Author: Donster

The Western Roman Empire might have fallen, but the fight for its legacy is far from over. In its old provinces, Romano-Barbaric kingdoms are established and, even if political fragile, their ambitions are well known. While the Ostrogoths managed to unite in a single Kingdom Italy and the Balkans, the Vandals have claimed North Africa and have become a major naval threat to Byzantium, the direct heirs of the Eastern Roman Empire.

Under the command of valiant generals such as Belisarius and Narses, the Byzantines will fight tooth and nail to prove to anyone on Earth that the Imperium of Rome is still a force to be reckoned with, and can perhaps be restored to its former glory.

Field of Glory II: Age of Belisarius, the new DLC in the series that is reviving highly historically accurate wargaming, is now available!

This expansion adds 11 new factions, 17 new units, 29 new Army Lists, 4 new historically-based campaigns and more! Further, the accompanying free patch adds tons of new features and elements (did somebody say “STEAM achievements“?). Click here to read the full, massive changelog!

But the good news is not over!

To celebrate this important milestone, Field of Glory II (base game), Immortal Fire and Legions Triumphant are getting a nice discount! Hurry up! You have until June 13th to take advantage of the offer.

Finally, if you are eager to give yourself a challenge, the Age of Belisarius Tournament is opening its gates for recruitment! Click here to see the rules, and if you want to join click here!

Evil Twin Artworks announces its long awaited follow up to Victory At Sea, and it blows the original out of the water

‘Evil Twin Artworks’, the award winning indie team behind PC RTS classic, ‘Victory At Sea’ can today announce that its long awaited follow up will be Victory At Sea Pacific.

“Since releasing Victory At Sea in 2014 we have been constantly asked whether there would be a follow up,” said James Carroll, Director at Evil Twin Artworks. “We’re big believers in the power of fan feedback and we’ve listened very intently. Because of this, Victory At Sea Pacific is going to be a big one! A huge Open World RTS where you play out the entire Pacific War, making history with every decision made. We can’t wait to get the game into people’s hands.”

To celebrate this announcement, Evil Twin has created a brand new trailer to show how far the game has come.

About Victory At Sea Pacific

Victory at Sea Pacific sees you engage in tactical search and destroy naval warfare across WWII’s Pacific ocean in this huge open world Real Time Strategy. From commanding the entire Pacific Theatre to zooming in to take control of individual planes and ships, Victory at Sea Pacific puts the player in the heart of one of the most desperate campaigns of the Second World War. In Victory at Sea Pacific you can covertly recon enemy positions and launch large-scale amphibious assaults by sea and air against the chosen targets.

Victory at Sea Pacific features:

• Search and destroy enemy fleets across the entire Pacific Ocean
• Effortlessly switch between commanding the entire Pacific theatre and controlling the fate of individual vessels and planes
• Harass shipping and starve ports of vital supplies
• Hunt down and sink enemy patrols and weaken their defences
• Organise large scale amphibious assaults on major ports
• Control unique vessels such as the huge I-400 submarine aircraft carrier
• Pausable gameplay allows you to order fleets and then continue the action
• Play as Axis or Allied fleets. (Axis Campaign coming soon)

The new Steam page for Victory At Sea Pacific can be found here. Get more game info on the Victory At Sea Pacific official website.

Ubisoft has announced that Operation Para Bellum is now available on Playstation®4 computer entertainment system, Xbox One and Windows PC. Operation Para Bellum is one of the largest content updates ever released for Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege. Introducing two new defending operators, Alibi and Maestro, alongside an all new map, Villa, set in the Italian countryside. Year Three Season Two also brings a slew of significant game updates, including new intel gadgets, operator speed adjustments, bulletproof cameras, and the all new Pick & Ban system. A feature that evolves the way players engage with multiplayer. Players will be able to unlock the new content starting today using Renown or R6 Credits.

Tour the Villa
The land belongs to the Vinciguerra, a dangerous crime family known for their smuggling activities. The house is their retreat, where they lead a lavish lifestyle and collect rare art pieces. Players will catch Villa in a snapshot in time: Vinciguerras are burning documents and transporting their holdings before the big raid. But they’ve got wind of Operation Para Bellum and flee, leaving everything in disarray with vital information ready for the taking.

