Magicka The Stars Are Left DLC Impressions

With the release of their previous DLC expansion, Magicka Vietnam, Arrowhead Games got plenty of feedback that players wanted more Magicka styled campaign missions. Vietnam was deemed too short as it featured only 2 levels(which were challenge missions, you raced against a clock with minimal story). They've heard the fans loud and clear... and for The Stars Are Left, they were determined to make a proper Magicka DLC campaign.

Trine 2 Noob's Play Episode 1 Part 2 & 3

Here's the continuation of our Trine 2 coop adventures. We meet a giant frogs, and well... have fun with the physics. Or is it frustration? I can never know...

Merry Christmas! With Love, Frost Troll

It's Christmas, and near the end of the year. I would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and happy holidays. You may be wondering what I have been up to these weekends... well I wanted to go Christmas visiting... but then I took an arrow to the knee. Okay fine that's getting old now, but I am knee deep in Skyrim. Still rather early but trying out a lot of main quests and such. I must say, I find the battles rather difficult(well some of them). At level 8, travelling to some of the places the main quests needs you to go to will bring you peril... one word... trolls! and frost trolls! These are what Santa's helper would be like if Santa was in a HP Lovecraft universe. Downright nasty. Enjoy your holidays! Gaming news has slowed down, but I'll take the opportunity to write about some games that I hadn't. Cheers! Have some Nord Mead!

DICE Talks About Back To Karkand In EA's PWNED

EA's web show, PWNED, is back with episode 15. In this Episode, they visit DICE to get some info on Back To Karkand. Also FIFA 12 tips. Watch to the end, they talk about Dragon Valley and why it wasn't included in Back To Karkand. Watch the web show below...

Pocket Change - Merry Christmas!

Way too many games to list out this week, but I've highlighted the big ones or games that I think are interesting. For a full list, make sure you check the digital distribution site itself. Deals of the week below...

CryEngine 3 Blows You Away - Military Sim Trailers Showcase The Stunning Engine

Rock Paper Shotgun pointed out that these guys, Real Time Immersive has put up some rather interesting looking trailer, for military sims... It looks freaking realistic, except faces still looks video gamey. We're pretty close to realism in video game engine graphics, but human faces still is the biggest challenge. Mind you this probably wouldn't run on an off the shelf commercial PC. Watch the videos below...

Spec Ops: The Line Trailer - Sand! Lots Of Sand!

Spec Ops: The Line is the third person shooter in development from Yager entertainment(published by 2k Games). It's main gimmick(maybe it'll make a huge difference... who knows), sand... sand... and more sand. Sand physics! It's being released Spring 2012. Watch the trailer below...

Game of Thrones RPG Trailer

Game of Thrones(the HBO TV series) is getting two games. One is a strategy game and this one is an RPG. Based on George RR Martin's Song of Fire And Ice fantasy novels. This is the first trailer for the game that I remember. It's due early 2012. Check out the debut trailer below...

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Now Can Use Up To 4GB RAM

A patch released today will allow those running 64bit operating systems to use 4GB RAM in Skyrim. Hopefully this will mean the game(already runs pretty damn well) will be even more efficient and smooth. That's about the only major improvement in 1.3... but it's a big one. Apart from this patch, there's a new UI mod that make the Skyrim UI more PC like. You can check out SkyUI here. If the Skyrim default UI really annoys you I suggest you check this mod out.

Relic Working On New Company of Heroes Game - Please Let It Be CoH 2

Could be a sequel(I hope it is), could be something else. Relic, the RTS gurus have been reported by PCGamer(their latest issue) that they are working on a new Company of Heroes. It's in the rumour section, and it is said they are gearing up to something Company of Heroes while currently working on Dawn of War III. Company of Heroes was released back in 2006 and is in my opinion, easily one of the best, if not the best RTS experience out there. It's had 2 expansions(with one highly rumoured to have been cancelled) as well as a free to play variant that has been shutdown since March this year. While this could be some sort of spin off, the timing would be perfect for a sequel to one of their best franchise. Come on Relic... we know it's Company of Heroes 2... oh and please don't forget Homeworld 3 :)

Source: VG247

Steam Holiday Sale Is Here! Hide Your Babies!

