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Thief 4 Features Online Play, Uses Unreal Engine

By Nick Winter | PC News | Jan 16, 2012 5:01 AM | Comment

An investigative forum user over at NeoGAF has uncovered some interesting information about Eidos Montreal's upcoming addition to the Thief franchise, Thief 4 (or Thi4f... as it's sometimes called in geek speak). According to the resumes of a few outspoken Eidos employees, the stealth game will feature some kind of online mode and will also utilize the popular Unreal Engine 3. Read More »

Thief 4 Features Online Play, Uses Unreal Engine

TF2 Masks Coming to Saints Row: The Third

By Nick Winter | PC News | Jan 16, 2012 4:04 AM | Comment

Plenty of game characters have scored cameo hat appearances in Team Fortress 2, including some characters from Saints Row: The Third. But now the cross-promotion is heading the other way. On Tuesday, Steam owners of the latest Saints Row game will get access to nine gigantic "masks", each of which look like one of Team Fortress' famous fighters... only much bigger. Read More »

TF2 Masks Coming to Saints Row: The Third

Razer Accuses PC Industry of Not Taking Risks

By Nick Winter | PC News | Jan 16, 2012 3:37 AM | Comment

Whether you like what they sell or not, it's hard to deny that Razer is one of the most innovative PC peripheral manufacturers around at the moment. Just look at their latest invention, the so-called "Project Fiona", which looks like an iPad mixed with a PS3 controller. According to Razer CEO and co-founder Min-Liang Tan, however, the company is "sick and tired" of being the only innovative kid on the block, and he's called on the rest of the industry to start taking more risks. Read More »

Razer Accuses PC Industry of Not Taking Risks

THQ Clarifies Warhammer 40K MMO Rumors

By Nick Winter | PC News | Jan 16, 2012 2:30 AM | Comment

This weekend saw a blaze of twitter and message board activity debating the truth of a rumor concerning THQ's future gaming line-up. The unsourced rumor, tweeted by industry veteran Kevin Dent, purported that THQ had cancelled its entire 2014 line-up, including the upcoming Warhammer 40,000 MMO titled "Dark Millennium Online". THQ has since issued a somewhat ambiguous statement on the rumor, assuring fans that its 2014 line-up is safe, while it "has not made any decisions regarding the planned MMO". Read More »

THQ Clarifies Warhammer 40K MMO Rumors

Mass Effect 3 Writing Will be Deeper, More Emotional

By Nick Winter | PC News | Jan 15, 2012 4:55 AM | Comment

One of Mass Effect 3's lead writers has promised the game will deliver a deeper, more emotionally-compelling storyline, particularly when it comes to its lead character, Shepard. Speaking to BioWare's own promotional news service, Mac Walters said the writing team had been doubled since the release of the original Mass Effect, meaning writers now had more time to focus on making Shepard a more realistic character. Read More »

Mass Effect 3 Writing Will be Deeper, More Emotional

Gods & Heroes Drops Subscription Fees

By Nick Winter | PC News | Jan 15, 2012 4:18 AM | Comment

Like it or hate it, free-to-play revenue schemes seem to represent the future of MMORPGs (unless the game happens to have the words "Star Wars" somewhere in its title). The latest MMO to jump on the "free" bandwagon is Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising, which has just reduced its initial start-up cost, and scrapped subscription fees, in an effort to attract players before its full transformation into F2P sometime soon. Read More »

Gods & Heroes Drops Subscription Fees

SSFIV Arcade Edition Getting PC Update in Feb

By Nick Winter | PC News | Jan 15, 2012 3:25 AM | Comment

The so-called "Ver. 2012" update for Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition was released for consoles last month, but PC fighting fans (yes... they do actually exist) were left with the original, untweeked build. But not for much longer! Developer Capcom says it has been "cracking the whip" on its poor programmers, and expects the PC patch to be ready in late February. Read More »