Two New G.I.S. Operators
In Operation Para Bellum, two Italian G.I.S. Operators join Rainbow as the unit raids a luxurious Tuscan villa, Rainbow Six: Siege’s 20th map. New operator, Alibi, is a cunning adversary with a gift for infiltrating dense networks of organised crime. Alibi is notable for her Prisma which projects holograms identical to Alibi in an idle position. If you shoot or touch the holograms, you’ll be marked and pinged for the next few seconds. If Prisma is deployed outside, a false “Defender Outside” warning is triggered for Attackers. To add an element of surprise, Prisma conceals the identity of any defender who ventures outside. Any bullet, melee, or explosive damages Prisma, and will shoot through the hologram. Be careful not to stand too close.

New Operator Maestro is another member of the Italian Gruppo di Intervento Speciale (G.I.S.) earning his iconic facial scar from a roadside IED during his participations in joint operations with Team Rainbow in Iraq. Maestro uses a remote-controlled turret firing high-energy laser beams. Once affixed to the floor or wall, Maestro can remotely-surveil and provide overwatch in a location through the swivel-mounted camera. When the camera device breaks open to fire a laser beam the core is exposed to damage. Otherwise, the turret is unaffected by bullets and melee. Lastly, Evil Eye can see through smoke.

Operation Para Bellum introduces the all-new Pick & Ban system. This feature provides an extra layer of strategy between teams, as each side tries to counter their opponents’ picks during the banning phase. Players can even anticipate a thrilling twist at the last moment, when teams swap Operators for the unexpected 6th Pick. Pick & Ban will be available in Custom games.

Major Game Updates

• Deployable Bullet Proof Cameras
• New Counter Defuser Animation
• Dropshotting Adjustments
• New Observation Tool Management
• Operator Speed Adjustments
• Echo Buff
• Clubhouse Map Buff
• Discovery Playlist

For more information about Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege, please visit rainbow6.com.

New hair styles, beard options, and posture varieties to customize your party

Independent developer Obsidian Entertainment, in partnership with indie powerhouse publisher Versus Evil today announced the launch of its latest free DLC pack for Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire. The free DLC, titled ‘Beard & Hair’ is the third free DLC pack to grace the game since launch and just one of many which are planned to add more content to Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire over the coming months. The Beard and Hair Pack expands the character customization options with new hair styles, beard choices, and a new personality setting. Whether you are making a brand-new party or giving an existing hero a bold new look, this free DLC expands upon the already impressive array of character customization options found in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire.

In addition to the free DLC, the development team has revealed the contents of the latest update which brings a host of improvements and features to the game including additional custom AI support, ship resupply, balance adjustments and backer fulfillments updates among many more.  Watch the Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Backer Update #49 – Patch 1.1 Trailer, featuring Pillars II Design Director, Josh Sawyer. Josh fills us in on the new features and improvements included in the latest patch.

For more information on Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire, visit the games official website.

Check out these latest hardware announcements for today from around the web. Also included are some hardware news bits, and on some days, a few rumors tossed in for good measure. Click on the links below to read the official press release, visit the products web page, or to an independent news source.

• EVGA Showcases New BIOS Interface With Robot Tuner and Auto-Stress Testing Capability – VIDEO
• Zalman Unveils a New Line of CNPS Series CPU Coolers
• EVGA Super G7 1000W Power Supply: Going for Small
• Cooler Master Expands V Series Platinum Power Supplies and Own Design XG PSU
• EVGA Shows Off SuperNova G+ Series High-Wattage PSUs
• Be Quiet! Shows New Cases and Coolers at Computex 2018
• RIOTORO Unveils Project Morpheus Case & More
• Philips Announces 34-Inch 349P7FUBEB and 27-Inch 272B7QUPBEB Monitors with USB-C
• In Win Shows Off the 40kg Cast Aluminium Z-Tower Chassis
• Reeven Presents Impressive Air Cooling Product Lineup at COMPUTEX 2018
• Reeven Also Shows Its RGB-centric Products at COMPUTEX 2018
• Noctua Unveils Updated A-Series Sterrox Fans, Updated Coolers and More
• Tesoro Showcases Multiple Keyboard Products at COMPUTEX 2018
• Enermax Updates Product Lineup For PSU, Cases, Coolers and More