It's that time of the year again... Steam Holiday Sales! New deals everday up to 1st January. Besides the daily deals, a large portion of the Steam catalogue is discounted. Todays highlights include Portal 2, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, and Metro 2033. With the holiday sales, the achievement hunting meta game is back. This time called the gift pile. Today until 1st January, there'll be 6 objectives a day(achievements you get by playing certain games). Each achievement will give you either gifts(these gifts range from full games, in game items to even coupons... check your Steam inventory, Valve has gifted everyone with a generous random gift) or lumps of coal. You can then use the lumps of coal to enter an 'epic' holiday give away at the end of the sale period. So what are you waiting for... get cracking on the achievements... Unsure about the gift pile? Read this

F1 Online: The Game - Free To Play Online Racing Game?

Codemasters hitting on the free to play segment with a rather odd offering... F1 Online: The Game. A free to play game, a racing game... Okay so free to play is a big thing and many publishers a beginning to look at it as a serious PC offering. We've got Battlefield, other First Person Shooters, RTS, RPG, now... a racing game(well technically Trackmania United was probably the first f2p racing game). So what next? Cooking Mama Online?(okay so I shouldn't be giving publishers any ideas). F1 Online is a browser based game and features something called a pattern shop which I presume, you could peruse to buy fancy vinyl's and other decorative stuff for your car(with real money). The official site is currently down, but was open to beta registration(check back later). Check out the first look trailer they released...

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning Power & Mastery Trailer

So what's so special about Kingdoms of Amalur? Well how about RA Salvatore being the creator of the world... oh and also, the lead designer, Ken Rolston was also the lead designer for The Elder Scrolls IV: Morrowind(and Oblivion as well). Yeah, a lot of big names here. It's coming out for the PC as well as the consoles on February 7th 2012. They are touting this isn't going to be a straight up action RPG, you need strategy and tactics to win some combat. This is a single player game with no co-op. Check out the latest trailer below...

Bloody Hell! Online Co-op Skyrim Mod In The Works!

Skyrim as it is, is already a life sucking, time killer of a game. But playing with your friends? Online! Unbelievable that someone could mod this. Gosh I love PC gaming. Of course, this could be one helluva ambitious mod project so I am being a little cautious about it and not going to think much of it until it is released(many mods get stuck in the conception stage). You can watch a very early prototype of the mod from the video below. It's really rough, the mod official site looks like it's over here(and you can get the mod here). To get the mod working requires overwriting your Skyrim config files and such, so I'm not going to try it out(and I suggest guys should wait as well). So I can't verify any of this. I'm going to wait until they've integrated it with Steamworks. Let's wait and see.

Crusader Kings II Lust Trailer

Here's another one of those live action trailer for Paradox's Crusader Kings II. This time, it's about.... sex. Well not really, but erm... finding a suitable wife. Having an heir is rather important in a royal family. No heir = lots of wars and betrayals. Watch the trailer below...

PC Gamer Malaysia Final Issue - Magazine Discontinued

Those of you who have bought and read December 2011 issue, would have already known this. This is new to me. I just saw a big fat round graphic printed on the front cover stating 'FINAL ISSUE'. Editor Simon Tan states that while the magazine has been running for 8 years, they are finding it not profitable any longer as game distributors are advertising less and the PC Desktop market is quite stagnant right now. 8 freakin' years! This has got to be one of the longest Malaysian gaming mag. Maybe the content was not that exciting what with them writing guides for free to play MMO's and then to mobile game reviews(the centre spread). And Velocity Media had certainly been cutting down operations of PCGMY over the years. Started out with gusto but ended in a whimper. They even had an online site which was long abandoned. A moment of silence please.............. Now that PC Gamer Malaysia is no more, I'll have to buy PC Gamer UK or US which costs a lot more and not all bookstores carry them :s

Command & Conquer: Tiberium Alliances Debut Trailer - It's Not An RTS

With the announcement of the MMO Strategy, Command & Conquer: Tiberium Alliances yesterday(boy that's a mouthful.. maybe I'll just call it C&CTA), EA has released a debut trailer for the game. It looks like it wont have the real time aspect of a C&C game. battle seems to be taking place on a timer of sorts... you have to queue them up and let it happen. You can register for the beta here. Watch the trailer below...

Malaysian Gamer Is 3 Years Old! Hallelujah!

It's time for a nostalgia post. Today, Malaysian Gamer is 3 years old. What started out as my very own foray into video games writing is now well... still just that but with a lot more promise than I ever imagined it would have had in the beginning. There's something really good here.

UPDATE Alan Wake Coming To The PC - Confirmed!

