Yearly Archives: 2019

Die Young Leaves Early Access on Steam Today

Die Young is a first-person non-linear survival title from IndieGala, and you play as a young woman trying to stay alive in a Mediterranean island that she was drug to.  With nearly 70 missions, 12 square kilometers, and plenty of intense survival action, Die Young has left Early Access on Steam. Players will run, jump and climb as they try to stay ahead of those that want them dead, and will pick up items and combat gear to defend themselves.

Street Fighter V to Join Intel World Open Tournament Series

Street Fighter V_ Arcade Edition – Cinematic Opening - YouTube

Intel announced today that the Intel World Open Tournament will take place in Tokyo, ahead of the Olympic Summer Games next year, to showcase the influence and excitement of esports. A part of this tournament will be Street Fighter V, and qualifiers will kick off in Early 2020. Any player, at any skill level can compete for a shot at joining their national team.

A live qualifier event in Katowice, Poland in June will determine which teams will advance to the championship esports tournament in Tokyo from July 22 – 24, leading into the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The final live event will take place in Tokyo, at the Zepp DiverCity venue, in the central Olympic Games area. Champions representing their nation will be crowned in two different tournaments featuring leading esports titles, Street Fighter V and Rocket League. The prize pool? A staggering 250,000 dollars.

Tournament Structure/Details:

  • National Qualifiers: 12 countries are pre-selected to form national teams. The national qualifiers will begin March and determine each country’s four best players who will come together and form the national team of that country. The national qualifiers will last four to eight weeks, and there will be no limit on the number of participants. Once the final national teams form, they advance to Poland in June for the semi-finals.
  • Regional Qualifiers: Players outside of the 12 pre-selected national team countries can participate through the regional qualifier process that will take place between March and May.  Eight teams will advance to the semi-finals in Poland through the regional qualifier process.
  • Live Qualifier in Katowice, Poland: The final qualifier will be held in June in Katowice, Poland and feature four days of team events. 20 teams will compete in a group stage qualifier to determine the strongest team from the Americas, EEMEA and APEC regions. The final seven teams will join the Japanese team in the finals in Japan.
  • Tokyo Final Event: The main event takes place in July 22-24, 2020 at the Zepp DiverCity venue where qualifying teams will participate in a two-day, winner take all tournament. The overall winners will claim the majority share of the $250,000 USD prize pool.
  • Additional Details: Further information on the tournament will be announced in October.

Endless Space 2 – Awakening – Prologue

Endless Space 2‘s next DLC is “Awakening”, which unveils the Major Faction, the Nakalim, which will be playable. It also adds the Academy Empire, and the ability to interact directly with Isyander.  Let’s peek at the prologue today.

The Nakalim differ from other factions, in that they start off very technologically advanced, as opposed to needing to grow and expand right off the bat. They are a faction that has been awaked from a dormant state.

Awakening Expansion Content:

  • Nakalim – The aforementioned new playable faction has a large technology head start, balanced by weak science per turn. They depend on discovering lost Relics to learn new technologies. Their relationship with the Academy allows them to gain control over other systems through the Influence of their temples.
    • Four new Heroes – The Nakalim are explorers, warriors, and believers. Use these heroes to master exploration and for developing systems and diplomatic influence.
    • New fleet – Re-discover and take control of your ancient territories with heavily defended exploration-oriented fleets.
  • Minor Faction – Xirmisala – Dust-sensitive philosophers whose skills were defined by the community via a Games2Gether vote.
  • Academy empire – The Academy has always been the training ground for Endless Space’s legendary heroes. In “Awakening”, the Academy becomes an empire with the ability to manage star systems, fleets, and colonize new worlds. Contribute to their expansion, and you will be duly rewarded with special Academy roles that will give you special powers and bonuses, as well as access to the Academy’s own fleet of impressive ships.

Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIV – TGS 2019 Trailer

Hegemony (noun): leadership or predominant influence exercised by one nation over others, as in a confederation.

Koei Tecmo released a new trailer for the upcoming Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIV, during Tokyo Game Show 2019. Prepare to paint the land of China with your colors, when the battle for hegemony begins anew! It’s coming in early 2020 from Koei Tecmo to PC and Playstation 4, and will have 46 cities and 340 regions. Each region will have its own source of income, which will be gathered via the collection of tiles. The more land you hold, the better resources.

Land is incredibly important, as is strategy, and in RTKXIV, the ability to recreate famous battles will be possible, such as Zhuge Liang’s northern expeditions. Furthermore, Romance of the Three Kingdoms 14 introduces a new government structure to each faction to help broaden the range of possible strategies. By assigning officers in appropriate positions in an organizational chart, factions develop a unique set of effects and commands; and depending on how the government is organized, the same faction can end up having widely different strategies available.

Government has five divisions: war, logistics, strategy, administration, and HR, and the organization’s chart varies depending on the principal of the leader. Among the six types of principles, examples include Liu Bei’s benevolence, Sun Quan’s secession, and Cao Cao’s supremacy – a principle that is more likely to benefit from a constant state of war.