I was pleasantly surprised to see a new edition of PC Zone land on my doorstep yesterday.
Even better next month’s edition (which sadly will be the last) is going to be a retrospective.
With such a long and interesting history it’s sure to be a must read; keep your eyes peeled and then, after reading it, dry those tears away.
Last week we reported on a Wall Street Journal article that tagged the development cost of StarCraft II at more than $100 million. According to Blizzard, it was a case of right price, wrong game.
How much did StarCraft cost to make? Blizzard hasn’t said, nor is it planning to any time soon. What Blizzard will tell us however, is that the $100 million figure that appeared in the Wall Street Journal is not correct.
Apparently the WSJ got its games mixed up. The $100 million-plus figure in the article referred to the development and upkeep of World of Warcraft, its massively-multiplayer online game. The numbers are based off figures we reported on two years ago.
Full story over @ Kotaku
As mentioned a few days ago Alien Storm has been released!
Alien Swarm is a game and Source SDK release from a group of talented designers at Valve who were hired from the Mod community. Available free of charge, the game thrusts players into an epic bug hunt featuring a unique blend of co-op play and squad-level tactics. With your friends, form a squad of four distinct IAF Marine classes.
Go grab it here
I’m looking forward to this already. Bad Company 2 has seen some of the best FPS multiplayer gaming of recent times and playing some jungle warfare can only be a welcome addition.
The Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam digital expansion pack takes all of the intensity, action and addictive gameplay of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and ups the ante with enhanced persistence, new weapons, vehicles, unlocks, awards, achievements and trophies. Featuring four new maps playable in classic Battlefield modes including Conquest and Rush, Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam will be available worldwide this winter for the Xbox 360 videogame and entertainment system, PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system and PC. Price will be announced at a later date.
Defined by its exceedingly intense vehicular warfare, destruction, variety of weapons and huge sandbox environments, Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is one of 2010′s top selling action games. The game is available in North America and Europe for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.
It’s nice to see so much invested in a PC only title in this day and age. Who said gaming on the PC was dead?
Video game production is in a slump, the world’s struggling with the tail-end of the Global Financial Crisis, and Activision Blizzard has spent more than US$100 million developing StarCraft II.
The sequel’s been 12 years coming, and expectations are understandably high, with analysts predicting several million units will be sold this year alone – comfortably padding Activision‘s wallet.
And lets face it Blizzard aren’t short of cash thanks to World of Warcraft.
Read the full story over @ GamePron
If you’re a big gamer and in the market for a new CPU, or just want to see how your current processor stacks up, then have a gander at the Tom’s Hardware Gaming CPU Hierarchy.
It’s updated monthly and gives an excellent indication on whether it may be time to start savings those pennies.