Loadout’s about to get a new co-op campaign. What’s more, its Beta is currently on Steam and free to play.

The opponents this time are an alien species known as the Kroad. Their favourite hobby just happenes to be wiping out humanity, as well as a side interest of constructing robots that… also wipe out humanity. Anyone sensing a pattern here?

The campaign will come with a bunch of different missions that ramp up in difficulty and have different objectives from Alien Assault to Hold Your Pole. It’ll also come with a new progression system and revamped inventory management for the game in general, as well as adding new modes. Your alien foes will also drop shiny loot to help upgrade your character in their preferred role of the battle, as well as recycling spare loot to upgrade the weapons and gear you actually use through the new Fusion system.

Happy hunting.

Pick up the game here: [x]

Kickstater is a very popular way to fund small potentially more ‘indie’ projects to fruition. It’s opened up the word of development to so many small groups and companies that there’s no doubt that it plays a major part in the uprising of the indie game developer as well as the general upsurge of small business start-ups that have appeared over the last decade. However, it’s not without risk and sometimes backers have found themselves out of pocket having backed something that the creator never had the intention of finishing (for example, the Asylum Playing Cards).

Yesterday Kickstarter seeked to address that by making alterations to their Terms and conditions that more clearly outlines what both sides of the agreement between Backers and Creators should expect from the other. While it once again states that Backers should “understand that when they back a project, they’re helping to create something new — not ordering something that already exists”, going on to say that changes, delays or even the non-completion of a project could happen; it makes sure that Creators understand their responsibility to the Backers too.

“When a project is successfully funded, the creator must complete the project and fulfill each reward. Once a creator has done so, they’ve satisfied their obligation to their backers.” This is the very first sentence of the passage and it goes on to say that Backers deserve a “high standard of effort, honest communication, and a dedication to bringing the project to life”. It then says that if a project cannot be completed that Creators must do all in their power to remedy the situation by “bringing the project to the best possible conclusion for backers.” They must show how the raised funds were used and offer to refund any backers who haven’t received their rewards or explain how they’d be used to complete the project in an alternative way. It ends by warning Creators that if they cannot fulfill the terms of this agreement they might be subject to legal action from their Backers.

For some this change in wording will already have come a little too late, but in a way it is good to see that the people running Kickstarter have taken notice of problems and are seeking to close loopholes before they are exploited again.

Kickstarter Blog: “An update to our Terms of Use”: [x]

Kickstarter Terms of Use: [x]

The Red Bull Starcraft II Battlegrounds tourney has been ongoing for some time now. But fear not, the marathon is nearing it’s finish. Today and tomorrow at 11am EST (4pm GMT) eight Starcraft II pros will be battling it out over a $50,000 prize pool. The event is taking place in Washington D.C. and will be cast in part by Day9 (Sean Plott). The competition features some top players from the pro circuit including Cure, DRG, Polt, Bomber, Scarlett and PartinG. If you’re a fan of Starcraft II, I expect you’ll be glued to the live stream. If you’ve never watched Starcraft II on a competitive level before, this lineup promises to be one that could hook you on the game’s eSports incarnation. I’ll post a handy link to the stream below.

Who do you want to win? Let me know in the comments!

Watch it live at http://www.twitch.tv/redbullesports

Fans of the Sleeping Dogs game were quite thrilled when United Front Games announced a new not-sequel game set in the same universe was coming. The game, called Triad Wars, was announced last year but as of yet not a lot of information has been released to the public. However the period that the studio will remain quiet is coming to an end and soon.

Details of the “PC online game” will be released on Monday. Community manager James Baldwin announced the unveiling of the game in some more detail for next week, and also that there will be an AMA on Reddit the following day, at 12pm PST. For those of us in the UK, that’s 8pm.

While no big details are out yet, the ones that are give chance to speculate. Sleeping Dogs was multiplatform and single-player, so having Traid Wars be an online PC game is a change of direction and one that could bring a lot of elements to a possible game. Will it be open-world? How will multiplayer interaction work? We just don’t know.

All that can be done is to wait now for Monday, and the big reveal.

Blizzard’s been putting out a lot of content in the lead-up to the release of the next World of Warcraft expansion, Warlords of Draenor. One such video-based series, Lords of War has been helping players to understand some of the backstory of the Draenor region by profiling the titular warlords. Today it’s the turn of Killrogg.

Killrogg is an Orcish warlord who leads the Bleeding Hollow clan, a clan that draw strength from the aurity of their eventual deaths. His story was shared in the Lords of War video on him, detailing his past with becoming the chieftain of his clan, their rise to glory on the battlefield and the vision brought to him by a sacred and traditional ritual. It’s thrilling stuff.

His clan is part of the Iron Horde, a decision made after Killrogg’s vision and can be encountered in the Tanaan Jungle region, which is the first place Level 90 players will be placed when they enter Draenor. Warlords releases on November 13th so prepare yourself to face what it has in store while you can.