#Dealingwithit – Making Sense of the Xbox One DRM Scheme
Posted by AusGamers on May 24, 2013 | Leave a Comment
Beyond all the talk of watching the televisions and dogs in Call of Duty, Microsoft’s internet connectivity and software authorisation strategy for the freshly unveiled Xbox One has been a major point of discussion on the console, partly because they involve some arguably anti-consumer decisions with respect to Digital Rights Management (DRM), but also because the company has failed to communicate these new and unproven conditions in an easily understandable way.
Read on as we explore and attempt...
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Coming August 27, Collector’s Edition Revealed
Posted by AusGamers on May 23, 2013 | Leave a Comment
Square Enix has unveiled the official release for their re-booted MMO Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, which will see a re-release on August 27 for both the PC release and for the first time a PlayStation 3 release.
Originally released in 2010, the second Final Fantasy MMO was harshly received, with a large amount of the playerbase leaving shortly after launch causing Square Enix to quickly halt subscription costs. Since 2011, a complete re-design has been in production that has changed everything...
Techland Announces Dying Light, Action Survival Horror Coming 2014
Posted by AusGamers on May 23, 2013 | Leave a Comment
Warner Bros. Entertainment and Dead Island developer Techland have today announced Dying Light, a new first-person action survival horror with a “portentous day-night cycle set in a vast open world.”
During the day players will find themselves relatively safe from what Techland are calling “infected” (though zombies sound scarier), allowing for scavenging hunts and gathering supplies to help bolster your weapon arsenal. Come night though and the infected ramp up their aggression,...
GeForce GTX 780 Unveiled, and Game Video Capture Coming from Nvidia
Posted by AusGamers on May 23, 2013 | Leave a Comment
Nvidia has officially unveiled the expected 700 series of their flagship graphics cards with the GeForce GTX 780, which its presented as having “50% more memory and 50% more CUDA Cores than the GeForce GTX 680″ and being “on average 35% faster than its predecessor”.
The biggest new feature is an enhancement to the GPU Boost dynamic performance control tech, which can now be used to maintain a user-selected temperature and fan speed, for elective heat and noise control.
As...
SimCity Update 4.0 Adds New Park, Region and Re-Enables Leaderboards
Posted by AusGamers on May 23, 2013 | Leave a Comment
SimCity developer Maxis has posted to their official forums confirming that update 4.0 for their building simulation title will be arriving shortly. The update is adding a new park “just for our dedicated fans who were early adopters”, a new region titled Edgewater Bay which will feature seven cities around one Great Work site plus the usual bug fixes many have seen since launch.
Features that were initially disabled at the controversial launch are also being re-enabled according to...
Rumour: Mirror’s Edge 2 Pre-Order Listing Appears on German Amazon
Posted by AusGamers on May 23, 2013 | Leave a Comment
Speculation about a sequel to DICE’s first person parkour game Mirror’s Edge received another shot in the arm today, with a pre-roder listing for Mirror’s Edge 2 appearing on amazon.de the German website of major online retailer Amazon (thanks VG247).
The listing has since been removed, but the Internet never forgets, and allgamesbeta has a screengrab evidence. It’s far from a confirmation of course, but there have been quite a number slip ups from European online retailers...
Grand Theft Auto V Special and Collector’s Edition Announced
Posted by AusGamers on May 23, 2013 | Leave a Comment
Rockstar Games has revealed full details of the Special Edition and Collector’s Edition of their upcoming open-world sandbox title Grand Theft Auto 5. The new editions will both include a collectible steelbox, a blueprint map of the world plus several interesting in-game rewards.
Retailing for $119 at EB Games, the Grand Theft Auto 5 Special Edition features a copy of the game; a Steelbook case bearing Grand Theft Auto 5 artwork; a replica map of Los Santos and Blaine Country in blueprint style;...
Destiny Live Action Trailer Depicts a Sci-fi Epic
Posted by AusGamers on May 23, 2013 | Leave a Comment
Activision and Bungie have released a new trailer for their upcoming game Destiny, the first project from the acclaimed studio since wrapping up their run on Halo, under the long term plan by the publisher to nurture it as a flagship franchise next to Call of Duty.
Titled “Law of the Jungle”, the cinematic short was directed by Iron Man’s Jon Favreau, and stars Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad drug kingpin Gus Fring) narrating a tale of space adventures to a young boy in a futuristic...
Need for Speed Rivals Announced for Current Gen, Xbox One and PlayStation 4
Posted by AusGamers on May 23, 2013 | Leave a Comment
Electronic Arts has announced yet another new title in their long running Need for Speed Franchise, titled Need for Speed Rivals. Described as “a white-knuckle action/racing game created by an inspired new development team,” the new racing game will be the first to use Frostbite 3 outside of Battlefield 4. It’s also being developed by EA’s newest studio, Ghost Games, who will be working in partnership with the expert racing team at Criterion Games to deliver “new thinking...
Sam Lake Addresses Alan Wake Fans, Alan Wake Humble Bundle Announced
Posted by AusGamers on May 22, 2013 | Leave a Comment
Remedy’s creative director Sam Lake has taken to video form to discuss concerns from fans that their next title in-development isn’t an Alan Wake sequel, but instead an entirely new IP. While the news of the decision didn’t mould well with Remedy fans, the direct approach does help somewhat.
Lake took to the video to outline that while the studio worked hard to create a sequel to the psychological action thriller, certain requirements didn’t “fall in to place,”...
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