UPDATE: Remedy Entertainment confirmed that Alan Wake is indeed making its way onto Steam.
It'll be out first quarter/early 2012 and will include both DLC's The Signal and The Writer. Awesome! I wish it would come out sooner though.

Rumours are abound... Remedy's post Max Payne XBOX360 exclusive, Alan Wake, is highly like to be making its way to the PC. Those determined bunch over at NEOGaf have spotted language specific files for Alan Wake on Steam. Remedy hasn't released any statement about a PC release but if these NEOGaf guys sniff files on their network, it is highly it will be coming to Steam. Let's wait and see exactly when we get a release date. It's been a long time... and to think that Alan Wake was originally used to demo Intel's next gen quad core CPU's.

Command & Conquer: Tiberium Alliances Announced! - C&C Goes MMO Strategy

Oh and it's free to play! EA announced today that Command & Conquer: Tiberium Alliances will be a cross platform(on multiple browsers and mobile... don't ask how that'll work) free to play MMO Strategy game. This announcement comes right at the heels of another C&C game announcement, Command & Conquer: Generals 2(now in the hands of Bioware). It seems EA are expanding the Command & Conquer franchise, making full use of it. More Command & Conquer can't be bad right? Beta sign up for Tiberium Alliances is up. You can sign up for the beta here

Humble Bundle 4 - Pay What You Want Is Back

The Humble Indie Bundle is back... part 4! This time the bundle features Gratuitious Space Battles, Cave Story, Jamestown, Bit Trip Runner, Super Meat Boy, Shank, and NightSky HD. You can allocate how much of what you pay will go the charity... so do it nao... it's for a good cause.

Trine 2 Co-op Noob's Play Part 1

So we jumped into Trine 2(now released on Steam) and gave coop a go. The result were much better from the beta version we played... but it doesn't change the fact that we are hopeless in coop puzzle games. Watch the video below...

UPDATE Gabe Newell Hints At A Game With A '3' In It Announcement At E3 - Or Is He trolling?

UPDATE: Marc Laidlaw from Valve told Lambda Generation stated there is no ARG at this moment. So are you convinced? Or are they being shifty? Or is it just the community getting too impatient with Valve and Half Life?

PC Gamer wrote a piece about how 4chan wrote Gabe Newell an email consisting of a single word contributed by 4chan forumers. Surprisingly they got a reply stating that they would be announcing everything they like at E3. He further clarified on reddit that they will be announcing something with a 3 at next years E3. Okay so the post on reddit cannot be verified but Valve are clearly up to something. There's a video on Gametrailers of the VGA's that contains codes and hidden messages(it's for Wheatley being nominated for best video game character). And then there was the Valve guy who wore a Half Life 3 t-shirt. Hmmmm Trolling? Or a build up to something... something big?

Rainbow 6 Patriots Debut Trailer - Man Gets Thrown Out Of Building And Explodes!

Ubisoft debut the trailer for the next Rainbow Six title at the VGAs. It's now available everywhere else. Its all GC(no gameplay) but does give a back story of sorts of what is going down in the story line. Biggest news! Oh Mai! They are dropping six for the number 6! Nooooooooooooooooooooo! Watch the trailer below...

Hitman Absolution VGA 2011 Trailer - Agent 47 Pays A Hospital Visit

IO Interactive releases another trailer for the fifth in the Hitman series, Hitman Absolution. Will Agent 47 be absolved off his sins? Also why is he going into this hospital? And who are these thugs trying to protect? Watch the trailer below...

Mass Effect 3 Trailer Shows Sheppard Fighting Reaper

You've played Mass Effect and by this point you're tired of people's disbelieve in you and their compacency. No more mythical conspiracy theories this time. A reaper attacks, and it gets more than it bargained for. Watch the trailer below...

Bioshock Infinite Trailer At VGA 2011

We haven't heard much of Irrational's upcoming Bioshock game lately, but they've released a new trailer at this year's VGA's. It's an interesting trailer with a montage of old and some new footage. There's also a new Big Daddy/ Songbird creature with a human face. Maybe it is Songbird but with its bird like mask taken off? Watch it for yourself and decide...

Bioware Working On Command & Conquer Generals 2

UPDATE: Generals 2 is being worked at a new Bioware Studio called Bioware Victory. EA has basically renamed Victory Games(the studio working on a new C&C games to a Bioware named one).

