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На офіційному сайті Mass Effect з΄явилось 14 нових скріншотів.

На No Mutants Allowed виклали скани, які повинен вивчити всякий поважаючий себе фанат. Це сторінки свіжого прев’ю Game Іnformer. В оформленні - купа свіжих скриншотов і арту.

 і багато іншого…

На сьогоднішній день прев΄ю на Bioshock вже відмітились:

GameSpot’s Hands-On
Shacknews Hands-On Preview
Eurogamer First Impressions
Computer and Video Game Preview
IGN’s BioShock Hands-On
Team Xbox BioShock Preview
1Up’s BioShock Preview
Game Arena’s BioShock Event Report
Eurogamer Interview: Big Daddy Speaks
GameDaily Preview
Game Arena: Ten Questions with BioShock’s Ken Levine
MPC Atomic’s BioShock Preview
Gametrailers On Location Video Preview at BioShock Press Event
Gametrailers Water Effects and Enemies Video Interview
Gamespy’s BioShock Preview
Hands-On Gamepro Preview
Worthplaying’s Preview of BioShock
Gamesradar: A Nightmare You Don’t Want To End
Firingsquad’s BioShock Preview
Under Ground Online’s Hands-On
Gamespy debriefing podcast, including some talk about BioShock 

Також на сайті GameSpot з΄явилось нове відео, а на VoodooExtreme нові скріншоти.

Вийшов патч v1.4 для гри Two Worlds. Скачати можна з Filefront та Gamers Hell.

Список виправлень:

Balancing:

*) - Monsters strength and HP rebalanced
*) - Bandits strength rebalanced
*) - Bows strength rebalanced
*) - Melee combat weapons rebalanced
*) - Traps rebalanced
*) - Magic rebalanced
*) - Skills rebalanced
*) - Skill requirements rebalanced
*) - Equipment requirements rebalance
*) - Weight rebalanced
*) - Objects stacking rebalanced
*) - fighting from horse - not so powerful
*) - Immunity added to some enemies (e.g. skeletons are immune for piercing and slashing, fire dragons are immune to Fire)

New features:
- Faster graphic rendering on nVidia Graphic Cards.
- Moving/selling multiple objects - with Left Ctrl pressed.
- Vit., Str., Dex., Willp. - timed potion effect displayed in inventory.
- Inventory space increased.
- New graphic settings added DOF, Horizon, water reflections, hit info, player info
- Bow auto aiming option added
- Magic aiming cursor visible even if attacking spell is not highlighted
*) - Killing NPCs inside houses - invisible for other NPCs
*) - 4 new armour sets added.
*) - More Animals in villages (hens, ducks, gooses).
*) - Magic shop near first teleport in Komorin.
*) - Brotherhood shop at Vesit Delurna Coral.

Як ви вже знаєте, PB вже не може виправляти свою гру, але тут в діло вступили

фанати. Перший фанатський патч вже з΄явився на PC Games.

Codemasters сьогодні виклала в інтервнет PC-демо проекту Overlord, це той, що вважає себе спадкоємцем серії Dungeon Keeper.
Добродії з анлімітом можуть забрати тут. (1,06 Гб.)

Michal Madej з CD Projekt дав інтерв΄ю сайту GameShark.

Частина:

Secondly, a large proportion of games tend to – simply through their construction – severely restrict their own ability to create the build-up before dramatic decisions are to be made. Moreover, and probably more significantly, players can save their progress before making the choice, verify whether its outcome is beneficial enough to pursue, and only then make the actual decision, depending on what proves most advantageous. Now tell me, where is the fun in that? We addressed the problem by introducing a certain time delay before the consequences of any decision become apparent. Only after a couple of hours of gameplay will the player have to confront the outcomes of his choices. As a result, the gamer will truly have to follow his own consciousness, as he increasingly empathizes with Geralt and his predicaments. Even more significantly, however, whatever choices are made, all are equally valid, as all make the plot progress. Moral dilemmas, therefore, need to be treated as a price to be paid for the attainment of results. The consequences of these choices will steadily keep building up throughout the plot. A point I would like to add is that players will always be made fully aware why they are where they are in the story, as special cut-scene “flashbacks” will be employed. 

Kevin Saunders з Obsidian дав інтерв΄ю сайту FiringSquad про NWN2: Mask of the Betrayer.

Частина:

FiringSquad: What other new features will the expansion pack have?

Kevin Saunders: There’s one major gameplay system that we’ve developed with Wizards of the Coast. It’s not something from D&D, but it’s D&D flavored. This new feature has both combat and conversation implications and is intimately tied into the story and characters. We’ll be releasing more information in the near future.
We implemented many other new features, most of which are to further polish the NWN2 experience for both the player and for the content creator using the toolset. For example, we added the ability to use any 2D graphic as a custom portrait for creatures instead of the automatically generated 3D portraits.
And, of course, we added a lot on the gameplay side, including over 50 new spells, over 50 new feats, new items, crafting system enhancements, etc. 

1UP став героєм дня. У порталу вийшло кілька годин пограти в Bioshock і вони написали докладне прев΄ю, набите спойлерами. Якщо опустити шматки сюжету й відразу читати висновок, то можна довідатися: Bioshock грається як бойовик, але патронів отут часто не вистачає - гра просто змушує нас користуватися іншими способами боротьби; виглядає ж гра в перші години просто разюче, відмінно управляється, а ще вона фантастично атмосферна.
Після цього візиту в мережі з’явилася купа свіжих роликів: П’ять презентацій спецсил в Bioshock і ролик, що 1UP зняли в офісі Irrational Games.

На сайті CVG з΄явилось прев΄ю на Overlord.

Частина:

You won’t get through any articles about Overlord without reading the words Fable and Pikmin at least eight times, but Triumph Studios’ action-RPG really is, very simply, Fable mixed with Pikmin. Not since The Matrix: Path Of Neo has a game been so describable. Sometimes, writing about games is easy.

From Fable it takes its art style, the wonderful colourful world, the exaggerated characters and ear-stabbingly enthusiastic voice-acting. You play an evil lord, resurrected to reclaim the world after being vanquished by seven valiant heroes. These heroes have become grotesque representations of the equally numerous deadly sins, such as a fat-bastard gluttonous halfling and a gold-obsessed dwarf. As an evil lord, you must destroy the seven heroes, rebuild your tower and establish yourself as the almighty leader of all you observe. 

P.S. Гра мабуть буде дуже схожа на Dungeon Keeper і ще дуже добре бо вже набридло грати всілякими рятівниками світів.