Articles Tagged with PC

‘Destiny’ PC Port Hasn’t Been Ruled Out, Bungie Says

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During the big Xbox One reveal we found out that Destiny, Bungie’s all-new shooter franchise, is also coming to Microsoft’s latest console, and that wasn’t exactly a big surprise. What is somewhat of a surprise, however, is that a PC version of Destiny hasn’t been ruled out. In an interview with IGN, Bungie senior writer… Read more »

‘Ultima’ Creator Announces Ultimate RPG For PC

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The creator of Ultima has announced the “ultimate RPG” for PC. Richard Garriott, the creator of the Ultima RPG series, has announced plans to make what he calls the “ultimate role-playing game,” Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues. Garriott’s Portalarium studio has begun a Kickstarter.com campaign today to raise $1 million for development of his… Read more »

‘The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt’ Brings Geralt’s Story To A Close

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Earlier this week, developer CD Projekt RED formally announced The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, which is expected to be available on PC and “high-end” systems starting in 2014 – and it already sounds like the developer’s biggest entry yet in the fantasy RPG franchise. In previous The Witcher titles, the environment was mostly linear in… Read more »

‘PlanetSide 2′ Roadmap Allows Players To Vote On Upcoming Changes

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PlanetSide 2 got off to a pretty good start when it launched in November of last year, and Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) is looking to keep that momentum going well into 2013 by introducing content on a regular basis for six straight months. If that doesn’t sound good enough for you, Sony Online Entertainment will… Read more »

‘Blizzard All-Stars’ Still In The Works, Blizzard Says

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It’s been quite awhile since Blizzard has had anything to say about Blizzard All-Stars, formerly known as Blizzard DOTA, but don’t take that as a bad sign — Blizzard is still working on it. That’s according to StarCraft 2 production director Chris Sigaty, who said as much in an interview with Eurogamer, in which the… Read more »

‘BioShock Infinite’ Won’t Use Games For Windows Live, SecuROM

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The first two BioShock games received PC ports that were, at best, unremarkable. At their worst, they were downright broken and/or lacking in essential features. Fortunately, 2K and developer Irrational Games don’t plan on allowing that to happen again with BioShock Infinite. In a recent “Ask Me Anything” thread on Reddit, lead developer Ken Levine… Read more »

‘StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm’ Beta Extended To Pre-Orders

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Bummed out that you still haven’t been given an invite to the StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm multiplayer beta? Starting today, you have some new options. First off, Blizzard announced today that they will be “expanding” the StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm beta. What this means for you is that, if you aren’t… Read more »

‘The War Z’ Steam Launch Met With Controversy

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The War Z managed to climb atop the Steam sales charts after it was released on the platform yesterday, but it wasn’t before long that developer Hammerpoint Interactive was on the receiving end of accusations of fraud, false advertising, and blatant money-grabbing. In a post on Reddit, one gamer called Hammerpoint out on the list… Read more »

‘Metro: Last Light’ Limited Edition Includes Ranger Mode

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Those of you who put in a pre-order for Metro: Last Light, the follow-up to Metro 2033 from developer 4A Games, will be able to score a limited edition copy of the game that comes with some exclusive goodies, publisher THQ today announced. Among the Metro: Last Light Limited Edition items is the Ranger mode,… Read more »

‘The Secret World’ Dropping Subscription Requirement

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When Funcom’s latest MMO, The Secret World, launched earlier this year, it launched as a subscription-based title in a genre now filled with free-to-play offerings. Perhaps inevitably given lower than expected sales, Funcom has decided to drop the subscription requirement. Rather than going the free-to-play route that is all the rage in the MMO space,… Read more »

‘Company of Heroes 2′ Going Into Closed Beta Early Next Year

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Company of Heroes 2, the sequel to one of the most critically acclaimed RTS games of the past decade, will be entering into closed beta early next year, developer Relic Entertainment revealed in a post on the game’s forums (via PC Gamer). The news was delivered by Greg Wilson, producer on Company of Heroes 2…. Read more »

‘Far Cry 3′: Review Roundup

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Ubisoft’s tropical themed, open-world first-person shooter, Far Cry 3, is now available worldwide, and we imagine that a good number of you have already immersed yourself in the game’s pirate-laden world. But if you were holding off on purchasing it until you heard from the critics, we’ve got you covered. Based on what critics are… Read more »

‘StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm’ Getting New Groups System

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Blizzard has been making an effort to expand the community aspect of Battle.net 2.0 for the upcoming release of StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm as evidenced by the recently-announced clan support and overall improved user interface. Taking it a step further than that, Blizzard revealed in a post on the StarCraft II website that… Read more »