Yearly Archives: 2014

The Banner Saga Takes Geekie Award® in Indie Game Category

The Banner Saga

Austin-based independent developer, Stoic, took home another award on Sunday night with its smash hit PC video game The Banner Saga winning the Geekie Award ® for the Indie Video Games category. The award ceremony took place on Sunday evening, August 17th in Hollywood, California and was broadcast live via Twitch livestream. Currently available on PC and Mac, The Banner Saga will be coming to iPad, Windows and Android based tablets and is scheduled to launch in September 2014.

“We are honored by the outpouring of love from fans for The Banner Saga and know that this award is due to their support”, said John Watson, Technical Director at Stoic. “This comes just as we are about to launch the game on tablet, and we are excited about the prospect of offering The Banner Saga to a new medium of gamers”.

The Banner Saga is an epic role-playing Viking saga with turn-based tactical combat where the player’s choice in travel, conversation and combat determines the outcome of their own personal story as well as the survival of an entire civilization. The game features stunning 2D animation and art, a unique tactical combat system and a cast of unforgettable characters that drive the story forward. The journey is enhanced by a beautiful and haunting original score by Grammy nominated, and two-time BAFTA winner, composer Austin Wintory conducting The Dallas Winds orchestra, as well as a powerhouse trio of acclaimed YouTube sensations: Peter Hollens, Malukah and Taylor Davis.

The Banner Saga is available now through Steam, Amazon, GreenMan Gaming, Humble Store, UPlay, GameFly, GameStop, GOG and Gamers Gate for PC and Mac. A digital Deluxe Edition is also available through select retailers which includes the game and complete soundtrack.

To learn more about The Banner Saga visit: http://stoicstudio.com/

The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot: Defense Crafting Now Available

Epic Loot

Today, Ubisoft released a major update for The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot, bringing defense crafting to Opulencia in an effort to bring more variety and depth to the kingdom’s Castles.

The new defense crafting mechanic allows players to use materials they loot in other player’s castles or tombstones from dead attackers to create stronger creatures and traps than ever before. Four new creatures have been added to the roster, including The Goatman, a deadly ranged creature. Mr. Boomboom, an elite version of the Explodifier, is also available. Stabbington is the dreaded boss of the Stabbinshire region and can also defend your castle from thieves. The fearsome Dragon Terribilis, the ultimate boss in Opulencia, can also be crafted and placed in your castle.

A new weekly event called “Most Wanted Creatures and Traps” has also been introduced to Opulencia. These special rare creatures or traps will only be available for a limited time. This week General Pow, who has the ability to turn chickens into deadly bombs, is featured.

To join the looting madness, sign up on the official website: www.themightyquest.com

Trails of Ascension: Big Update Coming Soon

Trails of Asension

The ToA team has been extremely busy testing their upcoming demo for about a month now. Just over a month ago, they invited our champions, heroes and legends to join us in our first-ever test. They had over 20 people plus staff running around hacking on each other and exploring the small but beautiful area they’ve built. They’re about a week away from the next much larger test, which will include a ton of new functionality, including

  1. Account Creation: Now testers will create an account that will persist through their various log ins. This of course also means log in validation has been implemented.
  2. Network Tests: During our first test, we had about 25 people logged in from around the globe.
  3. Naming: Our naming system has been implemented. You can now name others whatever you want and it will be remembered.
  4. Combat Enhancements: Combat continues to get improved with more precise collision detection, improved animations, etc. If you don’t know, ToA combat allows you to equip a weapon or shield in each hand in any combination and you control those hands individually. It’s an incredibly fun system that allows you to adopt the fighting style that suits you best.
  5. Unarmed Combat: No longer do you need weapons to smite your enemy! Drop steel and use good old fashioned fist-to-face tactics!

