Paradox Interactive voice, hot on the heels of the Hearts of Iron 3 announcement, that they are developing an expansion for their most recent launch Europa Universalis: Rome, a grand strategy game which spans the history of the Roman Empire. The expansion will be called Vae Victis and will sell for just 9.99 dollars when it launches close to the end of 2008.Paradox have a history of providing excellent support for their games, with comprehensive patches to address most major bugs and with expansion packs which are reasonably priced and provide extra depth to the original game. Europa Universalis III and Hearts of Iron 2 are both now much be... [read more >>] No hardcore gamer was surprised when Rockstar announced that GTA IV would make its way to the PC. It is a tradition for the developer to launch its games on the PC roughly six months after the console release. But now, after the announcement, Rockstar is showing off the way the game will look and play on the new platform and the excitement in the community seems to be building up.At the Leipzig GDC show, goers were showed the Three Leaf Clover mission, which was running on a resolution of 2560 x 1600, said to be the maximum supported resolution in the PC port. The textures are vastly improved and the game generally runs smoother, with bette... [read more >>] The most anticipated RPG of all times, Diablo III, has been detailed even further by Blizzard, which is offering us as much as it probably can for now, and I must admit we're quite pleased with the level of detail. I am sure nostalgics and skeptics together will be extremely pleased to hear that Blizzard plans to bring a host of brand new exciting stuff, while keeping the feeling of the old games in the franchise.Diablo III will be a true sequel to the previous game, with an easy interface, some fast-paced action and visceral gameplay - but you saw that already in the gameplay trailer. What you probably did not know is the fact that th... [read more >>] We all appreciate a good, lengthy game, but a varied gameplay is a must or else any title will turn into a boring piece of junk. It seems that Square Enix has a completely different opinion, since reports are suggesting that a huge difficult boss in Final Fantasy XI, Pandemonium Warden, was not defeated after an entire guild fought against it for 18 hours in a row! And that is truly amazing!The story was reported by the guys over at the Pet Food Alpha website, who said that FFXI members of the guild Beyond Limitation went to hunt down the Pandemonium Warden boss but failed to do it, even though they spent almost an entire day playing. The b... [read more >>] Mythic is clearly making up for the long development cycle (more than three years) of Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning by announcing that it plans a world wide release for the game on September 18, which is no less than five days earlier than the date we were expecting to see it thanks to recent rumors. Well, five days do not exactly make up for the last big delay, which was about six months, but it's still nice to see that the game is finally getting released.Mythic says that this is the first time that a MMORPG launches at the same time in North America, in Europe and in Oceania, with portions of Asia also targeted. The earlier tha... [read more >>] At long last, Rockstar and Take Two have announced that Grand Theft Auto IV is coming to the PC. The release date is set for November, with the game arriving in North America on November 18 and with Europe getting it on November 21. According to the announcement, the game may remain pretty much the same as when it was launched on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 earlier in the year, with only vague references made to "newly expanded multiplayer" features that are exclusive to the PC.GTA IV was originally launched in April for gaming consoles, bringing on more than 300 million on the first day, when it managed to sell 3.6 million copies, and o... [read more >>] For the past few months, Blizzard has been full of surprises for the gaming community (even though most of their official statements were common sense and everybody was expecting to hear them sooner or later). However, it seems that the company now loves to share its secrets - and so do we. For example, during the latest Activision Blizzard investor phone call, Blizzard's president, Mike Morhaime has confirmed that his company is working on a brand new massively multiplayer online game! However, he stopped there and offered no further details due to "competitive reasons", but this is huge! Especially since it could be a brand new IP an... [read more >>] When the PC version of the space faring role playing game Mass Effect was announced, BioWare and Electronic Arts said that the Bring Down the Sky downloadable content, which was already out on the Xbox 360, would be integrated on the PC port of the game on launch day. It wasn't so, mainly due to some technical issues with integrating the pack into the game, but now, finally, PC owners can get their hands on Bring Down the Sky. There's also a patch available for the game. You can download both the patch and the DLC by clicking on the links at the bottom of the article.To get the new content, you are required to download the content... [read more >>] After a long delay and the axing of some content it might just be that Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning or WAR, as it is known, has a release date. The Singapore localized site of publisher Electronic Arts mentioned, on a page which now appears to be gone, that the game is slated to launch on September 23, which is rather soon.Previous statements made by various Electronic Arts people mentioned that they planned to do a simultaneous release around the world for WAR. Such a launch would benefit the MMO because it make it possible for more players to get into the game world right from the start and it's very important to have players i... [read more >>] There used to be a time when beta tests were just a chance for developers to check on their titles by using the free manpower of the fan community, rather than the internal quality assurance departments in their companies. Beta testers were often given unpolished version of a game and there are some who never played the game because of awful beta impressions.Nowadays a beta is more often seen as an early peek at the game, with players lining up to get a look at an upcoming blockbuster. Recently, Wrath of the Lich King, the second expansion to Blizzard's World of Warcraft, has entered the public beta stage and fans would do anything to ... [read more >>] | 
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