Monthly Archives: August 2019

Crusader Kings 2

Crusader Kings 2 is a grand strategy role-playing sim featuring dark-ages themed kingdom management. The medieval era wanes, and yet, the western world barrels towards destruction. Though tumultuous times are these, there’s plenty of room for a great leader to rise to the top.

Business Model: Buy-to-Play

Microtransactions: Yes, there are optional in-game purchases available.

Key Features:

Game of Thrones: Expand your feudal domain across the land all while ensuring it doesn’t implode from within or fragment after a poor succession of power.

Touching Base: Unravel and juggle the various plots, opinions, and agendas of your numerous courtiers and vassals.

Time Tested: Explore a variety of campaigns starting from the year 1066 to 1337 and all the way to 1453.

Reincarnation: Go up against 32 other players for a massive competitive strategy experience like no other.

Expansions:

Various: There are 15 downloadable content packs available unlocking new rulers, empires, mechanics, and more.

Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts Announces November Release Date

Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts from CI Games announced today that it will have a global release date of November 22nd, 2019. Coming to PC, PS4, and Xbox One, it’s a return to form for the Sniper Ghost Warrior with high-impact sniping, and more tools than ever before to take down your targets. Today’s video takes us to Siberia’s wilderness, and the Sniper, known as Black Gold they are in the second of five regions present in the game. Each will be based on actual locations, deep in the heart of Siberia. There are plenty of wide-open spaces, and places to test a new mechanic.

This new sniping mechanic is the Dynamic Reticle System”, which will let players manage their ballistics and atmospheric conditions in each and every shot. Contracts has a major focus on realistic sniping, stealth, and tactical thinking, so players will have access to pilotable Scout Drones, and integrated binoculars, with a built-in recon system. There’s also the Augmented Reality Mask, and special bullet types, so there is plenty of tools to use in battle.

At the core of all of this is the brand new contracts system. Scattered across each region are main contracts which task players with executing key targets in order to progress to new regions. While there are a total of 25 main contracts that comprise the core campaign narrative, each region acts as a sniping sandbox, densely-packed with side-objectives to complete and ambient tasks to uncover. There will be a deep single-player campaign, and a wealth of multiplayer options, so it will offer something for everyone while keeping all involved on their toes.

Drone Strike Force is Now Available on Steam

Drone Strike Force hit Steam’s Early Access program today, with a price of 19.99 USD. Drone Strike Force will bring a new approach to the FPS genre in the form of highly-skilled and competitive drone combat. To celebrate this launch, starting this weekend, top content creators will be doing battle to compete in a “Skins for Wins” event. Limited Edition skins are on the line for any player that records 20 wins as their favorite drone before September 1st.

Drone Strike Force has also revealed its first several months of free content, which you can see in the image below. This includes a PVE mode, new skins, and rewards that are on the way in September. That new PVE mode will see players fighting hordes of AI-controlled drones, whether you choose to play in groups or solos, for the best score possible. What’s better, this mode can be played while in the queue for other modes, so you are never far from the drone-filled action.

October through January is also outlined, with a Skirmish Lobby, an Armor and Shields System, New Weapons, Achievements, New Game Modes, Ranked Mode, and Leaderboards all planned to land at varying times. The future is bright, even if it’s mostly controlled by drones fighting one another.

Drone Strike Force plans

Telling Lies Reveals August Release Date

Telling Lies is an upcoming investigative thriller title, set around a cache of secretly recorded video conversations, and it’s coming in August. Telling Lies will hit PC, Mac, and iOS Devices on August 23rd, and can be pre-ordered in the App Store now. Sam Barlow is the developer, and is the award-winning creator of Her StoryTelling Lies focuses on the extent to which we never truly know the people we love. More information can be found here.

Telling Lies sits you in front of an anonymous laptop loaded with a stolen NSA database full of footage. The footage covers two years in the intimate lives of four people, starring Hollywood actors Logan Marshall-Green, Angela Sarafyan, Alexandra Shipp and Kerry Bishé, whose stories are linked by a shocking incident. Explore the database by typing search terms, watch the clips where those words are spoken and piece together the story.

IC Entertainment’s Gamescom 2019 Lineup

1C Entertainment has a massive list of games that will be shown off during Gamescom 2019. Want to know a little more about them? We’ve got you covered.

King’s Bounty 2 – Newly announced sequel to the classic King’s Bounty series will be a major highlight of the show! See the fantastical RPG for the first time at Gamescom 2019.

Men of War 2: Assault Squad – Cold War – The legendary of Men of War RTS series is headed to the cold war. See gameplay live for the first time at this year’s show.

Devil’s Hunt – 3rd-person hack n’ slash action is exactly what Devil’s Hunt is about. Play as Desmond and help settle the eternal battle between angels and demons. This will be the last major stop for Devil’s Hunt before its PC release in September.

Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones – Comic hand-drawn horror. Stygian is a classic PC RPG delving deep into the hidden terrors of its Lovecraftian source material. Get a taste for the mind-bending gameplay by trying the demo.

Ion Fury – By the creators of Duke Nukem 3D, Prey, and Max Payne, Ion Fury is a true old-school first-person shooter developed with the legendary Build Engine, famously known for classic first-person shooters like Shadow Warrior, Blood, and the aforementioned Duke Nukem 3D.

WRATH: Aeon of Ruin – A hard-core retro first-person shooter. Powered by the legendary Quake-1 Tech and crafted by the hands of Quake-scene necromancers and 3D Realms, WRATH is the real deal. You will not survive.

Secret Government – Control a secret society that can pull the strings on the major powers of industrial Europe. This will be the first media showcase for Secret Government and will be available only behind closed doors.

Conglomerate 451 – This grid-based dungeon crawler RPG set in a cyberpunk world was released into Early Access in May of this year. Come by the booth to learn more about development and what is planned for 1.0!

IL-2 Sturmovik Great Battles series – Experience intense combat in the air and on land with three new 1C Game Studios titles in development – Battle of Bodenplatte, Flying Circus and Tank Crew. All three titles are part of the IL-2 Sturmovik Great Battles series of products and can be integrated together.

Fell Seal Arbiter’s Mark – Strongly influenced by games such as Final Fantasy Tactics (original and Advance versions) and Tactics Ogre, this tactical RPG stands on its own as a worthy successor of those classics, bringing a slew of improvements and additions to the tactics genre.

 

Desperados III Reveals New Character, Isabelle Moreau

The latest character coming to the Desperados III roster is from down in New Orleans, Isabelle Moreau. She’s mastered the occult teachings of Voodoo and can slip into the mind of her foes, and control their actions. Not awesome enough? She can forge a bond between two foes, that lets them share the same fate. If one gets their throat slit, the other one will bleed out as well. These powers come with a price though: a blood sacrifice that she has to offer, whenever using her powers. It has to be her blood, not anyone else’s. Desperados III is coming to PC, Playstation 4, and Xbox One later in 2019.