Star Wars: The Old Republic gets F2P Trial!
Star Wars: The Old Republic now has a free trial!
This will allow players to level any of the eight character classes to 15, exploring the classes’ origin worlds as well as faction Capitals. Players will also be able to check out the game’s PvP, in the Warzones, or team up with friends for Flashpoints.
Existing players can also now refer a friend and earn the Kurtob Alliance Speeder when they upgrade to a full account.
Steam Summer Sale Leaked?
According to various sources, part of Steam’s summer sale has been leaked, with information on the Bundles having been discovered via the Open SteamWorks CDR database.
The Steam Summer Sale will be an eleven-day promotion, with an indie bundle per day as well as bundles from larger publishers and developers.. any individual titles, not part of a bundle, haven’t yet been revealed. (more…)
Pyromania!
Part 3 of Valve’s Team Fortress 2 Pyromania update is finally here: Meet the Pyro!
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUhOnX8qt3I] (more…)
Dawnguard out on 360
Dawnguard, the first add-on for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, is now out for the Xbox 360 in the UK, priced at 1600 MSP. French, Italian, German and Spanish players will have to wait for localised versions in mid-July.. and there’s no word yet on a release date for PC and PS3 versions of the game.
The new content will be accessible to all players, though only those above level 10 will hear rumours via city guards, or receive a note about the Dawnguard via courier.
Dawnguard allows players to side with the vampires and become a Vampire Lord, or oppose the vampires as a Vampire Hunter. Vampire Lords get their own upgradeable perk system, and gain the ability to hover, transform into a bat, and levitate their enemies, while Vampire Hunters get crossbows and summonable minions to assist them.
E3 2012: Second Day’s Offerings
Picking through the news for what’s happened overnight at E3.. there’s been a lot more love for the Wii U, with plenty more games announced for the system.. more mention of the PS Vita, which apparently won’t be getting a price cut, and release dates for a trio of Mario titles for the 3DS.. all later this year.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlTV78t4_rI] (more…)
E3 2012
It’s E3 time again.. the first day starting off with conferences from Microsoft and Sony. I’ve been waiting for more info on a few games, but E3 is usually good for info on new games too..
Microsoft showed footage from 360-exclusive Halo 4 and Call of Duty: Black Ops II, due for release in November, Resident Evil 6, due in October, and Tomb Raider, Spring 2013.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bc1GaGFEJrc] (more…)
Max Payne 3, Tomb Raider, and More Bundles
Rockstar Games’ Max Payne 3 is out today.. along with the Rockstar Pass, which provides access to all the planned DLC as it is released over the year: five map packs, and Deathmatch and Co-op modes have been confirmed this far. Max Payne 3 is on my wanted list, but I’m probably going to wait for a Game of the Year edition.
Tomb Raider‘s release date has also finally been announced: 5th March 2013, worldwide! There’s also a new trailer out, with some gameplay showing poor Lara being put through her paces!
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkBZ6kKeoTI]
Also out at the moment: three more indie bundles! These are the Indie Royale’s Graduation Bundle, the Bundle in a Box, and the fifth Humble Indie Bundle! (more…)
Skyrim DLC: Dawnguard
The first DLC for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Dawnguard, has been revealed with a rather nice trailer..
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PjBSicSVqI]
Additions to the game include new areas and characters, and vampires, crossbows, and mounted combat at last! Players will have the choice of fighting the vampires and undead, or joining them!
Dawnguard will cost 1600MSP when it launches on the 360 in summer.. and has a 30 day exclusivity period before being released to PC and PS3 gamers. More information should follow next week, at E3!
Diablo III Starter Edition and Other News
Diablo III launches tomorrow.. woop!
For those who aren’t planning to buy the game right away, there will be a Starter Edition and Guest Pass!
Information about this was originally leaked, as Battle.net account holders discovered they had access to the Diablo III beta client.. and that they were able to create characters tagged with a Starter Edition label. Blizzard have since taken the beta down to address “an issue affecting the beta accessibility”. (more…)
Five Days Till Diablo III and Other Stuff
There’s just five days left till Diablo III is released!
The Mark of Valor Sigils are now unlocked on the website, so you can create your own banner for each character to use in-game, using your own uploaded photographs or designs. Blizzard have also made a Launch Day Preparation Guide.. purchasing, downloading, creating a Battletag and so on.
They don’t suggest what to do while waiting these last five days, tho 😉 (more…)