About the author: Scott Ellison II
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- Scott is a disabled Marine veteran, married to his wife Nicole and has three kids. Scott also has a full-time job with Fastly as the Manager of Tier 3 - CSE. Scott is most well-known for founding, and writing for Saving Content, but you can find his other work on G4@Syfygames (defunct) and GameCritics.com (active).
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Omerta – City of Gangsters Review
Feb 15, 2013
Haemimont Games, the veteran developer behind the great paradisal dictactor-simulator series, Tropico, is back. This time with a crime syndicate simulation, that features turn-based combat. It all sounds like a Gangster’s XCOM paradise, but sadly some issues hold this game back from it’s true potential, and is more like a St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, on your wallet.
Wargame AirLand Battle displays New Screenshots
Feb 15, 2013
The official website of Wargame AirLand Battle, the sequel to the spectacular real-time strategy game Wargame European Escalation, opens its doors today with new screenshots. The updated website has also been optimized for smartphones and touch tablets, allowing players to access all the information about Wargame, wherever they are.
The website is a gold mine of information about Wargame AirLand Battle: it explains how its solo campaign and multiplayer mode work, gives more data about the air forces of the game, and gives lots of information about its gameplay mechanics. All this, illustrated with many new images! Everything you want or need to know, whether you’re discovering Wargame or you’re a veteran player of European Escalation, can be found there!
The website is also a hub for the community. The image and video galleries, which we will expand in the months to come, also feature a “Fan Videos” section, which will let you discover the best videos made by the community. You will also find the Dev Blog of Eugen Systems on the website where they share exclusive information about the game! Finally, the community hub of the site will let you follow in real-time all the activity surrounding Wargame on your favorite social networks.
Takedown: Red Sabre, a successful Kickstarter will be published by 505 Games
Feb 15, 2013
505 Games, a global publisher of video games, today announced a partnership with Seattle-based indie developer Serellan to help them bring TAKEDOWN, their Kickstarter-backed project http://kck.st/ysmSIW, to a worldwide launch.
TAKEDOWN is a tactical shooter being developed by Christian Allen who was the creative director of the Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon franchise. It is the successor to games like the original Rainbow Six and SWAT series and is perfect for the player who chooses to engage in deliberate and methodical gameplay as opposed to gamers who want to run in with guns blazing. Now officially titled TAKEDOWN: RED SABRE, players will experience close-quarters battles as a member of the elite Red Sabre team. Every scenario is designed to emulate the tactics employed by SWAT teams and SOF units in taking down small numbers of dangerous adversaries. Non-linear environments allow for multiple routes, tactics and added replayability.
Serellan’s team of veteran developers, having shipped titles in the Ghost Recon, Halo, SOCOM, SWAT and F.E.A.R. franchises, bring their considerable shooter experience to bear in creating this unique title.
Tim Woodley, Head of Global Brand for 505 Games, said “TAKEDOWN: RED SABRE, is a community project, one of the latest to be born out of Kickstarter, and the team at Serellan have already garnered a significant following. Our role in this partnership is to preserve and encourage the team’s direct dialogue with the community while ensuring we leverage our global presence to grow the audience, amplify the buzz and maximize the potential we and the community of early evangelists believe that TAKEDOWN: RED SABRE has.”
Christian Allen, Founder and Creative Director of Serellan said “We are extremely pleased to be able to let our Kickstarter community know that their early faith in the TAKEDOWN dream will be rewarded with a global campaign from a committed partner who consistently launches successful global campaigns from IL-2: Sturmovik to Sniper Elite V2.”
ArmA II: Complete Collection is Now Available
Feb 15, 2013
Bohemia Interactive, the award-winning independent Czech development studio, is delighted to announce the release of Arma2: Complete Collection, finally available as one complete package fans new and old alike can experience all that Arma2 has to offer.
Perfect choice for all new DayZ devotees! All Arma 2 games and DLCs combined in a neat package for one great price – this is Arma 2: Complete Collection.
