CryENGINE 2 Coming to China

Crytek’s visually stunning game engine; CryENGINE 2 is hitting China and is now available to interested developers. The Engine will be at display at Chinajoy on 17-19th June in Shanghai.

Crytek will be presenting hourly at booth W2-19 in Hall 2. For appointments, e-mail chinajoy@crytek.com.

Battlefield: Heroes BETA Registration now OPEN

Hurry up and register for the Battlefield: Heroes BETA!

   1. All applications will be reviewed and Beta testers will be selected and added to the Beta test over time as more openings become available, so please be patient.
2. If selected, you will receive your Beta key and further instructions via e-mail.
3. Once in the beta, you will be given access to the Beta Testing forums where you will receive further instructions.

Team Fortress 2 - Medic Unlocks/Goldrush Update

We reported last month that VALVe plans to release medic unlocks and Goldrush map this month. Ofcourse, with VALVe, you can never be sure of the release dates. Steam forum member sumowski contacted Valve, and got a reply from Robin Walker regarding the update:

And we repeat, with Valve, you can never be sure with the release dates. So take this e-mail with a grain of salt until you’re finally playing Goldrush map with Medic unlocks.

CD Projekt Announces Witcher: Duel Mail

CDProjekt, the developer of the brilliant RPG, The Witcher, Has annouced a multiplayer version of The Witcher.

The Witcher: DuelMail is a completely free-of-charge next-gen web-browser game that offers depth seldom found in similar products. The start of open beta is planned for April 7th, with the final version scheduled for release on May 9th.

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Team Fortress 2 - Unlockable Weapons Update

One of the Steam forum members sent an e-mail to Valve complaining about Pyro’s weakness and how the recently announced overhealer feature would make it even harder for pyros. Well, Valve got back at him with this response:

Sorry for the super late reply on this one. I’m getting a ways behind in my email right now.Thanks a bunch for the long & detailed feedback. It’s always great to get feedback with this amount of time & thought put into it. We’re still thinking about the relationship between the Pyro & the core combat classes, in particular that of the Pyro & the Soldier. We’ve tried a couple of things in our internal playtests, but haven’t found anything we like enough to ship yet. The recent update to the flamethrower with the audio cue played when you’re hitting an enemy seems to have been a good step.

No details on the Pyro’s unlockable weapons yet, sorry. We’re still focusing on the Medic, and the underlying system. Your fire axe will be happy to hear that the Overhealer didn’t work out as well as we wanted it to, and won’t be making an appearance.

Robin.

No clear date is set regarding the release of the new unlocks and achievements.