PC Game News

TimeGate Studios today announced that "Section 8: Prejudice", a new sequel in the FPS series, will be available for a digital download price of $14.99.

"Prejudice is a full-featured, sci-fi-themed, first-person shooter that delivers a 5-hour, story-driven single-player campaign, robust online multiplayer for up to 32 players across a variety of maps, and a new 4-player co-op game mode, entitled Swarm.  As if that wasn’t enough, all game modes and content will be playable offline, as the $14.99 product also includes full bot support.

“We’re challenging the notion of just how much quality and value we can pack into a digital download first-person shooter,” said Adel Chaveleh, CEO of TimeGate Studios. “Our target is very simply to be the highest quality, best value digital FPS on the market.  Prejudice is a full-retail-scoped product, so I’m sure our fans will be very happy with our price-point decision.”

In addition, TimeGate plans to heavily support the community after launch by expanding Prejudice with a substantial downloadable content plan. 

For more information, visit www.warisprejudice.com"

gPotato announced yesterday that "Volume 3: The Fury of War", for "Allods Online", is now live across European servers.

"The Fury of War has a focus on content for high-level players and delivers a host of brand new options for developing and upgrading guilds, including an opportunity to contest ownership and control of entire allods within the game’s expansive universe via the Astral Confrontation feature.

PvP, raiding  and guild confrontation is expected to hit new heights as players experience the Melting Isle and Junes Catacombs, which alongside the new guild features combine to create the most compelling and feature-rich subscription-free MMO currently available.

To get the new expansion, just log in to the game and the patch will start automatically. Are you new in the Allods Online universe? Just register for a free gPotato.eu account and download the game at https://en.allods.gpotato.eu/Download/Client.aspx For more information please visit the official Allods website: https://allods.gPotato.eu."

Vogster Entertainment released a teaser trailer for "CrimeCraft: Bleedout", the third episode in The New Age of Ruin content expansion, which is set to launch on Saturday.

"Preview the third episode of CrimeCraft: Bleedout with this exclusive teaser trailer, with an original story by Mike Kennedy (Star Wars, Superman, Alien vs Predator) and featuring the original art of Sanford Greene (Deadpool, Method Man, Wondergirl, Killer 7, The Batman Strikes!).  In this first major content expansion to the Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Shooter, CrimeCraft, players will experience The New Age of Ruin through 10 consecutive weekly episodes featuring story content from a lineup of comic book industry superstars. "

The list of new PC game releases, DVD and Blu-Ray releases, and movies opening the week of December 13, 2010.

PC Games:

• Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam (Saturday)
• Europa Universalis III: Divine Wind

Movies Opening This Week:

• Casino Jack (limited)
• How Do You Know
• Rabbit Hole (limited)
• TRON: Legacy
• Yogi Bear

DVD and Blu-Ray Releases:

• 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
• 24: The Complete Eighth Season
• 24: The Complete Series
• America Lost & Found: The BBS Story [Criterion Collection Blu-Ray]
• Army Wives: Complete Fourth Season
• Buster Keaton: The General
• Chabrol: Two Classic Thrillers
• Cyrus [Blu-Ray]
• Despicable Me [Blu-Ray]
• Double Take
• Exit Through the Gift Shop
• Gunsmoke: Season Four, Vol. Two
• Hawaii Five-O: Tenth Season
• Leave It to Beaver: Season Five
• Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'hoole [Blu-Ray]
• Nanny McPhee Returns [Blu-Ray]
• Straight to Hell Returns
• The A-Team [Blu-Ray]
• The Black Pirate [Blu-Ray]
• The Honeymooners Christmas Special
• The IT Crowd: Complete Fourth Season
• The Other Guys [Blu-Ray]
• The Quintessential Guy Maddin – set
• The Town [Blu-Ray]
• True Grit [Blu-Ray]

Paradox Interactive today announced the release of "Europa Universalis III: Divine Wind", a new expansion in the strategy series.

"Enhancing every aspect of the original game to create an even deeper and more rewarding experience, you play as one of four major daimyo’s in Japan vying for influence over the Emperor and control over the Shogunate. Other additions include improved diplomacy, more realistic development of trade, multiplayer for up to 32 players and over 50 unlockable Achievements.