Nominated for “Best Music in a Game” at the 2018 New York Game awards and “Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition” at the 2018 DICE awards, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (Original Game Soundtrack) brings the dynamic music of the second American Revolution to iTunes, Google Play Music, Amazon, and Spotify on June 19th. Can’t wait until June 19th? Stream the album in its entirety on YouTube (https://youtu.be/I5etKIsCpZQ) right now.

Composed by long-time Bethesda collaborator Mick Gordon, and featuring award-winning composer Martin Stig Andersen, Wolfenstein II’s soundtrack is an eclectic vision of energetic rock n roll, dark ambient tracks, and cinematic scores; providing a diverse soundscape for Wolfenstein II’s rich narrative across 41 tracks spanning over two hours of runtime.

Source: Blue’s News

A Battlefield V Deep-Dive on the Battlefield Website takes a detailed look at gameplay details in Battlefield V, the upcoming installment in the Battlefield series of military shooters. Here’s the introduction explaining the goals of the article:

Battlefield™ V is a vast game. It will have many improvements to the classic formula, as well as new additions and features. Following the reveal of the next chapter in the Battlefield saga, we know you’ve been eager to get a lot of gameplay questions answered.

Let’s jump right in to the core gameplay changes and improvements that are coming in October. Remember, we are still working on the game, and the specifics of many features will evolve over time.

Two Key Elements: Immersion and Squad Play

A lot of ground will be covered in this post, but it will all center around two common denominators of the Battlefield V gameplay philosophy: immersion and squad play.

Now, immersion can mean many things. For Battlefield V, it spans visuals and sounds, your soldier’s movement, combat situations, how you will shape the environment and vice versa, and how players will act and react more naturally than before.

Let’s start with how you, as an infantry soldier deploying into battle, will maneuver through the battlefield.

Source: TechPowerUp!

NVIDIA has released the GeForce 398.11 WHQL drivers. These drivers come game-ready for “Vampyr” and “Jurassic World: Evolution.” The drivers also officially introduce G-SYNC HDR, requiring G-SYNC capable HDR displays. It also adds or improves SLI support for “Warhammer: Vermintide 2.” It fixes an issue with “Hitman” in DirectX 12 mode, where the game crashes if the in-game HDR mode is enabled and Windows HDR setting is “off.” Also fixed is an issue with “Call of Duty: WWII” in which the center display in 3D Vision Surround setups can go blank.

You can download the new GeForce 398.11 WHQL drivers from GeForce Experience and GeForce.com.

Check out these latest hardware announcements for today from around the web. Also included are some hardware news bits, and on some days, a few rumors tossed in for good measure. Click on the links below to read the official press release, visit the products web page, or to an independent news source.

