MySims Coming to PC, Screenshots

 

Another annoying Sims game is coming to PCs. This time, it’s a Wii/DS port. Lovely.

Press Release: 

The Sims, an Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) Label, today announced the first details for MySims, made for the PC, coming to stores in October, 2008. MySims first launched on the Wii™ and Nintendo DS in Autumn, 2007 and has been a worldwide hit embraced by players everywhere. Now the game makes its way to the PC with new online features and new characters.

In MySims you can create original characters, build a town, grow a community and discover a world of your own. Start by personalising the appearance of your MySims from head to toe and go on to unlock cool new items as you befriend and build relationships with your neighbours. Make your creations unique when you design your own homes, shops, restaurants and more in this fun, open-ended game. All that you need is a little creativity and some help from the locals! Read more

Now On Steam - Planet Busters

The latest title to arrive on Steam library; Planet Busters.

Planet Busters, a new single-player game from Slam, is now available on Steam. Combining puzzle-solving action with awesome firepower and spectacular explosions, Planet Busters also features Steam Achievements and over 50 levels.

Buy it before July 8th and save 10% off the regular $9.99.

Sins of A Solar Empire v1.05 Patch

Stardock has released another patch for their space-RTS; Sins of A Solar Empire. The patch fixes/updates a variety of things. check out the release log and download links after the break.

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Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Colonies Edition Gone Gold

Capcom’s upcoming title has gone gold.

Press Release:  

Capcom® Entertainment, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, announced today that Lost Planet™: Extreme Condition COLONIES EDITION has gone gold. Lost Planet COLONIES EDITION will be available for the Xbox 360® video game entertainment system from Microsoft, as well as Windows-based PCs that support Games for Windows – LIVE®. The suggested retail price is $29.99. Capcom plans to ship Lost Planet COLONIES EDITION on May 27, 2008. Read more

Hellgate: London Patch v1.2 Single Player Patch Released

Flagship has released a new patch for their FPS-MMO; Hellgate: London. The patch is for the single player portion of the game and updates/fixes a HUGE amount of things.

General

Based on the number and depth of balance changes to skills in this update, certain characters will be provided a “respec token” that allows them to reassign their skill points. This token is automatically placed in the character’s inventory and can be used at any time.

The timer and quest requirement have been removed from the mini-game.

Full change log and download links after the jump. Read more

Dawn of War 2 Official

As we reported, THQ was developing Dawn of War 2 since september 2006 with a scheduled release in 2009. Now, it’s official. THQ has officially announced Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 2. Check out the press release below:

THQ Inc. today announced that Warhammer(R) 40,000(TM): Dawn of War(R) II, the highly anticipated sequel from one of the industry’s premiere Real-Time Strategy (RTS) developers, Relic Entertainment, is scheduled to bring the 41st Millennium’s savage warfare to life like never before in spring 2009. Powered by an enhanced version of Relic’s proprietary Essence Engine 2.0(TM), Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II will take players to the brutal frontlines of war where they’ll experience intense action and visceral combat through a non-linear single player experience and a fully co-operative multiplayer campaign. Set in Games Workshop’s (LSE: GAW) highly popular Warhammer 40,000 science fiction universe, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II is being developed exclusively for Windows PC. Read more

Frontlines: Fuel of War - v1.02 Patch Released

KAOS Studios has released a new patch for their multiplayer first person shooter, Frontlines: Fuel of War. Release notes and download links below:

RELEASE NOTES:

• Crashes when locking the screen during loads has been fixed (i.e. Using Alt+Tab).
• Server browser will no longer show servers that are not running.
• Alt+Tab will work properly in Windows Media Center.
• Lockups/crashes while “Please Wait” popup is on screen has been fixed.
• Player no longer becomes stuck in an unresponsive menu after quitting a match at the end of a round.
• NAT (Network Address Translation) – Listen Server now shows public IP and can be joined.
• Fix for infinite loops that occasionally appear in single player.
• Fix for hang issue/crash for Chinese and Korean native operating systems.
• Game will no longer crash when the user suspends the game using Ctrl+Alt+Del or Win+L on the splash screen after the game launch.
• New .dll’s to address sound card issues added.
• Fixed Japanese character issue on scoreboards.
• Russian fonts fixed.
• Polish, Chinese, and Czech language support added.
• Player count sort fixed on server browser.

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Size: 180MB

Garry’s Mod Update Released

Updates to Garry’s Mod have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:
Garry’s Mod

• Fingerposer now works with TF2 models
• Improved fingerposer UI accuracy
• Added GUI Skin chooser
• Added content mount chooser
• Added code to fix TF2 turrets spawning with unusable physics object
• Restricted content mounted by default
• Various player model fixes (Thanks to Nickolas George)
• Removed unused, exploitable commands (spectate etc)
• NPC Turrets now spawn facing away from you
• Separated lamps and lights from undo and limits
• Added Shield icon to Admin Only entities
• Added ‘description’ popups to context menu fields
• Fixed maxplayers not changing when starting a listen server after playing single player
• Fixed Barnacle crash
• Fixed Metropolice crash
• Fixed rare startup crash due to localization
• Fixed player spawned vehicle count being wrong
• Fixed some attributes not changing when clicking a light
• Fixed numberwang not working if textarea had key focus
• Fixed Lua error when putting an invalid number into numberwang
• Fixed crash when physgunning weapons into players
• Added lua_reloadents (for lua coders, to reload all Lua entities)
• Added some missing TF2 map icons (Thanks Namelezz)

Prey on Steam For $4.95 only!

Humanhead Studios’s shooter is available for $4.95 on Steam. Which is a 75% cut from the regular $19.95 price! Here’s the official word:

Here’s a deal you can sink your teeth into: this weekend only, pick up the acclaimed first person shooter Prey for just $4.95.

In Prey, players enter a living spaceship which enslaves alien races and devours humans for lunch. Prey turns the first person shooter genre upside down with awesome new gameplay features like wall-walking and gravity flipping, making for intense single-player and multi-player experiences.

Prey is built on a heavily modded version of the Doom 3 engine and is developed by critically acclaimed developer Human Head Studios under the direction of 3D Realms.

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Stranger Ships to North American Stores

Today Fireglow Games is pleased to announce that Stranger has shipped to North American retail. Stranger is a hybrid RTS/RPG that has gamers playing as three mysterious heroes lost in a strange fantasy world. Stranger features a deep magic and enchantment system, and a rich world populated by more than a hundred unique monster types. Players can take control of three main characters and their henchmen and enjoy a single-player campaign lasting more than 30 hours, while also being able to take their game online in eight-person Internet multiplayer matches. For more information about Stranger, visit the official Web site at http://stranger-game.com. Read more

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