Monday, September 13th, 2010
Filed under: MMO, RTS
Yet another previously launched MMO title is making the switch to become a free-to-play game. This time its Saga, the fantasy themed RTS MMO from developer Silverlode Interactive. The game was first launched in March 2008 with a $19.95 price tag for a one time download and purchase. Now Silverlode has announced that all of the content in that $19.95 purchase is now available for free.
While the email press release we received said the free-to-play change over would happen tomorrow it looks like the change is now live a few hours ahead of schedule. In addition there’s some new content that’s been added to the game including rasing the unit level cap to 15 and the nation level cap to 40.
Saga becomes latest MMO to take the free-to-play route originally appeared on Big Download Blog on Mon, 13 Sep 2010 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Monday, September 13th, 2010
Kotaku has landed in Tokyo to tackle the annual Tokyo Game Show, an event that promises to be full of game announcements, top notch cosplay and maybe an awkward dinner or two with Japanese video game developers. What should we expect? More »
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Monday, September 13th, 2010
Double Fine Productions’ Psychonauts, the classic psychic adventure, when cut to ape Christopher Nolan’s Inception scene-by-scene works shockingly well. Either consider this fan-made mash-up a dose of clever nostalgia or a reminder that, yes, you really should play some Psychonauts. More »
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Monday, September 13th, 2010
You may be prepping to go stand in a line somewhere, but some international gamers already got their copy of Halo: Reach. Take Malaysia and these folks at Gamer’s Hideout in the Tropicana City Mall in Petaling Jaya. More »
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Monday, September 13th, 2010
Filed under: Downloads, Adventure
With the new season about to debut on Fox next week and the previous season being release on DVD tomorrow, publisher Legacy Interactive has announced that their medical adventure game based on the House M.D. TV series is now available for download and purchase for $19.99.
Yes you can play a doctor who tries to help the cranky and sarcastic Dr. Gregory House and his team with a variety of medical mysteries via solving puzzles and winning at various mini-games. You also have to search the houses of patients for clues, interview family and friends and basically be a bit on the nosy side While the game has the likenesses of the cast members it doesn’t seem to have the actor’s voices.
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Monday, September 13th, 2010
A special limited edition “laser cel” – limited to 100,000; we said nothing about it being “rare” – is one of two pre-order bonuses for Call of Duty: Black Ops. The other’s a download code for an avatar item. More »
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Monday, September 13th, 2010
For those of you who don’t know, Carlos Ferro is a voice-actor who’s worked in a bunch of huge games, such as Gears of War (Dominic Santiago) Assassin’s Creed II (Leonardo da Vinci) to name a couple. Carlos is also THE MAN. Happy birthday, Carlos!
Tomatoes are tasty, Destin reviewed Gladiator Begins, Hollie finds out more about Portal 2, Ben checked out Dead Space 2′s multiplayer, Mario turned 25, check out Ashley Davis’s panel from PAX Prime and more happened on 09/13/10.
Destructoid Originals:
Cooperative fun with Portal 2
Talking Kinect with Rare
Tape It Or Die with Dead Rising 2
Getting Nail’d with ‘The Gaming Pope’
Talking Sengoku Basara Samurai Heroes with Capcom
New releases: Halo: Reach, Sonic Adventure and more!
Tomato products on collectors editions
Community:
More Than Just Noise: Epinephrine
Community blogs of 09/13/10
Reviews:
Gladiator Begins
Previews:
Hands-on: Dead Space 2 multiplayer
Hands-on: GoldenEye 007 for the Wii and DS
News:
Madden’s week one updates are go
A fourth Gears of War book is on the way
Free App of the Day: Warrior Nation – Blade
Test Drive Unlimited 2 enters closed PC beta
Nintendo DLC: Conquer castles, go crazy with pinball
UK Charts: Mafia II refuses to die
Retailers selling PlayStation Move early
Capcom teasing Tokyo Game Show reveals
Bob Marley ‘greatest hits’ album coming to Rock Band
Call of Duty: Black Ops has dedicated servers for a price
No current plans for another Geometry Wars, damn it
Those Dead Space Rig backpacks are up for pre-sale
THQ delays Red Faction, dates games, announces others
Steam sale: 13 Star Wars games for $50, Force Unleashed
Booooooo! Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood beta delayed
50-hour ‘Nehrim’ mod for Oblivion released in English
Magicka slides into 2011, gets a website
Offbeat:
Inceptionauts: If Psychonauts and Inception had a baby
Media:
Dissidia Duodecim screens show Kane and Lightning
First images of Super Mario Collection appear
Left 4 Dead ‘The Sacrifice’ comic hits tomorrow
Ubisoft partners with health mags for Kinect Your Shape
GT’s Content Creators Showcase, feat. Burch and Davis
Happy 25th birthday, Mario!
Move support for Heavy Rain hits September 22
Here’s how Power Gig’s ‘chord’ mode works
Free Fallin’: Section 8: Prejudice screenshots
New Blood Stone diary highlight’s Daniel Craig’s profile
Halo Waypoint gets an update as Reach approaches
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Monday, September 13th, 2010
The PlayStation Portable is still on top in Japan—thanks to MonHun Nikki!—helping, along with the PlayStation 3, to give Sony a healthy portion of the weekly hardware take in Japan. More »
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Monday, September 13th, 2010
In American football, this type of motion is called “strafing.” In association football, it’s jockeying. This two minute tutorial gives you another good look at the soccer sim’s gameplay while educating you on the finer points of advanced defense. More »
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Monday, September 13th, 2010
Filed under: Action
The next Red Faction game will be coming out a bit later than first announced. Publisher THQ announced today that the sci-fi shooter Red Faction: Armageddon, originally due for release in March 2011, will now be coming out a couple of months later in the May 2011 time frame. No specific reason for the delay was announced.
This move by THQ pushes the game out of the company’s current fiscal year which ends on March 31, 2011. Because of this change THQ has lowered its revenue expectations for the fiscal year. Previously it had said it expected revenues between $845 million to $865 million. It now says that it expects revenues to come in between $800 million to $825 million for the fiscal year. it also expects to post a loss for the entire fiscal year versus its previous predictions of a break even fiscal year.
THQ also announced today it plans to release the third person action game Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine in the summer of 201. In addition, the next game in the Saints Row open world action game series is due out in the fall of 2011.
Red Faction Armageddon delayed to May 2011; THQ lowers financial guidence originally appeared on Big Download Blog on Mon, 13 Sep 2010 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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