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4 CommentsXCOM: Enemy Unknown available on PSN for $39.99
By Jenna Pitcher on Apr 10, 2013 04.10.13
Firaxis Games' XCOM: Enemy Unknown is available now for PlayStation 3 on the PlayStation Network in North America for $39.99, the official PlayStation blog revealed. A Mac "Elite Edition" of the strategy game will see a release for Mac on April 25, as announced at the Firaxis Games' PAX East panel. Feral Interactive will handle the XCOM: Enemy Unknown Mac port. Last month, 2K Games announced that a full port of XCOM: Enemy Unknown will launch for iOS devices this Summer. In an interview with Polygon, lead developer Jake Solomon said that porting XCOM to iOS felt "natural," and that the "touch interface is sort of uniquely suited to strategy games, especially turn-based strategy games." XCOM: Enemy Unknown was first released on Oct. 9, 2012 for Windows PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360....
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7 CommentsFiraxis teases 'what may be coming next' for XCOM at PAX East panel
By Griffin McElroy on Mar 23, 2013 03.23.13
A brief glimpse of the future of XCOM was shown off during Firaxis' PAX East 2013 panel moments ago, hinting that a new alien threat may be aligning against planet Earth. The teaser, which featured a static-riddled message from the "councilman," delivered an ominous message to close out the panel. "This next one is big," Firaxis' Jake Solomon told the panel's attendees. "You're not going to see it anywhere else, we're not even going to talk about it for a while. This is for those of you who care enough to be super fans and came to this panel. We wanted to give you a sneak peek at what may be coming next, so, we have an incoming transmission from the councilman." The message, which was fairly difficult to translate, was not an optimistic one. "Hello Commander," the councilman said....
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5 CommentsXCOM: Enemy Unknown coming to Mac April 25
By Megan Farokhmanesh on Mar 23, 2013 03.23.13
XCOM: Enemy Unknown will be released for Mac on April 25, as revealed during the Firaxis panel at PAX East. The port was announced earlier this month. Feral Interactive, known for their Mac ports on titles such as Borderlands, BioShock and Deus Ex: Human Revolution, will publish the game. The Mac "Elite Edition" is expected to include all previously released content, such as the Slingshot pack, Elite Solider pack and Second Wave update. XCOM: Enemy Unknown is also expected to launch for iOS devices this summer. According to lead developer Jake Solomon, the game will be a complete port.
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1 CommentGameFly's Spring Break PC Sale discounts downloads daily through Saturday
By Dave Tach on Mar 20, 2013 03.20.13
GameFly's Spring Break PC Sale offers discounts of up to 75 percent off on downloadable PC games this week, according to the company's official Twitter account. GameFly will discount a new batch of games every day until March 24 at 2:59 a.m. Today's discounts include: Far Cry 3 for $34.99 (regularly $49.99) Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning for $7.49 (regularly $29.99) The Cave for $7.49 (regularly $14.99) Sleeping Dogs for $9.99 (regularly $39.99) Torchlight 2 for $6.79 (regularly $19.99) XCOM: Enemy Unknown for $15.99 (regularly $49.99) You can check out the deals every day by clicking the Spring Break PC Sale banner at GameFly's PC Download hub.
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6 CommentsXCOM: Enemy Unknown heading to Mac
By Megan Farokhmanesh on Mar 04, 2013 03.04.13
XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Firaxis' turn-based strategy role playing game, is heading to Mac OSX, Feral Interactive announced. The game will be available in an "elite edition" exclusive to Mac owners that will feature all previously released downloadable content, including the Slingshot pack, Elite Solider pack and Second Wave update. XCOM: Enemy Unknown was released for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Windows PC in October of 2012. A release date for the Mac version was not announced. Those interested in pre-ordering can sign up to be notified when it's available.