Divine Wind is now exclusively available via digital download on all leading digital distribution platforms with a recommended retail price of $19.99/€19.99/£14.99. Please note that the Divine Wind expansion requires Europa Universalis III Complete as well as the Heir to the Throne expansion to play."

Mass Effect 3 was revealed at the Video Game Awards on Saturday night and the game was officially announced today by Electronic Arts.

"Mass Effect 3 is set to launch globally in holiday 2011 on the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system, the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and the PC — this marks the first time the Mass Effect franchise will launch on all three major platforms simultaneously. Also at the Spike VGAs, the game’s predecessor, Mass Effect 2 was awarded with the “Best RPG” and “Best Xbox 360 Game” of the year awards and BioWare was named “Studio of the Year”.

For more information on Mass Effect, please visit https://masseffect.com or the newly redesigned BioWare website at https://bioware.com."

THQ today announced an agreement with Guillermo del Toro to create a trilogy of games titled "inSane". The first chapter in the series is scheduled to be released in 2013.

"Del Toro will serve as external creative director for the games, working closely with THQ Executive Vice President, Core Games Danny Bilson, THQ Director of Fiction Development Paul DeMeo and THQ’s Volition, Inc. studio on the development of the trilogy. In addition, THQ and del Toro will collaborate on potential transmedia projects surrounding the inSANE games.

“THQ is committed to creating great games by identifying the world’s most talented artists and providing them with the creative support to design innovative game play experiences,” said Bilson. “Guillermo is not only an incredibly gifted writer and film director, but also an avid gamer, and we are excited to bring his talents to our medium. We are confident his unique point of view will create visually stunning adventures, filled with rich and rewarding game play.”

“With this new series of video games, I want to take players to a place they have never seen before, where every single action makes them question their own senses of morality and reality,” said del Toro. “THQ and Volition, Inc. are equally excited to make this vision of a completely new game universe into a reality.”

THQ will own the intellectual property rights to the inSANE games, and del Toro will hold the rights to any filmed entertainment products.

For more information, please visit: www.insanegame.com"

Todd Howard, of Bethesda, announced "The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim" at the Video Game Awards and a teaser trailer for the game has been released. The trailer is narrated by renowned Swedish actor Max Von Sydow and includes a release date of November 11, 2011. A new teaser site is up at www.elderscrolls.com, which features the teaser trailer.

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A new extended "Deux Ex: Human Revolution" trailer was released today, offering more of a glimpse of the upcoming sequel by Eidos Montreal.

"In DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION you play Adam Jensen, a security specialist, handpicked to oversee the defense of one of America's most experimental biotechnology firms. But when a black ops team breaks in and kills the scientists you were hired to protect, everything you thought you knew about your job changes."

gPotato announced that "Allods Online Volume 3: The Fury of War", an upcoming expansion in the MMORPG series, will launch on December 14.

"Backing up the launch date confirmation is the release of full patch notes on Friday noon detailing all the changes, fixes and new content in The Fury of War and a new trailer showcasing the expansion’s new zones. As several character classes will undergo changes as part of the update, all players will receive, via in-game email, the ‘Droplet of Death’ – an item that allows a character to reset all talents and rubies as many times as they wish for a 48 hour period after receiving the item.

Volume 3: The Fury of War for Allods Online has a focus on content for high-level players and an expansion of features for guilds. PvP and raiding fans will get access to entirely new instances and guilds will gain per-level rewards and the chance to contest control and ownership of new, specially-designed allods and astral sectors against rival guilds.

For more information and to discover Allods Online and the world of Sarnaut for free on the gPotato.eu portal, players can simply register accounts and download the full game at: https://en.allods.gpotato.eu/Download/Client.aspx"

DreamCatcher, JoWood, and Spellbound Entertainment today announced "ArcaniA: Fall of Setarrif", an upcoming add-on in the series.

"In this action filled add-on, our nameless hero will continue his journey and encounter fierce new enemies, all new items and more exotic areas to explore. For the first time in the history of the franchise, gamers will be able to experience the story from a different perspective and play as different characters.

