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Grinding Gear Games has just announced that their free-to-play game Path of Exile is due to get a new expansion soon, available free to all players.
Named “The Awakening” it’ll add a lot of new content including a new story set after the original tale Path of Exile told, new items and even more additions to the game’s already spider-web-like skill tree. 13 new gems will be added to game, along with the ability to summon elemental golems to fight for you, 70 new unique items and a new equipment set called the Maraketh Weapons.
The information about the new expansion’s story from Grinding Gears says “Travel north from Sarn to Highgate and delve into the darkness that lurks beneath the mountains there. Explore all-new areas and face the legends of Wraeclast as you seek to put an end to the Nightmare.”
There will be a beta for The Awakening from next week, beginning on April 20th. More information about the expansion as well as a sign-up for the Beta can be found in the link below.
Grand Theft Auto V for PC launches next week, and we’ve gotten a peek at the physcial copy which comes in a box set containing 7 DVDs. Those that have been following GTT V will be aware that the game clocks in at a hefty 65 gb. DVDs have long been the medium of choice for PC games, but this would seem to indicate that games are getting a bit to large for DVDs these days. Interestingly, a Dual Layer DVD holds about 8.5 gb, meaning that 7 of them would hold 59.5 gb of data. So it seems likely that even those who purchase the physical addition will still be looking at a hefty download before they can play.
Grand Theft Auto V releases world wide on PC on April 14th and is available for digital pre-load now from Steam and the Rockstar Warehouse.
Today, they’re worth quite a bit less. The tokens are in-game items which can be purchased for $20 and exchanged for gold or game time, with their value in gold determined by the market. Blizzard said last month that it would set an initial value and then let it fluctuate based on supply and demand. And fluctuate it has, with the Token shedding a full quarter of its worth in gold in a single day.
At launch, a $20 Token was initially valued at 30,000 gold, and actually pushed beyond that in the first few hours after release. But then it started to go down, down, steadily down, and now, according to wowtoken.info, your $20 Token now equates to 22,405 gold, more than a quarter less than the starting price.
The slump is not entirely surprising. As VentureBeat points out, the great likelihood is that players rushed to buy Tokens as soon as they were launched, then dumped them on the auction house to turn around some quick gold. And it’s not as though 22k is an inconsequential sum, either.
The potentially interesting part is what happens next: If the gold value continues to fall, players could be tempted to forgo their $15 monthly subscription fees in favor of Tokens, tradeable for 30 days of game time, purchased with gold. Will Blizzard take action to stabilize the market? My guess is that they’ll eventually settle into a sub-30k stability, but given how the Diablo 3 real money auction house turned out, a small part of me wonders if maybe WoW Tokens could have unforeseen effects on the way the in-game economy is balanced.
For more info on the WoW token system, follow this link!
It’s that time again! The time for me to enlighten you on some awesome gaming deals! This week we have some great gaming bundles that are sure to catch your eye. 😉
Humble Indie Bundle 14
They did pretty well with the Humble Bundle this time. The Humble Indie Bundle 14 currently contains 7 awesome indie games with more on the way. Buying this bundle will support the charities The Electronic Frontier Foundation and Child’s Play. So you can support charities and get some awesome games at the same time. This bundle is split into 4 payment tiers.
The first tier is pay what you want. It includes the games:
Pixel Piracy- A side-scrolling 2D, real-time strategy/sandbox/simulation game where you play as a pirate captain who must recruit crew, upgrade his ship and fight the dangers of the world in order to become the most notorious pirate on the seven seas.
UnEpic- A game where you play as Daniel who gets sucked into a RPG world. He believes he’s just having a massive hallucination, but he decides to go along for the ride until his delirium comes to an end.
Super Splattlers- A game where your goal is to make the most spectacular scenes by flinging these blobs called splattlers around, performing crazy stunts, ultimately leading to and exploding finally.
The second tier is pay above the average. It currently includes the games:
Outlast- A survival horror experience where you play a journalist who must uncover the secrets of a secretive asylum and then survive to tell the tale. A must have game for any fan of horror games.
Torchlight II- An awesome action RPG, often thought of as the true successor of Diablo. Explore a randomly generated world, collect loot, and play with friends. Defintely a must have game.
La-Mulana– An exploration action game where you search inside ancient ruins for the “Secret Treasure of Life,” all while avoiding traps and monsters to get to your goal.
More to Come
The third tier, which costs $10(£6.73), gives you the game Shadow Warrior Special Edition. Shadow Warrior is an awesome fast pasted first person shooter that has you fighting the armies of the shadow realm by overwhelming fire-power of guns and the elegant precision of a katana. The special edition includes extra weapons, and art book and the soundtrack.
The fourth tier, which costs $40(£26.94), gives you a t-shirt, patch, and a handkerchief.
This is another awesome bundle that contains many critically acclaimed indie games. For $2.99(£2.01) you can get 8 great games. It includes Magicka, Tropico 4, System Shock 2, Mount & Blade: With Fire and Sword, Deponia, S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Clear Sky, Prime World: Defenders, and To The Moon. It is defiantly a must buy.
Bundle Stars: Zen Bundle– A bundle that contains 10 mesmerizing games that are both calming and sometimes challenging for the times you are in a zen like mood.
And for anyone who is really interested in chiptune music, I definitely recommend the Groupees: This Week in Chiptune Bundle. This bundle contains awesome chiptune music including one album that has cool remixes of songs from games like Shovel Knight, Mario, Bravely Default, and more. Also includes and album of chiptune pirate-metal music. now who doesn’t want that? 😉
No doubt, many of you saw PredictedCyborg’s article on the deficiencies in Dead Or Alive 5: Last Round’s PC port. I’ve checked the game out, and now bring you my video first impressions.
Be warned, the following video contains: Jiggle Physics, Rage, Cursing, Boobs, Rage, Shitty Textures, and Rage AND NO F###### ONLINE MULTIPLAYER.