Everything you need for the DayZ Mod* and more. Built upon over 10 years’ experience, the collection thrusts gamers into the heart of the most realistic military combat simulation ever developed, featuring cutting edge technology and vast, detailed environments and authentically modeled units, weapons and vehicles. For one price you receive 6 campaigns and countless single player and multiplayer scenarios spread across hundreds of square kilometers of Chernarus and Takistan maps.
*DayZ Mod requires Arma 2 and Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead to run, plus Arma 2: Private Military Company to display all textures in the highest quality – all are included in Arma 2: Complete Collection
Arma 2: Complete Collection contains:
- Arma 2
- Operation Arrowhead
- British Armed Forces
- Private Military Company
- Army of the Czech Republic
Until it becomes elsewhere, you can purchase at: https://store.bistudio.com/arma2-complete-collection
UNIGINE’s Newest Benchmarking tool, Valley is Now Available to Download
Feb 14, 2013
Valley Benchmark is a new GPU stress-testing tool from the developers of the very popular and highly acclaimed Heaven Benchmark. The forest-covered valley surrounded by vast mountains amazes with its scale from a bird’s-eye view and is extremely detailed down to every leaf and flower petal. This non-synthetic benchmark powered by the state-of-the art UNIGINE Engine showcases a comprehensive set of cutting-edge graphics technologies with a dynamic environment and fully interactive modes available to the end user.
Offering a rare chance to experience a breath of untapped, crystal clear air, Valley Benchmark allows you to encounter a morning high up in the mountains when the snow-capped peaks are just barely glittering in the rising sun. Be it flying over the vast green expanses or hiking along rocky slopes, this journey continues as long you wish. Unique in every corner, this open-space world provides a wonderfully relaxing experience under the tranquil music and sounds of nature.
“Living in Siberia, we wanted to show how beautiful the nature is here. It is full of contrasts, and flowers can grow through the deadfall right next to brutal mountains,” said Andrey Kushner, lead technical artist at UNIGINE Corp. “It was an interesting challenge to create this huge, yet detailed world. Moreover, our engine is so flexible that we could place all objects procedurally and recreate this valley with photorealistic graphics.”
Features:
- Extreme hardware stability testing
- Per-frame GPU temperature and clock monitoring
- Multi-platform: Windows, Linux, Mac OS X
- Advanced visual technologies: dynamic sky, volumetric clouds, sun shafts, DOF, ambient occlusion
- 64 000 000 square meters of extremely detailed, seamless terrain
- Procedural object placement of vegetation and rocks
- The entire valley is free to be explored in interactive fly-by or hike-through modes
- User-controlled dynamic weather
- Support for stereo 3D and multi-monitor configurations
- Benchmarking presets
- Command line automation support
- Highly customizable reports in CSV format
Impire Now Available to Would-be Imperors Everywhere
Feb 14, 2013
Paradox Interactive, a publisher of games and summoner of malodorous fiends, today announced the release of Impire, a new action-strategy title developed by Cyanide Studios Montreal. Impire, which challenges players to build and maintain a sprawling underground lair while managing and commanding an army of demonic minions, is available today on digital distribution channels for $19.99. The game can be purchased at the following link: http://www.impiregame.com/buy
Impire tells the Impudent tale of Baal-Abaddon, an Impatient and Impulsive demon Imprisoned in an Impractical Imp body by the Impotent and Impaired sorcerer, Oscar van Fairweather. The situation is Imperfect, but not Impossible; Baal will have to Improvise to Impress allies, Impede and Impale raiding parties of Impolite heroes, and Improve his Impish body to reclaim his Imperial throne. Okay, we’re done.
Carve out your Impire with crafting and lair construction, assemble your minions into strategic squads, and venture into nearby lands to commit acts of unspeakable evil. Take a look at what awaits you in a new trailer, available here:
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Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 goes Gold, Sees Release in March
Feb 14, 2013
CI Games, a fast-growing international publisher and developer of interactive entertainment, today announced that its upcoming game, Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2, has completed development and has officially gone “gold.” Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 will be available for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 system and Windows PC in North America starting March 12 and in Europe beginning March 15. Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 has been rated M for Mature by the Entertainment Software Ratings Board (ESRB).
