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Arcadecraft On XBLA
The list of games with “craft” at the end of their title has just grown a little longer thanks to the release of Firebase Industries’ Arcadecraft in the Indie Games section of Xbox Live Arcade. In Arcadecraft, players assume the role of a struggling entrepreneur who must dig their way out of debt by starting and managing their own arcade. In addition to getting to name the arcade and customize its floor pattern, wall color, and decorations, players will also be able to purchase various arcade games from a total list of roughly 80 different machines.
Guild Wars 2 – new changes released
Changes were announced for ArenaNet’s popular Buy-to-Play MMO Guild Wars 2. A new dev blog posted by the game’s lead designer Isaiah Cartwright outlines some of the new changes coming to the game’s dynamic leveling system. For those who may not be familiar with Guild Wars 2’s nuances, the dynamic leveling system basically allows higher-level players to advance their characters by playing through lower-level content by “scaling down” their stats and attributes.
Open beta for MOBA Smite
MOBA games have grown into real power in recent years and more and more developers try their hand at this genre. Among them there are also people from Hi-Rez Studios with Smite. Work on this title is nearly finished, allowing authors to open beta launch. Good news is that everything from this point including the development of the characters will then be transferred to the full version. There will be no resets on characters. In addition, people which gain the…
THQ SOLD!
The auction is finished and THQ have been sold! Majority of owned publisher development teams and brands were sold for a total amount of 100 million dollars. Auction is not approved by the court yet, but this is just a formality. The most valuable piece of the pie turned out to be Relic Entertainment studio, together with all rights to the Company of Heroes 2. This kit was acquired by Sega for 26.6 million dollars, which overbid competitive offer from ZeniMax Media company.
Crysis 3 Open Beta Tests
Electronic Arts just revealed that the lates production of Crytek Studio - Crysis 3 will have open beta tests. The open beta will go live on January 29th on the Xbox 360, PS3, PC and will finish on 12 of February. Players will be able to test two from eight available game modes - Crash Site and Hunter. Special bonus was also added for all player which will buy game before end of beta tests.
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm New Trailer
Bizzard Enterteinment Studio released new trailer (below) to remind us about new incoming premiere of StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm. Intro begins with Swarm invasion under command of well known Queen of Blades
The Elder Scrols Open Beta Starting Soon
New MMO from Bethesda’s The Elder Scrols Online will now be availabe to test for anyone who would like to participate in open beta tests. Just register to it and you might be one of beta testers of new baby from Bethesda. It’s still not clear if any one who sign in will be able to play as neither when the beta tests will start. Before you decide to register, you can check the new trailer below which been released…