You’re released. Why, we don’t know yet. But you’re released into a nation that’s tearing itself apart. It’s a land governed by nine holds, regions that are traditionally each controlled by a single ruling family. But the system hasn’t lasted – many holds are now governed by elected councils, some have been overthrown, and they’re on the brink of war with each other. And as the conflict reaches crisis point, the dragons show up.

That’s the setting for the fifth game in Bethesda’s open-ended RPG series The Elder Scrolls. It uses a new engine, a new combat system, a whole new kind of magic, and an awful lot of snow.

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Continue reading Now Playing: March 7-13, 2011

Now Playing: March 7-13, 2011 originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 07 Mar 2011 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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In a statement on the company’s website, CEO Jason Kingsley said that ” The release of Evil Genius has given us an appetite to look at other opportunities in the area,” noting that gamers can no longer be defined just as console owners. CTO Chris Kingsley called Evil Genius “a fun and rewarding project.”

In addition to this new undertaking, Rebellion also recently announced that its Asura Engine supports both the 3DS and the NGP.

Rebellion opens social games division after Evil Genius success originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 07 Mar 2011 16:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Not only does the CryEngine 3 GDC tech demo posted below give us hope for the future of video game visuals — it also fills us with anticipation for the future of dune buggy technology. Sure, pretty video games are great, but they can’t hold a candle to a sleek recreational motor vehicle.

Continue reading CryEngine 3 GDC tech demo is all kinds of futuristic

CryEngine 3 GDC tech demo is all kinds of futuristic originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 07 Mar 2011 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Listen up, jerk-head. If you’re not too busy being a stink-face, and you’re as terrible as we are at coming up with vulgar smack talk portmanteaus, Amazon’s offering a discounted master’s class in the form of Bulletstorm — it’s today’s Deal of the Day, making it temporarily available for $39.99.

Continue reading Amazon kicks Bulletstorm price down to $40 today

Amazon kicks Bulletstorm price down to $40 today originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 07 Mar 2011 14:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Keep an eye out for our hands-on preview later today.

Hamilton’s Great Adventure coming to PSN and PC in April for $10 originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 07 Mar 2011 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Curt Schilling and company made a lot of promises last year about Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, the first title from 38 Studios’ long-awaited IP. He said that we’d see “combat that keeps you doing combat” along with a “deep quest narrative” and old-school RPG tropes brought around to match up with action gamer tendencies. “I don’t know a way to tell you,” Schilling said at the time, that “‘Hey, we’re taking God of War and marrying it with Oblivion.’”

That’s a tall order, made even taller by 38 Studios’ origins — while there are a lot of veterans working on this game, this is the first time they’ve all worked together, and certainly there’s enough pressure and hype on the project that it seems like it could very well fall apart in disasterous fashion.

And then we saw the game running in full motion for the first time this week here at GDC 2011. Sure, it’s only an hour of directed gameplay, and sure, there’s lots of work yet to do on the title. But there’s this: All of Schilling’s promises were up there on the screen, and it seems more likely than ever that 38 Studios might just pull this off.

Continue reading Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning preview: The path of promises

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning preview: The path of promises originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 07 Mar 2011 12:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Rovio’s continued success with the Angry Birds franchise means we’ll be seeing much more from the Finland-based devs in the coming months — the company says it’s taking a “Disney 2.0″ approach to fleecing its bird-flinging franchise. “Look at how Disney got started. Steamboat Willie created Mickey Mouse, then they added more characters. You can see the same pattern today, but everything is happening much, much faster,” studio lead Mikael Hed explains in a recent Wired UK piece (via Develop), adding, “Other brands used to build recognition over the course of decades. We’ve done it in one year.”

A “collaborative” Facebook version of the game, as well as potential sports and driving spin-offs, are specifically named. Hed says the Facebook version will have “completely new aspects to it that just haven’t been experienced in any other platform,” and that “the pigs will have a more prominent role.” No word is given on when the game will launch on the ‘book.

This is, of course, in addition to the planned XBLA, Wii, and 3DS versions (it’s already out on PSN). There’s also a board game. And merchandise. And … uhh … this terrifying live-action version.

Angry Birds being flung to Facebook originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 07 Mar 2011 10:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It appears that whatever Sony did to mitigate security issues in its most recent PlayStation 3 patch has enabled Infinity Ward to address its “unplayable” version of Modern Warfare 2. Creative strategist Robert Bowling announced on Twitter that a patch “will release on PlayStation 3 worldwide on March 8,” with an Xbox 360 and PC release following at some point. The patch, Bowling said, is specifically intended “to address hacking.”

Bowling detailed the process on the Infinty Ward forums, having updated his original post about the PS3 situation as new information was available from IW while staying intentionally light on details, “as we don’t want to give out any information that could potentially hinder the security any further.” He additionally noted that the patch “will also address a small geo exploit on the map Fuel, which players exploited in order to get inside a rock on the outskirts of the map.” Apparently some players were … rocking that exploit real hard.

[Thanks Tom M.]

Modern Warfare 2 patch arrives March 8, ‘to address hacking’ originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 07 Mar 2011 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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GDC 2011 has come and gone, and as expected, the annual gathering of game developers generated no shortage of news and interesting stories — including some tantalizing articles for the PC gaming enthusiasts among us. Winning! Let’s take a look at the highlights from the past seven days.

Continue reading The Best Of Big Download: February 28 – March 6

The Best Of Big Download: February 28 – March 6 originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 06 Mar 2011 23:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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