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NeoCore Games today announced Broken Sea, a new tactical RPG that takes place in a world of magic and action-packed battles.

“Broken Sea takes place in a world of high magic, action-packed battles and grand storytelling. Beginning the game as a respected member of your order in an almost-forgotten monastery, players will seek out the colossal Dominion Ship—the last of its kind—and journey to the massive archipelago that once prospered under the rule of the Emperor Mages. Assembling their own party of heroes, players must face tactical battles and explore the unknown in order to survive, and restore their once-great order.”

“Broken Sea follows the classical traditions of RPG adventures,” said Zoltan Pozsonyi, producer  at Neocore Games. “Putting a party together in search of the truth is a tale anybody can get behind. Thanks to the epic story and the unique party-based tactics on offer, Broken Sea is poised to offer something really engaging and immersive to players.”

Tripwire Interactive announced that due to the success of the recent Steam free weekend, the price of Red Orchestra 2 has been cut in half to $19.99. In addition, all existing owners of the game have been given guest passes that can be given to friends.

“This is the game that won PC Gamer’s “Multiplayer FPS of the Year” and has recently been updated with new game modes, a new map, a wide range of gameplay refinements and performance improvements – all for free to everyone who owns the game. Tripwire Interactive is committed to supporting our games with free additional content for many years after initial release and Red Orchestra 2 is no exception to that rule! There is more content already in the works for the game, as well as a new add-on for the game: Rising Storm, that will bring the Pacific Theater alive for Red Orchestra 2 players.”

Paradox Interactive and Zeal Game Studios today released a new E3 trailer for A Game of Dwarves titled Bedtime Story, which focuses on the background story of the game.

“Overcoming the obstacles of subterranean lighting, dirt-caked lenses, and trying to buy new film in a treasure-based economy, they have provided the world with some early looks at dwarves in motion. Now, players everywhere can see just what they’re up against in the upcoming dwarf-management title, keeping tabs on a growing population of drunken miners.

“A Game of Dwarves Bedtime Story Trailer” features gameplay, dwarves, and over the top accents, telling the magnificent story of the rise and fall of the expansive (though not particularly tall) Dwarven empire, alluding to their glorious return to power and giving us a glimpse of the dark side of the Dwarven universe.”

A few extra titles have been added to Humble Bundle V, which featured some great games from the start.

“We’ve added three games to Humble Indie Bundle V! If you’ve already purchased the bundle, then Braid, Super Meat Boy, and Lone Survivor are already on your download page! If you haven’t bought Humble Indie Bundle V yet, set your price higher than the average to get these excellent games in addition to Psychonauts, LIMBO, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP, and Bastion!”

A new trailer for Splinter Cell: Blacklist was released at E3, showing off Sam’s standard weapons and equipment.

“The United States has a military presence in two thirds of countries around the world. A group of 12 have had enough and initiate a terror ultimatum called the Blacklist – a deadly countdown of escalating terrorist attacks on U.S. interests. Sam Fisher is the leader of the newly formed 4th Echelon unit: a clandestine unit that answers solely to the President of the United States. Sam and his team must hunt down these terrorists by any means necessary, and stop the Blacklist countdown before it reaches zero.”

A new co-op trailer for Far Cry 3 was released at E3.

“With Far Cry 3, players step into the shoes of Jason Brody, a man alone at the edge of the world, stranded on a mysterious tropical island. In this savage paradise, where lawlessness and violence are the only sure thing, players dictate how the story unfolds, from the battles they choose to fight to the allies or enemies they make along the way. As Jason Brody, players will slash, sneak and shoot their way across the island in a world that has lost all sense of morality.”

Paradox Interactive today announced Their Finest Hour, an upcoming expansion for Hearts of Iron III.

“Their Finest Hour is the third expansion for Hearts of Iron III, and comes three years after the original game’s release – further evidence of Paradox’s commitment to building and growing their games well after the launch period, adding features and ideas requested by their active and involved international online community.

You can expect the expansion Hearts of Iron III: Their Finest Hour to land with a bang later in 2012.

Announced features for Hearts of iron III: Their Finest Hour include:

• Expanded espionage system with new and reworked missions, including new covert operations that can be performed on the map.
• New ‘battle plans’ mode where you can load historical plans, or draw your own and share with your allies in real-time in multiplayer games.
• New unique elite units for each major nation’s army – Gurkhas, Rangers, Imperial Guards etc.
• Deeper naval invasions system including the development of specialized landing and assault crafts to improve the effectiveness of your assault.
• More detailed control over strategic warfare and a generalized lend-lease system to support your distant allies with your industrial might.
• Leaders are now able to gain traits, and assigning them to duty is more important than ever with the new combat tactics system for battles.
• A new custom game mode for both single and multiplayer. You start with a clean slate and can instantly produce units, research technologies and affect political alignment before the game begins. This allows you to model interesting ‘what-if’ scenarios and speeds up the early years for those who would like to jump straight into the action with no slow build-up.
• Two new detailed battle scenarios, the Russo-Finnish Winter War and the Spanish Civil War”

The Rockstar Games blog has been updated with word of a new patch that will be issued tonight in response to community feedback.

“Issues fixed by tonight’s patch are below. Our goal is to get everyone up and running as smoothly as possible so be sure to hit https://support.rockstargames.com if you are having any specific issues.
 
Compatibility Issues

• Fixed reported issues with needing service packs, compatibility with incorrect OS.

Various Crashes

• Fixed a range of issues which could have led to crashes on startup and in-game.

Audio Crash

• Fixed reported issues of audio dropouts when no audio device was plugged in, or when the headphones/speakers disconnected while in game.

Mouse Sensitivity

• Fixed reported issues of mouse being sluggish, especially in prone and Shootdodgeâ„¢. Increased top end range of mouse sensitivity, but kept the slider from 1-10, allowing the user more range in their sensitivity setting.

