Publication: Games On Net

First Reported 10 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 1 Documents

Elder Scrolls Online Relying on Lore to Succeed

"Even now, I come across lore that I didn’t know existed. It’s just so deep," says Matt Firor of The Elder Scrolls Online in an interview with EDGE. "People play games for different reasons, but the people who respond to Elder Scrolls the most like to ... [ Published 10 hours ago by Games On Net ]
Entities: Matt Firor, Resonance
First Reported 13 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 1 Documents
PlanetSide
PlanetSide

New Planetside 2 Air Combat Trailer Rides to the Valkyries

Sony have released a new trailer for Planetside 2 showing long, glorious moments of air combat set to the iconic tunes of Ride of the Valkyries. If you're a fan of watching ships shoot each other and explosions filling the sky, it's definitely something ... [ Published 13 hours ago by Games On Net ]
First Reported 10 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 Documents
Square Enix Co Ltd
Square Enix Co Ltd

Activision's ''Gotta be Crazy'' to Give Up True Crime, Says Square

True Crime: Hong Kong, the game now known as Sleeping Dogs, was dumped by Activision, before being picked up by Square Enix. Now Squeenix's Mike Fischer has labelled Activision's decision to dump the franchise as "crazy", saying: "I can’t speak to why ... [ Published 10 hours ago by Games On Net ]
First Reported 13 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 Documents

Of Orcs and Men Releases New Screens

Not enough people, frankly, are excited about Of Orcs and Men, the upcoming RPG where you play as an orc/goblin duo and have to fight against humans for your freedom. Cyanide Studio and Spiders are hoping to change that, and are releasing a bunch more ... [ Published 13 hours ago by Games On Net ]
Entities: Cyanide
First Reported 10 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 1 Documents

Gravity Shooter Inversion Delayed to July, PC Version TBA

Gravity-bending shooter Inversion, which our own Toby McCasker is a , has been delayed until 'sometime in July'. The launch date was previously early June, which was itself a delay from the earlier March launch due to quality concerns. Sadly, a PC version ... [ Published 10 hours ago by Games On Net ]
Entities: Inversion
First Reported 13 hours ago - Updated 13 hours ago - 1 Documents
Counter-Strike
Counter-Strike

Sunday eSports: Counter-Strike Global Offensive Under the Microscope (Part 2)

to read Part One of Alex's look at CS:GO. I was all prepared to launch into the second part of this look at by covering everything that I left out, but then Valve pitched a curveball early this week with an update that went a long way towards fixing one ... [ Published 13 hours ago by Games On Net ]
Entities: Decoy, Counter-Strike, fire, Bomb
First Reported May 26 2012 - Updated May 26 2012 - 1 Documents

Minecraft Passes 6 Million PC Sales, 9.2 Million Total

On today, a conversation between Notch and Mojang's business developer, Daniel Kaplan, revealed the total number of sales for Minecraft across all platforms as a massive 9.2 million, with 6 million of those on PC. PC sales were at 4 million last November, ... [ Published May 26 2012 by Games On Net ]
First Reported May 26 2012 - Updated May 26 2012 - 1 Documents

Upcoming ME3 Multiplayer DLC Brings Vorcha, New Maps, Gear

Mass Effect 3 has got more free DLC coming its way, and it looks exciting. Available on the 29th of May, the new pack includes two new maps - one surrounded by jungle, the other amidst an Asari metropolis - three new weapons, a bunch of new classes, including ... [ Published May 26 2012 by Games On Net ]
Entities: Mass Effect 3, Homicide
First Reported May 26 2012 - Updated May 26 2012 - 1 Documents

Sony Patents System for Interrupting Your Game With Advertisements

This one is not exactly breaking news, but troubling none the less. It seems that back in 2006, and then later in 2011, Sony applied for a patent for a system of advertising that will interrupt gameplay to show you an ad. The game will slow down, warn ... [ Published May 26 2012 by Games On Net ]
First Reported May 26 2012 - Updated May 26 2012 - 1 Documents

Mounted Combat Coming to Skyrim

A forthcoming free update to the smash-hit RPG is set to bring mounted combat into the land of Skyrim. The 1.6 update will bring a slew of bug fixes with it as well, including lighting crashes, loading and saving crashes, and fixes to broken quests. If ... [ Published May 26 2012 by Games On Net ]
First Reported May 26 2012 - Updated May 26 2012 - 1 Documents

Shootmania Cooks Up Storm With New Trailer

If you've ever thought to yourself: "Man, I wish somebody would approach an FPS the same way that Trackmania approaches the racing genre!" then you're in luck. Because someone has, and that someone is the same company behind Trackmania, in fact - Nadeo. ... [ Published May 26 2012 by Games On Net ]
Entities: Trackmania, Nadeo, Laser
First Reported May 25 2012 - Updated May 25 2012 - 1 Documents

Hands-On: Spec Ops: The Line

Brown military shooters are definitely in vogue at the moment – and is browner than retirement home corduroy. That’s pretty brown, but ironically enough it’s the uniqueness of its setting that makes it look samey. Dubai’s your battlefield, and it’s not ... [ Published May 25 2012 by Games On Net ]

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...Now Squeenix's Mike Fischer has labelled Activision's decision to dump the franchise as "crazy", saying: "I can’t speak to why they let that go. I’m not going to speculate on their behalf. All I know is, they’ve gotta be crazy. Because this game is just fantastic." Source
Activision's ''Gotta be Crazy'' to Give Up True Crime, Says Square [Games On Net - 10 hours ago]
"Even now, I come across lore that I didn’t know existed. It’s just so deep," says Matt Firor of The Elder Scrolls Online in an interview with EDGE. "People play games for different reasons, but the people who respond to Elder Scrolls the most like to get immersed in a world so that they feel they’re living there. They like to have freedom of choice to do what they want to do, and that’s the part that resonates with us the most." Firor went on to discuss the freedom that Zenimax gave them to create events in the lore, as well as how to reward players for exploration...
Elder Scrolls Online Relying on Lore to Succeed [Games On Net - 10 hours ago]
If you've ever thought to yourself: "Man, I wish somebody would approach an FPS the same way that Trackmania approaches the racing genre!" then you're in luck. Because someone has, and that someone is the same company behind Trackmania, in fact - Nadeo...
Shootmania Cooks Up Storm With New Trailer [Games On Net - May 26 2012]
...An email sent to staff members, , explains that "The Company is experiencing an economic downturn. To avoid further losses and possibility of retrenchment, the Company has decided that a companywide lay off is absolutely necessary. These layoffs are non-voluntary and non-disciplinary." Many staff have taken to Twitter to confirm their departures, including world designer Colin Campbell, community manager Charles Dane, and product manager...
38 Studios and Big Huge Games Lay Off All Staff, Shutdown Imminent [Games On Net - May 25 2012]

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Mounted Combat Coming to Skyrim [ Published May 26 2012 by Games On Net ]
Minecraft Passes 6 Million PC Sales, 9.2 Millio... [ Published May 26 2012 by Games On Net ]
Sony Patents System for Interrupting Your Game ... [ Published May 26 2012 by Games On Net ]
Hands-On: Spec Ops: The Line [ Published May 25 2012 by Games On Net ]
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