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Monthly Archives: May 2014
Oculus responds to the false claims by Zenimax
Recently, the Oculus Rift VR team has spoken publicily regarding the recent claims filed by Zenimax regarding their VR technology, which they summed up within a few short bullet points:
- We are disappointed but not surprised by Zenimax’s actions and we will prove that all of its claims are false. In the meantime, we would like to clarify a few key points:
- There is not a line of Zenimax code or any of its technology in any Oculus products.
- John Carmack did not take any intellectual property from Zenimax.
- Zenimax has misstated the purposes and language of the Zenimax non-disclosure agreement that Palmer Luckey signed.
- A key reason that John permanently left Zenimax in August of 2013 was that Zenimax prevented John from working on VR, and stopped investing in VR games across the company.
- Zenimax canceled VR support for Doom 3 BFG when Oculus refused Zenimax’s demands for a non-dilutable equity stake in Oculus.
- Zenimax did not pursue claims against Oculus for IP or technology, Zenimax has never contributed any IP or technology to Oculus, and only after the Facebook deal was announced has Zenimax now made these claims through its lawyers.
Despite the fact that the full source code for the Oculus SDK is available online (developer.oculusvr.com), Zenimax has never identified any ‘stolen’ code or technology.
SMITE Osiris God Reveal
Osiris, the ruler of gods and master of the Egyptian Afterlife, joins the ranks of SMITE in the next patch.
Youzu Games
Youzu Games
Camelot Unchained Bat Shit Crazy May 2014 Update
Mark Jacobs offers the goods on massive news about to break on Camelot Unchained this month including a teaser of the final name.
Solstrike Trailer
Solstrike is a quick turn based arena strategy game for 2 to 6 players. Each match takes approximately 30 to 60 minutes to play.
Solstrike
Solstrike is a turn-based arena strategy game. Players can battle in matches of 2-6, and must balance skill with luck in order to win.
Features:
30 Units Strong: – and growing. Solstrike features two planets with 15 unique units, buildings, and buffs to choose from; more planets will be added over time.
Barracks: Choose carefully what you want to take with you into your next match.
Missions: Completely missions to gain research points, which can be used to unlock new planets and actions.
Private Games: Use an invite-only game service to customize your game and play only with those you know.
Fen Research Ltd
Fen Research Ltd
“Kronos” Announced as First Release of Upgraded EVE Online Dev Model
CCP Games, the world’s leading independent developer of massively multiplayer games, today took the main stage at EVE Fanfest 2014 to announce the plans for EVE Online’s summer release, Kronos. Shipping June 3, it will bring a huge overhaul to industry in the sci-fi MMO. Aimed at further improving accessibility, diversity and meaning in industrial gameplay — the true backbone of the EVE Universe — the changes in Kronos will keep EVE’s critically acclaimed “vicious cycle” of harvesting, creation, and destruction churning forward.
Kronos also marks a major shift in EVE development from two expansions per year to around 10 releases annually as CCP aims to deliver more content, more frequently, to its legendary playerbase.
Vast industrial operations are behind the famous player wars that rage across EVE’s sprawling universe, while smaller individual efforts generate wealth, meaning and power at a personal level. Kronos will create dynamic shifts in the industrial landscape by adding cost-scale differences, specialized workers and teams, changes to reprocessing, and more.
Players’ activity will begin to affect the industrial palette of solar systems, allowing for more meaningful decisions and giving them more reasons to interact with each other in cooperative or adversarial ways. New players will be able to get into Industry more quickly as manufacturing opens up and the user interface is reworked.
Kronos will also offer other features in CCP’s ongoing commitment to improve EVE Online year after year. New Mordu’s Legion ships (frigate, cruiser, and battleship) are coming alongside a new mining frigate, the Prospect. Rebalancing efforts will change heat, transport ships, freighters, pirate faction ships, and drones. A new in-game store will prepare for even more customization options in the future, and other changes from sound customization to solar flares and warp effects will complete the release.
Kronos will be available free to all EVE Online subscribers and trial users on June 3, with more details offered in coming weeks via a series of dev blogs.
“The new cadence of development will allow us to take on bigger, more ambitious features, deliver content at an increased pace, and give our players even more to look forward to,” said Andie Nordgren, Senior Producer for EVE Online. “Kronos is the perfect release to kick off the series of upcoming changes as it provides the foundation for the colonization dreams of player empires we’re working towards—epic sci-fi construction projects that lead to new parts of the universe.”
Game Insight’s Cloud Raiders Soars onto Windows Phone
Game Insight, a global leader in the development and publishing of free-to-play games for mobile and social platforms, is pleased to announce that its epic cross-platform action-strategy game, Cloud Raiders, is now available for Windows Phone. Entrusted with their own massive island stronghold floating in the sky, players and their armies will fight dreadful pirates, terrifying monsters, and the most dangerous opponents of all – other players. Cloud Raiders, which is also available for Android and Facebook, was developed by innoWate studio, creator of the popular city-builder game series My Country.
Additionally, Cloud Raiders has also received an important update, allowing players to form in-game clans. This new feature enables players to be in constant contact with their friends, who can help them by sending troops. Each successful raid will earn points for the whole clan, so players can work together to defeat more enemies to earn the highest game rating and glorify their clan’s name!


