The Gaming News Thread

**TinCow** · 10-28-2009, 18:55

Originally Posted by frogbeastegg

I wouldn't get your hopes up. Interplay lost the rights years ago; no one seems to know who owns them. Amazon are famous for making up release dates for things which don't exist or which got cancelled. The only thing which makes this even slightly believable is the PEGI rating.

The rumors I read were that it was actually Atari who was doing the re-release, and that they had acquired the license a while ago in some sale or another. The rumors also said it was updated to work with XP/Vista, though no word on bug fixes beyond that.

**frogbeastegg** · 10-28-2009, 19:13

Originally Posted by TinCow

The rumors I read were that it was actually Atari who was doing the re-release, and that they had acquired the license a while ago in some sale or another. The rumors also said it was updated to work with XP/Vista, though no word on bug fixes beyond that.

:considers holding breath: Hmm, no, I shall believe it when people are holding freshly pressed copies. Planescape re-releases have been rumoured for years, and surely there'd be some kind of press release to announce this?

**Meneldil** · 10-28-2009, 20:53

Various Bioshock 2 multiplayer videos have been released. Though it doesn't look as bad as expected (the "capture the sister" mod even looks interesting), it still looks way to shooty.
People are blowing up all over the place, shooting everywhere. Doesn't look really bioshock-ish to me. That wouldn't be too worrying in itself if it was limited to multiplayer (after all, it's taking place during a civil war), but singler player also look pretty similar as well (which isn't really surprising given that we'll play as a Big Daddy).

Oh well, even if the single player is only half as good as it was for Bioshock 1, I'll buy it.

**Monk** · 11-05-2009, 22:25

Interesting news for all fans of Indie games. EPIC just released the Unreal Developer Kit, essentially making the Unreal Engine public to anyone who wants a go at it.

Considering how many games these days are powered by it, this can only be good news.

**Krusader** · 11-07-2009, 00:03

http://kotaku.com/5398259/online-ret...dern-warfare-2

Only Steam will sell Modern Warfare 2 through digital distribution.

**Monk** · 11-07-2009, 00:11

Originally Posted by Krusader

http://kotaku.com/5398259/online-ret...dern-warfare-2

Only Steam will sell Modern Warfare 2 through digital distribution.

If you're going to cite examples of why not to have Steam in a game, then Empire: Total War is a perfect example. The two objects just don't feel like a good combo, like a round peg in a square hole. Sure it fits, but is it supposed to?

Despite being someone who likes Steam, I say good for D2D, Impulse and Gamersgate! Digital distribution is just one thing IW has fouled in the recent weeks with MW2. Maybe they will wake up a bit in light of this news.. and maybe tomorrow my breakfast will sprout wings and fly off the plate.