Mass Effect - DLC Now Available
Mass Effect’s promised “Bring Down the sky” DLC is now available on PC. Unlike Xbox360 version, this DLC is completely free.
Press Release:
Leading video game developer BioWare, a division of Electronic Arts Inc., has announced that “Bring Down the Sky,” the first piece of downloadable content for the award-winning space epic Mass Effect, is now available for PC gamers to download free1 of charge.
Fully optimized for the PC, “Bring Down the Sky” is the first in a series of planned downloadable content that will further expand the Mass Effect story and universe. It includes a new uncharted world that introduces the deadly Batarian alien race, approximately 90 minutes of new gameplay and an original soundtrack. Instructions on how to download and install the new content is available at http://masseffect.bioware.com/downloadablecontent/. “Bring Down the Sky” is currently available for international languages including English, Spanish, Italian and German, with additional language versions coming soon. Read more
Now On Steam - Out Of The Park Baseball 9
June 21, 2008 by Raj
Filed under Digital Distribution
Out of the Park Baseball 9, the sequel to PC Gamer’s 2007 PC Sports Game of the Year and Metacritics PC Game of the Year 2007, is now available for purchase on Steam.
Draft amateurs, sign free agents, negotiate extensions, work out trades or even fire your hitting coach when your team is batting .230 in May. No baseball simulation on the planet offers you this much flexibility and this much fun.
Pick it up today for just $39.99 and live out your baseball manager fantasy.
Mass Effect PC Ships to Retails
May 28, 2008 by Raj
Filed under Action, Adventure, Corporate, Development, Genre, Miscellaneous, Newsbits, Press Releases, RPG, Release Dates, Screenshots
PC port of BioWare’s successful RPG has shipped to US retails. You can get it for MSRP of $49.95.
Press Release:
Leading video game developer BioWare, a division of Electronic Arts Inc., has announced that the award-winning space epic Mass Effect for the PC is now available in stores across North America. Rated “M” for Mature, Mass Effect is available at a MSRP of $49.99 at all major retail outlets. Mass Effect is also available for purchase online and can be downloaded from major digital distribution sites including the EA online store at www.eastore.ea.com. Read more
Bethesda Softworks Announces Development Partnership with Splash Damage
May 22, 2008 by Raj
Filed under Action, Adventure, Corporate, Development, First Person Shooter, Genre, Miscellaneous, Newsbits, Press Releases
Press Release:
Bethesda Softworks®, a ZeniMax Media company, announced today a long-term development partnership with the award-winning U.K. studio, Splash Damage™.
Splash Damage has been recognized by the industry for the quality of its titles and particularly for its skill in creating cutting-edge multiplayer games. The studio has received numerous accolades and awards for Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory™, including Game of the Year nods from GameSpy, IGN, and PC Format. Their latest game, Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars™, won over 80 Editors’ Choice, E3, Most Wanted, and Game of the Year awards and nominations.
Mass Effect Gone Gold
May 16, 2008 by Raj
Filed under Action, Adventure, Corporate, Development, Genre, Press Releases, RPG, Release Dates
BioWare’s PC port of their successful RPG Mass Effect has gone gold. The game has completed development and has been sent to DVD-replicating facilities to ready it for retail.
Press Release:
BioWare announced today that the award-winning action role-playing game (RPG) Mass Effect for PC, published by Electronic Arts, has gone into manufacturing. Mass Effect will be available in North America on May 28, 2008 and June 6, 2008 to European retailers.
Gamers can still take advantage of pre-order specials1 and should check with their preferred retailer for information. Alternatively, gamers who pre-order Mass Effect through the Electronic Arts online store at www.eastore.ea.com will receive bonus items2 from the game Dead Space™, the highly anticipated sci-fi survival horror game by EA, including the first issue of the Dead Space comic book and a Dead Space poster while supplies last. Read more
BioWare Announces Special Pre-Order Offer for Mass Effect on PC
BioWare has announced a special Mass Effect pre-order program. Press release below:
Leading video game developer BioWare™, a division of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS - News), is proud to announce that key retailers across North America will be offering $10 off for all pre-orders of Mass Effect™ for the PC1, shipping to retailers May 27, 2008 in North America and June 6, 2008 in Europe. Gamers will receive the $10 discount by pre-ordering Mass Effect at both specialty and online retailers including GameStop, Amazon.com and GoGamer.com. Read more
Two Worlds - Tainted Blood DLC
April 24, 2008 by Raj
Filed under Corporate, Digital Distribution, Full Client, Horror, Interview, MMORPG, Press Releases, Racing, Release Dates
Gamers who bought the Game-of-the-Year edition of “Two Worlds” were thrilled with the brand new PC multiplayer add-on for the RPG - and now they can download the new adventures in Antaloor from the first of May - for free at www.2-worlds.com.
Players can now go on the hunt for a crazy Necromancer, unsolve the mystery of a massacre in a woodcutters’ camp, deal with a rebel knight (permanently) and lots more. The new add-on doesn’t only give you a new series of Quests - it also opens up the doors to an all-new Business and Training Center! The town of Tharnburg offers you a large traders’ district - and various arenas in which you can try out your newly-learned combat techniques right away. By the way - “Tainted Blood” isn’t the only add-on that will help sweeten your wait for “The Temptation” follow-up… another add-on’s coming soon!
Steam Weekend Deal - 33% off Team Fortress 2
April 18, 2008 by Raj
Filed under Action, Adventure, Corporate, Digital Distribution, First Person Shooter, Genre, Steam
If you haven’t bought Valve’s brilliant shooter Team Fortress 2 yet, fret not, for this weekend only, you can get it with 33% price chipped off courtesy of Steam.
This weekend only, get a special discount on the multi-player game rated as Game of the Year by over 50 industry publications. Buy before Monday, April 21 and get Team Fortress 2 for just $19.95. Don’t let your friends have all the fun without you!
Team Fortress 2 Steam Store Link
Price: $19.95
Bethesda Softworks Announces Fallout 3 Collector’s Edition
April 18, 2008 by Raj
Filed under Action, Adventure, Corporate, First Person Shooter, Genre, Press Releases, RPG, Release Dates
Bethesda Softworks, a ZeniMax Media company, officially announced today that it will release a special Fallout 3 collector’s edition worldwide for Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, Games for Windows, and PLAYSTATION3 computer entertainment system. The limited collector’s edition is available for pre-order through participating retailers.
Epic Games Arrives on Steam
March 18, 2008 by Raj
Filed under Action, Adventure, Client, Corporate, Digital Distribution, Downloads, First Person Shooter, Press Releases, Release Dates, Steam
As we reported earlier, a curious user found a key which was related to EpicGames in Steam’s clientregistry.blob file, which hinted that Epic Games maybe coming to Valve’s reowned content delivery service. Now, It’s official. Epic Games has arrived on Steam. Press release below:
World-renowned developer Epic Games makes its debut on Steam today, delivering the award-winning Unreal and Unreal Tournament franchise to Steam gamers everywhere.
The Epic hits now available on Steam include the debut classic Unreal Gold, Unreal 2: The Awakening and the Unreal Tournament series: Unreal Tournament: Game of the Year Edition, Unreal Tournament 2004: Editor’s Choice Edition, and the recently released Unreal Tournament 3, which has shipped over a million copies to date. For the ultimate Unreal experience, nab the Unreal Deal Pack, an incredible value at just $59.95.
To celebrate the launch, all of Epic’s games on Steam are available for 10% off their regular price (offer ends March 24).
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