Finally announced at the CODXP event today, the paid service part of Elite contains all DLC including map-packs and celebrity video content delivered weekly for $50/yr. This comes on top of the previously announced free content which includes a Bungie-net style web interface that allows for stat tracking, heat maps and tweaking loadouts while not in-game. Interfaces with mobile apps will allow players to review their gameplay and loadout's as well. DLC will hit subscribers first then roll out a la carte to the rest of the community.
Friday, September 2, 2011
Monday, August 8, 2011
Leaving New Vegas (PC)
After an enternity of wandering the desert wastelands, having passed through a town ravaged and left crucified as a warning to others, I came to Novak. A small town watched over by a tall lizard statue attached to a motel.
Here I found kind people, scraping to survive. Watched over by a pair of former soldiers with sharp eyes and perfect aim, the town was as safe as any. I managed to drag conversation out of Boone, one of the snipers protecting the town and he asked me to help him with a terrible task. Discover which of these kind people was responsible for the loss of his wife to slavers. A cold, dangerous man, Boone only raised his voice when talking of his lost wife. I agreed to help.
I quickly learned she was not well liked by most and often spoke of leaving for the big city. Only one of the residents implied that she may have left on her own, the manager of the motel. She seemed kind.
I picked the lock on the safe in the motel office and found a bill of sale, credits in trade for the woman. Following Boone's instructions I invited her to follow me to the base of the dinosaur and placed his beret on my head. With no reason not to trust, she followed.
With a punt of compressed air, her head exploded into chunks of blood and bone. I paused a moment realizing any person I had asked to follow me, innocent or guilty, could have been taken. I suffered no pang of guilt that this woman who traded the life of another for money was gone.
For a moment though, I staggered, wondering what might had happened if I made the wrong choice.
Here I found kind people, scraping to survive. Watched over by a pair of former soldiers with sharp eyes and perfect aim, the town was as safe as any. I managed to drag conversation out of Boone, one of the snipers protecting the town and he asked me to help him with a terrible task. Discover which of these kind people was responsible for the loss of his wife to slavers. A cold, dangerous man, Boone only raised his voice when talking of his lost wife. I agreed to help.
I quickly learned she was not well liked by most and often spoke of leaving for the big city. Only one of the residents implied that she may have left on her own, the manager of the motel. She seemed kind.
I picked the lock on the safe in the motel office and found a bill of sale, credits in trade for the woman. Following Boone's instructions I invited her to follow me to the base of the dinosaur and placed his beret on my head. With no reason not to trust, she followed.
With a punt of compressed air, her head exploded into chunks of blood and bone. I paused a moment realizing any person I had asked to follow me, innocent or guilty, could have been taken. I suffered no pang of guilt that this woman who traded the life of another for money was gone.
For a moment though, I staggered, wondering what might had happened if I made the wrong choice.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Activision and the abandonment of PC gaming
Eliminating the Blizzard side of Activision\Blizzard leaves a barren desolate wasteland of half-baked console ports limping their way to PC. The recent news of the exclusion of PC from the public multiplayer beta of Call Of Duty:Elite is one more slap in the face to PC gamers at time where the rest of the industry find innovation everywhere on the platform.
Full Disclosure: I full on hate Activision due to recent profit-mongering and closures of veteran studios that underperformed over a short period of time. They are the best example of the “selling soap” method of corporate management and while I truly respect the ability of the executive team to squeeze ROI for stockholders, the company has a historical reputation of milking IP and then abandoning it.
PC is my platform of choice for FPS. The tight response control given by a mouse and keyboard is vastly superior to even the finest of console games. Generally, PC games offer higher resolutions, better textures and fine-grain control over feature sets to allow the user to manage their experience to the best of their hardware.
Activision will have none of that.
Full Disclosure: I full on hate Activision due to recent profit-mongering and closures of veteran studios that underperformed over a short period of time. They are the best example of the “selling soap” method of corporate management and while I truly respect the ability of the executive team to squeeze ROI for stockholders, the company has a historical reputation of milking IP and then abandoning it.
PC is my platform of choice for FPS. The tight response control given by a mouse and keyboard is vastly superior to even the finest of console games. Generally, PC games offer higher resolutions, better textures and fine-grain control over feature sets to allow the user to manage their experience to the best of their hardware.
Activision will have none of that.
Monday, July 18, 2011
Sampler platter: Games I started and couldn’t be bothered to finish
Despite the financial woes of Blockbuster Canada killing my beloved monthly game deal that allowed 2 games out at a time for a flat fee of $39, I am still trying to try as many games as I can. Gamefly has no presence here, and the only mail-order game service is not well regarded to say the least.
Monday, July 11, 2011
A steam sale took my baby: PC gaming screens
BATMAN ARKHAM ASYLUM 1680x1050 all settings maxed 4X MSAA
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
A Face for Radio: L.A. Noire (PS3)
By the time the German dame with a bad habit invited me in to feed a different need, I knew I was in trouble. I had returned from the war with a piece of tin on my chest and a hole in my soul.
After fighting WWII in the Pacific, being a cop, doing the right thing, that seemed like the best way to do right for all the things I had done wrong.
After fighting WWII in the Pacific, being a cop, doing the right thing, that seemed like the best way to do right for all the things I had done wrong.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Glitches and the men who love them- history in pictures
Below are some of the (mostly) console glitches I have captured in the last year or so, enjoy
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