Ronimo had an unreleased game before Swords & Soldiers and Awesomenauts. They went through production far enough to get a playable demo, but the game was canned in 2008. An ice age has begun on earth due to an evil corporation illegally selling fridges to the yetis on earth. The company convinces a young robot that it was in fact his fault the ice age began and send him to Earth to clean up the mess. Soon the boy discovers the truth and begins to his quest to reverse the ice age and prove his innocence.
Production began for the disc based Wii game before the official establishment of the studio while the team were doing their master year at the Utrecht School of Arts. The game was halted as funding dried up. Now, the team is releasing the playable demo for all to download and play for free. Players can read about the back story of Snowball Earth and download the torrent file for the demo here.
If you happen to be a One Piece fan living in North America then you might have been getting a little jealous over the fact that Europe has been getting various One Piece: Pirate Warriors DLC over the past few weeks while nothing has been released in North America.
Well today it was revealed that Namco Bandai is going to release all of the European DLC in one bundle for gamers in North America to purchase. The DLC will cost $15 and will include 10 costumes, two for Nami and Robin while Hancock, Sanji, Luffy, Chopper, Zoro and Ace each receive only one costume, as well as a few new scenarios to play.
ASTRO Gaming is teaming up with Ubisoft to release an exclusive set of Assassin’s Creed III branded speaker tags for the A40 and the A30 Audio Systems. “ASTRO Gaming has entirely reinvented what gamers today can expect from a modern gaming headset. Whether it’s our mobile-fluent and street-savvy ASTRO A30 or our professional grade, audiophile quality ASTRO A40, our headsets and speaker tags deliver unsurpassed audio fidelity, vocal clarity and customizable style,” said Brett Lovelady, Founder of ASTRO Gaming. “In the same way, Ubisoft has completely redefined action gaming with the Assassin’s Creed franchise. And, we’re thrilled to be able to offer our fans an opportunity to deck out their cans and show their support for one of the most exciting releases of the year – Assassin’s Creed III.”
There are three sets of speaker tags for both the A40 and the A30. The A40s edition will cost $24.99 while the A30s edition will cost $19.99. A complete bundle including both the Audio System and the speaker tags will cost $209.99 for the A30s and $259.99 for the A40 system.
Releasing a patch the day a game comes out is nothing new, in fact it is actually surprising when a game doesn’t have a patch that needs to be applied when you first place that disc in your console. Well today it seems EA is aiming to make Medal of Honor: Warfighter’s launch day patch the most comprehensive in the history of launch day patches.
Today EA placed a massive list of fixes that are meant to be released in the patch, so if for some reason you don’t have your console hooked up to the internet, you may want to do so simply because there seems to be an absolutely massive amount of issues with the vanilla version of the game sitting on shelves right now.
Check out the full list of patch fixes below:
New Features:
•Now able to add friends and join parties while in-game.
•Can invite others to your platoon or apply to join a platoon while in-game.
General Tweaks and Fixes Multiplayer Gameplay
•Removed initial delay to Spec Ops Signal Scan charging.
•Snipers in Recon stance will no longer be visible to enemy RQ7/RQ11 UAVs.
•Increased the accuracy of server-side aiming prediction.
•Fixed an issue with “Fall Back” spawning to improve its behavior.
•Fixed spawn type changing to Buddy Spawn automatically when it is not supposed to.
•Call in a Blackhawk for the losing team if they are getting dominated in Sector Control.
Single-Player Gameplay
•Added tutorial text to first sniper encounter to help teach player about bullet drop.
•Fixed an issue where the default difficulty was set to Easy instead of Normal.
•Fixed an issue where controls would become unresponsive under certain conditions.
•Fixed an issue with one of the in-game cinematics.
•Improved single player stability and fixed progression stoppers.
Matchmaking, Parties, and Platoons
•Smoothed out the matchmaking flow between successful matchmaking and joining the player to the game.
•Players can no longer join an invitation only party without being invited.
•Fixed issues with joining single players together into Fireteams.
•Fixed an issue where Veteran platoon members could not reach Elite status.
•Platoon ownership is now automatically transferred to the most senior member/GM of the platoon when the current leader leaves the
platoon.
•Fixed an issue where a member that is removed from a platoon becomes its leader.
•Fixed an issue where players could not rejoin the same platoon matchmaking server after playing a game on that server.
•If a player leaves one platoon and joins another, their platoon card now properly reflects that change.
•Fixed an issue where the platoon patch would not show up for other members if one member leaves the platoon.
•Fixed another issue where the platoon patch would no longer show up under certain circumstances.
•Sending a platoon invite when both players are in-game now works properly.
Weapons
•Fixed “no scope” shooting. Players were getting immediate ADS accuracy without having to wait for the scope to come all the way up. Was very exploitable for snipers.
•Sped up the bolt action on the CS5, since it was longer than the TAC300.
