By Anonymous on May 17, 2015 11:14 pm
R8 Games, a new independent studio formed by developers who previously worked on Sony's futuristic racing series Wipeout, has released pre-alpha gameplay footage if its next game, Formula Fusion. R8 Games first revealed Formula Fusion last year, saying that it's a "huge" project that it can't complete without help. In April, the developer took the game to Kickstarter, and hit its funding goal of £35,000 (about $52,000). At the time of writing, Formula Fusion raised £52,814 from 1,060 and still has five days to go before the campaign ends on May 23. R8 Games describes Formula Fusion as a fast, frantic near-future anti-gravity racing game for PC. It will feature 21 tracks and five craft classes to progress through and master. The developer set a stretch goal at £100,000 that will allow it to bring the game to Xbox One and PlayStation 4 as well, but at the moment it doesn't look like it reach that figure. "Set in the dystopian year of 2075 in the redeveloped ruins of New York State, Formula Fusion's stunning atmospheric environments complement the dirty-urban visual design of The Designers Republic that truly set the stage for the Formula Fusion W.A.R Leagues – a dog-eat-dog racing competition born on the back of F1 racing," R8 Games said. You can find out much more about the game on the Formula Fusion Kickstarter page.
By Anonymous on May 17, 2015 10:17 pm
If you're a Mac or Linux user looking forward to the retail release of the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset, it looks like you're going to have to wait longer than PC users. Chief Architect at Oculus Atman Binstock announced last week that the company is pausing development on Oculus Rift support for those operating systems.  "Our development for OS X and Linux has been paused in order to focus on delivering a high quality consumer-level VR experience at launch across hardware, software, and content on Windows," Binstock said. "We want to get back to development for OS X and Linux but we don't have a timeline." Last week, Oculus also revealed the recommended PC specifications for the headset: - NVIDIA GTX 970 / AMD 290 equivalent or greater
- Intel i5-4590 equivalent or greater
- 8GB+ RAM
- Compatible HDMI 1.3 video output (required)
- 2x USB 3.0 ports (required)
- Windows 7 SP1 or newer (required)
Read Binstock's full blog post here for more details for the Rift consumer model, set to launch in the first quarter of 2016. Joining Rift next year will be Sony's PlayStation 4 headset, Project Morpheus. Meanwhile, the ViveVR headset, from Valve and HTC, is due to launch later this year. Pricing for both headsets has not been announced.
By Anonymous on May 17, 2015 09:05 pm
Dancing has always been staple in massively multiplayer games, and Bungie's massively multiplayer "shared-world" first person shooter Destiny gives player the ability to dance as well, but it's now often that you see a choreographed routine like this. The video, which you can watch below, shows the Husky Raid clan dancing to the tune of Gwen Stefani's song The Sweet Escape. The dancers didn't only coordinate their moves, they also use the game's weapons and abilities to put on a light show to go with the routine. Destiny's second expansion, House of Wolves, is due May 19. It follows December's The Dark Below. Looking ahead, Bungie will release more content for Destiny this summer, before the game's most substantial expansion yet is released this fall.
By Anonymous on May 17, 2015 08:30 pm
 Goodbye $60! This week we get Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, but there's other games too in case you're interested. Hyperdimension Neptunia U, Life is Strange Ep3, Swords and Soldiers 2 and Carmageddon Reincarnation.
By Anonymous on May 17, 2015 07:54 pm
Crysis, the first person shooter known for its superhuman nanosuit and impressive graphics, doesn't seem like the likeliest contender for a board game adaptation, but that's just what one German game developer is trying to do. Frame6, which previously developed PC and mobile games, this week launched a Kickstarter campaign for Crysis Analogue Edition, a board game based on the first person shooter. "Aside from granting us the Crysis license for this game, the design team of the original Crysis series has assisted us with original visual assets and was part of our QA team for this game," Frame6 said. "This collaboration should guarantee a true to the original experience while providing original content for a core board gamer audience." Frame 6 says describes it as a fast-paced strategy game for 2-8 players, with Team Instant Action or Capture the Relay modes. Two factions fight over a hex grid, using different nanosuit abilities, cover, and other items represented with cards and dice rolls. You can get a better idea for how the game works in the video above. The Kickstarter campaign has a funding goal of €85,000 (almost $95,000) it has to reach by June 12. At the moment, it has raised a little over €23,000 from 234 backers. You can find out more about the game and back it yourself on its Kickstarter page.
By Anonymous on May 17, 2015 07:00 pm
Last year, Interceptor Entertainment, the developer of the recent Rise of the Triad remake, and 3D Realms launched a teaser website for Duke Nukem: Mass Destruction, a top-down action role-playing game for PC and PlayStation. However, a lawsuit from Gearbox Software, the current holder of the Duke Nukem IP, made Intercept put that game on hold. Shortly after news of the lawsuit, Intercept announced Bombshell, another top-down action role-playing game for PC and PlayStation. Instead of Duke, the game featured the bionic-armed protagonist Shelly "Bombshell" Harrison. Now, thanks to a court document from the lawsuit spotted by a NeoGAF user, we have a look at the game before Intercept replaced Duke with Shelly "Bombshell" Harrison.   The same NeoGAF user also posted a document indicating that the case was settled. GameSpot wasn't able to confirm at the time of writing, but according to the United States Patent and Trademark Office Gearbox still hold the rights to the Duke Nukem IP. Bombshell promises "out-of-this-world" alien enemies, "devastating" weaponry, and various genre-blending game mechanics. The game arrives sometime in 2015, but there's no explanation as to why Bombshell is skipping the Xbox One and Wii U.
By Anonymous on May 17, 2015 01:15 am
Almost two years after launch, DICE continues to update Battlefield 4 with new content and tweaks. Yesterday, the developer announced that the game's upcoming Spring patch will add new weapons and an old mode from Battlefield 3, Gun Master. The patch will add five new weapons, and while DICE didn't share their exact names and look, it gave us a general idea for what to expect: - New fan favorite Assault Rifle - Picked based on its unique burst gameplay and massive fan desirability
- New Carbine - A unique bullpup carbine with built-in vertical grip
- New PDW - A unique PDW with built-in silencer
- New Sidearm - Unique long range "sniper" sidearm using magnum rounds
- New LMG - Magazine fed LMG, which with the new weapons balance, plays in between a belt-fed LMG and an AR – your "run and gun" LMG
 Gun Master, which gained its popularity in the Battlefield 3: Close Quarters DLC, is like Team Deathmatch, but you only get new weapons every time you get two consecutive kills, and the first player to get a kill with the final weapon wins. The patch will also "significantly improve client stability on all platforms," fix a number of issues that cause crashes, and rebalance all weapons, which you can read about in greater detail here. DICE said that it will release the full patch notes closer to release. Looking ahead, DICE is already working on a summer patch, which will introduce a new "audio obstruction system." You can get an idea for how this new feature will work in the video below.
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