Rock, Paper, Shotgun

By Jim Rossignol on June 17th, 2013 at 2:00 pm.

The world of crowd-funding is having its cash-glands tickled by more than one JRPG-inspired project right now, and we’ve talked about the CGI-fantasies of TBT: The Black Tower on a few occasions recently, and that is an ambitious-looking project indeed. I have to admit, though, that I far more enticed by the rather more cartoon-angled notions of the slightly less grand looking (but all the more alluring) Soul Saga. This hearkens to a slightly earlier era of the JRPG, and is all the stronger for it. The lovely, twee, flash-cut art style is being bolstered by references to the mechanics of a bunch of games beloved by the TV-box gamers.

Soul Saga even claims “professional voice acting by popular names such as Todd Haberkorn (Natsu from Fairy Tail) and Kira Buckland”, although I have no idea who those people are. Check out the pitch below!
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By Jim Rossignol on June 17th, 2013 at 12:00 pm.

Civilization V: Brave New World adds a continent-sized piece of content to Civ V, with nine new civilisations, more wonders, trade-routes, ideologies, and an over-hauled cultural victory. Looks like this could be a fairly big deal compared to Gods & Kings, partly thanks to the “world congress” feature intended to facilitate greater diplomatic happenings between nations.

Footage and details below.
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By Jim Rossignol on June 17th, 2013 at 10:00 am.

We’re hearing reports that Ubisoft’s reps are encouraging PC gamers to sign a petition, this one, if they want to see Ubi’s spectacular looking post-apocalyptic shooter, Tom Clancy’s The Division, on PC. Frankly, we’d quite like to see the game on PC, because the E3 reveal (see that below) was so strong. This seems a bit of a weird way to go about asking for it, though.

Enough of this dance of justification. Just bring it to PC, Ubi.
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By Jim Rossignol on June 17th, 2013 at 9:00 am.

News out of IdolNinja suggests that Volition are gearing up to support modding on Saints Row The Third, with potential support for mods on the fourth game. They explain: “Jeff Thompson, the Studio Director of Programming at Volition, is putting together a package for us containing documentation, file formats, tools, and more on the Saints Row: The Third engine. Myself, Minimaul, and gibbed will be working closely with Jeff over the coming months to use this information to create a robust set of modding tools to supplement our existing ones and creating what is essentially a full sdk for the game! But, that’s not all! Saints Row: The Third is only the beginning!” I can only imagine how awesome this could end up being, especially if it really is a test bed for modding support on the fourth game.

Let’s have a look at that Saints Row IV trailer again…
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By Jim Rossignol on June 17th, 2013 at 8:00 am.

Salem, the “boutique” MMO that mythologises the colonial era of North America, while terrorising players with nudity and permadeath, has been dropped by publisher Paradox. The game has spent a year in beta, and I have to admit that I haven’t made time to play it during that long stretch. That probably says something.

The game is not over, however, as the game is being handed off to developers Seatribe to do with what they will. Here’s the announcement.

Anyone actually play this?

By Jim Rossignol on June 16th, 2013 at 3:43 pm.

Sundays are for getting home late from London because of tea. No, really, tea is to blame for a late Sunday Papers.

• True PC Gaming’s Roguelikes Breakdown is, well, true PC gaming. They don’t manage to avoid the “rouge” typo, though. “When you find loot in a Roguelike it may not always be something good. One of the classic tropes is undefined items. In these games you will come across a potion and the only description you get is – a blue potion. You have no idea what it does. Well, why would you? Some guy just wandering through a dungeon shouldn’t automatically know everything about what’s down there. You have three choices of what to do with the blue potion: drink it, drop it or hold it and hope to identify it later. Drinking is the quickest, but most dangerous, option. Some potions may restore health or temporarily increase your attack power, but not all are beneficial. If it poisons, paralyzes or permanently reduces your strength then you know not to drink any more.”

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By Lewie Procter on June 15th, 2013 at 5:33 pm.

It’s time again for you to consider purchasing some games for a discounted price. Here’s my weekly bargain bucket, where I’ve compiled a roundup of what I think are the best offers available for games that you can play on your computer this weekend. On top of this, you can always find the fruits of my constant search for the best deals in gaming for all platforms over at SavyGamer.co.uk. Read the rest of this entry »