Greetings, travelers. It's been a while for this feature, hasn't it? Well, the hiatus has lifted and the Weekend PC Download Deals feature is back! So let's take a look at some of the best deals coming this weekend. Steam has a free weekend for Skyrim, EA titles are all over Amazon, and the Humble Store is wrapping up its summer with discounted games across all major publishers and beyond. Here's our selection of this weekend's PC deals: Amazon Mass Effect: Andromeda [Origin] - $39.99 (33% off) Star Wars: Battlefront [Origin] - $15.43 (49% off) Dragon Age: Inquisition GOTY Edition [Origin] - $39.99 (33% off) Mirror's Edge Catalyst [Origin] - $19.99 (50% off) NieR: Automata [Steam] - $38.99 (35% off) BioShock Infinite [Steam] - $17.55 (41% off) The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition [Steam] - $39.99 (33% off) Bundle Stars Pay $2.49 for Goat Simulator, The Final Station, Shadowrun: Dragonfall Director's Cut, Clustertruck, I am Bread, Chroma Squad, Cortex … [Read more...] about Weekend PC Download Deals for 9/8: Free Skyrim Steam Weekend, Humble Store Summer Sale
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PlayStation Store’s Top Downloads for August Feature Hellblade and Madden NFL 18
Today, Sony Interactive Entertainment revealed the PlayStation Store’s top-downloaded games for the month of August (2017) in both North America in Europe. As you may remember, last the North American PS4 chart was topped by everyone’s favorite PlayStation mascot, Crash Bandicoot, with PS4 exclusive Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy. However, this month the Bandicoot has slipped all the way to No. 11. In its place is EA’s Madden NFL 18, which debuted this month (August 25th) as it always does. Right behind at No.2 is Ninja Theory’s newly release Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice (August 8th), followed by another August debut in Sonic Mania (August 15th). Rounding out the top five is Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege at No.4 and Uncharted: The Lost Legacy from Naughty Dog, which released towards the end of the month (August 22nd). Other debuts for the month on the PS4 chart … [Read more...] about PlayStation Store’s Top Downloads for August Feature Hellblade and Madden NFL 18
4K PS4 Pro update for The Witcher 3 coming in “just a few days”
CD Projekt has said a PlayStation 4 Pro update for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt will be available in "just a few days". "We've prepared a 4K version which will be available on PlayStation Pro in just a few days and by the end of the year it will be available on Xbox One X," said CD Projekt president Adam Kicinski. He was fronting CD Projekt's half-year 2017 presentation, which is available to watch online. No more information about the 4K update was given. CD Projekt Red confirmed PS4 Pro and Xbox One X updates for The Witcher 3 during E3 this summer. The company did so after a logo for The Witcher 3 appeared on an "Xbox One X Enhanced" slide in Microsoft's Xbox E3 presentation. This raised a few eyebrows as, the autumn before, CD Projekt Red had said it would not update The Witcher 3 for PS4 Pro. Today's presentation follows CD Projekt's half-year 2017 financial results posted yesterday (handily translated and deciphered on NeoGAF). These reinforced the picture of a prospering … [Read more...] about 4K PS4 Pro update for The Witcher 3 coming in “just a few days”
Cyberpunk 2077 in “Intensive” Development; CD Projekt’s Dev Costs Spike
CD Projekt RED's Cyberpunk 2077 is largely a mystery. It's so mysterious that it has become a bit of a running joke at pretty much every presentation in which the developer is involved, with executives and developers mentioning as soon as they can that they won't say a single word about it, and the audience laughing (often a bit nervously). Yet, the Polish developer is working on it. During a financial presentation for investors held yesterday, President and Joint CEO Adam Kiciński mentioned (begrudgingly, since again, it was his intention not to talk about the game at all), that the team is working "very intensively" on the game, with a large number of developer involved. He also added that "There will be a moment in time" when the studio "will be able to unveil what they have achieved." We learn that there are over currently 300 developers working on the game, whereas over a hundred are working on The Witcher franchise (Gwent and updating The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's 4K support for PS4 … [Read more...] about Cyberpunk 2077 in “Intensive” Development; CD Projekt’s Dev Costs Spike
CD Projekt Red now worth over $2 billion
Today Polish game company CD Projekt Red published its earnings for the first half of its 2017 fiscal year, and while revenues and profits were good they're a bit less than what the company posted a year prior. What's striking about that is that the company's market valuation has nevertheless more than doubled in the past year; last August it surpassed $1 billion, and in the wake of this most recent earnings release CDPR's current market valuation is ~8.2 billion zloty -- or roughly $2.3 billion USD at current exchange rates. As you might expect, much of that value appears tied to CDPR's flagship Witcher game franchise and its Gog.com game platform. In the six months ending June 30th CDPR reportedly earned 143.24 million zloty (~$40.2 million USD) in profits on 254.82 million zloty (~$71.52 million USD) in revenue, a bit less than the 163.1 million zloty in profits it saw on 318.99 zloty in revenue generated during the same period last … [Read more...] about CD Projekt Red now worth over $2 billion
