The Gaming News Thread

[drone]

MoO2 on GoG!

Excellent!

[Martok]

Master of Magic is now available on GOG for $5.99. I may end up having to get this one!

[A Nerd]

That game looks old as the hills. You wouldn't know perhaps of other old games that are available and playable on today's operating systems? I've done searches but come up empty. When I was young a was a big fan of the Sierra text based games. It would be great if I could play again some of those old games I enjoyed as a youth.

edit: like 'Samurai Game' which at one time I found in the org download sections. Back around 1989 it was a sid meyer game called Sword of the Samurai. Loved that game and spent hours on it. I downloaded it and tried to run it, but it would always lock-up during the intro. :(

[drone]

That game looks old as the hills.

It is.

Still have the CD and manual/spell book. I think I managed to get the original running on XP, it looked terrible though (640x480 limited). I don't think I ever played the 1.31 version, I'd be curious to see what tweaks and balance changes they added.

[A Nerd]

Older games have so much character. I still have the box and contents of Sword of the Samurai. I kept it for sentimental reasons. Complete with 2 5.25 and 2 3.5 floppy diskettes. I used to run in on an IBM or NEC 486. Ah, those were the days. I tried to install in in DOS mode of Windows 98 once, but to no avail.

[Kekvit Irae]

Master of Magic is now available on GOG for $5.99. I may end up having to get this one!

And it's Vista compatible without needing DOSBox? This makes me happy. This makes me VERY happy.

[Husar]

And it's Vista compatible without needing DOSBox? This makes me happy. This makes me VERY happy.

They wrap the games up in some kind of program that makes them compatible if necessary, like a built-in emulator or so, it's part of their core services AFAIK.

[Kekvit Irae]

They wrap the games up in some kind of program that makes them compatible if necessary, like a built-in emulator or so, it's part of their core services AFAIK.

I know. I've been with GoG from the beginning. I'm just happy that I don't have to use DOSBox anymore to play it.

[Kekvit Irae]

Meh, the game plays in DOSBox. At least it's in my account ready to download again anytime in the future.

[seireikhaan]

MoO2 on GoG!

That figures I wouldn't check this thread for over a week...

MoO2 was my favorite game for.... well, a while, let's put it that way. Glad I'll finally be able to play it again.

[Gregoshi]

Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty is being released on July 27, 2010 almost everywhere.

[Meneldil]

EA Sports finds a new way to milk players. How far will they go before someone cuts their greedy throat?

[Xiahou]

EA Sports finds a new way to milk players.

From their website:

Is this intended to combat second sale?
We actually view the second sale market as an opportunity to develop a direct relationship with our consumers, and with Online Pass everyone has access to the same premium online services and content regardless of how and where you buy the game. In order to continue to enhance the online experiences that are attracting nearly five million connected game sessions a day, again, we think it’s fair to get paid for the services we provide and to reserve these online services for people who pay EA to access them. In return, we’ll continue to invest in creating great games and offer industry-leading online services to extend the game experience to everyone. I don’t think even the harshest cynic can argue with that and instead I think fans will see the value we’re committing to deliver when they see all the services, features and bonus content that is extending the life of their products.
YES.

Fixed their answer for them.

Basically, they're trying to add $10 to the cost of buying the game used. I can appreciate their conundrum- Gamestop's used game sales completely screw over game developers/publishers, but I don't like that they're basically changing "premium" content and online functionality into DLC. What's next? The final boss of games will require a one-time use activation code?

[Veho Nex]

SHHHH!!! You're not supposed to say that... Who knows they might read this and make it true.

[Meneldil]

That made me laugh :D

http://www.hiwiller.com/2010/04/29/i...igned-in-2010/

[Kekvit Irae]

That made me laugh :D

http://www.hiwiller.com/2010/04/29/i...igned-in-2010/

The Facebook integration made me laugh.

[TinCow]

Stronghold 3 is coming out in Spring 2011. Maybe they'll get it right this time.

[TinCow]

CA's next game is... a sports game?

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010...ham-total-war/

I don't know how well that forum will fit in around here...

[pevergreen]

CA's next game is... a sports game?

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010...ham-total-war/

I don't know how well that forum will fit in around here...

Thankfully, a CA employee has told me that basically the Australian studio is not affiliated with Total War, they're basically just a sega studio under the CA name.

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

Thankfully, a CA employee has told me that basically the Australian studio is not affiliated with Total War, they're basically just a sega studio under the CA name.

Oh good, so this game might have decent AI and mod support?

[Veho Nex]

Oh good, so this game might have decent AI and mod support?

/thread

[pevergreen]

I've got no idea, I just know that the Aussie studio aint working on Total War games anymore.

[al Roumi]

Shogun 2: Total War?

Plagiarised from RPS:

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010...n-2-total-war/

There’s a couple of leaks which seem to point towards it. Firstly, as reported by Kotaku, a Sega PR booked a trade show appointment with Turkish site Oyungezer for Shogun 2. Secondly, a press-release for it appeared on TWCenter, apparently leaked. The thread’s been removed though still shows up on google, but has been mirrored all over the place. We’ll only know at E3 – or with PC Gamer’s next cover, whichever comes first. The leaked alleged press-release is below, plus some initial thoughts…

[al Roumi]

Shogun 2 is confirmed!

At RPS: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010...ed/#more-31352

And by a snazy new video on the Total War website, here: http://www.totalwar.com/

Edit:

And here, at Sega: http://www.sega.co.uk/news/?n=4289

[Krusader]

Shogun 2 is confirmed!

At RPS: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010...ed/#more-31352

And by a snazy new video on the Total War website, here: http://www.totalwar.com/

Edit:

And here, at Sega: http://www.sega.co.uk/news/?n=4289

Love some of the comments on RPS!
Unlike NTW I will at least keep my eyes on Shogun 2 to see if it gets any good. Although I'd rather see Shogun 1 (and Medieval 1) on gog.com.

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

Love some of the comments on RPS!
Unlike NTW I will at least keep my eyes on Shogun 2 to see if it gets any good. Although I'd rather see Shogun 1 (and Medieval 1) on gog.com.

YES PLEASE

Or at least patches that let you play them on non-ancient graphics cards!

As to Shogun 2, I have full faith in CA's ability to market the hell out of it. But that's about it. The heroes bit sounds dumb, too.

[johnhughthom]

Although I'd rather see Shogun 1 (and Medieval 1) on gog.com.

GamersGate has Shogun, not MTW though.

[Krusader]

GamersGate has Shogun, not MTW though.

But does it work with new graphics cards? If not, then no point in buying, as I already have original Shogun and Mongol Invasion CDs.

[johnhughthom]

After purchasing I have found the answer to that is no.

[TinCow]

Rumors that Valve is going to announce Half-life 3 at E3.