• Razer Chroma Lighting Now Enabled On Third-Party Devices
• Thermaltake Introduces Toughpower Grand RGB Gold (RGB Sync Edition) Power Supplies
• ROCCAT Introduces its New Vulcan Keyboard With In-House Titan Switches
• Razer Mechanical Switches Coming Soon to Third-Party Keyboard Makers
• Thermaltake Introduces Toughpower GX1 Gold Series Power Supply
• Ballistix Announces New Sport AT Modules in Collaboration with TUF Gaming Alliance
• Colorful Readies its First DDR4 Memory Modules, and They’re Colorful
• Thermaltake TT RGB PLUS Ecosystem Syncs with Razer Chroma Lighting
• Thermaltake Announces New Level 20 and Level 20 GT Full-Tower Chassis
• ASUS ROG Dominus Pictured, Core i9 XCC Confirmed to Feature 6-channel Memory
• ASUS ROG Reveals New Products at COMPUTEX 2018: Mobile, Laptops, Components, and More
• ID Cooling Showcases Zoomflow, Dashflow Watercooling Solutions at COMPUTEX 2018
• DEEPCOOL and Gamerstorm Launches New Products at COMPUTEX 2018
• Lian Li Partners with Razer on Special Edition PC-O11 Dynamic Designed by Razer Chassis
• AMD Demos Beastly 32-Core 2nd Gen Threadripper, 7nm Vega With 32GB HBM2
• CORSAIR Launches New iCUE Software, VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 Memory and Obsidian Series 500D RGB SE Case
• Cooler Master Shows AIO Liquid Coolers and Concept Thermo Electric Liquid Cooler
• CORSAIR Launches New PSUs at COMPUTEX 2018
• AeroCool CPU Coolers Revealed: Verkho Series, Prototypes
• TeamGroup shows all T-FORCE RGB SSDs, memory and Smart Digital products at Computex
• Corsair Launches MP300 Budget M.2 NVMe 3D TLC NAND SSD Series
• Gigabyte Enters Memory Market with AORUS RGB LED RAM
• D-Link Announces the 3-pack Dual-Band Whole Home Wi-Fi System
• 8PACK Announces Polaris MK2 Ultimate Gaming System
• Plextor Unveils its latest M9Pe Extreme – Ultra Hi-Speed NVMe SSD
• G.SKILL Showcases Extreme DDR4 Memory Kits up to DDR4-5066MHz at Computex 2018
• Phanteks Reveals Evolv X Case and More
• HyperX Showcases Variety of Peripherals, DDR4 Memory at COMPUTEX
• BitFenix Launches Fujin Chassis, Vision Series Power Supplies and More
• Patriot Viper V765 Keyboard and Viper V551 Mouse Pictured
• EVGA’s ROBOCLOCKER Designed To Make LN2 Overclocking Easier & More Efficient – VIDEO
• Antec Unveils ‘Project X’, Antec Memory & More At Computex 2018
• Alphacool Intros Eisbaer Extreme, Eiszyklon Fans and Aurora XPX Ring

Source: IGN

Fallout 76 is an upcoming game published by Bethesda Softworks. It was revealed without additional information about platforms, gameplay, release date, and even which specific division of Bethesda Game Studios is working on it, so there’s very little detail to comb through until we find out more at E3.

For now, we’ve compiled all the information about Fallout 76 that’s out there so far, including news, trailers, and rumors. We’ll continue to update as more info rolls in, so if you don’t see what you’re looking for yet, keep checking back!

Fallout 76 was revealed on Wednesday, May 30 with a teaser trailer featuring what appears to be a resident of Vault 76.

Fallout 76 Setting

Until it’s officially confirmed, we won’t know for sure where or when Fallout 76 takes place – we don’t even know for sure what kind of game Fallout 76 is – but there are a few hints in the teaser trailer.

A date on the Pip-Boy in the trailer reads 27 October 2102 – 25 years following the Great War. If this is the year most of the game takes place in, that would place Fallout 76 before Fallout 1, 2, 3, and 4 chronologically.

At the end of the trailer, we see a resident of Vault 76 and decorations for an event called “Reclamation Day.” Vault 76 is one of the 17 known “control” vaults mentioned in Fallout 3 and Fallout 4. It has 500 occupants, according to Vault-Tec info read from a terminal in the Citadel.

The song in the trailer, “Take Me Home, Country Roads,” is an iconic symbol of West Virginia, which could indicate that Fallout 76 is set in the state of West Virginia. However, there are reasons why Fallout 76’s setting could be much broader too, as hinted at by Fallout 3.

Does Fallout 76 Have Online Gameplay?

Rumors that Fallout 76 is an online survival RPG similar to DayZ or Rust began circulating after three anonymous sources described the game to Kotaku.

According to Kotaku’s sources, Fallout 76 will still feature quests and a central story, but with additional “survival-based and multiplayer mechanics.” It will also allegedly feature base-building.

We expect to hear more at E3.