The game EA has been teasing with lots of rumours has been swirling about turns out to be none other than a sequel to Command & Conquer Generals, an offshoot from Westwood's Command & Conquer series that takes place in post modern times with super powers and terrorists vying for the destruction of each other. Oh and the cool part, it is powered by DICE's FrostBite 2(the engine that powers Battlefield 3). This is Bioware's first none RPG game and see's them branching out into the RTS genre. Command & Conquer Generals 2 is planned for a 2013 release. They haven't announced platforms yet. Check out the announcement trailer below...

Diablo III Opening Cinematic Unveiled At The VGA's

Blizzard... cinematic... Diablo III... need I say more?. Watch it below...

Epic Debuts Trailer For New Project - Fortnite, It's Now What You Think It Is

Totally unexpected... a completely a new direction. Epic announced Fornite at the VGA's. It's going for a more comical stylised look(something certainly new for Epic with their ultra violent/realistic look for their previous games). The debut trailer showed some form of building element where players built up a bunker/fortress of sorts to defend against some zombie horde that comes out at night. No release date or platform has been announced. Debut trailer below...

Pocket Change - Christmas Is Upon Us

Bunch of sales this week. More notably, Good Old Games will be giving away Empire Earth Gold Edition Free! Anyone can add it to their account on Monday(late Monday for us). Deals of the week below...

GSC Gameworld Closed! S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 Is No More

It is a sad day today. S.T.A.L.K.E.R devs, GSC Gameworld has been confirmed to have been closed. There's been a lot of conflicting reports about this as one person said it is closed and another denying or stating no comment. Tweets hastily posted and deleted... Ukranian site posts the first news about GSCs closure. Rock Paper Shotgun has confirmed this news with this blog post from Sergei Galyonkin, Marketing Director of 1C Ukraine. You can read the translated blog post here. It's a bit hard to understand in parts but he confirms the studios closure and attributes it to the failure to get a console publishing deal and the cost of developing such a niche PC title. Alas! S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 is now cancelled. It is uncertain what will have to the Intellectual Property rights to the series. Will update this post if there is more news regarding this.

Source: Rock Paper Shotgun

Mass Effect 3 Will Feature A More Dynamic Sheppard

The latest Bioware Pulse web show goes into how Bioware are making combat with Sheppard a lot more dynamic. What this means is that the animations that play when he(or she) gets into and out of cover is a lot more realistic(basically the animation has been spruced up). Check out Bioware Pulse below...

Jagged Alliance: Back In Action Video - Now With Cinematic Trailer

Jagged Alliance: Back In Action get a new video trailer. The re make of the classic Jagged Alliance 2 features a real time mode which you can switch between real time and turn based(thank god). Personally I don't think it's a good idea to make it a real time game, but I can see why they're doing that. The game would be out in February 2012. Watch the trailer below...

Serious Sam 3: BFE Kicks Pirate Ass - Red Scorpion DRM

This probably is the coolest most hilarious DRM mechanism I've ever seen implemented in a game. Apparently those that pirate the game will have a giant red scorpion hounding them the entire time they play the game. And it's invulnerable :s Check out the video below lulz...

Trine 2 Launch Trailer

Frozenbyte's Trine 2 is now available on Steam. It supports 3 player co-op and sports a rather beautiful updated graphics engine. They've released a launch trailer. Watch it below...

Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon Making Its Way To The PC

Are you ready to cause some insect armageddon... but seriously what have insects done to us to deserve this? How about invading earth and trampling our buildings? Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon is a downloadable PS3 & XBOX360 title that features giant insect that are from outer space. Your goal is to destroy them before they destroy us... simple yes? Its making its way to the PC later this month on Steam. It features up to 6 player online coop(at least on the consoles). Watch the PC trailer below...

Killing Floor Twisted Christmas 2 Event Begins Tomorrow

Those Tripwire Interactive guys are rather active when it comes to festive updates for Killing Floor. This years Twisted Christmas 2 starts tomorrow. Killing Floor will be updated with a Christmas special 'Ice Cave' map(together with Christmas music to get you in to the festive mode for some zombie killing). The game will also be updated with the Winter Weapon pack(this will be free for everyone) which will introduce 7 new weapons with new achievements. If you missed out last year, you can try your luck at destroying Santa this time around. Killing Floor will be free to play this weekend. I  know what I'll be playing this weekend.

