By Tim Hage on Jun 15th, 2010 at 10:47AM
Seems a bit late, but Bioware has released a demo for Mass Effect 2 to PC gamers that are still unsure about buying the game. The demo features the game’s first two levels and a “bonus” level presumably from later in the game. So, if you want to give the massive RPG a shot, then head over to Big Download and grab the 1.8GB demo installer.
via [Big Download]
By Craig Lloyd on Jun 15th, 2010 at 12:28AM
After we found out that Fable 3 would be hitting the PC, we desperately waited for a release date. During Microsoft’s E3 press conference earlier today, the company announced that Lionhead Studios would be delivering the new fantasy RPG on October 26th.
The release of Fable 3 for PC marks Microsoft’s return to publishing PC games after having been out of the business of almost three years. Their last published PC game was Gears of War in 2007.
via [Joystiq]
By Tim Hage on Jun 14th, 2010 at 11:48PM
This year at E3, EA hosted a pre-event press keynote that brought us plenty of new information. While the gameplay we saw from the event was all performed on a PS3, we’ll talk about the games that are coming to the PC. EA announced details of a new Need for Speed game, more info on Dead Space 2, news of Bad Company 2‘s upcoming expansion, and Medal of Honor‘s upcoming beta. Hit the break for all the tasty details.
By Tim Hage on Jun 14th, 2010 at 10:50PM
It seems we’re about a day late to this one, but Steam has announced “EA Week,” which is a week dedicated to daily awesome deals on select EA games. Today (Monday) features Crysis and Crysis: Warhead, each at 50% off for today only. The rest of the week’s deals are kept secret until the day of the sale, so keep an eye on Steam’s landing page and grab yourself a hot deal or two this week!
By Craig Lloyd on Jun 14th, 2010 at 2:08PM
All together now: “Finally!” On their official Twitter page, Starbucks Coffee has announced that they will be delivering no-hassle, free WiFi in all of their stores across the U.S. starting on July 1st, thanks to a partnership with Yahoo!.
Currently, Starbucks offers AT&T WiFi, which is free for two hours if you have a registered Starbucks card. If you are an AT&T DSL customer, you can get WiFi at Starbucks for free. However, if you don’t have a registered Starbucks card or if you’re not an AT&T customer, you have to pay $3.99 for two hours of WiFi access.
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By Craig Lloyd on Jun 14th, 2010 at 12:19PM
The next, anticipated installment of Assassin’s Creed is here in trailer form just in time for E3. We also get a glimpse at the end of the trailer of when the game will be hitting store shelves, which will be November 16th. Mark your calendars and view the trailer after the jump.
UPDATE: Big Download makes a good point about the PC port of Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood. According to past Assassin’s Creed PC ports, they didn’t come out until a couple months after the initial release of the game. So it’s very possible that we won’t see the PC version of Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood until well after November 16th.
By Tim Hage on Jun 14th, 2010 at 11:48AM
As a concept, Blur seemed like it was setting itself up to be one of the most unique racing games in a long time. Promising to bring realistic settings and licensed cars together with battle-style racing similar to that of Mario Kart and being developed by the team behind the fantastic Project Gotham Racing series on the Xbox, it was still hard to know just what to expect. Hopefully we’ll put to rest the questions you might have.
By Tim Hage on Jun 14th, 2010 at 11:08AM
A little nugget of information that slipped though our fingers when we posted Fallout: New Vegas‘ new E3 trailer was that the game also has received an October 19th release date in the States and an October 22nd release date over in Europe.
So maybe it’s a good thing that Portal 2 will miss its October 26th release date; less competition for our valuable time!
By Tim Hage on Jun 14th, 2010 at 1:12AM
The Bargain Bin is a weekly feature that helps out gamers in the tough economy. How does it help? Once a week, it offers a great and cheap game ($10 or less) to keep you going until your next paycheck.
A game for more than just Motocross fans, Trials 2 is a fantastic physics-based indie game that is a great little time waster. Navigating your dirt bike through the complex and challenging stunt tracks is no easy feat!
By Craig Lloyd on Jun 13th, 2010 at 11:37PM
While the actual conference doesn’t begin until Tuesday, Microsoft will be kicking off E3 2010 by giving their keynote tomorrow (Monday) at 1:00PM EST (10:00AM PDT). They will mostly be discussing their Xbox 360 console, but we’ll keep a close eye and ear out for any PC-related news that Redmond and other devs reveal.
You’ll also notice that there is now an E3 2010 banner at the top of the site just below the main header. Clicking on that will take you to all of the posts related to E3 2010. It’s a good way of quickly catching up on E3 news.
So, without further ado, let’s get this party started!
