League of Legends players who play primarily Co-op vs. AI can look forward to a greatly expanded experience soon, for Riot Games is preparing to unleash the Bot Army.
The journey continues. Omega and I continue our way through the nether in Minecraft before returning to Earth to find our way home. Here we go!
Here’s short story series of Omega (known as Floata in-game) and I attempting a variation on the Minecraft Experiment, as done by one Tom Francis of PC Gamer. Our goal, like his, was to go to the Nether, go as far as we could, build a portal and then find our way home. We’re not nearly as good as he is so, things didn’t go quite as planned.
Bethesda has announced that they’re putting the finishing touches on the Creation Kit, which will allow gamers to create mods for Skyrim on PC. Two interesting facets stand out to me from the announcement. First is that we now have a tentative release window: sometime in ‘early’ January. Second, the Kit is going to link up with Steam Workshop to ease the location and installation of mods. They propose that you will be able to select and flag mods for downloading from most anywhere, thanks to mobile devices, and it excites me because it will be woven in to the system; no workarounds or hacks involved. The Creation Kit will archive and upload your mod for you when you’re done. Of course, if you prefer to use mod sites (like TES Nexus), Bethesda says that will still be an option.
They also say that they are working on the new-since-patch-1.2 backwards flying dragons that some people are experiencing, and suggest it will be available in the next week.
Star Wars: The Old Republic is in what is supposed to be it’s final beta test weekend. In my second time through the SWTOR beta mill, I can finally share some of my experience now that the NDA has been lifted.
Oblivion. The fourth game in Bethesda’s Elder Scrolls series still draws me back occasionally, to run through the Nibany Basin or stare into the sea off the Golden Coast, all the while questing, dungeon-delving and just soaking in one of the greatest game worlds ever presented. It’s sequel, Skyim is due in mere days so I’m going to go on a look back at Oblivion to prepare to leap forward. Come with me, to Cyrodiil.
It’s been hotly anticipated since it’s announcement, and now Elder Scrolls: Skyrim is less then a month away. Beta and I loved Morrowind and Oblivion so we’re counting down the days until it’s release. We’re going to play it on PC like we did the last two but we – like many others – have been wondering if our computers can run it. Now, we wonder no more: Bethesda has released the minimum and recommended specs for Skyrim and to our surprise they’re somewhat lenient.
Blizzard has announced World of WarCraft’s latest expansion today: Mists of Pandaria. It signifies a major shift in the game and may be the game that saves it (if it needs saved) or ultimately puts an end to it’s stranglehold on the genre.