Source: Killing Floor Official Blog

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Tweak Guide By GeForce.com

GeForce.com have posted an in depth tweak guide for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. There's lots of graphical option comparisons plus some .ini file tweaks. If you're a bit of a graphics nut and would like to make full use of your super top end graphics card. Check this tweak guide out.

Battlefield 3 Back To Karkand Wake Island Gameplay Trailer

You've downloaded the 2GB patch released today? Good now... wait. Back To Karkand will be released on December 13th for the PC(those PS3 gamers get to play Back To Karkand content today). DICE has released yet another gameplay trailer for the dlc, this time... it's Wake Island. I'm sure you remember this map...

Epic Unveiling A Brand New Game At The VGAs

Clifford Blezinski of Epic Games announced in the teaser video(no footage) that they'll be unveiling a brand new game at the VGA's. That's Spike TV's own video game awards that will be aired on the 10th of December. We over here wont have the opportunity to watch the VGA's but videos from it should be available on Gametrailers.com as soon as the show goes off the air. The game is said to be a 'fresh, new experience'... no hints about platform or anything of that sort. Could this be the samaritan demo made into a game? or is this a console only game(as Epic is so fond of doing these days). Or have they been won over back of the PC's strength and will be doing a multi platform release? Guesses anyone?

Trine 2 Releasing On 7th December

Frozenbyte's follow up to the critically acclaimed indie puzzle/physics game Trine will be releasing on Steam on 7th December. Trine 2 has had a lengthy beta test period and we've got our hands on it. We might do another video that is more representative of the product(the early beta version was quite buggy in coop).

Battlefield 3 R3 Patch Coming Out Tomorrow

DICE announced that a patch will be deployed tomorrow(8am GMT). It's a massive 2GB download which will include most of the data files for the Back To Karkand DLC(but it will only be unlocked on December 13th) and plenty of bug fixes. DICE also stated that in the future, they are planning to incorporate a warm up mode where player can play with scoring disabled until the server has a minimum amount of players... oh goody... change list below...

Rage Review - 7 Years On, Id Is Back!

So it's finally out! The next game from the PC gaming classic studio, Id Software, has finally been released after years of teasing and QuakeCon talks from John Carmack. Well known for making technically cutting edge engines and the studio that popularised first person shooters. Welcome back Id! It's been a long time!

Star Wars The Old Republic Agent Vs Jedi Consular Video

What's the difference between a Jedi Consular and an Agent? Those Bioware guys have you covered. In this video they explain some of the difference between the two. Watch the video below...

Mass Effect 3 Combat Featured On Bioware Pulse

The Web Show on Bioware inventively called Bioware Pulse, features Mass Effect 3's combat. And yes I saw Sheppard jump there! Check out the video after the jump...

End of Nations Beta Registration Opened

Petroglyph's MMORTS, End of Nations is rolling out a beta soon. You can now register for the beta here. If you don't get in, not sweat. End of Nations has been announced will be a free to play game, which means you'll always have the chance to have a go with it when it releases. They've put up a web show called Warfront that will focus on the game and bring you exclusive interviews, and news about the game. Check out the first episode below...

Crusader Kings II Live Action Trailer 'Envy'

Here's another live action trailer for Paradox's upcoming character driven grand strategy game, Crusader Kings II. I LOL'ed! The idea of doing all those things in the trailer is certainly possible though... which is why it's cool. I'm currently playing a preview build, will have impressions and video soon. Watch the trailer below...

Battlefield 3 Back To Karkand Arriving on December 13

The downloadable expansion(it's frankly just a DLC) for Battlefield 3, Back To Karkand will be available on the PC and XBOX360 on 13th December and December 6th for the PS3. You lucky PS3 *%&@... Back to Karkand will feature 4 new maps(2 reworked classic Battlefield maps... yes Wake Island!) and new vehicles, and weapons. If you didn't buy the limited edition of the game, it will cost you USD$15(free for those who bought the limited edition).

Source: Battlefield Blog

Steam Wish List Daily Give Away

Steam is granting your wish... well 10 lucky people each day from today up to the end of the holiday season(I suppose till the end of December). All you have to do is make sure you've got 10 games in your wish list. Visit the game page of the featured daily deal and that's it! You're in the running to get your wish list granted. So make sure to check out the daily deals they have featured on top of the Steam store... it's as simple as that. Besides the deals should be really good as well, so get them while you can. Today's deal, Terraria got a massive update that adds a tonne of new stuff. It's worth the purchase if you like Minecraft styled games.