of problems such as "kill trading." In addition, DICE put out an...
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How Telltale teamed up with 'Game of Thrones' and Borderlands

By Alexa Ray Corriea on Dec 23, 2013 12.23.13

"We were backstage at the [2012] Spike VGAs," Allison told Polygon. "And Gearbox was sitting at table one and we were sitting at table two — we were there for The Walking Dead. We got to talking a little bit, and I don't remember when it the night it became, 'we should do this thing," but it happened over a few cocktails." Allison said the two teams discussed their award-winning properties — Borderlands 2 and Walking Dead — for some time before the idea of a Telltale and Gearbox collaboration came up. "We could have easily left it and chalked it up to too much tequila, but we followed up when we got home," he said. "And they remembered the conversation. The Borderlands universe has so much story potential, all those great characters. There's a narrative there in Borderlands 2 b...
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Time-traveling puzzler Reset in final hours of crowdfunding campaign (update)

By Alexa Ray Corriea on Dec 23, 2013 12.23.13

Time-traveling puzzle title Reset is closing in on the final day of its Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign with a little more than €58,600 of its €65,000 (approximately $90,000) goal in hand at the time of writing. Because of Indiegogo's "fixed funding" rules, the campaign has to bring in the entire €65,000 goal by its deadline to keep its funds. The campaign is slated to end tomorrow, Dec. 24, at 2:59 a.m. ET. Reset, first shown by two-man development team Alpo Oksaharju and Mikko Kallinen in November last year, gives players control of an exosuit mech and its pilot Zero-Two. Players can perform short temporal jumps and use Zero-Two to solve puzzles cooperatively with other time-traveling versions of himself. Despite the small development team, the Windows PC game is being...
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