“This add-on gives us the opportunity to tell the story of the city Setarrif. Besides the story, which is an extension of the story of ArcaniA – Gothic 4, players will be provided with diversified regions, quests and dungeons,” says André Beccu, Lead Designer Spellbound Entertainment.  “Players will be able to import their Gothic 4 character and they will meet the old fellows again. But this time, we came up with something very new!”

Game Features:

• 10 hours of gameplay with a multitude of new quests and missions
• Experience the story from another characters’ point of view – for the very first time in the franchise
• Import your character from ArcaniA – Gothic 4 or choose one from a set of archetypes
• A broad variety of new items for a even more character variations
• New enemies! Prove your fighting techniques against countless hordes of monsters
• New environments like cities, coastal regions, jungle and mountains with volcanic activity!

Look out for a special version of the add-on which will blow the action-RPG fans’ socks off, updates and details 2011! "

Electronic Arts today announced that a "Dead Space 2" demo will launch on the 21st worldwide, giving players a chance to try out the upcoming sequel. The game is currently scheduled to be released in January.

"In the Dead Space 2 demo, players will take engineer Isaac Clarke on a terrifying adventure through the Church of Unitology, an expectedly “safe” place that quickly becomes dangerous and deadly, during the Necromorph outbreak on the Sprawl. Players will also have access to a variety of new tools that Isaac can use to fight Necromorphs, including the new Javelin gun, updated stasis recharge mechanic and enhanced telekinesis ability. Players will also experience the advanced suit, equipped with jets that will allow Isaac full 3600 control in Zero-G space.

For additional information and news, visit https://www.deadspacegame.com"

Paradox Interactive today announced that "Europa Universalis III: Divine Wind" has gone gold and will be released on December 14.

"The fourth expansion to the classic historical strategy epic, Europa Universalis III Divine Wind is set in the Far East and will enhance every aspect of the original game to create an even deeper and more rewarding experience. Requiring Europa Universalis III Complete as well as the Heir to the Throne expansion to play, Divine Wind introduces a new graphical style, a more detailed map, and a wealth of new oriental provinces to control."

The list of new PC game releases, DVD and Blu-Ray releases, and movies opening the week of December 6, 2010.

PC Games:

• Majesty 2: Monster Kingdom
• Tron: Evolution
• World of Warcraft: Cataclysm

Movies Opening This Week:

• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
• The Fighter (limited)
• The Garden of Eden (limited)
• The Tempest
• The Tourist

DVD and Blu-Ray Releases:

• A Dog Year
• Absence of Malice
• Alice in Wonderland [Blu-Ray]
• Barry Munday [Blu-Ray]
• Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
• Bonanza: The Official Second Season, Vol. One
• Boy Meets World: The Complete Fourth Season
• Closer [Blu-Ray]
• Cronos [Criterion Collection Blu-Ray]
• Escape from Zahrain
• ESPN Films 30 for 30 Gift Set Collection Vol. 1
• Fox 75th Anniversary Collection
• Hoarders Season Two: Part One
• Inception [Blu-Ray]
• Lady In Red / Crazy Mama
• Law & Order: Season Eight
• Lennon NYC
• Lost in Translation [Blu-Ray]
• Mademoiselle Chambon
• Prayers for Bobby
• Restrepo
• Rush Hour [Blu-Ray]
• Shrek Forever After [Blu-Ray]
• Shrek: The Whole Story Boxed Set
• SpongeBob SquarePants: Season Six, Vol. Two
• The Bob Hope Collection – set
• The Collector
• Trek Stars Go West
• Vegas: Season Two, Vol. One
• Videorome [Criterion Collection Blu-Ray]

Stardock cut its price on "Sins of a Solar Empire" 50% to $9.99 on Impulse, giving interested players a chance to scoop up that game at a very low price.

"Sins of a Solar Empire is an innovative real-time strategy game featuring seamless transition between epic strategy and tactical combat modes, initiating what is already becoming known as the RT4X sub-genre. A galaxy of intriguing aliens, powerful starships, and colossal planets comes to life with stunning 3D graphics, unparalleled sense of scale, and a cinematic musical score. Explore and conquer nearby planets and distant solar systems by applying brute force, cunning strategy, elegant diplomacy, economic mastery, and researched technology."