Animal Farm is getting a game…no, really
Pig Brother is watching 1984 might be the most popular novel written by George Orwell, but Animal Farm, Orwell's allegorical take on the Russian Revolution of 1917, is also fondly remembered for being batshit crazy and fairly eye opening. Using animals as stand-ins for many political figures, the novel took a deep look at Stalinism and how destructive political figureheads can be for the world. It is ranked as one of the greatest pieces of English literature and is typically a staple in high school curriculums. So, why not turn that into a video game? Fully endorsed by the estate of George Owell, Animal Farm is getting an "adventure tycoon" styled game. You play as one of the animals in the Manor Farm prior to the events of the revolution. In the words of the developer behind the game: "The Animal Farm game will be an adventure-tycoon, placing the player in the Manor Farm as one of the animals just before the revolution, and will follow their journey through the ups and downs of … [Read more...] about Animal Farm is getting a game…no, really
Animal Farm Is Getting Its Own Tycoon-Styled Game
Whether you’ve read it — be it out of interest for the premise or have simply had to study it in school more likely — or not, there’s a high chance you’ll have heard of Animal Farm, the iconically-grim yet insightful novel by renowned English author George Orwell, at some point in time. While the story has received a animated adaptation in the past, it’s not surprising to state that the realm of video games hasn’t quite been linked to Orwell’s tale of animal uprising and the corruptive nature of absolute power. Well not anymore, as it’s been announced today by a team of UK-based developers that a Tycoon-styled video game adaptation of Animal Farm is currently in the works. The game will follow the events of the original novel — starting just before the initial uprising by animal-kind at Manor Farm — as the player is tasked with maintaining the farm whilst also interacting with many of the farm’s inhabitants in an … [Read more...] about Animal Farm Is Getting Its Own Tycoon-Styled Game
The Witcher 3 Mod Adds New Animations for Sharpening, Looting, and More
The Witcher 3 has been out and completed for a while now. In fact, CD Projekt Red has completely moved on to work on Cyberpunk 2077. But The Witcher is a beloved series, and the end of Geralt's journey is bitter sweet for many. That's why we're glad mods exist to extend the life of the game even further. The modding community for The Witcher 3 is pretty substantial. The Nexus page for the game hosts hundreds of mods. One such mod that was recently released is the Complete Animations mod. It doesn't add much in terms of gameplay but adds a lot in the immersion department. Animation has been added for looting, sharpening, applying oils to weapons, eating and more. It even offers fine tuning to how and when animations play. Here's a rundown of what the mod adds and what's adjustable: Eating – Also alternate eating animation, togglable, adjustable speed for both versions independently Horn Eating Anim in combat – togglable Drinking – Also … [Read more...] about The Witcher 3 Mod Adds New Animations for Sharpening, Looting, and More
Destiny Strongly Resembled Overwatch Early In Its Development
With Destiny 2's launch upon us, the release of Kotaku news editor Jason Schreier's new book, Blood, Sweat, and Pixels, has dived into the rocky development of the original game. Along with many other things, it reveals an early version of Destiny apparently shared a lot in common with what would become Blizzard's Overwatch. Known as Project Tiger at the time, Destiny went through many different forms in the late 2000s, as reported in Blood, Sweat, and Pixels. While seeking to outdo its work on the Halo series, among the concepts Bungie came up with were those that resembled Blizzard's Diablo and Overwatch--or, rather, Titan, the MMO that Blizzard was working on at the time and would ultimately be canceled, with many of its ideas turning into Overwatch. Jaime Griesemer, a designer on the first three Halo games who came up with the idea of Bungie creating a shared-world shooter, recounted his discovery of the similarities between Titan and the early iteration of Destiny: "I went to … [Read more...] about Destiny Strongly Resembled Overwatch Early In Its Development
Turbulent development of Destiny, Witcher 3, Uncharted 4 and more revealed in new book
A new book has revealed the turbulent development of some of the biggest games in recent times. Schreier has already done good work exposing the true story of Destiny's difficult development over at Kotaku, but the chapter on Bungie's shared-world shooter in his book reveals even more on what went on inside the studio. There's fascinating detail on the various delays Destiny suffered as Bungie tore up the game's story and started again. "To some people at Bungie, this felt like a necessary hail Mary, the type of last-minute drastic play that was oh so common in game development just as a project was nearing completion," Schreier writes. "To others, including Joe Staten [former Bungie writer], it felt like suicide. '[Joe] made a big push for sanity and rationality,' said one former Bungie employee. 'He basically said, 'People, the supercut can be saved, [but] if we try to re-create the game in six months, it's going to make a lot of people miserable.' … [Read more...] about Turbulent development of Destiny, Witcher 3, Uncharted 4 and more revealed in new book