SSFIV Arcade Edition Getting PC Update in Feb

Watch 20 Minutes of Tribes: Ascend Beta

By Nick Winter | PC News | Jan 15, 2012 2:38 AM | Comment

It's a slow news day... and it's a Sunday to boot... so why don't we just forget the constant stream of news updates for a little while, and instead watch 20 minutes of the Tribes: Ascend beta. Sound like a good idea? Of course it does, because this free-to-play FPS is looking like one of the standout PC shooters of 2012. Read More »

Watch 20 Minutes of Tribes: Ascend Beta

Origin Required for Mass Effect 3 on PC

By Nick Winter | PC News | Jan 14, 2012 3:55 AM | Comment

First Battlefield 3, now Mass Effect 3. BioWare has confirmed that PC players of Mass Effect 3 will need to access the game via Origin, the digital distribution service owned by publisher Electronic Arts. What's more, BioWare has also confirmed that ME3 will not be available on Steam... meaning players who want to purchase a digital copy of the game will probably end up going through Origin as well. Read More »

Origin Required for Mass Effect 3 on PC

Wargame: European Escalation Explodes in New Trailer

By Nick Winter | PC News | Jan 14, 2012 3:15 AM | Comment

The upcoming military RTS game, Wargame: European Escalation, looks mind-bogglingly massive. Maps can be as large as 150 square kilometers and can feature up to 100 million scenery objects (which is quite a few pine trees and picket fences). Moreover, there are 361 unique units for players to command, including troops, tanks, aircraft and artillery. You can check out a mere handful of these units in a new trailer after the jump... Read More »

Wargame: European Escalation Explodes in New Trailer

Blizzard Drops Auction House for Korean Diablo III

By Nick Winter | PC News | Jan 14, 2012 2:39 AM | Comment

The South Korean ratings board has been brooding over whether to ban Diablo III for more than a month now. The issue is not Diablo III per se, but the game's "auction house" feature, which enables players to sell in-game loot for real-world money. Some in the Korean government had argued this feature was akin to gambling. Well, Korean Diablo fans can rejoice, because the game has been passed for release... minus the auction house. Read More »

Blizzard Drops Auction House for Korean Diablo III

Dark Souls Petition Has Namco's Attention

By Nick Winter | PC News | Jan 14, 2012 1:52 AM | Comment

Earlier this week GameSpy pleaded with readers to sign an online petition asking publisher Namco Bandai to consider releasing its excellent action-RPG Dark Souls for the PC. Well, good news! It seems someone over at Namco HQ in Tokyo has noticed the groundswell of internet support, because an administrator has told the official forums that the company has been overwhelmed by the response. Read More »

Dark Souls Petition Has Namco's Attention

Relive 8-bit Childhood on PC: Abobo's Big Adventure

By Mike Nelson | PC News | Jan 13, 2012 11:28 AM | Comment

We here at GameSpy love our PC games, but that doesn't mean we turn aside the chance to play some classic 8-bit videogames like Double Dragon, Mega Man, and Contra from yesteryear. Roger Barr and a handful of other programmers -- affectionately known as Team Bobo -- remember these glory days as well and have worked hard to create their 8-bit homage videogame known as Abobo's Big Adventure, and released it for free earlier this week. Read More »

Relive 8-bit Childhood on PC: Abobo's Big Adventure

A Year in Rift Will Now Cost You $99

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Jan 13, 2012 10:50 AM | Comment

Call it the SWTOR Effect. Less than a month after the official launch of BioWare's massively multiplayer Star Wars game, Trion Worlds is slashing prices on its own MMO subscription plans: a year in Rift will now cost you $99 -- that's $8.25 per month. Read More »

Trion Worlds Slashes Prices on Rift Subscriptions

Launch a Downtown Shuttle in Tropico 4 Expansion

By Mike Nelson | PC News | Jan 13, 2012 10:41 AM | Comment

So there I was, minding my own business, when I looked out my office window and saw the damn Space Shuttle taking off down the block. Hasn't El Presidente learned what a blast zone is? Who had the bright idea of building this thing downtown anyway? Read More »

Launch a Downtown Shuttle in Tropico 4 Expansion

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