And much more. For more info, visit http://us3.campaign-archive2.com/?u=19704ba629cbb30234848e58f&id=17bf370011&e=04761ba858

Seldon Crisis: New Indie Sci-Fi MMO

Seldon Crisis

Chaos Interactive Ltd. is revealing the first detailed look at Seldon Crisis, an open world sci-fi massively multi-player online game (MMO) based on an original story written by Riccardo Simone, a brilliant young Italian writer of science fiction, and loosely inspired by the “Foundation Series” by Isaac Asimov. Created for fans of immersive player-driven games and set in the expanses of deep space, Seldon Crisis will begin a Kickstarter campaign in September, which will hopefully lead to the debut of the beta version in 2015.

Seldon Crisis is a completely player-driven MMO. The game’s economy, politics and even the infrastructure will be in the hands of the players who are not bound by preset paths and forced linear progression. Players can earn money and increase their character level by crafting and trading goods between the many sectors of the galaxy and its stations, hunting pirates and collecting loot and bounty, or fighting other players for their equipment and cargo.

In Seldon Crisis, players also will discover an extensive variety of missions, such as combat, escort, courier and exploration, with various combinations of each. Factions in each sector – hostile, friendly or neutral – offer work for adventurous captains while the vast depths of space offer hidden missions and uncharted territories to discover.

Seldon Crisis takes full advantage of an immense and beautiful galaxy where thousands of star systems, planets, moons, nebulas, wormholes and asteroid fields are waiting to be explored and exploited, with each sector of the universe offering a unique variety of resources and procedurally generated content.

“For all fans of Sci-Fi and space-based MMOs, Seldon Crisis is being designed from the ground up to be the game that fans want – free of any publisher requirements or restrictions,” said Mirko Campochiari, lead game designer, Chaos Interactive Ltd. “We are taking MMO gaming back to its roots, with an uncompromising game that truly rewards player ability and a return to old-school game mechanics, such as a full loot system, to create a challenging and more involved gameplay environment.”

At the heart of Seldon Crisis will be the powerful HeroEngine, a unique real-time collaborative development system optimized for MMO games. The Seldon Crisis Kickstarter campaign will launch in September, with plans for beta testing in Q3 2015 and full release to follow.

For more info, visit www.seldoncrisis.com

Dawn of the Immortals: ow Available on Android

Dawn of the Immortals

An isometric action fantasy MMO, Dawn of the Immortals challenges players to traverse through 60 levels of thrilling dungeons and epic boss fights, armed with powerful weapons and with the help loyal upgradable pets and fellow players from around the world. Dawn of the Immortals is the premier 3D MMORPG, offering deep player customization, a robust multiplayer suite of guilds, parties, group chat, World Bosses, leaderboards, PvP and PvE arenas, and more. A full-featured fantasy MMO, Dawn of the Immortals brings a comprehensive cross-platform experience to Android devices, as well as iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.

Perfect World Entertainment Inc., a leader and publisher of widely-acclaimed free-to-play MMORPGs, announced today that Dawn of the Immortals is now available on Android devices for players worldwide, and brings cross platform play with iPhone®, and iPad® devices.

For more info, visit www.arcgames.com

Shadow Realms

Shadow Realms is a 4v1 story-driven Online Action RPG with dynamic co-op missions in a constantly evolving BioWare world. It is an ongoing adventure with new episodes released frequently. Players make their own choices as to the path they take through the story, uncovering new mysteries and revealing hidden twists.

Features:

4v1 Gameplay: In Shadow Realms, players face off not just against a virtual world and enemies, but against an actual dungeon master that controls every aspect of the game and even enemy intelligence. The game seeks to reclaim the feel of the old tabletop RPG experience, bringing it into the online realm.

Modern Fantasy Setting: Shadow Realms takes place in a near-future, modern setting in which nightmares, monsters, and demons are all real. The PCs are chosen to fight this darkness, arming themselves with fantastic weaponry and modern technology to foray into the shadows and bring evil to its knees.

Deep Combat Customization: Deep character and combat customization options offer players the ability to build and progress as a powerful Hero and Shadowlord uniquely suited to individual play-styles. Players earn and choose from a broad set of abilities that can be mixed regardless of class, offering a deep and diverse set of options.