This week...
Borderlands on an Ipad? I'm vindicated, Medal of honor
sucks! New hotrod Beta drivers from AMD and Star Citizen looks like it's going
to be a reality...
Well tis the season for all things scary and the zombie
co-op favorite Killing floor has offered up another seasonal special
event. From now till November 6th you
can take out your Redneck rampage on a new map set in hillbilly country. There you'll find the requisite mountain folk
afflicted with toxic waste induced bad attitudes and weapons to match. Speaking of weapons there are new guns and a
scythe to play with as well as a new unlockable character, Death (as in grim
reaper) and a DLC pack that allows you to play as the Chickenator which looks familiar
to anyone who's watched Adult Swim's Robot Chicken. It's available through Steam. Valve's also offering discounts on Killing
Floor and DLC packs during the event.
Can't get enough Borderlands and wish you could play it on
your IPAD? Well Gearbox has your back
with the upcoming release on October 31st of Borderlands Legends. Yes it's borderlands on a tablet. Available from the app store for $4.99 for
the Iphone and $6.99 for the IPAD. Of
course being a touch interface means this trip through Pandora will be a little
different. All four playable characters
from the original game are onscreen at the same time. The challenge being using their abilities
rather than relying on some lame auto aiming routine. Could be fun, but $6.99 is pretty steep for
an IPad app . Forget about the Iphone. With a 4 inch screen you're going to miss a
lot.
I am vindicated...
In a story on Kotaku, apparently the upcoming Medal of Honor
Warfighter is going to fall flat on its face.
In their review they found the game unpolished with "stupid"
AI that seems to function more as placeholders than teammates. In fact Kirk Hamilton of Kotaku probably
summed it up best when he wrote...
"The game
so epitomizes the thoughtless, drab military shooter that it frequently lapses
into inadvertent self-parody. It is lackluster in almost every way. But hey, at
least the flashlights look pretty good."
Yeah, gotta love pre-orders. Midagedgamer 2, hype 0!
Windows 8 is out and so far your games will work on it. We've known that for months so no news here.
Just the same I don't see the need to upgrade although the $40 digital download
price is pretty reasonable..
AMD will be releasing a new Beta driver next week in 12.11
Beta. Known as the "Never
Settle" driver. Reportedly
improvements in gaming performance in popular games like Battlefield 3 and
Medal of Honor is in the neighborhood of 15% if AMD's claims are to be
believed. PCPer did some testing and did
see a marked improvement over the current 12.9 stable drivers. The improvements are supposedly leveraging
the Graphics Core Next (GCN) GPU series (7xxx) Southern Islands hardware.
It doesn't appear to do much for the older cards like the Northern
Islands (6xxx) cards so I wouldn't
suggest messing with the Beta on those platforms at this point. Remember it's an ATI driver so use at your
own risk and maybe back up your system before giving it a whirl.
Previously I reported about Chris Roberts new epic Sci-Fi
MMO-like space combat game Star Citizen was being funded by crowd sourcing with
a goal of 2 million dollars to bring it to life. By the way, Roberts is quick to dismiss the
MMO label saying it "will take the best of all worlds." It appears
the 2 million dollar mark was met this week with help from additional funding
from kickstarter. Also of note is that
the game will not use the subscription model but rather ask only an initial
purchase with additional upgrades available later on. Roberts is adamant that any upgrades
available for purchase can also be earned.
This could be a WoW killer for space fantasy fans if Robert's gets his
wish and so far it looks like he will.
Finally,
All is not well in the Shire...
Turbine, developer of the Lord of the rings online MMO has
apparently laid off some of its staff due to "market conditions" In a
statement to IGN the developer said,
"As
part of the continual review of our business operations and fluctuating market
conditions, we have had to make reductions in our Turbine workforce. The group
continues to remain an integral part of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment.”
I'm sure this will come as a blow to the 3 remaining players of
the game. There's been no statement as to the future of the MMO to date.
That's it for this week.
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