•Fixed issue with gap between where the LTLM can’t fire and where it indicates the target is too close.
•Reduced the damage/range of the Demolition’s SMGs (Scar PDW, HK 416c, Suchka), as they were overpowered.
•Made switching between primary and secondary weapons much more responsive.
•Fixed an issue where a grenade would not be thrown the next time if the user switches to their weapon while cooking a grenade.
•Player will now switch back to their secondary weapon if that is the weapon in use when throwing their last grenade.
•Fixed an issue where aiming was pushing the player away from the wall they were standing next to.
•Fixed clearance check for placing the Radar Jammer.
•Fixed auto-ADS not working when peek-and-leaning while prone.
•Implemented pre-streaming for weapons to reduce the time from spawn to ready-to-fire to be 0 seconds in most cases. Down from around 2 seconds prior to this fix.
UI and User Experience Navigation
•Made the start button responsive as soon as the player enters the first menu screen.
•Simplified the way players navigate and select in the My Gun and Class Select menus.
•Fixed the way the UI handles scrolling, including speed and correct scroll bar position.
•Cleaned up a number of other small navigation quirks and issues.
User Experience
•Servers in the Server Browser are now sorted based on ping, giving priority to servers closest to the player.
•Filtering servers by name now works properly.
•Fixed an issue where changes in My Gun and My Soldier were not being retained when joining a game via the Quick Match or Matchmaking options in the MP Lobby.
•Optimized the login flow into Multiplayer.
•Updated the MP Lobby to include a shortcut to creating a Party.
•Quick Match button in the MP Lobby is now contextual, and will change to Platoon Matchmaking if you are in a Platoon Party.
•Fixed the Server Browser filter to properly sort for games that have 6+ open slots.
•Fixed a 20 second hang during the Online Pass flow.
•We now keep the queuing message open as long as the player is still queuing.
•Clean up notification numbers when a new item is viewed.
•Various other flow and user experience optimizations.
Visual Polish
•We now turn off the HUD when we start to show the outro scoreboard.
•Fixed display of text in disabled dropdowns.
•Fixed some subtitle lines being cut off.
•Removed hints and tips from the loading screens that were no longer valid.
•Fixed the Player Banners to display the correct rank icon and number.
•Fixed placement of auto-save icon on CRT TVs.
•Fixed HUD elements not showing in certain cases.
•Fixed animations in the post-match screens as they show the player’s progression.
•Fixed the timer not displaying in the post-match screens.
•Fixed player name tags not showing up in-game in Home Run.
•Icons are now scaled on the sniper’s mini-map when they are using the bipod.
•Updated the art used in the Player Banner.
•Fixed some camera issues on level entry.
•Fixed the demolitions class mask display in certain situations.
•Fixed an issue that would cause some images not to display properly.
•Various other alignment, corruption, overlap and visual improvements and fixes.
Misc Fixes
•Fixed an issue where the Battlelog social hub introduction was showing every time you opened the Battlelog social hub.
•VOIP team channel no longer includes players from the other team.
•Round cycling no longer changes VOIP settings for the players
•Fixed an issue with VOIP in the Home Run game mode.
•Fixed an issue where Double XP was not being awarded to players who had both logged on to medalofhonor.com and who had played on a multiplayer server.
•Fixed an issue where the Global Warfighter medal was not being awarded after players had completed a tour with each class.
•Fixed muffled firing sounds when scope is zoomed in.
•Localization fixes, in both audio and text.
Additional Fixes Made on PC and PS3 Multiplayer Gameplay
•Improved the camera for the Apache.
•Improved the aiming of the rockets in the Apache.
•Improved Blackhawk functionality in Novi Grad Warzone.
•Fixed a bug in the rules for pre-round in Combat Mission.
•Fixed a couple of out of bounds issues in Sarajevo Stadium.
•Fixed an out of bounds issue in Basilan Aftermath.
•Fixed a bad spawn point in Team Deathmatch in Somalia Stronghold.
•(PS3 – Japan) Fixed an issue that prevented 17-year old users from playing online.
Visual Polish
•Fixed an issue where support action icons were overlapping each other.
•Kill messages should now better match timing within gameplay.
•Improved readability of kill messages.
•Fixed visual effects issue in Tungawan Jungle.
•Fixed mini-map issue in Shogore Valley.
•Improved visual fidelity of some of the flag images.
•Smoothed transitions between screens in the Mulitplayer menus.
•Fixed a visual glitch when adjusting the brightness in the Options menu.
•Fixed a bug where the News in the MP Lobby was not showing up.
Misc Fixes
•Removed Quit Game from the Top Navigation Bar in the in-game pause menu and placed it under “Last Resort” in the Respawn Menu.
•Fixed a case of an explosion not playing the correct audio.
•Various audio mix updates.
•(PS3 – Japan) Various stability fixes.
•Fixed functionality and list updates for Favorite and Recent servers.