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3 CommentsVoting open online for the Game Developers Choice Award
By Dave Tach on Feb 19, 2013 02.19.13
The virtual ballet box is open for the Game Developers Choice Audience Award and accepting nominations today through 5 p.m. ET March 1, according to the official website. Voters need to select a game from a list provided and enter an email address, from which you'll be prompted to confirm your vote. The list of nominated games includes: Assassin's Creed 3 Borderlands 2 Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Dishonored Dust: An Elysian Tail Far Cry 3 Fez FTL: Faster Than Light Gravity Rush Halo 4 Hero Academy Hotline Miami Journey Kid Icarus: Uprising Mark of the Ninja Mass Effect 3 PlanetSide 2 The Room Sound Shapes Spelunky Spec Ops: The Line Trials Evolution The Unfinished Swan Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward The Walking Dead XCOM: Enemy Unknown ZombiU In late...
Journey takes the lead in BAFTA nominations
By Emily Gera on Feb 12, 2013 02.12.13
The British Academy of Film, Television and Arts unveiled this years nominees for games in 2013, revealing thatgamecompany's meditative saga Journey has taken the lead with eight nominations. A total of 53 video games are up for awards across 17 categories this year. Trailing immediately behind Journey in greatest number of awards in Telltale Games' The Walking Dead with seven nominations, Far Cry 3 with six and indie darling Dear Esther with five nominations. The awards night will take place on March 5, as hosted once again by comedian Dara O'Briain. A live stream of the event will be made available by Twitch. The full list of nominees is as follows: Action: Borderlands 2 Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Far Cry 3 Halo 4 Hitman: Absolution Mass Effect 3 Artistic Achievement: B...
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11 CommentsJourney and The Walking Dead win big at the 16th annual DICE awards
By Jenna Pitcher on Feb 08, 2013 02.08.13
At tonight's 16th annual DICE Awards, PlayStation exclusive Journey won eight of its eleven category nominations, including Game of the Year, Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction and Outstanding Innovation in Gaming. The Walking Dead won four of its eight nominations, including Adventure Game of the Year, Downloadable Game of the Year and Outstanding Character Performance of protagonist Lee Everett (voiced by Dave Fennoy). Halo 4 won two of six nominated categories, including Outstanding Achievement in Connectivity and Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering. The Academy's Peer Panels evaluated more than 100 games, a peer panel for each category, with 63 nominated for awards. Voting for the awards was online and anonymous. "For the past 16 years, the D.I.C.E. Awards have...
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1 CommentTake-Two reports 76 percent jump in Q3 revenue led by NBA 2K13 sales
By Samit Sarkar on Feb 05, 2013 02.05.13
Take-Two announced strong results today for the third quarter of its 2013 fiscal year, reporting a 76 percent year-over-year increase in net revenue led primarily by 4.5 million units shipped of NBA 2K13. For the quarter ending Dec. 31, 2012, Take-Two tallied net revenue of $415.8 million, a 76 percent jump over the $236.3 million of revenue for the same period in 2011. Net income for the quarter increased by 399 percent to $70.9 million from $14.2 million. According to Take-Two, the three "strongest contributors" to revenue in the quarter were NBA 2K13, Borderlands 2 and catalog sales of games including Grand Theft Auto 4 and Red Dead Redemption. Borderlands 2 was released in September, at the tail end of Take-Two's previous fiscal quarter; Take-Two has now shipped nearly 6 million...
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75 CommentsThe Making of XCOM's Jake Solomon
By Russ Pitts on Jan 31, 2013 01.31.13
Jake Solomon was the lead designer on XCOM: Enemy Unknown. It is a game that almost wasn't. A game that Jake Solomon almost ruined. A game that almost broke him. But it is a game that, no matter what Solomon tells you, has become more successful than anyone could have imagined. Anyone, that is, except for Jake Solomon. Jake Solomon just can't quite believe that yet. Ask Solomon how he feels about the success of his game and he'll tell you that he just doesn't know. In fact, he'll dodge the question. Repeatedly. Nail him to the wall and he'll finally admit that all he thinks about, when he sees the game he's been making for the past half-decade and more, is not how much of a success it has become, but how much of a failure it used to be. "I've fantasized about this for 15 years,"...