Marek Tyminski, CEO of CI Games, said: “Since release, the first Sniper: Ghost Warrior has sold over three million copies on multiple platforms. Ghost Warrior 2 will deliver an even greater experience for all those fans of the first game, expanding on this dramatic, exciting world of elite military service.”
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 is the only multi-platform first person shooter exclusively designed around the modern military sniper experience. Using the advanced capabilities of CryENGINE3, the game delivers graphically stunning environments, more diverse challenges, a rebuilt AI system and the exacting precision and accuracy that made the original a worldwide hit. With unprecedented levels of realism in weaponry, ballistics and environmental factors, Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 offers the ultimate balance of skill, tension and action.
Fall in love with racing again in new GRiD 2 Gameplay Trailer
Feb 14, 2013
Today Codemasters released the first full-length GRID 2 gameplay trailer at s, revealing how a new world of competitive motorsport will come alive with cinematic style, stunning locations and beautifully rendered cars.
The gameplay video reveals a flavor of GRID 2’s unique racing experience and unveils a selection of the game’s beautifully realized locations, including Paris, Barcelona, Chicago, California and the Red Bull Ring. The video is now showing atwww.youtube.com/gridgame.
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Mars War Logs: When Chaos Follows Curiosity
Feb 14, 2013
While Curiosity finishes its first round of drilling for Martian soil samples, we take you a few hundred years into the future, where human colonization on the Red Planet has failed, through these 4 screenshots.
Welcome to the cyberpunk universe of Mars War Logs, the new RPG from Spiders Studio! Discover Mars, a world in the midst of civil war, where native populations consist of mutants, religious fanatics, and bandits likely to kill you to steal your water. Mars also features human enclaves led by despotic leaders, huge dangerous slums built by the survivors of the extraordinary planet-wide cataclysm that shook the planet 200 years ago. And, of course, the red planet offers treacherous landscapes and a murderous sun. If solar radiation doesn’t strip your skin off, the dangerous creatures will take on the task with incredible ferocity.
These 4 screenshots show some of the obstacles Roy and his companions must overcome during their journey across the Red Planet.
Dark – Official Trailer ponders “Who is Eric Bane?”
Feb 14, 2013
Eric Bane is a mystery, even to himself. In DARK, the upcoming stealth-action title from Kalypso Media, you’ll play as Eric while you unravel the mystery of why he was chosen to become something more than human…a vampire.
Today, Kalypso is pleased to release a new video showcasing the world of DARK, a modern landscape shrouded in danger and mystery. In the world of DARK, you, as Eric Bane, a newly “born” vampire, must uncover the secrets of this world, and the mysterious GeoForge Corporation by stealthily exploring a variety of modern environments, while using your unique vampire powers to dispatch all those who dare oppose you.
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Pre-Order 11 bit studios’ Latest, Unannounced Game for 50% Off
Feb 14, 2013
11 bit Studios is going off the rails by allowing you to pre-order their upcoming game, which is as of yet unannounced. There are no details as to what genre it is, what it will offer, what you do, or anything other than: it is a game. If you buy it now, you’ll save 50% off and gain access to some bonuses along the way. It’s a secret, for now. Once revealed, the pre-order savings go away, as do the bonuses.
For all the details, go to this page: http://www.11bitstudios.
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Aquaman joins the cast of Injustice: Gods Among Us, potential to actually be awesome
Feb 14, 2013
Today, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment revealed Aquaman as the newest character to be added to the roster of heroes and villains featured in the upcoming fighting game Injustice: Gods Among Us. Witness the moves and fighting style of the King of the Seven Seas and reluctant ruler of Atlantis.
Europa Universalis IV – Developer Diary: Technology
Feb 13, 2013
You will be leading a global empire later this year. However you can’t build an empire while sticking to the same old way of doing things, and you can’t let your enemies get too far ahead of you. As such, Europa Universalis IV will let you harness centuries of new technologies, ideas and governing styles in pursuit of global dominance.
In the new Europa Universalis IV video developer diary, project lead Thomas Johansson introduces you to how this sequel will transform the way you’ve previously researched technology in previous Europa Universalis games.
View the video developer diary here:
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