Mouse Acceleration

• Fixed reported issues of mouse acceleration affecting aiming, included commandline option to disable mouse acceleration, -nomouseaccel (In a future update, this will be added as an option in the Mouse Controls menu).

Stretched Image / Wrong Aspect Ratio

• Fixed reported issues of game locked in incorrect aspect ratio, or alt-entering and having incorrect aspect ratio. Added commandline option for locked aspect ratio as commandline option -aspectratio width:height  (ie. -aspectratio 4:3 / -aspectratio 16:9) In a future update, this will be added as an option in the Graphics menu.

Video Memory Reporting as 0MB

• Fixed reported issues of the video card reporting having 0MB of video memory available.  Users unable to adjust Graphics options because of this (Also helps fix stuttering on some video cards).

We are aware of a few outstanding issues including multiplayer cheaters and hackers. Rest assured this will be dealt with in a forthcoming patch.”

Nordic Games announced Painkiller Hell & Damnation yesterday, an update to the original Painkiller that will run on the Unreal Engine 3.

“Powered by Epic’s world-renowned and highly-respected Unreal Engine 3, Painkiller Hell & Damnation recreates the sensations and hardcore gameplay of the original Painkiller. Released in 2004, Painkiller won high praise and many accolades and fans for its fast and unique gameplay. Keeping true to the old-school FPS ideology, lightning-fast movement enables skillful players to get into the heart of the fast-paced gameplay, topped off with stunning enormo-boss fights requiring sneaky tactics.”

The Bethesda Blog was updated today with a new teaser trailer for The Elder Scrolls Online.

“After 20 years of best-selling, award-winning fantasy role-playing games, the Elder Scrolls series goes online! Experience this epic adventure on your own or together with friends, guild mates or thousands of alliance members. The choices you make, from the alliance you join, to the character you create and the battles you fight, will shape your destiny and the world of Tamriel.”

The list of new PC game releases, Blu-ray releases and movies opening the week of June 4th, 2012.

PC games:

• Battlefield 3: Premium
• Mystery Masters Secret Stories Collection

Movies opening this week:

• Bel Ami (limited)
• Dark Horse (limited LA/NYC)
• Lola Versus (limited)
• Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted
• Paul Williams Still Alive (limited)
• Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding (limited)
• Prometheus
• Safety Not Guaranteed (limited)

 Blu-Ray releases:

• A Perfect World
• Act of Valor
• Act of Vengeance
• American Pie
• ARN The Knight Templar: The Complete Series
• Bad Ass
• Blood Work
• Breaking Bad: The Complete Fourth Season
• Carmen
• Casino
• Cocktail
• Erin Brockovich
• Falling Skies: The Complete First Season
• Flame Over India
• For the Love of Benji
• Hit So Hard
• Hondo
• Hoosiers
• John Carter
• Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
• King Kong
• Machine Gun Preacher
• National Lampoon’s Animal House
• Ransom: 15th Anniversary Ed.
• Safe House
• Scent of a Woman
• Sea of Love
• Seven Days in Utopia
• Smokey and the Bandit
• Spartacus
• The Big Lebowsi
• The Color of Money
• The Fast and the Furious
• The Grapes of Wrath
• The Mummy
• The Sting
• The Twilight Zone: Fan Favorites
• The Yankles
• Town: Ultimate Collector’s Ed.
• U.S. Marshals
• Under African Skies
• United 93
• Workaholics: Seasons 1 & 2
• Yellow Submarine

Ubisoft today revealed a new title in its line-up on debut at E3, which is named Watch Dogs. At this point there isn’t much information about the game other than what is displayed in the video and screenshots. The official site is: https://watchdogs.ubi.com

The E3 trailer for Crysis 3 was released today, giving viewers more of a look at the next game in the shooter series by Crytek.

“Crysis 3 advances the state of the art with unparalleled visuals and dynamic shooter gameplay. Players take on the role of ‘Prophet’ as he returns to New York, only to discover that the city has been encased in a Nanodome created by the corrupt Cell Corporation. The New York City Liberty Dome is a veritable urban rainforest teeming with overgrown trees, dense swamplands and raging rivers. Within the Liberty Dome, seven distinct and treacherous environments become known as the Seven Wonders. This dangerous new world demands advanced weapons and tactics. Prophet will utilize a lethal composite bow, an enhanced Nanosuit and devastating alien tech to become the deadliest hunter on the planet.”

Electronic Arts and Visceral Games today announced Dead Space 3, a new installment in the space shooter with horror elements.

“After crash-landing on a hostile new planet known as Tau Volantis, hero Isaac Clarke discovers that this planet could be the key to ending the Necromorph infestation. In his violent hunt for answers, Isaac must battle subzero, icy conditions and deadly, highly-evolved enemies including all-new Necromorphs, gigantic boss creatures and even misguided zealot humans. Fortunately, Isaac is not alone. Players can choose to team-up with a friend anytime in the game with the fully integrated drop-in/drop-out co-op feature. Players that choose to take down the terror together will experience additional story details and gameplay mechanics only found when playing as the co-op character, Earthgov Sergeant John Carver.

Dead Space 3 will be available February 2013 for the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system and the PC.”

Valve today announced that CS:GO is scheduled to be released on August 21st for the PC, Mac, PS3 and Xbox 360.

“CS: GO will be sold for approximately $15 on all platforms.
            
CS: GO features new maps, characters, and weapons and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust, etc.). In addition, CS: GO introduces new gameplay modes, matchmaking, leader boards, and more.
            
Developed by Valve in cooperation with Seattle-based Hidden Path Entertainment, the title will be playable in the Sony and Microsoft booths this week at E3 in Los Angeles, CA.”