•Players with chat restrictions are no longer allowed to create their own platoon.
•Platoon names and tags are now restricted to no more than 3 numerals each.
•(PS3 – Japan) Fixed two issues related to platoon names and chat-restricted accounts.
•Fixed an issue with invites specific to PS3 and PC where the player would get stuck on a black screen.
•Various stability and performance improvements.
•(PS3 – Japan) Fixed an issue related to save file size calculation.
Additional Fixes Made on Xbox 360
•Improved the handling of memory cards and saved profiles.
•Improved handling of parties and Fireteam designations in Platoon matches.
•Fixed an issue related to progression loss if the user removes the storage device.
•Fixed an issue where a player’s class was changing without their input.
•Fixed an issue where, under certain circumstances, brand new players were forced to play with a placeholder weapon in multiplayer until
their first death.
•Stability improvements.
Additional Fixes Made on PC
•Fixed an issue where controller prompts were showing even though a controller was not plugged in.
•Mouse wheel now works with all scrolling lists in the game.
Earlier today, the folks over at KontrolFreek revealed a brand new addition to their FPS Freek line-up! Centered around the release of the upcoming game Call of Duty: Black Ops II, the FPS Freek Havoc features a matte black thumb surface made from a specially-formulated rubber and also the concave thumb rest sports an original laser-etched design depicting a skull and biohazard symbol.
The FPS Havoc is designed to give gamers complete command of the battlefield, making aiming and pop-shotting much easier during intense multiplayer battles. Havoc is perfect for your right or left thumbstick and is optimized for medium to long-range armaments using weapons like the MSMC and SVU-AS
Asish Mistry, the President and CEO of KontrolFreek had the following to say on the FPS Havoc:
“As a company that’s focused on elevating the personal gaming experience, we are energized by the upcoming release of Black Ops II. It’s undoubtedly one of the biggest and most-anticipated game titles of 2012,” said Ashish Mistry, President and CEO of KontrolFreek. We set out to create a KontrolFreek product that’s true to the spirit of CoD while delivering the game-changing performance and competitive advantage associated with KontrolFreek products.”
You can purchase the FPS Havoc right now over at KontrolFreek’s official website.
Ubisoft has released the final piece of the marketing puzzle for Assassin’s Creed III. The launch trailer is here and the game will soon be making its merry way to players at the end of the month; either on 30th October for the US or 31st October for the UK.
Although it doesn’t offer up a whole lot in the way of new gameplay footage, the trailer is well finished, managing to show most aspects of the game with only 1:32 on the clock. Perhaps at this late stage, it’s best they don’t reveal anything new anyway, to leave something for the players to uncover when they get their hands on it.
Ever thought that your iPad is just too clunky or safe from being smashed to pieces by an errant strand of hair? Well then Apple has something new that may be right up your alley. Today Apple has revealed that they are planning on releasing the iPad Mini on November 2nd with a 16GB version for $329 and 3G Versions going on sale two weeks later.
As for the iPad Mini itself, it will be 7.2mm thick and only weigh .68 pounds. According to Apple marketing VP Phil Schiller the iPad mini will be “as light as a pad of paper.” The screen itself will be 7.9″ diagonally while the current iPad’s screen is 9.7″ and it will also feature the same resolution of basic iPad 2 screens.
Do you remember that a Family Guy game was being developed for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3? Well it is alright if you happened to forget considering the fact that the title hasn’t had a solid release date for quite some time and little publicity.
Well today Activision thought that, considering the game’s release date is apparently a month away, they may as well announce it. Through a basic Facebook announcement the company revealed that Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse will hit stores in North America on November 20th while gamers in Europe will be able to play it on November 23rd.
To go along with this announcement, the company also released a small batch of screenshots showing off the game’s competitive co-op gameplay modes which can be seen below.
Today it has been revealed that Square Enix will be the first company to enter into a licensing agreement with Epic Games for Unreal Engine 4. Today it was revealed by Epic Games that the company acquired the rights to use the engine in a “long-term” deal which will span multiple games.
Taka Kawasaki, Epic Games’ Japan Territory Manager has said that “Epic has a strong relationship with Square Enix, and it’s an honor to provide their creative and technical talent with the best game technology available for licensing. We look forward to supporting their developers with world-class tools for years to come.” It is highly likely that we will not see an Unreal Engine 4 game from Square Enix in at least a few years at this point, but it certainly opens the door to a lot of future possibilities.
If you happen to visit Dead Island: Riptide’s official website then you may notice that there has been a new update that reveals that shows a fifth playable character. Currently Deep Silver is keeping the character’s name and full appearance under wraps, but we do have the character outline which you can see above.
It is worth noting that Riptide is not a sequel to the original Dead Island, but more of a spin-off title that will introduce a few new gameplay aspects and a new story that the four original characters, and the yet to be introduced fifth character, will have to survive.
