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New PC game store will feature redesigned interface, offer browser-based shopping, and accept Microsoft points from Xbox Live as payment.
Currently, the
Games for Windows site offers a variety of games for digital download’provided you download and install the Games for Windows client. That will change on November 15, though, when Microsoft will launch a revamped version of its PC Games on Demand store called Games for Windows Marketplace.The new store (pictured) will offer games for sale directly via the Web, without the need for a client. Customers won’t even have to create store-specific accounts, but can sign in with a Windows Live ID. Games for Windows Marketplace will also accept payment in both real-world dollars and Microsoft points, the demi-currency used on Xbox Live and in the Zune Marketplace. Also, games will be redownloadable on any computer once purchased.
Games for Windows Marketplace will have 100 titles available when it launches, including such recent games as Capcom’s Dead Rising 2 and Lost Planet 2. It will also have a deep catalog of classic titles, such as Grand Theft Auto III, Fable: The Lost Chapters, Max Payne, and Deus Ex. Third-party publishers such as Take-Two Interactive, Square Enix, and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment are also partnering with Microsoft. The latter’s massively multiplayer game Lego Universe, will go on sale on the GFW Marketplace on its launch day, as will Microsoft’s upcoming role-playing game, Fable III.
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“Games for Windows Marketplace launches Nov. 15” was posted by Tor Thorsen on Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:23:01 -0700 -
New PC game store will feature redesigned interface, offer browser-based shopping, and accept Microsoft points from Xbox Live as payment.
Currently, the
Games for Windows site offers a variety of games for digital download…provided you download and install the Games for Windows client. That will change on November 15, though, when Microsoft will launch a revamped version of its PC Games on Demand store called Games for Windows Marketplace.The new store (pictured) will offer games for sale directly via the Web, without the need for a client. Customers won’t even have to create store-specific accounts, but can sign in with a Windows Live ID. Games for Windows Marketplace will also accept payment in both real-world dollars and Microsoft points, the demi-currency used on Xbox Live and in the Zune Marketplace. Also, games will be redownloadable on any computer once purchased.
Games for Windows Marketplace will have 100 titles available when it launches, including such recent games as Capcom’s Dead Rising 2 and Lost Planet 2. It will also have a deep catalog of classic titles, such as Grand Theft Auto III, Fable: The Lost Chapters, Max Payne, and Deus Ex. Third-party publishers such as Take-Two Interactive, Square Enix, and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment are also partnering with Microsoft. The latter’s massively multiplayer game Lego Universe, will go on sale on the GFW Marketplace on its launch day, as will Microsoft’s upcoming role-playing game, Fable III.
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“Games for Windows Marketplace launches Nov. 15” was posted by Tor Thorsen on Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:23:01 -0700 -
Persona publisher and developer’s owner also reveals hopes for upcoming game sales, including Catherine. -
“It was definitely a wise decision.”
The Horizon project David Cage told Eurogamer was not his next big project was designed from the start as a red herring.
The creative Frenchman told Official PlayStation Magazine (via CVG) that Horizon was fabricated so actors undergoing casting sessions couldn’t blow the whistle on his game, like Jonathan Ross did to Fable III and Kristen Bell did to Asassin’s Creed.
That the internet outed Horizon’s existence only proved his point – the wily old goat.
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Dreamcast fans rejoice.
Cult Dreamcast game ChuChu Rocket! will be released for the iPhone, iPod Touch and in HD on the iPad “very soon”, SEGA has announced.
The iPhone/iPod version will cost £2.99 / 3.99 from the App Store. The iPad version will set you back £3.99 / 5.49.
The mobile version has over 145 puzzles and 24 multiplayer levels for up to four players via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi.
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Interplay president announces release date for upcoming massively multiplayer online title; project currently has 90 staffers, beta planned.
During the 2010 Electronic Entertainment Expo, Interplay launched a teaser website for its upcoming Fallout-themed massively multiplayer online title, Fallout Online. Since then, the developer has been utterly silent on the project. Now, the company…s president has shared some new information.
Interplay president Eric Caen told British gaming magazine Edge Magazine that despite the legal tussle surrounding the title, Fallout Online will be released, in beta form, in the first half of 2012. He followed that up by stating that the title will be released commercially during the second half of that year.
To date, the developer has yet to release a single screenshot or video from the game. That said, Caen offered fans a hearty bit of information on the direction the game will take.
“Fallout 3 was a little bit too serious–that’s definitely not where we’re going. Our Fallout MMOG will be extremely funny,” Caen said. “An MMOG must be a lot deeper than a stand-alone game. It’s not a shooting game we’re making. You can shoot, but it’s a very small portion of the game. The game itself is about reconstructing the world.”
Fallout Online has been the subject of a legal battle between Interplay and Bethesda Softworks, developer and publisher of Fallout 3. The dispute stems from a disagreement about the deal, which saw Bethesda purchase the Fallout IP for $5.75 million in 2007 and then license the Fallout massively multiplayer online role-playing game rights back to Interplay.
The license agreement had a stipulation that Interplay had to start full-time development within two years or the Fallout MMORPG rights would revert to Bethesda. Two years later, Bethesda attempted to terminate the deal, citing Interplay’s lack of progress on the project. In a lawsuit filed in September, Bethesda accused Interplay of not having enough money to move forward with the game.
The following month, Interplay accused Bethesda of acting in bad faith in a countersuit. It quickly released the first concept art for Fallout Online, claiming that work on the game was proceeding apace. In December, a judge agreed, denying Bethesda’s request for an injunction that would have halted all work on Interplay’s MMORPG.
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“Fallout Online launching in 2012 – Report” was posted by Eddie Makuch on Fri, 22 Oct 2010 06:53:29 -0700 -
And this is how you get them.
For one week only three The Doors songs will be given to anyone who buys Rock Band 3 and plays online for free, MTV Games has announced.
From 26th October to 1st November you’ll be able to download “Light My Fire,” “Riders on the Storm” and “Touch Me,” along with the Pro Guitar and Pro Bass add-ons for each song, from the Rock Band 3 in-game music store.
12 The Doors tracks will be added to the Rock Band music store to coincide with the launch of the third game in the series on 29th October.
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One million virtual flags planted.
Over 60,000 people have taken part in Microsoft’s free app Fable III: Kingmaker.
One million virtual flags have been planted by players who have pledged their support to either the Royal foot soldiers or Rebel warriors the game’s two factions.
Kiingmaker’s a geo-location mobile game. Players tag their location by planting a virtual flag using GPS.
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Technology will be integrated into Xbox Live and MSN as thirdparty in-game ad business is shut down.Following speculation earlier this month, Microsoft has confirmed it is to close its thirdparty in-game ad division, Massive.
Massive allows companies to advertise in games equipped with its technology, updating in-game billboards and posters when users log-in to Xbox Live, for example.
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We’re presenting our take on each studio on the shortlist until the voting deadline on October 25 – that’s Monday!
See the rest of the nominees and put your vote in right here >>
